Aether Chronicles: Birth Of A Legend-Chapter 75: You’ll Die In A Moment!

Raegar watched as the Forest Widows rushed around in a panic as one of the scouts returned. Moments later, a loud chittering was heard as a guardian appeared and started guarding the entrance.

His eyes narrowed as these beasts were upper Tier Three, causing him to think. 'I can take it out if I surprise attack the thing but the other spiders will react.'

Following that, he jumped to the ground and cast Titanfall that suck half of his Aether as a massive metal rod appeared beside him. Without waiting, Raegar sent it flying into the air just as a few creatures burst from the underbrush.

Their eyes locked onto him as they lunged. He side stepped one as he cut off the left row of legs before throwing his dagger into the eyes of the second while hitting it with a Stormfire Bullet that burned through its exoskeleton.

Moments later, the Guardian appeared opposite him, making Raegar gulp before running as he redirected the Titanfall spell to fall on top of the giant spider, as the projectile hit the monster, a massive explosion erupted.

The shockwave sent him flying through the underbrush, forcing him to cast Flash Step to appear below a nearby tree. He jammed his dagger into the bark which kept him rooted to the spot as the shockwave died out.

Raegar stood up and made his way towards the Forest Widow Guardian where he saw a massive crater covered in blood. 'Nice, I killed it without too much effort,' he thought with an excited smile.

While scanning his surroundings, he glimpsed the entrance to their colony. He started toward it, but before he could reach the threshold, a monstrous spider lunged from the shadows, its spindly legs snaring him in an iron grip.

With a brutal yank, it dragged him into the pitch-black tunnel. His head slammed against the jagged stone as they descended, the impact knocking him out cold. The queen hauled his limp form deeper into the darkness.

By the time Raegar woke up, he realized he was in the heart of the Forest Widow nest, surrounded by the creatures. Just then a mature woman's voice echoed out in rage. ''Fight me intruder! You killed plenty of my children and now I want to return the favour!''

He leaped back just as the Queen Widow emerged, her monstrous form dwarfing the guardians, twice their size and perched at the top of Tier Three. Her oppressive power pressed down on him.

Raegar shrugged off the pressure, unleashing his aura in a bold act of defiance. It erupted outward, slamming into the monstrous queen's presence with ferocious intensity. The Queen Widow responded with a piercing hiss, then lunged at him with startling speed.

''Oh shit!'' he exclaimed before reacting.

Not wasting a moment, he summoned his daggers, their edges gleaming as he infused them with crackling fire and lightning. With a flick of his wrists, he hurled the charged blades toward the creature's legs, aiming to cripple her advance.

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It quickly jumped to dodge the attack, but he sent the weapons hurtling toward its underbelly. When they connected, an explosion erupted which sent the giant monster flying off to the side.

The Queen Widow crashed to the ground, her legs buckling under the assault, but a swarm of smaller Forest Widows surged forward in her place. Hissing venomously, they lunged at him, their claws slashing through the air.

He reacted in an instant, parrying a flurry of strikes with his daggers, sparks erupting with each clash of metal and chitin. With practiced movements, he cut down the beasts, their bodies dropping lifeless around him.

''Not enough! I need to kill even more!'' he exclaimed while cutting down a dozen monsters by using their bodies as springboards for more strikes.

Moments later, his heart pounded as a swarm of spiders joined the fray, their chittering legs a tide of nightmare fuel. With a defiant snarl, he thrust his hands outwards, summoning Hydra Blades made from deadly lightning Aether.

Just as the monstrous spider queen launched herself toward him, fangs dripping with venom, Raegar unleashed a roar and hurled the blades at the beasts. As they flew, he charged headlong into the chaos, commanding the lightning weapons with skill.

They danced through the air around him, a deadly storm of light and fury, slashing apart the lesser spiders in sprays of ichor as he closed in on his towering foe. He stood face to face with the queen.

A wild, manic grin split his face as he leveled a dagger at the monstrosity. ''You're the final hurdle between me and freedom from this cursed forest!'' he bellowed. ''I'm going home, and you'll die here, Tier Three or not! Your core is mine!''

The Queen reared back as she unleashed an ear-splitting screech that shook the cave. Undeterred, he smirked and sent his Hydra Blades spiraling through the air, their electrified edges sinking deep into the creature's spindly back legs.

"Fusion Overdrive!" he roared, his voice a battle cry that echoed as he launched himself at the beast with blistering speed.

The sheer force of his charge shattered the sound barrier and cracked the stone beneath his feet, a sonic boom rippling outward as he streaked toward the queen. With ease, he slid beneath her massive bulk, driving his daggers deep into her vulnerable underbelly.

In a flash, he unleashed Lightningfire Blast, a torrent of searing, electric flame that erupted inside her. The monster's agonized scream tore through the air, as he used Flash Step to appear high above.

Raegar plummeted toward the Queen, but she retaliated with a swing of her front leg. He threw up his arms to block, a jolt of searing pain exploding through them as the impact launched him backward, crashing into a nearby stone wall with bone-rattling force.

''Lucky hit bitch!'' he spat with a bloodied smile as the Aether around him went wild.

Dust and debris rained around him as the lesser Forest Widows, trembling in terror at his power, abandoned their queen and fled. Unfazed, Raegar clawed his way out of the wall, his eyes blazing an unearthly red.

With a guttural growl, he hurled himself back into the fray, his speed surging to blinding heights. He became a streak of vengeance, too fast for the queen to track. His daggers flashed like lightning as he tore into her.

The monstrous queen flailed helplessly, her body unraveling under the relentless onslaught as he carved her apart piece by screeching piece. While doing this, she screeched in rage, but he answered her. ''Don't worry! You'll die in a moment!''

Raegar jumped back as blood poured from his mouth, his arms trembling as fractures spiderwebbed through his bones, but he didn't care, victory was near. He dashed forward and blocked several attacks causing sparks to fly.

But he was too quickly as moments later his daggers, infused with crackling Lightningfire, sang as he drove them into her head with a sickening crunch. The monster shrieked, her massive body shuddering, but he was relentless.

He zipped around her in a whirlwind of motion, too fast for her to counter, his blades slicing through chitin and flesh. Each strike cost him, his vision blurred with red as capillaries burst in his eyes, and his lungs burned, but he pressed on.

With a final, earth-shaking roar, he leaped onto the queen's back, plunging both daggers into the base of her skull. A surge of Lightningfire Blast erupted from the wounds, frying her insides in a blaze of fire.

The Queen Forest Widow convulsed, her death throes shaking the ground, before collapsing in a heap of smoldering ruin. Raegar stumbled off her corpse, his body a wreck, arms hanging limp, breath ragged, and skin bruised black from the strain.

Yet, as he stood over her, clutching her glowing blue Aether Core in his bloodied hand, his red eyes shone with unyielding triumph. Moments later, he used Flash Step to appear by the cave woman and slumped down.

Raegar pulled out a health potion and downed it before wrapping himself in a blanket and falling asleep as the exhaustion was too much. Hours later, he woke up feeling much better but took off his mask to feel the air against his skin.

''Now to collect the loot from this place, head to Dreadshade and sell it all,'' he muttered to himself while standing up.

Following that, he collected several plates of chitin that came from the queen along with its fangs and silk. He picked up the Tier One cores that littered the chamber thanks to the smaller Widows.

Once Raegar collected everything, he climbed out of the colony and appeared in a devastated landscape thanks to Titanfall. He quickly went to find a spot to camp as the sun was setting and he didn't want to fight the Nightwalkers.

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