Shane's mechanical arm morphed into a cannon as a golden ball of light formed and he fired it at the beast rushing at him.
BOOM!
The shot zoomed towards the beast but it swiftly evaded, bending slightly in mid run and jumped at him.
"Get behind me!" Ruby shouted as she casted a golden transparent shield in front of her.
The huge beast hit the shield with both his claws and a sharp blade attached to his tail. It was the fearsome nightmare class Screelowa.
It kept roaring and hitting the shield maniacally. With her arms forward trying to keep the shield up, Ruby bend on a knee, unable to handle the force from the Screelowa.
Shane was behind her, his energy channels started glowing as a huge golden ball of light started forming in front of the cannon tube. He was charging it till the limit to end the beast in one shot.
Unable to endure anymore, the shield broke and Ruby fell on the ground on her knees. She was gasping for breath, and defenseless. The Screelowa roared at his success and swung his tail blade towards her.
"No!! sister!" Shane yelled, he stood up and ran towards his sister seeing the blade about to approach her, but he was at a distance and would be too late to save her.
Just then a young man appeared at Ruby's side. He had a huge shield up in front and the blade struck his shield producing a screeching sound.
Ruby was surprised seeing someone appear beside her suddenly. Shane stumbled and fell on the ground, but instead of pain, his face eased in relief seeing his sister safe.
"This bastard again!" Luke jumped towards the beast with a gauntlet covered in amber prana.
The Screelowa was shocked at two more human appear suddenly, before he could react, Luke's fist hit his face squarely.
A shockwave spread from his fist, the damage of the hit intensified as the beast felt numerous punches hitting at the same time. He was blasted away, breaking a few small trees along the way, sliding along the ground.
"You alright?" Noah asked as he extended his hand towards Ruby, helping her get up.
Ruby nodded and stood up with his help and immediately ran towards Shane.
"Are you ok!? You're not hurt anywhere, right?" She kept pestering Shane with worry and concern.
"I'm alright! worry about yourself, you were almost…" Shane didn't say the word. He felt helpless and weak as he blamed himself for almost losing his sister.
"Thank you so much for saving us!" Shane thanked Noah.
"It's alright! we were passing by and saw you in trouble so we rushed in." Noah said with a smile.
"Thank you! Thanks a lot!" Shane kept repeating, almost on the verge of tears. Noah wanted to console him but suddenly he heard Luke's cries.
"We can save the talks for later! I'm struggling here man!" the beast was up again and Luke was keeping it at bay. His punches released waves with every swing making its attacks unable to approach him.
"I saw you use your weapon. Can you release a powerful shot at its head when I signal? We've fought one of it before and its head is the weakness." Noah quickly explained.
Shane nodded. His energy channels started glowing up and the golden ball of light formed in front of the cannon again.
Ruby casted a spell as golden mana flowed out of her and on Noah. He felt a stream of warm mana cover his body, and felt light and his muscles more powerful.
"I've casted a buff spell on you! Your physical movements will be enhanced for a minute!" Ruby said.
"Thank you!" Noah rushed towards Luke with his shield and hammer in hand.
A shockwave released from his boots and he jumped up high. In a single jump he reached the beast and swung his hammer in an arc, hitting at the backbone of the Screelowa.
It roared in pain as its body curved in to the ground, dust flying around as it fell hard.
Noah turned and ran towards the beast's back. He dropped his hammer on the Screelowa's tail and used his shield to push the hammer down and keep its tail fixed on the ground.
The beast roared and its tail kept wriggling, trying to free itself from Noah's grasp.
Luke didn't give it much chance and swung his arm, he released a flurry of punches releasing shockwaves with every hit, breaking its jaw and the skeleton caved in as blood started flowing out of its mouth.
"NOW!" Noah yelled out towards Shane.
Receiving the call, Shane didn't waste a second. The golden ball of light in front of the cannon had grown twice the size of the barrel and intense light was emitting form it.
"DIE YOU FUCKER!!" Shane released the shot as the recoil sent him tumbling back a few meters. The shot caved the ground in its way as it zoomed towards the Screelowa.
Luke jumped away from the beast and immediately the golden ball hit the beast on its head, blasting it into smithereens and passing through to destroy a few trees along its path.
After the shot's energy dissipated, the scene became clear.
The Screelowa's head was nowhere to be seen. It had completely vaporized. Blood started flowing for the veins and tubular wind and food pipes exposed out. It was dead in an instant.
Luke and Noah gasped in shock. surprised at the power of that shot.
Shane got back on a knee, his body aching from the recoil force. He looked at his mechanical arm and the mana stone had completely exhausted itself and crumbled away into dust.
Ruby ran to him and helped him get up. He looked towards the beast and saw it motionless on the ground. He was ecstatic at the firepower of his creation but looking at his sister, he realized how naive he had been to come to the forest.
If the two men hadn't come for their rescue, they would have died here today in the hands of the beast.
"Thank you so much once again! You have saved our lives today!" Shane bowed to Noah and Luke as they approached them with a black mana stone in their hand.
"Its alright! We're all same species, how can we let one of ours to die from a beast!" Luke said with a smile.
"You wouldn't mind if I take the mana stone right? You can have the fur and the blade! They are quite valuable too!" Noah said. Luke side eyed him seeing him take the stone first. "I need it for the payment of the map!" Noah whispered into Luke's ears.
"Not at all! we would have been dead without you!" Ruby immediately agreed without a second of hesitation and Shane nodded with her.
"Is that a magic engineered tool? That is quite an amazing weapon you have!! Where did you get it from?" Luke asked.
"Thank you! I made it myself!"
"WHAT!!?" Luke and Noah jumped up in shock.