" You know, that crab wasn''t so tough. I thought that the shell would be the hardest part to get through." Remey was flexing her arms as she stretched out. She felt like the battle had been too easy and smooth.


    "Well, every fight can''t be enough to calm you down. I know you have more energy so just go and find-" Walker jumped back pulling Remey with him. If he hadn''t looked at the tidal pool again he would have been hit by the orange tentacle that had pped out at them.


    The next seven tentacles that arced out and pulled arge bulbous head of an octopus out of the tidal pool reached for the body of the older rock crab. It was already trying to steal their prey and also attack them. There was too much greed in this monster!


    ''Vibrant octopus


    The vibrant octopus is a unique monster that can change the shape of its body often due to theck of bones within its body. It can generate a lot of force due to this and even break some stones. Its favorite food are rock crabs making it perfectly adapted to hunt them.


    They are not venomous like their cousins the purple ring octopus but they still have powerful beaks that can bite through shells and stones. They are resistant to physical attacks due to the slimy membrane on their skin and flexible body. But they are significantly weaker to magical attacks. Specifically fire elemental attacks due to their slimy membrane needed to remain wet with saltwater.


    They are very fast due to their stic body. This is their advantage in and outside the water. They can also attack independently with all eight of their tentacles. They are also very intelligent for monsters, some even learn to trade with merfolk if they live nearby and have reached arger size than is easy to hunt.''


    "Don''t you dare touch my crab meat!" Remey''s anger skyrocketed seeing that the octopus was not only trying to steal from them, but it was trying to also take them away as prey too.


    In response to her shout. A tentacleshed out towards Remey. But without any hesitation, Remey spun a leg up and deflected it with a solid heel kick. She was not having anything to do with being food for an octopus today.


    "Listen up, it is weak to magical attacks. Fire in particr. Remey, use your fire knuckles. Gil, fire arrows, I will be charging in with a few fire ball spells!" Walker''s orders were quick and to the point. He knew that Su would be ready to defend anything that came their way, but that it would be a radical challenge.


    The twin shields that Su had were already split apart in each hand. She was not going to let a single tentacle tougher her party if she could prevent it. Since Gil and the dragonkin warrior were farther back, she only had to worry about Walker and Remey, but that also meant that all eight tentacles would be focused on them.


    The next tentacle came at Remey with even more speed, however, Remey had already snapped on the fire affinity knuckles to her gloves. She was sparking up a me on her fists as soon as the tentacle came near. The single punch of head to head force with the tentacle pushed Remey back but caused a deep burn on the tentacle.


    Muffled Screeching was all that the group could hear from the octopus since its mouth faced the stones. But the burn had perfectly damaged it without their own harm. This caused Walker to speed up his creation of three fire balls that he sent toward the bulbous head of the octopus.


    The result was a single tentacle swiping up to knock two of the fireballs away. It caused the tentacle to burn and bring the smell of cooking fish around the beach. The third fireball was missed andnded on the rocks nearby. This explosion of fire caused the octopus to move closer to the group.


    As the octopus moved closer, Su took the chance to taunt the octopus and open a few more ces for her party to attack. "Get over here you seagull food! You''re only good for roasting and rotting on the sand!" The insults flew from Su''s mouth. It was always a wonder that she was able to produce such cruel words even though her soul was so sweet and kind.


    The taunting attracted the attention of the vibrant octopus in an instant. Five of its eight tentaclesshed out as Su mmed the twin shields together. The concussive attacks caused the shield to vibrate but not a scratch was left. "Can''t do any better than that you boneless freak!"


    Enraged by the taunting and not being able to procure any of the prey it had found, the octopus started attacking over and over. It waspletely blind to the five fireballs being created around it. Nor did it notice that Remey was gathering a much hotter me upon her fist and rushing towards it.


    In perfect unison, Walker attacked with the five fireballs while Remey made contact with the base of a tentacle. The sudden burning of its head was enough to blind and cause the octopus to react with panic. But the punch of concentrated heat at the base of a tentacle caused it to react even more violently.


    With a manipted rope of water, Walker pulled Remey away from the iling octopus. It was too drastic in its movements and the tentacle that Remey had damaged broke off entirely. She hadnded a devastating blow at the optimal point.


    With severe burns and now a tentacle missing, the vibrant octopus that had thought itself sneaky and brilliant for stealing the prey of others and taking them as prey was in a poor situation. It had only one choice in its mind and that was to flee. But when it began to spray ck ink around it, there was little effect. It was better to use this kind of attack in the water. The only result it won was ckened rocks, sand, and some drops on the party. But its attempt at escape had actually opened a new path for an attack.


    "Fire!" Gil released a fire elemental wither spike arrow. The arrow pierced the skin of the octopus but did not go deep. It was unable to pierce the stic and resistant skin. However, the second arrow that was fired came from the dragonkin warrior. He had fired along with Gil and aimed for the same spot. The spot that was open for the fire to prate.


    The explosion of mes where Gil had fired proved to be the perfect attack. The vibrant octopus could not resist the attack at all. It felt the mes burn it and enter its body before falling down defeated and deted.


    "What in the holy heavens was that!" Su let out an exasperated sigh. She was not very convinced that they had just defeated a monster that had the ability to fight them all at once. But with Walker''s all around appraisal skill, it had been possible without major injury.


    "That was intense. But did you see how I punched off an entire tentacle? I was able to crush it!" Remey was fired up over the victory. The fight had been spur of the moment and took them off guard. Yet, it had awakened their instincts to fight. An ideal teamwork situation.


    "It nearly had a free meal from us. If it hadn''t tried to attack us too, it would have been able to steal the rock crab easily." Gil knew that the reason they now had the rock crab and the vibrant octopus bodies was because the octopus was greedy. It could have easily run away.


    "But it attacked us and we beat it. Thatst arrow worked wonders. The harpoon arrow broke the skin where you shot and the fire was able to work well. Good job. Hopefully, you will want to stay an archer after this." Walker saw a fierce fire burning in the eyes of the dragonkin warrior. It appeared that he had found a joy in hunting like this.


    "The octopus skin should be fairly valuable. There isn''t much we can do with the ink though," Walker was slightly disappointed but knew that the flexible and resistant skin from the octopus might be able to make some interesting armor or even repair the sails on the ship if they lost the magic power from the crystals.


    "Then we should get to work harvesting. Or do you want to just wait until we get to the ship?" Gil seemed more excited to break down the monsters than before. It was a challenge to his hunting skills to break down a monster like this.


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