Raphael Amgela was born into one of the sorcerer families that was subservient to the Nostradarmus family.Even being born in the sorcerer families that served the noble ones ensured that you had more powerful magic then run of the mill sorcerers.
Raphael himself was an experienced fighter at 123 years old.When you were a powerful sorcerer your mana helped you live up to multiple centuries.Raphael was also quite privileged due to his experience and loyalty.He had undergone a ritual to learn his true name as well as gained access to his second origin mana.
Raphael had fought in multiple mud born wars mainly serving on the sides that benefited sorcerer society.Other times he acted as an assassin that dispatched particularly violent and powerful sorcerers or mud born who acted against the sorcerers interests like the mud born organisation SMB.
Raphaels only close friends were Carolyn Smeed and Rorick Hoffly.Their current assignment was guarding the research mages.They weren't expecting much to happen.
The snowy resort and cabins didn't seem to contain any life.It was good to know that the resort had been closed down.Raphael didn't want to deal with plain boring mud born.
"This seems like an appropriate spot to set up the first set of equipment.I can't wait to see what results we get.Pity about this weather." The place the research mages had chosen was next to a cabin and some woods.
"I'll go ahead and survey the area.Carolyn you go survey the woods." Raphael walked around the cabin and found its entrance busted wide open.It was as if something large had forced itself inside.
Raphael checked inside only for a black blur to ram into him.Raphael had reinforced his body with mana in time so the force of the charge only bruised his skin instead of breaking his ribs.The impact sent him flying back a couple of metres.
He worked through the pain to get up and saw what had charged him.It resembled a cross between a gorilla and a bear but had a large moose skull encasing its head.This made it so Raphael couldn't tell if it had the head of a gorilla,a bear or a combination of the two.The moose skull had a crimson sigil on its forehead.
Raphael felt its malice as its red eyes stared at him through the eye holes in the moose skull.A smell of feces and burning sulfur permeated the air.
Rooooaaaaaaar.
The strange creature roared its challenge and Raphael was eager to meet it.He brandished his enchanted spear and muttered a spell to test the waters.The spell he used was the common thunderbolt spell.
The conjured thunder raced along his spear and escaped the tip.The thunderbolt collided with the gorilla bear wendigo.The spell had singed its fur and left a small part of its skin scorched.The shock paused the creature slightly but was shrugged off.In fact it only seemed to anger the creature and make it act more violently in its mannerisms.
It charged with slightly greater speed and force then before.It was about to reach Raphael before he activated two tattooed sigils on his back.All of a sudden Raphael's back sprouted two large raven wings which lifted him off the ground in a surreal act of flight.
Raphael launched three more thunder bolts at the wendigos hide while its arms swung at the air above it.He used more mana this time around so he caused more violent injuries.But each subsequent attack caused less and less damage as though the creature was becoming more durable the more damage it took.
The gorilla bear wendigo gave up on trying to reach Raphael and entered the cabin.
"Sorry but I'm not going inside." Raphael muttered a spell under his breath and powered it with a substantial amount of mana.
Black flames burst from his spear and engulfed the entire cabin.The temperature didn't increase but the entire cabin quickly burned.The roof of the cabin collapsed in on itself.Raphael saw that the mage researchers and Carolyn and Rorick weren't near the equipment.
Silence reigned for a bit while Raphael looked down on the burnt wreckage.Then some of the burning wood was lifted revealing the gorilla bear wendigo.It was in a sorry state.
Most of its fur and skin had burned off revealing the crimson muscle underneath.It should've been in tremendous pain but it only roared.As Raphael prepared another spell the gorilla bear wendigo leapt into the air far higher then it should've been capable of with its body.
Raphael attempted to retreat but the creatures clawed fingers wrapped around his ankle and then swung him down to the ground with remarkable speed and force.
Raphael coughed up blood as he collided with the hard ground.The gorilla bear advanced on Raphael but a black wall appeared in front of it.It paused before charging through the wall shattering it.
This still brought Raphael enough time to cast another spell which transformed him into a humanoid crow.This spell granted him increased physical abilities and improved his dark magical spells.
Raphael cawed and thrust his spear at the wendigos skull encased head penetrating it easily.Life slowly abandoned the crimson eyes of the gorilla bear wendigo.
Raphael withdrew his spear as the creature slumped to the ground.To Raphaels surprise the creatures body dissipated and in its place there was a white potion.
ROOOOAAAAAARRR
As Raphael relaxed an even more powerful sonic roar occurred behind him.Raphael looked behind him and saw an even bigger more muscular version of the creature he just fought.
"What the hell is happening here?"