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WITH A JUMP onto her staff and Percy taking the reins of the wagon back, they shot after the dogs running away with Scanlan as hostage

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WITH A JUMP onto her staff and Percy taking the reins of the wagon back, they shot after the dogs running away with Scanlan as hostage. Opium also took off after his master, keeping up at her side.

Korelia reached a hand out, trying to grab a hold of the gnome as she caught up with the monster, but it was quick to notice her and b-lined in between some trees. Korelia gasped, quickly pulling to the other side to avoid a crash, but ended up changing directions.

She could hear Percy trying to make the horses go faster, his teeth clenching in anger. Korelia turned when a cliff was coming up, Keyleth quickly making a bridge with plants to get to the other side.

When Korelia caught up with Scanlan again, the ledge they made it to fell steeply to the side, the girl trying to fly faster to avoid a drop.

When she made it to the tongue, Korelia held her arm out and made a slicing motion; her yellow magic cutting the tongue of the dog off causing Scanlan to scream from being dropped. However, another one of the monsters had jumped onto Korelia's staff, causing it to loose balance in the air. The gnome was quickly caught again before he hit the ground, another tongue wrapping around him to keep him in the air.

Korelia grunted as the wolf that attacked her launched its tongue at her, her staff falling to the ground and being left behind. She tried to wiggle her hand out from being wrapped in the creature's mouth, but suddenly she felt a stabbing pain in her abdomen.

"Keeper, brace yourself!" Vex shouted, gearing up an enchanted arrow. Just as Korelia pulled up a magic coating around her body, the arrow made contact with the dog, causing it to explode. While falling back to the ground from the explosion, Grog shot a hand out to catch her in time and pull her into the back of the wagon.

While groaning from the internal pain, Korelia crawled in the wagon, moving to look out. The wolf with Scanlan kept running, coming up on a cliff.

"Are they going over the cliff?" Keyleth asked astounded.

"They're not the only ones!" Vax shouted.

"They have Scanlan. We have no choice!"

"I'm not dying to save that gnome!" Vex grabbed another arrow, this one attached to a rope. "Get me closer!"

"Shoot for his head! Neck! Dick!" Scanlan shouted, finally being undone from the tongue but now hanging from the monsters mouth as he gripped the book. "Come on, Vex! No one breaks balls better than you!"

"He's not wrong!" Vex aimed up, letting go of the string as it shot up into the sky and past Scanlan and the dog.

"You missed!"

"Let go of the book dumbass!" Just as the wolf jumped, Scanlan reached over for the rope. Opium flew forward, flying to make sure Scanlan had grabbed a hold correctly just in case he needed help.

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