The Ranger starts, taken off guard despite himself at the sudden violent speed of the Magna Pater's motion, and by the fact that, though he had fired another shot to be sure, he had expected the beast to be dead.
But surprise did not dull his reflexes. Seconds between motion start and contact? The speed enchantment reactivates, and he turns ethereal, the shadowy mass that is his incorporeal form speeding like a dark opposite of a shooting star up to a few meters above the charging beast before turning physical again. Three more hypervelocity arrows appeared in his bow like magic...the thing had dodged the first one at extreme range, but at point blank? They were enchanted to activate a small part of the way between their shooter and their intended target. In this case, the total distance was only three or four meters. Three of them, bracketing the monster and his potential dodging options in a triangle, released simultaneously...that monster would die this night if the Ranger had to loose every shot in his quiver at it.
In another part of his mind, he notes that the thing is glistening more than before...and that the girl had reappeared, apparently ready to resume combat. Lovely. Boy would certainly be dead now. Well...not really the most unexpected outcome.
But surprise did not dull his reflexes. Seconds between motion start and contact? The speed enchantment reactivates, and he turns ethereal, the shadowy mass that is his incorporeal form speeding like a dark opposite of a shooting star up to a few meters above the charging beast before turning physical again. Three more hypervelocity arrows appeared in his bow like magic...the thing had dodged the first one at extreme range, but at point blank? They were enchanted to activate a small part of the way between their shooter and their intended target. In this case, the total distance was only three or four meters. Three of them, bracketing the monster and his potential dodging options in a triangle, released simultaneously...that monster would die this night if the Ranger had to loose every shot in his quiver at it.
In another part of his mind, he notes that the thing is glistening more than before...and that the girl had reappeared, apparently ready to resume combat. Lovely. Boy would certainly be dead now. Well...not really the most unexpected outcome.