บท 24: Chapter 24: Baneful Healer
"Hey I got an idea, why not go to a mall, there should be beasts, clothes, food and basically anything else we'd need. I'm sure in a few minutes, Hope would be Rank One too." Emily suggested as they moved away from the giant python's corpse.
"You do know there's a chance we'd get killed there right?. If that snake is any indication, I'm sure the beasts here are stronger than the dogs, not to mention even more in number....see look at that, there comes more now". Layla was in the middle of explaining why Emily's name idea wasn't too good for the current them. When fifty or so beasts that looked like large spiders as big as normal sized dogs came speedily crawling at them.
(A/N : No I don't have a thing for dogs, just felt it would make me sense than to say as big as goats or something like that)
"Ew, just had to be spiders huh. But hey, at least Hope can get to Rank One sooner now". Jade said with slightly disgusted look as she looked at the incoming spiders. Muku was looking at her intensely for a while until she had to ask....
"What?, you fell for my feminine charms already sir, how scandalous". She said faking some embarrassment while covering her mouth with her hand. The other girls other than Hope who had frozen as soon as she saw the spiders, flinched and intensely looked at Muku awaiting his reply.
'As if, I'm just wondering why you don't look at all scared like girls should, hell other than Hope who looks like she might pee herself or faint, none of you look that bothered by the insects, like what the hell!?" Muku finally asked, not even caring about what she was implying. This of course made the other girls feel relieved for certain reasons.
"Hmph, do you think we're those cliché girls from anime or something like that?, you do remember that we have basically been bathing in blood the last few days. Not to mention we even tossed out the principal's... You know what I mean. So better stop expecting some cliche stuff from us. Jade was a bit pissed how he clearly wasn't taking her seriously but still explained as the other girls agreed.
"If you say so...now time for some action". Muku said, the spiders where now only a few metres away.
"This one seems like an Emily thing, I'll go guard the back". With that statement Jade switched places with Emily who already had glowing eyes at this point. Her berserk state was again coming out to play.
"Don't kill them all please, leave ten for Hope". Muku said looking at Emily with a wrily smile. It seemed it will take quite a while for her to completely vent and get rid of her berserk state.
"Sure...flame burst!"
Boom! Boom!....
Emilia replied to him as she got into action killing the spiders off. Even though she didn't need to say her skill name when she used it, she seemed to like screaming it out though. Which Muku found kinda cute if not for her crazed facial expression.
....
A few minutes later...
Only ten spiders were left and even that was because Layla saved them with her ice magic. Now Emily was standing at the side with a satisfied expression on her face. Everyone else looking at her like she was a weirdo, which honestly, she was.
"Okay little Hope, your time to shine is now. Kill these and you'd have theoretically caught up to the rest of us." Muku said looking at Hope who had recovered some after seeing the spiders being killed off so easily by just one person.
"R-right". Hope replied as she put the bags she was holding down and grabbed the sword Muku was holding out to her. She struggled to raise it up high since it was a bit too heavy for her unranked body.
She slowly walked to the closest spider whose legs, like the rest, had been cut off by Layla's ice attacks. She was nervous and her legs shaking her bit but she had steeled her nerves.
"Haah!". Stab!
She cutely screamed, lifted the sword and stabbed the spiders head, though she had closed her eyes at the last moment. The spider's leg stumps kicked around for a bit before it died.
[9 more kills left....]
Just like Chloe had told her, she heard a voice in her head followed by a numbness throughout her whole body.
When she opened her eyes and saw the sword digging deep into the spider's head. With some dark green blood coming out of the wound, she almost vomited on the spot, but managed to hold herself back. After collecting herself for a bit she moved on to the next. The others didn't say anything but just silently supported her. And like that Hope continued killing them.....
[Kill count met. Evolution Commencing. Initializing Specialisation]
With that statement, Hope like those before her, froze in place. Followed by the tingling feeling throughout her whole body, was especially her lower abdomen...no, not because she was pregnant..
[Mana core formation complete. Unusually High affinity for Healing and poison elements. Requirements for Pseudo-Legendary Specialisation met. Pseudo-Legendary Class, Baneful Healer awakening...]
"Step back from her!". Jade suddenly said to everyone.
Everyone quickly stepped back. They trusted her senses after all.
"Care to tell us why she stepped back?" Muku asked.
"I'm not sure, but I feel that the air around her isn't safe right now". Jade replied, also not sure why she felt danger just then.
"Oh okay,". Muku didn't ask more since Jade would have told them if there was anything else already.
(A/N : Please don't roll your eyes at me for giving all of them powerful classes okay. Let me explain, the truth is....I'm just extremely biased, sorry. But it will all make sense eventually so don't worry ^__^)
After a few moments, Hope could control herself a bit more and the air around her that had become poisonous was purified. She opened her eyes and looked at everyone around her with a greatful smile on her face. She knew that without them, she might have died in that utility room too scared to get out, let alone evolve to Rank One.
"Well, what's your class?. Don't keep us in suspense". Muku asked, his eyes glowing with curiosity.
"Y-yes". Hope was a bit disoriented by his enthusiasm so stuttered a bit.
"M-my class is Baneful Healer, I can use both poisonous and healing magic. I can kill Low Rank Ones if they are exposed to the poison for half a minute. Though for now I can only make Mid Rank Ones and above become weaker for five seconds or less with my poison. I can easily kill unranked ones though. As for my healing magic, it only works on minor injuries for now. Well at least that's what the information in my head is saying." Hope told them.
"Baneful Healer, sounds so cool, better yet, we now have a healer in our group. Though it sucks how I'm the only strictly warrior class...". Jade spoke in happiness before quickly becoming depressed upon realising that she was another mage type class.
"Stop pouting, like you would have liked being a mage who stood at the back. And if she had become a front liner you would have likely complained about her stealing some of your fun anyway.". Muku said to Jade rolling his eyes.
"Oh, you're right. It's better like this after all". Jade became happy again. And from then on, like the rest, Hope found out how easy she was to please.
"Congratulations Hope". Chloe said to Hope with a smile on her face, ignoring the dramatic Jade on the side. Everyone else congratulated Hope as well.
"Now you must get stronger, I have a feeling that you will be an irreplaceable part of the team in the future" Muku said to Hope with an approving smile.
"Yes sir, I'll do my best from now on". Hope was really happy, that was actually the first time he smiled at her after all.
"It's getting late, lets look for a temporary building to rest, we'll continue the journey tomorrow. Also we have to make a plan instead of randomly wondering around."
"Yes sir!". The girls replied to him as they all walked forward, looking for a place to rest. This time they were a bit more relaxed since there was no longer anyone who was completely defenceless.
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Pex7th For those wondering why the spiders dared attack higher ranked beings, not all beasts are afraid of higher ranks as long as the difference isn't too large.
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