Monster Slayer: Weapon Summoner

the two widow makers began moving towards me, not bothering to rush as they only got closer. it was like they knew I was cornered and they were simply Savoring the moment. Absorbing my bow and remaining arrows back into my inventory, I reached down to pick up my sword, making sure to keep my eyes trained on them at all times. The last thing I wanted was a surprise attack when I wasn’t looking, especially one that meant death in just a few hits.

While the two massive six-legged and gray colored monstrosities got closer, I utilized the brief moment of calm to look up my stats. I wanted to see if I got any new abilities that could at least help me last longer in the fight. I only ever checked my stats when Rachel showed them to me, and I really needed to make it a habit of checking it more often. And by only thinking about it, the AI companion in my head instantly knew what I wanted. She brought up a blue menu screen that took only a small percentage of space in the corner of my vision, so I could still keep an eye out for the widow makers as they gradually got closer.

_______________

Basic Info:

Name: Hunter.

Age: 22.

Hight: 7 2.

Weight: 360 pounds.

Class: Monster slayer, weapon summoner.

Level: 8.

EX P: 19.

Silver coin: 28.

Skills:

Combat level: 24%

Weapon summoning: level 7.

Cool down time for summoning: 2 minutes.

Available Weapons and Items:

Bow.

Arrows.

Sword.

Dagger.

Special Abilities:

Consumption: unavailable.

Transformation: unavailable.

Weapon summoning by voice: available.

AI companion: active.

AI capability: at 18%

Enhanced speed and agility: unlocked. 12%.

_______________

I was surprised. I had a bunch of upgrades. I was now not only faster than before, but my combat, level, and field experience and all gone up.

“It’s because of the one you just killed.” Rachel said, answering my question before I even asked it. “Killing that widow maker gamed you a lot of experience. You are now able to go head-to-head with one of the creatures, but not two at a time.”

“So, despite the fact I’ve gotten a little stronger and faster, that basically means I’m still fucked.” I said to Rachel, while I monitored the two beasts drawing closer to me.

“Maybe,” she replied. “Unless you get creative.”

I searched around my surroundings for some other weapon I could use. The field was littered with corpses both man and horse alike. Although I had my sword in my hand, I couldn’t rely on it for close quarters combat with a single widow maker, let alone two. I might have been lucky with the one I killed, but I wasn’t about to test that luck for the second time. I needed a weapon that could give me some distance. Not too close, but not too far off either. I needed a Spear. And Luckly for me, there was a dead widow maker with a bunch of spears sticking out of its body. I just needed to get past the two moving towards me before I can grab one.

The two widow makers in front of me finally lost their patience and moved in for the kill. The creature on the left was first to begin scuddling towards me while the one on the right followed behind. I gripped the hilt of my sword tighter and readied myself for what I was about to do. Then as soon as the first creature lunged towards me, I performed a little spin to the side while slashing away at its face with my blade.

The creature let out a squeal in pain as the tip of my blade sliced it between the eyes. Hoping that it was enough damage to get it off my ass for at least a second, I turned my attention on the second widow maker running up behind it. the thing saw me and altered its course to begin rushing towards me. but instead of lunging at me at the very last second, it utilized its massive stinger and shot it directly at my head.

I was able to move away just as the creature’s scorpion like tail shot past the side of my face. It was almost like slow motion. Then an idea crossed my head in that very moment, and I lifted my sword upwards. I sliced off the widow maker’s stinger in an instant and I didn’t wait to see what happened. The creature shrieked in pain and I immediately utilized the moment to run past it. I needed to reach the corpse of the dead widow maker and pull a spear out of its body.

I continued running and I could hear the scuttling of one of the creatures behind me. one of them had recovered and was now coming after me. I couldn’t stop to check how close it was however, I couldn’t even risk glancing over my shoulder. I was already so close to the dead widow maker, I just needed to…

CHOMP.

Something came MUNCHING on my left shoulder from behind just as I grabbed hold of one of the spears sticking out of the dead creature’s body. Then, sinking its teeth deep into my flesh, the widow maker that had clamped its jaws around the left side of my torso suddenly pulled me off my feet before spitting me out and tossing me aside like a ragdoll.

I came crashing into the ground a second later and the sheer force from the throw kept me rolling for a few feet, causing me to smash my head on some rocks in the process before eventually stopping when I rolled onto the main road. I was now faced up and staring at the morning blue sky, but I couldn’t really keep my eyes open thanks to the amount of blood now pouring down my face and the sides of my head. I was breathing heavily. I couldn’t really move my left arm either, or turn my neck. The widow maker that had chumped down on my shoulder had also crushed my collarbone as well, and the left arm that was only just healed a few days ago was now rendered useless. The amount of pain moving up and down my body in that moment was indescribable, and I no longer held the spear I had removed from the corpse in my hand. I couldn’t even tell where it was. It must have gotten lost during the fall.

I was lying down in a pool of my own blood, something I was losing more of by the second. An icon appeared in the corner of my vision, displaying my health which was now at 61% and dropping. I couldn’t really do much in terms of getting up and defending myself anymore, let alone trying to get up and defend multiple barns full of people. I was pretty sure the widow maker I had slashed in the face must have recovered by now, and the one with the stinger I had sliced off must have been the one that had briefly turned me into its chew toy.

There was nothing much else I could do but wait. And sure enough, the silhouettes of the two creatures soon eclipsed my view of the sky as they had arrived to finish me off.

But then, something happened.

Someone screamed at the top of her lungs and I instantly knew who it was and what direction the scream had come from.

It was Lumia.

“LEAVE HIM ALONE!” she cried out, pelting one of the creatures with a rock to the face. “I SAID LEAVE HIM ALONE!” she repeated, picking up another rock and hitting the second creature with it.

What the hell was she doing outside? I thought to myself in the heat of the moment. She was supposed to be hiding with the other farmers after she had finished healing those who required attention. Why for fuck sake would she do something so reckless that was obviously going to get herself killed. I hadn’t even finished my mental rant when both widow makers suddenly lost interest in me and turned their attention over to the woman who was standing behind them and pelting them with stones.

“No. No. Please no.” I tried screaming for Lumia to run while simultaneously trying to draw back the focus of the widow makers, but all I could do was cough up blood. I thought Maby if I could just summon my dagger, I could somehow take down one of the creatures when it got close enough to bite my head off, and Maby even kill the other one before it killed me. there was no chance in hell was I going to let them hurt Lumia, there was no chance in hell I was going to let them hurt the people hiding in the barns. But deep down, it was all wishful thinking. I was no longer in a position to fight, and even if I was, I would only be delaying the inevitable.

The widow makers were just too strong and the fact there were two of them, only made it all the more impossible for me to handle. But then, something else happened.

The ground beneath me began to rumble as dozens of horses were running on the main road towards the farm lands. Towards us. The calvary had arrived. I couldn’t really see them but I could both hear and feel them. And soon, arrows began zipping past my line of sight as archers from the approaching company targeted the two creatures standing in the open field.

Eventually the arrows became too much for the two massive creatures to handle. And couple with the injuries I had manage to inflict on them, they both decided to retreat.

However, my health had continued to drop rapidly and it was now at 42%. And just as Rachel began to frantically shout my name repeatedly in hopes of keeping me awake, I just couldn’t keep my eyes open any longer.

“Hunter!” Rachel said. Hunter! Hunter!””

…