4 David and Goliath

On the forest floor, a figure could be seen drawing circles in the dirt with a stick as he muttered, "A farmer…"

The figure, Axel, sighed before standing up and continuing on. After a couple hours of walking, he came across a small mountain. Axel looked to his surroundings before shaking his head.

"It's too steep to go over so I'll have to be careful and go around."

Axel looked towards the barrier and walked inside. After walking for a bit, he withdrew the bow just to be safe.

A few birds flew past Axel while some squirrels dashed past him. That's when Axel noticed something odd.

"They're all going in the same direction…" Said Axel as he decided to follow. However, Axel missed that the animal's eyes all had a slight amber glow.

He walked through brushes and brambles until he came across a cave.

"I hope this isn't-" Said Axel but before he could finish, a loud roar echoed from the cave. It only took a couple seconds before a large white snake slithered out from within. It's amber eyes glared at Axel.

Axel quickly tried to make distance before the snake could attack, however, the snake dashed head first into him, sending him flying.

Axel quickly stabilized himself and rolled a couple times when he fell to the ground. He wiped a trickle of blood from his lips as he said, "Just my luck..."

With a bow in hand, Axel began to weave between the trees as he waited for an opportunity. The white snake let loose a roar as it swung it's tail, decimating everything around.

"Pfft!" Blood sprayed from Axel's mouth as a log hit him directly in the chest. His face paled as his body trembled. He kept trying to think of a way out but came up blank.

Axel hid behind a large rock and screamed in his head, "SYSTEM!!! WHAT SHOULD I DO!!!"

[Calm dowm and think.] Said the system before becoming inactive again.

He cursed the systems 8 generations before it hit him. He realized that while the snake was superior to him in everything, it's also huge. He only needed to hit it with something huge and he knew just where to get it.

Axel dashed out from behind the stone and yelled, "Hey! You scaly bastard! Catch me if you can!"

Axel then turned towards the mountain and ran like hell.

While the snake couldn't understand the human language, it could tell it was being taunted and chased after him.

With the mountain face in sight, Axel smiled as he ran faster. Once he arrived, he went directly to the mountain face and pressed his arms on it.

Axel repeatedly muttered, "Come on… come on, come on, come on!" Before he finally felt a connection with a small grove of trees atop the mountain.

He closed his eyes as his hands glowed green. This was Axel's first time using nature magic so he needed to focus. He forced the tree's roots to grow in every direction when a hissed resounded from behind him.

Axel dropped to the ground, barely dodging the tail which brutally smashed against the mountain face.

He saw that nothing happened and decided to risk it. Axel grit his teeth as he smacked his ass and said, "Dumbass! You wouldn't even be able to hit a tree!"

The snake's eyes glowed in rage as it's head started to glow in a dark red hue. It charged towards him like an arrow, smashing into his right flank and sending him flying.

Axel spat a couple mouths full of blood before collapsing. He panted as he watched his plan play out. Once the snake made contact with the mountain face, the shock from the attack loosened the already loose rocks, trees and boulders, causing a rock slide.

Axel guessed that a couple trees wouldn't be enough so he made the roots stretch as far as he could. This, however, made the entire top of the mountain unstable as the mountain collapsed to all sides.

Axel was lucky as he wasn't any closer, causing only peebles to hit him. He panted, "System… What's… my MP… like…"

[MP: 20/200.]

"Is… is it… dead?" Panted Axel as his vision started to blur.

[No. Only injured and unconscious. It'll wake in 2 weeks and take at least 7 years for it to heal from this.]

Axel could only laugh before he too fell unconcious.

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(POV Change)

In an grove filled with flowers and trees, a little girl sat and stared at a depression in a bed of flowers.

Behind her, an old man wearing armour sighed before he said, "Miss, we should go now. We still need to-" However, before he could finish, a deafening sound rang out through the forest.

The old man quickly turned towards the source as he said, "That sounds like a rock slide… but, the only place high enough for somethin like that is…"

Suddenly, the little girl twitched before she sprung up and sprinted towards the sound.

All the armoured people stood stunned as the old man screamed, "Miss!?!"

Olivia ignored him as she ran with all her might. She could still feel it. The Anger, the helplessness and most importantly, the fear of death.

The forest zoomed past her as she finally stopped. In front of her, the once tall mountain was reduced to a small hill. Bits of bloody scales could be seen everywhere, signifying a battle just took place.

The group of armoured people arrived a few minutes later to the sight of Olivia dragging a familiar body from the rock slide.

The old man stared for a second before he exclaimed, "Axel!?!"

Olivia held him in her arms as she could feel a faint but strong vitality inside him. She said, "Gramps, he's critically injured but alive. We need to apply first aid, and fast."

The old man wasted no time as he and the other four people began using healing magic on him. The injuries on the outside healed but because of the mental and physical exhaustion, he remained unconscious.

Olivia sighed and said, "Great, he's fine now. We'll take him to basecamp to rest and recover. Any objections?"

One of the armoured people removed their helmet, revealing a man. He held his helmet as he said, "With all due respect miss. This young man is clearly untrustworthy. Not only have we only met today, do you remember his reaction when you asked for his real name? For all we know, he could be a criminal."

Olivia nodded before she said, "That's right. However, I can feel that we can trust him."

"But miss…"

"No buts. I know you just want to protect me but when it comes to seeing through people, I have no equal."

The man bowed his head as he said, "Yes, miss."

Olivia carried the unconsious Axel as she said, "To basecamp!"