Stan swung his fist into the adept's face while Bug circled around behind it. This was their fifth attempt at fighting an adept. So far, every other one had ended with them both dead from its magic. Neither Stan or Bug considered that acceptable. They wanted to be able to assist Cal magic or not and were determined to take one of these down.

Bug ripped into its backside, giving Stan time to grab its right arm and break it over his knee. His plan for dealing with magic was to cripple it as much as possible. He hit it in the face again. It raised its left arm, trying. It looked like it was about to cast something, but Bug had the hand in her mouth before it could. She ripped. It screamed.

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Stan tackled it to the ground and slammed his fists into its face until they heard a new message.

Adept defeated. Stan and Bug win.