Imp Slaughterhouse

With the fun from their last mission complete, Evelyn and Zar returned to Sabertooth's temporary residence for some relaxation and indulgence in fine booze. As ever the day was filled with joy and laughter befitting a guild of such over joyous and powerful mages. The party didn't stop at mere drinking and laughing but evolved as the two indulged in each other under the cover of darkness, cementing their newfound relationship. When the dawn finally came and they had their fill of each other, Zar and Evelyn both walked down to the job board and quickly picked the most eye-catching one they found. According to the job, a caravan was being harassed by demonic imps. He wondered why nobody else had touched on this job and saw that the caravan disclosed it carried contraband within it which led to them offering a cash reward of 7,000 jewels.

The jobs description alone was more than enough for Zar end Evelyn to set off on their next mission immediately, grabbing her in his arms and whisking them away through the shadows to the Mysterious Canyon described in the job posting. When they neared the mouth of the canyon, they spotted the caravan camped just outside of it with noticeably damaged carts and injured mercenaries from the imps they mentioned. When Zar and Evelyn appeared into existence right before their eyes, their first logical course of action was to immediately arm themselves with whatever happened to be lying around at the time. Zar moved Evelyn behind him and approached the caravan with arms raised and slowly approached. His massive size did naught to dissuade the caravaneer's fear of his looming presence but hoped the flyer he reached for would suit them. As he pulled out the flyer, the Caravan Master approached him and snatched it away, nodding as he read through it. "Eyup. This is definitely our job posting. Alright lads, weapons and utensils down. They're here to take care of our Imp problem." The Caravan Master's words brought his men to heel as they placed their weapons down and continued their various tasks they were working on before the two mages arrived.

He motioned for them to take a seat before him to which they both complied. "As you may have already guessed, we're the two mages from Sabertooth and we've come to take care of you Imp problem, for the modest fee you displayed of course," said Zar, scanning the canyon for any signs of the tiny devils. The Caravan Master expressed his delight in Zar's approval of the reward amount; it was probably all they were willing to lose on the price of the goods they were selling. His face became that of a greedy merchant, grinning wildly and rubbing his palms together as he spoke. "Ah, excellent Master Wizard. Thank goodness you arrived when you did. Any longer and we'd have been late on our shipment. Now, all you need to do is was straight into the canyon and take the first left. The little imp bastards should come after you immediately since that's where they ambushed us the first time. Be warned, however, we laid eyes upon their boss and he is quite the menacing bloke; a Dark Imp much larger than the others and as black as the night sky. We wouldn't have seen him had it not been for his glowing red eyes gazing into our very souls. If you're still keen on helping us, the best bet to get them all soon would be to leave immediately as the sun will be setting any minute now."
Zar and Evelyn rose to their feet and bowed to the merchant. "Thank you for explaining the situation to us, Merchant. We will take our leave of you," His words carrying the weight of his conviction as they passed through his vocal cords.

It wasn't long after Evelyn and Zar entered the canyon that things became eerily quiet suddenly. Almost as soon as silence fell over the canyon, child-like giggles echoed across the canyon for what seemed like miles. The child-like cackling was unnatural and it was apparent what the source of these ungodly noises meant; The imps had them surrounded.

Monster roll: 3/10

The member 'Zar Valarblood' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

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'Monster Dice' :

(Since the boss can't appear yet, we'll be treating the boss roll as a strong imp and just use that boss roll for when we've killed the allotted amount of imps.)

This is the first time that Evelyn has ever faced imps or to have seen one in person.Evelyn smiles knowing that Zar is here with her. Fighting yet another battle for our guild. The enemy surrounds us both, but she is ready.With her back against Zar's she gathers the light to power her magic." Be careful my love. I have read about imps they are sneaky little devils who like to attack in groups once you let your guard is down. So we have to watch each others backs. We cant let one of them take us down." She attacks the weak imps that are in front of her with her beam of pure light. She then takes the opportunity to form her spear of judgement and stabs the imps pinning it against the hard rock of the canyon. The imp screams in pain from being pinned. One of the other imps manages to sneak past Zar and was heading towards Evelyn. Evelyn turns around at the right time only to be pinned against the cold rock that is next to the other imp she attacked. She is trying desperately to push the imp off while it is swinging its claws like a deranged animal. Evelyn is holding her arm against the imps throat screaming to her love to help her as it manages to hit her once. She ignores the pain from her bleeding side and hopes her call for her lovers help will reach him over the screams of the imps.

The imp that grabbed Evelyn found itself cleaved in half by his greatsword, pulling her to his side and facing off against the next few imps to come. At seeing their comrades lifeless body fall to the ground the two exchanged glances at one another before rushing at them both with claws held bare. Zar waited for the opening to dodge, and teleported into one of the imp's shadows, blasting it from behind with beam of affliction followed by a shadow bomb to finish it off and damage the stronger imp. This one that remained took the blow in its full force, skidding across the ground and landing back on its feet only to lob a small ball of flame toward Zar at close range. The fireball connected with his leg, knocking him out of balance but not seriously damaging him due to wearing armor. Once he regained his footing, he lifted his head to see the Imp leap in his direction.

Zar quickly brought his greatsword up to block the attack, locking with the imp and struggling against his own strength in a contest of strength. Zar began to falter purposely to draw the imp in. Unsurprisingly, the imp fell for the bait and poured its might into pressing onto Zar, only to find itself slammed into the ground where Zar launched an attack that covered the ground where the Imp stood in shadowy matter, inflicting considerable damage upon the initial blow, and eating away at the Imp until it finally crumbled and was consumed by the shadows. A heavy sigh passed from Zar's lips as he brought himself up and walked to Evelyn's side. He could tell she was bleeding and attempted to heal her with bandages he had on him. "Here love, let me cover up those wounds and stop the bleeding."

She smiles softly "Thank you". She looks down to where the imp attacked him and she looks up to Zar." Are you hurt? If you are I can heal your wounds." She blushes lightly as she removes your helement. She had been fighting the urge since they were alone after the first mission. She holds both of his hands as she fights her nervousness and reaches up and kisses his lips. Her light magic spreads from their kiss to heal the wounds that her love might have. At the same time she is slowly healing the open wound on her side. She wonders what Zar's reaction would be of her kissing him out of the blue like this, but she feels butterflies in her stomach and wishes she didnt have to end their kiss. But the enemy is still around. After their wounds have healed she slowly breaks their kiss and looks him in the eyes. Finding it very strange that only three imps had shown there faces and the rest haven't attacked yet concerned her. She knows that imps travel in large groups and she keeps her guard up. She looks to Zar "I don't think we have won the battle yet. I feel like there are still more coming our way, but I don't know where. Zar the enemy could be hiding in the shadow waiting for the chance to catch us off guard."

Zar found himself without a helmet moments after asking for Evelyn's diagnosis. She stared at him blankly and visibly shook as she did. He couldn't tell what was wrong with her, or what ailment had befallen her. He was about to worry that the imp had been carrying a demonic disease that had infected the wound he had just bandaged, but she removed that fear by pulling his face to hers and planting a kiss on his lips. A surge of magical energy and pleasure flooded through him as they connected. Zar was completely caught off guard and, for a while, stood there in complete shock. When he regained his senses, he looked her in the eyes and smiled brightly. "I know they say love is the best cure, but that seems to be an understatement after experiencing that kiss." His eyes wandered to the upper parts of the cavern as he began to see things skittering across the darkened walls just as Evelyn reminded him of the danger they still faced. "Of course, you're right. We need to head further in and draw more out."

He took his helmet back and placed it onto his head before continuing the long trek through the canyon. As soon as they came to the next junction, he could feel stronger presence close by. They had done a beautiful job of drawing out every hungry demonic imp that threatened the caravan, but the question remained on how many would attack them this time.

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The member 'Zar Valarblood' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

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'Monster Dice' :

She smiles as they both continued their quest into the canyon.She is happy that he didn't reject her kiss. But at the same time shes upset that Zar didn't kiss her back. He just stood there in shock and it left her really confused.Once they got further into the canyon something felt off and she heard the sound of claws scratching against rock coming from above us. She yells to Zar to stop moving as she casts her shield around them. Three more imps jump down from the rocks above and land on top of her shield desperately trying to claw their way through. Evelyn sighs in relief that she got her shield up in time to block the enemies surprise attack. She looks to Zar he is preparing to strike. "I don't think I can hold them off for to long. You need to get them off the top of my shield once my spell wears off two of them will be right on top of me. Once they are off I will be able to help." She looks above at the imps who's eyes have a blood thirsty look to them as they continue to try to break through her shield. The more they attacked at it the more strength and power she had to put into keep the shield up.

Zar's eyes dart to the imps bashing on the light shield she erected with her magic. Two more of the larger and stronger imps and one regular imp clawed at the shield and slowly began to break through. If he waited around any longer they would break through and rip them to shreds, and to halt their advance Zar unleashed a barrage of spectral shadows into the three of them, knocking them onto the ground and off the shield. As soon as they fell, he followed through by launching a spray of shadowy liquid at their feet, killing the smaller one and causing minimal damage to the stronger imps who had already gotten back on their feet. It became a battle of endurance and agility with Zar teleporting back and forth through their shadows as they caught up with him and swiped at him with their claws. He was trying to wear them down but ended up doing the same to himself with the frequency of his spell usage. If this kept up he would fall victim to their sharp claws and be ripped to pieces.

Their claw swipes became harder to dodge and consequentially offered an opportunity for Zar to turn things around. By lowering the speed at which he moved between their shadows, he left himself open for one of them to attack out of the pattern they had previously formed. When the Imp came to swipe at him, it connected with the other Imp instead who also tried to swipe but slammed into the same imp and sending both of them crashing to the ground in opposite directions. With them out of the picture for a few moments, it left an opportunity for Evelyn to send them to hell as the shadows he laid down earlier slowed them.

She closes her eyes building up her magic. She then opens her eyes and and focuses her magic on the imps who are trapped by her loves shadow magic. She sends a beam of light crashing down on them. The imps scream in agony, but there screams quickly fade as their bodies turn to ash from her attack. Evelyn notices that another imp was going to strike her love from behind. She runs as fast as she could while forming a spear in her hand. The imp was just about to strike Zar, but Evelyn stabs the imp in the head and pins it into a rock. She pants trying to catching her breath while trying to absorb more light. Shes happy that she made it in time before her love was attacked. She looks up to Zar " How many more of these imps do we have to kill. It seems like there's no end to them. We need to end this quickly if we keep going deeper in. The more the rocks will cover us from the sun which makes it impossible for me to use my magic." The rocks around us are blocking part of the sun from us which is making it harder for Evelyn to regain her magic." When we finish this job Zar I want to go on a date with you. That is if your up for it or if you have time since I know your a busy wizard."

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'Monster Dice' :

The imps were swiftly put down by Evelyn's dazzling display of power and control of Light magic, even going so far as to completely incinerate one of their numbers into ashes. He was turning to congratulate her on her efforts just as the last imp was coming to take his head off only to have Evelyn impale it through the skull and thus finishing off that batch of threats. Zar's eyes trained upon the upper canyon walls and noticed that there was considerably less light the further they went into it. He turned to Evelyn to tell her but was halted as she was in the midst of explaining that the lack of sunlight would put a dampener on her powers. He was pleased to hear her express such detail in expressing her awareness of the environment she was fighting in. That wasn't something most novices noticed right away when they fought out in the world, but she was already on point and aware of her limitations thus making her an effective teammate and asset to their survival.

She stopped him midway into continuing further down the pathway by asking him out on a date when the mission was over. The suddenness of the request caught him off-guard and almost caused him to trip over himself. Catching himself and returning to her side Zar questioned this change in pace, "You wish to go on a date? With you and I in some restaurant or perhaps at my home? I must admit I wasn't prepared for this, nor did I expect it to happen during a mission, but nonetheless I think it would be a wonderful idea for us. A chance to spend time off of the job so that we can relax." Suits, reservations, cooking, firepit, and the finest of drinks filled his thoughts for the date that was to come. He'd do everything in his power to make their first date accommodations something to cherish and remember for days to come. Their partnership on multiple levels had only just recently begun, but it was already feeling like she had been by his side for longer than anyone he knew to this date.

As quick as these merry thoughts came into play, reality swatted them away as four more imps dropped from above into the battle and all leaped out at Zar, who quickly retreated to a safer distance to formulate a plan. As he thought, his anger swiftly grew at their disruption of his time with Evelyn. Clenching his fist, he drew his greatsword and charged into battle, Teleporting behind each of them multiple times, and slashing them back and forth in quick succession, disorienting them and sending them flying off in either directions. The attack left them dizzy and confused as they frantically looked around for the attacker only to find him behind them once more. Zar was too quick on one, as he decapitated it within seconds, but giving enough time for the others to rush and attack him with claws and a fireball. Both claws were dodged easily, but set him straight into the path of the fireball, hitting him straight on. His armor protected him mostly, but the impact jostled him within it enough to cause noticeable pain that only furthered his anger. He created a large sphere of darkness around the area they were in, neutralizing their sight of anything outside of it, and followed up with Dark Greed at their feet, slamming into the ground before them and continuously doing damage while they were trapped within. As a finisher, to add ontop of the already increased damage rate, his presence near them began sapping life force from them back into his own body. The shadow bomb came last, attaching it onto one of the imps and teleporting behind Evelyn to watch the glorious explosion unfold.

He held Evelyn's hand and removed his helmet to kiss her on the lips, flooding her with raw emotions, and then drawing them back smiling. "Nothing on this God-forsaken Earth will stop us from having that perfect date alright? I swear that to you right now within this canyon infested with demons we will triumph and have our relaxing date!" shouted Zar, echoing throughout the canyon for what seemed like hours until it finally ended, but what accompanied it troubled Zar greatly. A rumbling sound began to echo throughout the Canyon, growing closer to them. From further down the canyon at the right turn came the largest imp he'd ever seen. Black and steamingly pissed to see what was left of its pack dead in front of two mages. It locked eyes with both of them and barreled down through the canyon toward them.

Current WC: 2345

Evelyn's mind was racing when Zar kissed her. She felt like time had stopped and at that moment she wanted time to stop. She didn't want their kiss to be interrupted but she knew that where they are right now isn't the safest place to be doing this. When he broke their kiss to tell her about his idea for their date she couldn't help but blush. She was happy that he wanted to spend some alone time with her. " I would love to go anywhere with you as long as it's just the two of us." Evelyn's smile vanished quickly as the leader of the imps comes down from the rocks to see his pack dead. The dark imp looked at Zar and Evelyn rage filled eyes. Evelyn was scared for the first time in her life. She is vulnerable where they are at, because their is very little sunlight around them. She had to think fast as the creature was getting ready to attack. She knew this would be risky, but she had to lead the beast out into the sun light." I have a plan on how to take down this beast, but you have to trust me and not attack it." Evelyn looks to Zar who looked confused as to what she meant by her words. She creates her spear in her hand with what magic she has throws the spear directly into the imps right side. The imp screams as the light from her spear burns him. While the imp is screaming Evelyn takes the chance to run past the imp. She looks behind her and see's that the imp is closing the gap between them. She keeps running through the canyon until she finally stopped. She could feel the sunlight touch her skin she looks to see that their are no rocks blocking the sun from where she is at giving her a complete advantage. While her body is absorbing light the imp takes the chance to attack her. The imp lands a deep blow to her leg. She bit her lip from the pain as she kicks the imp sending it into the canyon wall. She takes a second to look at her leg thats bleeding badly, but she cant do anything with the imp around. Evelyn had to be quick with her attacks she doesn't want the imp landing another blow to her leg. She holds both her hands out creating her spear as the imp was picking itself from the ground. She wonders where Zar is at she is out here alone fighting off this imp. Did he leave her to die out here. Angry with herself for thinking that her partner would do such a thing he couldn't. Though Zar doesn't want to admit to her she can see that he truly cares and loves her. She brushed off her feelings for now she sends down a beam of light on the imp. Screams from the imp and Evelyn fill the canyon. With the spear still in hand she takes off running directly at the imp. Ignoring the pain she is feeling from her bleeding leg she lunges at the imp and stabs it in the chest with her spear. She knows the imp isn't dead , but the loss of blood is making it hard for her to fight and she is weak from using all of her magic. She leans against the canyon wall where the hell is Zar her spear wont last much longer.

With the lead imp closing in on them rapidly, he only had a few moments to get a plan of action put together to deal with the hulking mass barreling down on their position. Zar was about to rush the beast but was held back by Evelyn; she wanted to deal with the beast herself. He wanted to openly object her going off alone, but the look in her eyes told him that she knew what she was doing. He couldn't hold her back; she had to be able to learn on her own and make her own decisions. Now was a time to show that he trusted her and her abilities to keep herself alive and well. Evelyn charged off to do battle with the dark imp, stabbing him in the side with her spear, producing a wailing scream from the wounded imp. She goes out of view, luring the wounded Imp away from the dark part of the canyon. Zar didn't know what her plan was, but once he transitioned himself over to the shadows to get a clearer view of the battle that commenced he realized what she was plotting.

Just above where she was standing, the canyon was open to the sky and gave her a direct link to the sunlight that shined from above. Zar watches in silent horror as the imp attacks, carving a deep cut into her leg, and held back the urge to ruin her plan by jumping into the fray. She manages to kick him off long enough to produce another spear of light and jam it into the putrid imps chest. He launches into action just as Evelyn collapses against the canyon wall and slams his sword into the imp before it can move, dragging his blade through its body and ripping it apart slowly as he stares into its eyes. Zar notices the imp try to raise its hands to cast a spell at him in a desperate attempt to break free, but never has the chance to get the attack off before Zar cleaves him in two, leaving him in a pool of his own blood. Panting and seething with rage, he slowly makes his way over to Evelyn, barely conscious, and picks her up into his arms. He stares at her weakening form before melding them both into the shadows and heading back to the safety of the guild.

Final WC: 2747