"The Megalodaunt has 4 attacks, 2 of which you can easily dodge" Ada was teaching the crew as they were slowly approaching the Viper's Jaw
"The other 2 is their roar and it's pellets... As long as you don't give in to it's roar you are fine" Ada then unsheathes her dagger as they were now outside it
"And for it's pellets, you can just go behind something" Ada then looks at the 3 as Amarico cracks her knuckles as she then made Kate go behind her
"Stay behind me alright?" Amarico looked at the blindfolded girl as she nodded
"Mizu, you're gonna help me out on killing it" Ada then slowly entered the cave as Mizu followed suit.
As soon as they saw light, they saw the ominous figure, it was 15 ft tall with a hunched back but it was still menacing. There was a odor that almost made Mizu puke but Ada on the other hand was slowly crouching behind it. Mizu waited for any signal from Ada as she was fully behind it. Ada then signaled to Mizu to grab its attention. Mizu nodded as he ran up front of the Megaloudaunt and shouted
"HEY IM OVER HERE!"
The shark then saw it as it immediately roared, Ada started to swiftly attack it with her dagger as Mizu started to slice its legs. Suddenly it raised its right leg as Ada's eyes widened
"Mizu! Dodge it!"
Mizu saw the kick going towards him as he rolled to the side as he successfully dodged the attack the megaloudaunt had try to strike to him, Mizu then kept on slicing its legs as he then started to see it bow down, it suddenly shot tiny pellets. Mizu blocked some of them but some of it hit his shoulders
"It's almost dead! Just a few more!" Ada then spins her dagger around it's legs as it suddenly fell down.
"Strike it Mizu!" Mizu then stabs its head directly at where it's brain was probably located. Mizu was panting as he looked at the carcass of the megaloudaunt.
"So, what next?" Amarico asked as she puts another tree branch inside the makeshift campfire that Ada had made "Haven't I said this before? We can makeup a plan after we get Kate her oath... the bandits made their camp near the castle so it gives us an advantage" Ada said as she was helping out Kate wrap Mizu's shoulders with some bandages that Ada had in her bag "Wasn't the castle's bridge destroyed? How are we gonna make it across?" Amarico asked as she sat down and puts both of her hands near it "Ahh... that feels so warm..." The acrid smell of charred wood fills the air, as the group was enjoying the small quiet time that they had receive after killing a large enemy. "No... actually... The leader of Summer Isle had made a bridge back then using her attunement back when I still wasn't a Queen.." Ada smiled as she finished wrapping Mizu's shoulders. "Heh... She used most of her Ether when making it and she complained for a whole week..." Ada then blushed as she shook her head.
"You know this gives up some chilly vibes... literally" Amarico was shivering as she was rubbing herself as she was already called when they were halfway to the bridge."Tell me... about.. it" Kate said as she was getting cold but then Mizu gave his jacket to Kate as the former smiled and patted her head."There we go, feeling better?" Mizu looked at her as she nodded they then continued walking."There it is, the gate is wide open because its permanently opened for visitors in lower erisia when they are doing their adventures... I do hope we see people here because we could probably gain some information from them" Ada then went inside as the surrounding was peaceful.The grass was flowing with the wind, drips of water from a nearby waterfall was ringing around the place as the birds around them were now audible rather than back then when they were at the cave and finally the whiff of smell from the surrounding flowers were pleasant."Has someone been taking care of this place...?" A
"This is where the scribbles of the oath are your majesty.." Sero pointed at some writings on the wall, it mostly looked like random words but that is for the average person, Kate however sees more than what meets the eyes."Can I start reading it...?" Kate looked at the group"Of course, go on ahead" Mizu then guided her to the writings as he then puts her hand on the worbs, Kate felt the immense aura from it"O-Okay, I think I can handle this now" Kate then started to slowly move her hands around the writings as she slowly felt that the aura was dissipating and slowly going through her blindfold and then her eyes.Kate used her other hand to tighten her blindfold as she was almost finished with trying to claim her oath."I vow to not let the horrors of the world pierce my tightly fastened blindfold. Everything is simply as we choose to perceive it" Kate chanted slowly as then an eye appeared infront of her blindfold. She looked at the group as she had her mouth agape."I-I can see y
"So, what's the plan?" Mizu looked down the bridge as he saw a bunch of bandits. Dozens or probably fifty of them in total."I suppose we can go and get them one by one, seems like their just regular old bandits" Amarico looked below them as well, she saw the same group of bandits but more of them came from the entrance.They were holding adventurers, all of them had bags on their head. The captives were mostly female. They were walking towards the campfire as they were made to kneel down on both knees and just stay there.A suspicious figure was behind some of the bandits as they were wearing a black hoodie with a black robe covering their entire body."Those sick bastards...""We don't need to act rash Amarico, we still need to come up with a plan" Ada then immediately looked at the suspicious figure as he pointed at them"Judging by some of his artifacts on his hands, his attunement is Mindweaver""Wait, Mindweaver? The attunement that's hard to master?" Amarico looked at Ada as sh
"Alright, seems like theres an opening there..." Ada pointed out a huge door that leads to the insides of the camp, most likely a place where the bandits resupply."There's probably some of them inside there so, weapon's up... We can't take any chances... If we alert all of them then the plan might be a bust" Ada then slowly looked at the other side of the door as she saw two bandits standing in front of a weapon cache.Ada signaled Amarico to kill the other bandit and meanwhile she signaled to Mizu that he should stay here for now to guard. Mizu simply nodded as he then went and unsheathes his sword. The two ladies slowly creeped up behind the bandits as they went to their necks as one sliced, the other cracked. No noise were made when they killed both of them. Ada did a psst sound to alert Mizu he can go inside now.Mizu went in as he saw Amarico hiding the two bodies inside a barrel as she looked at the group "What's next?" Amarico asked as she rubs her fist gauntlets on a piece
"Huh... What?" The drunkard groggily opened his eyes as they then looked at the group "What the!" Mizu immediately puts the sword in between his teeth as Ada looked at the bandit"How many are you here" Ada then pointed her dagger infront of his stomach as the drunkard's eyes started to produce tears"S-Sehventeh Toh" The drunkard slowly said as the sword was still in between his teeth as he looked at the sword and gulped a little"There's your answer queen" Amarico immediately knocked out the bandit as she tied him up. She then puts the other 2 bodies inside the barrel as she then looked at the both of them"We're fighting an entire army, what's the plan?" Mizu then looked outside the window, he saw the bandits drinking beer but the hooded figure standing still, the hostages however are still kneeled down as they were shivering"Seem's like we have a bigger problem now, the Mindweaver guy probably went on full alert because the bandits became drunk.." Ada then immediately casted a s
Mizu immediately went down as he saw 3 bandits with their backs turned to the exit"Hey what was that!?" One of the bandits shouted"I don't know, go check! Their shouting intruders or something!" A girl bandit shouted to the other one"Sorry, can't let you do that!" Mizu immediately cut all three's necks as he looked at the remaining bandits who saw him"Well atleast I got 3 down" Mizu immediately parried an incoming attackAmarico and Ada we're killing the drunk bandits first as the others were still trying to grab their weapon"Remember, the Mindweaver is dangerous!" Ada immediately stabbed a guy 10 times in one second as she moved to the other drunk person"I get it I get it! Focus on the bandits first!" Amarico immediately parried an attack from a resupplied banditMizu then used his newly acquired skill called Fire Blade on 2 bandits as they started to burn to death."Shit, everyone he's a Flameweaver! Don't stay close!" One bandit shouted as he immediately tried to strike Mizu
There were almost done however there was still a bunch of bandits protecting the hooded figure as they made a circle around themThe Mindweaver started to chant as Amarico immediately started to rush toward them"You shouldn't cast even if you're surrounded idiot!""AMARICO WAIT!" A huge wave of purple gas engulfed all the bandits and Amarico but it didn't reach Ada or Mizu.The ones who were affected by it started to have a red aura gather around them as if their being controlled."Shit, Mizu! Regroup!" After Ada's mouth said the last word she immediately got punched on the gut from Amarico, knocking her back to a wall as Ada coughed blood"That hurts... Mizu! Handle the bandits and the Mindweaver! I'll handle Ada!" Ada immediately blocked another punch from Amarico as a loud clang was heard. Mizu gripped his sword with two of his hands as he looked at the bandits and mindweaver"So you like targetting weak minded people huh.." Mizu gritted his teeth, slowly breathing, calming himsel
Mizu groggily opened up his eyes, he tried to move around but he couldn't. Mizu then looked at his side as he saw that he was chained up. He also saw his companions still knocked out and is in the same situation as he was in.The dimly lit room slowly covered Mizu's sight, he tried to use at least one of his spells to light up the room but he couldn't, it felt like his mana and reservoir was empty.Suddenly the lights of the room lit up as Mizu squinted his eyes to adjust to the brightness. Mizu heard a door open, which in turn he looked at where it came from. It was at his left side, he turned his head to that side in which a male that was the same height as Amarico [5'7] came in, wearing a lab coat and glasses, they were pushing a cart with equipment, surgical equipment to be precise."Ah. It seems like you are awake" The male looked at Mizu as they had a blank face and souless eyes. If Mizu could just read someone's thoughts with just their face, he would've saved so many of those
"What possess you to enter my kingdom in this uninvited matter, my dear madaam" Raven asked as she drank her cup of tea.The group and her were now in a room, it was royalty like... Much like she was enjoying the time of her life because of this."Raven... I came to discuss to you to stop this nonsense on what you are doing right now, don't you see how many lives you've already taken?""Oh my, what do you mean by lives I've already taken? I don't see anyone resisting whatsoever"Just then, a celtor went inside a room with a tray of snacks along with cups and a teapot."They all wanted this, look, they also enjoy it as well" Raven then clapped her hands as the celtor then went towards them and placed the tray down. They were wearing a blindfold and their movement looked more controlled rather than free will."The hell do you mean enjoying?! THEY'RE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF YOU"Faye then immediately stood up and was about to punch Raven but then Amarico stopped her."Easy, Faye! We can't
"Holy! There's so many of this Gargoyles! I swear I can count them with my eyes closed!" Faye then bashed one's body with her greathammer. She then grabbed the dead Gargoyle's body and threw it to the other Gargoyles."Where did she even get this much?! And I thought it was Celtors?!" Amarico then punched one's beak as it flail around, hitting it's comrades and the pillars around them."Either in the Aratel Sea or possibly made Artificially!" Ada then threw a shadow dagger on the monster's eyes as it screamed in pain. She then used Faye's body as a boost for her jump as she then striked it down."But enough talking for now we literally need to get to that elevator over there so we can at least progress down this dungeon!" Faye then one handed her hammer, she then used her other hand to use her shield"Follow my lead! Don't stop!" Faye then shouted, she then starts to rush through the Gargoyles, some going away to not get hit by her."You heard her, go!" Ada then followed behind, then
Mizu slowly started walking across the bridge, taking his time as he didn't want to fall off the bridge and drop into the acid lake that was beneath it."This slingshot was actually useful, thanks for that Amarico!" Faye then puts the slingshot back inside her backpack, looking at the gate that they will soon enter."You guys ready for this?" Amarico then helped Mizu get over to them as they then turned to the gate."I should give a brief rundown to her Manor... There's 3 levels overall and the last one is where she resides" Faye then drew on the ground, luckily there was a small patch of dirt "The first floor had a ton of... Celtors, I assume?" Faye then started to draw each floor correspondingly. Each of them having a drawing or two."I can't even call them real Celtors... Or people... They followed the Duchess around like they were robots and always said 'We shall return Celtor back to it's former glory' gives robotic vibes don't you think?" Faye then went to the second floor"Nex
Mizu then held his sword tightly as he looked at the creatures that was rising from the ground. Their head was covered by what seems to be corals and their face looked hideous. They were wearing armor like clothing but it was already torn off, hinting that they were adventurers once."Mizu! Becareful, they can use spells even though their mudskippers now!" Ada then started to cast a spell. A shadow tendril was formed beside her as it started to move to Mizu's location."Hang on Mizu! Let my tendril grab you and carry you here!" But then the tendril got burnt down by a fireball. The group looked at the direction where the fireball came from, they saw a Mudskipper that was wearing an armor that was mostly for mages."Mizu!" Amarico finally arrived at the other side of the bridge, she wanted to go back but she'll risk of breaking the bridge too."Ada do you have any more spells?!" Faye then started to go over the bridge but Amarico stopped her from going further"I'm trying to but I can
"Now that you got the hang of it, why not test it on the real deal itself" Faye then pointed at another Golem, it was turned around so it wouldn't see the group."How did that thing get here almost immediately!?" Amarico was already terrified. Her arm hasn't healed yet."Ah quit whining already, let me and this guy over here take care of it" Faye started walking towards it"Let's go!" Faye immediately equipped her greathammer, with Mizu equipping his new sword that Faye gave him."Alright then!" Faye and Mizu immediately went in front of it.Faye then started to distract it, only playing defensively while Mizu immediately went to it's arms, slicing through it "Woah!" Mizu immediately backed off, the Golem stumbling backwards as it just recieved a fatal damage."Nice job! Now let this Mercenary finish it off, alright?" Faye immediately threw her weapon in front of the Golem, she then boosts herself towards it.She pulls her left arm behind her, grinning."STRONG LEFT!" Faye then lands
"So what brings you calling me, Ada?" The woman then drank the bowl of mushroom soup in a matter of seconds"Like what my shadow wisp has said, I want you to come with us in order to subdue the Duchess" Ada then slowly drank her mushroom soup with a wooden spoon"Hmm... I suppose you really do need my help..." The woman then grabbed her bag, she then pulled something out of it"I went in her laboratory and it seems she's planning big... I almost got caught by her as well" She then gave papers to Ada."What... What is this, Faye..." Ada looked thoroughly at the papers that she was given."I think she's planning on a raid" Faye was then given another bowl by Mizu, she said thank you before continuing to devour itThe papers were filled with blueprints, ways on how to make golems and how to mobilize manifactured celtors."I also didn't see any of her assistants, I think that's how she got the manifactured celtors... Tubes were everywhere inside that lab of hers" Faye then places the bowl
"This guy is tougher than a wall made of bricks!" Amarico started to punch it's arms as she failed on destroying it's head with on strike "Tell me about it more then!" Mizu tried to slice it's legs with his sword but it merely made a clang instead of a woosh."Back up back up!" Ada shouted as the Golem was about to throw a punch towards them.They dodged it in a nick of time as Amarico then started to pull back her left arm, it slowly glowed white."Step aside!" Amarico immediately rushed towards the Golem as she then threw a strong punch towards the Golem, knocking it back making it hit a tree as well."I think I can do that trick a few more times, it looks like it's working well rather than me punching it normally" Amarico then spinned her arm, that probably moved a joint but who knows."Does it even have a weakness?" Mizu looked at his sword. It was almost bent and it had alot of scratches on it"It's weakness is basically weak towards any blunt weaponry... Like Amarico's Strong L
The trio are climbing up through erisia, facing some scenery that could be even called worthy of a memory but they cant enjoy the scenery for now, as they still have to get to the manor but they soon faced a problem"Why is it doing here?!" Amarico whispered loudly as they were behind a Sharko.It seems like it wandered too far away from Vipers Jaw and it arrived here at Upper erisia."Well We need to defeat it then... They can stay in the same place for hours before moving to another spot" Ada then grabs her dagger as she then slowly creeped up behind it."Remember the same thing we did on one of them back then? We'll do it again" Amarico told Mizu as she slowly creeped up to it aswell Mizu slowly went to it's front to attract it's attention, but then when he was getting closer he saw something else..."Hey... Ada... What's that thing..." Mizu pointed in front of him. There stood a huge beast that was made up of rocks with eyes that was glowing white along with its chest there seems