It took less than a minute for the three Scorpions to come into view.
They dashed towards Karrakas and Akira, sand spraying into the air behind them. Their vivid red shells reflected the light of the sun as their stingers rose and began charging.
Karrakas was already drawing his bow, a wide grin on his face.
He released two arrows in quick succession, both aimed at the leftmost scorpion.
The first arrow grazed the shell, cracking it but doing no lasting damage, while the second punched through the joint between the stinger and the body, severing it.
The scorpion's body shook in pain, the charge from the stinger dissipating harmlessly into the air above them.
Akira fired two [Death Bolts] at the center beast before its stinger even reached full charge.
The first bolt hit the shell and began to spread, the rot eating through the outer layer in a fast ring. The second bolt found the gap the rot had opened and drove through into the flesh beneath.
The beast staggered.
