BANG!!... A white-colored light speeded through the air and covered the vibrant green grass in gore. The moment was done the air was clear, but there was no time.
"Oh shit!"
Connor took a dagger and jumped from a tree while a monkey attacked from his side. The rest followed his lead there would be no time to relax for a bit as the adrenaline started pumping. Sohan took his time and dashed behind through the middle which brought all the monkeys and moles in an almost single-file line.
Connor was doing as he said he could do and was maintaining striking distance and jumping back at the right moments to distract them. Leaving Nia's room to hit 2 monkeys straight through the head with a scarlet-colored lightning bolt which turn the part that was shot into ash.
While Connor and Nia dealt with the monkies, Sohan found himself standing just next to Rando who was finding it a bit difficult to aim at the moving objects. Sohan run through the middle before going to the attention of the moles, which followed the direction he went in. Unfortunately for the moles despite Sohan's lack of skill, he was mostly able to keep a steady mind while ignoring the blood and entrails that were appearing on the ground making sure not to slip.
He brought them to a position easier for Rando to manage shooting a couple of moles down, Rando manage to just barely get a head shot in while the other mole managed to slash down an arrow before being injured. Rando began to worry while back stepping up the hill and as the mole ran Sohan reappeared ambushing the mole and managing to get it with a strong thrust of the spear.
It squealed to its death but it wasn't over yet, 2 more moles came dashing but Sohan outran them and so Rando and Sohan held their own while making sure not to climb too high up the hill. Back where Connor is 2 moles and a monkey were still on them but he managed to get the two of them relatively easily though he still hesitated when making a move; while Nia poured electric mana into her baton with a final move incapacitating the monkey and ending it with a hard bang to the head.
They wiped their foreheads and rubbed their hands on their dark clothes, leaving stains that they'd have to use some special detergent to wipe and when it came to the sweat it dried off in a minute. They rushed and found that Sohan and Rando managed the remaining moles themselves who killed how much wasn't known yet.
"So how did the two of you do?" It was Nia to ask.
"I got 1 and Rando got 3 of them. What about you two?"
"3 each." This time being Connor to answer.
They all had a strange mix of excitement, horror, disgust, and guilt but had all put on a straight expression that Connor could see as bright as day wasn't how they really felt.
"Um... I think we should move a bit up higher, we can take the height advantage since I can feel the more creatures coming this way." Rando spoke strategically probably as a point of preference from being an archer.
"That was one of my reasons I recommended we come here, how much time do we have?"
"They're all only around 30 meters away but they're approaching us cautiously I think there are around 8 of them."
"They're probably approaching slowly because of the stench of the blood, it could also be because of the strong people watching us." Connor chose to add to the conversation.
The other three nodded and walked uphill, it wasn't too steep and Nia asked Sohan if he could create a walking trail in the other direction, then run back to them while they prepare an ambush.
Sohan thought for a bit worried about being alone and just ran while his large body left deep footprints in the right direction and the other climbed up on trees. Rando took a few seconds while Connor climbed with ease, Nia just required a bit of a hand so Connor lent his to help her up.
There wasn't any need for thanks and the three just made their way up preparing ways to disturb the animals that would come up with using various plants and shrubbery around the area. Though there wasn't much to work with so they each took their own spots while creating a small man-shaped form to signal Sohan of their presence, even then Nia just planned to shoot a bright red bullet so he would know their general direction.
"Connor when I signal we both fire our guns, Rando you can just shoot them while we distract them but we will be attacking with the aim to kill them so be careful, you guys ready I think that's Sohan in the distance."
Both nodded their heads and Connor was getting a bit worked up, he wanted to use his superpower maybe even experiment with his concept, but he couldn't expose himself that easily. Besides even if he tried to do everything while out of sight if Rando felt his presence suddenly get misplaced it could give him a serious hint about his teleportation.
Removing the thoughts from his head, he was still feeling a bit tongue-tied and wasn't in the mood to have friendly chats and banter after having killed 3 animals with no remorse he wondered how it would have felt if it were people but had to focus on the situation at hand.
Sohan came crashing through some bushes and somehow actually noticed the man-like grassy structure and ran in that direction. The beasts following him were not very visible but there was a very clear hissing sound behind him which concluded that it was a bunch of snakes. They all had dark green scales and they had brown horns on their head shaped like a crown. Their most clear feature was their severe lack of eyes their body was linear and bulbous which Connor confirmed that they're probably not venomous.
But the snakes were not venomous were not very long or strong they are, however, really fast. They kept on flipping their tails almost hopping after Sohan and he finally crossed the necessary path hiding behind a tree to catch his breath, holding his spear in both hands.
Connor and Nia struggled with aiming their blades and baton, as Connor independently managed to get around 5 snakes under his influence by taking his time to not rush his attacks. This leaves Nia managing 3 others giving Rando the time to shoot one through the head, while they hissed in what might be anger Nia manages to get a through another and the last she was handling jumped and bit into her baton as she electrocuted it, before getting the last shot in however Sohan jumps in and gets in the last thrust into the body of the snake.
Nia is furious for a second but has to let go as Sohan shrugged, going on his merry way to help out Connor. Connor while managing rather admirably was getting injuries and one was even beginning to wrap around his leg; Sohan is prompted to pull the snake by the head off before it wraps around his leg then jams his spear into its head. Sohan however has a snake fall on his head that climbed the tree during the distraction.
"""Sohan!!"""
The three of them yell as it begins to wrap around Sohan's neck choking him, Connor manages to help in time by rinning his dagger through the body of the snake and Sohan falls on his knees gasping for air, with his eyes tearing up.
Connor did try to warn him and reaped the point of getting the snake and probably getting on Sohan's good side for a long while. Rando runs and carries Sohan's large body off to a safe spot while Connor and Nia handle the rest.
Connor had to focus more than before, there were now 4 remaining quick leaping snakes, that were difficult to spot in the greenery. Luckily for them, the snakes retreated a bit behind the trees leaving the 2 to catch a bit of their breath but also being left not knowing where the opponents were.
The hissing even stopped there was only a light sound of grass being swayed. Surrounded by tree canopies even the sunlight couldn't make it through its dense leaves. Connor and Nia stand back to back with each other as Connor informs,
"Nia I have a general idea of where the snakes are just shoot in that direction in around 2 seconds while I catch them from behind."
Nia nods as she has no reason to doubt Connor right at that moment, so she fires and scarlet bolt in the direction he pointed towards, and Connor dashed near there throwing a dagger as snake fell from a tree which stuck it to its bark, another one came towards him and he missed it by a hair's breadth while it was mid-air but knocked it down then shot it once it landed on the ground.
Nia managed to shoot a bolt at a snake approaching from behind Connor she smirks as if thinking she should receive some thanks later but Connor does the same by getting the second last snake by shooting it from behind Nia. He doesn't smirk however and keeps a straight face as he approached a hanging snake using his other dagger to gut it.