You are of two minds at the moment. On the one hand, you’re grateful that Jen led the lion away from you before fighting in earnest, so the ruckus she’s kicked up wasn’t very distracting. On the other, since the sounds of fighting died down before long and she hasn’t returned, you’re curious how she fared. Fortunately, you’ve been making headway on understanding the process of inhaling and assimilating the ambient mana into your body with occasional advice from your Servant.
“She… actually IS eating the entire thing to the bones.” Avenger remarked in disbelief a couple minutes after the fighting died down.
“How did it go? I couldn’t pay attention.” You ask as you continue your breathing exercise.
“She’s better than I expected, made quick work of that lion.” Your Servant grumbled, disappointed by her familiar’s less than stellar performance. By the time you spotted Jen walking back with her clothes spattered in blood-stains, you feel that you’ve gotten a good handle on the mana conversion process.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIikhubRtY0Her spirits visibly lifted, Jen commented as she returned, “That was quite tasty. Who’s next?”
“You want to fight another one, do you?” Avenger muttered as she summoned a boar in front of the vampire, “You asked for it, so don’t come crying to me if you get mauled.” Should you make her stop? She may be acting more out of wounded pride than measured instruction; then again, maybe feeding Jen a couple familiars every now and again will keep her appetite satiated.
The boar charged straight toward the white-haired vampire with a fierce snort, hoping to mangle her legs and drive her into the ground. With a wild grin, Jen leapt diagonally-backward, holding herself above the ground with one of her clawed hands gripping into a concrete pillar, causing the beast to pounce through empty air. “This is what I needed: no rules, just a fight to the death!” She exclaimed, darting from pillar to pillar while taunting, “Try to keep up, pork chop!”
Leading the raging beast away from you, she took the fight to another section of the garage where it wouldn’t be as noticeable a distraction. You start to wonder how well you’d fare in a fight against Avenger’s familiars in comparison. You didn’t carry a weapon on your person, but you were fairly tough all things considered. Then again, the beasts were also quite a bit stronger than an average animal of their species, so the question might come down to whether you had the right instincts to kill a berserk predator with your bare hands. You didn’t have built-in claws or rapid healing, so it might get ugly.
