The High Elf Mountain Lion Nightstalker had naturally been forced out of Stealth when she threw the net.
Her net had completely enveloped the Orc Wolf Rider, but she cautiously kept her distance rather than approaching him. Instead, she swiftly raised her powerful bow and aimed at his head, a brilliant glow of arcane magic gathering around her arrow.
"Aren't you going to hurry up and free your gorilla battle pet?" the High Elf Mountain Lion Nightstalker asked the Gorilla Ranger as she kept her bow trained on the Orc Wolf Rider's head.
"Oh!" The Gorilla Ranger acknowledged her, then asked in bewilderment, "You've already trapped him in a net so he can't move. Why are you still aiming at him?"
"You talk too much!" the Mountain Lion Nightstalker said coldly, then released her arcane arrow without the slightest warning.
The Orc Wolf Rider knew he could wait no longer. If he did, he would never get another chance-not even the slightest one.
And so the Orc Wolf Rider moved!
Gripping the hilt of his long saber with both hands, he turned its edge upward and slashed up with all his strength.
In an instant, the tough net the High Elves had woven from Spinner Spider silk tore wide open under the Orc Wolf Rider's tremendous strength and the keen edge of his saber.
But he had only just cut through the net when the High Elf Ranger's arrow reached him. The Orc Wolf Rider barely had time to turn his head aside to avoid taking it straight in the face.
Boom!
Although the Orc Wolf Rider had dodged a hit to a vital spot in time, and his sturdy plate helmet had absorbed most of the damage from the High Elf Ranger's Arcane Shot, the tremendous force of the