" Oh, I thought you had left... If you are still here let's play " He said as he looked at the four bats flying a few meters away from him.
After they had finished their ritual, they wanted to get food before going back, as there were only a few hours left until daybreak.
Wasps, like many other insect beasts, were one of their prey, and thus, they wanted to grab the dead wasp corpses before leaving. That's when they noticed the skeleton they had blown to smithereens, standing seemingly unscathed.
Confused, they attacked it again, to make sure that this time it worked.
Ossa, stared at the flying sonicware bats, determination burning in his eyes.
Realizing the skeleton was still alive, one of the bats shot a sonic blast at him.
Ossa jumped forward trying to dodge it but he was not quick enough as his heel was hit, shattering on impact.
" How weak am I " He thought to himself as he lay on the ground, staring at the ware bats that circled in the night sky.
[ Very ]
" I wasn't asking " Ossa retorted.
SSSS!!
He quickly rolled out of the way, not waiting for his heel to completely heal.
QUEE!! BOOM!!.
A small crater formed once again picking up dust. As soon as his heel healed, he used that as a cover, as he got up and rushed towards the green glow beside the Sonic ware bat corpse, where the wood axe lay.
" How are mid-tier normal creatures so strong " He exclaimed as he continued to move forward.
[ They aren't. Their sonic blast could not even shatter a tree, you are just too weak and of course, your hollow bones are also a factor ]
" Hollow bones?!... I have a question, how strong are my bones " He inquired, as he started to move in a zigzag pattern.
The dust had cleared and the bats were hot on his tail.
[ Your bones are as weak as a balsa tree ]
" Balsa?! "
SSSSS!!!
" They are so persistent " Ossa exclaimed as he jumped forward.
QUEEE! BOOM!!!
Ossa was once again blown to smithereens as all four of the sonic ware bats attacked him together, creating a giant crater where he once stood.
The blast stirred up dust momentarily blinding the bats.
Squee!!! Squee!!! Squee!!!
The bats communicated among themselves, deciding who was to check whether the skeleton was dead or alive.
The smallest of the four, who seemed to be younger than the three was selected.
Squee!!!
It grumbled but had no choice but to do as its elder brothers said.
Without waiting for the dust to settle, it flew in.
As a bat, the lack of visibility was not a problem. It sprayed sound of a frequency inaudible to humans, trying to locate the skeleton in the cloud of dust.
The sound bounced on the grass, the shrubs, dried leaves, bugs, branches, and the very ground coming back to the bat.
The sound it received did not have the image of the skeleton or its fragments.
Alarmed, it sprayed sound again, this time increasing the range.
The sound bounced and came back forming the image of Ossa's body slowing reforming as he crawled with his bony hands, trying to get closer to the corpse of its brother.
Squee!!.
The creature cried out alerting its brothers.
Receiving their brother's message, they looked in the direction it had given.
SSSS!!!
" Not this time " Ossa exclaimed as he positioned the exoskeleton segment to intercept the pending sonic blast.
His body was slowly recovering, the only part fully formed was his upper body with his lower body slowly reforming.
QUEE!!! BOOM!!!
The three bats shot out a well-time sonic blast.
The sonic blast hit Ossa's improvised shield, the impact cracking his ulna and radius.
" I survived " Ossa exclaimed as he did not completely break like he did from the previous attacks.
" Mors, why is my regeneration so slow " He inquired as he noticed his legs were not fully formed.
As he held his improvised shield, the fourth bat flew to join its brothers.
He was close to his destination, the wood axe but could not move as he guarded his body with the shield while his legs slowly healed.
[ You are just a tier one mystic creature, your mana is not sufficient to support fast regeneration...Talking about mana, you are almost out of it ]
" What, how come " He exclaimed as he had regenerated a few times.
[That is a dumb question, once again you are only tier one ]
" Oh, yeah "
SSSS!!
" I might not feel it but it's really annoying," He said as he noticed the four bats preparing a joint attack.
" Nice, my legs have regenerated, " He said excitedly as he quickly rushed out of the way rushing towards the dark green glow.
QUEE!!! BOOM!!
The blast completely missed him as he had arrived at his destination, his bony fingers busily digging for the axe.
" Almost there " he exclaimed as he continued to dig.
SSSSS!!!
" Not this time," He said as he threw the wood axe toward the sonic bats, disrupting their attack.
After disrupting their attack he quickly rushed towards the axe that had fallen a few metres from him.
Squee!! Squee!!!
The sonic bats flew backward startled by the appearance of the rusted axe.
" I need more mana, or I might not regenerate fast enough or might never regenerate if I am hit again," He thought to himself as he ran towards the axe.
His bony legs moved swiftly and with agility, his speed surprisingly surpassing that of an athlete in your old world.
You know, Usain Bolt!
Ossa was all bones, not restricted by the weight of flesh, blood, and muscles.
He quickly reached the axe, but instead of trying to attack the sonic bats once again, he turned towards the wasp corpse from which he had failed to extract its core.
Quickly, he hit its abdomen with the axe, splitting it into two.
" This is a great axe " He exclaimed as he admired the slightly rusted axe.
He had hit the part of the wasp unprotected by an exoskeleton, the exoskeleton he used as his shield.
SQUEE!!!
The bats after regaining their composure flew toward him, ready to shoot another sonic back at him.
" I got to hurry," He said as he noticed the bats quickly approaching him.
He dug his bony hands into the creature's abdomen and took out the golden yellow core.
Quickly he swallowed it, picked up the axe, and waited for the bats to get closer.