"Mirkwood... Home of the stupid elves and senseless spiders! Why did I end up coming here?" Ransley obviously regretted his decision to step foot in Mirkwood. "Well whatever... no turning back now." He took in a deep breath and continued on into the forest. He still did regret his decision but he figured it would be all the better once he got out at the other end. Now if only none of those blasted elves showed up, spiders were just dandy but the elves took the cake.
Too bad Ransley had not wished away the crows for it was not a spider or an elf that appeared it was a crow. A murder of crows rather. Ransely looked up at the crows as they began to descend upon him. The ranger was light on his feet though and rolled away towards a bush as the crows neared him. In one swift movement he had his metallic sheet out. "You want a fight? I'm going to make this one a murder!"
Ransley smirked as the crows began to rush at him. There was a fair number of them, thirty or forty. It did not matter though, he had already done the hard part and all that mattered now was making sure none got away. He took a few swings as they came closer, whack whack whack and about a dozen of them dropped the down as the rest flew upwards. Ransley never had a hard task taking out animals, or birds for the matter, since he knew them all so well.
It seemed the creatures he had encountered along his way were set to harm him. They thought of nothing other than attacking and Ransley replied in turn. He watched as they began to approach him again. He could always use his sword but this give him a wider area and ensured none would get a hit in on him. Another ten or so dropped when he hit this time. They had dwindled down to around half their number. Ransley grinned and put away the sheet. He place and arm on the hilt of each of his swords and looked up at the crows.
He watched silently as they swooped down towards and once they were close enough he drew both his swords, slashing at them. There were only a few left and Ransley ensured that only one survived as they swooped down again. It seemed this last one wished to attack as well. Ransley seathed his swords as it hovered above him. Once the crow came down at him he sidestepped and stuck out his hand, catching the bird.[/i] "Alright little guy..." He crushed the bird's head with his hand and dropped it. Covering his head with his hood, Ransley walked away.
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