The monster struck the massive tree trunk unprepared, staggering and disorienting it. Dave was thrown from the fiend's back and tumbled across the ground several times.
[-50,000]
"Motherfucker, that hurt!"
The fiend shook itself, pawed at the ground with its front hoof then charged at Dave once again.
Dave swapped weapons, equipping his Sworn Stalwart's gauntlets.
Dave got into a ready stance as he shouted to TNT over the party chat, "I'm going to try something! Be ready to run!"
When the antlers were only meters away from Dave, he used [Immortal Apparition] to teleport himself onto the prong fiend's back again.
Dave grabbed an antler in each gauntleted hand and activated [Aura].
[Aura] did flat damage, so even with the level difference the fiend's HP decreased. But slowly, oh so slowly.
The beast groaned in pain as its antlers burned and turned black from the scorching heat of Dave's gauntlets. Unable to shake Dave off it howled and rampaged like a roid-rager as [Aura] slowly chipped away at its HP.
"Guys, just keep going," Dave said.
"What about you?" Fortress asked. He could see Dave desperately clinging to the fiend.
"I'm going to lead this guy away." Dave grunted as the fiend slammed into a nearby tree.
"Let's go, we'll just slow him down," Perfect Shot said. He pulled Pussy flanker away and they were soon out of sight.
[Aura] used a lot of mana, his bar was getting low Dave released one hand, grabbed a mana potion from his inventory and slammed it back. It reminded him unpleasantly of all the shots they'd done the night before.
"Alright you damn bastard, let's see who lasts longer, your HP or my 200 mana potions!"
It took Dave a while to get the hang of 'riding' the fiend. Whenever the monster stag tried to scrape him off against an obstacle, he shifted himself to its other side so the fiend only damaged itself.
After interminable minutes of getting jounced and thrown around on the prong fiend's back Dave noticed it was slowing down. It was getting tired. Finally, it dropped to the ground, wheezing and foaming at the mouth, exhausted from the struggle.
***
The prong fiend has been subdued, you can now use it as a temporary mount.
Due to the forest fiend's nature as a wild animal you can only ride it for 24 in-game hours.
It will become hostile again after that time and will not allow you to ride it.
***
New title received!
Wild Rider:
Increases the chances of subduing a wild animal to use as a temporary mount.
***
The fiend's name tag turned from red to green.
"Ha ha! Awesome!" Dave turned [Aura] off and dropped to the forest ground. "Never heard that title before. This is gonna be fun."
He waited until the fiend recovered and lurched back up to stand, towering over him, still menacing in appearance, but now as docile as a pet.
The fiend lowered its head and Dave grabbed an antler to swing himself back up onto its back.
"Go straight,"
The fiend stalked forward.
"Hey Skelly, everything alright?" Perfect checked in through the party chat.
"Yeah, I'm good. Wait where you are, I'm on my way."
"Roger that."
Dave guided the fiend toward where the map marker indicated TNT were waiting.
Dave was surprised at how agile the fiend was now that it wasn't chasing him. It deftly avoided trees and boulders as it galloped through the thick forest. Its Rage state and aggression had probably reduced its Agility significantly, he'd been lucky.
As they got closer to the marker, the little devil on Dave's shoulder prompted him to whisper in the fiend's ear, "Let's give them a scare."
As if it understood him the fiend increased its speed, bursting through the trees and into the clearing where TNT were patiently waiting for Dave. The prong monster growled its grumbly battle call and TNT jerked around and stared then scrambled about in a panic. Flanker extricated himself from the tangle and ran screaming into the trees, while the other two tripped over each other and sprawled on the forest ground looking up fearfully.
Dave was laughing at their antics as the antlered monster came to a sliding stop right over the other two players.
"It's okay guys, it's friendly now, look at its name-tag," Dave said over his chuckling.
When the TNT saw the green name-tag they breathed out in relief.
"That was just mean, man. How the hell did you get it to be friendly?" Perfect Shot asked.
"Luck," Dave said. "Now I can use it as a mount for a day. This will make it easier to cross the Wilds."
"Hey let me ride with you," Flanker said, approaching the fiend.
The fiend however grumbled low threatening growls at him, it didn't seem to like the priest much. Flanker backed away quickly.
"Good boy!" Dave stroked the fiend's head.
***
You unlocked a new feature:
Wild Animal Affinity.
Affinity with Forest fiend increased.
1/10
Ride time increased by 1H
***
"Cool, I can increase the countdown time," Dave laughed.
"Will it fight for us?" Perfect Shot asked.
"I don't know, guess we'll have to find out the hard way," Dave shrugged. "Let's keep moving, it's a long way to Ashkar's Tomb."
Chapter end
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