29- Never Be-leaf in yourself for you are flowed
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The team had come, the monster was ready and the trap was laid.
Not knowing what awaited them, the team marched on... Though even if they did, they would have done the same.
The battle didn't start right of the bat. Instead both parties decided to talk, maybe hoping to distract each other.
"So you are the cactus, huh?"
"It would seem so. "
While both sides were talking a few spikes were growing from the roots around them and a magical glow was starting to come off from beneath the first elder's clothes.
"Might I ask you something before this battle starts?"
"Go ahead...."
"Why did you start this war?"
"We... Unlike you monsters cannot grow much stronger after we hit a limit...unless your a priest that is...those things are basically monsters.
Our strength comes from our family's, our villages and our unity.
You are a threat to all of that... Regarless if you are aware of that or not."
" I see... Oh by the way. "
" hmm? "
" Catch this."
*poof*
A roots beneath the foot of the shaman all the way through his knee.
"Gahh"
"Fuck, Elder!"
"On it!"
As he said this a magical lligh was fired from his hands.
'A laser!?' spiky though.
Yet unlike his thoughs the laser did not hit him or even go in his direction, instead it aimed for the air...
.
.
.
Were it promptly blew up and turned into hundred of little light balls falling to the grown.
'Oh sh-'
*BOOM*
"Done!"
The elder was a mage that mainly focused on wide area fire and gravity magic. This type of magic is usually called the 'comet school' of magic due to its appearance.
Spiky got flustered, while this attack didn't do much damage to his main stem many of his roots got destroyed.
Spiky was already prepared to retaliate when sudently...
*slash *
His stem nearly got cut in half!
Had he not noticed the blade beforehand he'd surely be killed.
'How did h-'
He didn't even have enough time to finish his thought before another laser got blasted against him.
The difference? This one was a real laser made up of light magic fired off by the shaman.
*pshiuu *
'fuck!'
Had he relied on his reaction speed he'd surely have died, what saved him was his instincts that made him shield himself with his instant spikes.
The chieftain was a swordsman, swordsman are mages that usually specialize in density magic, a variant of gravity magic.
There are other types of swordsman such as the rune swordsman or the cursed swordsman but what they all have in common is their swords.
"Whats that sword?"
"It's called 'talea' monster. It cuts true all magic resistance so you might as well just give up now and save us some time."
"hahahh...your scared aren't you?"
"..."
"Not for yourself tough.... Your afraid that if I can hit your fortress ill also be able to hit your village."
Talea was metal that limited the magic output around itself. In enchange for limiting their magic and their are of effect, the swordsman could cut through magic.
This is not that big of an penalty for those with weak magical affinities like the chieftain. This is also how he cut through the 'dust-tractive trap's' poisonous clouds earlier.
'The fire guy can be killed easily once I have access to him, the sword guy's the issue though....'
'I the fire guy before he prepares another spell.'
'Lets doo this.'
*Booommm*
*Push*
"Such thick aura!"
As spiky released his aura everyone sudently felt pressured, it's like their body's wanted to shrink, especially their organs.
This was caused by the aura inside of their body's having to fight off against the aura released by spiky.
Had they been templares or paladins of the church they'd be allowed to learn aura training... Unfortunately they were neither of those things.
"Hugh! *cough**cough* "
The one who took it worst was the shaman, not only had his aura and organs been damaged by the poison, but the flowers also grew inside of them.
'I will not be able to win this figh, even my aura migh run out... BUT! I DID NOT LIVE THROUGH A SECOUND LIFE AS A PLANT ! FIGH A FUCKING GIANT SPIDER AND SURVIVE FOR NEARLY THREE YERAS ON WATER AND SUN ALONE!'
"JUST FOR BITCHES LIKE YOU TO COME ALONG AND KILL ME AS YOU WILL!"
"What are you talking about?!"
"I WILL NOT DIE!"
Once again his aura rushed of, but this time it all focused on the shaman.
"Ahhhh!"
"Shit! Elder help him!"
"I can't my body! It's not moving!"
There was poison releasing from the spikes spiky had created and filled with poison around them.
This were the same spikes he had created while earlier whilein the beginning of the fight!
Seeing this the chieftain tryed to run to help his allies, oy to stumble against a sand dome that sudently appeared around him.
He would cut it for sure but spiky created that dome over and over trying his best to win time for his plan to work.
Just when spiky started thinking he would actually win this battle he heard a sound he would never forget in his life coming from the fortress he had ignored in order to focus on his battle.
*beep**beep*
"You... are distractions."
"Indeed we are monster... How does it feel being outsmarted? You see third rank monsters like you usually think they are the smartest in the world... But you aren't!"
As the chieftain said this in between the shaman's scremas he activated a shielding rune around them.
"Your right I'm not... In fact I believe myself to be a particularly ignorant person for i know very little about this word. But let me tell you something..."
"Hmm"
"So.Are. YOU!"
*BOOM*
And with that noise the cactus burned, it burned with so much fire magic that all turned to cinders, it's roots its areoles and most of its stem....
(A. N. Oh no! Did our Mc die? Is this story dead now?! Coming soon!)