Pick struggled to stand up and breath at the same time.

The Seltrusk batted at Tea as if playing with a toy. 

"Shit that hurt" he murmured. He shook his head and grabbed his daggers. "Alright Pick" he thought to himself, ferocious prey deserves a ferocious predator. This is just like hunting tigers back home"

Pick, mustering all of his balance, righted himself and charged the Seltrusk and sunk one of his daggers into its back. He clung to the beast, unsure what to do next.

When Tea saw Pick on it's side he was glad to see he was fine, but the beast tried to reach around with it mouth, but couldn't reach. "Pick get off it quickly!" Tea shouted, though it's walked like a canine, it can briefly stand to reach with it's arms, or worse begin thrashing.

Lucking for Pick it tried to stand, Tea notice the arm it wanted to uses to grab Pick. He quickly try to grab it with a fiery tendral came from his hand, this move isn't meant for people, unless for striking not grabbing. The Seltrusk pulled back, almost make Tea fall over, but held up. 

The beast became still stood, but was about to use it other hand to grab Pick, the dagger hurt more than the fire. "Hurry Pick!" Tea struggled to say.

Pick pulled out his second dagger and attempted to drive it into his prey, or what he arrogantly thought was his prey. Still disoriented from the Seltrusk's first charge he missed his mark. 

He looked to Tea, "Yeah, time to go." He lets go of the first dagger and stumbles towards Tea as fast as he can.

"This wasn't a good idea." He said, finally regaining his composure, "not like a tiger at all."

The two ran out of the ruin as fast as they could, but the monster was fast on their heels. It nipped at their ankles as it ran; it enjoyed playing with its food. 

"Keep running!" Tea shouted, though Pick thought this to be quite obvious he looked to Tea who began slowly down. 

"What the hell are doing?!", Pick yield looking confused, but Tea didn't answer, he was focusing. Tea jumped into the air, twisting himself around with his leg sweeping fire out toward the ground in front of the Seltrusk.

The beast yelped in pain, the fire burned it's snout, Tea landed and kept running, "That should give some time, their snouts are sensitive." They both turn around, they can see it thrashing about holding it's nose.

Tea took the time looking around, he saw giant red trees in the distance. It was Virens forest, he didn't know anything about it, just the name. But anything was better than this, "Follow me!" Tea yelled.

Pick continued to look behind him, the creature stopped thrashing, it slowly got up on it's fours. It didn't laugh, I didn't smile, it's eyes glared at them. You could almost feel death following it as it jumped over the fire.

Pick readied his crossbow as he ran, "something tells me it isn't going to play with us anymore." With his new found snout information he leveled his crossbow at the Seltrusk and pulled the trigger.

The bolt whizzed through the air and halfway buried itself into the monster's sensitive nose. It writhed on the ground grasping at its snout and howling in pain. 

Pick continued to run while giving obscene gestures to the Seltrusk. 

"That's how you slow down a Seltrusk" he said laughing. 

Tea was shocked by Pick's aim, not an easy shot

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"Nice shot!" Tea said excited, but other howls can be heard in the distance. Tea's stomach sunked, he turn to Pick, "That's not good." 

The seltrusk hears the howling, he brought itself together and began running faster, it didnt want to share it's food, it caught up to Tea and bit his heel. 

Tea feel immediately down, than was dragged by the beast. Tea tried to hold to something, but the grass wasn't helping. He rotated himself to spray fire, but the seltrusk ignored it and bite harder. Tea shouted in pain.

Pick didn't have time to reload, he took his rapier and charged the wounded Seltrusk, and stuck it just above the snout, and then with a swift stomp, sent the bolt further into its nose. When the rapier lands it blow the Seltrusk clamps down on Teas foot and begins to roll, but stops when the bolt is driven further into its weak point. 

"We're almost there." He says the Tea, "hang in there." 

Pick helps Tea up and the two begin running again.

The initial bite wasn't bad, his hide boots were thick, but the second and third chomp is what broke through and drew blood. Luckily the seltrusk didn't tear away on his heel, so he could run with less pain.

As they ran, Tea cast a fireball at it to make sure it stays down. This time it hurt the beast, even some flames still held on it's fur, "Damn monster!" Tea shouted with anger. 

The two kept running as the seltrusk rolled around the grass to put out the fire. Tea had a limp as he ran, so Pick slowed down for him, they were close to the woods now. In the distance, dark figures like the seltrusk jumped in the distance, nearing the two.

The seltrusk barrels towards Pick and swipes at him, tearing his leather armor and drawing blood.

Adrenaline kept Pick standing. He gave one final thrust with his rapier and the blood soaked seltrusk fell dead.

Pick kicked the snout again, "dumb beast. We just…wanted…a place to rest" he panted. He crossed to where he had left his dagger in the seltrusk's side. He looked up, and saw more seltrusks bounding towards them. He looked down at the dagger that seemed to have gotten lodged in the beast's hairy carcass. He looked back up at the nearing monsters.

 "Man, I loved this knife." He abandoned the dagger and helped Tea. The two entered the woods as the other seltrusks begin canabalising the dead one.