Chapter 15 & 16: Into The Hive (Part I & Ii) (1/2)

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Chapter 15  & 16 -

Sol kept watching and finally as he expected another two Guardian Wasps came towards the other two who took up guard at the front door. The two Wasps that stood at the front door then left immediately and switched positions with the other two that came.

(It seems these guys have their own networks huh) -Sol

Sol watched calmly as the two Guardian Wasps moved towards the sea of Bloodmana Wasps searching for the disturbance. Sol quietly and calmly watched as they moved in a scouting manner without much speed. Not losing this opportunity he took out another arrow from his runic ring and took the one from his mouth, he nocked the bow with both arrows loaded. He inhaled a breathe and focused them in his sights, focusing only on the split between the scales at the back of their heads where their armor should be lowest.

Sol exhaled as his focus increased and released the string-

*SWISH* *SWISH*

*PANG PANG*

The both arrows crashed with a heavy,piercing and drilling sound, they forced their way in and stuck themselves firmly within the brains of the creatures. The Bloodmana Wasps ignored the two falling corpses and Sol let out a sigh of relief.

(What hard armor!...but still it seems these guys really won't notice when I kill a Guardian Wasp, that's a good thing) -Sol

A smile crept up on Sol's face as he took out two more arrows and turned towards both Guardian Wasps but what he saw shocked him! Mitra screamed in his head with worry and concern not hidden at all in his tiny voice.

(Master! Look out!!) -Mitra

Both Guardian Wasps came flas.h.i.+ng towards him at a blinding speed! Their eyes locked onto the disturbance! Sol without thinking quickly threw both arrow and bow back into his runic ring. He withdrew two swords instead as he welcomed both enemies, both sides pointing to two different directions in a welcoming and taunting manner.

Suddenly a memory came to Sol, he was a huge man dressed in warrior clothing and in his hands held two great blades that were bound together by chains at the end. He was surrounded by a crowd of people and stood in the middle of a great arena, loud cheers erupted towards him and below his feet lay another man that was half-dead.

The surrounding supporters lifted their hands up and made a thumb which pointed downwards, Sol, or rather the huge man chopped down and ended the man's life which gained another thunderous applause......

The Guardians showed no response to the insulting gesture and continued closing in at the same speed, Sol showed astonishment and it seemed he was right that these creatures possess their own intelligence but it seemed it was very limited and this was a good thing.

The Guardians quickly closed in and were only a meter away from Sol! Sol's expression though a bit intense, did not have a sliver of worry. The Wasps quickly struck out with both their stingers that carried a terrifying gleam! As the two flashes of light came closing in on Sol.

Deep within Sol's eyes a gleam lit up, making his golden-eyes seem unreal and flas.h.i.+ng with bizarre light.

[Enhanced vision!] -Sol

Enhanced vision was the new name Sol gave to Ninjutsu's Area Perception, after Sol integrated it and used it often the technique had changed especially when he integrated it with similar effects from other martial arts.

Instantly the incoming Wasps slowed down by a degree, Sol could see the entire surroundings as well as the trajectories of the stingers. He brought both blades to the air as he welcomed them both.

*CLING* *CLING*

*SPLISH*

The sounds of metal clas.h.i.+ng metal rung out! Sol tilted both his blades causing both Stingers to fly off and deflect off of one another! using the motion he revolved his body in a clockwise manner in the air and send both blades stabbing towards the eyes of the Wasps in a single motion! The bodies of the Wasps slump down with hilts in their foreheads. Sol quickly withdrew both blades, with a flick they were clear of blood and he placed them back inside his ring.

(Uwaa! Master is so cool! Master only condensed mana once and is able to kill D Rank Beasts already!) -Mitra

Mitra's voice sounded in his head and Sol could hear the excitement and praise, he let out a light chuckle and said nothing more. It would seem Mitra was happy to be outside once more and had warmed up to Sol considerably, he no longer gave Sol an arrogant att.i.tude and readily called him master.

(Master no one has ever been in a Wasp Hive before, at least from what I know so master had better be careful inside) -Mitra

(Yeah, I'm expecting the Guardians inside would be stronger and plentiful. These two that came from lower in it's depths were stronger than the two I initially killed) -Sol

Sol understood that the true danger of this place was most definitely inside the hive. In fact Sol had no confidence in dealing with so many beasts inside the hive. The armor on the beasts were too tough and he had limited weapons, Sol had no choice but to target areas where the defense was low and that limited his options even more. He looked at both swords which already had a slight bend.

He recognized just now that the speed of these Wasps were no joke and their stingers were much too fast, even dealing with two was a bit hard. If it weren't for their low Intelligence and simple minded attacks Sol wouldn't be able to complete this mission at all.

(I should have an hour before the patrols come) -Sol

He grit his teeth and pressed forward toward the hive.

**

Sol after entering the hive, was met with a huge tunnel that borrowed downwards as if going towards h.e.l.l. The sheer size of the hole would terrify any man from Earth who saw it. What could possibly dig a hole of this size?

After entering he realized the cave was segmented and had levels, the tunnel downward would then branch off to the side revealing a pocket, then it would go downward once more and reveal another pocket and so on.

Sol followed down the hole and approached the first pocket, each pocket was the size of a mansion. He peered in and saw quite a few Guardian Wasps flying around, it would appear the first pocket is where they gathered, behind them he would see a few Bloodmana Wasps and they seemed to be doing something to the hive of the cave.

Sol watched them calmly for a while, and noticed they were using their stingers to inject a liquid like mana substance into the walls of the hive. Then they would stab at the wall with their stingers.

(What are they doing?) -Sol

(Master I think this is how they built their nests, look around the walls) -Mitra

As soon as Sol looked around he was shocked, all of the walls possessed these blue like veins running through them, he had been paying too much attention to the beasts and failed to notice it. Sol could tell it was a purified mana source but he didn't know where they led too.

He followed the liquid mana veins and what he found at the end of his gaze shocked him. All manner of beasts he had never seen before were stuck to the walls in a sort of coc.o.o.n, from their chests a stinger was impaled in and connected to the wall.

(What are they feeding...? What would could possibly absorb this amount of mana?) -Mitra

(The Queen...probably) -Sol

Sol felt a sense of dread but quickly resolved himself, Not wanting to risk alerting them, Sol ignored the room of Wasps as he could do nothing about it and carried on quickly. He was worried, worried that those Wasps would come back to haunt him and seal his escape.

He quickly ignored it and hurried downward to the tunnel, the light no longer gave it's brilliance but Sol could see plain as day thanks to the hundreds of mana veins that light up the entire cave in a faint blue color. Suddenly Sol began hearing a buzzing sound that seemed to be coming towards him.

(Master one incoming!) -Mitra

Sol quickly and quietly crouched to the side, his breathing slowed and his heartbeat calmed. The tunnel was smoothly made and had no cracks or lumps for one to hide behind and Sol had no choice but to face this enemy.

Sol took out the Kingswood Bow and drew two arrows, he placed one in his mouth and placed the other in the sights of the bow, and like he had done once before inhaled deeply. He nocked the bow and aimed at the corner patiently waiting for the Wasp to come, he believed it had a high percentage of it being a Guardian Wasp and didn't want to give it any time to react.

*BZZZ*

He could hear the sounds even closer and not long after a Wasp came around the corner, Sol was about to fire but stopped and a sense of dread filled his heart as he noticed it was in fact a Bloodmana Wasp! This was bad! The corridor wasn't wide enough to escape the Bloodmana Wasps limited sights and if he killed it who knows how many Bloodmana Wasps would rush to his location!

Sol quickly put away his bow and arrows and quietly retreated a few steps.

(It would seem now is a good time to find out just how exactly limited the range of these guys special eyes are. It seems you can see more than just a Dantian as to what people believe....wait a minute...this guy looks much different than both the Bloodmana Wasp and the Guardian Wasp..What in the world) -Sol

The Wasp in front of Sol had 4 spear like arms, which were much different than both the Bloodmana Wasp and Guardian Wasp. It's color was black with blue mana-like veins running throughout it's body and looked terrifyingly dangerous.

Sol walked up slowly but quietly and cautiously toward the incoming strange Bloodmana Wasp and grit his teeth, he knew for sure how fast these things were and if it decided to sting then he would have to push his limits to escape because killing it wasn't an option. Even retreating wasn't an option, Sol had no choice but to go forward.

He had no confidence in dodging a stinger at point blank range but was left with no other options as he had to find out what type of existence the new Wasp in front of him was. He had no choice but to find out, if it was something that could jeopardize the entire mission he had to know.

The golden-eyed youth kept walking and finally the Bloodmana Wasp sensed the disturbance -

*BZZZ*

It madly came rus.h.i.+ng towards Sol, however Sol didn't move in the slightest and his hands grew cold. He couldn't help but draw a sword behind his back as he didn't trust these things at all. In only a second the Wasp had already approached Sol!

*BZZZ*

However, strangely enough it stopped right it front of him and kept floating in the one spot before Sol. It hadn't attacked and just stood there as if it didn't know what action to take, Sol found this weird but expected some sort of difference as it obviously deviated from the path of a usual Bloodmana Wasp. If only he could know what these Bloodmana Wasps were seeing he could change his protocol and be more reckless and so Sol didn't directly attacked.

He wanted to study it a bit more and refused to act rashly, he grit his teeth as the tension rose and cold sweat bubbles formed on his back and forehead. Facing a creature that could kill him with one quick move was something no normal man could do.

Sol still hadn't moved and stared deeply at the Wasp almost face to face, though it couldn't see Sol clearly this creature was still an E Rank beast and was by no means a weakling. If anyone saw how Sol had been hunting them, they would extremely shocked beyond any means.

Sol just had the utmost luck of being their natural enemy who they couldn't sense or see, like a ghost to humans. If there weren't so many of them Sol would certainly exterminate them by his own hand. Sol stared into it's dark holes where eyes were supposed to be, he stared deeper and deeper and noticed something extremely terrifying!

It was growing an eye! It was barely enough to be called an eye but it was certainly growing one! Sol knew the nature of insects and they're ability to adapt and change with the surroundings but if these guys gained eyes, wouldn't they be the ultimate predators?

Sol instinctively flinched and the Bloodmana Wasp instantly attacked! The tension had been broken and Sol's life became threatened in a split second!

*BZZ*

A cold gleam lit up on it's stinger as it stung forward! Sol seeing the change wasn't slow to react either.

[Enhanced vision!] -Sol

Sol saw the path of the stinger and it's speed soared as it closed in on him. The speed of the stinger was indeed fast but compared to the dummies, Sol still found it comparable at most. Sol inhaled, leaned almost phantom-like to the side and it seemed as though his body was made of water. At the same time, his shoulders and back flexed sending the blade in his hand chopping towards the Wasp at a blinding speed!

All of this happened in a split second and it was as if two swordsmen were dueling, with both swords in sheathes having a stand off. Whoever drew first would win! A normal warrior would have lost the nerve to face this creature at such a close range but Sol didn't flinch and stepped forward.

*PVVT*

*SWISH*

The stinger pierced nothing but air in face of Sol's extraordinary footwork and combat knowledge! At the same time his body leaned to the side, the blade in his hand had already directly chopped off a wing of the Wasp and sent it destabilizing to the left side!

As it leaned off to one side and fired it's stinger once more in desperation along with it's four spear like arms at Sol, Sol's phantom-like imagery appeared and slid off to the side in a bizarre and weird manner that made him feel like a snake. He spun his entire body and the blade once more chopped out!

*SWISH*

This dodging maneuver was something Sol created from all of his knowledge and expertise in Martial Arts. He integrated quite a few techniques which allowed him total control of his body as well as foot techniques that allowed him mind-shattering speed techniques. This moved was called [Tyrannical Illusionist] and looked exactly like it sounded.

It really did make one feel as though they were stuck in an illusion as they would see their attacks just about to connect but somehow end up hitting nothing but air. The slight changes in Sol's muscles would instantly control his body in such a manner that it didn't look like he possessed bones at all. When this ability was coupled with [Enhanced vision], these simple minded creatures didn't stand a chance.

*SWISH*

Another wing fell to the floor and all four of it's stingers missed with comparable ease, as it already couldn't see well coupled with Sol's defensive measures it had absolutely no chance of killing Sol and only with one step had all of it's offensives missed terribly.

Using the moment of instability, Sol quickly drew another sword out of runic ring and quickly chopped towards it's spear-like legs.