CHAPTER 58 : DARK GIANT CRABS

Seated on the ground with a large flame beside him was Chandler. He sent a lightning streak on some dried leaves and it burnt into flames, which he used to make his small fire side and added some woods. Putting two sticks by the side of the flame and another stick on the top with a piece of meat around the stick, Chandler was rolling it bit by bit so as the meat will be grilled proportionally.

He was seated by a flowing stream, so he used that water to wash the bloody meat before grilling it now. He didn't have time to look for some kind of spices. Heck, how could he have even found some here? Just the though is dumb. He decided to just deal with eat now since he will spend just two years here which equivalent to eight hours in the real world. Eating tasteless food for some hours won't kill right? That's just what he though and didn't care at all.

After some time of grilling, he smelled a tasty odour invade his nose. This was so nice that it made him salivate all the while. He just could control himself. His salivary glands were the fault and so he would just swallow his saliva down his throat and wait for the meat to be ready.

After some time, it was finally ready from the scent it emited. That's what he though. Never did he once enter the kitchen, so he doesn't know when food it done or no. He held the stick of meat and took a bite, but he immediately spat the piece he bit.

"Bluuuuuuurrrrgggghhh, what the heck it this meat. It's so.....i don't even know how it tastes"

Chandler was kinda traumatized. He didn't know what to do right now. The meat tasted both bitter and sour at the same time but he could manage it. He just couldn't let himself starve to death due to not wanting to eat a non consumable meat just because of the taste. If he doesn't eat, he will have to wait till he scout the zone and find a more eatable something.

Eating the meat and bearing with the rough taste, Chandler soon finished eating and started scouting the whole area around him. He could just use Renma to do that but that would just stress him and draw of all his energy and mana.

So walking all around was the best decision to take and there he was doing it. Not only would he store his mana but also he will be able to recover the previous mana he used up during the battle with the horned wolf.

He walked pass a cave where he went to visit. It felt cold but he decided he will use it as his hiding spot in the night. He went through a lot of things when he was training for years and entered lots of worlds, but this one was rather the toughest. But he could easily bear with it since his body has lots of resistance and immune.

He continued his scouting and went further in the forest. It is then that he passed to a swamp. It was all marshy and had a stinky smell all round the swamp. What attracted him here was a monkey like beast which had a banana. He decided to follow it and see where it got it. It was then that he reached to this swamp.

What was outstanding in this swamp wasn't the smell from it, it was the large crabs that were in this area.

They were ten in total. They were gigantic with their large pincers. Dark in color and very hard carapace, with eight pointed legs. In the middle of the swamp was a kind of dark flower. It emitted a sinister aura which sent shivers down Chandler's spine.

He walked silently and continued to follow the monkey like beast. But the walking giant crabs stopped at the moment. They seemed to have detected the presence of Chandler and turned to face him. Chandler then stop at that moment and readied himself for the upcoming battle.

Thanks that he has already recovered his previously used mana. This is just how incredible this world is. Your meridians will easily absorb the mana around you and store it to the mana core. But to use it will rather be difficult. One will feel like the mana doesn't wanna leave the body and rather stay in.

Furthermore, when trying to let the mana circulate through the body, one will feel like the mana core is instead empty. The meridians will seem closed and not let the man leave the body. Just trying harder and harder would it be possible to use the mana, but in a rather small quantity.

Thus, the damage caused by the abilities will rather be small and even non effective. Reason why Chandler was doing all he could to avoid battles with beasts here. With their level, they would be harder to handle and now that ten giant crabs were against him, he might deal with all of them.

Furthermore, he sensed a beast of higher level deep in the middle of the swamp. He doesn't know why but he feels that. He would just be careful not to let it detect his presence and just finish this and run from this place.

Chandler used all his might and charged his sword with lightning while he took his fighting stance with his sword glowing golden, streaks of golden lightning sparkling all over it. The giant crabs moved toward him one by one while Chandler just analysed them to come up with a strategy which won't use up much of his mana and make him tired. They were slow since they were in the swamps and all the area was marshy.

Fetching mana in his mana core, Chandler let it flow all over his body. Covering his gauntlets with lightning to strengthen them and also to his boots so that he could add his speed and finish with the crabs in no time.

Chandler dashed towards them at high speed. But this was very hard to maintain. Just to let the mana flow out, needed to concentrate a lot and using it tremendously would also be another matter.

Reaching the first giant crab in no time, he cut its left pincer with one swift move of the sword and jumped up its head to stab and kill it once. But due to be a defensive type of beast, it was harder to stab it. But with his current lightning covered sword which was much stronger, he succeeded and the crab fell dead to the marsh.

"Woaw, they are much stronger than the wolf but they are still of the Basic Orb beats level. They won't be a problem, I can deal with them and leave this place as early as I came here."

Chandler was glad that he would finish this battle with ease and not dress himself. He was left with nine more giant crabs to deal with but that won't be that tougher. Maybe tougher than the horned wolf but not overpowered.

He then moved to the next giant crab with his still steady speed and but the right pincer. He tried to cut the other one but the crab paried his cut and sent him few meters backward. Chandler just frowned and charged forward. But he was now encircled buy the giant crabs.

They would send their pincers each to him but he would block some and dodge other. But he was still hit by some pincers which sent him meters backward and hit a thick tree. An ironic taste invaded his mouth as he spat a mouth full of blood. The attack was strength packed.

He was already wounded on his back and that was bad for him. He was bleeding but it wasn't a problem. It might be infected at any moment but now wasn't the problem to think about. He would rather concentrate on these crabs and find a place to rest.

Chandler charged to the giant crabs with more speed and anger. He new that they were higher than the beast in the real world but he just couldn't accept that a Basic Orb beast was putting him in so hard time. A giant crab sent its pincer to him and he parried perfectly with his sword mastery and swiftly cut it.

Another giant crab behind him was about to make a cut on his back but he turned at the right moment and blocked the attack, cutting the pincers and cutting the crab into two halves. It was hard to perform that but his sword was able to give him enough strength to do that. Having killed just two since he started, Chandler started being pissed off.

He turned to the remaining eight giant crabs and charged. Increasing the intensity if the lightning over his sword, Chandler jumped high up and stabbed a crab deep on the head, killing it at once. He moved the next crab closed to it and cut the two pincers with a cut.

Another giant crab which was not far from him was about to attack but he swiftly block it. Many other pincers landed on his sword. He held the hilt firmly as he was pushed back with every pincer he blocked. Eventually, the sword succumbed to the successive crabs attack and shattered to multiple debris and Chandler was hit by a pincer so hard that he hit himself on a rock not far from him and spat another mouth full of blood.

The pain was so much, but this was nothing behind what he felt the other day in his room

"Dam, this is gonna be harder than I thought. I should found a solution right away. With my sword shattered, I can only rely on my gauntlet and punches. I need to perform larger lightning bolts or I will be damn dead in the next minutes"

Chandler was helpless. This was the first time he felt as such. Just the thought of him losing his life to these Basic Orb beasts was making him fell so angry. So angry that, he felt a strange feeling in him. He felt like, he had unlocked a part of his ability. His eyes gleamed golden and his angry face turned to a smiling one.