Violets eyes scanned her surroundings taking in each of the opponents that surrounded her. Their were 13 monkeys that she could see, they all stood around 2 and a half feet tall with long tails sprouting from their backs, long spindly arms rested at their sides with dulled claws tipping their hands. They stood around 10 meters away from us in a semi circle.
Behind us was a lone ape. He was considerably larger than the monkeys standing around 5ft tall but with bulging muscles and a smattering of scars across his torso from previous fights. However, what unnerved Violet the most was the glimmer of intelligence in his eyes. Thankfully the monkeys seems quite dumb but with an intelligent leader they could still be well coordinated and posed a significant threat.
I started to stealthily cast Shadow spear keeping it hidden in my own shadow to be ready for the first attack that I guessed would come from a single monkey to test us out. And sure enough after a moments pause one of the monkeys let out a screech and charged.
SCREEEC!? SPLAT!
However I didn't even give it a chance to finish off its battle cry as I launched my spear, it landed right on the monkeys head and blasted it to pieces instantly killing the first monkey. I began summoning another spear in my shadow not wasting a moment as I readied myself for their next move.
It didn't take long.
ROOAR!
The large ape let out a roar that signaled the start of the fight. Not a second was wasted by the baby dragon, a second dark spear launched out and hit another monkey this one was 1 away from the edge of the semicircle. At the same time she activated her dragon aura, it sent out a wave of power that momentarily stunned all the monkeys it hit whilst giving both Violet and Luna a brief boost to their speed and strength. Right after that Violet pounced at the monkey to its side and on the outside of the group.
She bit down hard on its throat and tore it open before letting a tail whip fly and smack another monkey that was charging at her back sending it staggering away. Hopping off the now staggering monkey as it clutched at its ruined throat she summoned and launched a arcane bolt at a cluster of monkeys that was charging at the small sad one.
BOOM!
The explosion knocked them off balance and the small sad one didn't let that opportunity go to waste, quickly dashing forward and swiping at the nearest foes throat with her own claws and managing to tear it out. Then dodging back to avoid a clumsy swipe of the monkey that was still off balance from the arcane bolt.
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!
Meanwhile Violet sent out a trio of arcane bolts at the monkeys that were starting to surround her 2 stuck one monkey on both the chest and head dropping that monkey and adding another death to the total. The 3rd bolt struck the leg of another sending it falling over causing a chain reaction as other monkeys crashed into it and giving Violet time to pounce at another one and begin to shred its face with her claws
As aggressive as the duo started the fight it would sadly not stay in their favour for long, with such an overwhelming disadvantage in numbers at was impossible to avoid all attacks sent their way. Violet was ripped off the monkeys face by one of its companions when it struck her on the side with its claws, despite them being quite dull it struck with enough force to tear open twin gashes down her side and sent her flying away.
She landed heavily on her side but rushed to get back to her feet quickly glancing around at the battlefield now she had some space she identified 7 monkeys still standing with another 2 heavily injured, the small sad one was a blur of violence lashing out with claws, fists and kicks. As Violet watched she leapt into the air and grabbed one of the monkeys by the head and twisted snapping its neck, then sending a swift kick to the now corps send it flying into a nearby monkey.
Okay so down to 8 but only 6 at fighting capacity. She quickly summoned a arcane spear and launched it at the cluster of 3 monkeys charging at her, one of them managed to dodge out of the way but the other two were less fortunate.
BOOOM!
The spear struck the side of one of the monkeys blowing a hole a foot wide in its side. The monkey right next to it was also engulfed in the explosion ripping its arm off and sending it sprawling on the floor.
It was at this point that Violet noticed that she hadn't spotted the ape anywhere, she felt a pit open in her stomach and quickly looked around only to spot it too late.
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Luna was fighting for her life, she hadn't expected to be ambushed by a full pack of Tree Monkeys, let alone a pack led by a Arboreal Ape, one of their rarer evolutions. Sha had been caught off guard despite her best intentions right at the start and if it wasn't for the dragons help with that mana blast she could have been in a bad spot right from the get go.
Well not exactly like she wasn't in trouble right now but regardless. She had managed to take down 2 of the monkeys so far but she still had another 3 on her. Quickly dashing in she rapidly threw out a series of attacks at her closest foe, a quick kick to its knee to knock it off balance swiftly followed by a punch in its stomach opens its guard, then extending her claws she swipes across its neck.
As she tried to dash back she was caught by one of the other monkeys and it managed to rake its claws down her left forearm leaving 3 vertical gashes down it. Hissing in pain Luna spun around and lashed her leg out delivering a brutal heel kick to the side of the monkeys head.
CRUNCH
Luna felt the brittle bones of its skull cave in as it was put down, now leaving her to only face a single monkey. The opponent looked wearily at her staying just out of range. This gave her a chance to quickly look around in time to witness a pink and blue explosion take out two monkeys on the other side of the fight. That sight brought a savage grin to her lips as she returned her attention to the last monkey in front of her.
Taking a deep but shaky breath she tried to expel the exhaustion she felt, knowing that the fight was nearly over and all she had to do was take out one more foe. Dashing forward with the intention of delivering a jab she never got the chance. A flicker off movement in the corner of her eye caught her attention and she instinctively tried to jump away whilst bringing her arms up to defend.
THUD
A thick arm swung her way and collided with her hasty defence. The shear strength of the blow lifted her off her feet and sent her flying away several metres, where she collapsed to the ground in a roll to try and bleed off the momentum. Eventually she came to a stop and looked up only to feel the blood drain from her face as she saw her attacker.
The Arboreal Ape stood there looking down at her with fury in its eyes before charging forwards once again, Luna tried to get to her feet but was too slow and took the kick aimed her way in the stomach. She was launched up into the air only to be met with another punch, redirecting her flight and sending her crashing into a nearby tree.
SMASH, CRUNCH
As Luna landed on the tree she felt something break and her mind blanked out momentarily from the pain. Opening her eyes again she found she was on the floor and looked up to see the ape slowly making its way over to her. She lacked the strength to even lift her arms, wondering if this is how she will die her thoughts flashed back over her short life. A sardonic smile tried to pull her lips up but she lacked the strength to do even that. She closed her eyes as the ape got close enough and prepared to meet her end.
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!
However the end didn't come a series of explosions came from close by and she managed to crack open her eyes just in time to see the ape that was just about to finish her off was sent flying away as a cloud of pink and blue crackling energies was left in its wake. Her eyes widened in surprise and she caught sight of her companion, the baby dragon staggered her way clearly limping and unable to move all too fast but a fierce glint of determination was clear to see in its eyes.
Luna managed to crack a small smile, thinking that she was glad that she managed to meet this majestic little terror. Sadly though that series of explosions didn't finish the ape off and it staggered to its feet a look of pure fury crossing its face. Glancing between the two combatants she watched as a giant spear of pink and crackling blue energies formed above the dragon a vicious snarl escaping its lips. In return a red haze seemed to seep out of the ape and its muscles swelled and tensed as it prepared to pounce forwards.
BOOM!!
The ground ruptured behind the ape as it charged forwards crossing half the distance in an instant. Then the now 2m long lance of mana shot forwards to meet its foe.
KABOOM!
Pink and blue energies crackled in the spot the spear and ape collided obscuring Lunas view of what happened. It took a few seconds for the cloud to disperse and when it did she felt a wave of relief pass over her. The ape was still standing but it now had a giant hole in its chest where its heart should be. It managed to take a single wonky step before it collapsed to the ground, dead.