Mobs, Mistress, and Bloody Branch
Cam cursed. For a priest he cursed a lot. A mistress should not appear here and there's only one explanation. A fool of an adventurer used a bloody branch to summon a monster.
The huntress was clearly luring the mob and the mistress away from the novices while she shouted for them to run. The swordie in the making though tried to help her with the hornets but to no avail, and it took the huntress a second to realize what he had done. She shot a well aimed arrow to the hornet. Regardless of the pain from the mob, she was able to give one last shout to them: LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!
The swordie in the making almost cried and ran to the others. They watched helplessly as the Mistress relentlessly attacked their beloved Huntress. Clearly she was sacrificing herself. Goodness heavens, what's with this girl?
Cam was casting heal after heal , buffs after buffs on her since the Mistress appeared. She ran from the scene luring the mob away and it didn't take Cam and his boots with moonlight flower card to catch up to her. She was just slow. When she wasn't taking a direct hit, Cam casted a lot of buffs for her.
" Sir, just heal me if you wouldn't mind... I'll try to finish this!" She shouted.
"That is insane! You could just teleport away. You can never handle this." He shouted back and almost went into the fray. Cam was almost transfixed on his spot when she turned on to him, her eyes filled with daggers. "No! Get away! Move back! I need to kill this!"
And Cam knew that fighting her is futile. Maybe she was just making sure the field is safe for the other novices. OR she's just really a stubborn girl. Whatever it is, Cam resigned on to his fate on protecting this bull headed girl. With a resolve, he watched in attention and healed her when she shows a sign of getting weak. He also made sure to cast Lex Divina and Aeterna to the mistress. By the name of King Tristan, she was slow. No matter how he increased her agility with her spell, she was still slow. Her aim is really good though. And then she rained a double strafe after double strafe after charge arrow. Which is surprising as hunters don't usually have a lot of SP. Of course her falcon is auto-blitzing too. Surprising show of skill from her..
Cam could just cover for her. Be the tank while she rains her arrows. He is more than capable , he knew. His equipment can take it, hell it is better than hers. But every time he tries to move in between her and the Mistress, she just pushes herself more in trouble by almost kissing the Mistress. Stubborn as a mule she is!
It was painful to watch her. She was clearly easily hurt. Her suit was already torn and he could see patches of skin almost everywhere. No matter how much heals he casts on her, she just couldn't take the barrage of spells the mistress had. But she kept on strafing and her falcon kept auto-blitzing.
Cam almost asked help from his friends. But thought the better of it. What for? Errah would never indulge herself in fighting mini boss monsters. All the more from Xodus, who considered MVP bosses are his only equal. His friend Filio – a Knight – might rescue this girl, but he knew he couldn't take him away from the team who is probably in the top level of the pyramids already. Shit, this is more than he asked for a momentary diversion. Would he actually see this lovely stubborn huntress die?
Cam didn't notice that the mistress was weakening. He was busy mulling over the huntress' state and how he could keep her alive. It seems he would need a good dose of Miracle -if that was bottled.
The huntress was able to weaken the mistres with her double strafes. Her arrows were almost depleted, enough reason to be alarmed. Cam prayed that she would survive this. Why can't she just teleport and ask for help later on?
And suddenly, everything was silent. Miraculously she did kill the Mistress. Almost in an instant, the huntress slumped on the ground. And it doesn't take a genius to see that she was near death due to exhaustion. He healed her again and he too took his place on the ground. He too was exhausted. He was used to healing a lot of people but he was not used to worrying. Funny, another alien feeling. He smiled. Cam didn't know if he should offer himself to the gods now, but he was just thankful.
He closed his eyes for a moment to feel the sudden burst of pride for her, a lowly huntress, poor , slow... yet capable – given that she's provided with the right support and probably she could do more with the right equipment. She was impalpable but he knew she is one determined girl. He smiled again.
When he opened his eyes, he was looking straight into the silver gray eyes of the huntress.