Chapter 7: Sanguine Wolves
After Rick dispatched the first wolf to appear, two more creep out from the shadows of the tree line. Rick holds his huge weapon aloft while Tiss takes a defensive stance with her daggers ready Elyssia holds no weapon, but I can feel a pressure emanating from her. Balls of white light spring up from the ground at her feet and dissipate before reaching her knees. Is this magic?
I’m useless right now so I can’t do anything but watch and keep my distance from the wolves.
Suddenly, a new wolf makes an appearance. It snuck closer to us and leapt at Rick from his blindside.
[Tiss] "Myriad Stringer!"
Tissela punches one fist towards the wolf as it lunges, her grip still tight around a dagger. Blueish light appears in the shape of an orb and then spreads out along the back of her fist into a shape like a small crossbow. In rapid succession, Tiss fires a volley of magical arrows at the wolf. It’s body is riddled with holes. The force of the attack slams its corpse against a tree and it slumps to the ground in a puddle of its own blood.
In that moment, the other two wolves charge us. Rick lifts his greatsword with both hands so that its vertical above his head.
[Rick] "Challenge!"
As Rick shouts, orange energy burst out of his body and then creates a field of energy around all of us and the wolves. Both beasts leap and focus entirely on trying to tackle Rick. The moment their feet leave the ground, Rick swings his blade downward, cleaving one of them from its snout to its tail, blood spraying into the air.
[Elyssia] "Flash Freeze!"