"You are sitting this one out old man!!" mumbles a voice loudly, catching Cer by surprise. "NYA!" yells La Gateau as he lands a paw across Cer's face. "Yep. That would not have landed if you were really able to fight."

Agreeing with La Gateau, Cer exhales and gives up the facade and collapses to the ground.

Catching Cer, Kylan detaches from Punkin's back and wraps around Cer as it begins to glow.

"Good, Kylan." dotes Punkin as she pets Kylan. "That's a good unicorn blanket."

"I have so many questions.." mutters Kala as she performs hand seals ending with a hand triangle. "Bermuda Love Triangle!"

As before, a large mystic triangle of light is cast before the party and countless bubbles blast out, flying towards the Legion.

"That won't work on me, Baba Yaga!"Screams the Legion. "I learn from my mistakes, unlike the rest of you."

Suddenly the bubbles change course and scatter about, freezing in the air before floating aimlessly about.

"Ha. I like when my food can't run from me!" laughs the Legion as it begins to inhale the air, trying to pull the bubbles towards it while flailing its arms to catch bubbles and absorb them into itself.

"The bubbles are catching the anguished souls and spirits..." heaves Cer as Cer struggles to keep their head up. "Pop the bubbles before it finds a way to dissolve them or store them. Those bubbles won't last forever and it'll just devour the souls when the bubbles dissolve. It is absorbing souls and auras from all over. It will only get stronger."

"Okay!" yells Punkin with her hands hoisted on her waist in confidence.

"Oh no you don't little lady! Those are my woods. Please allow me to handle this, Pupu."

Tossing her knitting needles into the air, Kali casts her spell "Amacaeh Silk Net Excitolum!"

In mere moments, silk-like ley lines weave across the air catching the bubbles and preventing as many as they touch from being drawn into the Legion.

"Cherub, let's go!" Yells Kali as she runs barefoot towards the Legion and claps to release an enchantment, hardening and sharpening her growing nails.

Cherub pounces and lands inside the hood of Kali's cloak.

In an instant Kali disappears, only to reappear like a tightrope walker, running across the silk-like ley line web Kali had casted, slashing at and popping the bubbles while her needles zip through the air popping bubbles in their path.

"Well I guess I have no excuse! La Gateau, assistance please!" sighs Kala as she points at the bubbles in the air.

Like a sandstorm cyclone, a swarm of bees pour out of a black mirror and swarm around Kala. "Go!" yells Kala, sending her broomstick and swarms of bees to pop bubbles.

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"Is that all you can do? Delay my meal? You are part of it too!" bellows the Legion. "You want the souls? They are all yours!"

Suddenly the Legion opens its mouth and gusts of wind blast out, ripping the trees in its path out of the ground.

Sensing danger, Kali and Cherub port onto the ground near Kala.

"What is that? The wind is heading this way!" mumbles Kali as she stabilizes herself from the land.

Looking up, Kali sees the web where she stood, ripped out of the sky as if being swept away by an invisible broom.

"It's the souls themselves. If you can't see auras, you can't see them." mutters Cer as Cer struggles to stand. "We need to escape! Get us out of here, La Gateau."

"No. We protect what we love. Otherwise we give up on what we love." proclaims Arwyn.

Suddenly the cloaks fly from their positions and create a wall of cloaks between the party and the Legion.

Surprising Cer, Cazem crawls under Cer, picking Cer up unto her back as Ordair pulls up next to Cazem, with Punkin and Arwyn sitting on his back.

"Let's distract that monster while we figure out how to take it down." Commands Arwyn as she pets Ordair behind his ears. "Let's go!"

Startling everyone, a loud thunderclap resonates through the air with vibrations rippling through the tremors of their spines.

"Noooo..." Whispers Cer, while Cer's hand raises to reach towards the distant cloaks falling from the air, while laying strung on Cazem's back.

"Don't worry. It's souls against souls now, Cer. That's Claire's family and they will not let anything happen to you or Pupu. Though we may have different professions and jobs, when it comes to those we love, we all are warriors."

As tears form in the corner of Cer's eyes, Cer responds quietly. "I know...I can see some of their auras fading..." Thank you for sticking around and helping us on the farm. The Apiary and its bee's would've been impossible for me to manage on our own. Thank you. I will do my best to raise our Punkin. Please say hi to Claire for me when she greets you. Tell her I'm sorry I didn't end up as strong as she'd hoped I'd be for Punkin.

"My family? Uncles and aunties? AND COUSINS?" Taken aback by what she just heard, Pupu's demeanor changes. "That's my friends and my family! No more fighting! Don't hurt them!"

Rushing off on Ordair, Arwyn and Pupu bound toward the Legion swiftly.

Carrying Cer, Cazem brings Cer and sets Cer next to the remnants of the house that once sat on their farm a distance away from the fray of battle.

"You think that will stop me? You cannot stop hunger from coming, you can only satiate it for the time being. You all will satiate me!" yells the Legion as it swings its arms to absorb the essence of the clashing wall of souls.

"Stop!" Yells Punkin as she draws her bubble wand and begins to swing her wand, creating large bubbles and wafting the bubbles slowly towards the Legion.

"I can taste the air. You are like someone I met many years ago. You will be mine!" Laughs tha Legion as it swings back to pop Punkin's bubbles.

"ARGH!!! What is this?" Screams the Legion, drawing its arm back from popping one of Punkin's bubbles.

"Your bubbles are different Pupu. They work better than mine. Keep doing it and we'll help!" Yells Kala as she forms her hand seals again. I don't know how many I have left. I hope this is enough. We can't hold back now... Finishing her hand seals, Kala releases bubbles from a mystic triangle she summons.

"Mariposah! Gustareh!" Yells Kali as she rolls both her hands and flicks both wrists towards the Legion. A sudden gust of wind catches Punkin's slowly floating bubbles and propels them forward, mixing her bubbles with the flurry of Kala's bubbles.

"Well orchestrated Arwyn! Couldn't do that without you and the pups!" Yells Kala toward Arwyn.

Don't thank us yet. We aren't done here. You also don't need to yell. Just think of me and think of what you want to say. That's how these talismans work. No foc-us......

Suddenly a gust of wind and pressure hit Arwyn, Punkin, and Ordair into the air, knocking Punkin and Arwyn off Ordair.

"AHHHHH... OWWWEEE!! It hurts!" Screams Punkin as her decorative play butterfly wings incinerate off her back.. "It's HOT!!!"

Instantly, Kylan flies away from Punkin and smothers the flames off Punkin and wraps her in safety as she continues to scream and wail.

Hearing Punkin, scream, Cer attempts to jumps up away from Cazem but loses balance.

"Pu-pu." Gasps Cer while falling to the floor. I need to help her. I can't move!

"He's too scary!!" screams Punkin as she starts crying from the burning sensation of the Legion's attack.

Pupu, run! Commands Arwyn telepathically.

Seeing Punkin fall further away from Ordair and Arwyn, the Legion quickly refocuses and heads towards Punkin to attack her 6 hands clasped into a hammer fist.

Looking up in terror as the Legion closes in on her, Punkin screams, "DADDY!!!"

In an instant, a black shadow appears right in front of Punkin and a wave of mana blocksthe Legion's hammer fists, disintegrating the Legion's hands on contact.

"What is this dark magic?!? I can sense emptiness of mind and spirit." growls the Legion as it refocuses on the body laying before Punkin. "You! Shriver! Now you have nothing left. Just an empty shell. Was that your last resolve? HA!"

Suddenly the Legion opens its mouth and projects countless souls all focused into a stream towards Cer.

Sensing the auras closing the distance between the Legion and Cer rapidly, Cer makes one final plea. I am sorry everyone, for failing my promise. "Get Pu-pu...out...of... here... La Ga-teaus"

Everyone, cover them now! Screams Arwyn to everyone telepathically.

Just as the stream of auras reach Cer, they stop short and start concentrating into a ball right before Cer.

What's happening? That concentration of magic is going to kill them both! GO NOW! Commands Arwyn telepathically.

"NOOOO!! I SAID STAHP! NO MORE HURTING MY FAMILY!"