Hamon's group sat behind a set of boulders. They signed the final preparations to each other.
Syna was looking over the boulder acting as a lookout. She was fairly short with short brown hair.
"Its asleep." Syna signed.
The cyclops was a nocturnal creature. The creature's eye was very sensitive to light. It was one of the weakness they had found. That was the reason they had to leave so early. They needed to be at the site just before noon.
They had arrived a hour before to make sure they had time to scout the area. Luckily non of the other nightmare creatures that inhabited the area were around.
They moved. They slowly moved down the crater. It was a very long walk.
They did not directly look at it making sure it had no chance to sense them.
Klark made the first move. He brought his great hammer above his head before slamming it down on the sleeping giant. Right on the giant's head. It should have been a clean hit, but a moment before the hammer hit, the giant moved. Too quick. Its eye opened. The ground moved, bringing the giant underground.
The cyclops was gone as the hammer slammed into the ground. The earth shock.
The world went quite. Everyone froze. This wasn't the cyclops' ability. The cyclops' ability was supposed to be sound based.
Everyone was on guard. Their plan had just been thrown out the window.
The cyclops reappeared. A club slammed into Klark's shield. Launching him into the wall of the crater.
The cyclops was holding a stone club. Standing between Hamond's squad and the only slope out of the crater. It had trapped them in the crater.
It did not move. It stood waiting for Hamond's group to attack. Syna drew her bow and launched an arrow at the cyclops. The arrow was fast, spilting into a dozen arrows. Each one lit on fire. The cyclops swung its club blocking all, but one of the arrows.
The one arrow struck into the cyclops' right leg. Though it did not seem to notice. It moved swinging its club at the group.
The club should not have reached them, as they thought this the club extended, thinning into a pole. It hit the ground in front of the dodging Syna. Just as she got her footing the pole seemed to bounce through the ground. Hitting Syna in the stomach.
The pole was being pulled back, reforming a club. Just as the club reformed the bloody Klark appeared behind the giants leg. Swinging his hammer into the heel of the cyclops. Shattering its foot.
The cyclops let out a growl. The stone around the giant moved. It moved away from the man. As it walked moved it turned its club into sharp edge. It swung its need blade and cut off its own foot. However, just as the foot hit the ground the stone attached to its foot, acting like a prosthetic.
Hamond was the next to attack. He stepped into the air, going higher and higher. Going even higher than the height of the cyclops before flipping over and launching off the air toward the cyclops. His blade was focused on the giant's eye.
The cyclops swung the club at Hamond. Right as the club was about to hit Hamond. He lunched up again. Dodging the club and continuing his attack. Slashing the side of the giant.
The cut was much larger than the blades edge. The giants guts were exposed. The giant though wasn't slow in its reaction as it commanded the stone to hold its guts in.
The giant was wary. It was wanting to end this soon. Its movements were stiff. The stone was impeding its movements.
Anderson was nowhere to be seen and the cyclops knew that. It was smart had counted the number of enemies. It had nocked one out and injured another. Two were behind it while one was in front.
That left Anderson. It was looking everywhere. It needed to know where its enemies were.
Then it saw him. Right in front of it eye.
Anderson was right in front of the cyclops eye. The pipe in hand.
He breathed out. Smoke clouding the air around the cyclops' head.
The cyclops dropped its club as it swung its hands around the its head to clear to smoke.
As the smoke cleared the cyclops' face was revealed. Its eye was red and pale. It closed its eye. Rubbing it franticly. As Anderson fell down he swung his halberd. Slicing it strait down the middle of the cyclops.
The stone moved, wrapping itself around the torso of the creature.
As it did Klark swung his hammer again. Right into the back of the giant. Sending it to the ground.
Hitting the ground the cyclops tried to get up. Only for it to be unable to get up. The stone was too heavy for its injured body.
It had given up.
It laid for only a moment.
It had given up.
It had given up hope.
It had given up hope of living.
It had given up hope of living on.
It wanted to kill.
The stone fell off its body as it rose. The green skin started smoking. The green color of its skin faded into a dark red. Its blood was boiling.
It moved quick. Swing its arm in the air. Stone followed its path. Klark and Hamond were pelted by hundreds of rocks. As it turned it gaze to Anderson. Its burning eye landed on Anderson. Though that was not the only thing it saw.
The tip of the halberd was right in front of its eye.
The halberd slammed into the eye. Sending blood into the air.
The giant froze. Its arm fell limp. It took a step forward before it fell. The now corpse landing in front of Anderson, splattering green blood on him.
Anderson did not relax though. He moved back. He had not heard the spell yet, and he was right. The giant hand moved reaching forward. Almost hitting Anderson. Though the rocks that followed did.
[You have slain an Awakened Devil, Parasitized Cyclops]
[You have gained a memory, Earthen Skin]