Well ain’t this something. Monsters and lava boil forth in equal measure from the tunnels below and an absolute free-for-all has broken out across the Plains of Leng. Well, a bigger one. Although, to compare this scene to the normal endless fighting between larvae is to compare a volcano eruption to a candle. It's to the point where I might have to rejig my plans.
My original thought had been to bottle up and annihilate all the monsters coming through the tunnels, but that’s clearly impossible. There’s too many of them, and more are just clawing their way out of the dirt at random locations across the floor. Plus, with all the lava bursting forth, who knows how many connections there’s going to be between this layer and the one down. Some of the demons can swim through the molten rock like fish, so there’s no hope of preventing access to this area.
[All right, gang… we might need to hang here for a moment as I adjust my strategy.]
A pause.
[M-master?] Crinis says.
A pause.
[Tiny's already gone, hasn't he?]
[Y-yes.]
DAMMIT.
I'd been looking down and forward, so I hadn't noticed him leap off the back of the rocky outcrop we're perched atop. How did he manage to be so moronically stupid, but also sneaky about it?!
hell are you going, Tiny? Get
be seen with the naked eye. Weaker monsters simply explode where his fists
Let's get
bad enough. Pulling him out of a fight after it already started? Ugh. Terrible. I flex my legs and start walking down the face of the rock, gripping tight to the stone with my claws. Really need to train my Grip skill. I keep getting heavier, and not raising the rank of this ability. The loss
magic, so I don't need to,
my way down and jump the final ten metres, landing heavily. Just from the
How about a CHOMP!?
letting my jaws snap shut with irresistible force. Any tier four or weaker demons simply aren't able to
time to get off
[… Are you sure?]
Why wouldn't
you vanish or something? I need to be
Not this again….
reach back with one antenna and prod
I'll be fine. You're the one who needs experience. Get out there and find every tier five and
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