Third person POV
Later on, the group encountered a pair of giant Red Scorpions, who both saw them and hissed and growled at them. "Woah…" Robert was alerted by it, before wielding his sword. Because he had looted it from one of the hijackers on his second day in this world, Russell called it the "Looter's Sword". His group then readied just in case those 2 red scorpions would attack them.
"Stay back, guys," Azalea said to them as she readied her magical staff, "those creatures are poisonous, and their venom can kill a person in seconds."
The others got that.
And then, the two Red Scorpions attacked them with their poisonous stinging tails, prompting the group to dodge that. Nathan got out of the way, while Russell charged at one of them with his sword, slashing its tail. Adrian used his Mind Manipulation ability to immobilize the other one. Nathan was stunned at Russell's and Adrian's skills. "Wow…"
John watched the fight in the side with Nathan.
With the second Red Scorpion being immobilized by him, Adrian said to the dragon family, "Now!"
Kelly and her two daughters then fired ice magic at that Red Scorpions, freezing its legs and stinging tail.
Nathan was amazed. "Woah, what?"
And then, while Russell and Azalea took care of the first Red Scorpion, Cassius pulled out his sword and flowed his lightning magic in it, before finishing the second Red Scorpion with it.
As a result, the Red Scorpion got obliterated because the electricity reacted with its venom within it.
Nathan and the dragon family were amazed, and Cassius looked at them. "Thank you."
The dragon family then positively nodded.
Meanwhile, Azalea froze the legs of the first Red Scorpion. "Now!"
Russell then nodded and beheaded the first Red Scorpion with his sword and with some serious aggression, ending its life with a thud of its lifeless body on the ground.
As a result, a pair of giant Red Scorpions were slain by Russell and his group.
"Yeah, we did it!" Adrian shouted.
"Man, we were good at this!" Russell added.
The others were happy, but Nathan was both happy and amazed.
The group gained some points in their current levels, but Russell, Nathan, and Ria, as well as Cassius and John, leveled up.
The group was happy to see that.
Along the way, the group gained some points in their current levels; this time, Adrian and Azalea leveled up.
The group was happy for them as well.
"Those guys are something…" Nathan's mind said.
And then Adrian said to them, "Everyone, it's not over yet. We had to clear the entire forest of any monster."
Russell and the rest then agreed.
And so, they all continued their clearing quest through the forests surrounding Hadrianwood. Along the way, they battled and defeated monsters of many kinds, including a few, giant yellow Rattlesnakes. And along the way, Nathan was amazed and even snapped a few pictures with his ability as keepsakes for himself. The dragon family really showed their attacking prowess to those monsters and proved to be good aids for Russell and his group.Along the way, the group gained some points in their current levels; this time, Adrian and Azalea leveled up.The group were happy for them as well.
Later at noon, all of them stopped to eat lunch under some trees. Their food is the pretzels Adrian had bought early. Though only 5 of them, those pretzels are big enough for all of them. While he and his group were eating, Russell shared to Nathan his times when he kills his enemies with his bus. Nathan was shocked, almost spitting it his food. "What??? You did all that?"
"Yes, master can do that, too," John replied back.
The little Dark Wolf pup heard that from Azalea.
"Woah, as if, ramming them?" Nathan asked.
"Yes, exactly," Cassius replied back, "Russell-kun's style is to simply ram them. In conclusion, he might be an ordinary bus driver who would open his bus door and greet you with a positive smile, but if someone threatens him or anyone he cared for, he won't hesitate to kill that person with his bus."
Russell was a bit distraught by Cassius's statement because in reality, he would prefer a normal person-to-person fight for most scenarios.
So, the young bus driver said his objection to Cassius.
"Oh, right, right, sorry about that," Cassius responded with an apology.
The others were a bit dumfounded by his dumbness.
After that, Russell shared to Nathan about his time when he chased the fraudsters east of Fernlay City with his bus and engaged in a road chase with them. Nathan was shocked, again; this time, he had finished his part of a big pretzel. "What? That's insane, amigo. That reminded me of those car chase scenes in movies."
"Yeah, it was," Russell replied back while being embarrassed a bit, "it was a good idea of mine because the city guards won't be able to catch them in their fast horse wagon."
Nathan couldn't believe his ears. "No way…that can't be true!"
"Ask the people of Fernlay City for confirmation." Cassius retorted back. "That city was just west from here."
Now Nathan believed that because he doesn't want to trek all the way to that city in the west on foot.
But then, the young photographer wanted to see Russell ramming his enemies with his bus.
"Okay, soon," Russell replied with a promise.
After some time, all of them stood up, packed up what was needed to be packed up, cleaned their small mess, and continued their quest of clearing the forest.
At this point, they had cleared half of the forest from south to southwest, and towards west and northwest of Hadrianwood.