Chapter 574 Clearing Out the Woods (3)

‘Come on, if you do not run faster it is going to catch up to you.’ Marcus said over his telepathy to Davion.

Currently the unfortunate wolf beastman was running for his life, as a large, scaled bear chased him after Marcus sent him into its cave to lure it out.

Unfortunately for Davion, he had little choice int the matter. It was either take his chances against the beasts and monsters of the forest as bait or end up being killed by Marcus’ hands.

This had led him to having to antagonize a level fifty-one scaled bear that was bigger than a tank, and then run for his life as it pursued him out of the cave.

By some miracle he managed to keep ahead of it and exited the cave still alive and in one piece, but the scaled bear was hot on his heels.

And as soon as it exited the cave, it leapt towards Davion, giving him little room to avoid its massive frame that was bearing down on him.

BOOM!

However, before the bear could tear him to shreds, Marcus who had positioned himself above the cave’s entrance slammed his cataclysmic iron sword down with all his might..

This titanic weapon that weighted several hundred tons, crashed into the massive bear, and its hard scales that were tougher than mithril began to crack and break under the pressure.

In an instant the powerful beast was buried deep underground as the sword crushed it into a blood pulp.

The forest began to shake as Marcus’ spell pierced through the ground, and cracks began to swallow up the area as it became unstable.

It was like a localized earthquake had just happened, and the forest now had a scar running through it.

‘Oh, looks like he survived.’

Looking down at the ground Marcus watched as Davion pulled himself out from the ground, after being swallowed up by the earthquake he had caused.

Truthfully, he had attacked without any regard to Davion’s safety, but it was good that he had survived, since he was excellent bait.

Dropping down in front of the man who was spitting out dirt and coughing fiercely, Marcus said, “Good work there. You lured it out and distracted it quite well so that I was able to attack without facing any resistance. Now we have around a dozen more to deal with before the day is over, so let’s get going.”

Picking Davion up, Marcus kicked him in the backside to get him going again, and the two of them followed Roxene who was waiting nearby to lead them to the next high-level creature.

Naturally Marcus had introduced Davion to his beast companion and told him that she would lead them to their quarry.

When the wolf beast man had met Roxene, he could immediately tell that she was something special and well beyond him.

Just her very presence felt like it was weighing down on him and forcing him to submit.

This just added onto the fear he had of Marcus and his beast companion, breaking his spirit and leaving him no will to resist.

He had now come to except his role as bait and knew that his only chance for survival was to fight with all his might and hope not to be killed.

Continuing on, Marcus and Davion followed Roxene around the woods on a search and destroy mission to get rid of the strongest creatures in the lower areas of the Great Gome Woods.

They had quickly gotten into a routine, where Davion was forced to antagonize the monster or beast they were targeting and lead it to where Marcus was lying in wait to deliver a devastating blow.

At the very least he did get the occasional break from being used as bait. As about one out of every five beasts or monsters, Roxene would take her turn having an epic battle against the lords of the forest.

“Davion, since it looks like you might actually survive this, I figured I might as well warn you now. If you live through acting as my bait, I will keep my word and let you live, but I expect you not to mention Roxene to anyone. I am sure by now you realize that she is an extraordinary beast at the mythic grade. So, you are going to forget she exists after this, and if I ever hear that you told someone about her. I will do something to you that is far worse than any death. Do I make myself clear?”

Nodding his head furiously, Davion made sure to let Marcus know that he would not say a thing.

The look in Marcus’ eyes told him that he was not kidding, and that he could cause him a fate far worse than death.

“Ah looks like she is just about to finish up. Get ready to move out again.” Marcus said as he stood up off the ground where he had been watching Roxene’s fight from.

By the time he and Davion walked over to her, she had finished off the bipedal boar monster she had been fighting.

Quickly Marcus removed its core and stored it into his item box, before following Roxene onto the next creature they needed to get rid of.

“Looks like it is finally time to take on the one strongest one.” Marcus said as he peered out over the huge frozen lake in the middle of the woods.

This was the place where the seven headed cryohydra that was level fifty-six had made its home, and it was undoubtably the strongest monster in the vicinity.

“Okay Davion, if you would not mind going and getting it out from the bottom of the lake for me.’

Turning around and looking at Marcus with an unbelieving expression, he could not fathom how Marcus expected him to accomplish this.

The lake was easily several hundred feet deep, if not maybe over a thousand.

Not to mention that it was freezing cold and there was a thick layer of ice on top of the lake.

“Your right I cannot expect you to go in there like this.” Marcus said noticing the look on Davion’s face.

Letting out a sigh of relief, Davion honestly thought that Marcus was about to send him to his unavoidable death.

However, only seconds after he thought he was safe, Marcus cast his tier two fire magic spell and began melting a hole in the ice.

Quickly his blazing hot flamethrower spell had created a large opening in the ice that allowed access to the water below.

“There now you have access into the lake. And here, I will even give you a bit of a boost and some resistance to the cold.”

Moving over to Davion, he cast his lightning warrior and heart of the forge spells onto the wolf beastman. Giving him a buff to his physical stats and the ability to not freeze to death within a couple of minutes.

Immediately Davion felt power coursing through him like never before, as the two tier five spells empowered him.

But before he could truly fathom the boost in power he had just received, Marcus slapped him on the back, and said, “No time to stand around gawking. Get in there and bring that hydra back up to me.”