HELLO! I am kind of in a good mood today, so I am posting chapter 3! Like I said before, this is kind of short, but at least I could post sooner!
Hey! In the second chapter, I put horses pulling the caravans. I know that they aren't horses, but I don't know the name of the giant, blue, thingies that travel with the caravaners! If any of you know, can you tell me! I want to get my facts right!
Tomorrow I have like 3 or 4 finals! (that really sucks...) Well, here is chapter 3! Hope that you like it!
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Chapter Three: The River Belle Path
For several minutes, the caravaners kept walking on the trail in the River Belle Path without a single sign of monsters. Everything was quiet… too quiet. There was nothing moving in the bushes, nothing stirring in the trees, not even a single fish was swimming in the ponds and rivers.
Suddenly, a little, innocent-looking squirrel walked up to the group and stared at them for a few seconds, turning its head in confusion.
"Aww… Isn't it cute!" said Laila.
Then, bearing monstrous teeth, it leapt right at Takashi.
"Aahh!" yelled Takashi, trying to shield his face with his hands.
For a few seconds, he just stood there stupidly with his arms covering his face, expecting to feel a sudden sharp burst of pain in his arm or side. When he didn't, he opened his eyes to find the squirrel hovering in mid-air, unmoving, right in front of his body, still bearing its colossal teeth and looking awkwardly creepy.Takashi shrieked and quickly backed away from the stationary squirrel, falling on his rear. While on the floor, he just stared at it, mouth open.
"Demon squirrel," said Dark. "You think this miasma wouldn't kill a regular squirrel? I cast the spell stop on it," he added, seeing Takashi's astounded face. "It can't move. Just be ready next time."
Takashi nodded his head and continued walking down the trail.
The rest of the walk held no surprises. The only kind of monsters that they fought were demon squirrels and goblins. One by one, the enemies fell to the hands of the crystal caravaners.
Some of these monsters carried things like gold, stones of magicite (When used, these stones can cast spells depending on the stone's alchemic structure, magical properties, and element.), scrolls containing secrets and information, and items for crafting weapons. Takashi attempted to hide a thousand gold dropped by a goblin, but Mizumi caught him and forced him to hand it over to Kratos.
Within a half-hour, they spotted a shining river of the purest water. A bridge almost as ancient-looking as the chalice went over the river, and across the river was a tree surrounded by a circle of different sized stones, each etched with a rune on its surface. This was no ordinary tree; it glowed like a crystal and had a metallic-green color to it. There were no leaves on it; only long, slender branches that corved down likea willow and shone like the water in the riverbed a few yards away.
"Finally!" yelled Ayame, relieved that they finally found the myrrh tree. The young Selkie began to skip towards this sacred tree.
"Don't be in such a rush," said Kratos, holding his sister back.
Suddenly, an enormousfigure leapt out of the water and landed in front of the group. A colossal claw was waving back and forth at the side of the figure. Two eyes dangled from the front of this shape, and six legs held up the body. A crab the size of a house now lay before them.
"A CRAB!" yelled Takashi in a disappointed voice. "I mean, COME ON!"
Ayame stared at the giant crustacean, then at her brother, and back to the crab.
"Told ya so," said Kratos.
"Everyone, hold on to my arm!" ordered Dark, making sure not to wait for the others to do something. All did as they were told and waited to see what Dark would do. Waving his free hand, Dark murmured an incantation in a language that the others could not understand.
At first, it seemed as if nothing had happened, but suddenly the crab turned around and began to walk away!
"Umm… can somebody please explain to me what just happened?" asked a baffled Laila.
"We're now intangible," replied Dark. "It cannot see, feel, or hear us. Now, I can only stay in one position while I do this, so get ready to attack. Three… two… one! GO!"
All released Dark's arm and began to attack the unsuspecting giant crab. Kratos and Ayame blasted the creature with energy waves from their Racquets. Laila, Bane, Mizumi, and Takashi were slashing the monster from every direction; blow after blow made contact with the creature's hard outer shell. Dark and Rouki continuously cast powerful spells like firaga, blizzaga, and thundaga. The Giant Crab could not fight back, and eventually, it stopped moving.
"Well, that was pretty easy," said Takashi triumphantly, waving his sword in the air.
"You talk too much," said Dark.
"You don't talk enough," retorted Takashi.
Suddenly, there was a flash of blue and yellow light, and Mizumi fell to the ground. Electrical currents were surging from her motionless body.
"NO!" screamed Takashi.