Questionable Return (Jin, Elyx, Alie and Ariel)

The opposition was overwhelming, in fact so much that neither of them had landed a single blow. This one mage was overpowering all four of them and all of them had sustained some serious injuries. However, that was about to change now; if his friends decided to act in accordance to Jin’s plan. Elyx was too far away for Jin to relay his message but still he had provided a way for the twins to jump into the air. As long as he sustained it, he was doing his part that Jin wanted him to do. Now, the twins needed to do their part but the enemy won’t just let them have their way. When he told one of the twins his plan, he left out one part. He did say he was going to summon spirit warriors and what those warriors were going to do but he didn’t say what he was going to do. That was because if he had told her, she probably wouldn’t have let him.

He had already decided to be the distraction and the sun mage’s recent attack only confirmed that a distraction was sorely needed. ”I hope I’ll be able to do something for you guys. Here I go” he made up his mind and ran to the sun mage. The sun mage smirked and looked at the injured heat mage, ”what’re you going to do?” he asked with a sarcastic tone. The sun mage turned his arm towards Jin aiming for another attack but before he did, Jin attacked him instead. It was obvious that spells won’t go to him but that didn’t imply that spells were completely useless. As he ran ten cold projectiles appeared above his head and launched straight at the mage who simply broke them all because of his shield. Right after that, Jin got close enough and made several cold based explosions in front of the sun mage. That also didn’t cause any harm but it resulted in a large smoke cloud making it difficult for the sun mage to see. Despite that, the sun mage launched his attack which Jin barely dodged at the last instant. He had used two C-rank spells simultaneously in his condition so as he dodged away, he was out of breath and energy and thus he slammed into the wall.

His work was almost done because he had summoned two spirit warriors underneath the mage to help the twins. One of the warriors had a giant shield and sword, the twins could use that to jump over Elyx’s wind source and get to the mage. The other warrior had no weapon but he was skinny and agile, ready to jump along with the twins and help them make the one crucial blow.

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Elyx continued to play his piece, the Wind Barrier still active but breaking slowly. Finally, he struck the first note with a vibrato and the wind began to intensify. His body was slowly beginning to heal, the music being soothinv to his muscles that he fell on. This was about to be the comeback until a sudden cry came from one of the twins, but there was so much noise that he was unable to make out what the words were. That was until he saw a lightning bolt headed his way, and he stepped to the side in time to avoid the attack, but a second splash occurred from the lightning bolt and struck him once. It did not do too much damage, but it weakened the trampoline barrier he had set up before. Argh! Enough! Elyx exclaimed as he increased the dynamics from Metso Forte to Forte and switched lanes, increasing the volume and power of the wind, at the cost of the health he had before the fact. Wind Lerale Stream of Quintus! Elyx exclaimed as a chain of wind arose from the trampoline and headed for the sun mage from behind, striking him from behind with the chain. The attention was turned towards the chain, which kept on spinning around the enemy to make sure it did not move away. I caused a distraction, guys! Now is your chance! Elyx exclaimed as he then began to deflect the magics once again. This was getting easier and harder from time to time over and over again. But now the twins had a chance if they can use the barrier as the trampoline.

Alie and Ariel watched, then looked at each other. Now it was time for action. Ariel, along with the armored ghost warrior jumped off the air trampoline, flying into the air. The priest saw this and flew higher, but Ariel was ready. The ghost warrior had readied and she landed on it. Pushing with all it's might it threw her as she jumped off it. Flying toward the priest, due to her small frame she shot up there fast and grabbed a hold of her robes with her hands. "Time for you to fall little Icarus. You flew too close to the sun." She said as a large metal shield appeared on her back. It was heavy ad pulled her and her prey down toward the floor. They were gaining speed as the mage kicked and punched to try and let the small girl let go. Yet her hold wouldn't budge, the ground was coming up fast. So Ariel did one last thing before she let go. The gems on her hands glowed a faint purple and pulsed briefly before she let go and they both dropped. The thinner spirit warrior jumped and caught her in the air.

Alie knew that now it was her turn. The mage was screaming and flailing as her fell to the ground, his magic not working as her plummeted to the floor. She placed her hands on the floor and concentrated, a single solid spike shot up from the ground and went right through his stomach. He coughed up blood as he slid down it. Once he stopped near the bottom he looked at Alie who was standing up. He tried to say something but another spike shot out of his head and he died instantly. Blood dripped down the spikes and pooled on the floor in front of her as he sister walked up beside her. "That was a good line." she said smiling at their handy work. "Thanks." Ariel replied.

Blood slowly made its way from his head down his face; Jin was leaning against the wall and struggling to maintain his consciousness. He had done what he could and now trusted his friends to do the rest. He was hopeful that the warriors he had summoned would help his friends like they had always helped him. Jin was struggling with his vision too, not just the pain that was now echoing in his entire body. Despite the blurry vision, he noticed the demise of the formidable foe. He did not approve the killing of the mage but he deemed it unavoidable. The two warriors having finished supporting his friends, made their way to their summoner. ”You okay?” inquired the agile one as he sat down to look closely at him. The larger one stood in front of him but didn’t say a word, he continued to wait for Jin’s reply.

Having noticed that Jin was in no condition to reply verbally, the two summoners picked him up. The large one holding the shield lifted Jin on his shoulders. The other one made sure that Jin wasn’t inconvenienced while he was being moved. After being moved to the shoulder of one his summoned warriors, Jin lost consciousness. The whole journey, he was tended by the two warriors who carried him the entire way. They had bandaged the external wounds after leaving the sun tower. The two warriors would escort Jin to his room in the guild, where he would be left to sleep after being checked by the doctor.

The temptation to trigger Cyclone, it was flowing through his blood badly. He wanted to just end this so quickly, and normally he could if he did not want to harm his friends, but there they were. Right there, if they were to get into the Cyclone, they would be taking some serious damage as well, and getting back home in Black Rose would not end up with a happy result. Well... what would I do then... there's only a few of them anyways. Elyx said to himself as he put his bow on the string and began to play once again, he wanted to be moving at his faster pace as a Neko. This is his favorite spell out of the three C rank spells he knew. After a few seconds and a sweet vibrato at the end of the piece, he ended up shooting a circle of light from his instrument and smiled once it ended.

Elyxs transformation into Swift Paws. This was it, he could feel his energy increasing heavily, a ball of energy ready to let loose and fly freely across the world. He felt his head obtaining cat ears, light brown ones that pointed up. His cheeks had small whiskers growing out from his face, his smile slowly curling to look even more cat-like than his actual grin. His upper part of his body was showing, his chest puff out strong, and his stomach seemingly skinny, but strong as well. His black pants became Denim Blue Jeans with one rip across the left knee of the jeans. From behind his jeans, a brown tail swayed happily alongside the wind. Around his neck was a red collar with a small yellow bell dangling as it swayed side to side. His eyes became a light shade of green rather than his usual light brown. He looked back towards his teammates with his cat-like smile. “Time to play!” Elyx exclaimed with his eyes full of excitement and ready to play.

The twins where looting bodies for anything valuable that they could use or sell. For them that also meant some more gruesome bits, like bones, blood and a few eye balls in jars. They didn't find much else but figured they could sell the leaders crown and robes at an auction some where back in town. The girls where busy removing...something...from the chest of a slain victim when they heard Elyx announce that he was ready to play. Ariel looked over her shoulder and at him "You missed the party Elyx." she said nodding to the bloody spire in the room, the mage they were fighting laying next to it. Well it was more a pile of innards than anything else. "Jin got payment and went home to get treatment." Alie said removing a bloody hand from the corpse and placing something in a pouch. "We're just finishing up here." She said as she and her sister stood up. They flicked their hands a few times to get most of the blood of their hands. They headed for the exit, grabbed Elyx by the back of the shirt and dragged him back to the guild.
Once they got back they headed right up to their room and shut the door. Pulling out all their spoils of war. "We almost have enough parts. I'm sure of it." Ariel said placing boxes, bags and jars down in a closet. Alie smiled and nodded "I'm sure we can do it. Probably." she replied as they changed out of their bloody clothes and took a shower. Hot showers where always nice after a long day of murder.