Wood fist was sporting a tense look upon seeing the blade take form out of nowhere!
The Aura from this monster matched that of a lord ranked monster while it was at the early stages this was still troublesome due to the fact that Wood fist could rival a monster of that level...
That is, If he were at his peak...
right now, with much of his mana used to summon his brothers and sisters to fight for their cause, the strain from being too hasty with trying to finish this group off to summon another batch to clear the dark woods and the black marsh had left him currently weakened for a period of time.
but that was not what had gotten his attention this goat-man that he was facing was connected to something similar to how they are with nature and a certain tree of legends.
A deep bestial voice from him asked.
"what are you?"
It was a simple question, yet for HIM it meant so much more should he hear the truth.
but all that he met for his question...
was silence.
Balter stood steady in place, ignoring the question altogether, looking much different than before, as he looked more human-like, as his face was that of a bored middle-aged man while his frame was skinny?
no.
the proper term should be compacted as his hooves sunk into the ground an inch or two, his clothes were a simple tunic with padded slacks, on his wrists were leather bracers that covered the back of his hand and the other end extended past the elbow by a few inches with a metal tip, his horns curled backward just above his pointed ears, with his eyes the same as before.
Wood fist blinked once as some of his sweat dripped to his eye then that was when Balter began his attack!
It was a simple stab.
Yet the power behind it made the CD take a few steps back, as sparks from his magically enhanced skin and the blade colliding!
The sound of metallic screeching reverberated outward it was painful to listen to.
Balter used his whip kick twice to deliver another strike as his opponent was still trying to regain his stance, the first deflected his arms away that were trying to block his relentless assault which crumbled after the first kick before the second that was originally heading for the throat smashed into his lower jaw!
*CRUNCH*
The CD was sent into the air while his attacker ruthlessly chopped upward as if trying to cut his target in half!
While the kick broke the jaw, wood fist still managed to retaliate with a hammer fist through pure instinct!
*SFX for more metal screeching*
The left hammer fist was parried by Balter as it slid down the side of his blade making the CD lean his body forward and somewhat to his right giving the goat-man the best opportunity to strike again!
Balter twisted his body in an unnatural manner as he jumped up reaching Wood fist's height then used his whip kick yet again aiming to wood fist's left temple as he made a quick spin in the air!
*BAM*
While Wood fist managed to cushion the blow with his right hand it brought a ringing sound in his ear as he fell on his side at the price of a broken hand!
At this moment, his gaze lingered on who balter was connected to.
Wood fist suddenly had an Inkling about this as he reached out towards Walter while tearing up as he muttered while completely surrendering to what's to come.
"I see, How envious!"
Balter attacked while he was down, in a vicious manner as his opponent was in a daze delivering more kicks to the face until finally...
*SFX of a skull bursting open*
Balter looked down at the beaten CD but he wasn't done, the blade master swung his blade down then wood fist's head went rolling with a few tears going flying into the air yet he had a peaceful look on his face despite the forehead and above being crushed.
With his opponent definitely dead, Balter bleated out loud as if to proclaim his victory then walked over to the head, picked it up before heading to Walter with the head in tow, when he was a few feet away from his summoner the goat-man kneeled down while presenting the head to him as a trophy.
Walter was afraid at first thanks to how vicious the summon was while taking down his adversary but he felt compelled to accept the head for some odd reason, so the man did so before handing it to Quinn that used its stomach of holding as he leaned back on to the ground.
Walter now just sprawled to the ground thanks to the pain and how tired he was while asking himself.
"when is all this going to end?"
Yang was already looking around for any more possible enemies thanks to being one of the toughest summons he had just that her skill set was different from Berhald that was starting to be the tank of the group.
while Yin took it upon herself to bandage him yet again like a caring sister it was soothing for the injured man but first things first when he was feeling a bit better and injuries somewhat tended to, He had to ensure that the sisterhood would hold it against him for having some of their sisters as his summons he unsummoned Yin and Yang.
Tarka, who had already recovered, was already on her feet beside Walter who was very reluctant to move, as the ground was becoming more and more comfortable the longer he stayed in one spot.
But alas, the feeling from the tree that seemed to be beckoning him was starting to get annoying so with the support of Tarka and Balter that was waiting patiently for what he'll do next, Walter headed towards the tree and with every step, the dense amount of mana was making his body more invigorated as the pain lessen, his tiredness disappeared and his mind cleared.
While this was pleasant and all the man wasn't really liking it as he just wanted to friggin sleep but now he's unable to, He sighed before reaching his hand out then touched the tree, as upon doing so three words were whispered into his mind while thinking to himself.
"Yeah, I should've known there was a reason for the recovery!"
these were the three words as the mana within the tree dispersed and a scroll appeared in his hand that retracted from the tree.
"Go...to...A...ka...ra..."
The words died out.
and now, the man that just wanted to sleep is now stuck with another quest to deal with.
Truly no rest for the wicked!
Berhald finished resting was now standing near Walter with his halberd resting on his shoulder as he remained vigilant, but all this was no longer required as the rogues had arrived to help 'cleanse' the area, while Cassandra was dragging the carcass of the beaten to death werebear!
Now to report what had happened, and hopefully, the Amazonian woman won't suddenly challenge Balter as he was sitting down cross-legged examining his soul blade ignoring the eager for a fight look she was giving!
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Meanwhile in a dark room covered in blood and bodies, with a few pillars with people tied to it, one victim with a bloodied and beaten body whispered as a tear dripped from the said person's chin mixed with their blood.
"Wal...ter...i...m...sor...ry..."