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[color=salmon]Word Count: 364 (+1 exp)
[u]Level[/u]: 1 - [u]Total EXP[/u]: 3/10
[b]Location:[/b] Coral Highlands, Land of Adventure[/color][/center]
[i]Ooookay[/i], the metallic being was defeated and gone was soon as it appeared. The Ace Cadet might have thought he'd imagined it if he didn't hear the scrap of the monster's claws on it's body or the thud of said body hitting the ground before it suddenly vanished. That was [i]really weird[/i] but there wasn't exactly time to dwell on it. The Cadet grinned as the Tzitzi-Ya-Ku turned it's attention to him, flashing his teeth at the thing as it'd done to him earlier. He could hear the man from before on the other side of it yell something to someone, but he couldn't make it out. Yelling after the invisible metal person, maybe? Anyway, didn't matter. More importantly, he heard the explosive sound of what he could only assume was the loud bowgun from earlier, despite it sounding a bit different. If his suspicions from before weren't confirmed, they definitely were now - the other 'hunter' was a gunner! All the better to keep the monster's attention focused on himself, then.

The Cadet deftly countered the Tzitzi-Ya-Ku's first attack with his shield, sending it's face upward. He intended to follow up with his sword when a sharp smell suddenly hit him. It was familiar, but not in the good way the red head had been feeling before. In fact it was familiar in a distinctly [i]bad[/i] way. He furrowed his brow. [i]The Vale? I didn't see it earlier when I was exploring, wh--[/i] 

Before the Cadet could finish his thought that perhaps something had changed, or even worse that they might have an uninvited guest on the way, he yelped out in pain as the Bird Wyvern's teeth sunk into the flesh of his right bicep, the arm holding his shield. He'd gotten distracted! Damn, and he had been working so hard at [i]not[/i] getting distracted too. His earlier grin morphed into a grimace as he held onto the shield in his hand despite the pain in his arm. He lashed out with his sword now, aiming to slice at it's face and eyes. [color=salmon][i]"Ugh,"[/i][/color] he grit out, [color=salmon]"that was so [i]not Ya-cool[/i] of you!"[/color]