Blake's POV

My eyes snapped open when I heard the moan in the bushes to my right. I sat up straight at the same time as Cyrus. Now we have never gotten along but if there was one thing we can agree on its trying to keep the rest of the group safe. We drew our weapons at the second moan and we each gave a silent nod to each other. I looked at his wooden sword and had to give him credit. It was well made for what it was made out of and I turned to appraise my own weapon, a double sided wooden battle-axe.

As we started towards the noise I noticed Ale-I mean Clash drawing his normal wooden ax. I have no idea how he feels comfortable fighting with a normal wood ax, but he does it and he isn't that bad. If Cyrus noticed Clash, he gave him no attention. He was completely focused on finding out what the noise was.

As we rounded the bushes, we saw a hulking figure shrouded in darkness. Now unlike me who has the occasional purple particles floating around, this thing was literally covered in shadows so you couldn't see its physical features. Fortunately, it had its back to us so we were able to get in close without a problem.

I mouthed "Ready. On three." to Cyrus and Clash who both gave me a nod. "One…Two…THREE!" But just as we were raising our weapons it turned around and swung its hulking arms at us. I teleported away at the last second, while Cyrus flew into the air and ignited a fireball in his hand. Which he proceeded to launched it at the figure. But as the ball of white hot flame got close to it, the "Brute" let out the most horrible screech I have ever heard.

Light….. THAT'S IT! "Cyrus! WE NEED MORE LIGHT! IT CAN'T STAND INTENSE LIGHT!"

"That I can do." He had a huge smile as he let flames engulf his hair, arms, and shins.

The creature tried to shrink back, but found itself backed up against a tree. Clash took this as the right time to strike and jumped down from his perch and slashed the creature from left shoulder to right hip. He leaped out of the way as the creature crumpled to its knees and fell to its face in the dirt. He had the cheesiest grin as he walked up to me and Cyrus. Just about the same time, Shadow came running around the corner to see what happened and saw the figure. Understanding flashed through his eyes and he turned around to go get everyone up and ready to pack. "What is it?" I asked

"No idea but it was looking for something." Replied Cyrus

"Or someone." I said with a look of worry in my eyes.