Chapter 36
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Aside from Flames the rest of the spiders were fairly small, only reaching someone's knees when the stood up. Flames, on the other hand, stood at an adult human's waist height, making it look fairly large.
Flames' body had small red hairs, all the hair gave Flames more sensory depth. The rest of the spiders were small, but that also gave them certain advantages.
Map was tiny, probably the size of someone's foot, it was entirely brown with small furs. The unique thing about it were its eyes, it had way more than a normal spider having roughly 16 eyes in total.
Molly managed the reach an adult's knees, there wasn't much unique about molly aside from what it was wearing. It had a little strap with pockets that people could fill with small messages, that's probably to make use of the short distance teleportation.
Then there was Breeze which was half the height of molly, its body covered in thin but razor sharp light blue hairs. Lachlan already knew how Breeze attacked, it probably drops on its opponents from the sky, biting them before they have the chance to react.
The two spy spiders Lola and Lucy were both entirely black, the fur on their bodies was also entirely black. They were about the same size as Breeze.
When Lachlan thought about it he realised all of Adam(J)'s spiders could work together in reconnaissance. Aside from Flames and Breeze, each spider had abilities that would assist with reconnaissance, there were even some that could combine together.
That's when Lachlan realised Adam(J) knew how to use his beasts' abilities to the fullest. Map jumped onto Molly and before he realised it they disappeared, Lachlan looked up and could see a small silhouette floating in the wind.
He turned to Adam(J) in shock only to realise something was different about him. His eyes were completely shut. 'So that's what sight share does' Lachlan quickly knew what Map's ability is. He found it odd, that a spider had an ability that only worked when it had been tamed.
After a few minutes the spiders teleported down and Adam(J) returned to now. What he had done was confirm their route, checking where the beasts were and if there were any high density areas.
They continued to wait for the signal to begin, waiting only 10 minutes before they were given the go. Rushing up the hill Lachlan and Adam(J) got their beasts to release their aura, creating a dome around them of an ever-changing environment.
At one point it's boiling hot then at another it's cold with a strong wind. But during both times there's a constant electrifying feeling tingling the skin of beasts, causing them great discomfort. They did this to force weaker beasts to retreat.
As they continued rushing throughout the residential area, they passed a school and then a small paddock, where they were finally stopped by an opponent. A snake stood before them, managing to not run away from his aura.
Lachlan couldn't see the snake clearly, but with the little bit of light coming from the moon, he was able to determine its size. It was 10 metres long, it didn't have two massive teeth but rather had teeth similar to a shark, with rows of teeth that'll shred its prey.
'Analyse'
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Name: Shredder Snake
Age: Adult
Attribute: Water
Grade: Normal
Innate Talent: 5th Grade
Level: 1
STR: 34(+2), AGI: 36(+3), VIT: 25
INT: 15, PER: 28, WIL: 19
Weakness: Spine, Back of Head, Prideful
Strengths: Fast Speeds, Tough Body, Flexible, Paralysis Poison
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Lachlan wasn't surprised it managed to resist the aura, its pride wouldn't allow for it the run. Instead, it would attempt to fight a battle it had no chance of winning.
Fast quickly came from the shadows and sunk its teeth in the snake's body before retreating back from where it came from. Then Rocky attacked, its tongue shot out and attached itself to the snake's head.
The snake was heavily weakened due to the extremely potent poison and couldn't resist Rocky tugging it through the air. Once the snakes head entered Rocky's mouth he crunched down, ending the snake's life quickly.
Dylan decided to stop there as there was a massive tree in that paddock that gave him a view of the entire housing district, giving him a massive advantage. He used Slow to drag him up the tree until he reached a branch that was high enough and had the ability to hold his weight.
After that they continued their journey coming across a few smaller beasts that were similar to the snake, they were too prideful. This time they saw how the worm attacked, it was frightening to say the least.
It had two types of attacks. One was where if the beast was small enough it would appear beneath it and catch it in its mouth. That's where it got gruesome. Its teeth had the ability to rotate around its mouth, becoming a literal shredder
*Roar*Screech*Hsss*
An array of sounds begun surrounding them. The group knew the beasts were weaker than them due to their fear, no beast attempted to make a move against them. The group also didn't want to waste any time and rushed past everything.
Lachlan was currently on the roof of a house, checking the surrounding area for any movement, through his tracker he was informed that he was near the intelligent beast, or should be anyway. Lachlan was, however, disappointed with the lack of movements.
"We determined that there are four beasts that are the intelligent beast's bodyguards," Adam(J) explained to the group, he was giving them some last minute prep.
"How strong are they?" Alfredo asked. He didn't want to partake in a fight he had no chance of winning, he would help protect their backs if those bodyguards were too strong.
"Fairly strong, but since there are four of them we can split up and take each of them out quickly. Lachlan and Alfredo you two will deal with one, I'll deal with one while the Adam, Jack and my two soldiers will deal with another. Once you finish yours off we'll finish off the last one as fast as possible," The plan sounded good, it was just dependent on them not screwing up.
"So where are they?" Lachlan asked. Since they're so strong they should have come out to deal with them already, yet he didn't see anything.
"Underground," What Adam(J) said surprised them. They didn't think the bodyguards would be beneath them.
"How do we get them to come out?" Jack asked. If they were underground they couldn't do much to lure them out. They could use the worm but since these bodyguards were supposed to be strong then the worm would likely die.
"We need to make some noise, if we're loud enough we'll disturb either the bodyguards or the intelligent beast. One way or the other the bodyguards will come to the surface to deal with us," Adam(J) explained.
They then began jumping on the ground, their beasts joined along. Even going to the point where their beasts smashed their bodies against the ground. Franklin seemed the best in this regards, its howl was deafening. Yet there was nothing.
"Damnit, where are you beast!" Lachlan shouted. He was beginning to get annoyed, he wanted to fight, he wanted to complete crush these bodyguards to the ground.
*Rumble*
The earth begun to shake, it got more and more violent as seconds went by. Looking down Lachlan saw the ground beneath him crack, using his perception he realised the cracks extended to the far surrounding ground.
*Roar*Roar*Roar*Roar*
The ground split apart and four massive beasts came out, each of these beasts reaching at least 5 metres in height.
"Analyse".
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Name: Underground Lions
Age: Adult
Attribute: Earth
Grade: Normal
Innate Talent: 3rd Grade
Level: 7
STR: 31(+10), AGI: 35(+10), VIT: 30(+5)
INT: 18(+8), PER: 28(+9), WIL: 22(+7)
Weakness: Slightly Blind, Sensitive Tail
Strengths: Strong Claws, Fast Digging, Strong Bite, Earth Control (Level 2)
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Name: Underground Lions
Age: Adult
Attribute: Earth
Grade: Normal
Innate Talent: 2nd Grade
Level: 6
STR: 30(+9), AGI: 32(+9), VIT: 30(+10)
INT: 17(+5), PER: 26(+7), WIL: 21(+8)
Weakness: Slightly Blind, Sensitive Tail
Strengths: Strong Claws, Fast Digging, Strong Bite, Earth Control (Level 2)
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Name: Underground Lions
Age: Adult
Attribute: Earth
Grade: Normal
Innate Talent: 3rd Grade
Level: 8
STR: 36(+15), AGI: 34(+10), VIT: 30(+10)
INT: 21(+5), PER: 29(+9), WIL: 24(+7)
Weakness: Slightly Blind, Sensitive Tail
Strengths: Strong Claws, Fast Digging, Strong Bite, Earth Control (Level 2)
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Name: Underground Lions
Age: Adult
Attribute: Earth
Grade: Normal
Innate Talent: 4th Grade
Level: 7
STR: 32(+10), AGI: 33(+10), VIT: 30(+7)
INT: 19(+4), PER: 27(+6), WIL: 20(+5)
Weakness: Slightly Blind, Sensitive Tail
Strengths: Strong Claws, Fast Digging, Strong Bite, Earth Control (Level 2)
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Lachlan was quite dumbfounded when he read the description. This was the first time he's seen a beast similar level to his Rocs, but it did make sense after thinking about it. Although Lachlan didn't like to think about it he knew they've probably slaughtered plenty of humans, gaining those levels.
They all prepared themselves for the battle, and although they weren't able to lure out the intelligent beast, defeating these four should either provoke it or terrify it away.
Just as they were about to launch at the lions they began stomping on the ground, causing an earthquake to start. Lachlan's group immediately knew what they were doing and was terrified that they knew how to do it.
...
Back at the base the rest of the leaders were in front of the Tv watching everything happen through drone footage.
"If those are the bodyguards how strong is the intelligent beast?" Chloe questioned. This operation seemed more and more impossible every time something unpredictable happens.
"We aren't sure, all we know that those bodyguards are strong," The old woman stated. Chloe and this old woman discussed a few things, she eventually learnt the woman's name was Georgia.
Chloe was about to say something else but was interrupted when the ground began to shake. Chloe immediately knew what it was and her expression darkened, this was something they definitely didn't prepare for.
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Lachlan didn't expect for some random beast to know about their special abilities, but when thinking about it, it did make sense. When his Rocs attacked he never mentioned anything about their ability, they just seemed to know about it instinctively.
He knew it would be dangerous to let the Lions continue to use their special ability, the collateral damage would be too much for them to handle. Not to mention that it's slightly affecting the school, meaning his mother's life was in danger.
"We should attack now, don't let them continue this attack!" Lachlan suggested. Adam, Alfredo and Jack immediately agreed. Adam(J) looked around and realised how much damage it was doing to the surroundings and agreed as well.
"Remember, make sure to work perfectly and efficiently as we don't want any mistakes to happen," Adam(J) made sure to remind them. He knew that if one of them died he would have to deal with an angered mother, that wasn't something pleasant to do.
Lachlan turned towards Alfredo, "You don't need to worry, I can easily take care of this myself but you should keep an eye on the extra Lion, make sure it doesn't get a surprise attack in".
"Alright, and you make sure not to die," Alfredo also knew what he would have to deal with should Lachlan die.
The other group quickly organised themselves and Adam(J) got in position. Once they were ready they gave a thumbs up to each other and began their attack.
Lachlan made sure to take advantage of the Rocs flying, it was something that constantly saved him and helped defeat enemies, today won't be any different.
'You three dig well deep into the Lion and fly as high as you can, once you reach 100 metres drop it' Lachlan quickly told his Rocs what he was thinking.
'Will do' the Rocs happily agreed. They shot off quickly with calamity out the front, he wanted to level up just to shut Catastrophe up.
When they were close the Lion pounced out them. Unfortunately, that's exactly what they wanted. They dodged slightly to the side before ripping into the Lion, its roar was filled with pain. The Rocs quickly lifted it into the air, giving it no chance to resist and now that it was in the air there was nothing it could do.
While the Rocs were busy with that Lion the extra Lion came fully swinging at Lachlan. But before it could reach him Franklin interrupted its path and bit down. Alfredo seemed to enjoy fighting alongside Franklin as he ran up to the Lion and shot it in the face with his shotgun.
The Lion swung its tail in an attempt to knock Alfredo away, but a bullet came flying from the distance, putting a hole right through the Lion's tail. Alfredo and Lachlan knew it was Dylan, they just didn't expect him to be such a good shot.
Since Dylan was watching Alfredo gave a thumbs up before shooting the lion in the face again. That's when Alfredo realised he had been shooting a protective layer, one that had been of a thick layer of dirt.
The Lion managed to get back up, it slapped Franklin off before diving into the ground. What was unique was that it didn't leave a hole, as if the ground moved just to let the Lion pass. Lachlan saw that and knew it was due to its Earth Control.
He was now glad he got his Lion off the ground as fast as possible, leaving it no other option aside from death.
Everyone else's end they were surprised by how efficient Lachlan was dealing with the Lion, just by himself he was already beating them.
They quickly got into position, the worm did a surprise attack, appearing beneath the Lion's leg it trapped it. It then began to shred the leg off, the Lion roaded from the pain. The rest of the group quickly did their part as well.
Shadow webbed one of the Lion's hind legs to the ground, Hopper quickly came over and kicked the leg, snapping it in half. Further increasing the pain the lion felt.
Once the Lion was badly injured Rocky did what it does best, the tongue came flying over attaching onto a front leg. The cat was getting dragged across the ground without anything it could do, two of its legs were badly injured.
Once the leg entered Rocky's mouth he bit down, quickly biting off the lower part of the leg leaving it unusable. Finally, the worm took care of the other leg, quickly shredding it to pieces.
When the Lion was already dead they walked closer and sprayed bullets at its head, quickly finishing it off.
On Adam(J)'s side, he was struggling a bit, although he had plenty of beasts a few of them didn't specialise in combat. But fortunately the ones that did manage to keep their guard up.
Flames quickly surrounded the Lion in a circle of fire, leaving it nowhere to go. The two Spy Spiders with the help of Breeze managed to surprise attack it from the sky, they bit down on its neck multiple times making sure they inject plenty of venom.
Molly was constantly teleporting around the place getting other spiders where they need to be. It was mainly with the spy spiders, teleporting them in and out of battle rapidly.
But unfortunately, due to their small size, most of the attacks didn't hurt the Lion as all. Aside from the venom and fire everything else didn't faze it. Flames was smashed away by the Lion's tail, quickly getting knocked out of the fight.
The rest followed the same path. Whenever things did seem bad however, Molly would make sure to teleport them out of there. It didn't attack much due to its weak poison, but the least it could do was make sure everyone lived.
Way in the distance was Dylan at the top of a tree, shooting multiple shots at beasts in the surrounding area. Once the battle began it seems the weaker beasts suddenly grew a pair of balls, they started getting agitated and ran towards the battlefield.
Dylan was taking care of them but that's when the beasts noticed him. Fortunately, although some of the could climb trees they would quickly be knocked off by Dylan's snakes, leaving him untouched.
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Back at the school, the shaking stopped and everything resumed to normal, as for the superiors, they were all staring intently at the Tv.
"What's the situation?" One of the asked.
Georgia looked towards the drone footage and motioned for the operator to show more of the field, "It seems they're winning and no one has died yet".
The leaders were beginning to feel confident in this operation. If they were able to get rid of these bodyguards so easily then they were bound to completely crush the intelligent beast. Even the fat man was feeling excited, as much as he didn't like the group he couldn't help but admire their strength and courage.
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Back on the battlefield things were going smoothly. Once Lachlan got the Rocs to drop the Lion it quickly crashed into the ground and died. He then went and assisted Adam(J) along with everyone else.
Once they joined in the battle ended in a second, it was almost too easy. Some of the beasts held the hind legs such as the worm and Rocky while the others could grab hold of the front legs and head. The tugged with all their might, ripping the Lion in two.
They were pleased with how everything went but quickly remembered there was still another Lion hiding beneath them.
"What do we do now?" Lachlan asked. He didn't have a single idea as to how they could lure the Lion out. It was badly injured and knew it would lose instantly, it wouldn't come out no matter what.
"It has ran away," One of the soldiers said. He was the one that tamed the worm. They didn't question it since they already knew how he could tell. His worm probably scoped things out and realised the Lion ditched.
"So what about the intelligent beasts?" Alfredo asked. During that entire battle not once did the intelligent beast come out the help its bodyguards.
"Well if it doesn't come out now then it has probably left already, maybe because it's afraid or maybe because it can't be bothered to fight us. Either way, it's good for us, we'll wait a bit before heading back," Adam(J) said.
"If it has ran away then what about the beasts under its control?" Adam asked. The others were curious about this as well, as they would need to warn the soldiers at the school should things go south.
Before Adam(J) could answer they heard a bunch of fighting in the distance. The sounds of beasts getting injured and killed could be heard, they quickly realised the intelligent beast did run away. Not only that, its army has gone haywire.
What they didn't notice was a black silhouette in the distance on a tree, its eyes stared through the dark, observing how the people would react. Seeing that they didn't immediately go after the noise annoyed it, it disappeared from where it was.
Adam(J) pressed the button, alerting the army of what was about to happen. They also quickly got prepared since they would help eliminate the threat.
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Aside from Flames the rest of the spiders were fairly small, only reaching someone's knees when the stood up. Flames, on the other hand, stood at an adult human's waist height, making it look fairly large.
Flames' body had small red hairs, all the hair gave Flames more sensory depth. The rest of the spiders were small, but that also gave them certain advantages.
Map was tiny, probably the size of someone's foot, it was entirely brown with small furs. The unique thing about it were its eyes, it had way more than a normal spider having roughly 16 eyes in total.
Molly managed the reach an adult's knees, there wasn't much unique about molly aside from what it was wearing. It had a little strap with pockets that people could fill with small messages, that's probably to make use of the short distance teleportation.
Then there was Breeze which was half the height of molly, its body covered in thin but razor sharp light blue hairs. Lachlan already knew how Breeze attacked, it probably drops on its opponents from the sky, biting them before they have the chance to react.
The two spy spiders Lola and Lucy were both entirely black, the fur on their bodies was also entirely black. They were about the same size as Breeze.
When Lachlan thought about it he realised all of Adam(J)'s spiders could work together in reconnaissance. Aside from Flames and Breeze, each spider had abilities that would assist with reconnaissance, there were even some that could combine together.
That's when Lachlan realised Adam(J) knew how to use his beasts' abilities to the fullest. Map jumped onto Molly and before he realised it they disappeared, Lachlan looked up and could see a small silhouette floating in the wind.
He turned to Adam(J) in shock only to realise something was different about him. His eyes were completely shut. 'So that's what sight share does' Lachlan quickly knew what Map's ability is. He found it odd, that a spider had an ability that only worked when it had been tamed.
After a few minutes the spiders teleported down and Adam(J) returned to now. What he had done was confirm their route, checking where the beasts were and if there were any high density areas.
They continued to wait for the signal to begin, waiting only 10 minutes before they were given the go. Rushing up the hill Lachlan and Adam(J) got their beasts to release their aura, creating a dome around them of an ever-changing environment.
At one point it's boiling hot then at another it's cold with a strong wind. But during both times there's a constant electrifying feeling tingling the skin of beasts, causing them great discomfort. They did this to force weaker beasts to retreat.
As they continued rushing throughout the residential area, they passed a school and then a small paddock, where they were finally stopped by an opponent. A snake stood before them, managing to not run away from his aura.
Lachlan couldn't see the snake clearly, but with the little bit of light coming from the moon, he was able to determine its size. It was 10 metres long, it didn't have two massive teeth but rather had teeth similar to a shark, with rows of teeth that'll shred its prey.
'Analyse'
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Name: Shredder Snake
Age: Adult
Attribute: Water
Grade: Normal
Innate Talent: 5th Grade
Level: 1
STR: 34(+2), AGI: 36(+3), VIT: 25
INT: 15, PER: 28, WIL: 19
Weakness: Spine, Back of Head, Prideful
Strengths: Fast Speeds, Tough Body, Flexible, Paralysis Poison
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Lachlan wasn't surprised it managed to resist the aura, its pride wouldn't allow for it the run. Instead, it would attempt to fight a battle it had no chance of winning.
Fast quickly came from the shadows and sunk its teeth in the snake's body before retreating back from where it came from. Then Rocky attacked, its tongue shot out and attached itself to the snake's head.
The snake was heavily weakened due to the extremely potent poison and couldn't resist Rocky tugging it through the air. Once the snakes head entered Rocky's mouth he crunched down, ending the snake's life quickly.
Dylan decided to stop there as there was a massive tree in that paddock that gave him a view of the entire housing district, giving him a massive advantage. He used Slow to drag him up the tree until he reached a branch that was high enough and had the ability to hold his weight.
After that they continued their journey coming across a few smaller beasts that were similar to the snake, they were too prideful. This time they saw how the worm attacked, it was frightening to say the least.
It had two types of attacks. One was where if the beast was small enough it would appear beneath it and catch it in its mouth. That's where it got gruesome. Its teeth had the ability to rotate around its mouth, becoming a literal shredder
*Roar*Screech*Hsss*
An array of sounds begun surrounding them. The group knew the beasts were weaker than them due to their fear, no beast attempted to make a move against them. The group also didn't want to waste any time and rushed past everything.
Lachlan was currently on the roof of a house, checking the surrounding area for any movement, through his tracker he was informed that he was near the intelligent beast, or should be anyway. Lachlan was, however, disappointed with the lack of movements.
"We determined that there are four beasts that are the intelligent beast's bodyguards," Adam(J) explained to the group, he was giving them some last minute prep.
"How strong are they?" Alfredo asked. He didn't want to partake in a fight he had no chance of winning, he would help protect their backs if those bodyguards were too strong.
"Fairly strong, but since there are four of them we can split up and take each of them out quickly. Lachlan and Alfredo you two will deal with one, I'll deal with one while the Adam, Jack and my two soldiers will deal with another. Once you finish yours off we'll finish off the last one as fast as possible," The plan sounded good, it was just dependent on them not screwing up.
"So where are they?" Lachlan asked. Since they're so strong they should have come out to deal with them already, yet he didn't see anything.
"Underground," What Adam(J) said surprised them. They didn't think the bodyguards would be beneath them.
"How do we get them to come out?" Jack asked. If they were underground they couldn't do much to lure them out. They could use the worm but since these bodyguards were supposed to be strong then the worm would likely die.
"We need to make some noise, if we're loud enough we'll disturb either the bodyguards or the intelligent beast. One way or the other the bodyguards will come to the surface to deal with us," Adam(J) explained.
They then began jumping on the ground, their beasts joined along. Even going to the point where their beasts smashed their bodies against the ground. Franklin seemed the best in this regards, its howl was deafening. Yet there was nothing.
"Damnit, where are you beast!" Lachlan shouted. He was beginning to get annoyed, he wanted to fight, he wanted to complete crush these bodyguards to the ground.
*Rumble*
The earth begun to shake, it got more and more violent as seconds went by. Looking down Lachlan saw the ground beneath him crack, using his perception he realised the cracks extended to the far surrounding ground.
*Roar*Roar*Roar*Roar*
The ground split apart and four massive beasts came out, each of these beasts reaching at least 5 metres in height.
"Analyse".
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Name: Underground Lions
Age: Adult
Attribute: Earth
Grade: Normal
Innate Talent: 3rd Grade
Level: 7
STR: 31(+10), AGI: 35(+10), VIT: 30(+5)
INT: 18(+8), PER: 28(+9), WIL: 22(+7)
Weakness: Slightly Blind, Sensitive Tail
Strengths: Strong Claws, Fast Digging, Strong Bite, Earth Control (Level 2)
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Name: Underground Lions
Age: Adult
Attribute: Earth
Grade: Normal
Innate Talent: 2nd Grade
Level: 6
STR: 30(+9), AGI: 32(+9), VIT: 30(+10)
INT: 17(+5), PER: 26(+7), WIL: 21(+8)
Weakness: Slightly Blind, Sensitive Tail
Strengths: Strong Claws, Fast Digging, Strong Bite, Earth Control (Level 2)
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Name: Underground Lions
Age: Adult
Attribute: Earth
Grade: Normal
Innate Talent: 3rd Grade
Level: 8
STR: 36(+15), AGI: 34(+10), VIT: 30(+10)
INT: 21(+5), PER: 29(+9), WIL: 24(+7)
Weakness: Slightly Blind, Sensitive Tail
Strengths: Strong Claws, Fast Digging, Strong Bite, Earth Control (Level 2)
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Name: Underground Lions
Age: Adult
Attribute: Earth
Grade: Normal
Innate Talent: 4th Grade
Level: 7
STR: 32(+10), AGI: 33(+10), VIT: 30(+7)
INT: 19(+4), PER: 27(+6), WIL: 20(+5)
Weakness: Slightly Blind, Sensitive Tail
Strengths: Strong Claws, Fast Digging, Strong Bite, Earth Control (Level 2)
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Lachlan was quite dumbfounded when he read the description. This was the first time he's seen a beast similar level to his Rocs, but it did make sense after thinking about it. Although Lachlan didn't like to think about it he knew they've probably slaughtered plenty of humans, gaining those levels.
They all prepared themselves for the battle, and although they weren't able to lure out the intelligent beast, defeating these four should either provoke it or terrify it away.
Just as they were about to launch at the lions they began stomping on the ground, causing an earthquake to start. Lachlan's group immediately knew what they were doing and was terrified that they knew how to do it.
...
Back at the base the rest of the leaders were in front of the Tv watching everything happen through drone footage.
"If those are the bodyguards how strong is the intelligent beast?" Chloe questioned. This operation seemed more and more impossible every time something unpredictable happens.
"We aren't sure, all we know that those bodyguards are strong," The old woman stated. Chloe and this old woman discussed a few things, she eventually learnt the woman's name was Georgia.
Chloe was about to say something else but was interrupted when the ground began to shake. Chloe immediately knew what it was and her expression darkened, this was something they definitely didn't prepare for.
…
Lachlan didn't expect for some random beast to know about their special abilities, but when thinking about it, it did make sense. When his Rocs attacked he never mentioned anything about their ability, they just seemed to know about it instinctively.
He knew it would be dangerous to let the Lions continue to use their special ability, the collateral damage would be too much for them to handle. Not to mention that it's slightly affecting the school, meaning his mother's life was in danger.
"We should attack now, don't let them continue this attack!" Lachlan suggested. Adam, Alfredo and Jack immediately agreed. Adam(J) looked around and realised how much damage it was doing to the surroundings and agreed as well.
"Remember, make sure to work perfectly and efficiently as we don't want any mistakes to happen," Adam(J) made sure to remind them. He knew that if one of them died he would have to deal with an angered mother, that wasn't something pleasant to do.
Lachlan turned towards Alfredo, "You don't need to worry, I can easily take care of this myself but you should keep an eye on the extra Lion, make sure it doesn't get a surprise attack in".
"Alright, and you make sure not to die," Alfredo also knew what he would have to deal with should Lachlan die.
The other group quickly organised themselves and Adam(J) got in position. Once they were ready they gave a thumbs up to each other and began their attack.
Lachlan made sure to take advantage of the Rocs flying, it was something that constantly saved him and helped defeat enemies, today won't be any different.
'You three dig well deep into the Lion and fly as high as you can, once you reach 100 metres drop it' Lachlan quickly told his Rocs what he was thinking.
'Will do' the Rocs happily agreed. They shot off quickly with calamity out the front, he wanted to level up just to shut Catastrophe up.
When they were close the Lion pounced out them. Unfortunately, that's exactly what they wanted. They dodged slightly to the side before ripping into the Lion, its roar was filled with pain. The Rocs quickly lifted it into the air, giving it no chance to resist and now that it was in the air there was nothing it could do.
While the Rocs were busy with that Lion the extra Lion came fully swinging at Lachlan. But before it could reach him Franklin interrupted its path and bit down. Alfredo seemed to enjoy fighting alongside Franklin as he ran up to the Lion and shot it in the face with his shotgun.
The Lion swung its tail in an attempt to knock Alfredo away, but a bullet came flying from the distance, putting a hole right through the Lion's tail. Alfredo and Lachlan knew it was Dylan, they just didn't expect him to be such a good shot.
Since Dylan was watching Alfredo gave a thumbs up before shooting the lion in the face again. That's when Alfredo realised he had been shooting a protective layer, one that had been of a thick layer of dirt.
The Lion managed to get back up, it slapped Franklin off before diving into the ground. What was unique was that it didn't leave a hole, as if the ground moved just to let the Lion pass. Lachlan saw that and knew it was due to its Earth Control.
He was now glad he got his Lion off the ground as fast as possible, leaving it no other option aside from death.
Everyone else's end they were surprised by how efficient Lachlan was dealing with the Lion, just by himself he was already beating them.
They quickly got into position, the worm did a surprise attack, appearing beneath the Lion's leg it trapped it. It then began to shred the leg off, the Lion roaded from the pain. The rest of the group quickly did their part as well.
Shadow webbed one of the Lion's hind legs to the ground, Hopper quickly came over and kicked the leg, snapping it in half. Further increasing the pain the lion felt.
Once the Lion was badly injured Rocky did what it does best, the tongue came flying over attaching onto a front leg. The cat was getting dragged across the ground without anything it could do, two of its legs were badly injured.
Once the leg entered Rocky's mouth he bit down, quickly biting off the lower part of the leg leaving it unusable. Finally, the worm took care of the other leg, quickly shredding it to pieces.
When the Lion was already dead they walked closer and sprayed bullets at its head, quickly finishing it off.
On Adam(J)'s side, he was struggling a bit, although he had plenty of beasts a few of them didn't specialise in combat. But fortunately the ones that did manage to keep their guard up.
Flames quickly surrounded the Lion in a circle of fire, leaving it nowhere to go. The two Spy Spiders with the help of Breeze managed to surprise attack it from the sky, they bit down on its neck multiple times making sure they inject plenty of venom.
Molly was constantly teleporting around the place getting other spiders where they need to be. It was mainly with the spy spiders, teleporting them in and out of battle rapidly.
But unfortunately, due to their small size, most of the attacks didn't hurt the Lion as all. Aside from the venom and fire everything else didn't faze it. Flames was smashed away by the Lion's tail, quickly getting knocked out of the fight.
The rest followed the same path. Whenever things did seem bad however, Molly would make sure to teleport them out of there. It didn't attack much due to its weak poison, but the least it could do was make sure everyone lived.
Way in the distance was Dylan at the top of a tree, shooting multiple shots at beasts in the surrounding area. Once the battle began it seems the weaker beasts suddenly grew a pair of balls, they started getting agitated and ran towards the battlefield.
Dylan was taking care of them but that's when the beasts noticed him. Fortunately, although some of the could climb trees they would quickly be knocked off by Dylan's snakes, leaving him untouched.
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Back at the school, the shaking stopped and everything resumed to normal, as for the superiors, they were all staring intently at the Tv.
"What's the situation?" One of the asked.
Georgia looked towards the drone footage and motioned for the operator to show more of the field, "It seems they're winning and no one has died yet".
The leaders were beginning to feel confident in this operation. If they were able to get rid of these bodyguards so easily then they were bound to completely crush the intelligent beast. Even the fat man was feeling excited, as much as he didn't like the group he couldn't help but admire their strength and courage.
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Back on the battlefield things were going smoothly. Once Lachlan got the Rocs to drop the Lion it quickly crashed into the ground and died. He then went and assisted Adam(J) along with everyone else.
Once they joined in the battle ended in a second, it was almost too easy. Some of the beasts held the hind legs such as the worm and Rocky while the others could grab hold of the front legs and head. The tugged with all their might, ripping the Lion in two.
They were pleased with how everything went but quickly remembered there was still another Lion hiding beneath them.
"What do we do now?" Lachlan asked. He didn't have a single idea as to how they could lure the Lion out. It was badly injured and knew it would lose instantly, it wouldn't come out no matter what.
"It has ran away," One of the soldiers said. He was the one that tamed the worm. They didn't question it since they already knew how he could tell. His worm probably scoped things out and realised the Lion ditched.
"So what about the intelligent beasts?" Alfredo asked. During that entire battle not once did the intelligent beast come out the help its bodyguards.
"Well if it doesn't come out now then it has probably left already, maybe because it's afraid or maybe because it can't be bothered to fight us. Either way, it's good for us, we'll wait a bit before heading back," Adam(J) said.
"If it has ran away then what about the beasts under its control?" Adam asked. The others were curious about this as well, as they would need to warn the soldiers at the school should things go south.
Before Adam(J) could answer they heard a bunch of fighting in the distance. The sounds of beasts getting injured and killed could be heard, they quickly realised the intelligent beast did run away. Not only that, its army has gone haywire.
What they didn't notice was a black silhouette in the distance on a tree, its eyes stared through the dark, observing how the people would react. Seeing that they didn't immediately go after the noise annoyed it, it disappeared from where it was.
Adam(J) pressed the button, alerting the army of what was about to happen. They also quickly got prepared since they would help eliminate the threat.
Aside from Flames the rest of the spiders were fairly small, only reaching someone's knees when the stood up. Flames, on the other hand, stood at an adult human's waist height, making it look fairly large.Flames' body had small red hairs, all the hair gave Flames more sensory depth. The rest of the spiders were small, but that also gave them certain advantages.Map was tiny, probably the size of someone's foot, it was entirely brown with small furs. The unique thing about it were its eyes, it had way more than a normal spider having roughly 16 eyes in total.Molly managed the reach an adult's knees, there wasn't much unique about molly aside from what it was wearing. It had a little strap with pockets that people could fill with small messages, that's probably to make use of the short distance teleportation.Then there was Breeze which was half the height of molly, its body covered in thin but razor sharp light blue hairs. Lachlan already knew how Breeze attacked, it probably drops on its opponents from the sky, biting them before they have the chance to react.The two spy spiders Lola and Lucy were both entirely black, the fur on their bodies was also entirely black. They were about the same size as Breeze.When Lachlan thought about it he realised all of AdamJ's spiders could work together in reconnaissance. Aside from Flames and Breeze, each spider had abilities that would assist with reconnaissance, there were even some that could combine together.That's when Lachlan realised AdamJ knew how to use his beasts' abilities to the fullest. Map jumped onto Molly and before he realised it they disappeared, Lachlan looked up and could see a small silhouette floating in the wind.He turned to AdamJ in shock only to realise something was different about him. His eyes were completely shut. 'So that's what sight share does' Lachlan quickly knew what Map's ability is. He found it odd, that a spider had an ability that only worked when it had been tamed.After a few minutes the spiders teleported down and AdamJ returned to now. What he had done was confirm their route, checking where the beasts were and if there were any high density areas.They continued to wait for the signal to begin, waiting only 10 minutes before they were given the go. Rushing up the hill Lachlan and AdamJ got their beasts to release their aura, creating a dome around them of an ever-changing environment.At one point it's boiling hot then at another it's cold with a strong wind. But during both times there's a constant electrifying feeling tingling the skin of beasts, causing them great discomfort. They did this to force weaker beasts to retreat.As they continued rushing throughout the residential area, they passed a school and then a small paddock, where they were finally stopped by an opponent. A snake stood before them, managing to not run away from his aura.Lachlan couldn't see the snake clearly, but with the little bit of light coming from the moon, he was able to determine its size. It was 10 metres long, it didn't have two massive teeth but rather had teeth similar to a shark, with rows of teeth that'll shred its prey.'Analyse'--------------------------------------------------------Name: Shredder SnakeAge: AdultAttribute: WaterGrade: NormalInnate Talent: 5th GradeLevel: 1STR: 34+2, AGI: 36+3, VIT: 25INT: 15, PER: 28, WIL: 19Weakness: Spine, Back of Head, PridefulStrengths: Fast Speeds, Tough Body, Flexible, Paralysis Poison--------------------------------------------------------Lachlan wasn't surprised it managed to resist the aura, its pride wouldn't allow for it the run. Instead, it would attempt to fight a battle it had no chance of winning.Fast quickly came from the shadows and sunk its teeth in the snake's body before retreating back from where it came from. Then Rocky attacked, its tongue shot out and attached itself to the snake's head.The snake was heavily weakened due to the extremely potent poison and couldn't resist Rocky tugging it through the air. Once the snakes head entered Rocky's mouth he crunched down, ending the snake's life quickly.Dylan decided to stop there as there was a massive tree in that paddock that gave him a view of the entire housing district, giving him a massive advantage. He used Slow to drag him up the tree until he reached a branch that was high enough and had the ability to hold his weight.After that they continued their journey coming across a few smaller beasts that were similar to the snake, they were too prideful. This time they saw how the worm attacked, it was frightening to say the least.It had two types of attacks. One was where if the beast was small enough it would appear beneath it and catch it in its mouth. That's where it got gruesome. Its teeth had the ability to rotate around its mouth, becoming a literal shredder*Roar*Screech*Hsss*An array of sounds begun surrounding them. The group knew the beasts were weaker than them due to their fear, no beast attempted to make a move against them. The group also didn't want to waste any time and rushed past everything.Lachlan was currently on the roof of a house, checking the surrounding area for any movement, through his tracker he was informed that he was near the intelligent beast, or should be anyway. Lachlan was, however, disappointed with the lack of movements."We determined that there are four beasts that are the intelligent beast's bodyguards," AdamJ explained to the group, he was giving them some last minute prep."How strong are they?" Alfredo asked. He didn't want to partake in a fight he had no chance of winning, he would help protect their backs if those bodyguards were too strong."Fairly strong, but since there are four of them we can split up and take each of them out quickly. Lachlan and Alfredo you two will deal with one, I'll deal with one while the Adam, Jack and my two soldiers will deal with another. Once you finish yours off we'll finish off the last one as fast as possible," The plan sounded good, it was just dependent on them not screwing up."So where are they?" Lachlan asked. Since they're so strong they should have come out to deal with them already, yet he didn't see anything."Underground," What AdamJ said surprised them. They didn't think the bodyguards would be beneath them."How do we get them to come out?" Jack asked. If they were underground they couldn't do much to lure them out. They could use the worm but since these bodyguards were supposed to be strong then the worm would likely die."We need to make some noise, if we're loud enough we'll disturb either the bodyguards or the intelligent beast. One way or the other the bodyguards will come to the surface to deal with us," AdamJ explained.They then began jumping on the ground, their beasts joined along. Even going to the point where their beasts smashed their bodies against the ground. Franklin seemed the best in this regards, its howl was deafening. Yet there was nothing."Damnit, where are you beast!" Lachlan shouted. He was beginning to get annoyed, he wanted to fight, he wanted to complete crush these bodyguards to the ground.*Rumble*The earth begun to shake, it got more and more violent as seconds went by. Looking down Lachlan saw the ground beneath him crack, using his perception he realised the cracks extended to the far surrounding ground.*Roar*Roar*Roar*Roar*The ground split apart and four massive beasts came out, each of these beasts reaching at least 5 metres in height."Analyse".--------------------------------------------------------Name: Underground LionsAge: AdultAttribute: EarthGrade: NormalInnate Talent: 3rd GradeLevel: 7STR: 31+10, AGI: 35+10, VIT: 30+5INT: 18+8, PER: 28+9, WIL: 22+7Weakness: Slightly Blind, Sensitive TailStrengths: Strong Claws, Fast Digging, Strong Bite, Earth Control Level 2--------------------------------------------------------Name: Underground LionsAge: AdultAttribute: EarthGrade: NormalInnate Talent: 2nd GradeLevel: 6STR: 30+9, AGI: 32+9, VIT: 30+10INT: 17+5, PER: 26+7, WIL: 21+8Weakness: Slightly Blind, Sensitive TailStrengths: Strong Claws, Fast Digging, Strong Bite, Earth Control Level 2--------------------------------------------------------Name: Underground LionsAge: AdultAttribute: EarthGrade: NormalInnate Talent: 3rd GradeLevel: 8STR: 36+15, AGI: 34+10, VIT: 30+10INT: 21+5, PER: 29+9, WIL: 24+7Weakness: Slightly Blind, Sensitive TailStrengths: Strong Claws, Fast Digging, Strong Bite, Earth Control Level 2--------------------------------------------------------Name: Underground LionsAge: AdultAttribute: EarthGrade: NormalInnate Talent: 4th GradeLevel: 7STR: 32+10, AGI: 33+10, VIT: 30+7INT: 19+4, PER: 27+6, WIL: 20+5Weakness: Slightly Blind, Sensitive TailStrengths: Strong Claws, Fast Digging, Strong Bite, Earth Control Level 2--------------------------------------------------------Lachlan was quite dumbfounded when he read the description. This was the first time he's seen a beast similar level to his Rocs, but it did make sense after thinking about it. Although Lachlan didn't like to think about it he knew they've probably slaughtered plenty of humans, gaining those levels.They all prepared themselves for the battle, and although they weren't able to lure out the intelligent beast, defeating these four should either provoke it or terrify it away.Just as they were about to launch at the lions they began stomping on the ground, causing an earthquake to start. Lachlan's group immediately knew what they were doing and was terrified that they knew how to do it....Back at the base the rest of the leaders were in front of the Tv watching everything happen through drone footage."If those are the bodyguards how strong is the intelligent beast?" Chloe questioned. This operation seemed more and more impossible every time something unpredictable happens."We aren't sure, all we know that those bodyguards are strong," The old woman stated. Chloe and this old woman discussed a few things, she eventually learnt the woman's name was Georgia.Chloe was about to say something else but was interrupted when the ground began to shake. Chloe immediately knew what it was and her expression darkened, this was something they definitely didn't prepare for.Lachlan didn't expect for some random beast to know about their special abilities, but when thinking about it, it did make sense. When his Rocs attacked he never mentioned anything about their ability, they just seemed to know about it instinctively.He knew it would be dangerous to let the Lions continue to use their special ability, the collateral damage would be too much for them to handle. Not to mention that it's slightly affecting the school, meaning his mother's life was in danger."We should attack now, don't let them continue this attack!" Lachlan suggested. Adam, Alfredo and Jack immediately agreed. AdamJ looked around and realised how much damage it was doing to the surroundings and agreed as well."Remember, make sure to work perfectly and efficiently as we don't want any mistakes to happen," AdamJ made sure to remind them. He knew that if one of them died he would have to deal with an angered mother, that wasn't something pleasant to do.Lachlan turned towards Alfredo, "You don't need to worry, I can easily take care of this myself but you should keep an eye on the extra Lion, make sure it doesn't get a surprise attack in"."Alright, and you make sure not to die," Alfredo also knew what he would have to deal with should Lachlan die.The other group quickly organised themselves and AdamJ got in position. Once they were ready they gave a thumbs up to each other and began their attack.Lachlan made sure to take advantage of the Rocs flying, it was something that constantly saved him and helped defeat enemies, today won't be any different.'You three dig well deep into the Lion and fly as high as you can, once you reach 100 metres drop it' Lachlan quickly told his Rocs what he was thinking.'Will do' the Rocs happily agreed. They shot off quickly with calamity out the front, he wanted to level up just to shut Catastrophe up.When they were close the Lion pounced out them. Unfortunately, that's exactly what they wanted. They dodged slightly to the side before ripping into the Lion, its roar was filled with pain. The Rocs quickly lifted it into the air, giving it no chance to resist and now that it was in the air there was nothing it could do.While the Rocs were busy with that Lion the extra Lion came fully swinging at Lachlan. But before it could reach him Franklin interrupted its path and bit down. Alfredo seemed to enjoy fighting alongside Franklin as he ran up to the Lion and shot it in the face with his shotgun.The Lion swung its tail in an attempt to knock Alfredo away, but a bullet came flying from the distance, putting a hole right through the Lion's tail. Alfredo and Lachlan knew it was Dylan, they just didn't expect him to be such a good shot.Since Dylan was watching Alfredo gave a thumbs up before shooting the lion in the face again. That's when Alfredo realised he had been shooting a protective layer, one that had been of a thick layer of dirt.The Lion managed to get back up, it slapped Franklin off before diving into the ground. What was unique was that it didn't leave a hole, as if the ground moved just to let the Lion pass. Lachlan saw that and knew it was due to its Earth Control.He was now glad he got his Lion off the ground as fast as possible, leaving it no other option aside from death.Everyone else's end they were surprised by how efficient Lachlan was dealing with the Lion, just by himself he was already beating them.They quickly got into position, the worm did a surprise attack, appearing beneath the Lion's leg it trapped it. It then began to shred the leg off, the Lion roaded from the pain. The rest of the group quickly did their part as well.Shadow webbed one of the Lion's hind legs to the ground, Hopper quickly came over and kicked the leg, snapping it in half. Further increasing the pain the lion felt.Once the Lion was badly injured Rocky did what it does best, the tongue came flying over attaching onto a front leg. The cat was getting dragged across the ground without anything it could do, two of its legs were badly injured.Once the leg entered Rocky's mouth he bit down, quickly biting off the lower part of the leg leaving it unusable. Finally, the worm took care of the other leg, quickly shredding it to pieces.When the Lion was already dead they walked closer and sprayed bullets at its head, quickly finishing it off.On AdamJ's side, he was struggling a bit, although he had plenty of beasts a few of them didn't specialise in combat. But fortunately the ones that did manage to keep their guard up.Flames quickly surrounded the Lion in a circle of fire, leaving it nowhere to go. The two Spy Spiders with the help of Breeze managed to surprise attack it from the sky, they bit down on its neck multiple times making sure they inject plenty of venom.Molly was constantly teleporting around the place getting other spiders where they need to be. It was mainly with the spy spiders, teleporting them in and out of battle rapidly.But unfortunately, due to their small size, most of the attacks didn't hurt the Lion as all. Aside from the venom and fire everything else didn't faze it. Flames was smashed away by the Lion's tail, quickly getting knocked out of the fight.The rest followed the same path. Whenever things did seem bad however, Molly would make sure to teleport them out of there. It didn't attack much due to its weak poison, but the least it could do was make sure everyone lived.Way in the distance was Dylan at the top of a tree, shooting multiple shots at beasts in the surrounding area. Once the battle began it seems the weaker beasts suddenly grew a pair of balls, they started getting agitated and ran towards the battlefield.Dylan was taking care of them but that's when the beasts noticed him. Fortunately, although some of the could climb trees they would quickly be knocked off by Dylan's snakes, leaving him untouched.Back at the school, the shaking stopped and everything resumed to normal, as for the superiors, they were all staring intently at the Tv."What's the situation?" One of the asked.Georgia looked towards the drone footage and motioned for the operator to show more of the field, "It seems they're winning and no one has died yet".The leaders were beginning to feel confident in this operation. If they were able to get rid of these bodyguards so easily then they were bound to completely crush the intelligent beast. Even the fat man was feeling excited, as much as he didn't like the group he couldn't help but admire their strength and courage.Back on the battlefield things were going smoothly. Once Lachlan got the Rocs to drop the Lion it quickly crashed into the ground and died. He then went and assisted AdamJ along with everyone else.Once they joined in the battle ended in a second, it was almost too easy. Some of the beasts held the hind legs such as the worm and Rocky while the others could grab hold of the front legs and head. The tugged with all their might, ripping the Lion in two.They were pleased with how everything went but quickly remembered there was still another Lion hiding beneath them."What do we do now?" Lachlan asked. He didn't have a single idea as to how they could lure the Lion out. It was badly injured and knew it would lose instantly, it wouldn't come out no matter what."It has ran away," One of the soldiers said. He was the one that tamed the worm. They didn't question it since they already knew how he could tell. His worm probably scoped things out and realised the Lion ditched."So what about the intelligent beasts?" Alfredo asked. During that entire battle not once did the intelligent beast come out the help its bodyguards."Well if it doesn't come out now then it has probably left already, maybe because it's afraid or maybe because it can't be bothered to fight us. Either way, it's good for us, we'll wait a bit before heading back," AdamJ said."If it has ran away then what about the beasts under its control?" Adam asked. The others were curious about this as well, as they would need to warn the soldiers at the school should things go south.Before AdamJ could answer they heard a bunch of fighting in the distance. The sounds of beasts getting injured and killed could be heard, they quickly realised the intelligent beast did run away. Not only that, its army has gone haywire.What they didn't notice was a black silhouette in the distance on a tree, its eyes stared through the dark, observing how the people would react. Seeing that they didn't immediately go after the noise annoyed it, it disappeared from where it was.AdamJ pressed the button, alerting the army of what was about to happen. They also quickly got prepared since they would help eliminate the threat.
