After a brief rest at the edge of the adow we made our way into the long grass and headed towards the edge of the river. The grass was only a little above waist height, but that was more than high enough for it to make it difficult to spot any wolves that might be in the area. After a short walk we were at the riverbank.
"We're in luck, we're down wind here. It will blow our scent over to the other bank. That should make things a little easier." Lillia said as we reached the bank.
"Right. What do we do now?"
"We follow the river along for a while. If my mory serves, there is low banked section a short way up ahead. That's where they'll co down to drink. We'll wait for them there."
We did as Lillia suggested and followed the river for a short while. Just as she had thought there was a section of low bank about a hundred yards down river.
"This is it. Now we wait." Lillia said while crouching down under the high grass.
I followed her example and crouched on my knees and waited. Then we waited so more. An hour passed and there wasn't the slightest sign of any creature coming to drink at the water's edge. I was starting to ache from holding a crouched position for so long. I was starting to wonder if anything would ever turn up.
"Are you sure they will co here?" I quietly asked.
"Yes, just be patient." Lillia whispered.
Almost as soon as Lillia had spoken I could hear a faint rustling sound coming from so way up ahead in the long grass. I trained my sight on the area the noise had co from and I could make out the grass being parted by sothing that was approaching the river. A mont later a large black wolf crept out from the grass, still unaware of our presence. There was a fire like glow emanating from its eyes.
"This is it." Lillia whispered. "I'll hit it with daze, and you move, quickly it won't work for long… Go!"
I moved just as she asked and the mont that I had taken one step, the monster beca aware of my presence. The creature let out a growl and its fiery glow spread out from it eyes covering its entire body. My sword that had seed plenty long enough when I had fought the bunny monsters was now seeming pretty short. I was going to have to get close to hurt that thing and sohow avoid being burnt.
Luckily daze was in effect and its movent was slow. I took my chance and ran at it while it was still in effect, my blade raised for a heavy blow. I brought it down as soon as I was in range, but the creature took by surprise turning its head and lunging as I struck. I had to take evasive action to avoid its teeth. My strike still hit but was it only a glancing blow.
"These are hardy monsters. You'll have to make a critical hit to take it down." Lillia shouted from behind .
I could already tell as much, but it would have been nice to have known in advance. The creature circled back, and I kept my distance following its movents. It was stepping heavily on its left side when it shifted it weight. It was only a glancing blow, but it had still taken damage. Seeing this I waited for the next mont it shifted its weight and lunged forward as quickly as I could manage. I brought my blade down from further out this ti and caught it across the face as it lunged at . This ti I had hit with the full force of the attack and my blade ate into the top quarter of its head. It cut deeply, the top of its head flopping over, only held on by a single flap of skin, its brains spilling out on the floor as it crashed down heavily.
I took a step back. It was clearly dead, and I lowered my blade feeling happy about my kill as I heard the tada sound denoting the gaining of experience. I was celebrating too soon as I heard Lillia yell from behind back at the bank.
"Theo, watch…"
I could already feel the heat of the monster's flas as I threw myself to my right, wildly swinging my sword towards the new arrival. It hit sothing, but I knew without looking it was only a glancing blow. Luckily for , it was enough to halt its attack montarily. I jumped back, trying to create so space, but this wolf hadn't been hit by daze and moved swiftly. It followed as I leapt backwards and pounced. I managed to intercept its attack, but it had caught my sword in its teeth. It swung its head side to side with terrifying strength, lifting off my feet and throwing on the floor a few feet from where I had been stood.
I had landed heavily, but I didn't have ti to worry about that. I had dropped my sword when I landed and didn't have chance to grab it before it jumped at again. All I could do was throw both my feet in the air as it ca down on . I could feel the heat of its flas as my boots pressed into its gut. It was just enough to briefly wind it and as it fell to the side. I rolled to my weapon and picked it up. I spun back just as it was getting up and brought down the blade into the back of its neck with all of my might. It sunk in deeply and blood gushed out. I quickly pulled out the blade and drove it into one of its eye sockets as far as I could. The monster spasd before falling limp.
This ti I glanced at my surroundings before, turning my back to the grass and walking back to Lillia.
"I'm so sorry." Lilla called over as she ran over to check on . "You were so close, If I'd used daze it would have affected both of you."
"It's okay, I'm not hurt." I reassured her.
There was another tada noise and a ssage appeared to inform that I had gained yet another level. The ssage only seed to appear when I was out of combat. I was surprised, that only two of them was required to go up a level even after Lillia had explained their worth.
"You did well to co out of that unscathed. I'm impressed." Lillia told , glad to see I wasn't injured.
"Thanks."
"I think we should quit while we're ahead and we've already achieved what I wanted for the day. Let's head back to the edge of the adow and I'll check you over properly."
"I won't argue with that."
We made it back out of the long grass without incident and stopped for a bit. Lillia checked over and insisted on using her heal on before we walked ho, even if I was only a little sore from hitting the floor. Once she was satisfied that I was fine we started the walk back to town.
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