365 7.93 Promptus Ut Rursus Adveniat. (2/2)
”Gullible humans, just because of the word 'Gold' made them forget the next word 'Demons' and 'Hoarded'... How many counts did you make for those entering the mineshaft earlier?” asked Assassin 'A' as he counted the demons that came out from the mineshaft and were licking the trails of blood that had streamed from their weapons down to their beefy forearm.
”There are more than 50 humans, I've lost count as well but from the sight of these human meat grinders, I'm sure there are no survivors.” answered Assassin 'B' as he saw that these demons had 4 forearms instead of the usual 2 and able to wield 2 slashing and 2 piercing weapons.
”Look at those scales on their bodies... Aren't they natural scale armour?” asked Assassin 'A' as he used 'E A G L E. E Y E S' to actually get a much closer look at the sight before him.
”My God, you're right. These scales armour are baring fused into their bodies, unlike those demons that we had battled in before. Those... Looks like an armadillo and a porcupine combined. Look at their defensive mane behind their whole back. Looks familiar?”
Observed Assassin 'B' as he saw that these demons had a kind of mane from the top of the head right till their backs and as the demons breathed, their manes moved rhythmically and saw that it was made up of 5-inch black spikes.
For an Assassin to take down the enemy using a 'B A C K S T A B' would like be a no, no and the only way is to approach the front. But having 4 arms would put the demons at an advantage, so a frontal attack would also be at a disadvantage.
Long-range assault, Juggernaut walls and ice spikes would stop their advances but for how long, the Assassins won't know. Wild beast and raising the dead spirits wouldn't work well in this scenario.
Suddenly, as the Assassins were lost in their own thoughts, the demons lay flat on their stomachs and began to dig the ground and cover themselves with the dirt. Soon, all the demons that were in plain sight had done so and the ground seems to be uniform and undisturbed.
”Eh... Where did they go? They are like bugs that burrow deep to protect or hide.” thought Assassin 'A' as he realised that these moves were somewhat similar to them in setting up an ambush.
”D E T E C T”
”Damn... I can't detect any signs of life. Wait, I'm going to try something. My gut says that it's a trap all along...” cursed Assassin 'A' as he picked a flat fist-sized stone and threw it towards the ground near the mineshaft. So sooner the stone hit the ground, a few black spikes burst from the ground towards the direction of the stone...
”T A K E. C O V E R”
”S H I E L D S. U P”
The two Assassins mouthed these shout spells and took cover immediately behind the huge tree trunks as some of the spikes flew in their direction.
”Shit...!! Mission Charlie...! RTC... RTC...!” mouthed Assassin 'A' as he activated
'B L I N K', 'D A S H', 'R E T R E A T' and dashed away as fast from the site leaving after images of 2 Assassins as they cleared the ground as fast as they can and zig-zagged around the forested area and hailed UberX to reach Camp Salvation just to avoid detection.
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”Assassin 'A' reporting, Sir Robin...” and we all listened in to the report given and made a battle plan in case we need to go against these horrid 4 armed armadilloes with porcupine spikes behind their backs...!
”Captains, please inform our adventurers that I would like to have the body and pants Studded leather armour in our room in the hearth this very minute within 5 minutes time.”
”There's a need to upgrade our armour NOW as we have a new threat. Pin those coat of arms on the body armour as well.” I instructed and immediately the captains went to work and the sergeants all collected the body and pants Studded Leather armour and leave it in our room in the hearth.
”Everyone takes a break now. I'LL BE BACK...” and I sounded like Arnold Swarzenneger in Terminator 2 as I went into the hearth, meditated and went to the Refined Steel Production and took a cart and places as much plates as I could.
I then changed the scene and came to the Fusion Chamber where I checked that I had l the body armour with the coat of arms pinned to it before I fuse a single plate of steel in the slot. I pushed the slider to CREATE / ARMOUR / ENHANCED and pulled the lever.
*DING* Create Enhanced Armour Success. Legendary 14 Layers Steel Mesh Studded Leather Body Armour created. 5 sockets Body Shield.
”SWEET HOT MOMMA...!!!” I opened the door of the Fusion Chamber and was surprised at the new design of the body armour. The metal coat of arms with 5 diamonds had been infused and now that small badge had covered the whole chest area and was named as Body Shield. It was like a Knight Templer but this had four clovers and a garden hoe on top with the words in Latin across the banner underneath that says, ”Promptus Ut Rursus Adveniat”.