127 An unfair hun (2/2)
”And the trolls, there are trolls, no? The one that I blessed was killed in the vicinity.” The one that talked was the smallest one of the group if one did not count Aria. With that new hope, Oslo searched everywhere, making his body smaller and smaller. But, after finding the empty and destroyed encampment of the trolls, he was facing once more the harsh reality. Not wanting to talk anymore, he only focused on helping his Hero.
”Go South right now! Your only hope is to reach that tunnel that was under the mountains. There should be some humans nearby, right?” Hearing the worried voice in his head, Avirus was still running at full speed. Shortly after he escaped his encounter with the giant demon, he found out he could communicate with a god. By chance, it was Oslo, but before he could even talk, the latter informed him of a terrible threat.
Without even seeing it, he was told to run, like he never did. To his shock, his speed was so important that even himself was baffled. But shortly after, he felt extremely hungry. ”That's normal. The same thing happened previously. But that was that or dying in the hand of those liars.” Not focusing on the last word, the human agreed with the god. He was extremely grateful since he knew his end wouldn't have been pretty. However, none of them noticed the white spark in the sky, that was moving so fast and so high it was hard to distinguish. After all, not even the gods were truly omniscient.
Kardel was still thinking while watching the Hero under him. He was a bit surprised by the speed of the human, meaning that a lot of forms were rendered useless. If he could not catch up to him, what would be the point of being able to kill the Hero? At the same time, he had to be something that could harm Ymir. After all, from what he was told, that human could punch with his bare hands the armors that the skeletons were wearing. And that was not just some low-quality iron made by an idiot blacksmith, but something forged under the supervision of Master Agnil.
Because of this, he waited several seconds, still pondering about his options. Counting the time to transform in his operation, he could only settle for the best of the worst possibilities. Looking at the straight forward way the human was running, he bypassed him and began to transform. His little winds and beautiful white feathers took a far more hideous look. The flesh on his body was getting harder and harder, like an armor. Instead of scales, chitin was slowly appearing. His legs were getting longer and longer while being multiplied.
A green color spread on his body, before turning red, yellow, brown, blue and green again. He was only slightly taller than Meridiana by now, but his arsenal was far deadlier than the succubus. His body was composed of two different parts, the lower one with 6 legs while the upper one that was raised had four arms finished by deadly claws. Retracting a bit his torso and neck, the insect-like Kardel was beginning to fade in the environment.
After walking as fast as he could without breaking the illusion of being invisible, he noticed the fact that the Hero dodged him. The large footsteps created by the human were so obvious that a child could have seen them, not even talking about an expert like him Even with the superb camouflage innate to that type of insect, he could not avoid the detection of a God. ”Let's see who is faster now, me or you!” That did not disappoint the duvodiad, quite the contrary. Thrilled by the hunt, his entire body was at the horizontal.
With this posture, his multiples legs worked at full speed, far more than when he was previously trying to hide his presence. His eyes with multiple faces could clearly see the traces left on the ground. The only drawback of this form was the complete lack of being able to smell. But this was not an issue that often arose. Like that, an insect taller than a human and a Hero were stuck in a pursuit. But unfortunately for one of them, it was a bit too late. Slowing down while taking the color of the tree nearby, Kardel could only see, the massive troop next to his prey.
By sheer luck, part of the army that was supposed to reach the Troll Gate was right on the path of the Hero. The thousands of men could probably not injure the duvodiad, but the issue was with the Hero. Without knowing exactly his strength, he could not risk his life for anything. Feeling a bit vexed to let him go like that, he did not forget to give him a surprise. Extending his body to its maximum, nearly his real size, he raised his head way up toward the sky. Activating the glands that were located right under his head, a powerful acid rushed through his maw.
”JUMP!” The panicked voice of Oslo warned Avirus at the last second. Without even thinking, the general rushed forward, throwing the soldiers on his way to the ground. Turning around after hearing the shrieks of pain and agony, he saw some men covered by a green liquid. Their faces were melting in front of his very eyes, and not even their armors could do a single thing to protect them. Not even a second passed before everything in contact with that acid was gone, and much of what was nearby melted. Looking at where the projectile should have been thrown, all he could see was a patch of trees.As for the culprit, he was already gone.