18 Unknown marks 1 (1/2)
The moment the tiger lunged forward, Lucas did the same and take it head on resulting in him and the tiger having a power battle as they push each other. While Lucas holding back the tiger's sharp metallic claws I make my way to it's back and strike forward.
Seemingly to have sense me the tiger's tail fur suddenly condense and turn into sharp spikes as it swing it at me, seeing that I abandon my attack to block the incoming tail.
The moment the tail made contact with my sword two arrows made their way to it's side but again, it's fur condense and become something like a body armor and deflected the arrows.
The tiger's tail hit me and push me back a bit, at the same time the tiger also stretch it's neck to try to bite Lucas face. Seeing that Lucas broke contact from it and ready his stance.
”Any ideas Elea?” Lucas asked with a big grin on his face.
”Those fur looks like it needs to condense at one point to be hard enough, if we can try to divide it's concentration then maybe we could hurt it.” Elea replied as he fire two arrows and nocking another two by the end of his sentence.
”Hey foxy, your spell ready yet?” Lucas shouted to Luna at the back as he charges the tiger again.
Luna doesn't reply his question as she is concentrating on her spell, she could be seen glimmering a faint blue light and over time the glimmer turn brighter.
At her side Stephanie is shimmering in white light as she eyed the battle prepared to cast support to anyone that need it, just then she raised her staff and cast ”light shield”.
Lucas charged at the tiger with a thrust. as he got near the tiger made a quick turn, bringing it's tail in a sweeping strike. Lucas didn't stop nor change his course and as the tail got near it suddenly hit a translucent glowing barrier, the shield casted by Stephanie.
”Nice one Steph!” Lucas exclaimed and continue his thrust until it made contact, unexpectedly the tiger seem dumbfounded by what happened and couldn't react in time as Lucas sword manage to pierced his front left leg before it swipe it's claw at him. Lucas manage to jump away in time but the claw still left a long cuts on his left arm.
Before it could put it's claw down it roared in pain as it got scratch from one side and arrows deflected at the other, it then turn it's attention at the prey that scratch it.
While it was busy with Lucas, Vayne took the opportunity to sneak and cut the tiger's side but he wasn't quick enough to react as he was thrown into a tree by the tiger's tail, gaining him a couple of shallow bleeding hole across his chest and three fractured ribs.
The tiger didn't give him time to rest as it charges straight for the downed Vayne but part way in it, it stop and jump back to avoid a couple of lance made of ice. Following it the tiger got hit by a torrent of high pressure water, it didn't do any real damage to it but it could move it's wet fur.
Realizing this it let out an angry roar as it look at the fox with a garb it recognize as a mage, as it returned it's focus on it's prey it got even angrier as it has got back on its feet.