The battle raged within the inverted hexagonal barrier. Goblins, their eyes glowing with an unnatural light, swarmed,their crude weapons swinging left and right. Kojo, Eden, and Rey fought tirelessly against the goblin horde. Despite their skill advantage, the goblins' sheer numbers made the battle grueling.
Kojo, his body a whirlwind of motion, parried a goblin's axe, his blade singing as it met the metal. With a swift counterattack, he drove his sword deep into the creature's chest. The goblin fell, but it rose again, thought its movements were sluggish and its eyes vacant. Rey tried decapitating a goblin but it still got up. It's movement where slower that the others which led them to believe that the more damage was done to the corpse the less effect it would be as a puooet.
Aside the fact that the dead goblins were rising from within the barrier,others were entering from outside.
(I've analyzed the barrier's hexagonal shape. There are likely mages outside maintaining it.)
"What about the undead?" Kojo asked.
(It's a kind of Pseudo Necromancy where the puppet master is manipulating the heat within the corpses.It's however an effect exclusive to the barriers interior. The barrier would prevent any outside manipulation.)
A goblin lunged, stabbing Kojo's open palm. Kojo clenched his fist, breaking the blade, and used the protruding tip to stab the goblin in the chin, pulling his hand free. He kicked it's body into the barrier as it began rising to its feet.
"This is a kind of Necromancy but the inverted barrier would prevent magic controlling corpses. The culprit is inside."Kojo informed them.
Rey scanned the barrier's interior, noticing an odd figure. He was cloaked in tattered garments, blending seamlessly with the crowd of miners.
With a thunderous clap of his hands, Rey unleashed a powerful shockwave, sending the surrounding goblins flying. The cloaked figure was revealed, its green skin a stark contrast to the miners around.
A spark of recognition ignited in his eyes.
"There," he pointed, his voice barely audible over the din of battle.
" Shit!" It cried throwing a man into the fight and began throwing fire balls into the crowd. This destabilized their formation. As the miners scrambled around grabbed a young woman, Lyra, holding her hostage.
"You won't stop me!" the creature shrieked, its voice a guttural growl and began a spell.
A magic circle scortched itself into the earth,flames flaring out of it. The flames formed tendrils which wrapped themselves around the girl.
Kojo realized that the spell was meant to end the battle. The goblin extended its claws and was about to rip out her throat.
"He's using her as a catalyst for summoning!" Eden yelled as he pushed back a burly Goblin with a stone hammer.
Before Kojo could react,
Rey, with the speed of a striking serpent, lunged forward. His blade, a blur of silver, pierced the creature's heart through Lyra.
The goblin fell, and Lyra collapsed to the ground, her body trembling.
"Are you alright?" Rey asked, his voice gentle.
Lyra nodded weakly, her eyes filled with fear.
"How did you do that?" Kojo asked, his curiosity piqued.
"I altered the swords frequency and phased it into a different reality," Rey explained. "Passed it through her, but only partially.then phased it back, stabbing the goblin."
"Neat trick." Kojo smirked
A new wave of goblins attacked, their numbers seemingly endless.
Rey noticed Lyra her leg and picked her up,carrying her to her father. "Stay put. We'll finish this quickly." He patted her on the head.
The battle intensified. Kojo Rey and Eden moved with a deadly efficiency, each strike a masterpiece of precision and power. Blades flashed, blood spattered, and the ground was soon littered with the corpses of the fallen goblins.With the Necromancy broken, the downed foes wouldn't revive.
Eden who throughout the majority of the battle was concentrating on breaking through the barrier was able to break through it once the Necromancy who served as a pillar was taken out.The hexagonal barrier began to crack, finally shattering like glass revealing a group of mages and goblin soldiers outside.
"Oh, come on." Rey groaned his annoyance palpable.
Kojo's mind raced. With his link to the others restored he felt a surge of dark emotions.
It could only mean one thing.
"We have to go," Kojo said, his voice urgent. "Something bad is about to happen."
"Is the attack that devastating?"Rey asked.
"Worse." Kojo replied,"Sasha's about to get bloodlusted."
Rey glanced at Lyra, clinging to her father. He was clearly worried about the people they were leaving behind.
"I'll bring each of them home safely. Go."Eden reassured catching a goblin who was trying to swing at him from behind and squachiing it's head without looking. Throwing it's body down,he formed another sword and jumped right into the attacker,body parts flying left and right.
Kojo and Rey looked at each other and nodded.
Quicksilver.
Velocitas.
Kojo and Rey vanished,their bodies enveloped in a burst of purple and blue lightning that crackled as they vanished into the distance.
Sasha stood firm, her eyes locked onto Scourge as he emerged from the shadows. His dark aura pulsed with malevolent energy, but she was unfazed. Instead she had an expression of ecstasy on her face. She hadn't felt anything like this since she'd faced Kojo at the tournament. With a deep breath, she lunged at Scourge,her sword raised. He raised his fist to punch her away but she jumped over him and his fist met air.
"Spatial Compression!" Sasha shouted from above him,clenching her fist, condensing the space around Scourge.The area around him seemed to shrink. He struggled to break free, but Sasha's control was precise. She manipulated the spatial fabric aiming to crush him under it's pressure.
Scourge however managed to break free if her hold and aimed a punch at her. She teleported out of the way avoiding a shockwave that destroyed the surrounding area.
Sasha countered with A swift kick that connected with Scourge's midsection, but he barely flinched and caught her leg,throwing her into a building.
Undeterred, Sasha employed her intrinsic Skill Mesmir To create an illusion . Scourge walked through the city streets looking for Sasha. He as the streets seemed to stretch out endlessly. He stoped walking and looked around. He began to feel disoriented as his perception was distorted as Sasha stabbed him from behind.
He grabbed her and broke her neck but immediately he did so, another one would come out of nowhere and attack him. Each iteration allowed her to refine her attack, landing precise strikes on Scourge's weak points as he found himself reliving the same moment repeatedly.
Sasha rushed him with a downward slash to the face, aiming to take of his head.tScourge adapted, and stabbed himself. Sasha was startled but still aimed to land the hit.He caught the blade mere centimeters away from his neck, momentarily restraining her movements.
" That skill you just used messes with the mind." He said as blood came out of his mouth.
Sasha jumped back.
" My Mesmir is a pheromone based attack that messes with the mind. Don't tell me he was able to shock himself out if the illusion?" Sasha became readjusting her strategy.
Scourge rushed at Sasha at impossible speed. She prepared and swung at him but he jumped over her, mirroring her earlier attack and landed behind her. He focused 50% of his power into a single punch ,knocking her through a couple of buildings.
Scourged jumped up and charged up his fist preparing to land the finishing blow. Just as his fist was about to land a magic circle appeared beside him an an explosion of red flames threw him back.
Sharone landed Infront of Sasha,her scythe ready. Scourge tried standing but was forced into the ground by a strong pressure.
" You good?" She asked. Sasha had blocked the blow with her left arm and it had shattered. She however stretched her arm once and the bones popped back into place , healing instantly.
" I had that under control." She grumbled.
" Sure you did." Lin said,her helbard on her shoulders. She walked past Scourge and increased the gravity on him as she passed by. He managed to force himself to reach out and grave ber leg but two shots of fire and lightning lit him up.
Adriana and Koniko appeared in the scene.
" We've managed to pushed the invaders back." Adriana I formed Sasha.
" All we have to do now is eliminate this bastard and then I can go home and take a shower." Koniko added with a yawn, stretching.
" He's strong." Sasha said getting to her feet. " I used by ability to drain his energy as we fought and he showed no signs of slowing down."
" I see." Sharone looked around at the damaged caused by the fight.
She raised her hand and released Scourge from the hold gravity. He got to his feet,a smile on his face.
" Found them all." He kicked his lips. H realized that the place was suddenly becoming misted.
"Prepare to die,monster." She said,pointing her scythe at Scourge.
He glitched and appeared Infront of her,his fist mere inches from her face.