Chapter 93 - Shatter
My hands gripped the frosty wood as I brought the hammer down on yet another bear.
The fight had been going on for almost an hour and wounds found their way through my armor. Two or three bears clawing and pounding on my armor simultaneously caused injuries to get through.
The blood seeping out of me didn't diminish the feeling of euphoria though.
This was some of the most fun I had in a while. A paw swipe clattered off my armor and my hammer came screaming around in retaliation.
A jaw clamped down but I managed to interspace the shaft of my hammer in the way in time. Hammer locked up in the beast's mouth, I took both hands on either side of the snout and twisted.
The bear's neck snapped before it thought to let go. Stupid thing died because it didn't.
With [Avalanche(R)] over half built, I shifted my hand down the haft to the last handhold before the pommel and whipped it around one-handed at the bear charging at me. The bear's head turned to mist.
My other hand pointed out and an [Ice Arrow(Un)] flew out in the opposite direction to skewer a bear through the throat coming up behind me. Getting over the crutch of using my hand to cast was hard in the heat of battle.
[Shatter(Un)] ripped the artery open as the arrow inside its throat exploded. More red-tinted ice was added to my arsenal. An unnoticed foe bit down on my leg while I was distracted watching the red river freeze into weapons.
My fortitude stopped my leg from breaking but the teeth pinching my skin and mounting pressure still hurt. Punching down on the beast fixed that problem but another took that opportunity to swipe me in the back.
After getting thrown off balance, more piled on. A paw pounded into my chest before I could right myself which led to another ramming into me.
I was getting pushed around by their sheer mass. They had over a half-ton of body weight on me and it was proving effective.