" Nate! Stay behind me...I'll hold it back. And you... run!" Lucian said in haste.
"No! Am not leaving you...we'll fight it together " he said stubbornly as he made his move to stand beside Lucian.
Sensing their destruction, the beast jumped in an attempt to attack Nate, as he had the weakest aura among the two. But Lucian was fast. He had already perceived its intentions. Hence, he rushed over and dragged Nate to a safe distance. Without wasting time, he stared straight into his eyes, paralyzing him.
Though he had vowed not to use his powers on those he cared about, at this point, he didn't have a choice. Nate was too pigheaded, and he didn't want to see him hurt.
Initially, he didn't think it will work as he didn't have good control over his powers. They turned out to work on their own so he was afraid it will suddenly not work now, but luckily it did. He managed to paralyze Nate.
Nate glared at Lucian when he realized he couldn't move but Lucian couldn't be bothered. He immediately rushed towards the beast that was already moving towards them. Its movement became studious as it realized Lucian's aura was changing.
Seeing Lucian heading its way, it bent its head and propelled forward with its protruding horns to face Lucian.
' Don't touch the horns by its pointed edge. That's the poisonous part.' Raphael pointed out.
Noting that point down, Lucian jumped and held its horns by the base. With Lucian holding onto its horns, the beast swung him around and Lucian held on steadily. He managed to climb onto the back of the beast, still holding tightly unto the horns.
On top of one of the trees in the woods, a little distance from where Lucian was fighting the beast. A middle-aged man sat there and watched Lucian intently. He was in awe at how brave the little boy was, and how swift his moves are, but most importantly his senses were unique.
He had arrived there earlier because of the three-horned wolf. He heard it resided in the cave down the woods so he came over. The three-horned wolves were not like normal wolves. They are intermediate beasts moving in two to three groups, but most of them were like rogues leaving alone. They were very difficult to lure out, so one had to wait for them to come out for food.
In the process of waiting he happened to witness these two kids, who seemed to be playing a sword fight. Their moves were especially silly, and he could tell they were now learning. He had hope for the one defending, but the one attacking looked hopeless with no coordination at all. Hence, he hadn't expected him to be able to sense the aura of the beast so easily, even he had not sensed anything at all.
Though the boy did not look ordinary, his sword fighting was poor and he didn't expect him to have such great senses. Initially, he wanted to climb down and finish the beast off, but the little boy's sudden movement shocked the hell out of him. It was so swift, it would be impossible to notice if you didn't pay rapt attention. He didn't know what he told the other boy but his friend seemed to not want to approach him any further. He pulled one of the branches away to have a clearer view of the impressive little boy's fight.
Lucian gathered the strength in his hands as instructed by Raphael and pulled off its horns. They came out smoothly in one go as blood spilled out of its head. It dropped to its feet and growled in pain. Lucian gathered strength in his right hand, made a fist, and gave it a final blow in the head. Just as there was a cracking sound, the beast died.
'Aah... little fella, you indeed are my student. However, I think you were a little slow. It's just an intermediate beast, one move should have been enough to end it
"..."
' Great master? Don't you have holidays for your annoyance? I think you should spare us one faithful day, where you don't make others feel like squeezing you to death.' Lucian said looking vexed.
'haha...you want a holiday?? You wish' Raphael said clearly in a good mood.
"..."
Lucian shook his head, the heavens must hate him so much. They made him a freak and they gifted him, Raphael to raise his blood pressure at a young age. He sighed and headed to where Nate was frozen. He held his shoulders and looked into his eyes. Nate unfroze but before he could open his mouth, Lucian placed his fair finger across his lips.
"shhh...there's someone else here, don't spout nonsense," Lucian said pretending to remove something from Nate's head, while he stared daggers at him.