The Red Arachnoform in front of Karat released Waves of Mana that petrified him.
That Arachnoform had 4 types of patterns, with a few arrow patterns.
An Elder.
Soon enough, the Waves of mana formed into six Swords of Red and Black radiating a murderous aura, and Karat saw someone with a sythe and cloak beside him.
To everyone watching, however, all of this happened too quickly to do something.
All Hysuans watched, dazed as the swords descended on Karat.
*BOOM*
A thin spear, with strings attached to its end shot at the Elder, who quickly backstepped.
*thud*
*BOOOM*
The spear hit the ground, and released a burst of mana that shattered the swords like glass.
In the distance, a single Hysuan stood on the ground with a large cannon on his shoulders, with the strings attached to the spear connected to the inside of its barrel.
His 15 centimeter horn had a second layer near the base.
"Some of you seem to like bullying the young ones."
With that, the launched spear snapped back, returning back to the cannon.
"7, Check this one out, a new Hysuan Commander."
The Red Arachnoform sneered.
The New Hysuan felt something was off, and jumped immediately, just as another Arachnoform jumped out from his shadow, turning all the vegetation on the ground to dust.
Even though it appeared like a perfect dodge, the Hysuan had a lot of cuts on his legs, and some of them were deep enough to draw blood.
"Seems like it, First."
The black Arachnoform whispered as he dipped back into the Hysuan's shadow and appeared beside the First Elder.
"All commanders call me out before they start talking."
The Red and Black Arachnoform elders looked at the landing Hysuan, and immediately moved.
into the forest.
They were higher levelled, ofcourse they needed a whole seperate battlefield for themselves.
And the Hysuan gave chase, leaving Karat alone and wondering...
what the fuck did I just witness?
———
On the other side, Elfane was cornered by two different Arachnoform elders.
One white and one a mix of white and Cyan.
The Arachnoform Elfane was initially chasing had already gotten out of the way.
Breaking the standoff, Elfane spoke,
"Who are you peop-"
"5, tie him up."
The Cyan White Arachnoform interrupted immediately.
She was preparing a monologue.
The fully White Arachnoform shot a ball of silk at Elfane.
*Chirp.*
That ball was so slow that even the crickets felt shy when making noise.
Elfane just took a step to the left.
"Wow, you're actually fast."
Said the fully White Arachnoform.
"Try dodging this!"
He then raised all four arms and like a flood, rained balls of silk fast enough to bend the air, all aimed at Elfane.
*wooosh* *wooosh* *wooosh*
*wooosh* *wooosh* *wooosh*
*wooosh* *wooosh* *wooosh*
*wooosh* *wooosh* *wooosh*
*wooosh* *wooosh* *wooosh*
*wooosh* *wooosh* *wooosh*
Elfane did not get the time to scream as he was buried in a cocoon of silk, about twice as thick as himself.
"4, Weren't we supposed to kill him?"
"Did you leave a hole for air?"
"Yes."
"Then close it."
Another ball of silk was fired, but.
"ACTIVE"
A shrill, but undoubtedly robotic voice tore through the night, and soon.
*CLANK*
*CLANK*
*CLANK*
"4, there's a damn ClAnkEr here."
"Why did you say it like that?"
A Meneric appeared.
Well, it did not have three heads.
It did not have a head at all.
Fully metallic grey, 3 meter long claws, with a height of 6 meters.
That thing did not look natural in the slightest, especially when looking at its tail.
A normal Meneric has a tail long enough to reach all of their body, with a five fingered hand at the end, to compensate their sharp claws.
This thing here had a lot of tails. And a lot of them did not end with a hand.
The two Arachnoform elders watched the thing unerringly.
This one seemed to be atleast equal to them.
about damn time they have an actual battle.
"ENGAGING. OVERRIDE. RELEASING."
The Large Meneric slashed halfway though the cocoon of silk, and used its tail to pull Elfane out.
"PLAYING PRERECORDED MESSAGE: Tell Elun and Birak that Carrej and the Engineers are here."
Meneric Group 3, Engineers!
More People!
The Large Meneric put Elfane back, and threw the cocoon towards the camp.
"MECHA MENERIC KNIFE, OR MECHARIC KNIFE, EXECUTING COMBAT ROUTINE."
The Mecharic lunged at the White Arachnoform, and began slashing unpredictably.
The Weaver Arachnoform was not a combatant, so he jumped back.
"
Firing a Net of Silk at the Mecharic, followed by a rain of silk, painting the Mecharic in silk, before encasing it in silk.
The Ash Snow Spider, firstly began charging a vortex of Cold Mana, diverting some of it to freeze the dome of silk, making it solid and hard to break.
For a moment, the only sound was the howling of the wind as ash like snow formed in the swirling vortex of Mana, slowly forming a thin sword.
"PATHETIC."
The shrill robotic voice was exceptionally clear, as if the layer of silk and snow did nothing to stop it.
"IT SEEMS THAT THE ELDERS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN THIS."
The dome shattered into countless pieces, and the Mecharic reappeared.
Immediately, it lunged towards a nearby Javelin tree,
*SHING**SHING*
It took two cuts and the thick trunk was cut.
Then, it thrust its claws into the tree, and-
*WWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHH*
The Weaver Arachnoform was hit, and launched away.
The Ash Snow Spider launched the Incomplete sword, and the Mecharic thrust the tree at it,
*SHATTER*
It didn't stop after that, hitting and launching her farther than the Weaver.
With two choices (not quite) in sight, the Mecharic dashed towards the Weaver.
———
Javelin forest, Javelin city
Marble flatlands, cottontail city
Arranged in a shape resembling a square, in that order,
These 4 areas form the southern border of the Hiwana kingdom and the Hysuan territory.
To the south of Cottontail city is the Southern Ocean and the shortest way to Jeju Islands,
The islands are populated by evolved slimes, now capable of wielding swords.
These are the SLEAVER slimes.
Usual Sleavers have a tall and irregular body, with a hand like appendage at the bottom that acts as their foot.
Their Mana Cores are split into two, one is their eye, situated in the head, and the other is the sword.
Their weapons are literally defined by their level.
One such Sleaver was locked up, alone.
That was the Demonic cloud sleaver,
Agyn Ceran.
He was a rising genius, destined to change the power of the Jeju islands!
But those who were already at the top were afraid of him.
That's why he was locked up.
[Hello]
He stared at the system message.
It was red?
Weren't these blue?
[New Quest]
[Fight for freedom]
[
The chains of fate binding you will shatter.
]
[
You will be Temporarily restricted to level 150.
]
[Goal: Kill the otherworlder]
[Reward: Rebirth Potion, Freedom, Enlightenment in your sword technique]
Agyn Ceran smiled.