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Raven cried out in pain as the pyromaniac sliced at both of her hands with his two knives and jumped away. She looked down at her arms, and saw the gash in both of them as they began pouring out blood. A black smoke would surround her as she stared at the pyromaniac, gripping onto her staff tightly as the blood dripped to the ground. She would worry about her wounds later, but right now her top priorities were her friends and these assassins. She would almost growl at him, before the other two started talking to her in an attempt to calm her and help her formulate a plan.

"Raven?! Are you ok?!"

"Just peachy...can you-"

"I can't...Not from within you..."

"You mean you can't use your healing powers anymore??"

"William, I used up the rest of my strength in saving you, meaning I used up the rest of what I could....It doesn't mean I don't have my powers, but I have to be facing someone to use them. I would have to be face to face with Raven, meaning I can't heal her given our situation."

Raven would grip her staff tightly, before both of her eyes turned black and a black smoke surrounded her. Though Crow wouldn't be coming out this time. Oh no, she had something else in store for him. The orb on her scepter would glow as black as her eyes, changing from their original aqua marine color. Smoke would even envelop the orb as she stared at him.

"zanti moku....tiem..."

She says before a black circular smoking circle started forming in front of her. Slowly a spear would come out of it, growing longer and longer until a spear formed from within the circle. After it was long enough, she would fire it at him. If it hit, it would pierce his stomach, not enough to kill him but it would certainly do some damage to him. If it didn't hit, then it would leave Raven open for his next attack.

There was a silence looming in the room but Audemar felt grateful he wouldn't be manhandled. He gave the other a glance that felt cold to them. It seemed like time slowed down due to no one saying anything but Audemar broke the silence, "Is there anything else you wish of us?"

Morrigan-Lilim would hear her moans and thought her plan to be working, only to get a dose of reality as she heard Haldor get struck down and was once again yanked by her legs and this time thrown through the remaining wall of a fallen house, grunting sharply from the impact and glad that she had on her armor and helmet, though her wings would feel sore after that.

Shaking off the impact, Morrigan-Lilim would move to take hold of the whip that had locked itself around her legs and used her heightened strength to stretch and eventually break the links that held the whip as one, freeing her legs from being bound at last, "Your friend just struck down my boyfriend..." she growls as she glares at the Dominatrix, her eyes burning a fearsome demonic red, her intimidation aura pulsing outward again and adding more pressure to the air, "I hope you've made your peace with your life... Because I will be relieving you of it." she growls as she spreads her wings again, shaking some splinters off of her feathers and re-emerging from the house, sword in hand as the red glow overtakes her again, her sword being surrounded by a soft blue energy.

Once again swift as Lightning, Morrigan-Lilim would rush at and passed the Dominatrix, this time surrounding her with a cold energy that saw her now all but bare body slowly getting colder until she would start to see patches of ice on herself. Each passing strike weather it hit or missed would take a toll on the Dominatrix, slowly subjecting her to signs of hypothermia.

The pyromanic saw the Dominatrix getting frozen and decided to help. He reached into his coat pulled out a small orb filled with a liquid and a piece of flint attached to it. He threw to orb over in the direction of the dominatrix, the flint hitting the ground and sparking as the orb broke, releasing the liquid. The ground where the orb landed lit on fire, warming the Dominatrix up but also getting into Lilim's flight path, the reaction too quick from toss to ignition for her to dodge. The pryo turned around only to see a spear fly past his, cutting into his side.

The Dominatrix would've been taken off guard from Lilim breaking her whip, something she never thought she would see. Then the onslaught of cold from Lilim set in. She started to shiver, not able to do anything as her skin iced over until the pyro's fire bomb landed next to her, warming her up.


The giant cloud of dust lingered over Will and the Juggernaut. When the dust finally settled, Both men stood opposite of each other, shaking off the massive blow to each other. While the Juggernaut was unchanged except for some dents and scratches on his armor, Will was completely. Now instead of the Juggernaut towering over Will, Will grew to the same height as the Juggernaut. He looked like his muscles swelled up and grew as well, but that was probably from the new suit of armor he wore. The eyes of the helmet glowed red and there were what looked like small gaps that glowed as well.





Both men looked at each other with rage filled eyes before The Juggernaut charged Will. When the Juggernaut began his charged, Will charged full speed towards the Juggernaut. The jaw to the skull helmet opened out as Will yelled, colliding with the Juggernaut, pushing him back. Will's yell echoed through the town and surrounding forests, scaring away birds and woodland creatures alike as his yelling continued, stopping for him to take breaths. The assassin's stopped for a second and looked over at the two giants, shocked their Juggernaut was actually matched.

Raven turns her head just as the pyromaniac went and threw the orb at the dominatrix, but watched as it had the potential to get into Lilim's path as well. Her eyes narrowed as she once again summoned the water from the river to her side, and then flung it towards the fire that the pyromaniac had started. It would succeed in thawing out the dominatrix, but it wouldn't do any harm to Lilim as it was doused before Lilim would ever reach it. She turned back to the pyromaniac, smirking as her attack worked in piercing his side, her white-knuckled grip on her staff tightening even more.

"That's what happens when you take your eyes off your opponent...."

She says before the swirling vortex in front of her disappeared. Her arms still had deep gashes in them, and she was rapidly bleeding out as her blood pooled on the ground. Though she wouldn't pay it any mind for now as her eyes turned green and the gem on her staff turned green as well.

"githilia varyyn streapoku..bia..."

She chants as sharp vines and thorns shoot up from the ground in front of Raven's feet. They would be similar to the vines she had summoned earlier, but they would be thicker and the thorns would be sharper. Now that she had her staff, all of her attacks would be more potent. She placed her bleeding arm out in front of her, and the vines would shoot towards pyromaniac, as she waited to see what he would do next.

Audemar looked at the ring, "On the sole condition that whoever you call a slave, is not harmed in anyway." The sorcerer thought this to be a simple request.

Morrigan-Lilim was undeterred by the flames. In fact what would have been a quick slash of her sword would have saw the flames yielding to her Intimidation aura and being cast aside had it not been for Raven's interference. But as Morrigan-Lilim looks over and sees Raven bleeding in a stream from her wrists, she suddenly feels a new sense of urgency. She had to free Merry up and get Merry to see to Raven as quick as possible!

Morrigan-Lilim would move to parry and deflect another crack of the broken chain whip and grabbed the Dominatrix by the throat, turning and hurling her toward the Viking and rushing after her, slashing after her in a chase assault until she hit the Viking like a rag doll, "Speed style!! Pentagram Slash!!" she yells out as she deals 5 rapid succession blows to the Viking, tracing out a 5 prong star as she sends him head over heals into the base of a thick oak tree, "Merry! Raven's in trouble! You get her, I'll help Organna with these two!" she says in a determined tone.

She could only hope to buy Merry enough time to get Raven out of harms way, even though she was sensing her own power would be dwindling and she wouldn't last very much longer at all... Once her transformation was up she'd be passing out, and she knew it. She just didn't want to fall asleep and leave everyone in such a bad way like this.

Raven would tighten the vine's grip on the pyromaniac, as the thorns pierced him painfully. Though after a moment, he concentration would be broken by Haldor, who was approaching her rapidly. Her eyes widened as she stared at him, for she had believed him to be dead. This break in concentration would cause the vines around the Pyromaniac to loosen enough for him to burn them or wriggle his way free. She stared at Haldor as he offered her up some bandages and offered to wrap her wounds. Though it seemed that thought went right out the window as he saw Lilim, and he rushed to approach her. She shook her head and returned her attention to the pyromaniac, noticing her vines were to loose to contain him. She shakes her head and makes the vines recceed back into the ground.

Though not shortly after that, she would glance down at her bleeding wrists. She was loosing to much blood, and black spots were starting to form in her vision. She wasn't able to heal herself, hence the curse that Crow bore due to her healing powers the river goddess had given her in her past life. This meant that she needed to get rid of him quickly, lest she pass out and collapse, bleeding out on the ground. She would lean on her staff as she got increasingly light headed. Though she knew that the pyromaniac would be bleeding out from his side, unless he burned the wound shut. A luxury Raven couldn't afford. She held her arm up again, though this time it was shaking.

"Feratu...los kinyatu..."

She says as the ground split open beneath the pyromaniac. He would fall in, but it wouldn't kill him. No, she would be weakened for the moment until she got herself together. This was merely a distraction, a spell to buy her time. She knew he would have to climb out of it, and she hoped it would buy her enough time to do something about her bleeding wrists as more blood pooled on the ground by her feet, and even ran down the handle of her staff as she gripped onto it for support.

Organna grunted as the Viking kneed her in the face, shaking herself back from it quickly with Merry's constant healing and plowing into him relentlessly up until the moment that out of nowhere the Dominatrix slammed into the Viking like a wet rag, and then for Lilim to meet both the Dominatrix and the Viking with a blur of blows.

Merry would jump as Lilim tells her she needs to get to Raven, nodding quickly, "I'm on it!" she says quickly, keeping her hands in healing mode as she summons a small whirlwind around her legs and jumping to get to where Raven was, "Let me see, Sweetie..." she says quickly, holding her hands over Raven's wounds and making quick work of healing her. For added measure and just because she had the prowess to do so, Merry would use her aura to momentarily enhance the production of blood within Raven's body until she was back to being stable. The process would certainly be delicate when aiding Raven's body to make more blood quickly, but the effort would certainly be well appreciated if for nothing else than to keep Raven from seeing spots and needing bed rest and fluids enough to make her sick of water.

After about 45 seconds, the process would be complete and Raven would no longer have those life threatening injuries to her major veins, having replaced enough blood that she'd at least be able to keep going, "All done... How's that feel?" Merry asks in a soft voice with a warm smile to her face. The sunlight washing over the Forest Elf seemed to pick up her mood even in this time of immediate crisis, but she'd feel that she had yet more healing to do as she looks about the area and checks to see if anyone else needed healing.

Glitter and Moonlight would be having some trouble with the bear at first, Glitter starting to bleed from his chest from having sustained several blows from the bear, and Moonlight's legs were bleeding from kicking at the bear only to have it bite at her and claw at her as she hovered near it. Merry would give a quick hug to Raven before jumping again and moving to help her equine friends.

Audemar put on a disgusted expression and simply said, "Revolting." This took everyone by surprise, even Audemar knew that and was willing to take anything that was to be thrown at him.

Audemar gave a slight disgusted expression and left to the harem. He found Lwyncelyne, "When we do what we need to do here, then everyone will be free. For now, we pretend."

The Viking took little care in the Dominatrix getting thrown against his back, but he did grunt in pain as Lilim cut a 5-prong star onto him before throwing him. Luckily he landed next to his axe, which Organna had thrown aside. The viking picked it up and stood up, picking the Dominatrix and giving the Dominatrix a knife, which she attached using some loose strands of the metal whip, making it more dangerous.

Will and The Juggernaut went blow for blow with each other, until The Juggernaut saw the Pyromaniac get wrapped in sharp thorned vines and the Dominatrix thrown like a rag doll. Seeing the Viking with the Dominarix caused him not too immediately attack Lilim, but Go for Raven and Merry. The Juggernaut caught Will as he went for a kick and with both hands, grabbed his leg and throw him away from him, Will landing near Raven and Merry as a result of the Juggernaut's rage filled and uncoordinated toss. The Juggernaut grabbed the stone wall of a house, ripping it from the rest of the foundation and ran for Raven, seeing the Pyro getting dropped into a hole of unknown depth only enraging him more. The Juggernaut took the Wall and tossed it at Raven and Merry, surly crushing them, until someone helped.

Will landed right next to the Pyro, his leg twisted in a way it shouldn't be twisted. Will watched his new armor pulled, spun, and reset his legs, making sure the leg would act as normal. Will saw the Juggernaut toss the wall at Raven after Merry left to help Glitter and Moonlight. Will got up and grabbed Raven, making sure she wouldn't be crushed by him and pulled Raven underneath him, using his body as a protective dome as the heavy stone wall came down on Will's back, shattering before the Juggernaut followed up the wall, beating on Will's back like an enraged gorilla. The entire time this went on, Will stayed over top of Raven, making sure she wouldn't be crushed or injured.

After looking at the cuts he got from the vines, The pyro stood up from his laying down position in the hole. Seeing he couldn't jump out the hole, he took his daggers and stabbed the wall, using them like climbing hooks to climb out of the hole.


The bear had latched on to Moonlight's leg and didn't want to let go, until a hard hoof to the bear's ribs by Glitter forced the bear to release Moonlight.

Raven would jump a bit, startled at the sudden appearance of Merry by her side. She watches Merry as Merry placed her hands over Raven's wounds and started healing her. She would almost instantly start feeling better, as she felt the blood level's inside her body go back to a state of being stable, and would also notice the spots were disappearing, and the light headed feeling she had felt earlier was quickly going away. Crow would stare at her too through Raven's eyes, surprised that she was able to produce blood like that. When all of this was over, Crow would have to make a note to talk to Merry about how she did this. William would stare at Merry, grateful to her for getting there when she did. He didn't know what this state of Raven's would do, but from what Crow had told her, it wouldn't have been good, and Raven had been close to getting to that point of breaking. After 45 seconds, Raven would look down at her wrists, noting that they looked like she had never been hurt, and she would look up at Merry, who was smiling. Raven would smile too, and pull Merry into a tight hug.

"It feels a lot better! Almost as good as new!! Thank you!!"

She says before watching Merry take off to go help heal her other friends. Raven would be smiling in the direction that Merry went off to, unaware that the Juggernaut was planning on attacking her instead. Though she would be even more caught off guard as Will was thrown into their direction and landed right next to them. It was just then she noticed the new suit of armor that he wore, and her eyes widened at it, as she struggled to even find words as his height equaled that of the juggernaut, causing him to loom over her. She heard the cracking and rumbling of stone being ripped off of something, and whirled around to see the Juggernaut rip off an entire stone wall off of it's building. Her eyes widened out of a slight tinge of fear as the Juggernaut threw the wall at her. She was surely going to be crushed. She couldn't fly away, and the wall was to large for her to run out of it's path. However, before the wall could crush her she felt an arm wrap around, before she got swept off her feet and landed on the ground with a hard thud. She felt herself being dragged, and blinked a bit, looking up to see Will looming over top of her. She glanced at the Juggernaut from underneath Will, seeing the stone wall break against Will's back, and watching as the Juggernaut pounded his fist on Will's back.

"Will....Thank you...."

She says, the shock written all over her voice before her eyes turned pitch black and her voice turned demonic, as the energy and aura around Raven grew darker and darker. She was about to have enough of all this, and she would grip the ground so hard, that her nails dug into the dirt. Her eyes would glow bright brown, and the energy in the air would change. A small circle would start forming underneath the Juggernauts feet, and would continue to do so until he was fully standing inside the circle. Then, with a thrust of her hands, the circle would move up towards the sky, slowly at first to get it initially off the ground. Then, when it was able to move easily, the circle would speed towards the sky, taking the Juggernaut with it. This would buy them enough time for Raven to crawl out from underneath him and stand up, dusting herself off. Though this wouldn't last long though, and the Juggernaut would soon be brought back down to earth. She looked at the direction of the pyromaniac and cracked her knuckles, signaling to him that she was going to give him one hell of a beat down. She bends down and picks up her staff, ready to finish the fight and help her friends.

"When the king isn't able to rule anymore," Audemar whispered so softly, "everyone will get to choose where they want to do. What that is, is their decision. Something we cannot dictate." The sorcerer felt a deep sorrow, "I want to give these people what they deserve and that sure isn't being beaten and treated like waste."

Morrigan-Lilim shared a gaze with Organna and took a ready stance as she prepared to fight the Dominatrix and the Viking once again, only to feel her body pulse a bit and she looks to Haldor as he stubbornly and obliviously brings himself into harms way just to demand her attention when she hadn't the time to give him what he wished for.

She'd start to pant as she felt her transformation wearing off and held her chest as she tried to prolong her current form a few more seconds, "Organna... I know it goes against everything you stand for... But until Merry gets here... Please... Fight defensively and be safe..." she says regretfully before jumping back and grabbing Haldor by the hand, "Come with me." she says as she tugs him off to a spot away from the fray.

Finding a place away from the fray so they could finally chat, "Haldor... You're about to get your wish... My time is up... My safety is in your hands." she says as she moves to lean in close to his chest, the last of her Fear energy fading from her and she changes back to normal. She'd move her tail so that she could hold it like a sash and drape it over one shoulder from a diagonal angle across her chest and finally lets herself pass out for her daylight hours sleep.

Haldor would once again find Lilim cold to the touch as her body changes back to normal, going limp in Haldor's embrace just as Peridot passes by overhead and Elesa saw Lilim go down. "NOOO!! BIG SIS!! Peridot!" she calls out worriedly, reaching in Lilim's direction. The massive bird would watch the events and used his power to surround Haldor in a whirlwind as he held onto Lilim, carrying him up into the sky with the rest of the villagers and getting Haldor to land with Lilim on the massive avian's back.

Elesa would crawl over and pounce into a hug with both Lilim and Haldor, rather relieved that they were safe and out of harms way now. When Lilim went to sleep, Elesa got really timid when they were separated, and it was a great relief for her to be able to hold her adopted big sister for even a few moments while she was sound asleep.

After Raven's spell went away, the Juggernaut fell, aiming himself at Will, who had just stood up. He looked up and saw the Juggernaut coming down like a missile at him and braced himself for the impact. Finally, the two collided, a huge gust of wind coming from the impact zone, enough to knock Raven over due to her closeness. When the dust settled, The juggernaut and Will went at it, brutally punching each other, the Juggernaut's armor slowly coming off until only his face mask remained. The Juggernaut grabbed a handful of stones and punched Will in the helmet, sending him back. The Juggernaut then grabbed a support column from a house, one part sharpened to a point from breaking. The Juggernaut walked over to Will, who now had blood seeping from between the cracks in his armor and onto the ground. He was in a weakened state from blood loss and surly if the Juggernaut his the right spot, Will would be impaled and killed.

Will laid there, barely able to move when all of a sudden he heard a voice ring inside his head, Elesa's. He couldn't die now, he still had to make sure she would be safe and no one ever harm her. With one final burst of rage induced strength, Will yelled, the yell louder and echoing more in the town as he looked at Will, opening the jaw of his skull helmet as a bright and powerful torrent of fire came from his helmet, engulfing the Juggernaut in flames.

Merry would gasp as Pentre approached her and Robin, backing away from him a step as he got closer. She'd barely hear his request though, as she basically watches Lilim's power fade and watches one of their best fighters go down as her transformation wears off. Doubling up her fists, she'd take a breath and start to swell her magic, "Robin... Please see this man away from me... I need to focus..." she says before turning her attention back to the fray, "Glitter!! Moonlight!! Organna!! Please cover me!!" she shouts as she starts to focus and gather her magic, holding her hands in front of her chest and causing a single tiny point in front of her chest to begin to glow.

Organna would hold her ground against the Viking and the Dominatrix, but would jump closer to Merry when she asked for cover, "It's about time, Merry. Do what you gotta do, I got these guys." she says before charging back toward the Viking, intercepting a swing of his axe and getting ahold of it again. This time making quicker work of getting it from him as she maneuvers her body to have ahold of his neck, forcing him to try and peal her off and loosen his grip on his axe. The Dominatrix may try to use her now dagger ended whip to slice into Organna's back, but thanks to some intense training and natural prowess, Organna barely felt the blade and it barely broke her skin.

Glitter would plant himself and start to focus heavily on his Pegasus companion, his horn glowing a bright gold as he gave his power to Moonlight's body, utterly tanking her out and putting her on even grounds with the bear. Even ground that quickly turned into Moonlight having the upper hoof, as Moonlight rears back and starts to beat the bear back with dust and wind from her wings, as well as her now heavily hardened front hooves. The bear would have a difficult time fighting through eyes and face full of dust as well as the booming in its ears from Moonlight's wings and a hard hoof or two to the top of the head.

Merry would continue to gather her power until it reached a point where her hair was floating outward like gravity was allowing it to levitate. suddenly the little blue spot in front of her chest would change to gold in color and with a resounding 'boom' the area changed to what looked like the night sky all around them with stars and planets all around them. Merry would begin to chant once this setting was realized...

"Oh stars far and wide that embody the heavens...
By thy radiance, reveal thy form to me...
I implore you oh Tetrabiblos, ruler of the stars...
Let your unrestrained rage flow..."

She chants in a calm and heavenly tone, her magic continuing to gather and heighten more and more, gaining power until anyone that could sense magic power, would certainly sense Merry. If there was anything anyone wanted to do or prayers they wanted to say, the only time left to do so was while Merry was chanting, because once her spell was cast, it would be far too late.

Raven would stare wide eyed at Will before looking up, noticing the Juggernaut come barreling down at Will from above, and before she could react, she was knocked over and onto the ground by the gust of wind that was created as the two of them made impact with one another. When the dust cleared, she would stare at the two of them through strands of her hair, watching as the two of them beat the living hell out of one another. She would just stare at them in awe, slowly standing up and gripping her staff, tears forming in her eyes as she felt powerless to do anything. Though she would watch in amazement as Will had managed to knock most of the armor off of the Juggernaut. As the fight continued though, she would notice Will's wounds and grow increasingly more concerned. Though before she could act to heal him, Will would let out his flame breath and set the Juggernaut on fire from head to toe. She was close enough to them that the light reflected off of her entire body, and she could feel the heat. She was to close. It may not have been as bad had the fire been small, but the Juggernauts entire body was on fire, not to mention the fact that there was the initial speed and intensity of Will launching his attack. She felt a severe burning sensation all over her body, and would hold back her screams as she held back tears in her eyes. She looked down at her body and noticed the cracks going up her arms and legs, and her limbs would start growing as black as ash. Her eyes widened as she tightened her grip, the black and the cracks on her body quickly traveling up the length of her.

"Lupus yenzi!"

She says as a force field would envelop Raven. She would be ok, for now, and while she was inside the barrier, the cracks wouldn't spread. Though once the barrier dropped, that was a different story. She would be breathing heavily at this point, trying not to move her limbs to much, for the smallest of movements would her limbs to crumble with ease. Though from within the barrier, she could sense a magic power unlike anything she has ever felt. Slowly looking up, she would notice the daytime sky would take on the appearance of the night, and all the planets and stars would be visible. She grimaces as she maintains the barrier, before looking at Will. She nods to herself and slowly positions her arms so that they formed a cross, and a light would glow from her forehead.

"laeveryht eurtmrof, dnawohs llaohw llewdedisni..."

She chants before the light envelops her entire body. Her aura and her physical presence would grow three times as strong, and when the light faded, three different people could be seen. The Right part of their body would look like Raven, the middle of their body would look like Crow, and the right side of their body would look like Mason. As weird as it looked, all three of their forms would be visible at once, each one of them occupying a third of their body. This would give Raven the power she needed to do what she planned on doing next. Her eyes glowed bright pink, and she would raise her hands over her head. The three of them moving and speaking as one person while, they would work to increase the size and the magnitude of the barrier, as it increased to the height of Will's new form, and moved to encase him inside it as Well. With Crow's healing abilities, she would combine her magic with Raven's, and make the barrier a barrier of not only safety, but of healing as well. The barrier would slowly heal Will of all his injuries, but wouldn't do anything to heal Raven. The only limitation to their healing magic was that they couldn't heal themselves. The barrier would continue healing Will, and Mason's voice would resonate withing the barrier, speaking to will and hoping to get through to him.

"Don't leave the barrier, ok?! I know you can sense it too, and I don't like the feeling of this...I think something bad will happen, and were hoping that this barrier will at least give us a fighting chance against it! We'll go check on the others once it passes!"

Audemar hung his head in his hands, "Someday this will be over, I promise."

"I believe you are right," Audemar spoke, "getting to know the vermin may consider helpful."