Unguarded Guardians (IC) Part 2

[Angel_Slayer_Alcatraz]

Yukari's Katana began to pulsate,
"Ageless teqnique! Living sword!"
She charged and began slashing before jumping backwards

[napsii]

Kaz snorted. Okay, cheesy threats were something she could agree weren't exactly called for.

Though she didn't have a damn care for how it insulted her friends. Ugh! Now that plant was dyin'. She knew that conventional water magic wouldn't work against it. But plants hated the cold! And so Tide was ready in its ice battleaxe form in an instant, the girl herself springing forward to follow the others' attacks. She had her solid reasons for wanting the plant dead.

"HYAAAAAHHHHHHH!" her high pitched battle cry stomped out Dax's command to her, but she went after the nearest root tentacle anyway. With her weapon alight with misty ice, she took a heavy two-handed swing over her head at the nearest tentacle she came in range to, aiming to give it a good hacking.

[Zender_Solarheart]

"Weed-whacking it is!" Victor shouts in reply to Dax, as he gathers a current of swirling wind around his blade. When using lightning-based abilities, the energy is charged in Mjolnir's hollow, but Storm magic covers both wind and electricity. While doing so, he leaps over to the side, aiming to get a better shot at the plant's tentacles, and once his shot's lined up...

"REPPU TATSUDAN!!" ("Hot Wind Slicing Burst")

Victor unleashes a trio of vacuum-blades, which curve outward as he sends them forward, then back in to converge on the target. Their paths will allow each wave to cut a 3-way branching swath through the tentacles after that. His electric attacks may not be very useful here, but his ability to harness the wind's power is a different story.

[Sortaix]

Oh look, now you done went and made him mad.

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The plant was fortunately not used to his victims fighting back, so the group managed to do some damage before it could truly ready itself. This allowed all the attacks aimed at it to strike true, but now the real fun begins. Mex're fire attack did some heavy damage to the plants blossom, setting it on fire. (-80 stamina)(-200 health) Planty then responded by swinging some of it's vines up to swat Mex away like a fly, but the tentacles were sliced off by Victors wind attack. (-90 stamina) (-100 health) This allowed Kaz's attack at the roots to succeed,as the plant was distracted. This completely severed one of the plants main roots. (-40 stamina)(-60 health) Nyx's attack did not work out as planned however, she was able to slice off a few tentacles, that were busy trying to restrain her. (-30 stamina) (-50 health) She did however, trip over a tentacle on her jump back as it swooped in to combat the flames on the flower. She ended up hitting the back of her head on the hard ground.(-15 health) Sort however was motionless during this time. The color of the plant, mixed with it's intentions, combined with the magic feeling he was getting from it, felt awkward and it didn't make sense. He stood still as, his magic explored the plant. he then began to realize what the group really was facing.
"SHIT! Everyone get back! Fall back! Fall back now!"
Sort fired a light arrow at the plant to get it's attention but it was too late.
"You insignificant little peasants! I'll make you all suffer for this! You hear me, you'll all suffer!"
With the plants words, came an unnatural glow from it. The glow was a black, almost a dark purple. The glow slowly got brighter and brighter until... a large explosion emanated from it. The blast knocked back everyone while Sort was still standing. The magic causing everyone else pause as the cold, dead power coursed through their bodies causing them to be slow and sluggish, every move was a hundred times more difficult. Now, in place of the plant, was a man. A dark man clothed in robes of dark purple and black, with an aura of evil magic emanating from him. The same aura that the Purplemancer had, that made him invincible.
The group was now staring face to face with a real Necromancer, a real pissed Necromancer. The ground then began to shake and rumble as hands reached up from the earth. twenty undead slowly crawled up to face the group at their masters call. Their rotting flesh, filling the cave with a horrid stench, moved as they began to clamber towards the group, their mouths dripping dead saliva as they thought of tearing into their victims flesh. Some had blades with the dried blood of their previous victims, and armor that was as old an dead as they were. Their moans and cries of agony they uttered, were filling the room, as did the clanking of their armor and weapons. The Necromancer let out a an evil laugh and fired a blast of necro magic at the group, which Sort countered with his own magic. The two blasts collided in the air causing an explosion of magic power that shook the very cavern.
"So, you're a light wielder then? That's good your soul will make my enchantments even more powerful, but to deal with your friends first."
The Necromancer sent out several blast of dark Necro magic at the group which Sort was able to counter with a light barriers shield. Sort was now showing some fatigue from the magic struggle. It was time for him to dig deep.
As his companions recovered, Sort did the only thing he could do. He began to glow with his light magic, a bright glow that filled the vast, underground cavern. As his power fully charged, Sort let out a mighty war cry as the glow became it's own explosion. The undead soldiers, quickly fell back, burned into ash, while the Necromancer let out his own shriek of pain.

As the glow subsided the group could now see the undead were gone. The Necromancer was on his knees in pain, while Sort was down, unconscious from the massive magic usage. The necromancer slowly got up, standing to face the rest of the group.
"Damn...that hurt. Well, now your friend is out of the way, it's just us. And none of you, have light magic. My shield may be gone but, I am not helpless."
Sort K.O.
Kaz: Health: 340/340 Stamina : 1110/1150
Victor: Health 420/420 Stamina 1210/1300
Mex: Health: 360/360 Stamina: 1120/1200
Dax: Health: 450/450 Stamina: 1280/1280
Nyx: Health: 385/400 Stamina: 1230/1260
Plant Man: Health 5500/10000
Sort is K.O., but the Necro does not have an invincibility shield, and is hurt badly. His minions are gone now as well. It will be up to you guys to finish him off, by yourselves. Have fun!

[daxtinator396]

Dax quickly picked himself up struggling for breath as the blast had knocked the wind out of him when he feel onto his back with a thud. He was amazed by the powerful display of magic he had just seen but pushed his awe aside for another time as he helped ip everyone with a small push of his magic and helped Kaz who had fallen nearby up with his own two hands,"You alright? Looks like we have to deal with that now." He said to her his shield raised proudly and a ball of earth and rock swirling around his hand as he shot it towards the man`s face hoping to blind him.

[Zender_Solarheart]

Victor smiles as his Reppu Tatsudan blades sever the plant's tendrils, which saves Mex some pain, but also allows everyone else's attacks to strike true. However, the plant then retaliates with one of the last things he'd expect: Necromancer magic. The blast throws him back so hard, that he has to fire two wind pulses to control his airborne speed, as he would've hit terminal velocity otherwise.

As Victor gets back up on his feet, he realizes that the plant wasn't a plant at all. In fact, it was a Necromancer...and a powerful one, from the looks of things. He seems to have the arrogant attitude to match, as well. "Not helpless, eh? Good. It's boring when the enemy can't put up a fight." He then points Mjolnir straight at the Necro's face, letting some small sparks dance across its blade. "But enough banter. It's time we let our swords speak for us!"

With that said, Victor walks forward slowly, keeping Mjolnir pointed forward, waiting for the Necromancer to make a move. The moment that move is made, he intends to dodge it accordingly, then fire a Shippu Taiho blast straight at the Necro's face. He's not dumb enough to just charge in on a foe like this.

[napsii]

"Urghhhh...fuggin' gob...plant..."

Kaz's eyes were spinning 'round their sockets as she sprung back to her feet, Tide still firmly in her hand even after being tossed about by the sudden, bright blast.

She bopped the side of her head. Her eyes fell back into place, and she settled back into a combat stance. Sort had socked himself so bad with his magic, he'd apparently fallen down for a quick nap.

"Sooooorttttttt! Blah! You can't sleep now!" she poked, not exactly scared at all of the purple dude.

"IMMA SMASH THIS." she declared, Tide morphing into ice hammer form as she lunged forward like a madwoman, twirling about with Tide spinnin' round as well.

"HYAH." she cried, and aimed to swing Tide with both hands tightly right into the necro's ugly mug.

[Sortaix]

*previous post edited for better story-telling*

[Icaelus]

Mex stood among the flames, a malicious smile curling her lip. Burning everything was just so fun..and just to think she had been hesitating a while ago..heh. She noticed the tentacles swinging up to bat her away, raising a hand to unleash a wall of flames to repel them. She was beat to the punch by Victor, though, his wind slicing through the offending tendrils like a white-hot knife through butter. Hm. Seems like he could do something besides making up stupid names, after all.
She raised her scythe, ready to cleave another chunk of plant matter when Sort yelled for them to retreat. The adrenalin of the battle lifted just slightly, enough for Mex to refocus on Sort's voice.
"Fall back? Why?"
Mex blinked in confusion, Ravenous still held above her in mid-swing. Her question was soon answered rather unpleasantly..a dark purple explosion blasting her clean off the pink blossom, landing unsteadily on her feet beside Sort. Cold seeped through her body..so much cold that even her innate fire magic wasn't enough to warm her.
"Nngh.."
She tried to raise a hand to summon her Flameform, but her hand moved like it was in slow-motion. She brought her head up with great effort, looking at the man who had replaced the gigantic plant. A Necromancer. One obviously way more powerful than Purple. This was bad..could it get worse? The ground began shaking..undead hands breaking out of their earthen tombs, dragging their bodies out. Mex sighed mentally. Of course it could. The Necromancer gave a laugh, firing a blast of magic at them, which Sort promptly deflected with his own blast of light magic. Mex gritted her teeth, trying to raise her hand higher. Her own body wasn't responding as she wished, due to that damn magic. Only Sort was capable of combat, it seemed. Damn it. She felt so helpless.
The Necromancer made use of his obvious advantage, pressing the offensive. He hurled several blasts of Necromancy magic, all of them promptly blocked by Sort's barrier shield. The dark magic did have the effect of exhausting Sort, though. As a last-ditch effort, Sort unleashed a final explosion of light, vaporizing all of the undead the Necromancer had summoned. Sort's war cry mixed into the blinding light along with the Necromancer's scream of pain..

"Ungh..Sort..?"
Mex murmured blearily, her eyes still frazzled by the light. The last thing she had seen was Sort glowing with light..then everything went white. At least the coldness had left her for now. What was that thing at her feet, though..
The flame mage blinked as her vision cleared. Sort lay at her feet.
"Sort!"
Mex cried out, immediately dropping to her knees and pressing a finger to his neck to check for his pulse. It was still there..he was only unconscious, then.. She turned her gaze to the Necromancer, hardening into a vicious glare full of hate.
"Light magic? I don't need it. I'm lighting you up just the same."
Mex growled angrily, stepping forward. Sort was at a safe distance, so she wouldn't have to worry about dragging him into the fight..
"Flameform."
She said, her voice uncharacteristically serious as she walked. The flaming armor materialized onto her person, just as she shifted out of this dimension. She had seen Kaz going straight for the Necromancer, swinging Tide's hammer form at his disgusting face. She would make good use of that..
"Getting hot in here?"
An disembodied voice said, the source of it made obvious as Mex reintegrated back into existence behind the Necromancer, bent low and swinging Ravenous at his legs the same time where Kaz's attack was going to smash into his face. He couldn't dodge both of those.

[Sortaix]

It's Choppy time!

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The Necromancer growled out as Dax's rocks made their way towards his eyes.(-20 stamina) He was able to deflect them with magic, but this blinded him long enough for Kaz to close in. Necro was able to recover fast enough to blast her back with his magic, which sent her back several feet, as she landed on her back.(Health -40) Fortunately all of these attacks left him open to Mex's attack. He was able to save his legs by jumping back, but this sent him crashing into her flaming armor, which caught him on fire. (-50 health)(-50 stamina). The necro fired another blast o' magic at her before jumping back away from her and attempting to combat the flames on his robes. The blast did hit Mex's but due to her magic armor, it was not able to throw her back. (-30 health). The Necro quickly cast his magic over him, extinguishing the flames, making him distracted for just one second.
Sort K.O.
Kaz: Health: 300/340 Stamina : 1110/1150
Victor: Health 420/420 Stamina 1210/1300
Mex: Health: 330/360 Stamina: 1070/1200
Dax: Health: 450/450 Stamina: 1260/1280
Nyx: Health: 385/400 Stamina: 1230/1260
Necromancer: Health 5450/10000

[daxtinator396]

"Gotcha." Dax says rushing towards him his shield raised before him as he charged into him while he was distracted. He moved the earth below him to trap his feet to keep the mage from moving.

[Zender_Solarheart]

It seems the others rushed the Necromancer, so Victor didn't really have an oncoming attack to parry. However, the fire-extinguishing magic the Necro used leaves him open for a second...and a second is all he needs.

Taking the window of opportunity, Victor closes in for his own devastating strike, Mjolnir's blade practically saturated in lightning. However, this attack is no Taifuzan. "Bakunetsu...!" he shouts, thrusting his sword forward to lodge either in the Necro's body, or his armor plates, and when it does...

"FUJIN GEKI!!" (full name's translation: "Exploding Fujin Strike")

With those two words, Mjolnir unleashes all the energy that was stored up in its blade, in the form of a small-range - yet very powerful - electric burst. It's not a technique he uses very often, due to its high cost to his stamina; the simple fact he's using it on this Necromancer means that he's acknowledging the opponent as truly dangerous, and one to be put down as quickly as possible. Considering everything that's happened thus far, he's probably right...

[Sortaix]

*Since no one else posted* lazy baster....

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Dax was able to successfully trap the Necromancers legs, but he countered by blasting Dax with magic. Dax's shield was able to protect him, but the blast still knocked him on his tail. As the Necromancer was preparing to blast Dax again with even more firepower, Victors strike rang true. He was able to stab the Necromancer in the sides, which received a howl of pain from the Necromancer, before the storm blast hit him.(-200 stamina) (-2000 Health) The blast itself propelled the Necromancer several feet off Victors blade. He responded by blasting the area around him with magic to attempt to knock back anyone near him, causing Victor to loos his footing and take a knee momentarily.
Sort K.O.
Kaz: Health: 300/340 Stamina : 1110/1150
Victor: Health 420/420 Stamina 1010/1300
Mex: Health: 330/360 Stamina: 1070/1200
Dax: Health: 450/450 Stamina: 1260/1280
Nyx: Health: 385/400 Stamina: 1230/1260
Necromancer: Health 3450/10000

[daxtinator396]

Dax was charging forward with a battlecry when he was knocked off his feet by the Necromancer`s magic,"Gnimlyyyyyyy! Ooof!" Dax fell with his shield on top of him,"You`ll pay for that!" Dax says with anger getting up again and rocks broke from the ground and swirled about him,"Feel my wrath..." He said before launching all six head size rocks at him at the sametime,"Time for a dirt nap!"

[Icaelus]

Ravenous cleaved nothing but air as the Necromancer jumped back, crashing bodily into Mex and blasting her with a pulse of magic
"Gah!"
She staggered, slightly dazed. The damn blast had deflected off the armor..lucky she had been wearing it at the time. Dax and Victor were following up with their attacks..time for her to do the same.
"Seek."
Mex quickly enchanted the scythe's blade with fire and swung it like a baseball batter, unleashing the cluster of flaming projectiles towards the Necromancer. She gave him no respite, immediately pressing the offensive again, taking the window of distraction that her Red Riot would provide to once again shift directly above the Necromancer, just one metre above him and in perfect striking range of Ravenous. She swung down heavily, the scythe's blade threatening to impale him in the neck.

[napsii]

Kaz somersaulted back to her feet.

"THAT. WAS. ANNOYING!" she puffed in contempt, stomping her feet against the ground. Tide, too, seemed to bristle with hate at getting tossed away. But neither had slowed down.

Kaz raised her hand, and bright blue illuminated her arm, leaping to Tide which was again shrouded with the same liquid, luminescent crystalline ice as it shapeshifted into a deadly spear form. The necro-jerk was wavering!

Sensing Mex's assault, she bounded into the air and swung Tide around like a madwoman a few times, causing numerous bolts of liquid ice to fly off as projectiles and home in toward the necro-jerk. As convenience would have it, though, the magically propelled shots would likely collide with Mex's own flame bolts midway through their journey. But Kaz wouldn't likely notice until they hit, as she was already dashing after Mex, lunging forward head on again to ram Tide's spear form right through his stomach. The ice enchantment laid upon her watery weapon would freeze any tissue it hit through and through.

[Zender_Solarheart]

(Knocked 2,000 HP off of him?! Fuck yeah! >=D )

Victor smirks with confidence as his blast of energy throws the Necromancer for a loop. However, the feeling is promptly watered down by the blasts of vile magic that hurtle at him, pushing him back off his feet a bit, though he seems to have blocked any real damage.
...
Come to think of it, something's not right here. Victor knows a formidable opponent when he sees one, but...this one isn't putting up that much of a fight, for some reason. Is he taking them all too lightly? Did Sort's magic really do that much to his abilities? Or is he simply just that good?

...No, he shouldn't dwell on the why. As noted earlier, this foe is not to be trifled with, which is all the more reason to put him down here and now. In the brief moment it takes him, he can quickly discern the next moves from his own team. Dax is launching a six-stone frontal assault, Mex is feinting with some firebolts to allow for an aerial dive-sweep, and Kaz is aiming for an abdominal stab. It seems the girls have the up-close ranges covered, so in that case...

(build-up music: http://youtu.be/8HeQtxd-q3o)
"My body is made of clouds. Wind is my blood, and lightning is my heart..."

Victor begins chanting an incantation, though to what spell remains unknown. He holds Mjolnir in front of his face, pointed straight upward, and the flat of the blade facing him. It is a special defensive stance, one he takes only for this spell. A spell that requires a whopping 8 verse incantation (2 per turn) for completion, and leaves him rather vulnerable until verse 7. Once it's active, he will become swift as the wind, and powerful as a typhoon. Until then, however, he will be relying on the others for protection...

[Sortaix]

Super epic battle scene, between adventures and a magically crippled necromancer. (Zender stop guessing my story twists, DAMMIT!)

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Necromancer blocked Dax's rocks aside with his magic as he stumbled back. He retaliated by blasting Dax with more magical bolts, which Dax can block with his shields and get knocked on his tail, or take a chance to try to dodge them. As Necromancer fired his magic, a small spark of bright light erupted from him. He then blocked Mex's fire attacks with true Necromancic magic. He then twirled around in to to blast her in the chest with a powerful magic blast, her armor protected her from the magic, but she was knocked back, as the magic caused her armor to dissipate. This however proved fortunate as it allowed Kaz to impale the distracted Necromancer with her spear, freezing his flesh. (-50 stamina)(-200 health). Victor is so far unnoticed as the Necromancer blasts Kaz back with a shock wave, with Tide still impaled in him. (-20 health)
Sort K.O.
Kaz: Health: 280/340 Stamina : 1060/1150
Victor: Health 420/420 Stamina 1010/1300
Mex: Health: 330/360 Stamina: 1070/1200
Dax: Health: 450/450 Stamina: 1260/1280
Nyx: Health: 385/400 Stamina: 1230/1260
Necromancer: Health 3250/10000 (Sort crippled his spells, he is gaining them back, fast! Bring down the pain and kill him or be defeated!)

[Icaelus]

Time seemed to slow down as Ravenous swooped down towards the Necromancer's neck while he was busy blocking Red Riot with his own Necromancy, extinguishing them quickly..too quickly, it would prove when he twirled and blasted her directly in the chest with a powerful blast of Necromancy, throwing her back.
"Oof. Ow."
Mex groaned from the floor, Flameform dissipating to ashes on her body and returning to her ashen dress. Crap. She struggled to her feet, Ravenous in hand. Her crimson eyes surveyed the rest of her party. Victor was chanting something, preparing for a powerful spell, probably..Dax was faced with a multitude of magical bolts which was due in about a second..and Kaz's Tide was lodged in the Necro. What to do, what to do..might as well buy Victor some time to finish his casting.
She shifted next to Victor, whispering in his ear.
"Hey, just keep up the casting. I'll run distraction."
Mex muttered, before disappearing in another burst of flames directly in front of the Necromancer. Ravenous was already enchanted with flames..heavily enough to unleash several bursts of Red Riot in one go.
"Hope you put on thermal underwear."
The girl grinned, swinging Ravenous directly at the Necromancer's chest for a massive, point-blank Red Riot.

[napsii]

"Urrrrgggg." Kaz skidded back on her heels, flailing her arms around like a lunatic to keep herself from falling flat onto her butt once she was slammed with the shockwave. Her chest hurt. Blah. But she wasn't down and out yet!

Yet.

"Whoa-uh-ah-uhh-huh!" she blabbed, teetering dangerously on the edge of standing up and being floored again.

*thwap*

"DURF!" and with that delightful noise, Kaz landed back on her butt, unable to keep balance. But, it didn't take her more than a moment to note Tide's icy form lodged in the necro's abdomen. It was firmly rooted in there, and Kaz felt a little nervous not having it in her grip.

"HEY! You're supposed to hold that with your hands, dummie!" she scoffed, her arms glowing with water magic. Still on her butt, she loosed a watery tendril of magic out toward Tide's shaft, though not to dislodge it. Tide quaked under the force of her spell, the girl twisting her arms in a series of strange gestures before her cheeks puffed to make a *pwuf* noise and she shot her arms out in a "boom" gesture.

Tide's spearhead pulsed, and suddenly the weapon exploded three hundred and sixty into a plethora of steel hard ice spikes as it shapeshifted into some sort of weird spiked mace shape. Probably decimating the necro's innards.