[Nala, Llyniel, Leira, Sera, Ella, and Hali's POV]
When the group heard the knock, they all beca suspicious. Nala and Sera stepped before them while readying their swords and claws. Leira, Llyniel, and Hali prepared their spells for the attack.
Ella held her bow but slowly approached the door and opened it only to see a lone young tiger woman. When the stranger spotted her, she smiled, "May I co in, Ella Wyldheart?"
'How did she know?' the half-elf thought.
As Ella was about to reply, the young woman's eyes widened as the lioness and dragon barged into the room. Nala moved swiftly, darting around the half-elf, and pressed her blade against the newcor's throat, letting out a nacing growl.
The young woman took no offense as she spoke, "Your husband has enemies on Orientia. They know you're here and sending assassins. I'm here to help ladies."
"How do you know this?" Leira asked with narrowed eyes. "And how did you know El's na?"
"We have no ti. Tiamat visited in my sleep and asked for a favor, which she said your husband can repay. I'm only here to complete her wishes," she revealed.
When the girls heard this, they lowered their weapons while Ella turned to Nala, "Let her go. You and Sera check out the inn while we plan our getaway; if anything happens, return here."' "Yes, Sir!" the dragon girl teased before leaving the room with a smiling Nala.
Ella motioned for a chair, and the tiger woman sat down as she introduced herself, "I am Ashoka Ganesha. Seventh Princes of the Ganesha Empire."
The four girls' eyes widened as Ella was the first to question, "Why are you here alone? Shouldn't you have guards with you?"
"I snuck out of the palace and traveled here using my Jungle Tiger form," Ashoka revealed with a smile. "It's better to travel."
Ella, Leira, Hali, and Llyniel nodded, but as the half-elf was about to speak, the door burst open as Nala declared, "rcenaries are outside; they've surrounded the inn."'
They all jumped up as Ashoka suggested, "I will distract them and et you at the Green Sea Jungle in a few days."
Everyone agreed with the plan, but Leira stepped forward and questioned suspiciously, "Why are you helping us? What's in it for you?"
Ashoka gave her a friendly smile, "Because your husband can help secure the Ganesha throne from my corrupt family."
The girls grew curious as Llyniel asked, "Don't you like them?"
"No," she shook her head. "They treat our people like slaves and abuse their power. The empire needs reform."
After that, they got ready to escape. Ashoka led them down the stairs and pulled a hood over her head. They stood by the entrance a few minutes later while the staff and other patrons looked at them.
The tiger girl looked at them and said, "et at Tulsipur City, which sits on the border of the Green Sea. I will be in an Inn called Silkroad Beds. Make sure you get there."
Ella nodded. "We'll be there, and thanks for your aid," she said honestly.
The girl smiled at them before rushing outside and transforming into a massive brown tiger with glowing brown eyes. Ashoka lunged forward while attacking the rcenaries and started clearing a path north for the girls.
When Ella and the others saw this, they rushed out and started sprinting north as people fired spells at them, but Hali and Leira blocked the attacks while Ashoka took them out with ease.
This allowed the group to pass through Tigerclaw Bay until they reached the city's gate, but more rcenaries appeared to block the way. When Ella saw this, she aid several explosive arrows at them and released them.
They soared through the air before landing among the enemy, causing explosions to erupt and allowing them to dodge past them while escaping the city. Ashoka took out the soldiers who chased them.
Ella led the over five across the grasslands bordering the city they had just left. She soon spotted a forest in the distance and shouted, "Head for the trees! We will regroup and catch our breaths."
While escaping the city, Ella turned around and yelped upon seeing at least fifty riders chasing them. Amid the chaos, Nala dropped to the ground after slaying one of their pursuers, earning another level.
The other girls panicked and quickly surrounded the lioness to protect her as the enemy drew closer. Nala, letting out angry growls, clutched her head in agony as pain surged through her body.
Ella raised her bow and fired a dozen arrows, quickly causing the cavalry to veer in the way. Once they had done that, she shouted, "Protect Nala girls; we can't let them capture her."'
They all agreed as Leira stepped forward and cast Thunderclap that disoriented the mounts. Llyniel poured a lot of her mana into the ground and caused a sea of vines to erupt, snaring many soldiers off their mounts.
Hali was mumbling an unknown language but pointed the finger at the enemy just as a toxic-looking bullet sliced through the air and punctured the soldier's chest, then started burning his skin.
Seraphina acted swiftly, inhaling deeply before unleashing a torrent of bright red fire upon the group of enemies closing in on them. The girls sprang into action, battling the riders while shielding Nala.
As the battle went on, piercing screams filled the air. Ella whirled around to find Leira, Hali, and Sera writhing on the ground in agony, just like Nala. Panic gripped her, but she quickly turned to Llyniel.
"Llyn, protect them! I'll try to hold them off," Ella said.
The wood elf nodded, casting thick vines to shield the fallen girls. Ella turned to face the circling riders, drawing her bow and firing explosive arrows as she rushed forward. She dodged several attacks, though a few struck her armor.
She bobbed and weaved through the battlefield, unleashing a relentless barrage of arrows that forced the enemies to retreat. The effort was exhausting, and she quickly switched to mana arrows, determined to hold the line.
The battle raged on, and the half-elf fought valiantly despite her growing injuries. Suddenly, a Fire Blast struck Llyniel, sending her hurtling through the air and crashing into her vine wall. She fell to the ground, cradling a broken arm, pain etched across her face.
Ella was the next to get hit as even more rcenaries joined the fray; the half-elf dropped to her knees as the fatigue and injuries overwheld her. The battle soon stopped as a group of soldiers approached them.
The commander removed his helt and smiled smugly as he spoke in an Eastern accent, "The White Devils' wives walked right into our ho. We can finally retire after handing you over to the Church of Light, and they are willing to pay our weight in gold for each of you."
When Ella heard this, her body stiffened, as she knew the church would love to have all six of them as prisoners to use against their husband, 'I'm sorry, Arch. I was confident we could do it, but we failed as the girls mystically fell,' she thought as sadness took over.
As despair threatened to overwhelm her, a resounding roar shook the ground, shattering the vines shielding the girls. A massive creature lunged at the group of soldiers, sending them into disarray. Ella shook her head, eyes widening in awe.
"The legends are true! Nala is a Primal,' she thought, watching in astonishnt as a colossal lion tore through the soldiers, reducing them to re at chunks. The surrounding army hesitated, fear evident in their ranks.
Nala, now a majestic lioness with fur the sa dirty blonde as her hair and blue eyes blazing with rage, decimated the enemy forces just before the other enemies charged in but was
stopped by a loud hiss.
Ella and Nala turned around just in ti to see a massive black snake lunge forward, swallowing an enemy and their mount in one terrifying gulp. Before they could fully process this, Seraphina appeared but was much bigger than she previously was.
However, this ti, she radiated an entirely different aura. 'A Primal Fairy Dragon! What the hell, Archer?' Ella thought, her mind racing at the sudden revelations.
The half-elf sat there watching Nala, Hali, and Sera slaughtering the rcenary band planning to give them to the Chuch of Light. But that's when her eyes widened again as she returned to the destroyed vines wall.
A cat the sa size as Nala's Primal Form walked out with slow steps while looking around. If Archer had been here and had seen Leira, he would have thought she was a massive African wildcat, but she was completely purple and looked more vicious.
Her green eyes scanned the landscape before she growled and bounded West without saying anything to them. Ella was confused but shrugged as the battle was dying, and the enemies
quickly tore apart.
Nala was covered in blood while Sera was lying down as she started to eat the bodies. The half-elf looked around and spotted Hali swallowing one of the attacker's mounts, 'Why
are they all eating?'
After that, Llyniel approached and put a hand on Ella's shoulder and cast a healing spell, which made the half-elf shiver before speaking, "Thank you, Llyn."
Afterward, Leira swiftly returned, clutching two struggling n in her powerful jaws before releasing them onto the ground. Nala and Hali approached cautiously while Sera maintained a vigilant watch over the surviving enemies.
Ella stepped forward and took out a knife with an evil smirk on her usual innocent face. This
spooked the other five girls, but the half-elf crouched down and quickly stabbed one of the n in the thigh as she spoke, "Who are you, and where are the rest of your rcenary band?"
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