15 Wild (1/2)
Name: Sand Serpent, Type: Earth, Level:9, Harmonization Level:6
”Its stronger than the Sand Crocodile I fought before. We're lucky that we ran into a spiritual beast from the get go, but how are we going to defeat it.” Asked Koren.
”As long as you are in the Armor, you're safe from any serious damage. However, I had to turn off the inertial dampeners to save power, so be careful of being thrashed around, but we should be clear from any piercing damage.” replied Hope.
As Koren continued to drop, he felt his feet touch something hard, like a rock layer.
”It's probably the outer wall, we need to break in.” recommended Hope.
Koren concentrated all of the earth element spiritual power under his feet, and forced his way through.
”Ahh.” Yelled Koren as he fell through, and continued to fall for a whole minute, before he finally felt the ground under him again.
”Activate the Kino.” Said Hope.
”OK.” Replied Koren, as he brought up the Armor Utilities menu and activated the Kino cam system.
Balls of liquid metal started to coagulate around his arms till they detached and turned into round balls with a camera and flash light of sorts. A total of 30 Kino's came out from the Armor and lighted up the whole tunnel.
Koren looked up at the roof, it was at least a kilometer high, no wonder he kept falling for around a minute.
”Sand Serpent, straight ahead. I think it noticed us, get ready Koren.” Said Hope as her form appeared in the tunnel, right next to one of the Kino's.
”I'm ready Big sis.” Replied Koren with zest and vigor.
”Great, I'm sending half of the Kino's out to explore this place” Said Hope as 15 Kino's assembled themselves next to her before spreading out through the tunnels.
The other half simply turned into miniature lights bulbs, making the dark tunnel system light up.
Koren saw the sand serpent slithering over with speed, it was going so fast that he was sure he couldn't out run it even if he changed all of his spiritual power points to wind.
”I need a weapon.” Said Koren.
”No problem, just bring up the weapons menu.” Replied Hope.
”Wait, there's a weapons menu, how come you didn't tell me about that before.” Asked Koren as he brought up the weapons menu, and chose sharp swords mounted on his arms.
The front of his arms turned liquid before turning into dual swords.
”You never asked.” Replied Hope playfully.
The Serpent rushed at Koren, its mouth wide open, its mighty fangs at full display. It was as if it was trying to swallow Koren in one bite.
Koren didn't dodge. Instead he jumped right into its mouth.
The Serpent thought that this strange creature was dumb and wanted to be eaten, it swallowed Koren without hesitation. Just as the Serpent was about to let out a burp, and be on its way, it felt a sudden intense pain. It wanted to look back to the part of its body where that pain originated, but it was already too late. The light in its eyes retreated and the Serpent fell.
”Ah, Koren, that was so gross.” Said Hope as she held her nose. Koren was coved in a slimy liquid, probably the serpents innards. The serpents body was laid out, cut up in several large pieces.
”It did the job. You have to stop being so sissy big sis.” Replied Koren as he began to approach the serpents head section. Its body had already started to harden, and after half a minute, the whole thing turned into sand.
”You know Koren, the Armor not only affects your body's chemistry, but also your brains chemistry. It continues to make modifications to your biology till you are a perfect match with it.” Said Hope as she noticed the change in Koren's behavior.
”Big sis, I know it changes me, but I also know that it's a good change. I'm more agile and alert, it can save my life and help me grow stronger.” Said Koren as he looked down at the shiny shard laid out where the serpents head was moments before, he knelt down and grabbed it. ”Well that's number 1, but we probably need more.” said Koren as he wondered where to put the Shard.
The Armor layer on his hand turned into liquid and absorbed the shard, surprising Koren. ”Don't worry, it will store and purify the shards for you till you figure out what to do with them.” Said Hope before Koren had the opportunity to ask.
”Well, the Kino's have been going about the tunnel system, and they found a few Spiritual beasts that you can handle.” Said Hope.
”OK, lets hunt” replied Koren in a tone of excitement.
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Uther began to read the letter that he got from Andre. It was addressed to him from the 3rd Princess Elena Draco.
Uther put the letter down and walked over to a desk, laid out with flasks of a red liquid. Uther poured the red liquid in a cup and drank a mouthful after which he started to laugh like mad. ”Haha Haha haha.”
He continued to laugh till his cup was empty.