Chapter Three
Vivi awoke with a start. He had heard something outside. The powerful mage quietly slipped out of the tent, careful not to wake Quina, who was right next to him. He looked around outside the tent. The sun was rising into the sky. Good, he thought, that way if there was a fight he wouldn't be waking the others in the middle of the night. Nearby bushed rumbled. A low, steady growl sounded. Vivi drew up his hands, ready to torch anything that moved.
Suddenly, a giant bug-like creature leaped out at him. His hands released his strongest magic, Firaga. The beast smoked out of the air and hits the ground. Vivi still feels the presence of danger. Slowly, six more of the beasts circle around him.
"Eiko! Get out here!" Vivi said loudly, not taking his eyes of the circling beasts. It seemed to him that the creatures were some sort of cross between and human and a cockroach. They were disgusting in every aspect of their body. Slime covered their chest, with an unnerving stench. They each had a long staff, gripped by six claws. They stood on four legs. Vivi noticed Eiko's head popping out of the tent. The girlish voice came loud, clear, and commanding, "HOLY!"
A masterful blast of holy power was one of Eiko's only spells that caused actual harm to an enemy. She was a Gaian summoner and that species only knew summoning and curing spells.
The holy blast exploded in a blue explosion sending two of the monsters to the dirt. Quina suddenly rushed out of them tent and engaged one of the creatures in combat with her fork.
Eiko cast another holy blast and sent two more down. Quina got an open shot at one of the creature's faces and stabbed it in the head. Vivi torched the last one. Minaki and Karana rushed out of their tent wielding weapons, but upon seeing the two torched corpses, one stabbed in the head with a giant fork, and four more killed, they relaxed.
"Whoa! Do any of you know what these were?" Eiko asked, breathing hard from the surprise attack.
"Yeah, I read about them in a book once. They're called Taxons, and they're the hybrid of cockroaches and humans. Historical experts say that an evil wizard created them decades ago," said Karana.
"Interesting," said Vivi, "Since we're all awake now, we should pack up our stuff and head for the town, right?"
The party nodded in aggreement. They left the tents their, and packing up their things, continued their journey.
Vivi awoke with a start. He had heard something outside. The powerful mage quietly slipped out of the tent, careful not to wake Quina, who was right next to him. He looked around outside the tent. The sun was rising into the sky. Good, he thought, that way if there was a fight he wouldn't be waking the others in the middle of the night. Nearby bushed rumbled. A low, steady growl sounded. Vivi drew up his hands, ready to torch anything that moved.
Suddenly, a giant bug-like creature leaped out at him. His hands released his strongest magic, Firaga. The beast smoked out of the air and hits the ground. Vivi still feels the presence of danger. Slowly, six more of the beasts circle around him.
"Eiko! Get out here!" Vivi said loudly, not taking his eyes of the circling beasts. It seemed to him that the creatures were some sort of cross between and human and a cockroach. They were disgusting in every aspect of their body. Slime covered their chest, with an unnerving stench. They each had a long staff, gripped by six claws. They stood on four legs. Vivi noticed Eiko's head popping out of the tent. The girlish voice came loud, clear, and commanding, "HOLY!"
A masterful blast of holy power was one of Eiko's only spells that caused actual harm to an enemy. She was a Gaian summoner and that species only knew summoning and curing spells.
The holy blast exploded in a blue explosion sending two of the monsters to the dirt. Quina suddenly rushed out of them tent and engaged one of the creatures in combat with her fork.
Eiko cast another holy blast and sent two more down. Quina got an open shot at one of the creature's faces and stabbed it in the head. Vivi torched the last one. Minaki and Karana rushed out of their tent wielding weapons, but upon seeing the two torched corpses, one stabbed in the head with a giant fork, and four more killed, they relaxed.
"Whoa! Do any of you know what these were?" Eiko asked, breathing hard from the surprise attack.
"Yeah, I read about them in a book once. They're called Taxons, and they're the hybrid of cockroaches and humans. Historical experts say that an evil wizard created them decades ago," said Karana.
"Interesting," said Vivi, "Since we're all awake now, we should pack up our stuff and head for the town, right?"
The party nodded in aggreement. They left the tents their, and packing up their things, continued their journey.