Jane noticed it first, and her feet slid to a stop. She cupped her hands around her mouth and screamed. "Back!"
The sound waves went out like a blow, pushing the panther back to the boulder. The beast growled in pain as the trio moved ahead.
Killian wanted to note that it wasn't dead but the beast jumped back into the race, moving even faster. They kept on sprinting past the trees even as yet another panther joined the chase.
While the girls aimed at getting the first panther that had already been injured, two more followed behind them.
The forest turned into a sprinting blur of trees and black bodies and Killian's eyes kept on darting about to be sure the numbers stayed equal.
Killian looked ahead. "I don't understand why the coordinator sent newbies to a B-tier realm. They could easily die here if their first two attacks can't kill a panther."
