William knew this world had flying monsters. The first sight he saw when he came to this world was a grand gathering of flying colossal beasts. Yet he didn't think he'd face flying monsters in this zone, not after travelling for so long in this world and never meeting such flying monsters again.
"My grenades can hit the monsters on the ground, partially hitting those flying using the shockwaves coming out from them… But they aren't specialised enough to take down such flying beasts…"
William sat in his safe zone, feeling no pressure at all. As long as he was in this area, nothing could touch him.
He started to think about his techniques, spirit elements, and weapons. "My bow and arrows can handle them quite well… I can use my wind techniques coupled with my dash move to get closer to them and land a fierce hit. But the ground monsters had to be dealt with…"
William started to select the techniques he'd use to hit the flying monsters. The first technique he selected was the Floating Tornado. It was mainly used to knock back enemies, weak ones, away from oneself by a tornado that floated around the master. But William modified it and made it carry him to rise for around ten metres over the ground.
The tornado would stay for ten minutes. William could also control it to move around, yet its moving speed was low, not enough to evade any monster or aid in intense battles.
The second technique he decided to use was the Sent Wind Arrow. It was one that would turn any weapon to be thrown out like an arrow, traversing hundreds of metres, hitting the target, then retracting back in mere seconds.
William also modified this technique and made it able to turn himself into an arrow, send him for hundreds of metres, before returning him back to the ground.
He just made it up for fun, modified the initial technique on a whim back when he was in the Scorching Lands city. But right now, this technique was going to be the cornerstone of his next battle strategy.
The next technique he selected was the Short Explosive Shot Air technique. It was used mainly to distract enemies close by, throwing bolts of air in explosive way from one's palms, crossing short distances of a few metres only.
They weren't that effective in battles, especially with someone like William who had a much better dash technique.
"If I used the Sent Wind Arrow technique first, propelling me towards the distant flying hornets, then followed it with the Floating Tornado technique, then I can hover in the air for a few minutes. As to change my position and move, or jump from one spot to another, the Short Explosive Shot Air technique will help…"
William was finalising his fighting strategy with these hornets. He didn't fear the toxic fog, but he had to worry about something else.
"I can't just trap myself up there, without moving forward," he knew using his grenades lost most of their value right now. And if he did it the way he thought about, he'd end up entrapped up there without even slowly advancing forward.
"I can use my dash technique up there, moving horizontally for hundreds of metres, storing up my attacks while stabilising my body using the Short Explosive Shot Air and Floating Tornado techniques…"
He thought about how to move towards the inner zones of this area. If he did that, then he'd slowly lose altitude and fall. Not to mention he was fighting against flying beasts, ones who could fly in the air as if they were running on the ground.
He had vast experience in fighting against flying monsters. And that made him not that confident in his ability to take down lots of hornets without taking lots of hits back.
"They are living in the inner zones of this area, most probably coming from the most inner zones there… That means they are highly toxic, and might also release corrosive attacks as well…"
He looked at the flying swarms of hornets far in the distant sky. Just looking at them wasn't enough to talk much about their nature.
He had to fight them first and see what they were able to do. But before that, he released his two giant weapons, letting them handle the ground monsters first.
He had to control them to attack, and that increased the pressure over himself. To maintain perfect control, he used an elixir bottle that could enhance one's mind sharpness to a higher degree.
He released his two monstrous weapons first, armed them up with grenades. He didn't have the mind to further control how they'd spread these grenades around, and hoped his luck would be good and many grenades would be scattered near each other.
A single grenade wouldn't create a safe zone wider than a few tens of centimetres in diameter. That made just using them sporadically wasn't effective, not helpful at all.
As he stood inside the safe zone, he watched his two behemoths sprint out and fight the monsters coming out from the swamps. If he exerted full control over them, he'd be able to replicate the same performance of his, or even better.
But just a few minutes later, swarms of hornets came down to take a bite off his weapons. Luckily, they got strong defences, not made out of flesh but from sturdy ores.
The flying hornets weren't that weak either. Each got two sharp curved claws that extended from their mouths, munching small pieces of his two precious weapons without much problem.
William knew if this continued, his two monstrous weapons would be eaten away. The two already suffered damage before at the grand battle back at Lara's city and at the Blue Hills. He repaired them, but he knew they weren't in their perfect form yet.
"Time to test out these hornets," it was a perfect chance as the hornets were flying low.
Visit freewe𝑏nov(e)l.𝗰𝐨𝐦 for the 𝑏est n𝘰vel reading experience