Chapter 231 Eye of the Beast part 2 (1/2)

The slowly rotating vortex of death engulfed the Gigantic Croca.

Die! Die you overgrown hand bag!

Please?

The Gravity Bomb continues to suck in air, sticks and whatever else is unable to resist its immense pull. The power of the Gravity Bomb still shocks me to my core. When mana reaches a critical density, scary things start to happen and the Gravity Bomb is a pure example of that. However, I know that this is only half the spell I'd hoped it to be. Whatever property the Ma.s.sive Croc had imbued into its flame it had eaten away at the mana packed in my spell, reducing its strength dramatically.

It's too hard to get a decent visual on the enemy with the spell still in effect. My pets and I dig in our heels to resist the insidious drag of the bomb and prepare ourselves for the moment the spell drops.

The next five seconds feel like an eternity. My heart pounds in my chest as I await the results of my spell.

The spell flickers for a moment and fades. For a brief moment I see the Beast, then the world is fire.

HOT!

The clever son of a Garralos.h.!.+ The d.a.m.ned Croc sacrificed an arm to the spell! It must have sensed the density of the mana coming towards it and reached out to trigger the bomb before it could touch its torso!

The level of strength required to resist the pull at such a close range … is something I can't think about right now! It's too d.a.m.n hot!

Flame erupts everywhere around me and I immediately fire off my three prepared gravity bolts and task my sub brains with cranking out a water construct on the double and I leg it! The three spells are reduced by the flame as they pa.s.s through but retain some of their power as they strike home against the crocs left leg.

This monster looks fairly d.a.m.n strong but I'll take any advantage I can get at this point!

”Vibrant! Hit the thing but keep your distance!” I holler.

”Roger-Roger!” she cries as acid begins to fly at the Croc from behind its shoulder.

Yikes!

A torrent of flame continues to pour out of the beasts mouth. It's obviously a little annoyed but that friendly bomb I lobbed its way since the fire seems to follow me wherever I go.

Das.h.!.+

My legs blur as I activate my dash skill and begin to sprint in a zig zag moving away from the d.a.m.n beast.

[Tiny! It's focused on me. Give it heaps!] I order.

”ROOOOOW!” Tiny bellows and thrusts both meaty hands forward at once.

CRACK!

Two twisting snakes of lightning blast forth from the apes hands and stab straight into the Croc's side! The electricity ripples across the beast and the smell of cooked flesh begins to fill the air.

”HURRR!” the Croc bellows and turns its blazing eyes towards this new target.

With a moment of reprieve I begin to spin together a few more gravity bolts and a.s.sess the situation. To my horror I can already see the arm that had been consumed by my pre-emptive strike is beginning to regrow. A bubbling lump of flesh had appeared where the arm connected to the shoulder, rapidly extending outwards.

I curse within my mind and launch another two Gravity Bolts at the Croc's left leg before turning more attention towards the water transformation construct. It's my only chance of being able to counteract the d.a.m.n things flames!

Acid continues to fly out of the surrounding trees as Vibrant launches strikes from a distance. The Croc seems to content to simply shrug off those blows, even as the acid steams as it eats away at the scales on its back. Perhaps its confident it can regenerate the damage along with its arm? That doesn't bode well!

[What about me Master? Should I strike?] Vibrant calls desperately from her hiding place.

[Absolutely not! You hear me? Don't come out until I give the word!] I cry.

I have to hold Crinis back until the critical moment when she can get close enough to apply her damage unscathed. The trick is getting the monster to that point!