Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic

C12: Fighting Magical Beasts - Hippogriffs! (2)

A deadly feeling rose in Kai's heart, the sense of urgency shooting through the roof.

Even if the Longsword could have made any difference, he couldn't use it. Not when lifting one finger would make him lose his grip over its Hippogriff's feathers.

But there was one thing which neither needed him to let go of his grip nor considered the beast's outrageous Stats that made the longsword useless.

Poison!

The beast must have sensed the hotness on its back, for it looked back towards Kai with its orange pupils. It saw two shimmering golden-silver slits looking back; the moonlight playing games of myriad colors.

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Activating Skill Light Neurotoxin

Time Limit: 30 Seconds

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Kai's middle finger curled, pressing into the leathery flesh of the beast. The toxin needed to be injected into the prey's body for it to be at its deadliest potency.

Like a syringe, the violet-colored nail extended, entering the beast's flesh with almost no resistance.

What happened next was instantaneous.

Kai's face paled. The beast turned around but its wings had become lifeless. Its mouth parted to cry, but no sound came out. It's legs, donning the steel-like talons, dangled motionlessly.

5 drops of Light Neurotoxin, at its maximum potency, brought a result Kai couldn't have hoped for. In the first few seconds, the beast became a statue, and when it had lost half the height, it was a corpse.

Kai's mind was numb, vision abandoning him as he saw his HP and MP points reducing to a dangerous level.

The demon wasn't a stranger to this condition of his body. In his previous life, he had almost constantly remained half-dead. So, even though he wasn't in a state of doing anything else, he still took out the Longsword.

Now that the magical beast was dead, Kai had no fear of losing his grip.

Slithering around the magical beast as they fell, Kai hacked with all his might at the Hippogriff's front legs many times as if he was cutting down huge trees.

Then, as the legs separated the body with a blood squelch, Kai stored them into his Inventory.

Almost at the same time, Arlen grabbed him from behind and threw him on the broomstick.

Mr. Beedle wasn't with him anymore. Arlen turned around and gave Kai a look, his face as emotionless as a stone.

The stone cracked then.

Kai and Arlen shared a devious smile.

"That better be worth it, Red," Arlen said, the thrilling smile still lingering on his lips. "That better be worth it."

CRY!!!

Kai didn't want to, but he did. He turned his head to look at the death's hand.

A great herd of Hippogriffs was swarming towards them. The depressions within the swarm made it look like thin long fingers, uncurling, and reaching out for the two of them.

Kai could see their talons. The way they reflected light, he felt as if they were real steel. Their wingspan seemed to have no end and their numbers blanketed the moon and stars, moonlight struggling to seep from the gaps between their feathers.