It sounded like a growl. Although it wasn't loud enough for him to be sure he heard it, and alot of trees where blocking his vision plus it was also nighttime or maybe it was his mind playing tricks on him.
But then, he heard it again and this time it was slightly louder than before, soon he started hearing heavy footsteps from the direction of the growl.
Each time he heard the growl it was louder than the last and the footsteps were also getter closer.
"Guys, wake up. Something's coming." Lloyd shouted slightly panicked. "Something big."
The first time come out was Ace then Zeke followed shorty after.
They also heard the footsteps and the the growls.
"What is it?" Zeke asked.
"I have no idea." Lloyd replied.
"Whatever it is, I don't think it's friendly so prepare yourselves." Ace said.
"Summon Warrior Skeleton." Lloyd said.
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↓ Undead Summon ↓
↓ HAS BEEN ACTIVATED ↓
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The Warrior Skeleton came out from the reddish black portal and waited for his next commanded while Lloyd brought out the Stone Sword from his inventory and held it tightly.
Ace placed both hands in his pockets and his feet caught on fire.
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↓ Flaming Feet HAS BEEN ACTIVATED↓
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Zeke unsheathed his swords and waited for whatever was coming from the shadows.
The growls were now very loud, the creature that had been growling was finally seen. It was a zombie.
But this one was significantly different from the rest. It was so muscular that it's veins looked like they were going to pop out from it's body. It was also a lot bigger, around the size of a small house. Black blood oozed out from it's ears, eyes, mouth and nose. It's pale skin was filled with scars and wounds that looked infected.
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↓ [Quest] ↓
↓ Kill The Zombie Titan To Receive ↓
↓ A Random Reward. ↓
↓ Failure: DEATH ↓
↓ Rewards: ??? ↓
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All three of them received a new notification, but they didn't have time to read it properly because the enemy was in sight.
*ROOAARRR*
It left out a loud roar when it saw them.
"Warrior Skeleton, attack." Lloyd ordered.
It skeleton swung into action not minding the size of it's foe. The Zombie Titan tried stomping on the skeleton with it's foot, but the Warrior Skeleton was fast, it was able to avoid the attack by moving to the side while using it's sword to create two deep cuts at it's ankle.
Zeke dashed in, while the zombie was focusing on the Warrior Skeleton, he made two large cuts at the back of the zombie.
Instantly the zombie turned towards Zeke, a powerful punch was sent his way. He held out his swords and tried blocking the fist, but it was useless as the punch broke the swords and landed on his chest.
Blood poured out of his mouth and his tiny figure was flung backward by the punch crashing into a tree.
From behind Ace jumped, while in mid air he twisted his body a bit of release a burning kick at the Titan's head.
The kick was so strong that the Zombie Titan lost it's balance, from the other side the Warrior Skeleton lept on the Titan's kneel and boosted itself up, used it sword and slashed at the neck of the Zombie Titan.
The sword came in contact with the neck of the, then with all it's strength the Warrior Skeleton pushed the sword forward but the sword got stuck midway.
The Titan regained it's footing and then with one hand grabbed the Warrior Skeleton, slammed it heavily on the ground with all the strength before kicking it away.
Just those few attacks from the Titan Zombie reduced the Warrior Skeleton's health down to 10% .
'If the Warrior Skeleton dies, we'll definitely die here to.' Lloyd thought. 'Here goes nothing.'
He ran straight for the Titan with the stone sword still in his hand, then he slid past between it's legs. From behind, he made two deep cuts behind both kneels and gave himself some distance from the Titan.
The behemoth of a zombie fell on it's kneels unable to stand. Ace took the opportunity and prepared to finish it off with one attack.
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↓ Burning Axe HAS BEEN ACTIVATED↓
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He lept up, holding out his right and aiming for the Titan's head. He released the kick but the Titan held both hands above it's head and blocked the attack. Ace using all his strength to power that attack wasn't going to give up.
From behind Lloyd pierced his stone sword into it's left hand, trying to weaken it. Ace was still trying to cut through it's hands with his leg but it's skin was took thick.
"DIE YOU DISGUSTING CREATURE." Ace shouted. " Ahhhhhhh ."
Then the Warrior Skeleton appeared on the right side and also pierced it's sword through the right hand. After much struggle the Titan lost control of both hands and they fell.
The moment Ace was waiting for finally came, his leg cracked open and split the skull of the Titan Zombie killing it with that attack.
Lloyd and Ace fell on the ground, exhausted both physically and mentally. Lloyd cancelled his summon skill, since the Warrior Skeleton used his stamina to regenerate it's health. None of them said anything yet because of how tired they were.
A tab popped up in front of Lloyd notifying him they had completed the quest.
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↓ [QUEST COMPLETED] ↓
↓ Congratulations For Being The ↓
↓ First To Successfully Slay A ↓
↓ Titan Zombie. ↓
↓ Rewards: ×20,000 Coin, ↓
↓ ×2 LEVEL, +5 To All Stats ↓
↓ +1 New Skill ↓
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"Wow I got a new skill." Lloyd said still breathing hard.
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↓ [QUEST COMPLETED] ↓
↓ Congratulations For Being The ↓
↓ First To Successfully Slay A ↓
↓ Titan Zombie. ↓
↓ Rewards: ×20,000 Coin, ↓
↓ ×2 LEVEL, +5 To All Stats ↓
↓ +1 Random Equipment ↓
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"I didn't get a skill." Ace said looking at the tab.
Lloyd got up and looked at Ace's tab, indeed there was no skill only an equipment.
"Maybe it's different depending on the person." Lloyd said. " I wonder what Zeke got."
Then they remembered that Zeke was the only one who took a punch from the Titan head on. They rushed over the where he was.
They checked his pulse to be sure he was still alive and fortunately for them he was.
They let out a sigh of relief and sat down close to him.
"This was really close." Lloyd said.
"Too close. We almost lost one of our own to the unknowns of this world. In other to prevent things like this from happening we have to get stronger." Ace said clenching his fist.
Ace laid down wide open close to Zeke on the ground, his mind was flooded with so many thoughts on this New world. Slowly he drifted off into sleep without knowing.