- Chapter Twenty Nine -
The twins were dissecting the minions around us when Banshee, Ronin, Callisto and Raven appeared.
Sampson also just finished destroying another minion and rushed to stand by my side.
I pointed at Illfang and yelled, "Fury Wind!" to Sampson. He instantly shot into the air.
Ronin turned to the other three assassins, "On my mark!" He yelled, and they all crouched.
Two ear-splitting whistles filled the room as Sampson and the other gryphon from Thor's guild collided with Illfang, knocking it back another 10 yards.
I turned towards the guilds that were handling the minions and locked eyes with the other beast tamer. I flashed him a smile and saw they finally got the minions cornered just outside the opening where they were respawning. It was an intense battle, but we could finally focus on the boss wholeheartedly.
"Now!" Ronin yelled.
All four assassins vanished and started Shadow Walking from Illfang back to us, delivering vicious blows.
Every time it would try to attack or evade, one of the assassins would appear, strike then dissappear before it could retaliate.
That technique seemed to work well until Illfang's health dropped into the red. It threw the axe it was holding at the nearest tank, sending him flying into the wall. Then, it jumped up and seemed to stick to one of the pillars in the middle of the room.
Thad and my groups rushed to help the fallen tank as a massive roar filled the room. Illfang dropped from the pillar and pulled its nōdachi from its back.
…then landed directly infront of Cherry and Firefly...
Thad and Ronin let out a screams so loud that Parks could hear them from the other side of the massive room.
"NO!!!!" They yelled in unison.
Illfang swung the massive weapon at the twins, and hit…nothing. They both ducked to either side of the beast so fast I almost didn't catch it. Thad was already in motion running straight towards it, Filigree swinging out to his right side like he was hitting a home run and connected with Illfang's thigh. Before it could even defend itself, Ronin and the assassins moved in at the same time Cherry and Firefly sliced up straight through its back.
But that still wasn't enough! Whistles filled the air around us as the gryphons came in for another Fury Wind. Thad and I were doing everything in our power to inflict as much damage as possible while the assassins appeared and vanished dealing their own damage. Cherry and Firefly stayed behind it slicing up every inch of it's back.
Illfang let out another roar and swung it's nōdachi straight at Thad but he was ready. He blocked it and seemed to hold his ground, not losing an inch to the 10 ft tall beast. That left my side completely open for attack! I jumped and swung my sword as hard as I could down on the back of its neck at the same time Sampson and the other gryphon connected with Fury Wind.
BOOM!