I am an Eldritch Entity

Eryndor stood up after eating a protein bar, then walked back to the tunnel.

His short rest was over, it was time to get back to work.

He walked back to the previous spot where he left, and began his work.

Eryndor stepped carefully through the winding cave tunnel, his boots crunching softly against the uneven stone floor.

The flickering light of his torch cast jagged shadows along the damp walls, stretching and shrinking with each slow movement of his arm. He didn't want to miss a single spot.

He swept the torch toward every crevice and crack, its glow revealing nothing but rough stone, the occasional glistening mineral, and some trash once in a while.

Maybe it belonged to whoever it was that stayed here? Morris? Or one of his team members?

Eryndor didn't have enough information, he would always move on after remembering what the trash was.

Maybe he could trace it back to a specific person later.

He ran his free hand along the wall, feeling for any hidden gaps or false surfaces, but there was nothing else.

Was this all the cave had to offer?

Now and then, he crouched to inspect the ground, peering into small fissures but he would only find them empty, occasionally a few insects which he would crush.

Further in, the tunnel narrowed slightly, forcing him to duck beneath an overhanging slab of stone.

His torchlight illuminated only more of the same: blank rock, and scattered pebbles.

Finally, a hint of light crept in from the other end.

An opening?

A few minutes later, he crawled out through the other end, surrounded by trees and the same previous terrain.

After taking a good look around, he crawled back in and headed back to where his bag was.

There was nothing else in the cave ooof.

He looked at the few pieces of paper in his hands.

Apart from one piece which he had gotten in the right tunnel, the rest were all which he found in one place near the entrance.

Too bad only one of them was legible, and even on that, only two words 'Eldritch Eryndor' were readable.

Keeping them safe within his bag, he once again headed out.

Might as well pass time battling the beasts outside while I get Valentina's reply. I'll decide what to do later.

He stretched a bit before heading out once again.

Their attention was on him as soon as he dashed out of the cave. One of the beasts lunged, attempting to grab him in its massive grip.

He jumped, and pivoted mid-air, using Sky Piercing Palm. A ranged attack of fire element slammed directly into the beast's fingers, invoking a cry from its mouth.

The impact sent rippling heat waves up its arm, charring its flesh.

That was exaggerated.

Was its flesh resistant to stun effect but weak to fire?

Eryndor tried again just in case. Learning from his past mistakes, he never stayed in a single spot, constantly changing positions to keep them from encircling him.

At a point he slashed at the bare flesh of one of the beasts with Sky Piercing Palm's fire element version, but by the time it landed, stone had covered the place, rendering his attack meaningless.

It gave Eryndor an important clue though.

These beasts can't cover their parts with stone when they are the one attacking huh.

One of the beasts attacked once again, but Eryndor leaped back. He couldn't dodge forever though.

I need to control the fight.

He looked at the surrounding trees, and a plan formed in his mind.

The next moment, he baited one of the beasts into lunging. Just as it swung, Eryndor ducked and climbed a nearby tree using Shadowstep and Lightning Infusion to increase his speed.

All this time the beast had only managed to stop swinging his arm, Eryndor took the opportunity and jumped on its exposed neck.

Their hands can't reach up quickly, this is the only way to defeat them.

Two of its allies attempted to bite at him, but Eryndor was prepared, already having anticipated the scenario.

Biting was the only option left since their hands were slowed up above their waist level. He threw his mace hard with a flick so that it would roll, watching it detach and arc unpredictably, striking one of the beasts mid-spin.

The lightning infusion crackled straight in its head, and since it couldn't shift the stone while on offense, the mace hit straight at the unprotected flesh of the head.

There was no cry this time, the spike mace popped through numerous of its eyes before tearing through the flesh and lodging itself deep into its head.

Oh? So the flesh in its head is weak?

The beast fell backwards, making a massive sound as it dropped dead on the ground from such a height.

A finishing blow.

He nimbly dodged the bite from the second beast before jumping on its face, making sure he landed above its razor sharp mouth.

Eryndor didn't care about some strange liquid spraying on him as he popped an eye and used its eye socket to get a grip on its face, all the while as the beast let out a cry.

He channeled Internal Fist and punched it on an empty area of the face.

Before the other three beasts could act, he had already punched thrice.

Realizing the body was falling, he quickly jumped on a nearby tree.

THUD

Two down, three left.

While keeping his eye trained on the three beasts which had stopped and were simply staring at him, he sensed his current location.

He lightly furrowed his brows a moment later.

I am here again.

Everytime he fought those beasts, he somehow always ended up in the same direction.

It was as if those beasts were luring the fight in that direction, making him unknowingly follow them without realizing.

What's the deal with them?

Once was alright, twice could be chalked up to coincidence, but thrice?

No, something was wrong.

Taking a last look at the beasts, he turned around and went back to his cave. He planned to travel in the opposite direction.

Something was off.

His phone beeped, Valentina had replied.

"I got Edward's ability. And I've found a great lot of beasts in this place, might as well come here, I'll describe the location."

Alright, time to find out more about myself.