Kamila grinned as her senses tingled, the hairs in the back of her neck stood tall as she now felt unprecedented degrees of danger from the panther.
The Panther had long since come out from it's supposed rage as it's eyes were calm....to calm for a beast as this beast clearly held intellect.
The Green panther was one of a hybrid affinity, it held air and the rare and illustrious affinity to sound, while not uncommon it was usually an affinity bats had and other animals that relied on sound.
It's eyes now had a rune?! A letter?! Or a syllable of sorts that looked and resembled a music note, but each note was different from the rest as it's eyes now held traces of mystism.
' Sound....that's part of the variant elements of Air along with Lightning....it's rather troublesome to deal with....wait how am I to even deal with sound attacks?! Should I cover my ears?! No that will reduce my fighting capabilities...shit Master never taught anything regarding elements!!" She panicked internally as the situation went sideways from what she has in mind.
Her mind ran hundreds of thoughts as her Mind Index sprung to life...like A dictionary...or maybe Wikipedia...it relayed the senseory memories of a variant Green panther Berian had once met back in her time.
She did get information yes...but she couldn't help but grind her teeth in seething rage, the information she attained was purely useless to her in a way.
From Berian's memory when she had encountered a Green Panther, the beast was too Prideful and attacked upon feeling the oppression Berian's Bloodline did to other beasts.
It attacked yes with the air element however and just as it was about to utilize it's Sound elements
PTUI!
It's head imploded as it died without even knowing, it's mana stopped churning, it's elements stopped gathering as it died just like that
Kamila for the first time cursed her Ancestor for being too strong! Why couldn't she just drag out the fight?! Did she have to one shot kill the beast before it even made used if it's cards...and maybe even Trump Cards?!
Kamila spat in the forest floor as her glowing Honey brown eyes shimmered with golden lights, ' As useless as that was...the goal remains the same....Kill you Before You kill me!! Let's see whose head blows up first,' she grinned and dashed forward ready to attack when she suddenly heard a static followed by extreme silence .
This made all the hairs on the back of her neck to stand as her back was now fully drenched with sweat, she had made the most stupid mistake Ivan always warned her when facing an enemy if unknown means
Recklessly charging forward without a sound plan.
Once she was within a five metre radius of the Panther a terrifying screech was released all concentrated within the Five metre radius of the Panther.Her eardrums ruptured as blood flowed down her ears, she was disoriented as her mind was hazy and foggy.
Her vision was blurry as blood flowed out like tears from her eyes, they fell onto her cheeks and flowed down her face and dripped to the forest floor
Her nose was also bleeding as she could smell her own blood, it was like metal, iron to be exact but far more potent as if she were in a mine or refiner of sorts
She coughed a mouthful of blood as she fell to one knee holding her heaving chest, her bones had been rattles as she felt them tremble before the sheer might if the sonic attack or domain that the beast used.
Her heart nearly burst within her chest both figuratively and literally as her heartbeat was abnormal fast and erratic.
She fucked up bad as even her senses were now down, messy and disoriented
What a stupid way if getting attacked this wasn't even an ambush nor was she baited, she had willingly stepped forward but why?!
Yes she knew all to well, she knew why she had done what she had done, it was something she never knew she could feel.
She had became overconfident, she was too full of herself, she had drowned herself in the thoughts if her rapid accumulation of power, she had let it all get into her head in merely one day.
Who the hell uses beasts to as training dummies to consolidate their gains, yes Ivan had said a fight would help....a life threatening one yes...but he was someone who had lived for Millenias his world view was something that spanned thousands of thousands of years.
You do not practice everything your taught, you take in what you can and leave the rest as reference, just because you were taught everything doesn't mean you'll apply everything...that was what she had failed to perceive and now....
She coughed more mouthfuls of blood as she felt her body ache all over, be it her joints, her bones, her muscles, her skin, even he internal organs were not soared as the green Panther really did use a perverse attack...but all is far in live and war
No one remember the means used to win a war only that it was won.... History is written by the winners...so who would claim the panther played dirty?!
'In the few seconds that Kamila was adjusting to her pain, her disorientation the panther moved, this was a fight and one mistake would be death
It did not have the chivalry of knight that would allow their opponents to retain their senses to fight...it was a beast a predator and not human
So when it's attack worked....
SHING!!
Kamila's armor was torn of as her bare shoulder was now exposed, she lew back ten metres crashing into a tree as the air was knocked out of her lungs
The panther pounced againd this time aiming at her leg as it struck ripping of her leather trouser and tearing through her skin
Blood flowed as she was cut cleanly, what use was endurance when you had no strength to resist?! What use was resilience whan you are weak?!
Kamila fell into despairing pain as she could feel her weaknesses, no one had to tell her, she knew very well, it became so alarming clear that she wondered how she never saw it before
The panther struck again, her other shoulder now visible, her entire armor fell to the ground like waste she was left with nothing other than a ripped tunic which was dirty and stained with her own blood
Why did she seek battle?! Why was she trying to fight?! Was her reason with it?! Was it worth her pain?! Her agony?! Was it truly worth it...the path to strength, was it really worth it?!