A goob of black slug coalesced into a black liquid like mercury glistening before turning pitch black a light forming at the centre the slugg moved two metres away from Girin into a more open path Darian could see it, in a second it's form changing growing 20 metres in length it's body 2 metres wide it had scales resembling feathers its main body a blackish blue its scales were as hard as stone and glistened like granite it had horns similar to a bull frog on its head and a throat pouch it's underside a light yellow colour it's fangs alone could measure 3 feet it's eyes horridd having dark yellow sclera and multiple silver irises four to be exact overlapping each other but still distinct enough to count and each having a vertically slitted pupil each eye if one looked deep it generated the colours of the rainbow it was a level 6 basilisk the fact it could absorb and transform into such a monster showed how dangerous a mimic was
The creature seeing Darian Immediately slithered with unimaginable speed one you wouldn't guess for its size it was the equivalent of a full speed train but Darian understood he was just bait
Immediately Girin got between the two if the snake could smirk it would of emitted a sinister one, it opened its mouth before getting six feet closer besides it's Two main fangs it had other much smaller displaced ones some hanged out it's mouth, in a few moments it forced it's head to rise above its mouth shooting our a corrosive venom that ate the very ground it landed on borrowing deep underground before the venom could travel and make contact with his skin Girin unleashed his aura projecting his mana outward creating a layer of protection Girin was calm as he stood both his legs wide open his face slightly bent down his bushy but wavy brows mixed with his eyes sent a message of murderous intent at the creature as both his hands stood fisted at the sides of his hips
The basilisk venom was so intense it could melt through hardened mana aswell the serpants eyes locked onto Girin in an attempt to hypnotize him Girin closed both his eyes seeing this the serpants fear rose it clasped it's mouth shut in such a way that it ignited the venom into fire to not hurt or destroy the property and markets of others Girin formed a Tornado of pure mana around himself pulling the flames in, it was as if he bathed in it his muscles defined by the fire and heat causing it to glisen it was simple he coated his entire body with mana dense enough that the venom's power and heat could not penetrate he also filtered the air through his mana control preventing it's toxins from reaching him the fire incircled itself near his abdomen condensing into one small ball Girin opened his mouth and then ate it he with one arm raised the other lowered Girin began to bounce and warm up
You attack the people you sow chaos and now you attack my student every beast meets it's maker and destiny has decided it's time to meet yours he said so while pointing at the basilisk in moments he jumped both hands raised as he delivered a rising crane kick sending the creatures head moving back using the momentum of the upward motion of the kick Girin bent his back curling himself into a ball spinning viciously above the creatures head delivering a downward kick powerful enough to send shock waves destroying its skull then on his left hands palm a spinning ball of fire appeared his fingers engulfing it his fist glowing a yellowish orange colour the speed of the punch breaking the sound barrier igniting it even more creating small whisps of thunder and lightning as Girins fist would drill into the remainder of it's skull the force and heat powerful enough to cause it's insides to get vaporized it's head turning into burning ash the serpants tail still wiggling
Darian who had long ran away to observe the fight from a safe position thought to himself what's a creature of the black mountains doing here mimics don't normally wander out the black mountain atleast until their complete level 6 shapeshifters and even then most instances I've read about are them being brought by other human beings this must be the case was it someone in the market he thought to himself creating a logical conclusion wait Master Girin I think we have to kill it 22 more times don't worry boy Girin laughed I assume this beast had not been givin the propertime to feast I sensed its life force upon it's second transformation and it's weak it only has one more and this is your training so I expect you to contribute this time Normally a basilisk could regenerate from its head being destroyed but it took days and alot of energy Darian assumed this was how the mimic consumed it
At few feet away the serpents chared head released a black powder as the rest of it's body began to rapidly decompose it's bones turning to black goop and coalesceing into a figure with black wings surrounded by black smoke it's wings covering it's face torso and arms revealing it's head revealing eight glowing red bloodlike eyes it Immediately took off the ash like smoke around it dispersing both Darian and Girin dispersed sensing danger posed by the ashes although Darian couldn't further augment his senses the mana naturally flowing through his system did so passively although it wasn't as good or as refined it was similar to a beasts natural instinct
The dust moved as it aged things it came in contact with or caused it to degrade rot and die but unlucky for the creature it's attacks range were limited nor did they spread like viruses once the decay hit something it would stop it's assault its effects barely passed two metres Girin looked up I do admit I attacked you first but let's be honest you rampaged first such anger issues can't be tolerated he pointed at the bird that had flown a few meters up you tried to attack me wanting my form but and tried so hard even attacking my student yet you want to run now common let's continue our dance Girin said as he gritted his teeth took Darian by the collar throwing him into the air passing the creature in a the surprise birds wings flapped releasing blades of air moving at the speed of sound Girin placed both his hands near his face as he began dodging and side stepping creating after images
The creature had eight ruby red eyes four on each side with black feathers adorning it's head wings and back its beak a crescent silvery black it's torso and waist looked creepy most skin felt like cloth hanging over bones as you could see them protuding out it's stomach regions upper half was surrounded by a ball a green mass of souls their faces howling out in pain it's guts and digestive tracks could be seen as there were no muscles or skin to speak of it had completely skeletal human like arms with claws and skin and bone bird like legs on its back were black feathers and a tail with a black steel arrow like tip used to extract Souls it was called the ravenus death at its peak it's a low 6th rank
AS it attempted to flee focusing on a Girin who marched forward Darian descended from above focusing his mana into his fists just like Girin taught him to deliver multiple blows and shifting that force to his feet kicking the neck each attack capable of pulverizing a metres tall boulder during this the bird ignored the pain sensing Doulos closing in it flapped releasing a large gust of wind and flying into the air Darian holding on its neck with disgust using its tail once in the air it tried to Pierce Darian but he produced several acrobatic dodges even getting on its tail suddenly the ravenus death looked at its feet and saw a tugging force lucky us Darian thought in panic the mimic has a time contriction it can't Quickly go through forms like a shapeshifter he needs to be in each form for a certain amount of time otherwise it could transformed back into it's black liquid form to have us all fall down run away or attempt to consume one of us in the chaos
Girin pulled on the Ravenus deaths leg pulling himself on its back dodging each attack from the spear like tail this will be some good exercise he says let's go try to dodge it as delicately as you can the two began to summersault over each other dodging strike after strike on its back hands of ghoulish spirits at the rank of demonic ravings began to pull and tugg on Darians leg their ravings making him feel like he was about to pass out their Ethereal hands turning colder as sheets of ice formed where they touched Girin held back the spear tipped tail as he said listen to me coat yourself with more mana enhance strength and fight those words echoed in the dark of his conciousness as Darian began kicking the spirits away Girin let the tail go it's spear end hitting one of the ghouls sucking them in like a vortex the Ravenus deaths neck turned releasing an intense screech shaking the foundations of the soul as it's tail pushed horizontally Darian although his senses impaired had already predicted where the spear was gonna go back flipping and avoiding the attack in anger when his site had returned and he saw blood dripping from his ears and nose
All Darian saw was red he lunged forward mana covering his hands and projecting outwards transforming them into a triangular shape grafting a blades properties and stabbing it into both eyes of the ravenus death before it could make another sound forcing it to turn it's head in pain just as it did that ,Girin and Darian were side by side let me teach you something do as I do both Darian and Girin bent one knee and stretched the other placing their left hands in a bent claw like position before being clenched tightly mana converged around the fist it's colour changing into a molten colors cracks of fire expanding control the heat to not effect your body or cover the rest of your body Girin said ready in 3 ,2,1 go the heat became so hot it cracked into blue flames both hands plunged at full speed the feeling of being struck by lighting threw ones body at its spawning point was what it could be compared like, an explosion erupted from the large birds chest it began it's descent
Girin Immediately jumping far away making the Ravenus death even more unstable hey Darian shouted the bird glided down near the markets edge hitting one of the stalls and falling on top of another
Darian jumped off the Ravenus death as it began being reduced to a black liquid that turned into dust that started to shrink and compress itself forming a little stone of black and green color Darian looked and grabbed it for himself
He began strolling around possibly looking for where Girin landed to see if it was time to go home but then he heard a commotion,he followed it and hid, on the outskirts of the market there were houses of wood and stone he sneaked around as groups of knights spoke the leaders of the tortured chain gang escaped not only that they made a big commotion in the market Darian finally understood what was going on the knight sensed a gaze as he slowly approached turned around to look with his sword drawn but nothing was there
Darian ran in order to not get caught he planned on heading to the market in order to randevous with Girin ,it's time one of the two invisible hooded figures said as the spell wore off they thought locking us up and chaining us with mana negation cuffs would work they lack creativity not knowing our tattoos stored weapons and mana spells ofcourse the other replied it's a very rare art practiced by beast folk amateurs like those have zero clue ofcourse it's a shame we had to use so much explosives and sacrifice a mimic for our escape
"But you already knew that knight " as the man omniously with a murderous smile turned around to face one of the stalls
The man who said this was wearing a green shoulder cloak a black top, brown leather belts with pouches holding small blades across his chest, green long pants black boots ,arm and leg wraps with with a muscular build standing at 5,9 with brown wavy hair his name was fulkrin on his face overlapping his eye were four scratches though he could still see this was a result of subpar healing magic and one scratch across his chin the other man with him was bald with clear tattoos on his face he had a big nose and big ears and was dark brown in skin tone and wore a red hooded coat he wore a black shirt two brown straps across his chest and waist forming an X containing miniature bombs wore black long pants long socks arm and leg wraps brown sandals and a gold nose ring his name was Cruox
Fulkrin Immediately took out an explosiff dagger and threw it at full speed creating an explosion are you nuts!! Cruox said what if the knights hear us whoever this is deserves a Quick and noiseless death Cruox said this while licking his lips, ah so thats what this is a noise could be heard from behind them it was Darian so it's a kid fulkrin frowned run along kid, I know the moment I turn my back your going to kill me Darian laughed I'm not stupid, Cruox laughed aswell you see that's why I always say you should be direct he immediately took out a pair of iron scythes with brown Handel's and lunged forward his speed slightly faster than the flap of a humming birds wings cutting Darian in two blood spurting guts flinging or so he would of thought if that were not a clone everything dissipating as if it was an illusion
It was all a diversion as six 30cm fireballs were thrown there direction with each being capable of placing a hole through a boulder each dodging these projectiles with Darian revealing himself and rushing in, arrogant fulkrin said as he spawned in a blade of flames only death awaits you Darian kept switching from one direction to another I wasn't born yesterday fulkrin used the blade to create a wall of fire with a swish carving on the ground Cruox turned jumping over the wall of flames only only to be met with a fist moving at high speed with no choice but to block with both hands his right hand was shattered it's bone clearly visible aaaaarh my blood my blood he screamed as he gathered a pouch of bombs what did you say about discretion fulkrin screamed Darian thought in his head the sword must be his skill and the invisibility is the others but right now he doesn't have the energy to use it while his busy fixing his arm
The flaming sword spun before releasing a downward slash motion a few jabs and horizontal fire slashes as Darian shot three more fire balls each slightly bigger targeting fulkrins feet in order for him to move back finally he stepped on the spot that one of Darians earlier flames had landed these weren't ordinary flames but he used a spell giving anything that it landed on even the ground strong stickiness and elasticity so by his next movement fulkrin found himself on the ground in the next moment a kid jumped landing one punch on his face knockeing him out Cruox who was surprised laughed you gonna die kid
He connected his scythes to chains as he began spinning his right arm still clearly hurt trembling each time he spun air slashes would ring Darian adopted his masters stance both hands infront of his face as he dodged each one moving closer and closer the smile on Cruoxes face fading the moment he tried to reach for the explosions in his pocket Darian stomped his feet on the ground a small chasm appearing under Cruox feet removing his balance Darian closed most of the distance until they were 2 or 3 feet from each other Cruox smile returned him almost falling had led him to lifting up both hands and by doing so his left held a single short scythe that was coming down with full force Darian covered the bottom of his feet with dense amounts of mana giving it very bouncy properties he kneeled dodging the scythe springing forward enhancing his feet's strength hitting Cruox knees causing it's bones to shatter immediately jumping both legs curled with a simultaneous single kick to the face then an enhanced punch to the throat causing Cruox to stagger blood spurting out his mouth and pass out unfortunately the fire had already begun to spread but thankfully the knights had arrived to Contain it
Girin approached Darian as he was kneeling near Cruox body checking his pockets so what happened here he asked how did you find me Darian retaliated the fire Girin replied well I was out just fighting scumbags