Hunt (IV)

The Behemoth picked up its other leg and slammed down once again. The ground trembled even harder as it split the ground once again, this time taking with it a good handful of players on the right side.

"Nooooo!" A female player screamed as she tumbled into the dark depths and died.

"Ruuuun!" Another scrambled up, trying to escape, but he couldn't as the ground broke under him.

"Help!"

"Ahhhhhhh!"

"General!"

"Someone save me!"

Chaos was rampant, and the players were in chaos while the army attempted to get back up to stop the Behemoth from going through another stomp. Flashes of magic flew through the air as they bombarded down upon the Behemoth's side, causing it to falter. Blasts of smoke erupted outwards, covering a good portion of its body.

"We got it!" Quite a few soldiers yelled in excitement, but when the smoke cleared up, the Behemoth only stood there stoically, completely unphased.

"How?!" One of the soldiers gasped. "That's our strongest spell!"

This time, the magic around the mage swarmed in a powerful aura; wide-scale magic was activated around one hundred elven mages. With such a powerful attack, a large magic circle started to form under their feet. Even the air around them started to tense up with power almost equivalent to the Behemoth's strength.

"Protect the magician!" General Liam yelled. "Don't let the Behemoth get close to them!"

The Behemoth could feel the power welling up around the magician and instinctively knew he was in danger. It slugged its body over to crush them with its foot. Quickly, the soldiers and players scrambled onto their feet and sprinted toward the Behemoth's leg to draw its attention.

The soldiers shot multiple arrows, lodging them into the side of its body. Quite a few irritated the Behemoth and diverted its attention from the magician. They scrambled around, trying not to get stomped on by the Behemoth's heavy foot.

"Watch out for its feet!" An elven soldier shot an arrow to its side, the Behemoth didn't stomp hard to cause another tremor, but it did kill quite a few unlucky soldiers and players underneath its feet.

"Keep its focus!" General Liam rushed forward; he raised a bow and fired continuous arrows into the side of the Behemoth's head. When the Behemoth got closer, he rushed forward, slicing the side of the Behemoth's leg as best as he could.

Players and the army alike swarmed around the Behemoth's body like ants, attempting to bring down the giant. They swung, shot, and casted magic to the best of their abilities. Unfortunately, even the health of the Behemoth was slowly decreasing, but it wasn't doing as much as anyone hoped. The magicians shot a blast of powerful energy, chipping away a portion of the Behemoth's strength, but it didn't do much against the Behemoth's health.

Zero, quite a distance away, got up and bolted forward. He aimed to protect General Liam to the best of his ability, possibly spiriting him away when things went south.

Sekka and Valiant both closely followed behind him. Valiant dragged his swarms of the skeletal army behind him. Sekka's power increased threefold, her feathers and scaled shimmering with light, blinding her to see.

"Valiant?!" Reed cried out in panic; her hand grabbed Valiant's body, unsure what was going on. "What's happening?!"

"What's going on? Is there a battle?" Leaf called out to Sekka as he leaned close to Sekka's body.

Just like Zero, they couldn't see or hear, but they had learned the same power as him. They could feel the raging war that was going on in front of them and knew what Zero wanted to do without even telling them.

Eventually, all of them finally realized that they could talk with each other through private telepathic communications. With such a thing, they didn't need their character's hearing.

Swarms of skeletal army smashed into the Behemoth's leg, chopping away and attacking in an attempt to put it down. Finally, the Behemoth lifted its leg, stomping down and flattening the skeletal army. Still, they relentlessly attacked, chipping away the Behemoth's health as best as possible.

"Zero!" Agnis words blared through Zero's mind as he picked up the call that came to him. "What's going on?! Why are you running?!"

"No time to explain in too much detail." He hurriedly replied. "General Liam found the Hero's Mantle, but he chose to fight the Behemoth." The thought of fighting something that could kill them without reinforcement or leverage was suicide. He knew that, and General Liam made that decision that could cost hundreds of lives.

"Wait, the Behemoth's here?!"

"Yea, we're going to help him either push it back or snatch him and make a run for it." Zero swiveled towards the right, jumping over the large crack in the ground. He landed with a light thud like a cat, making his jump graceful for a blind dragon.

"We need to help them! We can't let them die for nothing!"

"That's difficult," Zero growled, "I can't normally see or hear, you know."

"Still?" Agnis cursed, "why in the world are you still running then?!"

"I can still see differently. More to explain and relay the message to others. We're going into combat in less than thirty seconds."

"On it." Agnis cut off her connection, leaving Zero to his thoughts.

Zero raced over towards General Liam; he jumped, lodging his claws and teeth into the side of the Behemoth's leg. His jaws clamped down hard, trying to get a good chunk out of the Behemoth. Eventually, his teeth cut through, taking out a good chunk of flesh.

The Behemoth yelled, screaming in pain and anger at Zero's act. It swiveled its ugly head toward Zero in an attempt to cut him down. Instead, its large body shook, rumbling in a low, threatening tone, and even its giant claws swiped toward Zero's side. Zero jumped back, jostling his three passengers on his back.

"God damn it!" Jorge cursed so badly that he smacked his head on Zero's spine. The jostle caused him to lurch forward, making him lose his grip. "What the hell is happening? Damn it, why is it taking so long to see! This is a complete bull!"

"Kyaaaaa!" Agnis screamed as she was thrown to the side, hitting her back against Zero's spine.

While Zeraph kept his body low, keeping close to Zeraph as best as possible. It wasn't easy to move around when there were three different people on his back, especially when they were nothing but dead weight right at that moment.

The moment Zero jumped back, the Behemoth snarled, swinging its tail to the side in a low sweep. Hundreds of people were thrown by the Behemoth's tail, flying far away. Zero was luckily able to dodge the tail and scramble away backward. Even still, the Behemoth didn't stop its rampage; breathing in deeply, its belly filled with air.

Zero felt his animal instinct kick in full gear, and the heat in Behemoth's belly glowed brightly. He knew instantly that the Behemoth was going to spray out something very dangerous, and he bolted as far away as possible. He didn't want to get caught up in the Behemoth's attack. Glaring downwards at its enemy, the Behemoth spat out a lighting attack.