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Everyone has a certain sense they excel at, whether it be a great sense of smell, hearing or sight, everyone has one that's a little better then the others. Areth cursed the fact that it wasn't her sense of direction. She had been separated from the group after following some suspicious prints which, unfortunately, lead only to a bear den. If there wasn't a large, bloodthirsty monster on the loose, Areth might have spent the whole day wandering the peaceful forest. It's serenity and innocence could never be broken as long as the blanket of silence stayed put. A loud squeal echoed through the trees along with the sounds of battle. The redhead was on her feet in seconds and racing towards the sound.

Areth smiled. "Finally, the fun begins!"

If the dragoness's hearing wasn't as good as it was, she would have been gored by the tusk that erupted from the brush beside her. Another squeal broke the air as the creature missed it's target, hitting the tree beside her. It was the same squeal she had heard before. The monster spoke in shrill laughter, like an insane hyena. "Your quicker then you look human...wait..that's not right. Your not human are you? Yes, yes! I can smell it in your blood!" Saliva began to drip from the creatures massive jaws. "I can already taste your delicious flesh!"

Areth smiled as the beast charged again, its insane laughter ripping through the forest. The lone girl drew back her fist, flames sprouting along it's metallic surface. "You want some flesh? Here's some flesh!" The beast lunged, it's jaws open to swallow her whole. With a single movement, Areth sidestepped the creature and plunged her fist straight through the beast's torso, the flames only intensified the pain. With a howl of shock, the creature fell to the ground. Apart from the occasional twitch, it had ceased all movement. Numerous organs littered the forest floor. She contemplated burying them but decided against it. I'll leave them for the other forest creatures." Resuming her light jog, Areth continued on her way back to her allies and, more importantly, the dragon girl.

She found her friends chatting around the body of the exact same creature she had slain herself, though this one looked more sane then the other one. Thankfully, no one was badly hurt or even injured from what she could see. "Wow, there sure are a lot of those things lurking around here huh? I mean, they aren't that hard to kill but it gets annoying having to watch out for surprise bush goring. The blood of the creature still remained on her gauntlet. With a sigh, she began to shake the excess liquid off. "Dammit, this is going to stink by the time we get back to a town."