Chapter 24 History Repeats Itself (1/2)

Chapter 24 History Repeats Itself

For the following ten hours, Daniel and the rest of his party hunted down every single one of these halfscorpions the very moment they left their nests

The behaviour of Steel-back Scorpions was unusual when compared to normal scorpions In fact, they weren't solitary hunters They were eusocial instead, and for The scorpion king was a variation of the more common Steel-back Scorpion, and was called Diamond-back Scorpion

The reason why this particular species of scorpions was too dangerous to be left alone, was that these colonies were in constant ith one another Their territoriality and aggressiveness forced them into constant conflict

These bloody battles would not only st nu ones

Ranked beasts evolved by consu beast cores of other beasts after all

This situation had forced Phyrri's hunting groups to set a periodical hunting seasons, with the purpose of lessening the numbers of Steel-back Scorpions in the area

This hunting season was so popular, that the encampment that would be otherwise filled with e amount of hunters and mercenaries instead

Unfortunately, this particular hunting season had started sooner than predicted, with the consequence of st miners and slaves

After ten full hours, the numbers of scorprions the party had hunted was close to a hundred

The two siblings were an a duo of hunters Fiora was experienced with her bolas and always oh to halve thereatsword They alone had killed close to twentyfive scorpions

Garth's precision with throwing spears was impressive Before the scorpions could hope to rush at him, or so skewered by one of his throwing spears The only downside was having to recover his weapons, and sometimes, stop his hunt to resharpen the heads His preys nuhteen scorprions, was the least successful hunter, but as odd as it may sound, he was also the et and could easily perforate inbetween the scorpriosn keratinous mandibles Unfortunately, like Garth, he needed to recover his arrows after the prey died What slowed hi for the scorpions to bleed to death, since differently from Garth, he could not finish them from up close

Unluckily for the scorpions, the only parts hard as steel, were in fact, their abdomen and heads The reason for this particular caracteristic was, at least for Daniel, hilarious These beasts had evolved by hunting their own kin, so they needed a back arers as they would often be struck by their enemies, and sometimes, strike themselves by mistake

These scorpions would usually lose this major flaw after their advanceer ars, and a better control of their bodies, but also, a rank 3 beast level intelligence

Daniel was a full sub-stage higher than the beasts they were hunting, which made the hunt a walk in the park for him So he took this hunt as a way to practice his knives throwing abilities instead

Every thrown knife would either strike the base of the tail, the soft jaws and so the finished by a rapid slash of his sword

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Daniel reland of the last scorpion he had killed, while the rest of the group prepared for the travel back

Once again, Daniel got to witness theThis hunt had not only been Daniel's first hunting trip, but also the first time he had coic

Noticing Daniel's surprise the first tiave him a brief explaination on how enhanced iteic worked

Aside from that, all Yala did was follow the party quietly She would never intervene in one of their fights The only thing she see the plants and flowes that grew on the rocky ground

It was early evening when the party decided to head back to cah No major accident had happened, and their hunt had been very productive

Unfortunately, things not always go as planned The s and started to head back, they heard a slight tre from the wall to their left

Their heads turned in unison, but all they saas the usual large wall The treer the more time passed, until suddenly, a crack appeared on its surface Rocks and pebbles of various sizes detached fro small coulds of dust

Daniel's eyes opened wide in shock as a shi+ver run down his spine He turned towards the rest of the party and shouted ”RUN!” But before anyone could react, the wall exploded,boulders and dust fly everywhere

The entire party had been swept up by a dense dusty cloud which blinded them co screeching screa noises