23 First Battle (1/2)
Upon the arrival of dawn the next day, with no Magical Beasts to slay, the Wilderwolf party decided to continue their travels northwards. Currently, all eleven of them were walking (or being carried) upon the dirt path that lead to Evergale City far behind them.
In their surroundings, they could see that the grassy fields have turned into several hills of various sizes and not too far from them were various small mountains.
”With the amount of mountains we're seeing, we should be only a day or two from the Northern Lands.” One of the soldiers spoke as his eyes roamed his surroundings while another soldier nodded in response.
Meanwhile, the little kitten had also refrained from her meditation to have a quick look around. Having been a city cat, she had not seen any mountains before and the large size of these mountains reminded her of the skyscrapers from her old world. Though these mountains weren't quite that large to be compared to the mountains in the Northern Lands, or so Jonathan has told her, they still impressed her with there gran size.
The party continued their journey Northward and soon the moon was beginning to descend once more and the party chose to take refuge in a small forest beneath one of the larger mountains in this area. Because this was but a small forest there were little more than Minor Magical Beasts here and the rare Early Stage Major Magical Beast.
As the sky was turning to night, a few dozen meters away from the newly set up encampment, two shadows, one big and one small were walking through the forest at a cautious pace.
”Okay, little lass, be careful and remember if you are in danger retreat quickly and I'll jump in to help you, got it?” Jonathan whispered to his feline companion.
”Meow!” The little kitten replied with excitement. She was finally going to experience a magical battle by hunting down a Magical Beast!
”Hmm?” A grin surfaced on Jonathan's face a he suddenly held out his right hand in a signal for the little kitten to stop. It was at this time that she also noticed a shadowed figure in the darkness of the forest ahead.
With the power of her magic she concentrated her aura into her two feline eyes and thus was now able to see this Magical Beast more clearly with her enhanced night vision.
This Magical Beast wasn't the largest of beasts, only being around the size of a large dog. It was somewhat gorilla like with excessively long forearms that seemed to exude strength. Its dark blue fur hid it well in the night, but still, under the trained eye of a Magician such as Jonathan it was easily found. Recognizing this beast, Jonathan leaned towards the little kitten and whispered. ”This is the Earth Smasher Gorilla! This beast can use some Earth elemental attacks but due to it being only a Middle Stage Magical Beast, it should only have one spell. This is the 'Earth Wave' spell. This spell will activate when it strikes the ground. Its aura fuses with the earth and sends out an attack through the earth which takes on he form of a wave like shape, bellowing outwards to around a dozen meters in front of it. This spell isn't powerful and won't damage you unless your unlucky as the main purpose of this spell is to disorientate the enemy, allowing the beast time to escape or deal a sneaky blow!”
”Meow.” The little kitten meowed quietly with a nod.