15. Armored beasts make an appearance.

A full week flies by, each day it shows that Silver's condition is improving, but still unable to use her mana for anything, not even to activate het gauntlet, limiting her to brute force. Covered in sweat, and not entirely aware of all the many types of beasts they have killed,this particular one is exceptionally stubborn, refusing to die. A loud resounding growl, can be heard from silver, attracting soldiers and mercenaries alike to look over, only to see Silver attempting her best hammer impression on a steel furred wolf, a mighty armored beast to many, but nothing more than Silver's punching bag. "Why wont you die already!" She growls out loudly, each punch and curb stomp on the beast causing its armor like fur to emit loud clanging and metal bending and breaking sounds under the heavy blows, her bloodshot and irritated eyes having not connected the dots. They are fighting armored beasts now too, possibly with many on the way.And only an hour later, almost as if a horn was sounded, screams in the distance cam be heard as a diamond skinned rhino charges through the front lines killing many soldiers, and injuring more, leaving a wake of bodies, the beasts take full advantage of the carnage to pounce and tear even more people apart, the gruesome scene happening is seen by all the medics and staff behind the front lines, hearing and seeing the beast, silver gives a quick command to all those around her. "Collapse the defense line! work together with the armor! And whatever you do! do not get hit by the big fuckers!" She says falling back into a tighter formation, micah her partner in crime for as far as she cares to recall, falls back beside her as well covering the side thats missing an arm without saying a word, just taking up his post. Soon after the mercenaries and the few soldiers without commanders around them follow suit. This quite literally lost all the ground they gained in the weeks and month time that they have been fighting for, their backs now against the medic tents and supply depots, cut off and fighting for their lives with no where to retreat, afterall the command specified that when the lines collapse they will seal the exit, and deem the sector lost. After that Silver and micah no longer have time to focus on anyone else or even talk, as armored beasts change forward putting pressure on, in the distance, manticores, griffons, armored elephants and huge alligator beasts are making their way forward. with all the healer classes spread thin as it is and the doctors doing what they can for the wounded, silver and micah have no choice but to rely on their powerful physiques to survive, claws and teeth taking flesh every second, but the duo ignore the pain knowing any hesitation would be their last mistake. This brutal unending fight continues on, through the remainder of the day, and halfway through the night, the mountain of armored beasts growing ever taller as both sides now climbing to fight, though Silver and the rest are feeling the stress, running out of options, silver looks through her skill windows, looking for an answer, a plan, something to change the status quoue. Her eyes soon fall on a relatively new, and never practiced skill, [mana devour] lvl 1. Seeing nothing else in her bag of tricks even usable, everything greyed out because of her mana poison and damage. A plan forms in her mind, only having two outcomes, death, or a small window of opportunity. With a determined growl, and a burst of speed that leaves a shock wave behind in her place she launches into the tide, sprinting on the backs of beast, many attemptimg to catch this cat, only to chase the wind. Her mana manifests,swirling around her violently, growing darker and denser as she travels,though each second the poison spreads more, threatening her life once more. The huge manticore deep behind the lines, sees her, and an arrogant light fills its eyes, unknowingly playing right into silver's hand. It lets her approach,completely arrogant and unconcerned of a small fry like her. Silver finally catching a glimpse over a mile out from the wall, the beast she is hunting, one with a huge mana pool and high magic talent, making even fenrir look weak in its presence. her mana now covering her blood red eyes entirely and an aura of force is slowly tearing at her flesh and the flesh of the beasts below her, but she doesnt care, only one thing is on her mind. Destroy!.. after running for nearly another mile, a smirk on her face as the arrogant manticore stands straight and proud letting her take the first shot, afterall, its hide is stronger than anything else on the battlefield, why should it worry about a low level soldier? Silver takes the chance to launch off the back of tough hided boar, the force shattering its spine killing it instantly as she launches into the air, more than 20 meters, nearly level with the manticores eyes, when she releases her hold on the skill. Like an animal from a cage or the detonation of a bomb, a blizzard made of pure, dark purple mana, bursts forth with astonishing speed and force, the impact makes the huge manticore stagger, and even before it can retaliate, the effects of the skill take hold, forcibly draining its mana pool, and delving deeper tying into its soul core, The place that mana is generated, the deepest part of the soul, also tied to the life force. With this, every beast struck that has a weak or small mana pool, falls without fail, the stronger ones continue fighting it for awhile, but nothing can withstand the blizzard, as it expands rapidly, spreading out like wildfire as everything with mana, the grass,trees, ants, everything turns into ash to feed such a storm visible from the wall, it causes panic in everyone as it spreads rapidly and the effects as the smaller beasts look to practically disintegrate into dust in its wake. The suedo blizzard reaches the defense line like a tidal wave, knocking soldiers and beasts alike around, some dying others fall unconscious and more barely standing in its might, a loud, dragon like roar heard within the storm as the waves push on continuing past the city walls and passing on traveling violently down the streets shattering windows and and stirring up the cobble streets reach the other battlefields by force the expansion never ending and all consuming, soldiers and beasts alike. in a matter of only minutes miles and miles of battlefields are covered in the mana storm, anything still standing showing incredible vitality, but alas, the rage of the storm is violent and angry.