{"sf1_id":1462720,"sf2_id":"rm8qM8qn","title":"Outnumbered","author":"ofkeysandswords","words":1106,"posted_at":"2019-06-24T05:26:00.000Z","tags":["Clean","Fantasy","Marcos Ramone","Nakita Tangerine","Oleetha Trest","Potential Series number 2","Selphie Murasaki","The Meandering Adventurers","Tobias Dorado","Valky Giallo"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1462720-outnumbered","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rm8qM8qn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/e0/b6/e0b6ae12-e98f-43ac-9b32-8b21e4685d90","description":"The Meandering Adventurers just might have bitten off far more than they can chew. Can I ragtag bunch, all with their specific niche and style of fighting take down a tyrant's small army?","content":"A spring green orb streaked across the sky.\u0026nbsp; The humming of rapidly moving wings could be heard as the orb reached our heroes.\u0026nbsp; A flash of similarly colored light followed and a figure took form from that flash of light.\u0026nbsp; Standing a few inches shy of five feet stood a green haired woman with bee-like features including antennae, wings, and a second abdomen, complete with a stringer.\u0026nbsp; As soon as she took form, everyone's eyes were drawn to her, some from afar.\u0026nbsp; \"Oh man, you guys.\u0026nbsp; I think you bit off more than you can chew.\u0026nbsp; That tyrant... the one who's men have been terrorizing the village, they're coming back and in force.\"\n\nA fiery redheaded neko stared at the bee-like fairy girl for a moment.\u0026nbsp; She seemed a tad anxious at first.\u0026nbsp; However, a smirk crept up on her face, especially as a taller, bear-like woman began to laugh boastfully.\u0026nbsp; \"Ah, fooey.\u0026nbsp; We'll take 'em.\"\u0026nbsp; She leaned against the hilt of her weapon, a halberd.\u0026nbsp; The end of which rested on the ground.\u0026nbsp; Another voice rang out in protest.\n\n\"This is serious.\u0026nbsp; Judging by Oleetha's voice, I would assume there's more than just a small regimen.\u0026nbsp; What's the damage?\"\u0026nbsp; This voice belonged to another redhead, though one with a more earthy tone of red.\u0026nbsp; The Hoxion seemed concerned.\u0026nbsp; She lightly examined her Lucky red.\u0026nbsp; The rune of which seemed to shimmer a light red hue.\u0026nbsp; \"Ah, fire's next...\u0026nbsp; That might help but...\"\n\nThe small green-haired girl shook her head.\u0026nbsp; \"It has to be at least a couple hundred, maybe as much as...\"\n\n\"We can still take 'em.\u0026nbsp; Right, Nakita?\" the Urseus boasted.\n\nThe redheaded Neko shook her head dismissively.\u0026nbsp; \"There's only six of us.\u0026nbsp; A small regimen... maybe... but this...\u0026nbsp; At least, the town's folks evacuated.\u0026nbsp; They expected this.\u0026nbsp; They probably think the town's a total loss at...\"\n\n\"Ahahaha!\u0026nbsp; With Marcos and\u0026nbsp;me... and don't forget the special tricks Selphie and you can pull off.\u0026nbsp; We'll take several of them at a time.\"\u0026nbsp; Valky raised her weapon up and held it.\u0026nbsp; \"Remember, the more rage that builds up, the more strength and speed I acquire.\u0026nbsp; I even manage to project an aura on this bad boy, extending it's reach enough that it might as well become two Halberds, wielded almost one-handed.\u0026nbsp; That's Urseus strength for you and it helps when you have a specialty like mine or my younger brother's.\"\n\nThe raven-haired man glanced over his shoulder at the others and solemnly shook his head.\u0026nbsp; Not a word fell from his mouth.\n\n\"What?\u0026nbsp; You're a fraidy cat to?\u0026nbsp; I'm sure breaking the ground and creating a bunch of spikes will wipe a bunch of 'em out in one go.\u0026nbsp; That's not even considerin' the fire.\u0026nbsp; Perhaps, our nature wielder can whip up a bunch of trees for you to set on fire.\u0026nbsp; I'll rip up from the root once I'm far enough along and throw them at 'em.\u0026nbsp; Perhaps, our dear Selphie will get the luckiest draws and help expedite our efforts.\u0026nbsp; You forget I'm also a top tier tactician or damn near it.\u0026nbsp; We're a ragtag bunch o' elites, each with niches.\"\n\nA dark-haired human rolled his eyes.\u0026nbsp; He seemed to be on a hill.\u0026nbsp; It seemed he saw some of the incoming men.\u0026nbsp; \"Even so, what if they have archers or mages?\u0026nbsp; I highly doubt he'd send just footmen that'll be fodder for us to mow down.\"\n\n\"Ah, tall dark and handsome finally speaks up?\"\n\nThe young man disappeared from his spot and appeared a few feet away from Valky.\u0026nbsp; \"Yes, we have our specialties but there's always the risk of us losing a member.\u0026nbsp; Even one would be a devastating blow to the morale.\u0026nbsp; Granted, I'm a gambling man so I'll play.\u0026nbsp; I don't think Marcos expected to make it this far.\u0026nbsp; I'm sure we could cut our loses if the worse came to pass.\u0026nbsp; You best be prepared either way.\"\u0026nbsp; With that, he teleported again, this time to a steady branch in some trees.\u0026nbsp; He looked through the sites of his vintage rifle at the approaching soldiers.\u0026nbsp; \"Ha... no guns so far... possibly a few archers at least...\u0026nbsp; Perhaps, I should kick things\u0026nbsp;off.\"\n\nThe Urseus began to laugh.\u0026nbsp; \"Of course, you'd want to pick 'em off early, Tobias.\u0026nbsp; You never were one to get too up...\"\n\n\"Well, I'm a sharp-shooter.\u0026nbsp; My only melee option besides fisticuffs is a 10 inch hunting knife.\u0026nbsp; Speaking of range, have ya fixed that revolver, Marcos?\u0026nbsp; Ya might need it.\"\u0026nbsp; Both young men were the only two with guns.\u0026nbsp; However, Nakita had her own ranged weapon, a repeater crossbow that could change form into dual scimitar-like weapons.\n\nThe raven-haired man let out a sigh.\u0026nbsp; \"Well... at least I may go down fighting and with friends at my side.\u0026nbsp; Never thought I'd ever...\"\u0026nbsp; Valky slapped Marcos on the back.\u0026nbsp; \"Ya not gonna die.\u0026nbsp; We're going to send them packing and wipe 'em out completely.\u0026nbsp; Quit yer moppin'\u0026nbsp; Same goes for the rest of ya.\u0026nbsp; Bring 'em on!\"\n\nFinally, the one who passed the message in the first place spoke up again.\u0026nbsp; \"There's only six of us.\u0026nbsp; Whether they have any users of magic, archers, or none, we're vastly outnumbered.\"\n\n\"But of course...\u0026nbsp;but like I said, we're one of the most elite ragtag bunches ya ever seen.\u0026nbsp; We know our ins and outs, how to compliment the others.\"\n\nOleetha shot Valky a glare.\u0026nbsp; \"And I'd rather you not destroy the foliage I grow like that.\u0026nbsp; I prefer whatever I put my energy towards be something that'll stand.\u0026nbsp; Besides... besides... I can't grow a whole damn forest.\u0026nbsp; Vines... maybe some smaller trees...\"\n\n\"Well, we got cover around us.\"\n\nOleetha growled under her breath but relented.\u0026nbsp; She was clearly not too fond of Valky misusing her powers or destroying nature for their gain.\u0026nbsp; She sometimes wondered why she tagged along, especially now knowing the risk.\u0026nbsp; However, one glance over to Marcos and Selphie gave an idea why.\u0026nbsp; At least, those two were tolerable and Marcos was a cutie.\u0026nbsp; Tobias was a diamond in the rough.\u0026nbsp; She was friendly enough with Nakita.\u0026nbsp; Valky was the only one who grew a little grating at times.\u0026nbsp; She was extremely confident in herself and the others.\u0026nbsp; Oleetha felt Valky was far too overconfident for her own good.\u0026nbsp; Why did the Urseus almost always\u0026nbsp;come off as so prideful of themselves and their comrades?\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Just then, a shot rang out.\u0026nbsp; Oleetha's gaze shot up towards where she last saw Tobias but saw he was gone, having already teleported to another vantage point.\u0026nbsp; Beyond the cover and across a field one of the soldiers fell straight to the ground.\n\n  \n  \n\n"}