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Chapter 89 Out of the Woods [ 2 ]

Alannis says "What's the plan?" Find more to read at empire

"I will deal with the hero, you help the others attack the troops."

Alannis says "Once I see the hero I can probably tell you who it is."

"Okay, Mericel, guide us ahead of them so we can see them and plan if needed."

Mericel says "Okay!" and takes the lead.

It only takes us a few minutes to reach the edge of the trees where we can see the road and the soldiers coming towards us. The hero leading them isn't riding a horse, he is riding a giant wolf. It gives me flashbacks to the wolf that attacked me in the pit.

Alannis says "We should run! That is Marcadus! He is the strongest of the heroes!"

"What else can you tell me about him? Is he a monster tamer?"

Alannis says "No he was a lancer, but he evolved his class to monster lancer."

Focusing on the hero to check his aura I get a nasty surprise. The hero is fairly evil judging from his aura but he doesn't hold a candle to his mount.

"Drog, am I wrong or is that wolf a demon?"

Drog sneaks a bit closer to the road for a look, the giant wolf stops and starts sniffing the air. The hero also starts looking around as if he senses something.

Drog says "Shadow wolf! It is a beast from the shadow demon's realm. It can sense us if we get too close."

The same black and red fire from before forms a cage around me. Grabbing one of the bars with my left hand I channel power to it.

'Absorb!'

— DP: 160/170

— You have absorbed Hellfire Prison! Hellfire Resist +2!

Again my hand feels burnt, and now I can't move my fingers! The wolf crouches and springs at me, I jump back to clear where it will land, and swing Blitz one handed at its head as it lands. Marcadus manages to block my swing with his lance, and I am forced to jump back again to avoid the wolf's bite.

I am confident I can take the wolf, even with only one working arm, but the hero keeps getting in the way. So I focus on dodging the wolf's attacks, waiting for the hero to make a move. When he finally stabs at me with the lance I dodge and swing Blitz at the lance as hard as I can.

The lance goes flying one way, and as the wolf spins to try and bite me again the hero goes flying the other way. Both the wolf and I turn and watch as Marcadus struggles to his feet, he looks at me and then with a curse he turns and runs into the forest.

When I turn back to the wolf I am surprised to see it's body covered in flames. The flames look like they are made from shadows, it seems the wolf was holding back because of its rider. As I watch the wolf takes a deep breath, thanks to Drog I know what is coming so I charge straight at the wolf.

As its head snaps forward I jump, I just barely clearing the cone of shadowflame that it breathes out. As I am passing over the wolf I swing down and manage to score its shoulders with Blitz. Even as I land and turn the wolf is already on top of me.

Its paws hit my shoulders and slam me to the ground, its teeth are headed straight for my throat. Have I been overconfident?

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