Tanashi laughed and clapped wildly as he watched the chaos unfolding before him. It was the exact entertainment he had been looking for this entire game. “Hahaha! This is amazing! I had no idea this would happen!” he exclaimed excitedly.
“Yes, quite surprising,” Drake agreed, “Ford’s new ability to store and use grimoires later is an unforeseen adaptation.”
Zee cackled, “I like the way she thinks.”
“Hell yeah!” Tanashi agreed again. Then he threw down one of his cards.
Monster attack under-way.
Sacrifice cards for two rounds to determine the level, type, and quantity.
“Hey!” Samael protested, tossing aside her wine, “They’re having enough trouble as it is trying to escape! Don’t add a monster attack to their problems!”
Tanashi waved her off as he searched his hand for the cards he wanted to sacrifice, “Relax Samael. This is to help them. While the monsters attack, they can escape. And they’ll have less enemies hunting them to worry about for a time.” Tanashi said as he tossed the rest of his cards into the sun for his sacrifice, activating a new window.
Five cards sacrificed
Three weapons and two armor cards
Epic, legendary, and common weapons
Uncommon and legendary armor
Monster Lvl 45
Type rare tortoise
Quantity 5
Generating monster
Samael gritted her teeth as the message appeared above the table and was about to throw a card down to try and stop the attack when Guargen surprised her by throwing down a card of his own.
Sacrifice theft
Remove two sacrificed cards from the sun and play them for yourself.
Legendary armor and legendary weapons taken
Loot will be given to champion “Gimble” with the next loot drop.
Monster attack changed
Monster Lvl 34
Type uncommon tortoise
Quantity 1
Generating monster
Tanashi’s face fell in disappointment as he scowled at Guargen, who smiled smugly and shrugged. Finn laughed boisterously and said, “Okay, I like where this is going. Let’s try this.” He then threw down two cards, and the screen changed again.
Monster size increased
Monster level and rarity raised
Monster Lvl 44
Type epic tortoise
Generating monster
Tanashi smiled a little at that and crossed his arms smugly. Samael looked at the card she would’ve played and decided to hold onto it for now as everyone else also passed their turns. Tanashi clapped his hands and said, “Let’s see what happens next.”
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Lilly fired several lightning bolts at the giant who towered over her and Morgan. He lazily swung his claymore and deflected the bolts into the ground harmlessly. The giant stood four meters tall, with his steel grey eyes the only thing visible through his stone helmet and armor. The sliver steel claymore he wielded like a feather was as long as he was tall and half as wide being a meter and a half wide. It had intricate silver filagree all along the length of the blade which allowed him to effectively grab, and direct lightning thrown at him. The only reason he hasn’t come any closer and killed them was because of Lilly’s relentless attacks and Morgan’s defenses.
“We aren’t gittin’ anywhere wi’ ‘im,” Lilly griped. She knew the lightning wouldn’t do anything to him, but to avoid setting the buildings on fire she used lightning to keep the giant at bay.
Morgan grunted in agreement and said, “Perhaps we can simply stall for time while we figure this out.”
“Not likely but let’s gie it a shot, I don’t ‘av any ideas,” Lilly agreed begrudgingly letting out another salvo of lightning bolts.
“Heh! And I thought elves were supposed to be smart,” Morgan joked.
Lilly shot a glare at him with a retort already on her lips when she saw his right hand clutching his hammer. His hand shook slightly, and his armor rattled slightly. Lilly rolled her eyes, swallowing her comeback, and said, “Aye, we are. But even we nade a dwarf’s ‘elp from time to time.”
Morgan glanced back at her with a crooked smile before taking a deep breath and turning his attention back to the giant and yelling, “OI! Big and stubborn bastard! What’s your name?!” The giant stopped for a second and looked around the square they fought in as if Morgan had yelled at some other giant in the square before turning back to face Morgan and Lilly, cocking his head and pointing at himself quizzically. Morgan rolled his eyes and yelled, “Yes, you! Ye see anyone else here?! What’s your name?!”
The giant didn’t answer immediately and took a second to respond. Lilly could see his eyes blink dumbly behind his helmet before he scratched his head and spoke in a voice Lilly did not expect to hear from someone like him. “I’m Forgal of the Gaol tribe,” he spoke nervously but formally and his voice sounded like a small child’s, high-pitched and quiet.
“How auld are ye?” Lilly couldn’t help but ask.
Forgal looked nervous again and seemed to draw into himself as he answered, “F-Forty-nine.”
“Forty-nine?!” Lilly and Morgan exclaimed in surprise.
Forgal glared at them as if their astonishment offended him and he yelled “What?! You thought I was a child because of my voice!?”
An enormous pressure surrounded Morgan and Lilly as the giant yelled. Lilly leaned heavily against her staff as Morgan did the same with his hammer. Gritting her teeth Lilly tried her best to speak, but her voice barely escaped her throat, “We … weren’ sayin’ tha’. We jist meant—”
“LIAR, LIAR, LIAR!” Forgal screamed like a child throwing a temper tantrum as the pressure around Morgan and Lilly increased.
Lilly gritted her teeth as she fought to stay upright. Morgan did the same as he tried his best to move in front of Lilly and protect her. She put her hand on his shoulder and said, “If I die. It’s yer fault.”
Morgan let out a nervous laugh, “Yeah, sounds about right.” Then Forgal roared and charged at them which only increased the pressure around them. Morgan braced himself against his shield, ready to counterattack.
A scream of pain escaped Forgal’s lips out of nowhere and the pressure released from around them as he fell to the ground face first and rolled on the ground, screaming and clutching his left leg. Lilly and Morgan stared at the giant, dumbfounded as a shadow fell upon the giant and plunged a dagger into his armpit. The giant screamed again as he grabbed at the shadow only for his hand to pass through it as the shadow disappeared only to re-appear near his legs and plunge the dagger into his right leg, behind the knee where his armor was weakest, and pulled a dagger out from his left leg.
The shadow then disappeared and reappeared in front of Lilly and Morgan, revealing a smug smiling Benet. “You know you missed me beautiful!” he exclaimed happily.
Lilly didn’t answer and just rapped the end of her staff against Morgan’s back gently and said, “Well? Aren’ ye goin’ to answer ‘im?”
Morgan barked a laugh, “HA! He’s not talking to me. He’s talking to himself.”
Benet’s face fell as they made jabs at him, “Why do I even bother trying?”
Lilly was about to make another jab at him but stopped herself as she saw Forgal struggling to stand. “We can roast ye la’er. We nade to run now,” Lilly commanded, and just before she started running, a dwarf in black armor slammed into Forgal’s side and they collapsed in a heap.
Then Ace jumped down from a nearby roof standing at his full size, with the dwarf’s boot still in his mouth. He looked at them, his obsidian eyes burning with their ethereal blue and violet flames, and asked, “Can I run with you?”
Letting out a small chuckle, Lilly said, “Ye can run for us!”
Ace’s tail wagged happily as he put his chest to the ground and exclaimed, “Yay! I like running!”
Laughing, Lilly jogged forward and climbed up his side and onto his back, followed by Morgan and Benet. Ace’s fur had softened as he ate cores, so when they sat on his back, they weren’t stabbed in their groins. As soon as Benet sat down, Ace took off toward the edge of town and Lilly accessed her comms and sent to Ford, “Ford, we’re gittin’ out av ‘ere. Benet an’ Ace got ‘ere jist in time. Go save Farah an’ the rest.”
Ford breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Good. Get the hell out of dodge, grab Tanya, and keep running. We’ll be right behind you.”
Lilly looked down as she nodded to herself and mumbled her reply, “Al’ righ’. We’ll go. An’ Ford … stay safe. Love ye.”
“Love you too,” Ford sent back before ending the communication.
“You do know that was an open comm right? We all heard you,” Benet said, ruining the moment. Lilly swung her staff over her head and smacked Benet with it.
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