Seren had her eyes on it and was not looking away but clearly wanted to.
The second creature had been hanging back, watching the large wolf work, and then it moved for Darion's horse. He redirected the large wolf with a command, the wolf disengaging and covering the distance in two strides, and the second creature met it head-on instead of meeting the horse.
It was over in another minute.
Three bodies on the road.
The large wolf stood among them looking at nothing in particular, waiting.
Words appeared in Darion's vision.
[Creatures Identified: Rops]
[All three can be revived.]
Rops. He looked at the bodies. That was their name. Hideous creatures with four eyes and nightmare mouths, and their name was Rops. The world had a specific talent for anticlimactic naming.
But they could be revived. Three more animal slots filled without a graveyard or a forest hunt.
