Chaos had erupted on the side slope of the mountain. Once the raindrops touched the top of the beasts' head. It had sent them a signal informing them to rise to the surface. The beast was tall and wide and to top it off, they were fast and nimble as well.
Most of the students were still tired from the fight with the advance tiered beast earlier. Most of their MC Cells had been used and they hadn't had enough time to recover. Their instinct told them to run upon seeing the beasts rising from underneath the ground.
However, the beats were just too fast. As if it was a snake, the plants opened their mouths wide and sometimes consumed more than one student at a time, and one of these students was Archer[Quinn].
"We have to get him out of there!" Zamier[Vorden] shouted as he looked around at the other students. "Damn it, why isn't there someone with high-level abilities in this class."
Corlian[Del]'s class was considered one of the weakest class and they had gotten significantly weaker after Gyro[Erin] had left. Zamier[Vorden] was hoping at one point to come across one of the other classes and copy one of their abilities.
One of the downside's to Zamier[Vorden]'s Skill[ability] was the fact that he would have to wait twenty-four hours before storing a new Skill[ability]. At most with the help of Rat[Rat][Rat]en and Mill[Sil], he could store three at a time. Because of this, Zamier[Vorden] was actually cautious about whose Skill[ability] he copied.
Right now, it didn't seem like anyone's Skill[ability] was doing well against the plants.
"He's already dead, let's just get out of here, " Riha[Cia] complained.
"No, he's not dead, " Tony[Peter] replied. "I can tell."
Although Riha[Cia] had no clue what Tony[Peter] meant by this... the others realised that the reason must be some type of link between the two. That could also be the explanation as to why Tony[Peter] wasn't going mad right now after witnessing the death of Archer[Quinn].
"I'll go get him!" Arian[Fex] said. The others were surprised by his words. They knew Archer[Quinn] and Arian[Fex] weren't close enough, but obviously from Arian[Fex]'s words. He was genuinely concerned about Archer[Quinn]. But the question was, when did the two of them become so close?
But Arian[Fex] could tell the seriousness of the situation. He was the only one along with Archer[Quinn] that hadn't done much during the fight against the advanced tier beast, so he still had plenty of energy.
Arian[Fex] ran and leapt into the air, but in a blink of an eye the plant swayed its large body to the side, and at an incredible speed struck Arian[Fex] who was still in mid-air, slamming him back to the side of the mountain.
"Maybe jumping straight forward wasn't such a good idea." The pain wreaking havoc on Arian[Fex]'s body wasn't too bad but he was still a little dazed. When he managed together where he was he could see the plant already coming towards him across the floor with its mouth wide open.
When he finally managed to get up, the plant was already coming for him, streaking across the floor with its mouth wide open— ready to devour him.
There was no panic on Arian[Fex]'s face, just a slight smile. "Eat me then you piece of…" Then— he was gone. Swallowed by the beast plant. It lifted its whole body and raised its head, making sure that whatever it managed to consume would go straight down.
The others, stayed there watching the plant for a few seconds, hoping that Arian[Fex] had some sort of plan.
There was a lot of popular news established by media centres about some people's miraculous escape after being swallowed by a beast. It was reported that those people killed their way out of the beast's body.
But after watching for a while and seeing no result, the situation couldn't be more obvious.
"Run!" Zamier[Vorden] shouted. "It's all we can do, if Tony[Peter] says Archer[Quinn] is safe then we just have to believe him."
Zamier[Vorden] along with Rebecca[Layla] was the first to take their advice. Rebecca[Layla] was a little behind Zamier[Vorden] so she had a headstart. Seeing this, Zamier[Vorden] decided he didn't have time to be picky about what abilities he had.
If he touched Rebecca[Layla], then at least he would have something to protect himself while fighting. Thinking about this, he ran faster— straight for Rebecca[Layla].
He then reached out and grabbed her hand.
"Hey what are you doing!" Rebecca[Layla] complained, but she quickly stopped her complaint as another beast plant was heading straight for the two of them. She held out her hand hoping to slow it down even just by a little bit.
As Zamier[Vorden] turned, he threw one of the sprit spears and it pierced straight through the beast's head. But it clearly wasn't enough, and the beast was quick to retaliate. Swallowing the two in an instant.
"What are you doing!" Riha[Cia] shouted. She too had rushed off hoping to run away, but she quickly stopped as she noticed there were also several plants behind them. Some groups were still dealing with them but not even one was successful.
The only group that seemed to be doing well was the group led by Teacher Corlian[Del].
He had taken his large shield with him and was holding it up with his back against the mountain wall. With only one possible angle of attack Corlian[Del] and a few other students were able to block most of the incoming attacks from the plants.
And since the plants weren't able to move from their original position. At most, the group had to block attacks from three incoming plant beasts.
"Let's go over there!" she shouted. "It's the safest place, with my Skill[ability] we can make it." At this point, she was tugging on Tony[Peter]'s uniform, but he stayed there— still looking at one of the plants.
"If Archer[Quinn] is somewhere else, then I need to go with him, " Tony[Peter] replied.
"Screw you!" She shouted in anger. "If you want to die, then go die yourself."
A single step, Riha[Cia] cried out.
She turned around and suddenly realized that all she could see was pitch black. Then, a few seconds later she felt the sensation of falling.
The whole group had now been swallowed by different beats plants. Arian[Fex] and Archer[Quinn], Rebecca[Layla] and Zamier[Vorden], and finally Tony[Peter] and Riha[Cia]. A few of the other students had been swallowed to, a few were also knocked off the side of the cliff.
While the majority somehow managed to make it to where Corlian[Del]'s position was. Even though they felt weak. With Corlian[Del] doing most of the blocking, the students were able to use their attacks to fight against the plant beasts that managed to reach them.
They continued to do this until eventually, the rain started to stop. The moment the rain stopped— all of the beasts went into hibernation at the same time. They returned underground and turned into beautiful stalks of purple grasses once more.
Amazingly, soil started to form over the purple grasses, and in a blink of an eye. The mountain had returned to its original state. It was as if nothing had happened.
"Is it over?" A student asked huffing and panting, he felt as if he would collapse from exhaustion at any moment.
"I think so, " Corlian[Del] replied. "I think these beasts reacted to the rain. They seemed to appear and disappear at the same time as the rain appeared and vanished... Luckily for us, in a place like this, the downpour might be strong, but it doesn't last for long. However, we don't know when the next downpour will be."
"What should we do know, and what about the others?" Another asked.
Corlian[Del] looked around, and he could see there wasn't much blood. Also, during his studies, he discovered that plant-type beasts mostly weren't carnivores. The fact that these plants probably didn't have the acid necessary to digest meat meant that the students were still probably alive.
"I hate to say this but they're probably already dead." Corlian[Del] lied. "It's best if we head back down to where we were. If we carry on going upward then there might be even more dangerous bests."
Some of the students were annoyed by what Corlian[Del] had just suggested.
They had made this suggestion earlier and even said the same thing to Corlian[Del]. informing him there might be more danger up ahead. Still, he decided to progress anyway and now he was saying travelling upward was a bad idea.
Before heading back down the slope, a student spotted another person walking up. As they saw who it was— a huge smile appeared on their face.
"Seargent Simon[Leo]!" The students shouted.
Even Corlian[Del] was delighted and happy...
There wasn't much that needed to be said, as Simon[Leo] agreed that he would take them back to the shelter for now. But before doing so, Simon[Leo] asked for the other students to investigate the area.
Just as the students were about to head down the slope, Simon[Leo] started to walk over to a strange object. A certain item was giving off energy, similar to that of a beast weapon. He had arrived by the wall of the mountain and picked up the cold solid object.
"Do you mind telling me what it looks like?" Simon[Leo] asked Corlian[Del] who wouldn't leave his side.
"It appears to be some type of metal flask. Although it has some strange design on it. It looks like a beast's head with fangs. Maybe it's one of the items that the students dropped during the struggle." Corlian[Del] answered.
"I'm wondering, just what is so important that it needs to be kept in a special type of beast equipment."
Simon[Leo] thought to himself.
To be continued....
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