Chapter 7: Ancient Rykir (2/2)

Another projectile exploded right in front of Liz as the shockwave sent her flying straight at the large tree behind her.

Bang!

She slammed into the tree trunk, creating a large dent on the tree. ”Gasp!” she was unable to react in time and could only gasp in pain when she hit the tree spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Zing...

”Greater Magic, water Fortress!” Rain shouted the moment she heard the sound of the projectile slicing through the air. She had used a Greater Magic to improve the effectiveness of a Tier 5 spell.

BOOM!

The explosion happened right after the barrier was formed, protecting Liz from instant death. ”Cough, cough, cough...” Rain broke into a fit of cough after using the spell, it was obvious she was almost at her limit.

Covering her mouth with her left hand she tried her best to stay cautious and alert. She tried looking around for the enemy but it was off no use, she could not find it no matter how hard she looked.

With her Mana nearing it's limit, she would be suicidal if she tried to use magic sense as she was not prolific at it. With no way to locate the enemy and being low on Mana she pulled out the two daggers that had been well hidden behind her waist.

The only good news right now was the fact that whatever attacked them had not launched another attack. There were different possibilities but without knowing what the attacker was, it was hard to make a guess.

Placing the blades in front of her face she took a low stance, even though she was low on mana she had enough stamina to engage in an intense fight.

Thump... Thump... Thump...

The forest was oddly quite but her heart were beating steadily she could feel her surroundings clearly, as she activated the only skill she has learnt that was of any help in this situation.

”Blessings of the Wind.”

It wasn't as impressive as magic sense so most people won't learn it but it uses way less Mana to activate and maintain less than one tenth, since magic sense was also more dynamic the skill was considered useless but it was a different story for elf's who had better senses than humans and most demons. She could feel the winds movement within a 50 meters around her, she could feel every living creature in the area even the insects did not escape her grasp.

Zoom...

”There!” The instant she felt the monsters movement she immediately shot out from where she was, the ground she was standing on could not withstand the force she exerted, in an instant she appeared before one of the trees to her right about 10 meters away.

Using both blades she slashed at the tree, her movements were fluid and almost flawless, the blades created a streak of energy that spit the giant tree in an X shape.

Zoom...

Whatever was on the tree, had fled before she had even arrived there, it appears to have some kind of camouflage ability, and is very fast.

Zing...

Another projectile shot out from a different location straight at Rain. Being already prepared for this outcome she quickly rotated her left foot turning to face the attack, and in one motion she dash straight at the projectile.

Looking at the attack now she could see exactly what it was. It was some kind of blade like horn, a horn engulfed in black flames, Looking at the horn heading straight for her, Rein didn't show any signs of panic or hesitation, rotating her wrist she brought the daggers in front of her face then swung them at the horn.

She had no intentions of taking the attacks head-on, she swung her blades from the same direction in a bid to redirect their trajectory.

Clang!

Rain used her momentum and speed to change the direction of the horn, she already knew what kind of monster this was and it wasn't a good match for her right now.

After successfully redirecting the attack she dash straight at the monster again only this time she swung only one blade at the beast.

As the blade approached the monster it immediately relocated and prepared it's next attack.

Stab!

A blade pierced into the shoulders of the beast revealing it's true appearance, Rein had thrown the dagger on her left hand the moment she had attacked from the right leaving the monster only one route to escape.

After forcefully exposing the monster with her last attack, she could now see it's true form perched up in the tree like a spider. It was a panther like creature with two blade like horns growing on top of it's head, vertically.

The creature had reddish grey scales that seemed to be as hard as steel, it's eyes had a reddish hue to it as it glared down at the person who wounded it, the beast aura was terrifying, even as a Tier 6 mage herself she still felt stifled in it's presence, she had guessed what it was already but to stare at it directly was more than she bargained for, this was a monster that was on the verge of being divine it's scales were marked with strange words that looked indecipherable, staring at them too long might cause madness or even death.

Tier 6 Magic Beast - Ancient Ryki