BXBX NOVEL Chapter 135 - Stones
"When we get back to Goldhaven, I will need a lesson about this!" Yoichi remarked, trying to take the edge off. With those words, his companion made him realize that he was willing to fight in his place.
Although it was not advisable to face poison-type demons at close range, Rokuro\'s earth skills could have put the two Dokumotsus in serious trouble.
"Shioko can\'t defeat them both on her own, and you can\'t get too close to them. It\'s too dangerous," Enatsu trembled. He took a deep breath, walking forward and attracting the attention of one of the spider demons, still standing on the wall of cocoons.
On that occasion, Enatsu finally sensed his importance: despite never having the opportunity to fight face-to-face with the enemy, this was the perfect occasion to prove to himself and others that he was a fundamental member of the team.
With sweat dripping from his forehead, the tamer merchant took off his cloak, dropping it to the ground. He quickly rubbed his hands on his short black hair and beard, longer and uncultivated than usual. Yoichi looked at him astonished, having never seen his friend so determined.
"Hey!" Enatsu shouted, drawing the spider\'s attention beside him. At the same time, a light arrow grazed the other enemy, who managed to dodge the blow by a few inches. "Rokuro, I know I never asked you, but... our next objective is that... thing," he continued, pointing the Dokumotsu to his mole demon.
"Mhmh!" answering almost like a human, with a gesture of the head, the Moruba confirmed the request of its tamer. Without wasting any more time, as if it already knew what to do, he began to dig into the red soil.
Unlike the room of the three tombstones, the ground of that room had no rock layers for the first meters of depth, reflecting the morphology of the mine.
"I will be able to hold it down and you will deliver the death blow. Get ready," Enatsu commanded, clenching his fists and continuing to challenge the spider demon. The arachnid\'s shining little green eyes were all pointed at him, eyeing him from head to toe.
Yoichi, knowing that his brainy friend would never dare to attack an enemy without having a precise plan in mind, activated Kenji\'s power while it was sitting right away. The black scales covered his arms, ending with the usual dragon claws on his fingertips.
The young tamer\'s gaze fell right on his arm: compared to the last time he used that skill, the scales looked thicker and slightly more robust. Kenji\'s leveling-up was already giving the first results and its first skill looked stronger.
Shioko, across the room, kept the other Dokumotsu busy. The third spider demon was slightly smaller than the one Enatsu was looking at. Showing incredible speed and surprising reflexes, the archer dodged the spider-fired cobwebs, rolling to the ground and counterattacking soon after.
When Rokuro\'s sly stubby tail disappeared under the ground, plunging into a large, newly dug hole. In the meanwhile, the Dokumotsu fired a cobweb toward Enatsu. Although fast, the spider demon\'s shot was quite predictable. A smart guy like Enatsu, attentive to every detail, would dodge it with his eyes closed.
A small sphere made of thin sticky cobwebs intertwined with each other passed beside the merchant\'s head, who dodged the blow and crouched to the ground. He grabbed a pointed stone just below his feet.
Showing a good sense of coordination of arms and legs, Enatsu threw the rock towards the Dokumotsu, preceding its next attack.
The spider demon, larger and slightly slower than the other, did not dodge the blow. The stone hit it on the forehead, without getting it a scratch. "Krrrr!" the small cartilage arms on the sides of the enemy\'s jaws vibrated quickly, making a fierce and pungent cry.
Once again, as Yoichi looked at him confusedly, Enatsu threw another piece of rock. "Fuck off, you son of a bitch!" he uttered, thinking out loud.
Yoichi for a few minutes, stood motionless in a corner of the room. The desire to intervene in the fight prevailed, but his friend\'s words echoed in his head. Although they had not yet proved it, the two spider demons, according to the scholar Enatsu, were able to spit deadly poison.
During these considerations, waiting for the right time to follow Enatsu\'s orders, the Dokumotsu in front of the merchant jumped off the wall. It landed silently on its eight legs, continuing to emit that deafening cry.
The merchant stepped back, looking for another stone to throw at it and lure it away from the wall. Although the arachnid demons did not have a good memory, the Dokumotsu was able to predict the merchant\'s move.
Its narrow neck swelled for an instant and another small sticky sphere was fired like a bullet from its mouth. The cobweb projectile hit Enatsu\'s arm, unbalanced his body backward, and glued his arm to the floor.
"Stay there, Yoichi... wait a little longer!" he yelled, swinging his other hand towards his companion. Yoichi was about to run to his rescue, but his partner ordered him to stick to the plan.
The Dokumotsu, totally ignoring the presence of Yoichi, motionless in the less illuminated corner of the room, fired another cobweb, striking the merchant\'s chest. The resistant fibers of the web, thick as metal cables, stretched along his body, joining those of the arm.
Within seconds, Enatsu\'s upper limbs were anchored to the ground and his chest was wrapped in the sticky secretion of the spider demons.
"One more moment, one more moment..." Enatsu quaked, evidently afraid. Yoichi continued to look at him with his knees bent, ready to dash forward at the slightest signal.
The Dokumotsu stopped and bowed its head down. A guttural noise accompanied that gesture and something began to flow through its throat, heading towards its mouth.
"Rokuro! Now!" – when the spider demon\'s purple poison was barely visible between its hooked teeth, Enatsu called his Moruba. Suddenly, the clawed paws of the mole demon blasted out the terrain.