Pillars of Eternity

Chapter 3: Step Into Faith. Another Land's Encounter

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Yus POV

*thud*

Yuika:"Ouch..."

Yuika had landed face first to the floor, getting up after a moment of realizing what happened

Yuika:"Where am i-? Yus? Yusuru!? Where-!?"

Yus:"Calm down, i'm up here..." I called up to her from above

She turned to the sky, seeing me over a floating platform that i had landed on

Yus:"Why does this place have floating dirt?.."

Yuika:"Oh i know, this is just a small part of Yoshika's universe, where we are right now is somewhere in her Faction

I got off the platform and looked around, seeing where we had landed on...some kind of burnt and dark forest

Yus:"...yep this place sure seems corrupted"

Suddenly, we heard a loud roar coming from our side

Yus:"What was that?.." I asked outloud while holding my sword with both hands

Yuika:"Oh no...careful"

As she said that, i felt another presence nearby and quickly turned around, facing our new opponents. Behind us was a group of black wolves, shining with an orange energy over their bodies

Yus:"What the heck is that!?" I asked as i kept my sword pointing at them

Yuika:"Filaters..."

Yus:"The who?"

Yuika:"Fire wolves, they travel in packs and attack anyone foolish enough to defy them..."

The one in the middle howled, making a few more appear behind them

Yuika:"This is bad, they wont let us through"

I spun my sword around my hand and growled

Yus:"Then we'll make an opening, no backing down now"

???:"DUCK!" Another voice said from behind us

Yus:"Where?" I looked around upon being told a duck could be around

Yuika:"CROUCH!"

Yus:"Oh the action, not the ani- wait-"

As soon as we ducked, all the wolves were burnt to ashes by a solid-light arrow that was shot from behind us, soon a lot more following and piercing all the wolves one by one

???:"Are you two alright?" Asked once again the voice, this time right behind me

Turning around, i saw a girl with black hair and yellow glowing eyes offering me her hand, which i gladly took and got lifted up

Black haired girl:"Sorry for the sudden appearance, but it was either that or i risked you being eaten-"

Yuika:"Oi i'm also here you know?" Said Yuika as she was getting up at my side

Black haired girl:"Haha sorry about that. I'm Aoi by the way, who-?"

Once again, the girl got interrupted by the howling of the creatures once more

Aoi:"I'll continue with explanations later and you can tell me your names by then, come on follow me" She then began running

Yuika:"Oi wait up!" Shouted Yuika as we both followed after her

While we ran behind Aoi, the pack of beasts were still running behind us, not seeming to want to give up at all

Aoi:"These creatures wont let us off the hook so easily, we need to get out of this forest or lose them!"