Why was W in the orc plains? Ed was trying to make sense of this when the lizardn beside the human, no, W gripped their spears tightly and thrust out with vigor.
[You've been dealt damage. -47 hp]
[You've been dealt damage. -45 hp]
The thrust seed to push back the air and form an invisible projectile as streaks of red blood spewed out of both of Ed's shoulders. He had been a bit too late to dodge the synchronized attack of the two lizardn assailants.
Were it not for the instinct skill, Ed would likely have failed to realize the deadly intent of the attack and dodge appropriately.
'I don't know why you are attacking but…' Ed's transmission slurred at the end as both of his arms shot forth and grabbed the handle of the two outstretched spears.
'Be prepared to get a beating' If they were the type to attack indiscriminately they were also the type to only listen to fists. Ed held the two spears tightly and pulled both of the lizardn forward.
A risky maneuver because the lizardn could let go of them at any ti but at least he would have unard them.
But Ed's worry was unfounded. The lizardn could not bear to let go of their prized spears personally enchanted and crafted by their deity.
In the end both received a heavy blow after the one to suddenly let go was Ed. He punched the two on their guts, fists tightly clenched. With his monstrous strength, the lizardn were instantly put out of commission.
Unlike humans, they did not know any fancy body reinforcent techniques. The lizardn's scales were pretty tough but unlike mana reinforcent, the protection could not be scaled up or down.
The humans had the opportunity to learn to make an exchange of mana for protection or even attack power in regard to physical combat. Though that was not to say a spell with more mana wouldn't be more powerful than one with less.
Whatever the case, the lizardn were not Ed's opponent.
'They got away' W transmitted to Ed who turned around and looked at the forest scenery. The dark shadow of the canopy contrasted greatly with the light that shone past it, but it did not magically highlight an enemy.
It could be that Ed was not fortunate enough to have it that easy or that the enemy had already escaped. And as it would turn out, not being very fortunate was not necessarily exclusive to the forr.
'You are right… Sigh…' Ed transmitted back, sighing internally. It turned out there were at least two scouts, which wasn't farfetched. Sending one seed inane unless they were low on personnel.
Ed could only lant now. If it weren't for the sudden attack of the lizardn Ed might have been able to prevent the mage from disappearing. But lanting was also not going to teleport the mage back over.
'How did you get here?' Ed shot the human W a curious glance and asked.
'It's a long story' Ed did not even know that W had been put into a piece of Bloody so W had to explain from the start.
"Hmm…." If it was a long story they couldn't remain.
'Let's go into Sanctuary' Although Ed ran far and the scout man also did, it wasn't like Sanctuary was- Ed's thoughts backtracked a bit.
"Ah! He escaped too damn it!" Ed cursed in orc language causing W a headache. Did he really have to not understand anything even when back with Ed? The mushroom language skill he had received from being split at that period of ti was not helping W understand things any better.
'Are you going to lead the way…?' W transmitted interrupting Ed just as he was starting to regret all life choices.
'Ah, yes!' Ed said snapping out of it. He was more curious about W than he was that mage anyway. The value of a human body was insanely large! Ed's plans would change greatly based on a couple of simple factors alone.
But before that, there were four lizardn, not just two. These other two were still circling Ed with intent to kill at first move.
To Ed who was clearly being lenient with them, this was quite the boorish behavior.
Luckily, W motioned with his hand for the lizardn to stand down. They still listened to him, so they slowly lowered down their weapons, making Ed infinitely more curious. It wasn't any random human he acquired.
'No, wait… Why did I find another human in the mushroom cavern?' Ed quickly noticed a problem with his thinking.
'Was there so sort of Lizardn king in the human world?' The answer was likely not, but believing otherwise when there appeared to be evidence was inane.
W seed to notice the continual downward spiral of thought Ed was going through and as himself, he could confidently declare he was going down the wrong path.
'Let's hurry in and discuss' W reminded Ed, he snapped out of his thoughts imdiately.
Watching W and Ed quickly retreat towards Sanctuary, the two lizardn had put down their weapons and aided their two squirming warrior comrades off the ground.
These lizardn's abdominal scales were cracked and broken, they oozed red blood but didn't hide the tender skin underneath, it could be seen almost too plainly. These were egregious wounds to suffer after only a single blow.
The lizardn who originally had thoughts of conquering the entire floor had to re-evaluate these thoughts. With a monster like Ed on the loose... Only an army could stand a chance for a clean sweep.
Kurgher had just that at his disposal, so the lizardn's thoughts were not dispelled. They were if anything only montarily suppressed.
Unaware of the lizardn's decision to take a step back, Ed led the five of them into Sanctuary, where confused orcs were waiting just inside the gate.
"Erm… didn't you all leave just now?" One of the orcs asked awkwardly. What was the point of all the fanfare if they were just going to return after a short while? Could it be that they wanted to make sure the gate still worked for so reason?
"We… we were told to go back" Soone amongst the warriors answered.
When Ed returned just a couple of minutes after them, this crowd was still present. Dakgu and Gurln were even waiting at the gate for Ed's return.
"Ah! Human!" Dakgu exclaid, surprised and then angered. But this anger was replaced when four weird creatures appeared in succession.
The injured lizardn were given a potion and were now walking on their two feet again. These lizardn stood tall and seed rather sturdy and tough. To Dakgu who was still young, they were rather intimidating.
The orcs who were watching were also surprised. But more than fear or intimidation they felt challenged. While they were burly and appeared very rough, the lizardn seed to have this lean and refined aura about them.
For so reason, they felt like rivals at first sight.
"Who the hell are these weirdos!" Soone exclaid.
"Kill the human bastard" another shouted putting the focus back on the human.
Ed could only smile wryly seeing the mixed reactions. In his thoughtful stupor, he had forgotten to be more careful about showing the lizardn and most importantly, showing W.
"Everyone! There were human spies! Please return to your lodging while I deal with this!" Ed roared for all to hear.
"Really?" Soone amongst the crowd exclaid.
"Filthy humans!" "We want bloodshed! Bah!" There were so insults as well as disappointnt but Ed ignored it all.
"Ed, what's this…?" Sharog who had just sent them off asked now that she had the opportunity to. There was a free-roaming human. It was one thing to see him restrained in so way or just beaten up, but the human wasn't. He was like a guest that treated their house as his own.
"Don't worry about it for now, this isn't a human, but they will help us all the sa" Ed's words were confusing but they were true. Ed believed that W might have been able to beco so sort of fungal parasite and started controlling the human body.
This hypothesis was oddly enough not far off.
"Well… If you say so Ed" Sharog decided to trust Ed and watched as he and the lizardn headed towards an uncleared area of Sanctuary. This area was nothing but rubble from the destroyed stone houses, but there were also few standing walls.
'You can tell everything now, right?' Ed transmitted to W who sent him a nod. They walked far enough to have an undisturbed conversation.
The lizardn who were being kept out of the loop couldn't help but beco deeply confused when W and Ed just stared at one another.
One asked in a hushed tone.
Another responded with uncertainty.
A third asked skeptically.
But the fourth skipped all questions and started to root for his side. He wished that their deity would grant his blessed the strength to overco this challenge.
"Erm, Eon!" This started a cheer squad for W, who was currently transmitting to the best of his ability.
'Yeah, maybe I'll be able to understand how you got a cheer squad better if we rge' Ed said looking at the lizardn's confused cheering.
'No, I don't think you will' W said with certain confusion.
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