Chapter 88: CHAPTER 88 – Fight in the Night.

*Clang*

A sound of metal clashing was heard as Alex deflected the stinger that was aimed at his chest without much difficulty.

The stinger, being a weapon for the beast was quite strong, but Alex's simple sword was not something to be underestimated. Its simple looks gave it a not-so-special look but in reality, its grade is quite high.

The simple sword is a growth-type weapon, and it grows along with the user, so its being the same rank as Alex was a given. Even right now as Alex had limited his stats to B-rank, the sword remained the same, after all, he didn't lower the sword's rank (In case it was possible).

The beast backed away instantly as it looked at its stinger. It could feel its stinger vibrating till now, and it knew that its opponent was not as simple as it looked.

"Krrrrr." It then called out to its friends and all of them moved toward Alex.

Alex didn't wait for the other scorpions to come as he quickly moved towards the scorpion in front of him.

The beast looked at Alex running toward it and opened its pincers, waiting for Alex to come close to it. It had its stinger ready as well, in case Alex blocked the pincers with his sword.

But to the beast's surprise and shock, just when Alex was 2 meters away from it he slid down, directly getting below the beast.

Before the beast could move or step on Alex, Alex had already made a move.

Alex slashed one of the scorpion's legs from below, cutting the leg in the process. The scorpion staggered and screamed as it lost its leg.

"KKRRREEEEEEE!!!!"

But Alex was not done yet as when the beast staggered, Alex slid again, arriving behind the beast now.

The beast was oblivious to Alex's location as it was still stabilizing itself and making use of that, Alex jumped over the beast. When the beast felt some weight over it, it realized that its enemy was standing above it, so it shook its body only to get its back pierced by Alex's sword.

*Pierce*

Alex's sword pierced right through the tough hide of the scorpion.

"KRREEEEEEE!!"

The beast screamed again and shot its stinger at Alex. Alex, on the other hand, smiled, and as if waiting for this moment, he directly jumped down from the beast.

The stinger, however, didn't stop and it directly penetrated the beast's own body.

The beast screamed in agony as its innards started melting because of its own poison.

'One down, four more to go,' Alex spoke in his mind and jumped back from where he was standing. Stay with m _v _l _e _mp _y _r.

As the beast lowered itself, Alex pointed the sword upwards right below the beast piercing the beast.

The beast lowered its body only to feel itself being pierced from below causing it to scream in pain. Seeing the situation Alex smiled.

"You still fell for it....." Alex then cut one of its legs just like he did to the first beast and the beast screamed in pain.

"KKKRRRREEEEEEEE!!!"

But then the beast remembered what happened to its companion, so it quickly turned back and slashed its pincers, only to hit the air.

"Looking for me??" Alex's voice was heard from the opposite direction causing the beast to turn toward Alex with anger.

It felt like it was being played.

Then it saw Alex running and it ran behind Alex, but just then the other scorpion came in front of Alex and shot its stinger at Alex.

Alex smiled as he took the strike on his sword, then he tilted the sword a bit, making the stinger slide on it, after that he pushed the stinger in the direction he wanted it to be.

The beast couldn't control its stinger as it had used all of its force to shoot it, so it saw how its stinger pierced its own companion right in the head.

The other scorpion that was chasing after Alex just ran behind Alex and his vision was clouded with anger. The last thing it saw was a stinger right in front of its face and the helpless expression on its companion's face. (Maybe insects can read each other's expressions?)

"KKRRREEEEEEEE!!!!"

The last remaining beast screamed in anger and loss as it saw all of its companions die but then it heard a voice very close to itself.

"That scream almost busted my ears, you know?"

The beast then realized that the one responsible for all of this was standing on its back, but before it could attack or even move, it heard its enemy speak before its world turned dark.

"Goodbye," Alex spoke as he slashed his sword covered with sword aura right on the beast's neck, killing it in a second.

"Ah, that was nice......" Alex spoke as he laid down on the beast's dead body.

But then Alex saw a notification from the system.....

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