Arcane Tales

*Further down the path is a dead end, another wider chamber. As they are walking in a large Glacier Cobra falls from the ceiling and starts hissing at the group before swinging its fat tail at Kari*

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*She falls into the darkness and into the water. She feels a thick slim body wrap around her as the glowing yellow eyes of a Glacier Cobra appear in front of her. It keeps pulling her down so she can't get to the surface to breathe*

Ari: <Lady Soul?>

*Ari and the other soldier jump in too*

*Derek gracefully leaps down into the pit and readies himself for battle.*

Derek: <Miss Soul, can you hear me?>

*Kari shrieks and drops to the ground.*

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*Kentaro drops down the hole.*

The knights rushes the cobra and slash in tandem.

*James runs up to it and swings at its head with all his might.*

*The monster headbutts James and hisses in pain as Alto and Creed slash at it. It slides back and turns back at the group, blowing a stream of ice shards towards them*

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*Derek, Ari, Kentaro and the soldier dive down next to Soul. Startled, the Glacier Cobra slides out of the water. It's a very dark chamber, and they can only see its yellow eyes glowing in the dark. Half of it is a pond, while the other half is dry land and the entrance to yet another narrow path*

*Kari puts her arms over her head as the shards race towards her.*

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"Hey, Magic Lady, wanna light up our night?"

*Kentaro draws his gun and fires in the direction of the monsters eyes.*

*Derek holds out his hand and casts Haste on himself.*

Derek: <This speed... it's intense.>

*He dashes toward the eyes and brings his sheathe down between them.*

Creed and Alto block the shards with their blades.

*James stumbles backwards and gets back up.*

James: <Ugh... starting to feel a bit tired...>

*James lifts his sword up and charges towards the monster again.*

*The monster is utterly obliterated, lets out a loud cry and turns into a sphere of light that disappears. They can't even see each other in the darkness now*

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*Allina twirls her rod around creating a red spherical barrier envelops Kari, stopping the shards. The Glacier Cobra is knocked over by James's attack, hissing at them as it slowly raises its body back to a vertical stance*

*James' sword lights on fire. He runs up to it and slashes it again with the sword.*

Alto spin slashes the Cobra and Creed moves to block any incoming attacks.

*Kentaro holsters his gun with a look of shock on his face.*

"That was... something else."

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*Kari uncovers her head when the shards don't hit her and immediatly stands up in a crouch position gun drawn and fires.*

*Derek put his sheathe back at his belt and followed the sound of Soul's voice.*

Derek: <Everyone, follow the sound of my voice.>

*The snake dies and Returns. They notice some deep cracks on the ground near the wall*

Crone: <How convenient.>

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*Walking out of the chamber, they start seing a dim orange light coming from the far end of the path*

Ari: <Could it be Master Crone and the others?>

Derek: <Only one way we'll find out.>

*He approaches the light.*

*Both of them follow their respective groups.*

"Well then" Alto steps back, "Mind freezing the cracks so I can smash through them?" he asks Crone.

James: <(Asking someone like him for help...? Pathetic!)>

*A frown spreads across James' face.*