„Sure I can handle it myself. But help is still greatly appreciated. "
And so the three adventurers ventured into the smoking forest, where trees where coal and dirt was black. Only after minutes of walking the leaves started to appear.
-You sure this is the place? – Aries as the first one to go in, was also the first one to talk.
-…Yes. This is definitely here – Elandra was the one who actually been here before and had some knowledge of the surroundings.
-Good. Keep an eye out for anything familiar , trees , boulders, dead things. – and finally Damon.
The one who tried to keep them focused on the mission and focused on not dying.
Thus trio still walked, slowly but surely, forward.
Aries and Damon with swords in their hands , while Elandra with her bow and an arrow on it.
As the two boys were kind of seasoned adventurers already, well they had completed around 8 quests in the span of the last 2 weeks, they knew what they were doing.
Their female archer not so much. So she stayed quiet through the day.
-…This….is near the packs territory… I recognize the trees…- She stayed after around 5 minutes.
And then she sniffed, pulled a big one, a huge breath in through the nose.
-They are near. – All readied their weapons, as they also sensed something in the bushes.
-Hello there ugly – Aries looked at the creature that just appeared from the green
As the dead body before, the wolf was a beast. An actual forest big beast. Monster
This time alive, but other than that , almost identical. Maybe a bit bigger. And with more blood on its fangs.
-I`ll get it`s attention first. Damon join from the right, Elandra …..shoot it. Eyes if you can –
And then Damon charged in. Aries just behind him. And Elandra just stood there dumbfounded.
~hehe watch this ~ Aries thought to impress her, he will do some
" impressive tactical combat maneuvers"
Which is a fancy way of saying – weird and complicated sword attacks from movies and comics.
Amazingly long thrusts, jumps and pirouettes, backwards styles and all.
~He is going to get himself killed like this ~ both watching this thought the same
Well Damon was next to him , so in case the beast decided to attack Aries, he was there.
And he was not just standing, but precise slashes at the limbs made it pretty hard for the wolf to attack normally. Or at all.
Elandra meanwhile was also busy, aiming at the moving target with moving blockades is not easy.
Still once in a while ,a good arrow would land in the fur , or better, in the mouth of the wolf.
Tactic was smooth.
Aries was the tanky and shouty man, occasionally hitting the best in its torso or limbs.
Damon was the attacker here, cutting and slashing limbs, making it bleed and suffer.
Elandra was the finisher and support, accurate sniping to cause pain and great damage.
Perfect strategy for wolf and all monster hunting. Good team makes good work after all.
So after cutting legs, arrows in the face, one hit in the eye and multiple strikes at the torso, it died.
-fiuu ,that wasn`t so hard after all. – Aries rested his sword on the shoulder.
-…it was just one… there are many more …. In the trees… -
-Yea yea will take care of those too. Come one, there`s work to do. – Damon went ahead.
He turned around carelessly , while having his eyes closed and went into the bushes.
obviously, something had to appear next to him.
A big black nose on a silver spiky fur.
-Oh great. Just when I thought of a break. – And he ran back – ARIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES-
- ON IT – they ran at each other, barely missing each other.
Aries struck hard from above, hoping to stun the wolf. Damon turned around and got ready.
Hoping is a good word. But still a sword strike to the head must have done something. Right?
Maybe a second of freedom. Maybe.
-HIT ITS EYES! –
-on it – that shout was the loudest sound she ever produced , which is just a normal voice.
Meant she really gave her all in the next shot.
Long concentration, closing one eye, steady position…yes, great shot is about to happen.
Aries still tried to take the attention of his beast, Damon actually too.
Great pull on the chord aaaaaaaaaaaaand STRIKE. Arrowhead went in, straight in the left eye.
-GROWAAOWAAAALLLLL – Loud pain noise came from its mouth.
Sharp banana teeth were shown in its full glory as the beast screamed in agony.
Standing on two rear limbs, two swords had their way easy, to hit the belly.
And so one edge and one tip broke the skin and penetrated the insides.
Spitting out blood and other, not so nice fluids.
And then it dropped dead next to its pack member.