[quote]"Expect nothing less. If I had not, more of your men would've died." She motioned towards the pile of mutilated corpses without looking directly at them. Libe wondered if she even cared that she had brought these sheeple to a slaughter.[/quote]

Anastasia snorted and let out a hearty chuckle as they walked, "[i]Those[/i] people are not mine. They are the filthy degenerates who answered the public call of the Hunt, looking to take royal coin by brute strength. Mine are there who proudly bear the Ballanger crest, I would not let my patrons name be tarnished through such cowardly deaths. 

Ah, but anyway, of course I should expect nothing less, your mannerisms betray you! Are you noble per chance? That blade is exceptional!" 

Anastasia continued here snd there with small talk as they walked briskly to the western beach. 

As the banshee like roar pierced through the air and assaulted their ears, her and her hunters also covering them, but more out of sensitivity, she dropped to her knees and took out her spyglass, examining the massive beast in the shallow waters. She grinned, "Aha, there's the wretch."

One of her female hunters whined, picking at her ear, "Blein, kakaya golis eta cyka yest." (Damn, what a voice this bitch has)

"Oh shut up and throw a signal already!" Anastasia barked back, her female hunter sighing and pulling out a thick, small black leather bomb with a sling rope tied around and a fuse. She pulled a match and lit the fuse, spinning the bomb around and tossing it maddeningly high into the air above the beast, a flash of neon red illuminating the sky with a firework pop, mellowing into a large hazy red cloud seen by any and all on the island or on the docks, marking the creature's location.

Shortly after, her initiates, Feodore, and the other brigands from the center beach came to her on the crest of the hill.

In the meantime, Anastasia watched as the young swordwoman Libe and the Captain both moved in to engage the monster. Hissing softly and clenching her teeth, she screamed, "Fucking idiots, are you mad?! Does no one plan beforehand?!"

She sighed and turned to address the group, "Very well, the Captain has ordained an immediate assault and so we shall assist. 

LISTEN UP. When I give the command, my troops will encircle the beast and trap it in a cage of spears, my hunters will line up behind and fire upon it, then assault it with poleaxe behind the spearwall. The rest of you, if you have bow or rifle or spear, join in, otherwise, stay behind and be ready to rush in if it breaks free!"

The sellswords muttered nervously amongst themselves, quite a few stepping away, others joining in with additional pistols and crossbows. Her recruits stood in numb shocked rank, her hunters held their blunderbusses eagerly. She looked over the force and nodded, turning to watch the action. She took a deep breath and steeled her nerves, expecting a complete mess.

As the beast was suprisingly injured by the efforts of the Captain, Ani whistled softly and grinned, unslinging her own gun, commanding, "CORRECTION. HUNTERS, WITH ME. EVERYONE ELSE, FOLLOW AS PLANNED!

FOR GOD AND KING!"


She sprinted forward at lightening pace, her hunters at her side. As the Captain recovered his blade and turned to face the beast, she stopped in front of him, falling to a kneeling firing position, her hunters following her movements perfectly, all blasting the beast with gunfire pointblank at once. 

Not waiting to see the results, they switched blunderbuss for poleaxe and circled around the creature swiftly, spear ends raised, as the rest of her troop caught up and begin to press on the creature with spears and shield, the brigands following behind and firing loosely at the beast, hollering like lunatics, some even throwing stones.