It had been a while since Arian[Fex] had last used Japheth[Ham] and he was starting to miss his little companion. Japheth[Ham] was able to be seen by anybody, he didn't have any special skills that allowed him to turn invisible or hide his presence, but he was able to transform.
If the students saw a flying bull-like creature, it would have immediately caused alarm bells to ring, and there would be a hunt for a beast inside of school.
This was why Arian[Fex] had also kept him hidden as an earring, but right now they were underground, it was unlikely any other students would be down here, and even if they were, it wouldn't be so strange to see a beast flying around on a beast planet. All Arian[Fex] would have to do was pretend he didn't know his companion and later meet up with him again.
"Finally, finally, I get to spread my wings about!" Japheth[Ham] cheered.
Archer[Quinn] had so many questions he wanted to ask Arian[Fex] right now. He was curious about the little beast and wondered if it had been with Arian[Fex] the whole time, what it could do, and if every vampire was able to get some type of companion.
The problem was Archer[Quinn] was unable to tell what was the norm with vampires and what wasn't. He could ask the system, but it wasn't the right time.
"Can you sense what's around us?" Arian[Fex] asked.
Japheth[Ham] closed its eyes, allowing it to concentrate. "I think some beasts are surrounding us, " Japheth[Ham] replied.
"We know that!" Arian[Fex] shouted. "We wanted to know how many and how strong. If you aren't going to help, then you were better off on my ear as a fashion accessory."
Japheth[Ham] responded to the complaints by pulling out its fairly large and fat tongue.
"This place is disturbing the flow of my powers." Japheth[Ham] then started to look around at where they were. "Wait are we back home?"
"You really are usless, " Arian[Fex] said. While in the earring, Japheth[Ham] was able to see everything that was going on outside. As long as he was paying attention and him saying this made it clear that he wasn't.
While the two of them were busy arguing, the creatures that were busy growling away at them, from the dark and behind the crumbled buildings had revealed themselves.
The two boys were completely surrounded by what looked like strange dog-like creatures. There were more than twenty and possibly, even more, in hiding.
The dogs had no fur but displayed a slight tint of red on thier skin. Thier tounges were left out hanging wide from their mouth dangling. A bit longer than regular dogs and a little pointed.
However, the thing that looked creepy about them most was the fact that the dogs had no eyes. The long tongue with thier teeth showing, but nothing, where their eyes were meant to be, was quite the frightening site.
[Inspect]
Although Japheth[Ham] was unable to give them the information they wanted, the same couldn't be said for Archer[Quinn].
[Basic tier beast - Furry hound]
[A beast who is blind but has senstive hearing. It is able to locate its enemies position even with the quietest of footsteps. It will often use its long tongue for attacks. The tongue is stronger than most.]
Seeing this information put a smile on Archer[Quinn]'s face. If it was an intermediate tier beast or higher, Archer[Quinn] didn't know what to do. Now he only had one thought on his mind.
'It's grinding time.'
Now unafraid of the beasts, Archer[Quinn] wanted to get a kill in before Arian[Fex], just in case, no one had killed the beast before. Immediately, Archer[Quinn] lifted his leg, ready to perform the crescent roundhouse blood kick.
"Wait, Archer[Quinn], we don't know how strong they are yet, it might be best if we just run!" Arian[Fex] shouted out, but it was too late.
Archer[Quinn] had finished his motion, and the attack had already left his leg. The distance between him and the beast wasn't great but Archer[Quinn] chose to use the blood kick to try to finish the beast in one strike.
Hearing the attack through the air, the dog prepared to jump away but it was too slow and as it turned its body was sliced in half.
[10 exp gained]
[Fisrt time killing beast (Furry hound) 100 bonus exp gained]
[2640/3200 exp]
Archer[Quinn] had recived the bonus points for killing a new creature, but he did not obtain any more bonus points. It was expected since the beast was in some type of establishment. They likely had contact with something else that had killed it before.
When thinking about this, he felt lucky that he even got the first kill bonus on the rock beast above ground.
Seeing how easy Archer[Quinn] dealt with the beast, Arian[Fex] decided to step it up a gear as well. "Japheth[Ham] above!" Arian[Fex] shouted and immediately, Japheth[Ham] flew up in the sky. Arian[Fex] then lept in the air and attached one of his strings to the ring around Japheth[Ham]'s nose.
As Japheth[Ham] rose up into the air, so did Arian[Fex], and now he could see the hounds in the area form below.
"Have you gained some weight, you haven't just been pigging out have you?" Japheth[Ham] complained as he struggled to lift the young master.
"Shut up, you've just gotten weaker." From above, Arian[Fex] was easily able to see his targets. As he detached himself and started swirling down, he precisely knew where to throw out his pieces of strings.
"Hardern" As the strings fell a power surging through him left his body and was inserted into the strings, now making them just as hard and sharp as a sword.
When Arian[Fex] landed, the strings went down with him slicing the hounds to pieces.
Five of the hounds were killed in an instant.
Archer[Quinn] continued to battle it out with hounds, while doing so he was cautious about using his blood abilities. They were underground, and there was no telling when they would get out of here.
He didn't want a similar situation happening like last time. So instead, Archer[Quinn] stuck to the basics, attacking with both the basic vampire and human martial arts. His stats that had been inputted into strength and his intermediate tier equipment was enough to allow him to easily deal with the beasts.
One of the dog's swung its head out, wrapping its tongue around Archer[Quinn]'s gauntlet. It tried to pull using its strength, but when Archer[Quinn] didn't move an inch, the dog looked slightly confused.
Then, he pulled his arm with all his might, and the dog's tongue was completely dislodged from its mouth. The site looked cruel, but they had been the first ones to attack.
Finally, all the hounds in the area had been defeated. Arian[Fex] had defeated 15 of them, while Archer[Quinn] 8. There seemed to be more, but after seeing many of there own kind defeated, they quickly rushed off.
When comparing the two numbers, Archer[Quinn] could tell that he still wasn't quite at Arian[Fex] level, but with improvements in his shadow Skill[ability] and others, he could tell he wasn't far off.
[2720/3200 exp]
After defeating the dogs, Archer[Quinn] decided to collect the crystals. Arian[Fex] didn't look too bothered. Basic tier crystals weren't worth his time, but Archer[Quinn] still thought they might come in handy when creating a weapon from the system.
"Boss, you're not planning to head to that tower are you?" Japheth[Ham] said as it flew up in the air. With its little hoof, it started to rub its nose. When Pulling Arian[Fex] up using the ring, it had made his nose a little sore.
"Yeah, we wanted to find out a few things, maybe there's a map or something telling us the way out of here. Why what's wrong?" Arian[Fex] said.
"I think there might be danger there, " Japheth[Ham] replied.
"I thought you said you can't sense anything down here?" Arian[Fex] asked, annoyed.
"I can't, but something in my gut is telling me."
While Japheth[Ham] and Arian[Fex] were busy talking, a notification screen appeared directly in front of Archer[Quinn].
[5 exp shared]
It was a message that he had never recived before, and he found it strange that it came up while he had done nothing. When reading the message carefully, it made Archer[Quinn] think back to what the system had mentioned.
Archer[Quinn] would gain exp, as long as Tony[Peter] had killed something and was nearby.
To be continued....
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