Thread: A Monster: Now and Forever (Razgriz x kuro_bara)

Ricendithas was trapped he'd have thought he could handle a Gorgon, but there was only so much the books could tell a person. Most of all was how they were in a fight he made the assumption that the bulk of their body would inhibit rapid movement, one that he now knew was erroneous. He'd underestimated the speed at which a Gorgon could move, and that bit of lacking knowledge - combined with relative inexperience - landed him right in the coils of a massive serpent monster. Coils which slowly crushed his body he was trying use what few nonverbal spells he could use to keep himself conscious while he figured out how to escape. However, it seemed fate would be kind to him today, for the Gorgon had released him and let his body collapse limply his entire form felt like his bones were bent out of their natural shape, and he was light-headed from the lack of bloodflow to his brain. His vision swam as he coughed and fought to get onto his hands and knees yeah, he was definitely going to feel this later. But he still managed to keep enough of a head to remember about keeping his eyes tightly shut. The warlock cringed as another bloodcurdling scream resonated through the air the smell of blood though, caught his attention. Did she...No, he'd smelled human blood before. It was something impossible to forget. This smelled foul, heavy was it the Gorgon? Did someone wound the creature. His answer came when he heard a woman's voice call to him. B..Be quiet he mumbled he wasn't in any condition to fight her. But the monster was wounded...Badly. One more demonstration should be enough to send it running for now. Speaking in a low tone, he just spoke as fire traced to the fingertips of his right hand, Ignis ira, liber de cavea. Quaerere hostem, et v eis cicatricem saeculum eos ignis, atque eos fugam confusus! Fire then poured onto the ground from his arm like water and raced towards the Gorgon the monster was quickly set ablaze, causing to scream and writhe in agony as the orange flame coated its flesh. After swinging around and trying to roll to put out the flame, it opted to just flee instead of its previous decision to tangle with these two further too much damage had been taken, and it needed to recover. Ricendithas could hear the screams fade into the distance, and only when they faded to nothing did he crack open his eyes. It was gone...For now. But they would need to find where it went hopefully the wounds caused to it would leave a blood trail. The fire that he used probably would have only caused superficial burning reptilian-type monsters tended to have fairly fire-resistant scales. Regardless, the warlock managed to stand shakily to his feet, his breathing heavy from the strain of being pressed like a grape. After a few moments, he managed to stand up straight but it was obvious he was still hurting a bit. Spying his sword stuck in the ground, he limped over to it and after a few pulls, yanked it free to see its edge coated in the Gorgon's blood giving it a quick wipe with his cloak, he sheathed and turned to look at the village. A rage-filled grimace crossed his features as his visible green eye looked upon the scene such destruction. When he found that beast again, he would make it regret ever having chosen to come after humans in the first place. However, his vision then traveled to the witch before him normally, he'd have tried to do away with her as well, but it was doubtful at this point that he would even bother. His target was the Gorgon after all he then simply stated I owe you my thanks, young lady. And without another word, he then turned and after looking down to see the trail of blood, started off in the direction that the Gorgon fled.