07-21-2017, 10:15 PM
As the duo reached the large beast Cloud, with a horizontal swing of his weapon, cleaved at its flesh. But the darkling was faster than it looked and grabbed onto the mercenary’s blade, halting the blonde’s attack. Cloud, fighting with all his strength to take back control of his blade, did not leave himself the opportunity to avoid the creature’s incoming fist. Proto Man, however, had other plans. Using the buster sword as a platform, Proto launched himself at the creature’s free arm and pierced its thick hide with his energy blade. A momentary lapse in strength was all the mercenary needed to free his blade. With one smooth motion, the mercenary ripped his blade free from the twisted being’s grip. The creature cried out in anger and pain as the small robot removed his weapon from the darkling and leapt backwards, landing next to Cloud.
‘Thanks.’ The spiky haired mercenary breathed.
‘You’re welcome.’ the red robot responded as the duo, once again, stared down the oversized darkling.
This time it was angrier and opted to charge instead of stalk. Proto, acting quick, lept to the left and let of a couple of energy blasts. The blasts of energy made contact with the darkling’s upper chest and neck area, searing its flesh but not halting its charge. This one was much stronger than the smaller ones. Cloud had opted for a less graceful approach, using the length of his blade as a barricade in an attempt to halt the beast. The creature slammed into the blonde’s blade, pushing the man, backwards, across the small, mangrove, battlefield.
The ogre-sized darkling stared at the blonde with its bloodshot eyes. After letting out a thunderous roar, it began pushing again. Cloud struggled with all of his strength to halt the beast, but was only able to slow it. If things continued the way they were going, he’d be pushed into the corrupted ocean.
‘Blues-’ he began, but his companion was way ahead of him. Dashing up the creature’s backside, Proto Man raked his blade up the darkling’s back before plunging it into its shoulder blade. It reared back, letting out another pain filled scream. This was his chance. Cloud ducked down and transitioned into a spin. His massive grey blade sweeping across both of the creature’s legs. First making contact with its upper thighs, then the knees, and finally its shins. Coming out of the spin, slightly dizzy, Cloud dived to the right as their oversized enemy lost its footing and came crashing down onto its hands and knees. Leaving no time for the monster to recover, Proto retrieved his blade and plunged it through the darkling’s skull. Ending it’s life.
The blonde mercenary let out an exhausted sigh as his robot associate dropped down from the corpse. This place was a lot more treacherous than the few news articles he’d been able to read on the way here had depicted. Proto deactivated his blade as he marched back to Cloud.
‘What was that thing?’ The young man asked the small robot, assuming that Blues was more informed than he was.
‘A darkling. It’s similar to those,’ he explained as he pointed a finger to one of the bisected bodies that the mercenary had left behind earlier. ‘which are called Darkspawn.’
‘And they are?’ the blonde questioned.
‘Creatures that only destroy and spread corruption.’ Proto Man explained as he shifted his focus and entered a command into his armband. Cloud watched as the device replicated itself in the young robot’s hands. ‘Here take this, you’ll need it.’
‘Uh, thanks.’ Cloud mumbled as he took the device and attached it to his wrist. As if it had a mind of it’s own, it’s screen instantly synced up with his body. Giving him a rather simple display of his health conditions. His health status seemed normal for someone who’d just come out of battle, so he wasn’t worried.
‘Well they seem to go down easily enough.’ the mercenary noted as he examined the corpse. Its twisted, grey, flesh seemed as if it had already started to rot. Though, that wouldn’t surprise the man with the climate that surrounded the archipelago.
‘Alone or small groups aren’t a problem.’ the red robot spoke as he, too, examined the creature they had just felled. ‘But as a horde, that’s when they are a problem.’
Cloud noted the seriousness in the bot’s words. Clearly he’d fought against these things before. If that was the case, then sticking with him was the best option. Plus he was a pretty skilled fighter, and that’s always a plus.
‘Anyway,’ Cloud began as he turned around to look for the other group of people that had shown up. ‘We should probably help them out.’ he finished, pointing a finger at the group of combatants. Proto Man gave him a nod as the duo rushed across the mangroves to rejoin the group.
‘Thanks.’ The spiky haired mercenary breathed.
‘You’re welcome.’ the red robot responded as the duo, once again, stared down the oversized darkling.
This time it was angrier and opted to charge instead of stalk. Proto, acting quick, lept to the left and let of a couple of energy blasts. The blasts of energy made contact with the darkling’s upper chest and neck area, searing its flesh but not halting its charge. This one was much stronger than the smaller ones. Cloud had opted for a less graceful approach, using the length of his blade as a barricade in an attempt to halt the beast. The creature slammed into the blonde’s blade, pushing the man, backwards, across the small, mangrove, battlefield.
The ogre-sized darkling stared at the blonde with its bloodshot eyes. After letting out a thunderous roar, it began pushing again. Cloud struggled with all of his strength to halt the beast, but was only able to slow it. If things continued the way they were going, he’d be pushed into the corrupted ocean.
‘Blues-’ he began, but his companion was way ahead of him. Dashing up the creature’s backside, Proto Man raked his blade up the darkling’s back before plunging it into its shoulder blade. It reared back, letting out another pain filled scream. This was his chance. Cloud ducked down and transitioned into a spin. His massive grey blade sweeping across both of the creature’s legs. First making contact with its upper thighs, then the knees, and finally its shins. Coming out of the spin, slightly dizzy, Cloud dived to the right as their oversized enemy lost its footing and came crashing down onto its hands and knees. Leaving no time for the monster to recover, Proto retrieved his blade and plunged it through the darkling’s skull. Ending it’s life.
The blonde mercenary let out an exhausted sigh as his robot associate dropped down from the corpse. This place was a lot more treacherous than the few news articles he’d been able to read on the way here had depicted. Proto deactivated his blade as he marched back to Cloud.
‘What was that thing?’ The young man asked the small robot, assuming that Blues was more informed than he was.
‘A darkling. It’s similar to those,’ he explained as he pointed a finger to one of the bisected bodies that the mercenary had left behind earlier. ‘which are called Darkspawn.’
‘And they are?’ the blonde questioned.
‘Creatures that only destroy and spread corruption.’ Proto Man explained as he shifted his focus and entered a command into his armband. Cloud watched as the device replicated itself in the young robot’s hands. ‘Here take this, you’ll need it.’
‘Uh, thanks.’ Cloud mumbled as he took the device and attached it to his wrist. As if it had a mind of it’s own, it’s screen instantly synced up with his body. Giving him a rather simple display of his health conditions. His health status seemed normal for someone who’d just come out of battle, so he wasn’t worried.
‘Well they seem to go down easily enough.’ the mercenary noted as he examined the corpse. Its twisted, grey, flesh seemed as if it had already started to rot. Though, that wouldn’t surprise the man with the climate that surrounded the archipelago.
‘Alone or small groups aren’t a problem.’ the red robot spoke as he, too, examined the creature they had just felled. ‘But as a horde, that’s when they are a problem.’
Cloud noted the seriousness in the bot’s words. Clearly he’d fought against these things before. If that was the case, then sticking with him was the best option. Plus he was a pretty skilled fighter, and that’s always a plus.
‘Anyway,’ Cloud began as he turned around to look for the other group of people that had shown up. ‘We should probably help them out.’ he finished, pointing a finger at the group of combatants. Proto Man gave him a nod as the duo rushed across the mangroves to rejoin the group.