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Post by blackghoulmon on Nov 4, 2017 14:06:11 GMT -5
Doe's answer wasn't what Urasina had wanted (she wanted age in years), but she didn't bother pressing the matter. "I'm good, Doe, thanks," she said when the other Uni offered the banana. "These arcs of magic running through my armor are basically un-tethered Light magic; I'm technically overloaded, but being immortal, I can handle it. Don't touch me for too long, though; the result could be... shocking." She, too, noticed that the volley of traps had caught some undead in them. "While that was technically a coincidence, I say we don't need to exert much effort if we can make the traps do the work for us. Seeing that we're probably getting close to the center, and thus the Lich, the traps are likely to be more common... and more dangerous. A whole hallway full of them? Proves my point nicely."
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Post by Flutter (Frosty) on Nov 5, 2017 16:47:23 GMT -5
She shrugged, then ate the banana for herself. "It does seem like this particular labyrinth is a spiral labyrinth, the kind that generally meanders towards the middle. Some ancient architect probably put it together as the 'circle of life,' which is a circle we will be ending for this particular brute. If Chupe were here, it would complain about how the circle will have gotten it dizzy even though it's not a very big one." She rolled her eyes, then strolled forward and finished both the inside and outside of the banana in one go.
Liin shuddered- she hated the peel, but Doe would always bring up fiber and potassium and how the whole banana was edible. Nothing that bitter could be considered edible. "Don't mind her. You'll never get an age out of her, though- she's somewhere between twenty and eighty, we think." Her voice dropped to a whisper, and she was near enough that Urasina's arcs were making artsy patterns on the Peophin's aura. "Most likely, she's also immortal. It's one of Amulatt's theories, I think. My husband brought it up and Doe threw a hissy fit about the logistics of that actually being true." She sighed. "It's highly probable that we'll never get a real answer out of her, if she even does know it. She enjoys confusing people and giving non-answers, I think." She chuckled lightheartedly. "Even her arguments are circular and leave you more confused when you started." She sprung another incendiary trap that the two mares ahead of them had missed, though this time the two paladin mares were totally engulfed in what she recognized as a type of holy fire. She stopped and released her aura to get a flavor of it.
Simitra looked over her shoulder to make a snarky comment about the two mares taking forever to catch up when she saw Liin engulfed in the holy fire. "Hey, isn't that the kind of fire totally surrounding the Lich right now?" Her question made Doe's head snap around so quickly that several of her armor plates snapped.
"Oh, crap." She spun around, not particularly bothering to fix her armor. It clattered to the ground, revealing more of her shiny blue coat and what looked like numbers along her neck. "Liin, you're a freaking genius. Can I use you as a cannonball? I've been wondering what to use to disrupt the ring of fire." Her eyes glittered with an almost fevered determination, undaunted when Liin only sighed and once again looked at Urasina.
"This mare is going to get me killed." She still nodded assent, knowing that the bigger mare would just dog her until she allowed herself to be thrown like a giant fireball. "Please tell me you're not going to turn into a trebuchet."
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Post by blackghoulmon on Nov 9, 2017 14:53:15 GMT -5
The holy fire trap caught Urasina off-guard. But as soon as her surprise faded, she was quite intrigued. "This is the first holy fire trap we've seen down here," she remarked. "This could be useful." With that, she absorbed the holy fire and sealed off the trap. Now she was engulfed in a whirling sphere of Light magic that kept firing off sparks in all directions. "THIS kind of power would have killed me before I became immortal. Now? It's actually quite pleasant." She gave Doe a hard stare when the other Uni asked Liin her question. "How about instead of using her as a cannonball, you just point me in the proper direction and I'll do the dirty work? I've got more than enough power to breach a holy fire barrier."
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Post by Flutter (Frosty) on Nov 9, 2017 16:43:48 GMT -5
Doe considered this for a couple moments. "Liin can actually catch her balance pretty well while in flight. I'm willing to bet that there's a double barred security measure going on down there- like how the mural was only able to activate with the two of you touching different parts of the scroll? If you activate one bit and Liin activates the other after I launch her- likely to the other side of the arena or pit or whatever- it should take care of the holy fire completely." She paced a bit, which helped her focus more.
Liin nodded at Urasina's assessment of the power surge. "It's warm but not stupid hot. I feel more rested now, too, which is odd." She shook her head. "Not rested. Energized. I know this thing is earth based, but I really feel like the holy fire will be useful in the battle to come- if not a mere added advantage for the apparent SEA OF UNDEAD I'm starting to sense." Her own aura sparked and whirled with the magical energy she'd absorbed in the holy flame, and when she looked closer, she noted that her aura had taken on the holy flame as it had her body. She grinned wickedly at the tall draconian mare. "This will be fun."
Simi stared at the trio, blankly, and grunted. "Mages." She rolled her eyes, and continued walking on the now rounding path. "Survey says we are getting closer to the middle. Finally. The turns in the labyrinth are more visible now." She squinted and stopped, however. "Oh."
Liin walked up to the other mare, eyes opening wide as she gasped in surprise. "The thoroughfare. Also, sea of undead. Told you." She scooted over to the side, allowing space for the unicorns to look and stand abreast of each other. The labyrinth opened up wide here, a vast open space that seemed impossible, given the size of the outside of the ruin. There were market stalls, or remains of market stalls, with mummified goods still on the stands. Many skeletons and mummified undead meandered about the market, pretending to trade and pantomiming the last day of their lives again and again. Even further past the market stalls was a great wall of golden fire and the proud ruin of an ancient palace, its gilded facade glittering in the light of the holy flame that walled it off from the rest of the populace. "Holy crap."
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Post by blackghoulmon on Nov 12, 2017 15:48:10 GMT -5
Urasina looked over the street and palace with a look of bewilderment on her face. "This ruin makes no sense at all," she huffed. "From the illusion holding it together, to the gravity puzzles at the start, to the shifting passageways, and now THIS..." She left it at that, and remaining silent for a little while. "At this point, I'd call it mercy to kill these undead. They're stuck living out their last moments for eternity. We should light this place up, literally." The sphere of un-tethered magic around her changed shape that this statement, extending out from her sides into what amounted to six massive swords, three on each side, all pointing perpendicular to the direction she was facing, like extra wings. "I'm ready to do some serious damage."
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Post by Flutter (Frosty) on Nov 18, 2017 12:46:33 GMT -5
((sorry this took so long- got hit with a cold that knocked me on my butt for well over a week))
Liin nodded. "The Lich Lord must have cast some spell that we missed- or perhaps it was the reason they rebelled. A blood magic binding, tying them into his service for an eternity?" She sniffed the air, recoiling slightly when the acrid scent was almost too much to bear. "Smells like most of them just... laid down one day. The children, the farmers. Neopets with little or no magical resistance." She let out a stuttered sigh, and when the big blue unicorn looked over at her, she saw that the faerie Peophin was crying.
Doe narrowed her eyes, angered at the injustice of ages past and that it was still happening. "Mercy, indeed. We take care of them, but quickly. No need to make a big show of it, particularly not when the lich is so close." She closed her eyes, then took a deep breath, coughing when she did as the air smelled like dead flesh, mold, and rotten fabric. "It's a festering pit down there. Give me a moment." Using her own abilities rather than the ones 'borrowed' from the elixirs, she gave everyone a bubble of fresh air around their heads. "Immortal, exceptionally hard to kill, or mortal- that miasma down there is going to make it hard for anyone to breathe. Not that you'd want to breathe anyone in, anyhow.
Simi spoke up with her own plan. "I'm not normally one to suggest this, but this underground city is huge. We'll never be able to lay everything to rest in a group like this, so we're going to need to split up." She lifted an eyebrow at Urasina. "I get the feeling you'd prefer that, anyway." She turned to the group at large. "I'd also rather not get caught in any magical backlash you three might unleash. I'll have Dreamsever with me, and his magical abilities are enough to keep me safe, if my physical combat is insufficient." She pulled an iron dagger from the folds of her silk ribbon and let a wicked grin find its way onto her face. "Pure iron. I don't have magic, but I do have folk remedies and such. This will burn the undead surely as any gout of holy fire would."
Liin tilted her head. "I'm not even going to ask where that came from or why you just so happened to have a dagger made of pure iron in the same spot you keep your sword-and-pet," she said as she wiped the last of the tears from her face. "But you're right. We do need to split up, even if I don't like the idea. If I need help, I can summon the Freet. Doe can do that weird blood magic puppet thing, and Urasina has her spirit dragons. Everything will be fine," she said unironically. They were, after all, each very experienced in battle in their own right and more than capable of handling themselves.
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Post by blackghoulmon on Nov 18, 2017 14:43:40 GMT -5
Urasina didn't reply to any of the other mares' conversations, instead studying the city ahead of them. The stench didn't bother her (she had dealt with such many times before) but she figured Doe's spell would be useful. "We need to be thorough," she said at length. "I'll mark where I've been, so we don't overlap." Her armored hooves began to glow at this, and when she lifted one front hoof, there was a glowing golden hoofprint beneath it. "We can meet up by the barrier once we've cleared this place out." The draconic mare literally erupted into flames moments later, her six sword lengthening considerably. "I'm gone." With that, she rocketed off, showing her Thoroughbred speed as well as just what she could do when she overcharged her muscles with Light magic. She turned sharply away from the main street and barreled through the smaller side streets on the eastern side of the city, immolating any undead she came near. Her swords moved, spun, lengthened, and shortened as needed to ensure she cut down every undead she came across. Even if her holy fire didn't get them, simply being slashed by the magic swords burnt the undead to ash, leaving nothing to be reanimated.
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Post by Flutter (Frosty) on Nov 21, 2017 14:42:38 GMT -5
Liin stayed put in the southern part of the city, simply radiating her aura outward and floating where the concentrations of the undead were highest. The stragglers caught up to her, seemingly drawn in by the warmth and radiance of her aura. They were instantly incinerated, leaving naught but dust behind as she had done previously. "These poor Neopets," she said, her voice full of pity even though the only ones that could hear her were those she was demolishing. They weaved to meet her, this odd danse macabre she had started was now reaching a fever pitch as those caught for so long in the past now met their sweet release.
In the western quadrant, Simitra and Dreamsever slaughtered their share of undead with both mercy and glee. It was nice, she thought, to not feel utterly useless. Dreamsever constantly immolated himself and cast his own odd fiery magic, a sort of 'fire mine' that rivalled anything seen on Neopia. The mare cackled as she raced about the narrow streets while the sword-and-pet set up the incendiary land mines, drawing the attention and ire of those around her. She giggled with pleasure as she heard one, then two, then a dozen of the mines set off and undead being launched into the air, on fire and in pieces. It was immature, she thought, but honestly- none of them would be having as much fun as she was. And she got to help a bunch of dead people, to boot. Day: Won.
Doe took to the north, but slowly. She could easily watch the progress of the other mares and feel it, to some extent- particularly with Aerlliin and how unsettlingly peaceful the entire southern section of the city was- and realized she'd probably have to get to work. She hadn't found her magical limit, yet, and knew she'd probably be close when it came to the battle with the Lich Lord. Or not, as she had faced far more perilous creatures on her own and still had energy left to run several laps. It wasn't that she was lazy- the opposite, actually- but she didn't see the point in making a big display of what she was doing. Ensuring nobody could see and that the other three mares were deep into their own sections of the indeterminably large city (seriously how the heck was it so big), she lit herself aflame, the armor coating her body dissolving completely, save for her mercurial horn. It was a subtle blue flame that froze things on contact, rather than set them ablaze. She could work her way through the northern part of the city to the holy flame gate without being seen and, at the same time, dry icing every single thing within several city blocks. She walked through a few city blocks like this, ensuring she didn't trespass on either the east or western parts of the city, and wasn't entirely surprised when she was the first to the gate. She snuffed out her flames again with the armor that kept them contained, and sat patiently.
It was Liin who walked past one of the permanently frozen undead on her way up through the city, and sensed no life or magic within it. "What in Fyora's name..."
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Post by blackghoulmon on Nov 21, 2017 19:03:29 GMT -5
Urasina finished her race through the streets and did one more lap around the eastern area to be sure she hadn't missed anything, or anyONE. Once satisfied, she charged for the holy fire barrier, skidding to a stop about 10 feet in front of Doe. "And now the hard part, I guess," she said. The six swords floating by her sides were slowly swinging back and forth, like oars on a rowboat. "This un-tethered magic could be a liability, so I'm going to rein it in." She lowered her head and closed her eyes, and the swords collapsed into her armor-clad body, followed by the holy fire blazing around her. She grunted a few times from the effort it took to compress and contain that much excess power, but as an immortal, it was manageable. She finally raised her head again, eyes gleaming with sheer power and armor rippling with the same. "Are we sticking to our igloo plan, Doe? Or do you have another tactic in mind?" Just then, the baby dragon spirits returned, landing next to the draconic mare. One of them clicked at her. "It's telling me they got all the little blood vials," she relayed to the other Uni. "The Lich is at his absolute weakest right now. We'll never get a better chance. Once the others get here, we hit him fast and hard."
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Post by Flutter (Frosty) on Nov 22, 2017 16:50:07 GMT -5
Doe looked the holy fire barrier up and down, getting a feel for both it and what lay within it. "Yeah, my igloo plan hasn't changed. If anything, I'm more sure of it now that we're actually here," she said gleefully. She grinned when the news about the blood vials was given. "Excellent. I won't say nothing will go wrong, but we've got a fair shot of taking care of this rotten Lich in under ten minutes. Any longer than that and our chances start to sink, just because our backup girls will start flagging at that point and it'll be harder to concentrate our spells if we're making sure he doesn't get a shot in on them," she said thoughtfully.
Liin had finally reached the gate, having taken to flight rather than walking around the absolute mess Doe had made of the northern district of the city. "Do we need to talk about what you did down there, Doe? Because it's actually creepier now than it was before. I mean, before they were dead and moving, but now they're like wax sculptures. Like dead dolls." She shivered, and not from the chill the hundreds of undead Doe had frozen were putting off. "I heard the last of Simi's traps going off, and she'll be here- oh, speak of the devil."
"That was fun. Can we do this more often? Mostly because when undead catch on fire, they do it really quickly because there's no fat left." She cackled when Liin's face turned into a grimace and then a gag. "They don't burn like candles, it's more like a firecracker." She made a bad explosion sound with her mouth, then cackled again. "I'm so ready for this next fight. I know Doe wants to do the igloo, but for backup I'd like to add a few of Dreamsever's fire runes to the bottom of the Igloodome to keep those of us on the ground out of reach. It probably won't do much damage to him, but it'll blow him back a little." She thought for a moment. "We also won't set them off. I'll tell Dreamsever to make sure our energies won't trigger the traps, so we'll be able to run over them without a problem."
Doe thought for a moment, then conceded. "If the battle goes on for more than ten minutes, you're going to need that protection. Yes, tell him to do it. But if one of us accidentally sets one off, I'm setting Dreamsever on fire." She nodded towards Urasina. "It's up to you and Liin to get this thing down. I think I saw switches when I was sweeping the closest edges, so it likely will be much like the mural." She looked to the others like she would say something else, but her mouth just opened and closed a couple times before she did speak. "Just... be careful. The switches are on the other side of the holy fire barrier, so Simi and I can't cross it until the barrier is brought down. As soon as we're through, get off the switches and get as close to that undead bastard as you can so I can set up the igloo without trapping anyone on the outside." She closed her eyes before letting Liin go. "Be careful," she whispered.
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Post by blackghoulmon on Dec 5, 2017 15:47:35 GMT -5
((Sorry this took so long... Holidays and all that nonsense.))
Urasina spread her wings and flew up and over the barrier, the baby dragon spirits flying in formation around her. She didn't know where the switches were, but Kouren helped her out, magically indicating them for her. She landed next to one of them, which was a pressure plate. Rather than jump on it and risk triggering a trap, she created a column of solidified Light magic and dropped it on the plate. No traps responded to this, so it seemed to be safe. As she waited for Liin to trigger the other plate, she gave some mental orders to the dragon spirits.
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Post by Flutter (Frosty) on Dec 7, 2017 17:43:50 GMT -5
Liin's heart raced when she saw the switch, mostly because it screamed 'trap' to her, though she didn't know the other mare thought the same of hers. She lowered herself down to the ground and set a single hoof on it, testing it like a cat with a particularly suspicious string. The barrier flickered slightly, but no darts or poison gas or a million other of the things that this labyrinth could produce came forth. A sudden fluttering of wings not her own caused her to jump and land on the plate, anyway. "You could have called on us to look," a tiny winged horse said. He was joined by at least a dozen others of soft blue and purple hues, covered in a delicate looking armor and utterly ready for battle. "I didn't want to summon you unless I needed to, Ilit. Chupe's doing, I suppose?" The small herd nodded, their fairy mail jingling. "Just... stay close to me, alright? I don't want any of you hurt." "We are warriors, my Lady! Perish the thought. We will gladly fight and die for you!" which was exactly what the Peophin worried about. She bit her lip, but it was too late if they were already here. The die had been cast and apparently, the one the Freet knew as the Gatekeeper saw a future that their services would be needed or something terrible would happen. She and her tiny warriors watched as the barrier fell- first, a loud buzzing and then a roar from the barrier itself, and then it dissipated.
As soon as the barrier fell, Doe set up a brilliant blue flame to signal the Neopian mares as she and Simitra galloped into what would be their arena. She quickly cloaked herself and Simi in a reflective layer so they would go unnoticed by the Lich, who loomed in the shadows. Even Simitra, who declared herself as 'magically castrated,' seemed to shiver in its presence. The big unicorn nuzzled her shoulder in reassurance, but mostly to get her to cut that crap out. "The Freet are here. I can feel them; we'll be safe," she whispered, though she knew it was of little comfort to the mare that could never use their remarkable healing magic. The thought of having to wait for a wound to heal was as alien to the mare as she was to everyone else. She felt considerably better knowing that Liin wasn't alone in the labyrinth, and waited patiently for both mares to return. It would only take a few moments, but she could sense the Lich in the shadows growing increasingly more restless. She felt it odd- the other Lich she knew was of the sort that he could be several feet from her and she couldn't tell his nature. Perhaps, then, her friend was the odd one out and this was how all Lich were.
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Post by blackghoulmon on Dec 8, 2017 17:29:37 GMT -5
No sooner had the barrier collapsed than Urasina charged towards the Lich at blinding speed, summoning her beam sword and casting her focused aggression spell as she closed to melee range and began to slash away. Her sudden rush threw the Lich on the defensive, forcing it to swing its staff to parry her relentless flurry of blows, and ensuring that it only paid attention to her, not to the other three mares. While she didn't have any formal training in Uni horn fencing, having a human owner who was a swordsman had taught her plenty. The Lich was rather capable of defending itself from her sword strikes, so she couldn't get a clean slash in, but she was keeping it occupied, which was what she wanted. As long as it was both trying to defend itself and trying to drive her back, it was one big easy target for everyone else. The dragon spirits were circling low overhead, watching the fight closely, but not getting involved. They had other orders.
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Post by Flutter (Frosty) on Dec 9, 2017 14:55:06 GMT -5
Doe nodded towards Simitra to join Urasina in the melee while she set up the ice barrier. As she'd never done this- calling upon magicks not her own to cast a spell she'd probably never done before- she watched as the new barrier formed around them. It seemed to glow with an eerie light, and Doe surmised that they at least would not be fighting in the dark. Amulatt would probably be super cryptic about it, the 'light within' or something.
Simitra and Dreamsever charged in, the sword-and-pet being both alight and covered in some lightish magic Simi couldn't name. She didn't want to name it, either- Dreamsever did, after all, have a mind of his own and who was she to boss him around? He wrapped himself around her tail, and she swung with great fury at the Lich's legs. If she had to guess, the giant undead jerkface had, at one point, been an Eyrie. It had also been magically enhanced, she thought- it was three times bigger than either of the Unis and about twice as wide. To Urasina she asked while battling, "Shouldn't this thing be LESS agile at this size?" She dodged when one of the lich's enormous paws swiped for her head. "Also it's dead, why do dead things move so fast? That makes it worse." Dreamsever caused a gash in the paw, which immediately healed on its own. "Uh oh. DOE! This thing's got regenerative abilities!" She noticed that her voice now echoed and that the largest of the group had finished her spell- at least part of it. "Liin? Can those tiny ponies do anything about this?"
Liin lifted a desperate eyebrow at Ilit, who took off with his herd in a flash. "Please be careful, little ones." The tiny general alit on the great undead Eyrie's head, and the others took to perching on other parts of the body. The young mare that took to the tail was unfortunate in her choice- the great lich turned and whipped his tail at the barrier, sending the Freet mare into Doe's ice barrier with a dull thud, where the poor creature died on impact. Liin let out a gasp, but did not move from her spot. She knew better, and would grieve later. But for now, she was just angry. Her undead-repelling aura grew in her rage, but still, she watched as the remaining Freet worked their magic. "They're dampening what's left of the Lich's magic. They won't be able to do this for long, especially with Ismere being gone."
Doe put the final touch on the ice barrier, stomping her foot on the base of the barrier. It did not crack, but instead solidified into what looked like highly illuminated glass. "The refraction is now active- do not cast spells unless you're absolutely certain it'll hit the darn thing or we're all gonna have a bad time."
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Post by blackghoulmon on Dec 9, 2017 18:58:07 GMT -5
Urasina was completely unaware of anything other than her and the Lich, her focus squarely on holding the big brute's aggression on her and her alone. She knew Simi was right there beside her, but didn't bother addressing the other mare. She could feel her rage building, faster than she wanted, but that was fine; if her rage mode activated, the Lich would be dead in mere minutes. With a quick motion, she thrust her beam sword at the target once again, but this time, she slashed forwards with one wing. The Lich was so busy parrying her blows that it didn't notice the wing slash... until Urasina's venomous spines sank in deep, injecting a potent dose of dragon toxins. This would be enough to rapidly kill any living creature, but the draconic mare knew all it would do would be to cause the brute intense pain... should it even be able to feel pain anymore. She yanked her wing back and slashed again, and this time, the Lich was a bit too slow to block. The sword bit deep into the thigh area, searing as it went, and momentarily staggering the beast. One of the baby dragon spirits shot down from the sky and smashed head-first into the Lich's chest, knocking it to one knee before bouncing back off and resuming its circling pattern.
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Post by Flutter (Frosty) on Dec 10, 2017 14:51:57 GMT -5
Doe estimated that about thirty seconds had passed. They had nine minutes, thirty seconds before they no longer had the advantage. She hesitated to think what the lich would have been like if they hadn't gotten rid of its magical resistances or the blood vials. Neither mare had taken the light vials, which she was regretting at present. Knowing she had to work with what she'd gotten, she unleashed a bit of the magic she'd taken in in a sudden bolt to the Lich's heart cavity. While it didn't go all the way through, it did flake off a large patch of dessicated flesh (to which Simitra gagged loudly) and turned the creature's attention to the unicorn, and its eyes lit up with an eerie brown flame (singalling she was, at least, correct on it being an earth element) and turned to her. "Oh, snap." She fired off another magical 'bullet' at the creature as it exposed more of its chest to her
Liin reacted immediately, sending her aura out further to encase both herself and Doe. It likely wouldn't do anything except make the creature mad. "Doe, have you lost your freaking mind? Aim for the head!"
"No, don't aim for the head, there's nothing in there, either! Ancient desert Neopians would remove all nonessential organs for the afterlife. Including the brain!" Simi interjected, and slashed Dreamsever towards the leg Urasina hadn't sliced.
"While I'm glad for your input, ladies, I'm aware of all this and I'm just trying to tear the thing in half without hitting the butterfly ponies or any of the ice walls. Can you maybe keep it distracted a bit!?"
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Post by blackghoulmon on Dec 10, 2017 15:50:59 GMT -5
When the Lich turned towards Doe, Urasina grumbled something under her breath and recast her focused aggression spell; it hadn't lasted as long as she'd liked. But it did its job, and the undead Eyrie turned back to her. But before it could begin to block her sword strikes again, she slashed upwards, and managed to sever its left arm. The beam sword cauterized as it cut, and the severed arm burst into flame and burnt down to nothing before hitting the ground. She half expected it to regrow the arm, but it didn't. Whether that was the Freet or her own dragon venom, she didn't know, but it left the brute severely hampered, and vulnerable to another wing slash and another venom injection. This time, she kept her wing spines lodged in its body longer, literally drilling it with venom, and the results showed quickly as purple fluid began to seep from the beast's eyes, no doubt causing it incredible pain, as evidenced by its babbling screeches as it clawed at its eyes with its one remaining hand. Urasina capitalized on this distraction to knock its staff from its right hand. To her surprise and secret delight, Kouren snatched the fallen staff and teleported it out of the ruins, robbing the Lich of its weapon. "Press the attack! He's vulnerable!" she cheered.
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Post by Flutter (Frosty) on Dec 10, 2017 18:44:16 GMT -5
The delay had cost them another precious thirty seconds, something she hadn't anticipated. With a sigh, Doe once again began her barrage of spells, focusing each on the middle of the Lich. Each spell shot off on the tail of the other, and the mare felt no decrease in her own mana. "Simitra, it might be a good time to start laying down those fire mines. Urasina, if you could kindly chop off one of its other legs, we could get the thing really unstabilized. I don't think that'll stop it completely, but it'll certainly help." Each word was accompanied by a rainbow of light from her horn, each word punctuated by a high-pitched whine of mana and electricity along with the hiss of dead skin being incinerated.
Liin felt like she was going to be sick, with everything that was going on. Apparently, they hadn't quite gotten all the blood, and what was left fell from the lich like the curdled milk that her husband had left out on the counter for too long. It hadn't even been mammal milk, it'd been almond milk that she didn't think could curdle like that. The smell wasn't the same, though. She felt woozy at the stench, and vaguely heard Doe shout an order for her to activate Guardian of the Night again.
"With Liin's Guardian of the Night spell active, the fresh air spell I've given you girls will dissipate. I'm apologising in advance, because this is going to suck." She nearly missed the beast when it turned, instead successfully destroying its tail in one shot. The husk hit the ground with a sickening thud and caught fire once Aerlliin's spell reached it. She felt the magic she'd 'borrowed' begin to flag and wondered if the Freet might be affecting this magic as well as the Lich. She noticed that Simitra was fast at work, dodging and parrying strikes as well as any trained soldier while the sword-and-pet creature laid down landmines. "I'm going to start coming in with my frostforge swords, so as soon as you're done, Simi, get out of there and let Urasina and I handle the rest!"
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Post by blackghoulmon on Dec 10, 2017 19:36:02 GMT -5
With both its tail and one arm gone, the Lich was staggering and struggling to stay upright. Urasina capitalized on this and cut off BOTH legs, leaving only the right arm still attached to the torso. The Lich was as good as dead, again. "Cut it to ribbons!" she yelled, slashing away like a mare possessed, each blow striking deep, fiery wounds on the nearly-helpless brute. Her rage was peaking, and at this rate, she'd enter rage mode within a minute or two. And when THAT happened, she would end the fight in moments.
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Post by Flutter (Frosty) on Dec 11, 2017 15:17:54 GMT -5
While the Uni had full access to the Lich's underside, Doe had her sword outlines poised to strike from above. She needed no time to prime the greatswords from her frostforge spell, but she really didn't want to have one miss and ricochet off the floor and hit someone. She knew that even a slice the size of a papercut could render someone with frostbite so bad they'd need some serious time to recuperate, immortal or no. She would also need the Freet to get off the undead beast as where she was going to strike would end in the deaths of no less than half of them. "Commander Ilit, you've got about thirty seconds before you're gonna need to get off that thing's back," she said respectfully. She knew they'd sapped nearly all of the magical energy from the Lich and the two mares would have this creature eliminated in no time at all. She looked at Urasina, cool and calm compared to the mare's berserking rage. "When you're ready, we'll end this thing once and for all."
Simitra and Dreamsever laid down the last of the fire mines. "When that thing collapses, it'll hit the fire mines and burn to absolute dust. Whatever's left after you two are done with it will never hurt anything ever again, living OR dead," she said confidently. The mare looked at the enraptured Aerlliin, hoping she didn't run out of mana before all was said and done. "Commander, it's probably best you come over here... now." She felt a bit of relief when the ponies swiftly lit off the back of the Eyrie Lich and onto her own. "It's all clear for your frostforge swords and whatever Urasina's got lined up, ladies."
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