He had recently faced a large charging enemy, so with snake-like reflexes he drew and fired a shot at the hammer-wielder's knee. The shot landed, causing the man to fall on his face, and his momentum carried him a few more steps. The swordsman behind him did not spare a glance as he passed, closing in on Jaeger.
As he turned, reloading his pistol and shifting his aim, a knife sunk into his hand, knocking the pistol free. As it spun across the floor, Jaeger whipped his axe free and turned in the direction of the knife throw. He saw nothing, but heard a laugh.
“Ha, they always fall for that. Xorro I got the magic wand, I think once I kill him me and you are going to talk about how our shares will be changing.”
The knife-fighting rogue had appeared in front of his pistol and picked it up. He waved it at the swordsman, Xorro, and then pointed it at Jaeger. With a malicious grin, he held it awkwardly, but put his finger on the trigger and pulled it. The pistol lit up as if it were firing, and then a wave of purple magic shot from the handle of the pistol down his arm and across his body. The process was neither fast nor slow, but it was deadly and painful, or so Jaeger guessed from the howls of pain the man made.
The sprinting swordsman had stopped in anger when the rogue had made his demands, but now he froze in horror as the man was consumed by magic. When the process was complete, all that remained was a pile of charred ashes and the Hunter's pistol, which had lost its glow.
“Fuck me.” Said Xorro.
A loud groan followed as the hammer-wielder slowly got to his feet. His shot knee caused him no problems.
“What was that boss?”
“Nothing, Loid is dead and Cloak isn't acting. Get up here and distract this bastard. His wand is gone and we're too close for him to use his staff.”
“On it boss.”
With that, the man grabbed his hammer and charged Jaeger again, and Xorro had been right. The swordsman had moved too close for Jaeger to easily use his rifle, and his pistol was out of reach. So when the hammer-wielder came at him with a sideways blow, Jaeger knew he was in for a tough fight.
Leaping back, he dodged the first blow, but then the man continued. Using the momentum to whip the hammer around his head, he brought it back for another swipe, the hunter using his axe to push it past, but then he caught the hammerman's chest kick. As he began to slide backwards, he saw the swordsman lunge at him from behind and slash diagonally at him. The hunter barely managed to get his axe out of the way, but even as he did, he felt a massive paw grab his collar and throw him. He rolled down the street, opening several small cuts across his body and knocking the knife out of his hand. When he came to a stop, he stumbled to his feet, relatively unharmed except for his now bleeding hand and blurry vision.
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“Ya idiot, what do I always tell you about throwing people?”
“Aim at a wall or over an edge, not down a empty road.”
Xorro punched the hammer man in his arm.
“Then why the hell did you throw him down the road? We are surrounded by buildings.”
“He almost had ya boss, I thought it was better to get him gone.”
“He didn’t almost have anything; I was setting him up. It’s reasons like this that I’m the boss and you, Slowfist, are just my underling. Now come on let’s finish him. It might help if SOMEONE WERE TO GET OFF THEIR ASS AND HELP US!” This was probably directed at the cloaked man, or so Jaeger hoped, if this group had more people he didn't have much confidence in fighting them.
Jaeger shook his head as he stumbled a step to clear his vision. Which was good timing, as the swordsman was almost on top of him, clearly outpacing the aptly named Slowfist. Still holding his axe, Jaeger lunged at the swordsman, catching him off guard with a vicious underhand cut. Xorro caught him with a downward thrust and locked Jaeger in a contest of strength.
Slowfist was closing in, and this knowledge spurred Jaeger into action, as he launched a side kick. This caught Xorro in the ribs and the contest broke up as the swordsman stumbled back.
A loud series of lumbering steps and a bellowing sound announced Slowfist's move, and it was an explosive leap. He brought his hammer down as he landed with a thud. Seeing the move coming, Jaeger was able to jump backwards to avoid it, but as the hammer hit the ground, it caused an explosion of shrapnel to fly outward. This wave caught Jaeger off guard, giving him little time to shield his eyes from damage, but leaving the rest of him open.
The shrapnel shredded his coat, but stopped short of his armor, knocking Jaeger back. He had little time to recover as Slowfist came at him with a roar and a flurry of blows. Using both hands, he swung the hammer horizontally, catching Jaeger in the arm before using the rebound to swing it all the way around to his other arm. Jaeger, who had felt the bone crack, wasn't about to let that happen again, so he leaped into the big man's chest and thrust at his right arm with the axe.
His axe was no longer the almost supernaturally sharp blade he'd brought into this world, but a spiked Orc axe. Where once the blade would have sliced cleanly through with its sharpened point, it now stabbed a series of dirty spikes into the man's arm, ripping through the flesh with a brutal downward thrust. With a scream and a spray of blood, Slowfist fell back from Jaeger, who, now covered in blood, looked around for Xorro.
A burning sensation on his back let him know where the man was. The pain of the sword slicing across him wasn't the worst he'd felt, so he worked through it and swung a full 180, his axe held at waist level. Again Xorro caught it, this time with a half-sword block, but this time he was the one who kicked. Jaeger leaned back with the kick and managed to keep the damage low, but it caused him to fall. He quickly turned this into a long roll back to his feet, and not a moment too soon. For the swordsman had run after him, thrusting out to impale him.
Jaeger grabbed his axe with both hands and swung it upward, knocking the thrust off course and bringing it down on Xorro's leading arm. The axe sank deep, and with a savage twist, Jaeger tore it free and went for a killing blow. Then he felt a force like a cannonball hit his arm, pinning it to his side, and he blacked out.