Elder Blood Witcher

Reima and Arie stand outside the cave and looking inside, while the Witchers low light vision is excellent the cave twists and turns into pitch blackness...

Reima gets out the makeshift Cat's eye potion and gives half of it to Arie, "Rub it into your gums and place some under your tongue." Who nods in response.

They both administer it and have black veins creeping up their necks as it's effect kicks in.

They enter the Cave which looks like it hasn't seen any activity in decades... There doesn't seem to be any trace of anything living inside except suspiciously ashes. Perhaps something had burned down inside the forge causing it not to be used anymore...

They continue inside, ducking under low hanging rocks and they both note that it seems to be getting warmer the deeper they progress.

Eventually they spot some kind of light, candles maybe? Or maybe the forge is somehow still operational...

Arie grips his sword as his follows beside Reima, they continue until the cave is brightly lit and as they peek around the corner from the rocky entrance they see a flaming amalgamation of iron and fire. It seems to be resting beside the still operational forge and drawing heat from it.

The forge seems to have been enchanted... From what Reima knows about certain enchantments is that over a long period of time where no one maintains or corrects the degeneration that comes with all magic, side effects can occur. The result? Something resembling a Fire elemental, It stands almost 9 foot tall and looks like someone glued broken bits of iron together to resemble armour, covered it in gasoline and set it aflame.

Arie whispers "How are we supposed to get around or kill that thing?"

Reima examines it closer and finds a Wolf school medallion where a human heart would be, the Ruby eyes glow ominously from the silver necklace. "I think if we destroy its core, the medallion in it's chest it should be disabled."

Arie "Are you sure?"

Reima "Magic is weird, especially enchantments... It's either that or destroying the forge."

Arie "Ok, so how do we do this?"

Reima "Ill distract it, you find a chance to stab it... If that fails backup while I try to destroy the forge."

Arie nods as he prepares to move out.

Reima spots a weapons rack with old rusted short swords still placed on it, he runs to it and grabs one and pulls it causing a grinding sound that the Fire elemental notices.

"Come on you big cunt! You look strong but you seem to be blowing smoke!"

Some how understanding that it has just been insulted the elemental roars and charges at Reima who dodges and watches it almost destroy the solid granite cave wall.

"Holy shit!" Reima shouts as he spots Arie sneaking in the dark waiting for a time to strike.

Reima slashes at it's leg causing no damage at all and dodges a swing from it's armoured fist, hair almost getting singed.

It tries to bring it's fist down on his head but missed and Reima tries to stab the medallion but it blocks it and grabs the rusty blade, which melts as a result. If Reima was better at Armament Haki he would still have a weapon but the opportunity has past.

Reima hears Arie give a roar as he charges from the darkness and tries to stab it while it's attention was on Reima.

Reima spots that the Fire elemental is more observant of it's surroundings that a normal one and tries to warn Arie "Wait ARIE STOP!"

During his lunge to stab the armoured giants arm bends backwards and grabs Aries left arm. Reima tries to use Axii and Aard to try to dislodge it's grip but fails, Arie shouts in agony as his arm roasts and burns while being crushed in it's fiery grip. Seeing no other outcome he slams his silver sword just below his elbow taking his forearm clean off. Luckily or unluckily the fire had completely seared the wound close so the blood loss is negligible.

Reima shouts "You fuck! And decides to reveal his unique Elder blood flames on the giant, his Igni Sign glows blue as Turquoise flames cover it's right arm and leg causing the magic inside of them to release it's hold on the iron scraps that comprises it's form.

It destroys magic? Reima rapdly thinks and casts uses Quen to block it's shambling counter attack but still gets thrown a couple meters away.

Arie who still has a firm grip on his sword grits his teeth and tries for one more stab. He runs at it and directs all of the pain he's currently experiencing into the strike and pierces the medallion which explodes as a result sending shards of metal to scratch and wound both boys.

Arie is unconcious as he lies next to the broken remains of his silver sword, left arm still missing. Reima feels blood drip down from his face but ignores it to try and tend to Aries wounds, large gashes cover his upper body and remaining arm, he tears Aries shirt off of his body and rips it into strips to atleast stop the bleeding. Looking at his face it bears a resemblance to Eskels scars... If they get back it'll certainly be a story to tell... After using the last of the strips to cover a particularly large gash on his shoulder Reima drops on the floor breathing heavily and losing consciousness due to his wounds.