10-20-2016, 02:50 PM
Valeriya quickened her pace, rushing into the charge. Hefting the two knives, they flashed in the lantern light like spikes. The three Khylsty fanned and surrounded the creature. Male voices roared their death song, and a brief thrill flooded her veins. The beast was a massive black shadow that easily towered over her.
It's paws swiped, but claws ripped through the space her face occupied moments before. Ducked, she stabbed at its legs, missing the mark as it jumped back. Her brother monks flanked, and the shuffling of feet, chant of the kill song and grunts of human effort made a song that fumed ecstasy in her mind. There was no time to drink it in, though. The oni's snarled turned to a squeal as a weapon chunked into its shoulder. A hatchet followed with a flash of robe. The monk's hood had fallen back, and a gleam of shaved head bounced the low light.
Valeriya hopped to her toes, rushed herself into the beast as it reared back in pain. It's paws slapped at its back, then flailed at all of them, pushing the three out of striking distance once more.
It's paws swiped, but claws ripped through the space her face occupied moments before. Ducked, she stabbed at its legs, missing the mark as it jumped back. Her brother monks flanked, and the shuffling of feet, chant of the kill song and grunts of human effort made a song that fumed ecstasy in her mind. There was no time to drink it in, though. The oni's snarled turned to a squeal as a weapon chunked into its shoulder. A hatchet followed with a flash of robe. The monk's hood had fallen back, and a gleam of shaved head bounced the low light.
Valeriya hopped to her toes, rushed herself into the beast as it reared back in pain. It's paws slapped at its back, then flailed at all of them, pushing the three out of striking distance once more.
The Eye of the Khylsty