The Chronicles of a Scalebound Sage: Wandmaker Vol.2

WM [33] It Tasted... Good

There was an explosion of movements as Tanisha redirected her own swinging bardiche. Sabec thought he was being sneaky by sobering himself up over the course of their conversation. Tanisha knew what he was doing and decided to play along. The gnoll man was worse for wear and she wanted what she was going to do to him to hurt. She wanted him to be sober, alcohol would numb the pain.

The table beneath Sabec was a shabby thing so when it broke it was no surprise to her. She took Sabec's momentary confusion to flip him over her towards the door. She simultaneously disarmed him of the bardiche. He rolled but came to a stop before tumbling outside. Tanisha wasted no time in showing him the underside of her boot to his face which sent him out the door. She didn't channel the maya through the kick not wanting to kill him so easily. She wanted him to suffer; she needed him to suffer.

She didn't immediately follow him, instead she looked around the cabin. Her eyes landed on a saber large enough to be a great sword in her hands on the bottom bunk of a bed near the fireplace. The blade was sheathed but the quality of the piece indicated that it was an expensive, likely his main weapon. She grabbed it and walked to the open door.

Outside Sabec was still on the ground growling like a dog. Tanisha fought a smirk when she saw he was locked onto Bjorn before his gaze shifted back to her. Seeing his face just pissed her off even more. She had convinced Bjorn and Joha to not intervene and to let her put this mad hyena down. She tossed the sword to him as if it were garbage into a landfill.

Tanisha had only malice in her voice when she spoke. "This is it, Sabec. You can die on your feet or on your knees."

She readied herself when Sabec grabbed his sword and rose to his feet. He was tall, close to eight feet and although he was a merchant he was also a warrior. Tanisha knew he could kill mages; he had killed a druid and captured another during the attack on Tyr's home town. He had also used Flash Step and she already got a good look at his status with her Identify. This was not going to be an easy fight but she didn't want it to be. She wanted to hurt him badly before he died.

Identify
Name: Sabec Moonseeker
Species: Gnoll
Level: 82
Vocation: Fire Sword Master
Highest Stat: Dexterity: 137

There was a brief moment of calm before Sabec charged forward, his speed enhanced by his chakra which burned like fire. Chakra takes on the nature of the style used to harness it. The Isi used a style that called upon the nature of ice. It froze enemies in place and shattered defenses with creeping frost. Sabec's flame burned hot and wild, a stark contrast to the cold. It reminded her of the gnoll she fought with when they came for Bjorn. Her name was Fuei and she also wielded fire, though Fuei's twin sickles lacked the finesse of Sabec's saber.

Tanisha was the support in the battle only using her Infernal Hands to distract Fuei while Tyr and Owen fought her into a slowly losing battle. She did end up delivering the decisive blow with the second form AgniKavach which gave them enough time for Bjorn to show up and end the fight. Tanisha was stronger then both Tyr and Owen now and she had a plethora of options at her disposal.

Sabec's saber thrust forward with blistering speed that looked to blur as he closed the distance. Tanisha parried the strike with her bardiche, the force of the collision of their weapons was heavy and sent a jolt up her arms. She knew that the last thing she needed was to be cornered against the cabin so she used Arcane Shift to teleport behind him, poised to strike her bardiche whistled as it cut through the air. Sabec was thrown by her sudden disappearance, it was obvious he had no idea she could use a teleportation skill. Sabec was no novice, his experience and instincts had him pivot in place and in a move deflect her blow with his sword wreathed in flames. The heat caused Tanisha to instinctively jump back to gain more distance.