185 The Group Takes Flight

Kelley jumped into the game screaming madly something along the lines of the beast must never hurt his master or he would track him down and end him. But the next thing that happened frightened even Erom. The monster growled fiercely, the first sound they had heard him make the entire time and lifting Kelley bodily up in one massive paw, it shook him violently and then just flung him away like he was made of paper. The younger lad crashed face first into the ground some yards away. And then the monster actually followed through growling with rage. From nowhere, strength burst into Erom and leaping up, he raced towards where his young protégé lay barely moving. The beast reached Kelley before he did, roared angrily and raised one mighty paw prepared to deliver a blow! Erom looked around desperately and snatching up the closest thing that he could find - the spear that Kelley had produced earlier - he launched himself between man and beast and tried to prevent the blow with the