"ooh!"
Dolos was flying through the sky and was watching the people below getting surrounded by skeletons. in all honesty he could just swipe his finger and the skeletons would end up teleported to the underworld immediately but where was the fun in that?
he snapped his fingers and the storm clouds twisted a but to make a small chair for him to sit on. he was leaning forward as he watched the people below with intent. he even had a quick thought to call his close friend Loki but realized that could cause more problems than entertainment.
he just watched for now.
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Marv watched the rising skeletons that had small green sparks turn into flames within their eye sockets. Marv knew he should have been getting ready for battle yet he felt like holding back against these skeletons. that was when Eve pulled Marv out of his daydreaming by grabbing his hand.
"eh?"
Marv looked at Eve's glasses and wondered what she wanted from him.
"excuse...but we require for you to stay behind everybody because your presence might cause this fight to be even harder than necessary."
Marv wondered what she meant but she didn't stay to answer his thoughts as she ran to give instructions to the others. Marv watched as she told the two paladins to cover their right and left flanks while she opened her book to a certain page and started an incantation. Alyssa didn't need instructions and immediately commanded the ice element to cause frost to spread around everyone slowing the skeletons.
Hannah was grateful for this as she removed a hidden dagger that was strapped to her back. she crouched and started running around the group using the slippery frost to gain speed. the ice element didn't attempt to freeze her over because Alyssa commanded it so.
the skeletons were all wearing armour now and had different weapons in hands. some were missing jaws while others had three arms. Masha was holding Brianna in her arms while making sure to stay behind one of the paladins.
the skeletons had now reached the group and were being slowed down by the frost. Hannah seemed to be skating as she sliced the limbs of the skeletons off making sure to prevent their movement. with the skeletons' movement momentarily stopped the paladins removed what looked like sword handles from inside their shields. a fire then suddenly sprouted from the hilt and burned in the shapes of long blades.
the paladins then began their rampage as they cut down skeleton heads and burned the grass with every swipe. Masha had run to Marv and placed Brianna in his hands. Marv watched as Masha formed her broadsword and immediately ran to a group of skeletons that had teamed against one of the paladins. Masha jumped and did a backflip in the air while performing several cuts.
blade rays flashed through the air and the skeletons immediately flung high into the air as their armour and weapons were cut. Marv was able to see the entire process keenly and counted at least 26 different lunges and slices. Brianna was hiding her head within Marv's hands as she didn't want to see this.
the paladin took this opportunity and threw his shield into the air as he held the sword handle with both hands. the orange flame that was in blade form suddenly got out of control and started burning brighter and forming several different flames burning from the hilt. the paladin smiled as he cut the sword through the air and the flames jumped from the blade and started enveloping several skeletons and melting some of the ice.
nothing was spared as everything the flame touched immediately burnt and after a few moments the flame died out only to rekindle itself on the sword hilt. Masha watched everything and decided to cover Alyssa who was shooting lightning bolts from the ground around her onto a large skeleton that had two heads on a single body. Alyssa was performing several strange finger gestures as she whispered for the lightning element to strike the heads of the skeleton. Masha destroyed her broadsword as she summoned her fencing sword and changed its form to a sabre and dug it into the soil she then pulled the sword forward causing huge chunks of soil to rise into that air after a large crescent blade ray rushed towards the skeleton and cut it's right leg off. the skeleton tipped over as Alyssa finished her chanting and a purple spark lit in her eyes.
Alyssa then pointed her left index finger at the skeleton and the lightning around started collecting at the point of her finger and a few crackling sounds could be heard before a thin beam of light shot out and struck the cranium of both skeleton heads instantly finishing it.
Masha was happy with the result as she rushed off to fight another group of skeletons.
all the while Marv was now standing between both trees as his eyes slowly grew darker and darker. he had counted over 60 skeletons so far and more seemed to sprout from the earth all the while. he really wanted to help but felt like if he did it may make the fight more difficult. he then looked to Finn who was having a pained expression as he placed his hand on the tree. green lines seemed to spread from where Finn placed his hand and covered about half of the tree and was rapidly growing. the same was for Margaret who had a blank look as she kept saying a few words that the green lines grew brighter a bit.
Brianna was watching the scene now even though she didn't like it. Marv soothed her by giving her head pats every so often and telling her everything would be just fine. Marv couldn't stop himself from watching the fight and even at times felt sorry for the skeletons. that was when he heard the voice of Angelina ring throughout his head.
{you know master...the reason you feel like intervening in this battle is that it's a fight between the living and the dead...as one of the two bridges between both sides it's only natural that your involvement may occur at some point...however, it's best you don't join because if you do the living will weaken to the force of the dead as you, death, join the battlefield. so keep far away for everybody's safety.}.
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