Orpheus focused solely on his father, cared less about other members of the dark magicians. He was fuming in anger, thirsty for vengeance, he grits his teeth and clenched his fists, all that was in his head was to kill the Wizard in front of him.
Seraph, with her shimmering yellow staff was having a stare contest with a Nekomata, all tensed up, waiting to strike at any moment, so far as the Nekomata attacks. Nekomata's are notorious for their nimbleness and flexibility, mostly due to their catlike physiology, they are also adept in magic.
Larmore was just as tensed up as the rest but he was calm. During the last few years after the magic plaque, goblins, most especially the green and the red ones are known for their cunningness. The dark magician goblin in front of Larmore was a green one, which are already known to be knowledgeable about innovations _ mostly exploding innovations.
Igor was staring face to face with an oversized female orc. Orcs have been known to be muscle-strength magicians, due to their boar like physiology, though majority of them tend to lean on the physical combat side rather than magic, but those who do learn magic are forces to be reckoned with.
For once, Barbara thought they outnumbered their attackers, but a backup came to even up the numbers. The Valkyrie points her lance directly at her, with her face hidden beyond the helm she wore, she stared at Barbara in ire. Just like the orcs, the Valkyries are also known for their strength and knowledge of magic.
Soon after Marquess Gizbert attacked, the Valkyrie lept ferociously at Barbara, aiming to stab her by the heart, luckily, she was able to offset the projection of the spear to a few centimeters away from her chest using wind magic, but not without a scratch.
"Wind push!". Barbara casts as a response to get the Valkyrie away from her, but it wasn't enough, while the spell did push the Valkyrie, it only made her skid across the ground just a few meters away from her.
The Valkyrie once again lunged at her aiming to slash her. "Terra pelta". She casts to once again defend herself. The dirt from the ground surrounds her, the Valkyrie kept slashing and slash to weaken the magic.
With her speed and strength, she slashed precisely at the weak joints of the dirt wall and finally gets to destroy it. After destroying the obstacle between her and Barbara, she wastes no time to slash at her before she could think of casting any spell to counter.
Barbara was cut, and her wound was deep. The slash was visible, coming from her left shoulder to her lower abdomen, blood starts to gush out like rushing water. She fell on the ground, feeling the stinging and sharp pain that went across her torso. She couldn't think of anything else but to heal herself but the Valkyrie would never give her that chance.
Tony could see the fight going on between the people that made some forbidden experiments on him and the people who rescued him from their clutches and took him in. He saw Barbara got slashed by the Valkyrie, blood spewing from her body continuously. The Valkyrie attempts to finish her off by beheading her.
Seeing Barbara get seriously injured was hurtful enough for him, but seeing her die was what he could not allow, he might have feared them but if that fear would lead to the death of his caretaking friends, he would have to shake it off and face them.
From where he stood, he lept at her and kicked off the lance, offsetting the trajectory and even made the Valkyrie herself stagger. Surprised by the act, she looked at the little dragon in annoyance for meddling with her.
"You must be him, that dragon that they stole... You are ours and to us you shall return ". The Valkyrie said.
"I'll never go back to the people who tried all sorts of unimaginable deeds on me, I'll see the end of you all here, starting with you ". Tony replied.
With frowned face, she snorted.
"Tony, if you can't put her down, help me expose any of her body part so I can touch ". Barbara whispered to Tony.
"What, you can't fight anyone in that state of yours". Tony replied.
"Don't worry about me, don't get yourself killed and do as I say, just give me an opening, I'll take care of the rest ". Barbara replied, she held her wounded area and blue aura was glowing very faintly, slowly healing up her wound.
The Valkyrie then again lept to give the dragon a pierce in his torso, Tony skillfully evaded it and went towards her cladded body. With his claws, he slashed her armor at the joints at her arm.
The armor tore off and a large part of the right arm was exposed. Tony is oblivious to Barbara's plan, but he trusts that it's something that wouldn't get them both killed. The Valkyrie was surprised but she didn't let it get to her that much, in retaliation, she held Tony by his tail and slammed him to the ground.
Then she held him by the throat, trying to choke him. Tony starts to gag like he was trying to spew something from his mouth.
"Is the little dragon trying to breathe fire? So bad you are still immature, your body hasn't develop to give you such hax. By the time I'm done with you, you will wish you never live ". The Valkyrie said.
She held Tony up in the air squeezing his throat hard, though her face was still hidden behind her helm, one can still say she's taking pleasure in seeing Tony struggle. From the side of her eyes through the opening of her helm, she could see a hand hold her arm.
"Rashes plague". Barbara casts. Right before her eyes, she could see black spots spread across her arm and went throughout her body. She immediately dropped Tony and began scratching her arm.
Then she started scratching her entire body, even though her armor prevents her from reaching her skin. She pulled off all her armory including her helm and began scratching rigorously her entire body.
"What have you inflicted upon me you damned witch, arrrrgh!". She screamed her lungs out. She tried casting spell to relieve her but none worked.
"That's a strong magic spell that zaps a lot of energy, you can't find it's cure because it's a new disease I discovered and grew it ". Barbara said as she laid on the ground panting.
The Valkyrie scratched her entire body, so much so that she starts to bleed from all the scratching, she kept screaming her lungs out.
"Please! End this pain, kill me for all I care, just help me end this suffering, aaargh!!!".