Chapter 41: 40: Attacked and the hooded figure
The monster was an amalgamation of walking trash bags and somehow a disgusting green sludge that Finn did not want to know what it was made of.
One side of its arms was made from what looked like multiple mannequins and the other was an accumulation of trash bags. One of its legs was a large shovel and the other was a toxic green color connecting to the inner green sludge that Finn assumed was its true body.
How the thing moved or was alive Finn did not care to know. What mattered now was the fact that they were being attacked, by these trash monsters.
" Scatter! " Jake shouted as the two rushed in the opposite direction, avoiding the green sludge splash attack that the monster vomited from its mouth.
The sludge melted the ground where they had just been, making the ground fizzle as toxic smoke rose from it.
'It's clearly acidic in nature. I only hope it also isn't radioactive.' Finn was worried about the possible implications of such a scenario. What he was even more worried about was the possibility of more such of this monster existing.
Finn quickly patted away the sludge parts that had landed on him, unluckily.
Seeing his futile attempt not working, he quickly ripped away the sleeve part seeing that he was doing more harm than good. Wasn't this sludge monster too volatile?
The Nomicon had appeared beside Finn, its pages opened, and the dark red pieces of the ninja suit burst forth from the pages and started wrapping his whole body in its protective binding, from his head, up to his toes. After the last thread left, the Nomicon then slammed into his chest, molding into the suit and transforming into a dark clock that ran down his back.
" So cool. " Jake said, quickly arriving beside Finn when he got the chance. His eyes sparkled in childish curiosity as he looked at the transformation, from the dark body to the long flapping cloak that caught the wind perfectly. Everything about it was so cool.
but his vigilance did not diminish. In fact, Jake kept a constant eye on the monster.
Jake's arms had enlarged, being as large as himself and he stood side by side with Finn, observing the trash monster.
" I know right. But we need a plan on how to manage this. " They started circling the monster, avoiding it as it had grown tired of seeing them wait around.
"ROAAAARRRRRR!!! "
"I guess someone has grown impatient. "Jake said cheekily and sprinted forward.
Finn moved easily wearing the ninja suit. Performing Olympic worth dodges and backflips while Jake had it easier either shrinking when an attack got to close or completely bending to the side to avoid large attacks.
[Boom]
" The plan is simple Finn, Attack! " Jake said and charged forward luckily dodging the monster's slam.
He had a wide smile as his leg started elongating growing further away from him and he swung it back like a whip gathering the necessary force as it slashed through the air and then it slammed into the monster torso.
{Boom]
The attack blasted away all nearby garbage, and on landing on the monster, it completely scattered the trash legs resulting in the monster slamming to the ground.
" Don't hog all the fun. " Finn said, also quickly moving into motion.
He now held two swords in arm. One of them was scarlet and the other was the ninja sword he had pulled from his ninja space.
" Let's start small."
Finn charged forward, two flames sprouting next to him. He started circling the monster, avoiding its still present arms that swung around dangerously close for comfort.
" Let's first try out your flame resistance." Finn wanted as much as possible to avoid a frontal battle with the monster.
From what he had noticed, its body was highly acidic and could potentially eat through both his swords. Finn had also spotted the burn marks that Jake got when his legs impacted the monster and liked not to experience the same.
Finn said moving closer to the monsters deformed head where the two conjured flames launched themselves, in a circling matter. Where one would miss, there other would hit.
And hit it did.
[Boom]
" Roars!!!"
The beast's head burst into fire, and a pungent smell came from the burning head. The monster went wild, its arms thrashing wildly, kicking up a cloud of dust that started to cover the surroundings.
" Very flammable, noted. " Finn noted, adding it to be another of the monsters' weaknesses apart from its otherwise frail body which Jake had managed to expose.
Jake quickly came back from nursing his leg. He took the opportunity to try and smash various parts of the monster, breaking away bits of its body in a slow process. With quick agile punches that stretched around the monster in its blind spots.
Jake, taking out the monster's mobility, had truly made it a sitting duck. And the fact it was struggling to put out the fire from its head only made things worse for the monster.
" Time to put this baby into action. " Finn said fulling drawing the two swords. Now that the monster was mostly immobile, he wished to evaluate the efficiency of the sword and to see if they could withstand the monsters' acidic properties.
He waited for the monsters' wild thrashing to experience a lull and charged forward, just when it was once again raising its arms to smash down the ground once more.
And he had noticed how the monster had been trying to track Jake's movement, crashing him into another splatter on the ground.
The monster may not have been intelligent, but it clearly had an awareness of knowing what was happening around it.
It had clearly tried to take out the bug that was constantly taking away bits of its body.
Finn sprinted before it could do so, jumping from the ground as both swords were pulled back and he naturally entered his most normal position of attack, maximizing the slashing capabilities.
" Spin slash. " Finn pulled both arms violently exerted his max strength, his spinning motion acted like a wide saw machine, ripping through the monsters' arms with ease as Finn landed softly back on the ground and once more took his distance.
" Thud." The arms landed loudly, creating a large cloud of dust and the monster could only let out another pained cry, its resolve growing weaker with its movement.
Now all that was left was its torso and a still burning head.
" It's kind of sad..." Jake said staring at the monster as it started rolling on the ground trying to put out the fire that persisted on its head.
" Well, time to kill it. " Jake said again, his leg extending upwards into the sky and finally smashing down on the monster's head, spluttering it everywhere as the monster finally came to a halt.
The two were easily able to avoid the toxic sludge before it could get anywhere near them.
Finn chuckled at Jakes thinking but he shook his head. The monster was not that strong now that he thought about it. Its durability was horrible, and the only thing of note was its sludge attack and the occasion where it would throw a garbage bag at them. Both of this had been neutralized by Finn launching a fire ball at the monster's head.
The fight could have been longer if Finn lacked his fire ability, but luckily for them, he did not lack it.
Its strength was okay, but it was held back by its speed as both Finn and Jake could easily run circles around it. So, the victory was quite easy.
"Well, that's the end of that. Finn, you want to pick up your stuff so we can leave or do you want to look around some more."
Jake asked as his leg returned to its normal size. Slightly burned but not as damaged as Finn thought it would be.
Finn was still watching where the monster had just been a moment ago. His ninja suit still on and another flame sprouting next to him. Despite the monster being slain, there was still this inherent danger that went off from where the monster's body had been. And Finn had learned to trust such instincts.
So, it was not a surprise at all for him, when the torso of the monster, the only thing that remained from its damaged body, started ballooning.
" Shrink down Jake! " Finn said urgently as the ninja cloth started expanding from his body, weaving around him into a dark cloth cocoon in an instant as it functioned as the best protection for the moment.
Finn's eyes flashed and the ninja cloth took on a darker shade once again. His beginner level Armament Haki wrapping around the cocoon acting further as another source of protection.
" What's happening Finn. I thought we already killed the monster. " Jake asked confused in his shrined down form.
" Wait for it... "
" Boom."
The cocoon that had formed slightly shook and Finn could feel the acidic rain pelting it trying to burn through his current strongest barrier, but nothing more happened after that.
It was expected. If an explosion could surpass the durability of both the ninja suit and his Haki Finn would have been disappointed.
" I noticed that the monster was about to blow up. " Finn told Jake as the cocoon unraveled, displaying to them a small pit and everywhere around there was either melted trash or puddles of the green goo that made up the monster.
" I guess that's that. " Jake said and Finn, for some odd reason, felt that the words had just raised a sort of flag.
And the next second this fact was proved.
The surrounding trash once again started accumulating, pulling together into the crater where the monster had just exploded from.
Even the green puddles of sludge started to be pulled together, and Finn could see the monster starting to form once again.
"This thing just doesn't die. "Finn said with mild amazement at the monster's capabilities.
" I guess this is round two." Jake once more clenched his expanding arms.
They both readied themselves once more. Jake's arms growing larger and Finn tightening his hold around the two swords.
" Halt Intruders!! "
A new player joined the match!!
A player who quickly attracted the two's attention.
.... Adventure Time .....
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