Immediately after Eden left, the fishes moved into action.
The party already had their weapons drawn and, upon hearing her order to kill them decided their lives will not end today.
Kol scanned through the group of fishes hoping to catch any sign of hesitation, but unfortunately for him, there were none. These fishes obeyed Eden's commands to the letter. They were her children after all.
Kol acknowledges what he has to do, looking for his resolve to preserve his own life. Kol summons his magic and shoots a beam of green light from his hand, striking one of the fishes going for Zar. The fish struck by Kol's magic immediately fell on its knees emptying his stomach on the cave floor.
[Blue EN: 11/19]
One of the fish jumps to confront Balfir, attempting to stab him with his harpoon in one hand and a buckler in the other. Balfir quickly parried the fish's attack, unprepared for another attack from another fish beside him. The harpoon pierced through his shoulder leaving a gash on its wake.
Balfir yelped in pain as he stepped back from the 2 fishes.
"We're outnumbered." He screamed.
Balfir then encircled the tip of his harpoon with red magic, engulfing the weapon in bright white flame. Swinging his weapon in a wide sweep in front of him, striking the 2 fish simultaneously and severely burning them.
"And I'm running low on red."
Leaping towards the fish in the far back, Drew muttered a word incomprehensible to the party. Bringing his long sword down, its blade swallowed by red flame striking the unprepared fish embedding the burning blade halfway through its shoulder.
"don't waste your spells," Drew shouted to the group. "More will be coming."
Zar quickly ran towards the fish Kol struck, who was still vomiting. Zar then Brought his butcher knife down to the back of the fish's head. Chopping it clean off. Zar then looked around.
"Captain. Look out." Zar shouted.
Behind the fish, Drew attacked another was waiting. The fish then moved beside its companion, quickly retaliating and stabbing his harpoon on the same wound Drew had from being hit earlier in the storage room. Reopening the fresh wound, leaving a river of blood to pour out.
"No." Kol noticed Drew in the far back being ganged on by two fishes.
Right in front of him was Balfir, also doing battle with 2 fishes. Currently, only he and Zar were unoccupied.
'Save our spells?' Kol thought to himself as he struggled to come up with a solution. He had no experience in hand-to-hand combat, let alone trained in weapon fighting.
'If only I was stronger.' The words echoed through his mind.
Choosing to ignore Drew's statement. Kol summons his magic once more. Aiming for the fish who stabbed Drew, the sickly green light strikes true on the fish's gills. This time they somehow resisted the urge to purge its stomach. Kol then moved to the far corner, away from direct combat. Hoping to gain a clear view of who to support.
[Blue EN: 8/19]
One of the fishes fighting Balfir noticed Zar behind it, the fish then turned and plunged its harpoon into Zar's left leg. Zar was already slow in moving due to his mutilation, the new wound to his leg made him fall to one knee.
Zar screamed in pain, pulling the harpoon out of his leg.
The fish strengthens its grip on the harpoon, thrusting it with both hands towards Balfir.
Balfir maneuvers to his side to parry the thrust failing to recognize the fish's feint attack. The fish then turned its thrust into a swing catching Balfir's exposed chest, sending him flying backwards.
The urgency of the situation now escalated, as Balfir's motionless body lay on the ground a distance away from Kol. The group was now left with 1 fighter short.
Drew with a harpoon lodged in his stomach, stood. Forcing every inch of his muscles to move as he sees Balfir's unconscious body on the floor. Drew then screams as red magic circles around his body. The magic shatters, empowering him as his eyes glow red.
Drew swung his flaming long sword with all of his might at the fish in front of him. Slicing it in two, leaving only its bottom part standing perfectly still while its upper half missing. Drew then turned to his right left side to the remaining fish beside him. Swinging his sword one more, Drew cleanly sliced its fish head off.
Leaving only 2 remaining fish alive. Drew fell to the floor exhausted from his magic.
Red magic is the most common and primal source of magic. It mixes the physical attributes of the individual with magic, making the red-colored individual perfect for close combat. Some red spells use specific movements an individual must perform as part of their recipe to activate. Unlike blue spells which require an individual to verbally or mentally recite the spell to activate or white spells which require an individual to be holding or in the presence of a holy symbol or artifact while verbally or mentally reciting the spell.
Due to Drew's Exhausted and bleeding state, he now lies unconscious on the floor.
Zar still fighting the fish in front of him, was only able to block its attacks. The fish uses the length of the harpoon to its advantage not letting Zar close for an opportunity.
The fish on top of Balfir's body brings its harpoon over its head ready to impale the elf's body, and suddenly gets surrounded by a swarm of purple butterflies.
[Blue EN: 7/19]
The fish turns and notices the source of the insets and sees Kol in the corner. The fish growls, it then tosses the harpoon up in the air quickly catching it at a preferable angle. It tries to hurl the harpoon toward Kol, only to be stopped by a butterfly finding their way into its eyes.
After removing the remaining butterfly, the fish charged at Kol. Kol was able to deflect its attacks with his metal staff.
Kol, realizing his energy almost depleted could only use the most basic of his spells. Once again, the magic in his hand shatters as a swarm of butterflies surrounds the fish, causing it to momentarily swat most of it away.
[Blue EN: 6/19]
Making side glances Kol noticed Zar having difficulty as well when dealing with his fish.
Taking the opportunity of Kol's misplaced attention, the fish in front of him stabs its rusted harpoon to Kol's shoulder. Kol's blood gushing out.
[HP: 6/16]