"That's only if Howl works on quest mobs and such." Umichi stated, to let Paka realise there is a possibility he won't be able to do it that way. With a troubled Suki catching up to Umichi, he smiled softly to her, patting her. "It will be fine, all will be fine." He reassured her. Reaching the open space, he could feel it, the Dire Werewolf was around. As Suki stepped back, Umichi closed his eyes, and breathed in, drawing his Silver Boar Blade. Opening his eyes, the Dire Werewolf appeared in front of him.
The Dire Werewolf howled, with it's name appearing under it's cursor. Two health bars could be seen filling up. It was a fairly large being, at least three times larger than Umichi himself. Umichi lowered himself, poising to be ready to attack. He dashed, he was quick, the Dire Werewolf went to claw at him. With his <<Acrobatics>> skill, he jumped, twisting and flipping. As he was upside down, he quickly used a <<Slant>>, before landing behind the arm. Stepping forward, he poised and used <<Horizontal Square>>. The Dire Werewolf turned, to Umichi, who ended up behind the Werewolf. Umichi turned, assessing the damage done. "About 7% huh ..." It was about 7% for the top bar of health.
He knew it would probably take a while, especially since the cooldown for the Horizontal and Vertical Squares were a full minute, and they were his more powerful sword skills. Preparing for the next attack, Umichi rolled to his right, under the left arm of the Dire Werewolf. Managing to only get scraped by the quick arm, and causing very miniscule damage to the Werewolf as he managed to slice without a sword skill as he rolled. Rolling up onto his feet. He dashed in using <<Vertical Square>>. However, the position he ended up was not very favorable. He was right next to the right arm of the Dire Werewolf as it was swinging. He had a split second to guard, bringing up his blade, managing to lower the damage quite significantly. The blow blew him back a few meters. This battle was fairly fast paced. So much had happened in only a matter of seconds. Umichi had lost about 3% from the guarded blow, while the Dire Werewolf had lost almost 15% of the first bar of health.
The Dire Werewolf started to quickly charge at him. It was incredibly fast. With the size of it, Umichi could not simply roll to the side or jump over it. Taking two steps to his left, away from the rest of the party at that point in time, he jumped, somersaulting in the air to decrease his size by becoming a ball. His right hand and the blade stuck out to his right, scratching and carving the Dire Werewolf. As he landed he got himself some distance.