by Leona Jarnefeldt 24th June 2022, 9:09 pm
-Lycan Woods, twenty meters from the exit-
The trio of Leona, Amanda, and Ancient Knight were only twenty meters away from the exit to Lycan Woods. All they had to do was keep going and they would finally be out of here, but that was going to be complicated. The trio had heard howling not too far away from here ten meters ago and Leona suspected that an attack was imminent. She needed to bring in some backup. Leona paused at roughly the twenty-meter mark to begin bringing in a few summons for help.
"Leona, what's going on?" Amanda asked the Wizard Saint. Leona did not answer the question. Instead she set her Silver Longsword on the ground and raised her hands into the air, channeling magic into her body before calling upon Tempest Avian.
"TEMPEST AVIAN!" Leona called out. Moments later the rotund metallic owl descended from the sky in the center of a tornado and eventually landed to Leona's left. Once Tempest Avian was on the ground Leona channeled magic into her body again and raised her hands into the sky to call upon Sky Champion Rafale.
"SKY CHAMPION RAFALE!" Leona called out. Within a few moments of being summoned Sky Champion Rafale appeared and flew through the air until he landed in front of Leona. Tempest Avian and Sky Champion Rafale were a good start, but she needed a ground-based summon to help her and Ancient Knight on the ground. Leona knew just the summon.
"GUARDIAN LION!" Leona called out, summoning the metallic lion in anticipation of one last battle with the local lycanthropes. The metallic lion was sitting on all fours in front of her when he appeared, but he soon rose to his feet on her right. Leona reviewed the three summons she had brought out and was satisfied with them. They were three of her strongest summons, so they should be more than enough to help her contend with any werewolves who decided to attack the trio on their way to the exit.
"All right guys, here's what's going on. I'm expecting us to be attacked by werewolves on the way out of here, so if they show up I'll need your help to fight them." Leona gave the three summons a brief rundown on what she had brought them in for. She then pointed her left index finger towards the exit to show the trio of summons where the group was going. Finally she picked up her Silver Longsword and faced Amanda.
"I brought in the summons to help us get out of here, Amanda. With all the howling from nearby I'm expecting a fight with the werewolves some time soon." Leona finally answered the other blonde's question. The moment Leona answered the question more howling sounded from nearby, prompting Amanda to look around her. As if anticipating Leona's command, Tempest Avian took to the air while Sky Champion Rafale brandished his energy blades and Guardian Lion looked all around him.
"They are nearby. Get ready!" Ancient Knight advised Leona. Within moments the howling sounded again and several large and muscular werewolves rushed out of the deep woods and blocked both ends of the path, forcing Leona, Amanda, Ancient Knight, Sky Champion Rafale, and Guardian Lion into a rough circle with Amanda in the center. Leona looked towards the exit and saw eight werewolves standing on the path.
"Ancient Knight, how many werewolves are in front of you?" Leona asked her companion.
"Eight." He answered with one word.
"Same here." Leona informed him. She was glad that she had called out the summons when she did because it was unlikely that Leona and Ancient Knight could have protected Amanda from eight attackers pressing from each side. It was still going to be a tough fight even with Tempest Avian, Sky Champion Rafale, and Guardian Lion helping her, but Leona was slightly more optimistic about her chances of victory with the summons out.
Leona watched as the werewolves in front of her began to move in at once, using the tactic of splitting up into groups. Three of them began to loop around to Leona's left, two of them moved down the path towards her, and the last three looped around to Leona's right, forcing her to split her attention three ways. The Wizard Saint could not recall them showing that behavior in the past.
"They are splitting up into three groups!" Ancient Knight informed her about what was happening on his end. Leona did not like the sound of that. His attention was going to be split three ways as well.
"Guardian Lion, go help Ancient Knight!" Leona told the metallic lion. He snarled and hurried to Ancient Knight's side, leaving Leona and Sky Champion Rafale to protect Amanda. Tempest Avian was already in the air and was flying two meters above the group, so he could help protect the group from the air.
"Get ready, everyone!" Leona said to Amanda, Ancient Knight, and the summons as the werewolves began to close in.
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