"Orange huh. An awakened demon jackal. Then you must be the leader of this pack," Shin asked, cracking his knuckles.
The jackal growled in response. It began circling Shin. It was sizing him up.
What's up with everything sizing me up?
Shin stood unfazed, not even batting an eye as his back was turned to the creature lurking behind him.
Shin yawned. The demon jackal walked up in front of him and tried staring him down as a form of intimidation.
Shin seemed unbothered by the creature's attempt at intimidating him and just stood there nonchalantly.
The beast was irritated by this and lunged at Shin who flawlessly evaded. The beast became even more irritated.
It lunged at Shin and began ferociously swiping away at him. Shin flawlessly kept evading it's attacks, leaving the beast swiping at air.
Shin yawned as he continued evading the beast's hungry claws. Shin observed the beast as it frantically tried swiping at him.
As time went by Shin started dodging faster and faster as the beast's claws sliced through the air with ungodly speed.
Well one thing's for sure....the demon jackal is faster than the Brire bear which is going to be a problem cause i was betting on my speed.
The beast's attacks grew faster, not giving Shin a chance to escaping or counter attack. The beast swipes were so fast that slash marks formed on nearby trees.
Ooh. Seems like you're in trouble now Shin.
Bael jumped from tree to tree to avoid being collateral but still be close enough to witness the battle.
Shin started frantically dodging. The beast then reeled back one it's paws and swiped hard at Shin.
He leaned back onto the ground as huge claw marks made of wind decimated the trees behind him.
Shin took this opportunity to jump back but the beast was fast. Before he could realize It, huge claws were mere inches away from his face.
*Cling*
The sound of claws hitting glass rang out. The beast jumped back puzzled by what had occurred.
Shin quickly put his hand on his face and felt a cold glass surface hugging his hand. Shin's mask had appeared just in the nick of time.
Saved by the mask.
Bael sighed as he leaned back on the branch and continued watching Shin.
The awakened demon jackal observed Shin once more. It's chest piece glowed bright green as well as the pieces on it's hind legs.
Shin quickly got up and readied himself. The beast lunged at Shin with unpresidented speed.
It managed to catch Shin off guard and slashed him right through his chest. Shin reacted quickly and caught the beast's paw.
The mask on Shin's face vanished back into his skin and revealed his grinning face.
Gotcha
Shin tightened his grip with his robotic arm and placed his right hand on the awakened demon jackal's chest.
"Dark magic:Tier 3: Void strike," a black orb formed from his hand and began pulling the creature's flesh.
It ripped the awakened demon jackal's body apart as it got sucked into the attack. Shin forcefully shrunk the orb as it tried getting bigger.
"Repulsion," the orb shot out a repulsion blast at it's chest blowing its body in two. Shin remained holding it's head as the body fell down.
Shin panted as he was slightly out of breath. Bael quickly jumped down and despatched the remaining dormant demon jackals.
"Very productive training," Bael said sarcastically as he stabbed the remaining demon jackal.
He walked over to the bush and came back with their bags. Shin plopped onto the ground.
"Super productive (pants) cause now (pants) I can (pants) use that spell(pants) with less mana," Shin managed between gasps of air.
Bael looked at Shin with pitied eyes.
"Let's hope Satel can actually fix your mana problem," Bael pitied.
Shin got up and the pair continued walking through the forest.