Chapter 24: Little nuisance
Without a word more Noctis picked the owl up in his arms once more and hid behind a tree as the snake had gotten up by now and was angrily hissing all around the vicinity.
Trying to reason still, Noctis thought of his next course of action. The accursed hounds were on its way, a snake the size of a 4-storey building was stalking him and he had the kid of a giant magical bird in his arms.
’It just keeps getting worse doesn’t it.’
Noctis tried to calculate his position and distance from the ridge but the rain and dark disoriented even the bird, saying nothing of him and he couldn’t hope to outmaneuver both the beasts.
’Ughhh. Why today of all days. And do those hounds not have any other priorities than a puny little man. All day all night those goddamn f****s. Wouldn’t even be enough for two of those beasts for even a-’
Noctis stopped cussing out his frustration when he suddenly felt the surroundings go unnaturally quiet once more. It had happened once not too long ago.
Without waiting for his death senses to kick in, Noctis ran ahead and jumped up high using a low branch.
Without missing a beat the area, and the trees in it, got reduced to sludging mud and debris without so much as a warning.
The giant snake this time didn’t even bother waking up and just started slithering with its massive frame towards the elf and the bird like a massive spectre claiming their very existence.
Without a choice Noctis started running towards the ridge, figuring if the fight was to come sooner or later then better start moving towards the place he’d have marginally better chances.
Noctis ran on the wet mud and puddles of the forest floor as the rain kept on hammering him, shielding the owl, keeping his nerves and hoping for some miracle as the growls came closer and closer, and that too from his front.