B2 Chapter 142: Routed

Kaius dashed towards the second hunter that had tried to harass him, bliss and satisfaction pulsing with every beat of his heart.

Even with the regenerative power of its Health and the power of its beastly body, the longfang was in a bad way. Scorched fur revealed boiled flesh, the arcing power of his spell ravaging its frame.

As bad as it looked, Kaius knew it would be worse on the inside. The power of lightning and storm was well known for the vicious internal damage it left in its wake, to say nothing of the shattering resonance of his metamagic.

The hunter whined, snapping at him as he leapt over the ground, lunging in a last ditch attempt to put him on the back foot.

Kaius met the assault with a thrust of his own, enchanted steel guided by skill and dextrous power to lance directly into the wolven creature’s eye socket. He barely felt a crunch as his blade cut punched through bone.

The hunter stiffened, empowered vitality forcing it to persist despite its certainty of death. Kaius stepped up out of his lunge, levering his sword up to eviscerate the fatty meat held within.

**Ding! level 15 Longfang Hunter slain – Experience Gained! Bonus Experience for slaying a foe of Significant Strength!**

Grinning at the ease of his victory, he yanked his sword free with a casual flick of his wrists. Previously he would have never dared to aim for such a small target, too much risk of leaving an opening, too easy to defend.

Now though, with his enhanced stats, empowered body, and the thrumming rush of uncapped skills, it was like he was a horse released from the carriage. Unburdened.

Free.

The Pack-lord howled beneath his bond-brother’s feet, bucking as its paws scrambled in the dirt, desperate to release itself from its prison. Porkchop growled, pushing down harder with a splintering crack of bone.

Before he could bring his other paw around for a murder-stroke, the other remaining longfangs dashed in in a panic. Battered, bruised, and bleeding from internal wounds, they rushed in all the same.

One dived, going for the small section of Porkchop’s throat that was left unarmored by his gorget. Kaius felt his bond brother move.

He knew Porkchop’s intention as well as his own.

Momentarily lifting up from the pack-lord, Porkchop slammed his paw into the hunter’s side. Jade claws punctured its flesh as if it were an overripe peach, spilling its juices as the beast was sent airborne.

Right towards Kaius.

Howling in fear, trailing a stream of lifeblood, the beast flailed. Kaius set his stance, bracing with his back foot.

He swung.

Kaius let out a hefty roar, pivoting with the full weight of his body. As A Fathers Gift hit the beast, he felt it buck in his hands, trying to lever out of his grip. He snarled, knuckles going white as his missing fingers made themselves known once more.

Leveraging all his enhanced strength he kept a hold of his blade, pivoting his full weight through his hips to bisect the hunter at the waist. Entrails spilled, and the green grass of the frontier was painted in bright carmine.

The hunter’s jaw flapped soundlessly, severed lungs unable to give it breath. Pivoting through the movement, Kaius put it out of its misery, planting his blade through its skull.

**Ding! level 17 Longfang Hunter slain – Experience Gained! Bonus Experience for slaying a foe of Significant Strength!**

**Ding! Runeblade Initiate has reached class level 6!**

**+3 End, Str, & Int, +2 Dex, Wil, +1 Vit, Free – from Class & Racial Traits!**

A half a moment later, he felt Porkchop plunge his claws into the skull of the Pack-lord, ending the would-be threat.

**Ding! level 32 Longfang Pack-lord slain – Experience Gained! Bonus Experience for slaying a foe of Significant Strength!**

**Ding! Runeblade Initiate has reached class level 7!**

**+3 End, Str, & Int, +2 Dex, Wil, +1 Vit, Free – from Class & Racial Traits!**

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**Ding! Runeblade Initiate has reached class level 10!**

**+3 End, Str, & Int, +2 Dex, Wil, +1 Vit, Free – from Class & Racial Traits!**

**Ding! Brotherhood of Ichor and Animus has reached level 31!**.

Power thrummed through him from his class, bolstering every facet of his being.