Skill Creation in the Fantasy World

149  A Grave Situation.

Just as Felix was about to take a step forward in hopes of finding more monsters to kill, a relieved voice called out to him from behind, making him come back to his senses.

"Felix, wait! Are you fine?"

Turning around, he found Roven sprinting towards him with a confused and relieved face.

Felix took a deep breath and hit his forehead as he had completely forgotten about his teammate and how he had wanted to keep him safe.

"I'm fine, Roven. What about you? Are you hurt anywhere? I'm sorry I left your side even though we're on the same team."

Shaking his head, Roven sighed as he smiled wryly.

"I'm perfectly fine, don't worry. With Sir Evan by our side, nobody got hurt back there. Also, I've gotten used to having problematic teammates, so there's no need to apologise..."

Felix just scratched his head awkwardly at that, but Roven asked again in confusion.

"By the way, aren't all the monsters dead here? Why were you going deeper then?", he pointed at the dark tunnel ahead.

Felix, who had given in to his desires back then, could only lie with a straight face as he shrugged.

"I was just making sure there weren't any monsters left alive. You know, it wouldn't be wise to leave a survivor that may bring back another hoard for revenge...."

Roven nodded as he agreed with him, but then suggested as his eyes lit up.

"Wait-... Wasn't there an Earth-based detection spell you said you had? Why don't you try it? Maybe it'll be quicker that way."

Felix froze for a second as he realized he had forgotten he could do that, and twitched his lips in self-deprecation.

'Dammit! I was so lost in hunting monsters that it even made me stop using my brain....'

Giving a forced smile, Felix nodded at Roven.

"You're right. Let me try doing that."

Turning around to face the dark tunnel, Felix pretended to use a spell as he turned on his Map skill.

Roven glanced at him curiously while Felix stared hard at the map with concentration.

A few seconds later, he raised his brow as he saw a single red dot moving towards him from ahead.

"Hmmm.....there seems to be a single monster moving towards us at this moment. Let me kill this one too before we head back to others.", he said.

Roven nodded as he gripped his sword with a determined smile.

"I'll help you out. I know I'm weak, but I can at least act like bait to give you a good strike."

Seeing the unhesitating look in Roven's eyes, Felix nodded as he smiled.

"Sure. We can take this one out together."

As the both of them gripped their swords, they turned to stare at the dark tunnel before slowly walking forward.

Felix suddenly asked curiously as he remembered something.

"Oh right! That purple-haired girl...what was her name again? Is she...um...alright?"

He felt a bit sorry for her as he had tricked her into helping him and took out almost all of the Rank 2 Deadly Spiders.

But there wasn't any other option for him as he only grew stronger from obtaining skill points by killing the monsters, making him a better choice to be the one to kill them compared to her.

Roven had a weird look on his face as he responded unsurely.

"Um...her name's Selena. As for your question....well, I'm not so sure myself but I don't think she's in her right mind back there."

Felix almost staggered as he felt more pity for her.

"I don't think you're wrong there. Hmm...maybe she's just a sensitive person I guess...."

If Selena was here and heard what he said about her, she would have lost her mind in pure anger.

Roven chuckled and joked as he shook his head.

"Or maybe it's you who made trouble for her, just like how you, Steve and Eric do every time."

Felix grumbled as he looked at Roven with an offended expression.

"Oh please, Roven. Don't lump me with those two. I'm clearly smarter than the-"

Felix suddenly paused his words as he saw Roven widening his eyes in terror and freezing on the spot.

Unknowingly, he felt a shiver run down his spine as he slowly turned to look back at the dark tunnel ahead.

"...gulp."

Felix took a hard gulp in fear as he peered at the abomination of a huge red spider standing at the other end of the tunnel.

The huge spider looked similar in shape to the previous Rank 2 Deadly Spiders, but it was so huge that it completely fitted the entire tunnel, with eyes covering every part of its red-coloured round main body.

'Shit!'

Felix knew they were in serious trouble as he could feel the unrestrained bloodlust from the spider, who was most likely at the Rank 3.

He tried to calm himself down thinking that the monster was far away and they could still run, whispering to Roven with a low voice.

"...don't make any loud sounds or sudden movements, Roven. It'll jump at us if we do so. Just hear me out, I have a plan."

Roven who was feeling a bit hard to breathe nodded subtly as he whispered back.

"...w-what do we do?"

With every passing second being stared at by the Rank 3 Deadly Spider, he was feeling like he was just a moment away from death. But Felix's presence assured him a bit, who he thought had many tricks up his sleeves, hopefully.

'Yeah, Shit! What the hell do we do?!'

Felix knew he could escape from the monster alone if he wanted, but he didn't want Roven to die, as he was the reason the boy was in this situation.

At last, only one crazy plan entered his mind as he turned decisive.

'Guess I'll have to just fight it then...'

Thinking for a few seconds as he was still in a staring competition with the spider, Felix whispered to Roven again.

"...listen. At the count of three, I'll use a few spells to distract it while you run away and notify Sir Evan and the others. Got it?"

Roven nodded but then frowned as he replied with slight anger. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"...but then what about you? You want me to run away and leave you here?"

Felix became silent for a few seconds before he gave up convincing and said plainly.

"...If you act according to my plan, then we may both survive. But if you don't, then both of us will die. The choice is yours now."

Hearing his words, Roven turned silent as he gritted his teeth, feeling dejected for being so weak.

"A...Alright. I'll do as you say."

Felix sighed inwardly for being a bit rude, but he didn't have the luxury to waste time currently due to the threat they were facing.

With his focus turning back towards the Rank 3 Deadly Spider, Felix took a deep breath as he started the countdown.

"Get ready.....1."

"....2...."

Felix slowly bent down a little to move as he turned to look at Roven who did the same.

"..and.....3!!"

Right on time, both Felix and Roven rushed in opposite directions without hesitation.

"Dust Blast! Quicksand!"

Felix used his skills towards the Rank 3 Deadly Spider to take its attention and buy some time, while Roven hurried at his fastest speed to notify the others and bring help back.

Meanwhile, the Rank 3 Deadly Spider remained in its position as it stared at Felix with several of its eyes, finding the situation very amusing.

Seeing that the monster was not attacking him, Felix couldn't help but sigh in relief as the mini dust storm had covered almost the entire tunnel ahead of him, reducing the visibility.

The ground in front of him was also turning soft, raising his hopes of getting out of this mess as it would buy him more time.

'Should I run away now?....', he thought as he couldn't see the spider anymore.

"Whoosh!"

Unfortunately.....it seemed escape was never an option, as a dark shadow abruptly towered before him after jumping over the quicksand from the ceiling.

Felix widened his eyes in panic as he saw the reddish black pointy legs of the Rank 3 Deadly Spider stabbing towards him.

'Shit!'

He quickly moved to dodge the attack with an Agility Burst as he retreated behind, but the attack was quicker than him, so he instinctively raised his sword to block the incoming stab.

The Spider's leg made contact with his sword and the force behind the attack pushed him back without any resistance.

"Kughh!!"

Felix flew through the air and hit the ground hard a few meters away, the impact breaking several of his bones as he spurted out blood.

Despite the pain he was getting from several of his body parts, Felix grimaced and hurriedly stood back up to his feet.

"That hurts....you bitch!", he raised his sword with both of his hands and rushed towards the spider in anger.

"Earth Spikes! Ratio Technique!"

A number of spikes attacked the Rank 3 Deadly Spider as they emerged from the ground, and a clear visible red line appeared on its head making Felix grin at the chance.

"Agility Burst!"

With the sudden increase in his speed, he flashed off ahead to clash against the spider who was about to get hit by the earth spikes.

But then, a scene before his eyes made him pause in his tracks in shock.

"KREEIIKKHH!!!"

The Rank 3 Deadly Spider seemed to have gotten annoyed at the sharp spikes pointing at it as it let out a high-pitched screech from its mouth, which destroyed all the earth spikes into dust.

"KREEIKHH!!"

It continued screeching as Felix covered his ears with a stunned face, quickly thinking of a solution in his mind to handle the situation.

'Parabolic Hearing!'

Almost suddenly, the terrible screeching sound died down as Felix narrowed his eyes at the spider and gasped roughly.

'I was wrong. These Deadly Spider's aren't that weak.....I just hadn't met a stronger one.'

As he cautiously glanced at the spider which had stopped screeching and was staring at him intently, Felix understood that he had no chance against it with his current strength.

'Should I escape now?....or should I create a new skill?'

Felix pondered, but only for a few seconds as the spider suddenly moved towards him with its several legs targeting him, even opening its mouth to throw out acid.

'Shit shit shit!!!'

As he couldn't dodge or block the several attacks at once, Felix panicked but then quickly took out something from his shoulder bag.

Grabbing four tiny rectangular pieces of paper between his fingers, he threw them at his sword in a hurry and raised it just when the spider's attacks were a meter away.

"Barrier of the Five Elements!"

A flash of several colours appeared on his sword as a dome-shaped barrier hovered around him with five talismans floating around.

The attacks from the Rank 3 Deadly Spider landed on him exactly when the dome barrier formed from the tip of his sword, blocking every one of them from harming him.

The spider jolted a few steps back at the sudden appearance of the barrier, but then it started to go crazy as it pounded the barrier with its sharp legs.

It even bit on the barrier and spat its strong acid, but the barrier continued standing there unfazed.

However, it was only Felix who truly knew the limit of the barrier treasure as he could see the glow on the five talismans getting dimmer.

'I'm fucked...'

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