Oh shit. If he had read the monster guide carefully, these were one of the Kill swarms. They were annoying as hell to deal with if you ever had the misfortune of meeting them at the same time. Luckily, the shield came up in time, absorbing the vicious rake of claws from the winged creature. Vinnat dropped into a crouch and nocked an arrow, the shaft glowed, the system's way of telling the player that it had registered his move as an attack. He muttered a numerical code, activating a spell which made his arrowhead give out wisps of cold energy. He shot the arrow. The shot flew true, striking the bird and encasing it in frost, preventing it from soaring to great heights.<br/><br/>The two blue serpents were known as Blue Gandr, exceedingly effective in close combat and quick to strike and duck out of your melee range before you could retaliate. In simpler terms, damned annoying. He fired two arrows which missed completely. he switched to a short cleaver which he managed to pick up at the previous town. He blocked the tail of the first snake and got bitten by the second. His health bar dropped, from green to greenish-yellow.<br/><br/>Vinnat retreated thinking up of a strategy. The snakes always touched the ground no matter what and did not have the Pathfinder trait, thus, it would be safe to do this. He reached into his pouch and flung a phial of boiling red liquid at the space between him and the snakes. Flames exploded over the cobblestone square, forming a wall of fire between him and the creature.<br/><br/>Stupidly, the creatures moved forward, and were easily dispatched by the time the had snaked through the flames.