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Post by Leandros Aurthurian on May 25, 2023 7:55:10 GMT -5
Trusting in his allies, Leandros does not flinch or stop his assault on the giant. The undead hulk is in his peripheral, but he knows Skippy and Gilder can take it on without his help. Besides, he needed to keep the attention of the giant or they would all be caught under its club.
He could feel the magic infusing their attacks would not last much long, so he wanted to make the most of it. The knight is swift with his halberd, the blade moving much more fluidly and quickly than a normal polearm.[1] Each swipe cut deep, but it was hard to make anything really impactful. Blood was starting to pool on the ground though, a sign of the slow progress being made.
"THIS IS ANNOYING!" The giant attempts to stomp down on Leandros and make him into a tin can, but the knight rolls out of the way. This giant isn't a complete idiot though as he is already swinging down on where Leandros would roll. The low swing would crash into the knight sending him backwards and leaving him with a few new bruises as he rolled. Thankfully his shields held and absorbed most of the blow.[2]
Back with the undead hulk, a fiery arrow tip hits the leg of the hulk before it can stomp down. The monster alights and stumbles backwards. Skippy scrambles to his feet after being nearly stomped on.
With the monster off-balance, the lion dragon pounces and pushes his paws into its chest to take it to the ground. "You taste nasty, so I'm just gonna punch you!" Skippy starts clawing at the undead hulk and ripping it to shreds, clawing through its shoulder first to take off the sickle hand.
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Post by Shaa Rhunn on May 25, 2023 11:36:17 GMT -5
As Shaa continued to battle the spider, he could feel the giant starting to shift around a bit. Feeling the pressure to act quickly, he twists the gangly leg around and jams it directly into the spiders hairy face. The beast squeals and tries to shift away but Shaa has him pinned too tight. With some jerks and twitches, the spiders legs crumple as it’s body goes still. Shaa finally releases the leg that is now firmly ensconced in the spiders face and kicks the corpse off to the side. As he continues on, he can finally sees the giant’s ear drum buried deep in his head. He would have to be careful but he was so deep now, he doubted the Giant could do anything to stop him.
Shaa walked up to the ear drum and started yelling. MYSTIC! THIS IS YOUR CONSCIENCE! YOOOUUU SUUUCKKKK. YOOOUU PROBABLY SHOULD GO UNALIVE YOURSELF!
Mystic hears the voice and turns to see who would dare say such things to him. Finding no one there, he wonders if the weeks on the road and the toll of excessive magic use is finally getting to him. He turns back to the undead hulk and tries to focus as the Lion Dragon shreds his creation’s weapon hand. Mystic commands the hulk to gore the summoned creature with its horns. Skippy doges out of the way again but is definitely moving slower due to the wound in its shoulder. Immm sorry… he shudders a bit. Not so sure how much left I have in me…..
Shaa gets a sharp pain in his stomach. He can sense that Skippy isn’t doing well and will probably soon return to….wherever it is he gets summoned from. Shaa takes the still smoldering rat skull and jams it right into the ear drum. Mystic feels the sharp pain in his ear and shoves a meaty finger in to investigate. Shaa makes a quick shift to the wall as a wave of yellow earwax and dead animal parts is jammed further into the giant’s ear canal. He got the giant’s attention now but he needed to go bigger. Shaa summons a giant water ball in front of him. Turning it around, he forces it into spike shapes and freezes it solid. Picking up the giant ball of ice spikes, Shaa hurks it into the tender ear drum, tearing a jagged hole in the side. Mystic screams in pain, a rush of blood now starting to fill the canal.
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Post by Leandros Aurthurian on May 25, 2023 18:20:41 GMT -5
"Hold fast friend, you've only just begun." Leandros spits out blood as he stakes the back end of his halberd in the ground to help pull himself up. He focuses a moment and holds a hand towards Skippy, enveloping the Lion Dragon in a warm light. The wound would knit itself together, some of the fatigue starting to leave his body.[1]
"Whoa...thanks Mister!" Skippy pulls himself up with a roar at the undead hulk. "Now I get to hurt you, jerk!" He stands on his hind legs and brings his massive forepaws down on the monster's antlers to slam its face into the ground as it tries to gore him again. From the back, Gilder fires the last of his arrows through the hulk's head to pin it to the ground.
The brutish giant charged Leandros, ready to continue squashing on him. He was absolutely pissed that such a small thing could do so much damage to him. This was not how working with these bandits was supposed to be. They were supposed to get free food and sometimes they had to squish a few adventurers. Why was his so hard?
A massive club starts to swing once more for Leandros, but he is prepared this time. The halberd starts to spin as the knight rotates it.[2] When the swing comes in it is partly due to his strength and technique, but also just how sloppy the giant is, but the club is knocked to the side sending the giant off balance and tripping him. The ground shakes as he hits it.
"MYSTIC! BROTHER HELP!" For the first time the giant feels fear as Leandros begins to charge and head for his head, jumping up onto the arm and making his way.
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Post by Shaa Rhunn on May 25, 2023 20:50:09 GMT -5
Shaa can feel himself being jerked around as Mystic shakes his head. The blood from the wound in the ear drum is up to his waist now and rising rapidly. If he didn’t get out of here soon, he wasn’t sure he ever would. Caught between the giants skull and the still probing finger, Shaa could think of only one way out. A way that would help him escape and also do some significant damage to the giant. Or, it could all go badly and he could die stupidly in here. There was no time to think, he needed to act.
Casting off his coat and stowing it away in his bag, Shaa could feel his body start to expand. But he needed to expand faster. Grabbing all of the earth magic he could muster, Shaa pushes his body’s growth to its absolute limits. As he does so, he uses eath magic to reenforce his body against the intense pressure building around him. More and more pressure, so much he can’t breathe, can’t move, he can only….expand. In what is only a couple seconds but seems like hours, the unthinkable happens….
Meanwhile on the battlefield
Skippy is feeling great. He has decided that Leandros is great and that Shaa made a good decision pairing them up. Speaking of which, Skippy was getting some really weird vibes from his master. He was close, real close. But he was in pain and distress. He was also nowhere to be seen so Skippy had to trust he would be fine and keep fighting. Speaking of distress, Skippy looked over at Mystic who now had both hands on his ears, blood pouring out of his nose. What ever Shaa was doing to him, it was awful. He and Leandros needed to take advantage of the distraction and…..why was Mystics face so…disfigured?
The next several moments shocked everybody. Mystics eyes had rolled back into his head. He was walking around reading like a fish caught on a line. With a final scream, his entire head explodes spraying bits of giant skull and brain matter all over the field. Skippy is flabbergasted and tries to duck for cover but there is no shelter to be found from the hailstorm of bone and viscera. The giants body collapses to the ground. As it does so, the giant shape of a very gooey 40 ft Minotaur appears we’re the giants head should be. Shaa vomits a couple times, completely exhausted by the effort. He finally gets a hold of himself and looks over at everyone staring at him. What? I told you I’d take care of it. Shaa puts a finger to one side of his snout and blows a stream of red goo out of one nostril, then the other. Remind me not to do that again….like…ever…
With their master dispatched, chaos erupts among the undead. They start indiscriminately attacking everyone and everything that moves. Shaa runs over and picks up Skippy, putting him on his shoulders to keep him away from the hoard of the undead. He places several swift kicks and makes it over to Leandros and the other giant who is also now being swarmed. Ok buddy, let’s end this!
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Post by Leandros Aurthurian on May 25, 2023 21:17:45 GMT -5
"See if you can keep the hands from flattening us!" At the moment, Lee doesn't have time to really think too much about the grotesque finishing move Shaa pulled off. Besides what he had planned wasn't going to be any more of an enjoyable sight.
The giant patted his own chest and stomach like a child trying to squash ants. Each pat rippled across his soft torso and threatened to send the two men off their feet. Despite the occasional stumble, the knight kept moving forward.
As he reached the giant's chest he started to coil back and prepare for a jump. Shaa would get to see someone else attempt his technique, Leandros feints as if he is going to jump high.[1] Instinctively, the giant brings his hands back to cover his face, but before he can realize the error it is too late.
Leandros elects not to jump at that moment and charges forward.[2] He plants a foot hard into the giant's collarbone and jumps off. As he begins to fall past the neck, Leandros reaches back and swings down as hard as he can the weight of his fall carrying him down even faster as the blade carves into the giant's jugular.[3]
He hits the ground hard, the spiritual shield around him flickering hard before sputtering out having absorbed a 20 foot fall. The fresh gurgling of blood and last panicked flailing of the giant slowly comes to a stop as both giants now lay dead.
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Post by Shaa Rhunn on May 26, 2023 0:36:46 GMT -5
Shaa and Skippy watched as Leandros charges to end the giant trouble makers once and for all. He is still pretty tired but he lights up when he watches him pull off a move that he himself pioneered. Hellls yeah! Skippy, you seeing this? Skippy flaps his tail around excitedly. That was awesome. Giant is totally dead! They both look down and see the still chaotic hoards of the undead milling around the battlefield. Oh crap, I almost forgot about those guys. Some of the skeletal warriors were focused while others aimlessly ran into one another in an unorganized mess around Shaa’s massive hooves. I don’t want to eat them. I’ve decided undead things are kind of gross. Agreed. But we can’t just leave them. Shaa considers the situation and takes a deep breath. Yeah. It will be rough. But it was time for the finale. He turns to Leandros and calls out. What ever you do, you guys stay off the ground. I’m taking these bone bags out.
Shaa jams his giant fingers into the ground and uses Terramancy to break up the earth around him and mold up the pieces into sharp earth spikes. As he leans down, the undead start to converge on him. That’s right you slaad lickers, come on in. Nice and close. Skippy is confused but trusts Shaa that he has something in mind. Closer and closer the chaotic mobs converge, reaching out with white grasping hands and claws. Just when it seems they have the mass to swarm him, Shaa unleashes the torrent. A giant tornado emerges around him. As it does, it picks up the ground spikes that Shaa has created for it like tiny flying daggers. Round and around they spin, pulling the undead army inside as it turns the air and spikes. As the undead enters the maelstrom , the creatures bones get smashed up against the spikes repeatedly like a giant blender. Shaa continues the torrential onslaught until there are only a few scattered undead that remain. The rest are now just broken bits scattered across the ground.
Shaa shrinks down to his regular size and Skippy hops down off his shoulders. And that’s why you are the boss, boss. He says proudly. You did great too Skippy. I’m proud of you and hope to see you again soon. Skippy waves excitedly to Leandros and vanishes into thin air. Be well my friend. Shaa walks over to the giants corpse to do a final check in.
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Post by Leandros Aurthurian on May 26, 2023 18:35:19 GMT -5
Leandros spins the halberd in a cliched flick to send the blood from his blade, taking out a handkerchief from a pouch to clear some of the splotches from his face. There was too much to make himself completely clean, but at least enough to make him presentable when he is with the others.
The knight rejoins Shaa after watching the rest of the swarm get taken out. Perhaps he should take more time to learn some of the magic in this world, he could certainly use the skills. Picking through hordes one by one was not an efficient way to fight.
He smiles brightly at the pair, "Good work with that behemoth Skippy. It would've been much hard without you two to take care of that one." He gives a small wave before following after Shaa.
"I doubt these two have anything of use to us on them, but shall we see if there is a camp nearby? They might have something there that can lead us to Athena."
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Post by Shaa Rhunn on May 26, 2023 21:18:09 GMT -5
Shaa looked at Leandros and shook his shaggy head sadly. No need. I’m sorry, we had to keep a lot of things close to the vest on this one or risk our only advantage. The truth is…we know EXACTLY where Athena is… and that’s the problem. Shaa goes on to explain about how they got their big break and how they learned about the assault in the first place. He then went on to fill in some of the blanks. The leaders name…it’s Javian. It’s a name that several members of their ranks killed themselves over rather than give up. We found out that Athena is there, with him, at that stupid stronghold of his. If we had attacked it directly, Javian would have called all the giants back, and who knows what else. By taking these guys out today…and the others hopefully as well, we are cutting off his backup. When we go after him, and trust me, we are going after him, we are going to get my friend back too.
Shaa knelt down and picked up a clump of dirt and sifted it slowly through his fingers. As the blood caked material fell back to the ground, Shaa knew that this was only the first fight of many that was still ahead of them. It wouldn’t take Javian long to figure out that his generals were disappearing. When he did, he would be the kind of guy that had contingencies in place to keep himself safe. They needed to hurry. They needed to limit his time to prepare for the counterattack. Athena was not an easy captive to hold so this could only mean that Javian was a capable fighter or strategist or both. What in the world did he have waiting for them inside if he had giants outside?
Anyway, we need to hurry back to the rendezvous to make sure no one else needs any help. Once we have everyone checked in, we’ll decide who’s going in and who’s staying to defend the guild. For me, I’m going in. I owe her that much. I’d be happy to have you with me, you more than proved yourself out there today.
From the side, a surviving ( if you could call it that) skeleton soldier charged after Shaa. Looking over at him, watching him attack from forever away, Shaa rubbed his hands together. As the warrior got in range, Shaa flicked its forehead. It stops in its tracks and runs screaming away, as if it had seen the scariest thing ever. Shaa looked at his finger and chuckles. What do you know, it totally worked. Shaa starts the long march to the meet up and checks the sky. There is shake and blood on the horizon.
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Delaela's Cold Iron Touch Unarmed Your hands exhibit certain spiritual properties of Cold Iron-- a painstaking process of forging that ensures a piece of metal never knows the kiss of heat. When the hands of the user make contact with denizens of the Elder realm, they cause a fear effect upon them that lasts for one post per hit. (Denizens of the Elder realm include Fae, Spirits, Undead, and other Supernatural monstrosities.) This technique lasts for three posts and must go on cooldown for a single post before using it again.
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