Azrie Part: 1/2
I stared at the ant Queen, the Guardian Queen of Crystal, her body was marred with wounds: dripping, fractured stones: broken, dripping from her extremities, but even then her rounded head was held high, high and proud of its position, of its power, of its— well I just assumed all that, the ant Queen simply stared off into the distance as her antennae moved on and about, communicating I supposed. The Suvia Worker Ants moved on, away, far far away from where I was. I wasn’t keen on getting sneak attacked by the Queen so I let them go, I was certain that it could shift the earth beneath me, I was unsure of her limits, but it was better to not test them.
I nocked an arrow, and readied myself to fire. I tentatively moved my legs a bit to slide at any given second should the Queen do anything, but again there was inaction from her. I frowned, I had fought two guardians total, maybe four if one counted running away from the worm and ant, the snake was able to make decisions, and the kame was smart, very smart. I waited for the Queen to do something, but she didn’t. I frowned, and pushed mana onto the bow itself rather than the string, not wanting to waste any of it, I fired. The arrow shot with a soundless snap from the string, in an instant—it hit the ant Queen on the face, the arrow burrowed deep into its head as she squealed. But, that was it. In the sense of scale, the arrow was nothing more than a small leaf in comparison to its head.
The Queen shrieked in anger and finally faced me, the rocks around its body shifting and moving about, most of them fell and others became nothing more than spikes on her back. The rocks crashed against the ground only to reveal a bright lavender carapace, it sparkled like the stars. Blood flowed from the connections of her limbs, and with a final shriek her whole body shone.
[Guardian Queen of Crystal requests assistance.]
My face dropped. Already? Wouldn’t they normally wait until they were critically injured? Unless? I nocked another arrow, and with zero reservations, I pushed mana onto it and also made an attempt to mold the tip into the arrow into something sharp—the mana churned and shifted, struggling to not break itself; it was a no go. I fired, the iridescent arrow shot at breakneck speeds towards the Queen. She shrieked, her limbs shone and stomped, the stone deformed, but it was too late—instant, the air broke, a booming sound exploded with a fiery bloom—blossoming into a verdant cloud of particles as the cave itself trembled under its might.
A shriek was heard, and the stone pillar on the ground stopped, but then, the cave trembled, not from an explosion but from something else. The stone shifted under my feet as I hopped away, in an instant a rift was opened as if it was nothing more than paper being torn. The rock spiked, thousands of needles shone in a purple color at the rift. I frowned and nocked another arrow, looking at the ant guardian once more. It wobbled, and was missing a leg, but its carapace—body shone brilliantly in a lavender light, the room itself sparkled as every mana stone began to shine.
A bad feeling welled up within my chest as I teetered between shooting the arrow or moving, but a decision was quickly made as I sensed the ground shift, the danger itself surfaced everywhere and nowhere; like a complex web, stone popped left and right, sharpened with thousands of spikes. I hopped, ducked, slid as shallow cuts were formed on my skin. Like a beautiful but deadly dance I had no choice but to weave between pillars, hop over rifts, and duck under spikes.
Penumbral Instinct was on high alert, so much so that I just didn’t know what to do. I had no choice but to break and waltz through rocks and spikes with my spear, but the distant ant queen simply stood. Looking at the ceiling as if she was nothing more than a statue, her pincers shone in a deadly purple light, and even though she was missing one of its six legs she simply did not care. A snort left me as I jumped over a spike, I grabbed an arrow and prepared Explosive Shot once more. I was unsure about the ants, I was unsure what exactly was lethal or not lethal, but in the end I had no choice. With a slide of instant momentum, and a hop I shot the arrow, narrowly avoiding the spikes that popped on the ground. The wind shifted, and the arrow traveled—spiked through the cave hitting the ant guardian in the head once more.. The cave rocked, the spikes on the ground—the pillars fell as if they were dismantled; eroded away as if they never existed in the first place. The Suvia Ant Queen staggered, taking a few steps back as if its head had been hammered, the little rock that remained on its body fell to the ground as its armor was broken.
I smiled to myself, seeing a perfect opportunity and nocked two arrows simultaneously. I felt my mana drain from me in an instant—this is going to feel awful—both arrows shone in a brilliant green, draining me of whatever little mana i had left. I lined up the shot relatively carefully as the ant was still unresponsive, and then— I fired. The two arrows formed streaks in the air, spinning as if they were a single projectile of death. The ant finally recovered but it was too late; the cave shook as the ant queen was blasted away with an explosive pale green light. The mana from my bow went back to me, and I paled. I quickly reached for my belt and grabbed a mana potion, wasting no time in drinking it whole. The effect was immediate, but I was unable to do much aside from enhancing my bow.
To my dismay, however, there was no kill notification.
I frowned, before a wave of red came at my feet, and was forced to hop. A final spike boomed, in an instant, the cave shook as the spike pierced into the ceiling. I felt cold sweat knowing I had narrowly avoided it, but wasted no time preparing myself to shoot at the guardian once more. I nocked an arrow and waited for the smoke to clear, but it was futile — the cave trembled, and the smoke vanished, the entrance—tunnel from where the ant had come from had been sealed by a sparkling wall of mana crystals.
Ha?
I stared at the wall thinking it wasn’t serious, but instead I heard shrieks around me. And soon, any ant that wasn’t fighting a worm came towards me. They weren’t threatening, at least they did not feel like that to me, some charged, some tried to use magic and others stared such as the workers.
Had it really run away? I stowed away my bow. Had she run away?
Azrie Part: 1/2
I stared at the ant Queen, the Guardian Queen of Crystal, her body was marred with wounds: dripping, fractured stones: broken, dripping from her extremities, but even then her rounded head was held high, high and proud of its position, of its power, of its— well I just assumed all that, the ant Queen simply stared off into the distance as her antennae moved on and about, communicating I supposed. The Suvia Worker Ants moved on, away, far far away from where I was. I wasn’t keen on getting sneak attacked by the Queen so I let them go, I was certain that it could shift the earth beneath me, I was unsure of her limits, but it was better to not test them.
I nocked an arrow, and readied myself to fire. I tentatively moved my legs a bit to slide at any given second should the Queen do anything, but again there was inaction from her. I frowned, I had fought two guardians total, maybe four if one counted running away from the worm and ant, the snake was able to make decisions, and the kame was smart, very smart. I waited for the Queen to do something, but she didn’t. I frowned, and pushed mana onto the bow itself rather than the string, not wanting to waste any of it, I fired. The arrow shot with a soundless snap from the string, in an instant—it hit the ant Queen on the face, the arrow burrowed deep into its head as she squealed. But, that was it. In the sense of scale, the arrow was nothing more than a small leaf in comparison to its head.
The Queen shrieked in anger and finally faced me, the rocks around its body shifting and moving about, most of them fell and others became nothing more than spikes on her back. The rocks crashed against the ground only to reveal a bright lavender carapace, it sparkled like the stars. Blood flowed from the connections of her limbs, and with a final shriek her whole body shone.
[Guardian Queen of Crystal requests assistance.]
My face dropped. Already? Wouldn’t they normally wait until they were critically injured? Unless? I nocked another arrow, and with zero reservations, I pushed mana onto it and also made an attempt to mold the tip into the arrow into something sharp—the mana churned and shifted, struggling to not break itself; it was a no go. I fired, the iridescent arrow shot at breakneck speeds towards the Queen. She shrieked, her limbs shone and stomped, the stone deformed, but it was too late—instant, the air broke, a booming sound exploded with a fiery bloom—blossoming into a verdant cloud of particles as the cave itself trembled under its might.
A shriek was heard, and the stone pillar on the ground stopped, but then, the cave trembled, not from an explosion but from something else. The stone shifted under my feet as I hopped away, in an instant a rift was opened as if it was nothing more than paper being torn. The rock spiked, thousands of needles shone in a purple color at the rift. I frowned and nocked another arrow, looking at the ant guardian once more. It wobbled, and was missing a leg, but its carapace—body shone brilliantly in a lavender light, the room itself sparkled as every mana stone began to shine.
A bad feeling welled up within my chest as I teetered between shooting the arrow or moving, but a decision was quickly made as I sensed the ground shift, the danger itself surfaced everywhere and nowhere; like a complex web, stone popped left and right, sharpened with thousands of spikes. I hopped, ducked, slid as shallow cuts were formed on my skin. Like a beautiful but deadly dance I had no choice but to weave between pillars, hop over rifts, and duck under spikes.
Penumbral Instinct was on high alert, so much so that I just didn’t know what to do. I had no choice but to break and waltz through rocks and spikes with my spear, but the distant ant queen simply stood. Looking at the ceiling as if she was nothing more than a statue, her pincers shone in a deadly purple light, and even though she was missing one of its six legs she simply did not care. A snort left me as I jumped over a spike, I grabbed an arrow and prepared Explosive Shot once more. I was unsure about the ants, I was unsure what exactly was lethal or not lethal, but in the end I had no choice. With a slide of instant momentum, and a hop I shot the arrow, narrowly avoiding the spikes that popped on the ground. The wind shifted, and the arrow traveled—spiked through the cave hitting the ant guardian in the head once more.. The cave rocked, the spikes on the ground—the pillars fell as if they were dismantled; eroded away as if they never existed in the first place. The Suvia Ant Queen staggered, taking a few steps back as if its head had been hammered, the little rock that remained on its body fell to the ground as its armor was broken.
I smiled to myself, seeing a perfect opportunity and nocked two arrows simultaneously. I felt my mana drain from me in an instant—this is going to feel awful—both arrows shone in a brilliant green, draining me of whatever little mana i had left. I lined up the shot relatively carefully as the ant was still unresponsive, and then— I fired. The two arrows formed streaks in the air, spinning as if they were a single projectile of death. The ant finally recovered but it was too late; the cave shook as the ant queen was blasted away with an explosive pale green light. The mana from my bow went back to me, and I paled. I quickly reached for my belt and grabbed a mana potion, wasting no time in drinking it whole. The effect was immediate, but I was unable to do much aside from enhancing my bow.
To my dismay, however, there was no kill notification.
I frowned, before a wave of red came at my feet, and was forced to hop. A final spike boomed, in an instant, the cave shook as the spike pierced into the ceiling. I felt cold sweat knowing I had narrowly avoided it, but wasted no time preparing myself to shoot at the guardian once more. I nocked an arrow and waited for the smoke to clear, but it was futile — the cave trembled, and the smoke vanished, the entrance—tunnel from where the ant had come from had been sealed by a sparkling wall of mana crystals.
Ha?
I stared at the wall thinking it wasn’t serious, but instead I heard shrieks around me. And soon, any ant that wasn’t fighting a worm came towards me. They weren’t threatening, at least they did not feel like that to me, some charged, some tried to use magic and others stared such as the workers.
Had it really run away? I stowed away my bow. Had she run away?
