<h4>Chapter 2: A Thousand Years Ago... (NEW)</h4>
The figures of two people could be seen running through a forest, the speed at which they moved was too fast to be seen with the naked eye.
They jumped from tree to tree, asionallynding on the ground before jumping back up to the trees.
The first of these two figures, was a girl of average height and a slim build. She had fair skin and long ck hair that spilled over her shoulders down to her waist.
She had almond-shaped green eyes and spruce eyebrows that made her seem expressionless.
**BOOM!
Hearing that loud noise, she looked behind her and saw a few trees that she had passed, falling down to the ground like dominos.
She followed the direction in which the trees were falling with her eyes, clicking her tongue audibly upon seeing the speed of the trees'' fall, was increasing.
"Arthur, Basilisk on your 3 o''clock!"
She spoke to the second person her right, who was moving through the trees with a speed no less than hers.
The second person, the one she called Arthur, was a boy who had short hair that looked like a mix between silver and tinum blonde. His facial features were highly handsome and he had deep dark obsidian eyes.
His pupils were not shaped circrly like normal, but instead, they were a vertical rectangr shape.(or Vertical Slit)
"I know La, we have to lead it to an open space, fighting it here would be the height of stupidity."
Arthur replied to the girl on his left, La, before speeding up his movements.
La nodded and did the same, running through the trees faster as the duo moved to escape the Basilisk that was hot on their heels.
**HISSSS!
The moment he heard a hissing sound, Arthur put more strength into his legs and jumped off the tree he happened to be on, even breaking the sturdy branch in the process.
The next moment a green blobnded on where he was, and within a few seconds, the entire tree had melted to the ground.
"I really don''t want to get hit by that..."
"Less talking, more moving, we''re almost at the clearing."
La reprimanded him and urged him to move faster as the duo had almost reached an area where they could take on the basilisk without obstructions.
Arthur nodded and kept on moving, dodging the asional acid greed blob that came after him.
''Gotta conserve energy.''
It did not take long for the duo to emerge from the sea of trees, into the open space that was devoid of any trees.
Landing on the ground the two prepared to battle the basilisk that was very close to reaching them.
La flicked her fingers and a sword bay appeared in her arms, she loaded a few bullets in it before looking at the two pairs of holsters on her thighs.
Confirming that her guns were there, she looked up to the forest in front of her, counting down the seconds till the basilisk appeared.
Arthur held out his right hand, a secondter, there was a sh of light as a semi-transparent de appeared in his hand.
Gripping it tightly he red at the forest, waiting for the basilisk toe out.
A few secondster, a giant snake-like creature emerged from the forest, melting all the trees in its wake.
At times, basilisks were lizard-like, and they were sometimes snake-like too.
This one was more like a snake than a lizard, it possessed no legs, and its tongue darted in and out. It was sorge that a fully grown anaconda looked small inparison.
It was both hideous and intimidating enough to make weak-minded people piss themselves.
However, the duo was far from weak-minded. They both looked at other parts of the basilisk''s body, taking care not to look at its head.
"La, what do we know about it?"
"It''s a child so it won''t be that strong but it also won''t be weak either."
"Its physical strength is high as it could easily tten hundreds of trees."
"Basilisks all have high magic resistance, young or old. Our best bet is aura based attacks."
"Its speed is also something of note."
"It has quite the deadly poison too, and it''s attacking us because a certain silver-haired idiot saw fit to poke it in the eye while it was sleeping."
"It was 50% idental you know? Still isn''t there something you''re forgetting about?"
The two turned to face each other and said simultaneously.
""Do not meet its eyes.""
The basilisk that was about to attack them realized something and stopped.
The two humanoid children that dared provoke it, were purposely not meeting its eyes.
It was quite intelligent so it realized that they must know about its petrification ability that required eye contact.
It instantly became on guard against them and started sizing them up while circling them slowly.
Arthur who had been watching the basilisk''s movement turned to La to speak.
"Is this-?"
However, he was interrupted before he could finish. The Basilisk tried to gobble him up in a single bite.
Arthur hurriedly threw himself out of the way.
**BAM!
The Basilisk''s mouth left a crater in the ground as if a bomb had just gone off.
*HISS HISSSS!!
It aimed for Arthur again, its tongue darting in and out. The Basilisk moved with both speed and precision!
However, Arthur didn''t just sit there. He pointed his de at its open mouth.
"Lightning!"
**CRACKLE!
The electric st went down the Basilisk''s throat, which caused it to tingle. However, it onlysted a short time. Shortly after, it darted its tongue in and out like nothing had happened!
"Are you an idiot or something?
First, you look away from it when it was right behind you, then you attack it with magic, less than a minute after I just told you it has high magic resistance.
Did you not hear my words?"
La spoke as she jumped up lightly in the air so as to not be affected by the shockwaves of the Basilisk''s attacks.
"Less talking, more helping."
Arthur replied as he casually dodged the Basilisk''s tail that came flying at him with barely perceptible speed.
Clicking her tongue, La released the safety on her gun and fired at the basilisk rapidly.
***PAPAPAPAPAPA!!!!