Cyrus grinned, now surrounded by three lizardmen. "No problem!" he called back, summoning a glowing shield of aether in his left hand. He blocked a simultaneous swipe from two lizardmen, their claws sparking against his shield. Using the force of their strikes, he twisted his body, the shield acting as a pivot point, and swept his blade in a wide arc, catching one lizardman across the chest and forcing the other to retreat.
Jesua was toying with her opponents, her dark energy swirling around her like living shadows. When one lizardman charged her, she simply smiled and stepped aside, her form dissolving briefly into black mist. The creature stumbled forward, confused, only to find her re-materialized behind it. Jesua tapped its shoulder lightly. Black tendrils shot out from her hand, wrapping around the lizardman and squeezing until it collapsed, convulsing.
