Immediately the monster's jaw closed around Eliron, Yennefer fell to her knees, then a pained scream tore through her throat.
"Eliron!" She shouted, both hands on her legs as she leaned forward slightly.
But no answer came, just the eerie silence that followed his disappearance.
The entire hunting party was beyond shocked. Seeing their leader defeated so easily was more than enough to completely shatter whatever confidence they had built up.
Their weapons hung loosely in their hands, some even fell to their knees, while a few others stared up, trying to suppress their tears.
This was very much true for the hunters Eliron had taken in as students.
'This can't be happening…' Yennefer thought.
She knew that the mammoth would be tough, but never in her wildest imaginations would she have expected this outcome.
She had grown used to seeing him pull out skills out of nowhere to drag himself out of tough spots, slowly, without realising it, she had come to rely on him.
