{[Capt] Tavish lvl 45}
{Gunther lvl 24}
{Harlo lvl 23}
{Jemina lvl 23}
{Jask lvl 22}
{Bron lvl 21}
{Lavira lvl 8}
Creatures rose up from the shadows that looked like half-man and half-beast ripped straight out of a fantasy novel. 10 beast looking men held their weapons tightly as their eyes narrowed in on us.
The eyes of predators.
As I stared at the beast-men beating their chest at us, I had forgotten all about the timer... though to me the fight with the Knightmares didn't seem to had last that long. I looked at the timer briefly just out curiosity but when I saw it, I inwardly swore. Shit.
[Time remaining: 19:48:24]
Four hours?! That fight lasted for four hours? If it really took that long, then if the other waves also take such as long or longer then we're screwed.
I looked towards the members of Baihu and they all looked like they were ready for battle.
One of the were-beast marched out, the being emitted a large amount of killing intent that even his subordinates that were on his side parted away from him out of fear. The being in question looked like if a dragon from the mountain range flew to the African savanna and mated with a lioness.
I could hear Bruce from Finding Nemo, if he was a dragon and leader of the prey loving dragon support group, saying, 'lioness are mates not food'.
I didn't know where my brain went to but it did... Oh how I could hear my Otaku side laughing his ass off.
It was no joke though, the were-beast looked like a mix between a lizard and a cat. It's head has features like cat, like it's eyes and mouth but the entirety of his face was covered in scales. His hair on the were-beast head connected to where the neck should've been, was a large bushy mane.
His torso was muscular and taut with battle scars on display. His tail that looked like a lizard's, thumped the ground every time he took a step. He was dragging a hefty blade along the ground as he strutted to the front and then lifted the blade with his strength and swung it onto his shoulder.
The lion dragon hybrid looked relaxed but from the energy emitting from him, it was a no brainer what his true emotions were.
With another show of strength, he lifted the blade off his shoulder and into the air and then pointed it directly at me. I think the were-beast had singled me where the rest of Baihu was around me because it could sense that I was the one doing the trials... the creature is indeed intelligent just like the two creatures I depicted when describing him.
The were-beast's eyes started to glow red and with his body covered in shadow, he looked like a predator from within the shadows watching it's prey. The were-beast king dashed forward as it dragged the blade that was now flailing behind him against the winds current.
The predator was now on the hunt.
The other were-beasts lets out a mighty war cry before too charging forward following their king into battle.
Gunther saw who the werebeast was aiming for and he made a quick decision.
"Big boss, boost me."
I did as he asked without question and used helping hand to boost him. A blue glow pulsated from Gunther as he in response to the declare by the were-beast, charged forward, matching the were-beast's velocity, with his fist raised.
The two biggest man on both sides charged toward each other like two freight trains on an collision course for derailment.
BOOM!
The two smashed into each other and from the impact, ripples of waves of energies exploded outward like a raging flood.
As the smoke of dust from the collision started to dissipate, two silhouette from within the dust cloud showed one presumably Gunther, landing a punch onto the werebeast stomach, whilst the latter's blade had missed Gunther's head completely. The blade was now on the other side of him with the arm that held the blade stretched right across his torso.
The were-beast let's out a loud roar as some kind of liquid... maybe blood? shot out from it's mouth.
Gunther seeing the opportunity to strike again, landed his other fist onto the underside of his left quadriceps. The lion dragon thingy left leg knee joint snapped forward and the weight of the were-beast pulled himself down to it's knee.
The other were-beasts seeing their boss fall, aimed their sights on Gunther and pounced him.
As Gunther fought off his underlings, even though the werebeast lion dragon hybrid was down on it's knee, the same aura it was emitting nonstop doubled its intensity and pressure.
I instinctively called out to Gunther using the communication network.
"Gunther! Get out of there!"
Gunther heard my shout of fear, shook off his lesser attackers and moved back a little when an enormous energy erupted from the creature. The were-beast king started to change it's shape and began to morph.
What came out of the morphing was a beast that looked mythical in its beauty? It was a lion but with features of a dragon. It has scales all over like a suit of scaly armour. My initial thought was the lion costume people wore to perform the lion dance at the Chinese new year's festival. It's tail however wasn't like the stubby tail of the costume but a long tail that swayed behind the beast.
"Gunther, get back now!"
Gunther, not wanting to be the thing's dinner, started to run back towards us. The were-beasts chased after Gunther as he ran as fast as possible back to us. The mythical lion dragon thingy hanged back and watched the event unfolding before him.
"Come on, let's intercept the were-beast that's chasing after Gunther," Tavish commanded to the rest of Baihu.
The seven of us dashed forward towards Gunther and intercept the were-beasts that chased him. Gunther stopped running when we met up and turned around, now running along side us. All of us clashed with the were-beasts.
Lavira and I hanged back as support. I dished out heals and boosts whilst Lavira directed the other members in the battle like a director, directing her actors in a scene.
[Baihu has slain a were-beast. Baihu gains 1000 Exp.]
[You haves gained 2000 Exp.]
[Baihu has slain a were-beast. Baihu gains 1000 Exp.]
[You have gained 2000 Exp.]
[You have levelled up.]
After a long fought out battle, we had managed to slay all nine were-beasts.
[Second wave: Defeat 10 were-beasts. (9/10)]
[Baihu's multiplier is now at (x2)]
[You have gained 4000 Exp.]
[You have levelled up.]
After the fight against the nine were-beasts, my level was now at nineteen. One more level until another milestone.
The mythical lion dragon hybrid who was watching our battle roared out with anger now that we had managed to defeat his underlings. His killing intent has now became so unpalatable that I began to cough and felt a little queasy. The were-beast charged forward as it's tail thumped the ground. On it's last thump as it neared us, the were-beast disappeared.
"Harlo! Move 4 inches to the right now!"
Just as Lavira screamed the instruction, Harlo moved 4 inches to the right as a claw narrowly nipped his arm. As soon as the claw missed, the claw disappeared.
"Where is it?!" Jask shouted as he spun around all over the place, losing his wits.
"Calm down brother. Try using your lightning skill to fry the overgrown pussycat."
Jask thought for a bit before making a response.
"Okay, if you use your gravity skill to pin him down."
"Sure."
Bron activated his gravity skill and an immense pressure pressed down on us. Bron increased the pressure until the were-beast showed itself. The were-beast was now visible and pinned down to the ground by the gravity.
"There... now fry him up because I'm hungry."
Jask arched an eyebrow at his friend before unleashing his lightning skill upon the pinned down quote, unquote, 'pussycat '.
Just as the lightning was about to touch the were-beast, the scales of the were-beast started to shimmer and then the were-beast started to dissolve.
"No! My dinner!" Cried Bron.
{Try eating me now, Bastards! What you can't see, you can't eat... human!}
I was wide-eyed and so was everyone else as they too heard it.
"Did that thing talked?" Stammered Jemina.
Everyone else was too stunned to respond.
[Warning: Third wave has now begun.]
[Third wave: Defeat 5 Giants. (0/5)]
What?!
Suddenly the ground shook as stalactites that was once apart of the ceiling began to fall.
"Incoming!" I yelled as deadly missiles of rocks rained down on us. As the rocks rained, I quickly tried to use 'A Helping Skill'.
[You have activated your ultimate: A Helping Skill.]
[A Helping Skill: Light barrier (Chia) has now been activated.]
As the rocks came inches away from my face, it bounced off as if there was an invisible shield around me.
The rocks bounced off everyone as the light barrier protected us.
The ground still shook as cracks started appear and created crevasses. Black mountainous hands rose up from the crevasses, the hands pulled up beings that was so large, the crevasses became ravines.
{Try eating those!}