Primal Dawn by Kirk Ryan

Author:Kirk, Ryan [Kirk, Ryan]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Waterstone Media
Published: 2016-09-25T16:00:00+00:00

Tev’s world exploded into action. One hunter who had taken position behind Xan broke from cover and drew an arrow to his cheek in one smooth motion. The hunter released, and Tev was impressed by his aim and skill. The arrow flew true, striking the creature. Tev watched, fascinated, as the arrow bounced right off the creature’s face. It confirmed his suspicions. If there was any weak point on these creatures, it was at their joints. The hunters’ weapons weren’t strong enough to do any other damage.

The other hunters didn’t come to the same conclusion. All of them broke cover and charged at the creature that had wandered to the edge of the woods. Tev stayed behind his tree. Unless it was necessary, he wasn’t planning on becoming prey for this creature.

The creature raised its arm and Tev flinched back. Xan’s story had been true so far, and Tev remembered that the creature had a weapon in its arm. But nothing happened to the charging hunters, and Tev couldn’t figure out why.

One hunter hurled a two-meter spear with all his might, and his aim was perfect. The spear hit the creature right in the chest, and Tev saw that it took a step back. Tev’s head twitched as he processed the information. The spear had a fair amount of force, but not all that much. If that was enough to make the creature lose its balance, it wasn’t as invulnerable as Tev had expected.

His heart stopped when he saw Neera in the pack of hunters charging the creature. He shouted for her to stop, but his voice was lost in the yells of dozens of hunters. Her passion overcame her reason, and he could see the bloodlust in her eyes. He almost left his tree, but couldn’t bring himself to join the charge. It wasn’t cowardice, he just didn’t think they had a chance. Not like this.

The hunters reached the creature unharmed and swarmed him with their knives, their attacks completely ineffectual against the hard skin. At first, it didn’t respond, as though it was unsure how to react. Tev had the fleeting impression it was like one of them trying to decide what to do about an annoying insect.

When it did react, the balance of the battle changed completely. With a few smooth motions it threw the hunters bodily away. They all rolled back to their feet, wary but unharmed.

Xan stepped in next, off to the side of the creature, where it shouldn’t be able to see. He raised his arm up above his head in an attempt to bring his knife down on the creature’s skull. But the creature turned before Xan could strike his blow. However it sensed the world around it, Tev saw it wasn’t safe to assume it had any blind spots.

Xan was still fast enough to bring his blade down with tremendous force. The knife struck the rock skull of the creature and broke apart. Tev wasn’t surprised, but all the same, he was disappointed.

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