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Making good on his promise to watch Henry's back, Andor stuck close to him. Spinning his Spear in a show of further improvent in its handling and twirling so fast to defend himself against two Orbs tossed by an Orc Caster. The third Orb disrupted his rhythm but he managed to strike it to the ground where it scorched the green earth.
"Ah!" Andor yelled in a battle cry as he charged at the Orc Caster managing to dodge a red bolt by about an inch before striking out his Spear with every bit of strength in his body.
*Bang!*
Andor's attack was intercepted by the Orc's red translucent shield but he charged his Mana into the Spear and, as it always did, the weapon beca a conduit that condensed his Mana and unleashed it in a blast.
*BOOM!!!*
The Shield cracked and the force of the impact sent the Orc Caster sliding many feet away where it struggled to keep the shield up. When it began to fluctuate, the Orc gritted its teeth and reford its seal. There was about a second of delay and that was enough for Andor who was already on the move.
Andor stabbed his Spear into the Orc's abdon and twisted before unleashing another Mana blast through the spear to rupture the enemy's insides, killing it.
*bang!*
That was the sound of a gunshot.
While Andor was busy with the Orc Caster, an Orc Warrior stomped close and swung its ax. It was unclear whether Andor would be able to react fast enough to raise his weapon in a parry but fortunately, there was no need to find out as Henry intercepted the Orc Warrior with a headshot that instantly killed it.
"Thank you," Andor said with a hard head nod, and, pulling his Spear out of his victim, he leaped away just in ti to avoid a series of red bolts that fired at the spot he had been just a second ago.
More attacks ca from other sides and the force of their contact against the ground disrupted Andor's rhythm but he was holding on.
anwhile, Henry unleashed [Extra Arms!] and combined all five tentacles into a massive convergence that he struck at a Caster's shield cracking it. He completed the damage he started with shots from both 'Violent Retort' and 'Cudgel' completely shattering the shield and the barrage that followed, had the Orc spotted with five bullet holes as it was sent flying. Dead before it hit the ground.
Henry activated and stood in place as multiple shots from multiple casters ca at him. The force of contact caused him to slide but he paid it no mind. He didn't have to get close to continue his barrage of shots.
Andor went after one of the Casters firing at Henry, attracting its attention as he unleashed his Mana surge in a torrent and swung his Spear in a few arcs to unleash Mana surge attacks against its erected shield.
The Mana surge attacks were mostly a cover. They intercepted all of the spells the Orc Caster tossed at Andor and as they exploded in mid-air with every contact —and while gritting his teeth at the pain of the few that did manage to strike him—, Andor got close enough to attempt another Mana burst.
*BOOM!!!*
The shield shattered and just as it had been with the last Orc Caster that suffered a similar attack, the Orc was forced sliding away. However, it was smarter than the last. Or maybe it had just learned from the mistakes of the dead.
Either, way, by the ti Andor's spear was connecting with its shield, it gave up on it and was preparing a far more complex shielding spell that it let loose while still in the air to unleash shield after shield until there were four layers of protection in front of it.
The Orc's feet hit the ground when Andor struck the first shield and it smiled while mouthing a different spell. A killing spell that it believed it would have the ti to compete considering the multiple layers Andor would have to break through to get to it.
Alas…
*BANG!*
*BANG!*
*BANG!*
*BANG!*
Four resounding sounds of impact later and Andor shattered all four shields. How he did it had the Orc's eyes grown wide in sheer shock. Andor's Spear was a foot away from its face when it gave up on its killing spell that was not even halfway complete and put all focus into a movent spell to create the required space.
As though Andor had read its mind, he struck out a Mana arc just in ti and it struck the Orc in the side. Even though it tried to use its Staff to parry, the attack still disrupted its movent rhythm causing it to stumble which Andor took ready advantage of.
"Ugh! You bastard…!" The Orc Caster managed to let out a yell right before Andor's Spear stabbed into its mouth and out the back of its head.
Before Andor could even truly appreciate the kill he just made or turn around to face other enemies that still littered the field, his instincts warned of an attack from behind but he was still too slow to avoid the magical spear conjured with violent red Mana from stabbing into his back out the front, leaving behind a substantial hole.
"Argh!" He yelled out in pain and arched his back while swiveling around so that in one move, he pulled his Spear out of the Orc's head and used it to parry another attack.
He had just succeeded when he saw the Orc Caster make a grand move with its arms and summon a massive spell circle that prid to unleash a barrage Andor knew he had very little chance of avoiding completely.
But then a single watery tentacle wrapped around the Orc's legs and pulled it off its feet so it smacked its face against the green earth. Andor stepped forward and speared the creature's head into the ground imdiately after.
He placed a hand over his wound bleeding and had to stifle an intense blood spurt. And then he felt a wave of refreshing energy he had co to know well. He glanced out of the corner of his eyes and saw where the Clerics were grouped up supplying healing from a distance. ryna's attention was on him. That ward him more than the healing did.
He gripped his Spear even tighter and was back into the thick of it. While Henry fired more shots, shattering Orc Caster Shields and killing the unfortunate Orcs who were a tad too late in redeploying their shields, Andor picked off the ones Henry's attention wasn't on.
Speaking of Henry;
When the activation ti for his shield was over, he was forced back on the move. Two of the total five tentacles of [Extra Arms!] had been destroyed but he retained the initiative. This was more the case when he activated
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