126 Island of the Dead (1/2)
When Lachlan woke up it had already been a few hours and the island has long since reached the destination. An island shrouded in a deathly aura so thick it could be cut with a knife, the waters surrounding the island were pitch-black, with boney fins surfacing every now and then.
There was a stench that came from the island that even reached them, although they didn't exactly know how to describe other than saying it smelt like death. A smell that could only be found in hospitals and cemeteries.
The trees were twisted and dead, painting a haunting scene as the island seemed to have natural darkness to it. As though the sunlight struggled to pierce through the death aura that shrouded the island in its entirety.
”Well I suppose this is the place then,” Lachlan joked to try and lighten up the mood. Everyone was staring at the island, slightly hesitant at its ghastly sight. Although Simon was still fairly pumped up, Wildfire was already summoned and stared at the darkness in contempt.
”Do we really have to go down there?” Phoebe asked slightly fearful of what she might see down there. Her mind was running wild, imagine all the horrible things that could happen to them as if it was a horror movie.
”Well you don't have to, remember, this is for me to increase my willpower,” Lachlan reminded them of their purpose here, which was for him to increase his willpower. Whether or not the group stayed on the island or not didn't matter, he needed to go down.
”Alright, I'll go with you,” Phoebe braved it out and decided to pull through with a plan. She would go with Lachlan while the others would go with Simon, just in case something doesn't go to plan and he ends up in a disadvantageous position.
The group nodded at the plan and jumped off the island. They swiftly penetrated the shroud of death which sent a shiver down their spines, they felt as though they were getting watched from all angles.
When they landed on the ground Lachlan quickly analysed the surrounds but aside from the status screen that came up for the trees and bushes, there was nothing else. Lachlan and Phoebe calmed themselves down with deep breaths before separating from the group.
They weaved through the twisted trees, stepping on the cracked rocks that crumbled under their weight. The feeling of being looked at never going away, Lachlan and Phoebe stared at their surroundings, looking for anything abnormal.
Lachlan suddenly sensed something and ducked; a tree branch passed through where he was running with some force behind it. The branch was hidden spikes on it, the tips looked as though they had been coated with poison as they had a purple hue to them.
Looking to the tree the branch was connected to Lachlan swiftly analysed it.
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Name: Undead Ent
Age: Adult
Attribute: Darkness/Ghoul
STR: 31, AGI: 26, VIT: 100
INT: 28, PER: 19, WIL: 10
Weakness: Immobile
Strengths: Darkness Control (Level 3), Sense Share
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Lachlan looked at the bizarre status screen for a few seconds before an Ent behind him launched an attack. He swiftly dodged it by sidestepping, Phoebe did the same when she was attacked. They were surrounded by ents.
Lachlan already knew why these ents were so unique, it was because they were resurrected. At the very least that's a decent explanation as to why they don't have a grade, level, or innate talent. The other idea was that it was because the ent was a plant type beast.
”These things are that beast's undead minions, and since they're already dead how about we just finish them off completely,” Lachlan said as he summoned all four of his tames. The four swiftly went into action, ripping apart the ents in the surroundings.
Phoebe summoned Faith and Joy, Hope wouldn't be very useful in their current circumstances. She then turned to Lachlan. ”Sure, we'll go with that idea.”
Faith's massive body already crushed a few trees into the dirt. Spears of water began to form around him before shooting off, slicing the trees in half, leaving none untouched. It let out a roar that shook the surroundings, it was pumped up since it hadn't fought in such a long time.
Joe was in a similar situation and using his control over the water he gently slid across the ground, smashing into ents and breaking them apart. Lachlan his four tames watched the scene unfold in front of them.
'Indeed, truly a fitting partner for master' Aaron said pridefully.
'She sure is something' Lachlan admired Phoebe's change. Not to long ago she was hesitant and scared but now she was fighting furiously without a care in the world. Letting her turtles annihilate the Ents.
Lachlan walked up to Phoebe with the four trailing behind him, he stood next to Phoebe and watched the two turtles rip apart the ents like they were nothing. Faith was sliding across the ground, smashing apart Ents with its huge body. Joy was doing something similar.
'This is great, absolutely wonderful!' Faith shouted with joy as he continued to shred through ents one after another.