Darius shakes his head, Sledge clearly had not training when it came to these things. He moves up and proceeded to attempt his wasted effort earlier.. on a Werewolf now.
Darius slashes the hurt werewolf across the face and it roars in pain, bleeding from its face and coughing up blood from Sledge's blows.
The wolf who Sledge hit retaliates.
Sledge tries to use his snake-like reflexes to move away from the sword, but it strikes unerringly. Sledge drops to the floor, bleeding.
The second wolf moves in on Darius (Provoking).
The sword strikes Darius hard on his armor, denting it and winding him.
Z sighs, annoyed at having to use her reserves of energy before sending a ball of Fire crashing into the two wolves.
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Both werewolves deftly dodge the Fireball's effects, but unfortunately it's not enough to save the one in front of Darius, which finally succumbs to the injuries inflicted by him and Sledge.
Darius readies and action to whip the wolf and 5ft step back staying out of its reach.
The werewolf charges forward, raising his Greatsword to block Darius' whip...but his reckless rush has thrown him off balance, and it draws a bloody line of silver fire along his forearms instead.
Likewise, Jones pokes a rapier into his side as he charges past, drawing yet more blood from the beast.
Nevertheless, he continues his charge and makes it to Darius and swings the massive blade down.
It barely manages to connect with Darius, but nevertheless appears to have nicked an artery, and the werewolf hunter falls to the ground.
Darius swiftly moves out of the way, easily predicting the beast's instinct to go for the jugular.
Darius launches his whip at the exposed underarm of the creature just enough to cause the blade to scrape against his breastplate and rebound the strike.
The werewolf is dazzled by the bright flash of light!
Darius felt his Holy power Waning but bit past the pain and laid into the beast giving a vicious growl. Grimoire danced in his hands and streaked once more aimed towards the face while a Wolfin claw reaches out for the Larger Werewolf's neck and tries to pull him into his powerful jaws.
Darius rips into the creature, ironically finishing it off with a powerful lycanthropic bite, the werewolf's thick fur not quite softening the blow enough to prevent Darius from ripping its throat out.
Darius spits the creatures flesh and fur on the ground before he licks his teeth and maw of blood, deactivating his holy gift.. for now. " Probably scouts, loot the corpses and continue on.. I'll see if I can use their recent smell to track back where they came if need be. Mongrels " Darius spits on the fallen creature once more before before Looting anything of interest and looking to Duristan.
" Well? Were you mystified? "
Sniffing at the blood.
"I was mesmerized by the way you work." he says.
The werewolf's scent circles the area like a ring of musk. They appear to have been guards, patrolling this place.
" Hrmmph, well lead on.. We arent quite there yet. These were a patrolling pack. There was fighting, howls, and blood; the rest will be here soon. As you can see.. I have been trained to handle these beasts as my family honed me. Even in my current form that thought remains true. Use the enemy's strength against them. "
Darius reaffirms the point by wrapping Grimoire around the corpse's neck and rending the head clear off.
Z descends to the ground, "Ugh. How many more of these stupid beasts do we need to kill before they go extinct? Isn't there only like twenty of these things alive?"
"Hardly. The Vollensag pack is small, to be sure, but they are certainly not the only werewolves in these woods. We can only hope the other packs won't see us as a potential threat and send their more impressive numbers after us."
" Yes, but only their breed stand such a height, Zin's inquiry is valid. One of these breed can easily kill 4 or more of their normal number. This is why the pack, while small, are not to be underestimated or attacked by the more numerous clans. "
Given the intense smell of wolf in the distance, Darius can guess that the Stairs of the Moon are between 1 and 2 minutes away.
Darius inform the rest it should take a minute or two before they are at the tower.. and to prepare accordingly
Jones taps Sledge with the CLW wand a bunch of times.
Sledge gets up.
"Better just to extend reach than try to dodge , I guess."
" Neither are the problem, it's better to wait for the enemy to come to you than leap into it's jaws unprepared. If you do hunt the enemy it is on your terms not theirs. Don't needlessly rush in again.. the situation could be far worse. Luckily we had the resources to recoup you.. that won't always be the case. "