10-19-2016, 06:06 PM
A pause, then a sniff in the air. Valeriya's heart beat like drums in her chest. The oni must smell them. She glanced at the Khylsty at her side. The hunting monk was ready to strike as he raised his hatchet. The wide bell of his sleeve slid down to the elbow when he raised it.
A growl rumbled and then a thud, shuffle and sprint. Valeriya dug in her heels, ready to throw the beast off its charge, but her brows furrowed low when she realized the creature sprinted away from them.
She felt her two brothers looking at one another in confusion. "We follow it,"
her whisper was barely audible. She barely heard it herself, but they did, and together, the three moved as one.
It didn't sprint far. The howl of a charging attack echoed in the chamber, and the three Khylsty quickened their pace, uncaring of the noise. Valeriya gripped her two stilettos, ready to hack her way forward like she wielded twin fangs. Now! While it's distracted! She hissed and the three emerged from their hiding place. The torch was dropped, plunging the blue light low, but a lantern lit their path forward. The oni was a massive black shadow, clear to Valeriya's silvery eyes.
"Kill it!"
She roared and the three charged forward.
A growl rumbled and then a thud, shuffle and sprint. Valeriya dug in her heels, ready to throw the beast off its charge, but her brows furrowed low when she realized the creature sprinted away from them.
She felt her two brothers looking at one another in confusion. "We follow it,"
her whisper was barely audible. She barely heard it herself, but they did, and together, the three moved as one.
It didn't sprint far. The howl of a charging attack echoed in the chamber, and the three Khylsty quickened their pace, uncaring of the noise. Valeriya gripped her two stilettos, ready to hack her way forward like she wielded twin fangs. Now! While it's distracted! She hissed and the three emerged from their hiding place. The torch was dropped, plunging the blue light low, but a lantern lit their path forward. The oni was a massive black shadow, clear to Valeriya's silvery eyes.
"Kill it!"
She roared and the three charged forward.
The Eye of the Khylsty