Mallory threw a fireball, barely causing the mud crab to halt, throwing another one when Brodie’s knives and Callum’s arrows bounced off the shell. “I don’t know if I’m doing any damage.” The initial joy at finding the crabs faded. What if they were too difficult for them to kill? The shell might make them invincible. She took a step back. Should they retreat?
The mud crab was close enough Ryan only needed to take two long steps towards it to attack with his sword. The mud crab rose up, attacking with its claws. Ryan managed to block the claws with his shield and strike the mud crab in the more vulnerable area underneath. Brodie and Callum attacked at the same time. They barely had time to register it was dead before the second crab was next to Ryan, rising up to attack him. Ryan struck
