Palesa wakes up she is the last gobo in an almost empty hovel. She really needed that sleep after her harrowing experience in the cacoon. The entire hovel freezes over at the thought, she lets the huge amount of energies calm her a thick layer of ice covers the entire hovel. Palesa goes to the ruins where everyone has gathered she will be leading two of the five groups ahead to clear any potential monsters or attackers. By Gcina's commands the others will follower after. She arrives at the ruins and everyone is already there she actually be the last to arrive.
"Hey you," Diana says in much better tone than yesterday even if she doesn't scent it to Palesa. Diana in her sundress looks like rose in a field of dandelions. Palesa gives her hug biting at her neck a sort of hello but more personal.
Reku and Gcina are organizing the last of the containers, the Emerald Horde which is only a hundred strong seems to be ready. Palesa taking Diana along with her goes to her Warband the gobo's are all line up.
"Coinmaster as discussed, I am formally handing over control of the remaining Warband to you. You fucking grubs better make sure to her orders or it will rain in the sun before you ever eat again." The Emerald Horde as a group grunt a sort of scratching sound made their chiribs. The goblins recognizing Diana as a battleleader, a role handed around to help the the Warmaster coordinate her force.
"You have got a way with words you," says Diana who is shaking her head. She is excited to lead some of the Warband she even has a slight detour planned for one of the squads. Palesa bids her goodbye with a lick and starts to go off at her Warband. Diana had spent some time already hand picking her own group from the Warband, she has caught a scent from some of them.
The movement of the Warband signals the container carriers everything begins smoothly gobo's all knowing there role and what to do. The old Shaman watches from his purchase he wishes them the best of luck performing a small prayer to the moon God for them. The entire procession is gone by next hour turning a little Get into an almost dead one.
Palesa up ahead takes her best of the best these guys are on average level six, all using swords. She takes them to the snake den that Tau had been training at their is a field boss their at level seven she plans to have its skin. More than that the way snakes fight is extremely deadly even a small amount time training with them should help her most potential members.
Diana at the back almost an hour behind takes her detour to her favorite field , she chose her Warband members by how they smell since the cacoon she has had an extra scent every now and then she soon discovered it come from certain gobo's she hopes leveling will reveal something to her about them.
The snake den is mostly bare as early the snakes leave to sunbathe this is also when Tau usually goes as they will be gone for most the morning. Allowing for a small team to penetrate an otherwise dangerous den. Palesa doesn't actually tell them what to do she gives out a general order how they clear it is up to them.
Diana has planned out all her strategy by taking advantage of the bonus Palesa gives all members of the Warband she has kitted them out with spears and they all have first level mastery active now. This makes them stronger and a bit faster. The enemy they are facing is the Dandilion a powerful attacker with little defense. Her plan is too kill them and harbpvest their core and petals. Dandilion's mane are petals. At first she thought of ridiculous they look but is reminded that colorful things in nature are sometimes very dangerous.
Palesa follows her troops in providing support to any who are struggling, the snakes attacks are fast and constantly deadly if one makes a mistake. It is only her quick actions that they are all still alive. They move quickly three goblins to a snake while the others move ahead. The rush is because as Tau put it "if she catches you in the tunnels your dead." That day him and Gcina had spent it alone after he nearly died their scent changed for a while but she doesn't know what it means the scent was like nothing she has ever smelled before. It was almost ethereal like smelling the lingers of death.
Diana orders her troops it took them a moment to grasp what she was doing they move as single organism, when they spot a Danidilion she commands each move. They are getting familiar with her odd way of fighting. Having no real experience she can easily shape them to how she wants smiling at the memory of her grandfather. As it is very effective. They are hardly scratched after facing four different Dandilions. If you had asked any of these gobo's this morning if they would fight a Dandilion they would have laughed you out the room. They are difficult to beat alone. One gobo even cried when he realized the importance of group work. If this had happened four days ago his brother would still be alive. Diana yells at her men three move as one another Dandilion falls. They should reach the apex soon then she can go back with a marvelous gift the petals will make an excellent potion. Diana managed to trade for one with a beautiful giant not to long ago. Her party trick having worked out well
Palesa launches another dart slowing a snake, rolling out of the way and being caught by one her men. They somehow stumbled into a bed of snake and are busy clearing it. The mastery help them know how to fight but the snakes are refining their skills quickly making the gobo's have to do the same. So far she has seen four shine they have taken the lead and are instinctively cooperating with one another and with her help they are manging to each hold back a snake while the others kill the remaining two.
"To the hell with you all," she yells as she pushed out a wave of cold this isn't an attack but she has found that she an ample amount of mana and she can flex as a side effect it becomes really cold when she does. This is saving all their lives because it doesn't consume any mana but does affect the pit vipers. The longer the fight goes the better it is for the gobo's. Of the four one gobo in particular kills his snake and storms ahead.
Diana activates her talent she has used her healing so much over the past week it's at level three three which gives the ability to heal multiple gobo's at once. She has to do this to keep them alive at the apex of the cliff is as they have just found out a field boss. In all her previous visit she had never seen it. It is level nine which is lucky for her since it means it won't have a unique attack skill. It is twice as big as a normal Dandilion, its pastels are also much harder and work like a shield. It also attacks more viscously. It's feline predator body gleaming with strength.
The gobo that ran ahead swings at a massive cobra. it's the Cobra Kai, it coils back into its den. Palesa acts to control her group the only command she has drilled into them. "To me" she says, scent of terror fill the air. A gobo's reliving the brutal training. Palesa wanted to make sure above all else that her gobo's survive and so this attack is meant to do that. Everyone pulls back immediately Palesa already lifting her hands the one gobo's is too far away to be affected. She twists her hands as the air freezes all around them.
Diana heals and commands, gobo's move like her own arm, none disobey as they can scent this Dandilion Kings raw power. It roars lucky for them they cleared all the other Dandilions which is one of the triggers for the Dandilion King. The other of course being a mission. each of its petal mane a different color.
Palesa fingers stiff she brings her hands down and everything within five meters of her is pierced through with a dart. This is her level three dart skill. She wonders when it will get five since level four only doubled its damage. They don't even check to make sure that the snakes are all dead because they will probably freeze to death anyways. She rushes to the one gobo who had save them all. According to Tau the den of the Cobra Kai is small so it coils its body in their and shoots itself out the tunnel. His second attempt he stopped it before it's head came out and managed to fight it the only problem is that he was alone and it ha too much health for him.
Diana moves her men, when the Danidilion King block she attacks the other side having so many gobo's makes it easy. It did take her three attacks to figure out but now she has it. She engages with four gobo's in the front and two side the two next to her are the look out and when she say ps they use the others spare spear as javelins. This has allowed her to control the Danidilion preventing it from pouncing at them like at the beginning.
Palesa forces her in with the gobo's inside the den the Cobra Kai is limited only ab,e to expand and contract its body, they work fast since all of them are committed to this attack even Palesa is letting loose. They have finish get the core and leave soon otherwise they will get caught by the returning snakes. Fighting in the den also means they can't go at full speed and have to use short thrust to get the job which is going to take about an hour and with processing afterwards they won't have a lot of time to make it out or reach the midday resting point.
Gcina is doing all she can to keep the tired and weary gobo's moving it is not a grant place to stop at least not until the midway point if they can make that by midday they will be more halfway through there fifty kilometer journey. She is just gald that some followers are helping which keeps them moving. Gcina knows about the dungeon and Tau should have waited what has more worried dis why he left suddenly even if he gave instructions they need to coordinate better so that they a all always working towards the ultimate goal wiphich at the moment is to get to that lake. She has determined that the last growth of land has moved a one thousand kilometer trip into a five thousand kilometers journey. The dungeon the day they arrived was only ten kilometers away today it's fifty. She knows she can't do anything about the land changing but it does hurt to keep her nose to the ground.
Diana commands the gobo's fighting tooth and nail spear shot after spear shot, the Danidilion King tries to run away as it is on its last legs but it has been surrounded Diana's advantage comes from more than one place not that she told her men. She used to read a lot of military fiction to her dying grandfather in hospital. His favorite what a short story based around Dan malone's book, Small unit leadership. Diana is using this knowledge which she has read over and over as she sat and watched her grandfather die for four years.
Palesa fights alongside her men, they have to work harder each of them this is only a level ten boss who they managed to corner and still it is taking them this long. It would be easier if the mob supposition formed a party and hunted but then these poor saps would be too weak to be of use in future. As In next week she wants them competent the best thing about this world is skill is dependent on talent if you slash something enough times you will all get the apmastery which is why she brought them here each of these gobo's are going to get their sword mastery today which will put them at the second level as long as they are in her Warband.
[The Coinmaster wishes to add from ---- x10 from your band ] The list of names Palesa gets is odd because it a list of the gobo's she planned to do extra training with they are all very lacking especially in strength. She hands them over if Diana wants them she can have them for now she wants to focus on helping the most gobo's special cases like those ten will only distract from building a real goblin battle horde.
Diana smiles thanking the moons that she can trust Palesa to believe in her with these men under direct control she can see that they all have potential. Her Coinmaster nose tingling, she is happy she followed her nose. The Danidilion King makes one final gamble his Danidilion mane spins like a windmill. Exactly what Diana was waiting for. She didn't know what it would be but she did know it was coming every creature will try something at the end to save their life like a rich man going half way around the world on his private jet to get a cure.
She moves them back and all throw their spears at the Danidilion King, which cannot move well while its mane is spinning so the attack works brilliantly as they are able to get around it and finish it off.
Gobo after gobo starts attacking more constantly they have been attacking this monster for an hour and a half and it's still alive, they had long switch to a more relaxed attacking pattern as to not get tired this world has many game mechanics but Palesa was always more of street fitter girl than a heavy rpg. The closet she ever got to an rpg is an old game called of God hand. Palesa herself is maintaining the darts that are blocking the Pit vipers. She then thinks about how can a level ten boss be this strong if they spend another hour here they will fall behind the Emerald horde procession. She sighs thinking about what why Tau was hunting alone in the first place. He had said something about the monsters in this den. She can't remember so she keeps at it the scars all over Cobra Kai growing more and more.
Tau scartches his left ear, as he gently slaps a black skinned goblin awake after healing him. The Dawn group had decided to trade some of their stuff for saddle bags. The saddle bag is white rank drop and with his skill it means that everyone in Tau's party didn't get the great item because all their drops are at least blue. What makes it great is that it can be used by a pet allowing them to carry fifty kilo grams base of course on the average Kobold some of these are up to one hundred kilos. Pilo's Kobold can carry a massive three hundred kilos. After it got closer to him [affection +1], he found that he as a variant so instead of a Jäeger Kobold like eight of the others he has a Panzer Kobold. Zetu also has a variant but is keeping it to herself , she is also using her bow only from now on trying to get its mastery.
Oda awakens to a beautiful tall goblina looking his way, he hopes those big eyes of hers are in him. She is lovely then he jumps as a Kobold just strolls past him like hungry puppy. He takes a good look around Tau is right beside him Probably the one who slapped him. It's only about ten in the morning so he must have been out for about three hours. Oda checks his pants to make sure he didn't shit himself.
"Tau what's with all the kobold's" Oda asks as it seems to him that everyone has a Kobold companion.
"Never you mind that, you are awake now so we can get going, you will be our middle range guy until your level ten then we will put you to real work." Tau lifts him up as they start to walk toward the Pale white beauty she is definitely tall twice his height. Oda cant believe a hobgoblin has a body like Megan Denise. Oda has always liked the American body shape after all he is a huge Open mike eagle fan. He really misses music.
"Who is that?" Oda olgiling Jade asks. Tau introduces her as.
"This is my little sister Jade, watch out she is a real heart breaker." Tau doesn't actually know anything about her dating life except the fuck up with Dimitri but still if he is wrong 'they can cut off his legs and call him stumpy.' There is just a scent about her somehow he recognizes it as heartbreaker.
Jade nods doing what she has been doing, when ever she has free time. She studies the Caratrain blue print for clues. Her minds eye working hard also she is gaining job experience even this small piece is so complicated that it increases her blacksmithing. Tau again warns her about having in public even threatening to take it away. She begrudgingly puts It in her secret pocket.
"Good you know her, she knows you lets get going. We've been here longer than I planned already I'm not adding you to the party yet, you will be kill stealing so you can level." Says Tau to Oda, behind him Impi and Zetu following close. Jade is walking on the other side Oda smiles at her widely. She looks away his scent is unappealing to her like watered down blood.
"Why the rush Tau, can't I at least get to know her...I mean the situation better" ask Oda, his eyes and head on a swivel because of the kobold's. Mostly his eyes on Jade.
"Why the rush because to your are a leader, and right now my grub over there could kill you. It would take him time but I'm sure he can do it. Even Pilo over there can do it thou he won't be as kind as Impi about it. Can't having you dying now can we." Say Tau scenting of amusement and a sincere undercurrent of concern. Zetu nudges Impi smiling at the compliment he just got. Impi also can't hide the smile but at least scents like he believes it's a joke.
To Oda these normal goblins can't beat him, but it is possible and that makes him take a second look at them all. They seem ordinary however each has an edge to the especially the one Tau called Pilo. In truth Tau hate caves, tunnels, underground passages fuck anything that puts him away from the sky. His current situation not with standing he is aware of his ironic position and that he is literally advocating to live in a massive hole but survival trumps all. The cacoon showed him visions of how the other races see goblins and changing their minds is not going to be easy, especially the dragon's they go way back with those world eaters.
"Alright you guys head out meet back in an hour. Pilo do better or else. You guys with on the bus to level town." They walk into the center tunnel again Tau, sighing as the walls shrink before opening up again. The Dawn group moves out Kobold following behind them. Pilo mashing his teeth goes down his tunnel.
The Jackols that Tau and Jade killed earlier are still dead which makes things a little easier. Oda tries to strike up a conversation with Jade but is cut down with a, "You should really focus in battle as anything might happen." She looses an arrow which whizzes past his head into a Blighter bug a parasite.
Oda turns looking at the massive bug, his skin crawls he uses a sword Impi gave him. The bus is really fast without needing to kill them Tau spends a lot more of time moving much like a snake he turns quickly strikes and moves back. Jade interrupts the Jackols from counter attacking or getting to far away. Oda had to be told several times when to strike. Soon he is understanding how the bus works and stays closer to Tau. Tau lets him fight one Jackol which are really fast and deadly but he doesn't interfere nor does Jade.
Oda had cried out to them and nothing he had to tackle it and bite off its kneecap to give himself real fighting chance. The explanation he got was, "Buses can have accidents." Jade nods like that makes completely sense. It was only when it happened too her that he realized what Tau is doing. At least to Oda he thinks it's like tough love where let children learn so they don't make mistakes later.
Tau is doing it because he wants to practice healing with the ring. "How much do you think we have left, here I want to move on already." Jade asks after all they are here for pets not to dungeon crawl.
"I want something more bulky made for pulling those Kobold are fine for those guys but Diana's future caravan needs something amazing, plus i can't give Gcina a pet everyone can find. " Tau says scenting forlorn and absence.
Jade puffs out a breathe ,"you can't be serious we are here because you want to get your girlfriends gifts," Tau scents guilt on purpose. This triggers Jade who shoots an arrow at him.
"I'm joking I need the pets for them so that they don't kill me," Tau sounds like he is joking but scents serious. Of course he doesn't think they are going to kill him. The thing is if they left him suddenly like he did he would not be happy, so a gift or two or three are in order. Gcina at very least would have wanted one of them along. Anyways being the Horde leader means he has to make decision that some gobo's will not like.
They push even faster after that as Tau, picks up the pace. He is used to a certain kind of fight and this is too slow for him. With ten minutes remaining Oda hits level ten and gets his talent.
Oda says,"I'm an Auranic" Jade laughs really loud obviously having heard something else. Tau asks him if he can use it already since all their talents came with skills that they are building into a mastery.
They go over it while walking back to the meeting spot, as before Pilo is their looking relaxed and rested his group is also now fully kitted scent pure fatigue their Kobold's injured. Tau is about to say something when a panicked Zetu comes from the the tunnel on her Kobold it's breathing heavily.
"Boss it found us the others they are holding it please come quick." She says Tau stands unmoved scenting concern. But is utterly calm on the outside. His calf muscles tingles he wants to go immediately.
"Come down here. Explain what you saw properly then I will decide if they can be saved." Zetu looks at him shocked even Oda scents disappointment. Tau thinks, 'better disappointed than dead....really dude that's your end goal fine just don't be disappointed at the end.'
Zetu after thinking about just going back dismounts. "The boss is some kind of Jackol he moves really fast and uses twin blades. Our kobold's can hold him off for awhile but not much longer please leader help them."
Tau moves to Jade they talk. "How long do think it will take"
"Well if I do it right maybe fifteen minutes" says Jade.
"You have my scent don't you?" Asks Tau.
"Of course you owe me a complete blueprint." Says Jade.
Tau turns to the Star group, "Oda is in charge you are to guide and protect Jade while she goes outside. I can't have anything happen to her...believe me when I say that if she gets hurts you are all dead every single one of you." Tau scented of blood, death and determination. They move away everyone following Oda and Jade.
"Lead the way Zetu," they start to move toward the battle field Tau anxious but he will not be rushed into a death trap. Zetu is uncomfortable or her scent wouldn't be so muddled.
"Just say what's on your mind," says Tau, as leader he doesn't need to explain himself but she needs to sort out her feelings before the fight.
"Why did you send them away they could have helped us?" Ask Zetu.
"I sent Jade to summon her Hyenas if we can survive for fifteen minutes they will come and save us. We can hold out otherwise you wouldn't be here. Pilo also pushed the others too hard they are all exhausted they would become a liability. " Tau is deathly serious he will do it himself he is not willing to,risk Oda and Jade if the analysis is wrong. They arrive Impi has organized a defense two Kobold lie on the ground. Tau looks at the lean blue Jackol it's has two large enlongated kukri. He jumps at it...
[Your party has killed the Field Boss Razor the Danidilion]
+1 to level
x12 Dandilion Steel Petals
x1 Green Core
x1 Blue rank Dandilion necklace
x4 seed bags
Etc...
The whole group sits back enjoying the moment, they did it. Diana hands them each a monster core from the previous kills. Diana had realized another way to use her aura is with party members. So they instead of white monster cores she has In Her possessions over fifty blue monster cores. Core consumption helps to develop magical talents basically giving you a higher chance to develop a magical talent. The same way eating monster flesh gives higher chances of physical talents. Diana found this out through Reku who told like its suppose to be common knowledge of course right after Gcina swore her to silence. Diana thinks Reku is very odd their is just something about the old goblina that doesn't sit right with her.
[Your Warband has defeated a Monstrous Beast Cobra Kai]
Info:Kai ranked monsters are special amongst their kind and are natural leaders, if a Kai is killed that monster type will enter into a period of decay.
The Emerald Horde receives +10 resistance to poison
[Your party has killed Feild boss Merrik the Cobra Kai]
x1 Red monster core
X50 red rank steel scales
x6 red rank fangs
x13 green rank skin
etc...
Palesa can't rest she has the gobo's harvest what they can they will need food and their is no tastier meat thank flame grilled snake. "Ten minutes that's all your getting, get to work rest by working hard." Her troop is overcome with joy of not having to swing swords so they happily and quickly chop up as much as they can carry with out it being a burden to them. After five minutes Palesa joins them she needs to recoup as much strength as possible for outgoing fight. Where her power will be most useful.
Diana checks her men they are mostly level eights now even with fifty kills of high level monster their growth is still slow. She has them move out towards the planned route. She will level her gobo's in the dungeon and then see what their talents are.
"For the Horde, you bags of piss onward to glory!"Palesa shouts they have no choice but to fight, each gobo to a snake Palesa shooting when she can they move like weed wackers through grass, her men move well skillfully having sword mastery at level two give them formal training. They work efficiently interchanging targets as the need arises. Palesa dart enters the mouth of a striking snake, a gobo twists towards that very snake cutting off its head. It's seems that monster have critical points that if struck can lead to an insta kill. They use the blood to frenzy this is a battle frenzy for survival. Each strike spurring them on Palesa an ice queen. The snakes strike lunging forward a gobo drops his sword catching it wile another stabs it though the eyes. Three strikes it dies. He leaps as a dart whizzes past him to his next target. The dart hits and he follows it up the exact same spot the dart hit it. The pit viper falls towards another gobo who guts it.
They toil through each body covering each stumble, blocking each other slips and diving at opportunity.Pit Viper, Forest Mambas, Branch Python and Horned Cobras all falling one by one. Their bodies a trail for all to follow who stand against the Emerald Horde. Ice and blood, fangs and swords, gobo's and snakes fighting to the death. The gobo's fight together for survival while the snakes are hunting. The flow of battle is slowing turning as overwhelming numbers start falling to cooperation. The intense battle last fifteen minutes a hundred and three snakes dead and not a single goblin down. Their exhausted injured bloody and bruised but to the last each is alive. Palesa stepping out of the den. They sun kissing her face melts from exhaustion she had been running on fumes before this battle that short respite allowing her to barely be effective by only shorting one every three seconds or when a gobo was in peril. Falling she caught by her group they lift high above their heads as they move back towards the resting place.
Diana and her group move well keeping a marching pace they are heading back after a successful detour. What really makes her happy is that the small monster along the way are little bounties now because of her aura.
Palesa is brought into camp on the shoulders of gobo's, their shoulders cold with forst bite. Gcina, Reku and some other rushing to help them. The resting place has been occupied by the Gcina for almost thirty minutes she was getting angry that both the other leaders are on detours. More concerned now than her heart pounding Palesa doesn't look hurt physically but her color is a deep blue and almost purple and the chill around her is bone chilling besides her gobo's not the one of them can stand closer than meter to her. They have to tend to her as Reku and the others explain to them what to do. They work forty minutes her scent is another indication that something is better her color slowly returning to Jötunheim blue. The temperature doesn't change thou staying freezing her gobo's stay even as they freeze a small layer of permafrost forming on them.
Diana returns about twenty minutes after this, her and her group weighed down by loot. All there inventory slots are already full. She moves toward the commotion in the at the other side of the procession. Her knees going weak she can't pass through the cold it bites at her shooting streams of cold air at any who try. Except her group they seem be freezing but alive some even still managing to keep tending to her. Applying the ointment given by Reku.
"It happened to all of us Diana, we all can't enter," say Gcina scent relief as she holds her buttercup close. They have to wait but that doesn't mean idle as Reku has already been ordered to work. Diana stays in her arms supporting her Gcina is holding on tight to her heart in chest beating loud...
His body in the air Tau is followed by dart after dart, he can fire ten consecutive shoots before his mana is drained. Which he does this tension, the smell of chaos and blood, the possibility of death. This is what he has been chasing only one other opponent so far has brought him close to death. The Jackol boss turns to meet him his swords slashing already. They fight immediately changes the atmosphere as a scent of raw unbridled excitement pulses through the air. The gobo's stunned by the Horde leader. Tau and the Jackol clash, Tau is just fast enough to to almost match the Jackol. The clank of metal of metal interrupted only by the darts coming when ever Tau, slips and is almost caught off guard.
Zetu watches the exchange her short notched, she finds it easy to shoot the short bow while mounted she moves around to the side of Jackol. Firing her arrow when it is about to attack. Tau seizes the chance driving his sword in deep into the Jackol gut. Impi joins in allowing the rest to, rest leaving only one command "Support only!"
Impi attacks where Tau doesn't meaning from behind, supported by Zetu shoot from the side she is constant moving from side to even catching it in the ear. The boss spins a whirlwind of swords Tau is knocked back and so is Impi. Tau twists in the air landing on his feet ready to explode forward. A volley of arrows flashes forward as they are bounced. The Jackol managers to block two of three and it howls as an goes into the ribs then quickly followed by another to the back. Tau explodes forward striking, his sword close to his chest he lands in front of the boss who block what he thought was a direct attack instead he lands passing with his sword under the guard of the boss.
A critical strike blood pours out of the boss like a waterfall he falls to one knee, Tau moves back suddenly a strong scent of death expelling from the boss most of the others are frozen stiff. A mental stun from the boss. Zetu is out of the effective range and Tau throws the bosses blood at Impi.
Tau spins dodging a thrown sword, again another blurb of blood is thrown at Impi. The Jackol grows bigger its already meter and a half frame becoming muscular. Impi coming out of a daze recognizes where he is shaking his head remembering what he is doing sees the beast transform into a proper Jackol. If a proper Jackol was big as a hippo and built like a truck.
"Kol Kor!" Three kobold's move forward they have the size to meet the blows and by alternating like Impi has training them the damage is minimalised when one blocks the other stacks while one rests they cycle like this either attacking constantly by switching or defend better. Another arrow flies into its arm. A howl blast at Zetu the concentrate pad blast of air knocks down her and Kobold. A attack from a Kobold is stopped by the boss grabbing its arm trying to twist it backward. Impi slashes a the leg of the boss, Tau from above striking the elbow. They switch positions as their follow up attacks are on the the leg with Tau slashes the knee while Impi cuts at the forearm that is holding the Kobold. A roar and it doesn't let but does fling the Kobold to another.
"Kol Kel" says Impi the others retreat all hider lung together. Tau checks his mama it's been about five minutes since the fight started and he is almost back to full mana. He casts the group heal, which leaves with less than five shoots left in he empties out again. He can fire one every seven seconds if he waits.
The huddling Kobold are held by their partners, they want to attack, Impi slashes again at the boss, as Zetu who is on her feet now fire another to the head. A full power blow comes towards Impi, Tau is flung back five meters. He had lept in front of that blow. The transformation of the boss adds strength to his speed. A deadly conmbo he casts healing touch on himself, leaving him with two shots.
Impi had tried to roll out the way and attacks from his position while trying to stand his reasoning is to protect the leader. Zetu fires an arrow then another as she is walking towards the boss. Her scent enraged, her Kobold still down but alive. Impi moves forward, Tau gets to his feet as the boss opens his mouth a dart enters it and so does an arrow the wounds heal slowly. It swings at Impi who has his sword to his back his eyes glowing gold. He weaves his head to one side, a gust of wind propelled by an arm swooshes past. He bobs his body as the follow grab attempt from the boss is dodge. Impi is in close an arrow hits the arm of the ground sweeping blow.
"Hold!" Zetu catch a scent of the other anxiety all of them have an arrow notched and a Kobold next to them yet they reek of itchy trigger finger. They lower their bows, Tau fires another dart at the gut of the boss it Yelps. Wincing hard the boss lower his body Zetu unleashes another arrow into the body...
Palesa's gobo's refuse to leave even when commanded by Gcina, the are statues all of them only a two breathe ever few minutes confirming their are still alive. The temperature drops further the air around her blistering from a cold snap. The gobo's freeze over stiff then the ice comes covering them all ten little bodies around Palesa like little ice towers. Surrounding an ice coffin that had formed around Palesa.
Gcina doesn't know what do which is beyond frustrating, she is the reincarnated twice over and still she feel like a newbie. She should be able to do something for Palesa. She should be the strongest one now she is just a bystander. Gcina is very tense at the moment as there is nothing she can do, Diana is worried but believe that someone can be done. She tried healing all them from where she is standing and but she can't actually tell since the gobo's and Palesa are frozen stiff.
The change is sudden and abrupt, the source of freezing disappearing, Diana and Gcina moves towards their friend. The ice steaming off all the bodies. A scent of dread filling the air. Gcina stutters forward looking at the body of Palesa.
Impi slicing as he moves not interested in a crippling blow but in delivering as much damage as possible, the boss body is now hardly damages the wounds deep wounds heal slowly, his thinking is that it takes him a few seconds longer and slows him down. Impi would rather move faster keeping the boss off since Tau hits harder anyway and just focus on damage. Tau who has slid in. Chops, and slash craving the body of the boss. An arrow interrupts the boss again slashes follow. The boss flinches as cuts are delivered to his legs he tries to turn but is chopped at the gut. He tries to punch the chopper only to catch an arrow to the face. He follows through the chopper is gone but the slicer is his other legs. He roars in pain.
"Kol ket!" Says Impi as he swivel the defending arm of the boss slicing it on his way out of the bosses range. Another arrow to the neck, he bites at the gobo in front of him. Tau punches him with a dart following right after. A Kobold charges into him knocking him over. It doesn't stay moving away as soon as it completes the attack. Tau chops at the leg it is trying to use to stand.
The blue Jackol coat turning purple as his blood gets mixed in the gobo's fight so hard. Tau pulls his sword swinging with his whole into the leg again a gash, blood spilling everywhere. Impi follows an arrow attack the spot on his back where it landed. Again he bursts his blood steaming out his body. A cloud of red mist surronding him. The Impi and Tau are caught in a crazed frenzy attacking the Jackol head on. The frenzy is meant for a normal party it would send them all into a blind rage attacking one another. It's just that these goblins are not normal, they use the frenzy to ignore their limits as in return for having to attacking they have increased strength. Impi now weaves in between the legs cutting him down. Tau follows with two brutal blows the neck blood gushing out the Jackol grabs his neck to stop the bleeding only to Zetu's arrow pin his hand to his neck leaving him wide open.
The flow of battle from this moment turns from the goblins to the Jackol having lost most of his health his he enters his final form. The Jackol boss on this floor is a variant boss meaning instead of only one skill he also has a special skill. He activates his skill a skill that will damage his remaining life force to summon an army to avenge Death March, thirty other Jackols appear from over the horizon they are smaller than normal but strong each one carrying a war club running on all fours. Tau instinctively reverbs his chirib moving to where Zetu is, the other goblins instincts kick and they move to him. All expect Impi who is fighting like a goblin possessed.
"I want you call your kobold's we will use bows and my healing to hold out as long as we can, bows will fire at on Jackol at a time until it goes down it doesn't matter what happens. One at a time focus one where my darts land. " says Tau while fiddling with his leadership he keeps slipping it on and off. Zetu thinks 'this is the worst for a nervous tick.'
Tau shoots seven darts at the boss, one hits Impi cooling him off in more ways than one, the goblin snaps out of his frenzy. Zetu's waving a beckoning call. He rushes over the Jackol Boss shatters his leg, every dart landed on his right leg where Impi had done the most damage.
Zetu asks Tau,"Do you think she will make it in time?" The howling of impending doom approaching them. Here they stand five kobold's beaten and bruised and five goblins.
Tau says scent blood and glory "It is okay I am prepared to die." Finally he stops with the ring casting the healing on all of them grabbing one of the Kukri blades that the boss had thrown he moves to front of Kobold. Impi joins him hold the other sword.
As the howls defend, the mad stomping of paws on the ground the wide tunnel feeling suddenly small and overwhelming Tau makes his last stand the boss crawling with its one good leg his frame I this form doesn't support him on all fours besides his arm are trashed, the wounds all over his body healing too slowly. He sits on the wall that seemed so far away a moment ago.
Tau has given up all his plans, they had out played the boss, until this moment every thing was going to plan. They had managed to pull the boss almost into the tunnel they used to get here, he even attacked Zetu at the right time making it look like she was dismounted by him. This small defensible position is they will die at. The thumping turns to beating as they rise pulling their clubs, the Jackols are meet by kobold's bodies smashing into each other a bloody epitaph being written in flesh and blood. Blooms of blue magic going off. Jackols fall, goblin arrows fly, kobold's bite and claw. No way to move back, Tau heals again using the kukri.
"Aaaaaaaaaaa' a visceral shout he pours the last bit of magic he has focusing on the kobold's giving them a final chance to push forward into the sea of Jackols, arrows flies, a Kobold dies Impi takes its place. Him and Tau two mad goblins fighting at the end of there lives...