Coming back to Ramy's fight with the beast.
"Bleeeergh!"
The beast cried again as its front hooves stomped on the ground. And Ramy saw his vision change because of going off balance. This was because the beast's offensive spell had created a crater that had Ramy and it present at its centre.
The formation of the crater didn't affect Ramy to a large degree. What affected him the most was the quake that caused the crater.
Ramy was about to regain his balance when the beast got close to him. It didn't give the knight a chance to attack. It took the initiative and attacked Ramy's torso with its tusks.
Ramy's vision changed again as he was thrown in the air. Due to the blunt point of the beast's tusk landing on his chest out of the blue, he felt like vomiting.
Thanks to the blunt tip of the tusk, it didn't impale Ramy, but only threw him off in the air. Otherwise, his condition would have been much more severe.
"Aaaargh!"
Ramy cried in pain while he was in the air. The pain had moistened his eyes a bit. So he looked like he was going to cry soon.
'Damn it. This is not how I imagined my fight with this damn wild pork would be.'
Ramy thought to himself as he tried to find his balance before landing safely on the ground. But the beast wasn't willing to give him a chance. From the air, he could see the beast following the trajectory with which his body had been sent into the air. It would be waiting for Ramy when he landed on earth from the looks of things.
'If that beast lands another blow on me, I'm fucked.'
Ramy thought as he tightened his grip on his sword that he was about to drop. He regretted not coordinating with Jake and Ana before he tried to solo the beast.
"You fuck*king moron. Why did you run off on your own? Hang the fu*ck on."
Jake's voice could be heard in the distance. Ramy followed the direction of the sound and saw two whip-like streams of water approaching him at a rapid pace.
The tank had already executed the newest spell in his arsenal that he had learned and mastered as soon as Ramy ran off on his own. He had a premonition that the hot-blooded guy on their team was about to create a mess somehow.
"Hydro Whips!"
A ball of water was gathered behind Jake out of thin air. Jake sank his back and allowed it to come in contact with him, just above his tailbone. Surprisingly, the water didn't moisten Jake's clothes upon contact.
Jake raised his right hand and two whips were formed from the ball of water behind Jake's back. He willed the water whips to travel in the direction of the now-flying knight.
The water whips harnessed themselves around Ramy's waist as soon as they made contact with him. Ramy felt a heavy tugging force as he was pulled towards where Ana and Jake were, breaking away from the trajectory his body was flying into.
The beast realized that its prey was making an escape midair and snorted its nose loudly.
"Bleeeeergh!"
It sounded its signature war cry. The beast decided to change its tactics and attack the guy that was going to provide the haven for its prey. It raced towards the tank while the latter was busy pulling Ramy towards him with his water whips.
"Damn it. Look what you've done, Ramy. I'll have to work hard now.
You better pay for my meals for a week to save your scrawny ass, you hear me?"
Jake yelled and raised his left hand in the direction of the boar and cast his defensive spell.
"Hydro-Shield!"
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Jake had changed his set of spells and the school of spells they belonged to under Eren's guidance. His Yewiha Mekekeya defensive spell would absorb mana from its surroundings to create a floating defensive shield.
Jake's new spell based on a different school of spells, however, not only condensed the moisture from the surroundings but also created water by using his mana and the mana of the surrounding area.
This school of spell had two advantages over the one Yewiha Mekelakeya belonged from. First, the speed with which the execution would take place was much faster, almost instantaneous even. Second, it would stay effective even in environments that didn't have much moisture in the air.
But with benefits came downsides too. This school of spells did not only use mana to condense moisture but also produce water. That's why the caster had to consume more mana. Plus, it required a lot more concentration from the caster's side to effectively execute and maintain the spell.
This school of spells was troubling for Jake because he didn't like to work hard at all. He devoted all his stamina to his business endeavours. So the school of spell he had chosen for himself was the easiest for him to master and execute.
But Eren won't let his tank stay in mediocrity, for his own sake if not for his friend's. He made Jake change his entire repertoire of spells, forcing him to tap into his fullest potential as a water-element tank.
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"Hydro-Shield!"
Jake shouted and almost instantly formed a shield made out of almost-solidified water before sending it towards the beast. The beast was caught off guard by the turn of events and stopped in its tracks after seeing the water shield flying towards him.
But the beast soon got itself ready for the challenge ahead. It snorted, scratched the earth with its hooves, and charged towards the incoming shield. As if it had forgotten that it was a boar, pulling off a move bulls were known for.
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AN: I had not planned the Besanc mission to last this long. But then I thought it'd be a suitable place to show the progress Eren's crew members had made over the months. Stating progress in passing and allowing characters to showcase the progress mid-battle are two different things after all.
Not sure how many of you watched or followed Naruto Shippuden.. But Jake's Hydro Whips could be imagined in the same way Killer Bee used his partial beast transformation (his octopus arms), sans the blade work.