A furry foot stepped through the dark tunnel moving inside of Liam's vision. Hopefully Lurue would be able to follow through with his plan. Smelling the heavy scent of blood in the air from the wounded duo, its huge body squeezed through the cavern tunnel and stepped toward Lurue's body.
"Now" yelled Lurue
The bear's grizzly body fully revealed itself as it rushed toward Lurue. Large and domineering the bear which stood on all fours stood taller than even Liam. The heavy paws of the beast moved forward slapping hard against the ground in an attempt to confirm the kill on his next meal.
Liam took advantage of the tunneled vision bear as he moved ready to strike. Relying on Lurue for keeping her alive he trusted in her own interest of self preservation.
"Stop" Lurue demanded of the bear and as if it had no momentum before it froze in place.
Liam smirked at his intuition paying off before unleashing his sword from its sheath and stabbing down into the eye socket of the bear. A roar was heard before silence as the ginormous bear's twitching body hit the ground before stilling.
Vow power is not as rare as the public was taught to believe. The more radical the Vow the more powerful the Vow is. However Vows can be realized from any god, lesser or greater. Liam figured Lurue had a Vow due to many things.
The biggest red herring to Liam was the fact that she was in a mercenary band. Between the way she held her bow and how slow her reaction was in combat he figured her Vow was nothing like Liam's Vow. If Lurue wasn't useful in combat directly she must have had a Vow for scouting or to support her comrades. Vow's can bestow the ability to conjure elements or grow plants. Any power can be realized if the God which bestowed the Vow had such a power. The god of death however would not be able to give the power of healing and vice versa.
Liam knew he could kill the beast as soon as he got the element of surprise but Liam wanted to figure out Lurue who would likely never have revealed her power that her Vow gave her. One's Vow is a secret kept to one's self and no other most people don't even tell the people closest to them. Liam knows first hand how much a Vow can turn to a curse if the powers can be used against you.
Lurue was put in a life or death situation so she had no choice but to save herself. Liam could care less if she lived or died. So if he was wrong she died and he had less weight to carry. Liam was right though and as he walked forward to talk to her many plans ran through his head.
"So a Vow miss Lurue?"
"How interesting" Liam stated.
"Yes I have a Vow" Lurue replied.
"Does your friend Tethyr also have one miss Lurue"
Struggling with inner decisions Lurue could be seen conflicted.
"Oh don't act like your still friends Lurue you can't possibly believe that someone who left you to die would still consider you a friend" Liam tried to convince her.
"Bu—" Before Lurue tried to respond but Liam once again cut her off.
"Listen you have two options" Liam continued
"You either tell me what I'm against honestly, or I kill you"
"Wai–" before Liam could be debated with he responded.
"Speak wisely"
Lurue's next response left Liam intrigued.