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Flare was now relatively safe behind the walls of the fortress, and cursing Hakan for leaving her with a debt she might not be able to repay.

Her hands were beginning to glow, and she was racing up to join the shade archers, where she'd have a better view of the battle.

(( No, it doesn't. ))



The three goons who had chased after Haken hopped the wall shortly after he rolled behind it.

Two were brandishing machettes, the other had a handaxe.

Hakan was waiting, for something at least.

An arrow was quickly shot at one of the men as he hopped over the wall, likely making the goon sprout arrows in his throat. That one would probably be down.

Then it was a quick step back as Hakan dropped his bow and pulled out the two blades at his side swiftly. The step back would give him a little extra time, but beyond that, he just had to hope he got the blades out before he was attacked by the remaining two goons, or anyone else.

Flare reached the archers after the explosion had taken its toll, and wondered why they were all hiding behind the wall.

She took a quick peek over it, trying to assess the situation before ducking down again. Mostly just trying to gauge where Hakan was and what she should hurl her fire at.

One of the remaining UGH soldiers took hold of the grenade launcher which was dropped by the dead man and quickly took aim. How many shots were already fired from its six cylider? Three? Four? Well, with the ceasefire of the arrows, he'd direct his attention to the opening and fire what remained of the grenades in the cylinders at the side of the doorway. Those coming out, going in, and all that right at the doorway between the six foot thick walls would have to walk through two or three explosions.

Fourteen peeked back out one last time when the rifle had ten seconds to cool off. He brought the weapon up and took aim...


One would have to wonder where the hell all these people came from, but then again, Fourteen had only entered the scene not too long ago. The battlefield would be right by the doorway into the fortress, and as such, that was where Fourteen had been targetting.

This man who had also jumped in would have to deal with a metal slug ripping through the air at hypervelocity towards his head.

After the last shot, Fourteen would order a general retreat as he would go back over the bridge on the Rocky Lake.

The remaining two UGH soldiers would have to once again, weave through the ruins to get away, seeking cover at the same time.

-> Rocky Lake

((Heading towards the fortress though, since thats where all the fighting is (The Fray).

Probably will miss anyways, but either or, Fourteen is pulling out.))

The sound of battle reached Kami's ears before he and the reinforcements arrived, causing him to slow down their movement to a more cautious speed. Trailing behind him were five shades, two Rooks and three Bishops. The bishops consisted of two utilising Null magic, and one more attuned with Ice. From what Kami could see the other shades were literally holding down the fort, and he was coming up behind the attackers.

Pausing for a moment before moving into the ruins, he gave the mental command for his Shikigami to prepare metal reflection wards and bit down hard on his index finger until blood began to seep out. With this he wrote an esoteric character on his forehead, and muttered something under his breath. The blood dried instantly with a bit of steam and basically bean acting as an antennea to the mental link all the Shades shared. With this he could command them as easily as one of their own.

Once again grenades. The shades in the entrance once again scattered, three into the base and two rolled into the field, forming swords as they did. The three that ran into the base didn't waste time, and ran right to the fort.

The seven remaining archers were less aware, loosing another two as they scattred. Then they went running back to position, but wouldn't be there yet.

The fire bishop had finished his spell, and was holding a firey ball of death in is hands. Once the explosions died down the bishop rand up to one of the archer stands and lobbed the ball towards the direction of the grenades before ducking back down under the wall. The UGH would find a fmagical motar shell zooming right towards them, one that would explode violently in magical fire as it hit.

The charging shades took some major casualties from behind. Both the spearmen taking most of the hits and two of the swordsment getting grazed. The two hit swordsmen and the third unwounded pivioted around, raised their sheilds and charaged towards the firing group. The armoured shade contuned towards the archer, pulling his great axe back so he could hit the moment he got to Haken.

The spearmen simply melted.