Chapter 360: Violent Reaction (1/2)

As the cloud of kicked-off dust slowly dissipated, the clashing silhouettes of Aiden and his 4 armed shark-head opponents were slowly revealed. The beast's upper limbs clenched up into a fused fist, was trying to push against the sturdy barrier that Aiden's forearms formed.

Still, the monster could not gain any ground, to its surprise this fragile-looking opponent could match its strength seemingly with ease. No matter how hard it tried to exert more of its strength, it could just not gain even an inch more.

Still, it was not completely out of options. His second set of rams were swiftly clenched into fists, the creature cocked both of his arms back and swiftly launched a punch aiming at both sides of the boy, whilst keeping most of his strength on the upper arm's relentless push.

Seeing the incoming attack, Aiden merely smirked, vanishing from his spot and emerging a couple of steps behind. The sudden disappearance of the obstructing force caused the beast to not be able to react accordingly, its upper double fist suddenly freed from the resistance struck down, hitting his own arms with all of its inertia and power. Its lower arms flung away, the beast began to sway due to the sudden shift of his weight, stumbling forward a couple of steps before finally, it was able to regain its stability.

As the sight looked rather comical, Aiden couldn't help but snicker at the shark-headed creature.

”You are quite the stupid one are ya? All brawn, no brains? Kinda disappointing…” He mocked the creature, looking afraid, and even slightly disdainful at it.

Seeing the scrawny little human's look, and processing the meaning behind his words, the beast stared at Aiden for a moment. Surprisingly, or shockingly even, it showed signs of higher intellect than a mindless beast. Its face reacted to the boy's words, his facial muscles began to contort, showing an expression vaguely resembling a scowl.

It began to growl, emitting a sound vastly different to the strange tongue-clicking noises that its lower, primitive brethren could let out. While it was only a growl, it was induced with emotion that the others were just incapable of: anger, rage, and strangely, wariness.

Whilst the first two were easy to understand, as although it probably had a higher level of intelligence, at its core, it was still merely a beast, a monster. However, for wariness, that was not something that a creature like this should have.

The loud cry it emitted carried a strange tint of emotion, it seemed to understand that this opponent in front of him was far from the average, weak prey they took below the depths to feed their kin.

No, this one was clearly dangerous, the beast realized after their first clash that a frontal attack might not work anymore.

Still, coming to this conclusion, merely took him the time it finished with its battle cry. Steading his stand, he planted his legs firmly on the ground, spreading them and creating a steady stance.

It looked at the golden-eyed human with anger and hate shining in its full, murky, yellow-colored eyes. It suddenly released a snarling, guttural cry again, its four hands began to sway to a mythical rhythm, looking as if it was trying to caress an invisible ball in between them.

Before Aiden could even guess what it was about to do, suddenly the surface of the river behind them began to boil, and in the next moment, four thin appendages made out of pure water shot out. They flew towards the shark-headed sahuagin, or to be more precise, they converged towards the empty space between its four hands.

The liquid continued to flow unnaturally in the air, converging to the small watery seed that began to sprout in the air and continued to grow at a rapid pace.

The beast continued to frantically snarl, growl and even shout. While the sound it made was gibberish to Aiden's ears, there was a definite tune, a rhythm to it, making him quickly realize that whatever it was doing and screaming had a definite meaning to it.

As the seconds continued to pass, under the constant caress of the shark-headed sahuagin champion, the slowly but constantly converging fluid formed into the shape of a ball made out of water.

Seeing as the magic slowly formed into a fitting shape, Aiden wasn't afraid, scared, or wary by any means. No, instead, the already dominant smile on his face curved higher. He cracked his knuckles, filled with excitement, he was looking forward to this special attack filled with furore.