the beast howl was loud and frightening, cloudeye and the others exited their huts, all the beasts whimpered and the animals fled. but the stormsong warriors nearby weren't the least afraid instead they were ecstatic.
A fierce beast was undoubtedly powerful nevertheless they were veteran hunters, killing one had its risks but was more than worth it. The first who sprung into action was rumbleback, the hunters weren't surprised by this as they knew how much he needed the skin, but cloudeye and hue were surprised at how rumbleback took action.
the moment he heard the cry of the beast, he bounced from his sleeping position and dashed toward a nearby tree, reaching it he kicked the tree with the tips of his feet as he flew parallelly with it. he caught a solid branch with his hands and lifted up his body, he had climbed a tree in mere moments, he concentrated on his hearing, chose a direction, and quickly jumped from one tree to another with no wasted movements.
this series of actions shocked cloudeye, he had never known anyone capable of this. on the other hand, the remaining hunters sighed as they hurriedly followed rumbleback's shadow, only they knew how much envious they were of his skills in the wilderness, but no matter how much he tried to teach them, and no matter how much they tried to imitate him they simply couldn't mimic these movements of his.
the swift rumbleback chased the wolf like a monkey, though he may have been even more elegant than the latter, it didn't take him that long to find his prey as he locked into a silver flash that passed the nearby river heading for the other side of the forest, even though he was fast the wolf was even more faster, and so, he didn't hesitate a lot as he drew the bone spear from his back jumped in the air and twisted his waist, he threw the spear with utmost precision and force.
'whou'
the spear drew a line through the forest heading straight for the wolf's spine as it made a whistling sound all around it, the wolf's sense of danger stood sharp and urged it to dodge quickly, however, it was previously injured and still hungry it could only jolt its body forcefully to the side, but the bone spear still drew blood from its back. the spear passed it and continued on its way stopping only when boring into a thick tree trunk.
the wolf whimpered and growled as it bared its teeth facing its assailant, the latter crouched with a stone ax clenched in both of his hands as he watched the sliver monster
the wolf was not as skinny as cloudeye told them anymore it was huge almost twice bigger than a brown one, yet he was a hunter and fear didn't hold him back as he kept circling the beast trying to delay its escape as much as possible before his teammates could catch up with him.
the wolf's blue eyes turned red and dashed toward rumbleback, its paws were a blur as they hit the ground turning its body into a sliver flash, rumbleback gave a yelp of surprise as he hurriedly dodged away, the tree he was standing in front of had huge bite marks. it seemed like one more bite or slash was enough to break it.
'This guy is different than other silver wolves....if it wasn't injured I would've been dead' rumbleback cursed his teammate for being as slow as a snail while muttering prayers underneath his breaths.
cold sweat run down his backside as he knew one more attack could kill him. if he wasn't alert he would be a goner. the wolf and the man kept circling each other both cautious and mindful of their opponent.
'pat pat pat pat'
a large number of footsteps were heard approaching their position, the white wolf had some degree of intelligence, it gave out an angry growl, and its fangs grew twice their size shining off the moonlight as it flexed its four legs leaving behind wind and dirt in its place, the wolf's mouth approached the hunter's frightened face in half a second.
rumbleback jumped back while curving his body toward the ground in a way that he could face the pouncing beast that lunged forward, he was swift as he used his bone ax to slash the wolf in its stomach area
'shriek'
fresh blood spilled out in the air as both the man and the beast rolled down and separated from each other, the beast got angrier after a small new wound emerged in its body
'huf' ''huf'
rumbleback backed up while breathing hurriedly, he jumped backward while facing his foe with a little frown on his face
'the attack just now took almost all the strength I have and it still left only a scratch' he knew that he got lucky with that hit and he became even more vigilantly
''spear rain''
'whou whou whou whou'
the beast snarled getting ready for its next attack when a loud angry voice followed by dozens of spears rained down upon it, it dodged and clawed some but it still got hit by the rest, the hunters had finally caught up while they were amazed by rumbleback's fighting skills they didn't slow down on helping him
the wolf howled in pain and hit the ground with its flexed legs trying to escape from the stormsong hunters, tumblehunter puffed u his chest while running toward the big wolf like an angry beast, his speed and momentum increased, and his frame grew a bit bigger, his whole body slowly turning red as steam escaped from all around his body, he kept advancing toward the escaping beast while brandishing his large axe
'ohhg'
an angry beastly snarl escaped his mouth as he hit the wolf with his ax, shockingly lifting it up several inches from the ground as it flew for a second before hitting the ground again, largely slowing it as result
'houuuu'
swiftleg and the others cheered as they hurriedly advanced toward the beast with their spears up like orderly trained warriors, in the other hand rumbleback tried to circle around it so he can cut off its escaping route
the beast grew angry and frightened, then it weirdly sucked in a large breath of fresh air and it gave out a long high pitched howl through its mouth, a boom was heard throughout their brain as the hunters clatched their ears with both hands dropping to their knees, their weapons hit the ground with them
seconds passed and the feeling subsided, though when the sound was finally gone they raised their heads looking at each other with bitter faces, the beast was long gone