Chapter 91: A Sticky Wicket
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Chapter 91: A Sticky Wicket
Themis roared into the fight with the two demons like a whirlwind. She only had a bit of armor
on, and was wielding a two-handed sword that glowed blue with a lightning enhancement. The paladin seemed to have the other fight under control, so she concentrated her attacks upon the new arrival.
Her weapon cleaved one of the sedge beast heads trying to gore her and cut deeply into the squishy body. And stuck there.
The four mages who were attached to the daemon twitched as the electrical pulse from the sword was conducted to them. Themis pulled with all her considerable might, but the sword was stuck fast, and she had little leverage. She placed one foot on a head, ignoring it's attempt to gnaw through her steel boot. She pulled again, pushing on the head with her foot.
The sword stayed stuck, the head pushed deep into the glue-daemons body, taking her foot and leg with it. Try as she might, her foot was stuck. "Oh, this is stupid. Alright you abomination, you asked for it.!" Once a day, her Great Sword of the Angry Skies could unleash a huge blast of lightning onto an opponent. It was a great way to finish someone off.
The glue-daemon glowed blue and spasmed, causing damage to the two people trapped inside of it. The lightning finished them off. They would have been dead anyway in a couple of rounds. The other four mages however, might have been saved. But they had no resistance against the burst of damage from the Tier 4 weapon.
Your Heavenly Burst attack strikes multiple targets!
Saphronmage has taken 261 damage. You have slain Saphronmage!
Mysto33 has taken 261 damage. You have slain Mysto33!
Arcanus has taken 261 damage. You have slain Arcanus!
VelvetTeddyBear has taken 261 damage. You have slain VelvetTeddyBear!
YmRdYurDead has taken 261 damage. You have slain YmRdYurDead!
Goondulf has taken 261 damage. You have slain Gooddulf!
As a reminder, no matter how much fun it is slaughtering handfuls of Tier 1 players, you don't get EP from them.
Glue-Daemon resists your attack. Glue-Daemon takes 130 damage.
You take 261 lightning damage.
"Oh, bloody hell, I hate this town!"
"Let go of my sword!" Themis grasped the blade firmly in both hands. The glue-daemon responded by kicking her in the shin with a hoofed leg. The hoof stuck and couldn’t pull away. A sticky mass of small parts and glue surged towards her, engulfing an trapping both arms.
Slowly, slowly, as the general struggled, the daemon trapped her inside of it.
As Arnie, Ben, and Ozzy arrived at the battle, they saw Timmy and seven other people trying to beat down a wounded sedge daemon. They were winning, but it was a close thing.
Moving slowly towards that fight was some sort of monstrous tar-baby. Dead players were stuck to the surface and General Themis was nearly engulfed by it. Not much showed except the tack of her breastplate. The thing she was stuck in was pawing the ground with sedge beast legs and waving it's three remaining cow heads around, trying to gore someone.
Ben squinted at the glue-daemon. "Ozzy, be careful, that thing is held together with that horrible glue we made. You touch it and you'll be stuck. Ozzy stopped, thinking.
Setting glue on fire would make it thinner, and might just give the daemon more mobility. Glue wouldn't burn, just heat up. The temperature needed to burn it would kill Themis and anyone stuck inside.
"Arnie, go smite the hell out of the daemon the paladin is fighting."
"Ben, go get Delbert. I'll keep the Tar-baby from joining into the fight."
Ben saluted and rushed off. Arnie leaped into the sky with a huge smile on his face.
Ozzy took his billhook, and carefully wedged the hook on it's blade onto the side of Themis's back armor. He tugged it twice, making sure the hook was set, and then started to pull. He dumped a chunk of stamina into his Push Onward skill, raising his STR to 20. His muscles seemed to all flex at once with power, but everything was working together and he felt no pain at all. The daemon was surprised to find itself being moved away from the fight.
Themis got the idea and lent what aid she could to pushing in that direction. Horrible noises came from the three heads as Ozzy dragged the monstrosity further away from Timmy and their fight.
Arnie had risen as far as his poor, burnt wings would take him, and then he fell. Sort of a controlled fall, his flaming sword held out in both hands in front of him, a prayer in his heart and a battle cry on his lips. The daemon was down to 12% of its health, but it had just killed another person, and David was low on health, a tendril strangling him. Timmy was out of mana and stamina, barely able to hold his sword.
Freed of the danger of killing the general, Ozzy began punching as fast as he could, not giving the daemon a chance to thaw. One fist of Iron lashed out and The other of Steel gave him a critical hit, followed by If one doesn't hit you, the other one will! granting him a flurry of attacks. He was spending stamina fast, but Ozzy had an immense amount to spend.
Glue-Daemon is restrained. Slaughter bonuses apply.
You have hit Glue-Daemon for 585 points of damage.
Glue-Daemon mitigates 50 points of damage. Health: 2435/3000
Glue-Daemon is restrained. Slaughter bonuses apply.
Critical Hit!
You have hit Glue-Daemon for 1170 points of damage
Glue-Daemon mitigates 50 points of damage. Health: 1225/3000
Glue-Daemon is restrained. Slaughter bonuses apply.
You have hit Glue-Daemon for 585 points of damage.
Glue-Daemon mitigates 50 points of damage. Health: 680/3000
Glue-Daemon is unrestrained!!
You have hit Glue-Daemon for 195points of damage
Glue-Daemon mitigates 50 points of damage. Health: 545/3000
Massive chunks flew from the daemon, icy bits flying everywhere. But the center wasn't solid and what was left of it was free.
Ben notice and yelled to Arnie as he ran up. "Hit it hard, we need to put it down before it regenerates!"
Ozzy landed two more blows, but they did little damage to the liquid center. Worse, he was stuck. "Dammit, the things is like a tar-baby."
"I love that story! I'll just call you 'Brer-Ozzy' from now on!" Ben’s whip cracked against the daemon. Timmy slashed at it, doing some damage, but like Ozzy, his weapon was stuck fast. He scowled when he saw Ben bring his whip down again with no problem pulling it out.
Arnie brought down his flaming sword upon the daemon. "FOR THE 57th!!" Hot glue exploded in all directions, sticking parts of hooves and horns to the nearby houses.
By the Burning Bunions of Saint Arinna! You have slain a foul beast of the Dark!
Those who took part in this battle may display the Title of Daemon Slayer
Benjamin has earned the skill: Demon Slayer. It doesn't matter how they spell it. Daemons, Demons, Imps, Hellions, Fiends, Daevils, and Devils will take an extra 5xRAD damage from your RAD based attacks.
Core Skill Points have been awarded based on contribution. A Tier 2 treasure chest has appeared!
Sir Timothy couldn't be happier. Well, he could...the angel had stolen both kill shots. But getting two demons in one night was awesome. He couldn't wait to hit Tier 2. First though, he wanted to go back and rub this victory in Brandon’s face.
Time for a couple of victory toasts. He grabbed the few people he had left and headed to the tavern.
Themis spat. "I'll never get this glue out of my hair, and the taste is horrible! Maybe I'll go join those boys in a beer."
Ben and Ozzy shared a look, and Ben stepped forward. "Actually, general, we'd like to invite you to our humble abode in the barracks. I'm sure we can supply a few mugs of a better tasting brew. And please, allow me to clean you up."
A few castings of the Clean cantrip and Themis was feeling much better. She would have bet earlier that a butcher would have a bit of corruption in him. But here was this one, killing demons, casting light cantrips and hanging out with angels and paladins. Go figure.
Themis looked at the two of them for a second, but saw nothing but innocent smiles. Which was suspicious in itself. Still, these two...no, make that three, the ice wizard had been essential...the three of them had saved her ass and killed a tier 2 daemon. They'd earned a bit of her time. "Sure boys, let's see the inside of that little fort of yours and have some beers."
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Chapter 91: A Sticky Wicket
Themis roared into the fight with the two demons like a whirlwind. She only had a bit of armor
on, and was wielding a two-handed sword that glowed blue with a lightning enhancement. The paladin seemed to have the other fight under control, so she concentrated her attacks upon the new arrival.
Her weapon cleaved one of the sedge beast heads trying to gore her and cut deeply into the squishy body. And stuck there.
The four mages who were attached to the daemon twitched as the electrical pulse from the sword was conducted to them. Themis pulled with all her considerable might, but the sword was stuck fast, and she had little leverage. She placed one foot on a head, ignoring it's attempt to gnaw through her steel boot. She pulled again, pushing on the head with her foot.
The sword stayed stuck, the head pushed deep into the glue-daemons body, taking her foot and leg with it. Try as she might, her foot was stuck. "Oh, this is stupid. Alright you abomination, you asked for it.!" Once a day, her Great Sword of the Angry Skies could unleash a huge blast of lightning onto an opponent. It was a great way to finish someone off.
The glue-daemon glowed blue and spasmed, causing damage to the two people trapped inside of it. The lightning finished them off. They would have been dead anyway in a couple of rounds. The other four mages however, might have been saved. But they had no resistance against the burst of damage from the Tier 4 weapon.
Your Heavenly Burst attack strikes multiple targets!
Saphronmage has taken 261 damage. You have slain Saphronmage!
Mysto33 has taken 261 damage. You have slain Mysto33!
Arcanus has taken 261 damage. You have slain Arcanus!
VelvetTeddyBear has taken 261 damage. You have slain VelvetTeddyBear!
YmRdYurDead has taken 261 damage. You have slain YmRdYurDead!
Goondulf has taken 261 damage. You have slain Gooddulf!
As a reminder, no matter how much fun it is slaughtering handfuls of Tier 1 players, you don't get EP from them.
Glue-Daemon resists your attack. Glue-Daemon takes 130 damage.
You take 261 lightning damage.
"Oh, bloody hell, I hate this town!"
"Let go of my sword!" Themis grasped the blade firmly in both hands. The glue-daemon responded by kicking her in the shin with a hoofed leg. The hoof stuck and couldn’t pull away. A sticky mass of small parts and glue surged towards her, engulfing an trapping both arms.
Slowly, slowly, as the general struggled, the daemon trapped her inside of it.
As Arnie, Ben, and Ozzy arrived at the battle, they saw Timmy and seven other people trying to beat down a wounded sedge daemon. They were winning, but it was a close thing.
Moving slowly towards that fight was some sort of monstrous tar-baby. Dead players were stuck to the surface and General Themis was nearly engulfed by it. Not much showed except the tack of her breastplate. The thing she was stuck in was pawing the ground with sedge beast legs and waving it's three remaining cow heads around, trying to gore someone.
Ben squinted at the glue-daemon. "Ozzy, be careful, that thing is held together with that horrible glue we made. You touch it and you'll be stuck. Ozzy stopped, thinking.
Setting glue on fire would make it thinner, and might just give the daemon more mobility. Glue wouldn't burn, just heat up. The temperature needed to burn it would kill Themis and anyone stuck inside.
"Arnie, go smite the hell out of the daemon the paladin is fighting."
"Ben, go get Delbert. I'll keep the Tar-baby from joining into the fight."
Ben saluted and rushed off. Arnie leaped into the sky with a huge smile on his face.
Ozzy took his billhook, and carefully wedged the hook on it's blade onto the side of Themis's back armor. He tugged it twice, making sure the hook was set, and then started to pull. He dumped a chunk of stamina into his Push Onward skill, raising his STR to 20. His muscles seemed to all flex at once with power, but everything was working together and he felt no pain at all. The daemon was surprised to find itself being moved away from the fight.
Themis got the idea and lent what aid she could to pushing in that direction. Horrible noises came from the three heads as Ozzy dragged the monstrosity further away from Timmy and their fight.
Arnie had risen as far as his poor, burnt wings would take him, and then he fell. Sort of a controlled fall, his flaming sword held out in both hands in front of him, a prayer in his heart and a battle cry on his lips. The daemon was down to 12% of its health, but it had just killed another person, and David was low on health, a tendril strangling him. Timmy was out of mana and stamina, barely able to hold his sword.
Freed of the danger of killing the general, Ozzy began punching as fast as he could, not giving the daemon a chance to thaw. One fist of Iron lashed out and The other of Steel gave him a critical hit, followed by If one doesn't hit you, the other one will! granting him a flurry of attacks. He was spending stamina fast, but Ozzy had an immense amount to spend.
Glue-Daemon is restrained. Slaughter bonuses apply.
You have hit Glue-Daemon for 585 points of damage.
Glue-Daemon mitigates 50 points of damage. Health: 2435/3000
Glue-Daemon is restrained. Slaughter bonuses apply.
Critical Hit!
You have hit Glue-Daemon for 1170 points of damage
Glue-Daemon mitigates 50 points of damage. Health: 1225/3000
Glue-Daemon is restrained. Slaughter bonuses apply.
You have hit Glue-Daemon for 585 points of damage.
Glue-Daemon mitigates 50 points of damage. Health: 680/3000
Glue-Daemon is unrestrained!!
You have hit Glue-Daemon for 195points of damage
Glue-Daemon mitigates 50 points of damage. Health: 545/3000
Massive chunks flew from the daemon, icy bits flying everywhere. But the center wasn't solid and what was left of it was free.
Ben notice and yelled to Arnie as he ran up. "Hit it hard, we need to put it down before it regenerates!"
Ozzy landed two more blows, but they did little damage to the liquid center. Worse, he was stuck. "Dammit, the things is like a tar-baby."
"I love that story! I'll just call you 'Brer-Ozzy' from now on!" Ben’s whip cracked against the daemon. Timmy slashed at it, doing some damage, but like Ozzy, his weapon was stuck fast. He scowled when he saw Ben bring his whip down again with no problem pulling it out.
Arnie brought down his flaming sword upon the daemon. "FOR THE 57th!!" Hot glue exploded in all directions, sticking parts of hooves and horns to the nearby houses.
By the Burning Bunions of Saint Arinna! You have slain a foul beast of the Dark!
Those who took part in this battle may display the Title of Daemon Slayer
Benjamin has earned the skill: Demon Slayer. It doesn't matter how they spell it. Daemons, Demons, Imps, Hellions, Fiends, Daevils, and Devils will take an extra 5xRAD damage from your RAD based attacks.
Core Skill Points have been awarded based on contribution. A Tier 2 treasure chest has appeared!
Sir Timothy couldn't be happier. Well, he could...the angel had stolen both kill shots. But getting two demons in one night was awesome. He couldn't wait to hit Tier 2. First though, he wanted to go back and rub this victory in Brandon’s face.
Time for a couple of victory toasts. He grabbed the few people he had left and headed to the tavern.
Themis spat. "I'll never get this glue out of my hair, and the taste is horrible! Maybe I'll go join those boys in a beer."
Ben and Ozzy shared a look, and Ben stepped forward. "Actually, general, we'd like to invite you to our humble abode in the barracks. I'm sure we can supply a few mugs of a better tasting brew. And please, allow me to clean you up."
A few castings of the Clean cantrip and Themis was feeling much better. She would have bet earlier that a butcher would have a bit of corruption in him. But here was this one, killing demons, casting light cantrips and hanging out with angels and paladins. Go figure.
Themis looked at the two of them for a second, but saw nothing but innocent smiles. Which was suspicious in itself. Still, these two...no, make that three, the ice wizard had been essential...the three of them had saved her ass and killed a tier 2 daemon. They'd earned a bit of her time. "Sure boys, let's see the inside of that little fort of yours and have some beers."
Chapter 91: A Sticky WicketThemis roared into the fight with the two demons like a whirlwind. She only had a bit of armoron, and was wielding a two-handed sword that glowed blue with a lightning enhancement. The paladin seemed to have the other fight under control, so she concentrated her attacks upon the new arrival.Her weapon cleaved one of the sedge beast heads trying to gore her and cut deeply into the squishy body. And stuck there. The four mages who were attached to the daemon twitched as the electrical pulse from the sword was conducted to them. Themis pulled with all her considerable might, but the sword was stuck fast, and she had little leverage. She placed one foot on a head, ignoring it's attempt to gnaw through her steel boot. She pulled again, pushing on the head with her foot. The sword stayed stuck, the head pushed deep into the glue-daemons body, taking her foot and leg with it. Try as she might, her foot was stuck. "Oh, this is stupid. Alright you abomination, you asked for it.!" Once a day, her Great Sword of the Angry Skies could unleash a huge blast of lightning onto an opponent. It was a great way to finish someone off.The glue-daemon glowed blue and spasmed, causing damage to the two people trapped inside of it. The lightning finished them off. They would have been dead anyway in a couple of rounds. The other four mages however, might have been saved. But they had no resistance against the burst of damage from the Tier 4 weapon.Your Heavenly Burst attack strikes multiple targets!Saphronmage has taken 261 damage. You have slain Saphronmage!Mysto33 has taken 261 damage. You have slain Mysto33!Arcanus has taken 261 damage. You have slain Arcanus!VelvetTeddyBear has taken 261 damage. You have slain VelvetTeddyBear!YmRdYurDead has taken 261 damage. You have slain YmRdYurDead!Goondulf has taken 261 damage. You have slain Gooddulf!As a reminder, no matter how much fun it is slaughtering handfuls of Tier 1 players, you don't get EP from them.Glue-Daemon resists your attack. Glue-Daemon takes 130 damage.You take 261 lightning damage."Oh, bloody hell, I hate this town!" "Let go of my sword!" Themis grasped the blade firmly in both hands. The glue-daemon responded by kicking her in the shin with a hoofed leg. The hoof stuck and couldn't pull away. A sticky mass of small parts and glue surged towards her, engulfing an trapping both arms.Slowly, slowly, as the general struggled, the daemon trapped her inside of it. As Arnie, Ben, and Ozzy arrived at the battle, they saw Timmy and seven other people trying to beat down a wounded sedge daemon. They were winning, but it was a close thing.Moving slowly towards that fight was some sort of monstrous tar-baby. Dead players were stuck to the surface and General Themis was nearly engulfed by it. Not much showed except the tack of her breastplate. The thing she was stuck in was pawing the ground with sedge beast legs and waving it's three remaining cow heads around, trying to gore someone. Ben squinted at the glue-daemon. "Ozzy, be careful, that thing is held together with that horrible glue we made. You touch it and you'll be stuck. Ozzy stopped, thinking. Setting glue on fire would make it thinner, and might just give the daemon more mobility. Glue wouldn't burn, just heat up. The temperature needed to burn it would kill Themis and anyone stuck inside. "Arnie, go smite the hell out of the daemon the paladin is fighting.""Ben, go get Delbert. I'll keep the Tar-baby from joining into the fight."Ben saluted and rushed off. Arnie leaped into the sky with a huge smile on his face.Ozzy took his billhook, and carefully wedged the hook on it's blade onto the side of Themis's back armor. He tugged it twice, making sure the hook was set, and then started to pull. He dumped a chunk of stamina into his Push Onward skill, raising his STR to 20. His muscles seemed to all flex at once with power, but everything was working together and he felt no pain at all. The daemon was surprised to find itself being moved away from the fight. Themis got the idea and lent what aid she could to pushing in that direction. Horrible noises came from the three heads as Ozzy dragged the monstrosity further away from Timmy and their fight.Arnie had risen as far as his poor, burnt wings would take him, and then he fell. Sort of a controlled fall, his flaming sword held out in both hands in front of him, a prayer in his heart and a battle cry on his lips. The daemon was down to 12% of its health, but it had just killed another person, and David was low on health, a tendril strangling him. Timmy was out of mana and stamina, barely able to hold his sword. Freed of the danger of killing the general, Ozzy began punching as fast as he could, not giving the daemon a chance to thaw. One fist of Iron lashed out and The other of Steel gave him a critical hit, followed by If one doesn't hit you, the other one will! granting him a flurry of attacks. He was spending stamina fast, but Ozzy had an immense amount to spend.Glue-Daemon is restrained. Slaughter bonuses apply.You have hit Glue-Daemon for 585 points of damage.Glue-Daemon mitigates 50 points of damage. Health: 2435/3000Glue-Daemon is restrained. Slaughter bonuses apply.Critical Hit!You have hit Glue-Daemon for 1170 points of damageGlue-Daemon mitigates 50 points of damage. Health: 1225/3000Glue-Daemon is restrained. Slaughter bonuses apply.You have hit Glue-Daemon for 585 points of damage.Glue-Daemon mitigates 50 points of damage. Health: 680/3000Glue-Daemon is unrestrained!! You have hit Glue-Daemon for 195points of damageGlue-Daemon mitigates 50 points of damage. Health: 545/3000Massive chunks flew from the daemon, icy bits flying everywhere. But the center wasn't solid and what was left of it was free. Ben notice and yelled to Arnie as he ran up. "Hit it hard, we need to put it down before it regenerates!"Ozzy landed two more blows, but they did little damage to the liquid center. Worse, he was stuck. "Dammit, the things is like a tar-baby.""I love that story! I'll just call you 'Brer-Ozzy' from now on!" Ben's whip cracked against the daemon. Timmy slashed at it, doing some damage, but like Ozzy, his weapon was stuck fast. He scowled when he saw Ben bring his whip down again with no problem pulling it out.Arnie brought down his flaming sword upon the daemon. "FOR THE 57th!!" Hot glue exploded in all directions, sticking parts of hooves and horns to the nearby houses.By the Burning Bunions of Saint Arinna! You have slain a foul beast of the Dark!Those who took part in this battle may display the Title of Daemon SlayerBenjamin has earned the skill: Demon Slayer. It doesn't matter how they spell it. Daemons, Demons, Imps, Hellions, Fiends, Daevils, and Devils will take an extra 5xRAD damage from your RAD based attacks.Core Skill Points have been awarded based on contribution. A Tier 2 treasure chest has appeared!Sir Timothy couldn't be happier. Well, he could...the angel had stolen both kill shots. But getting two demons in one night was awesome. He couldn't wait to hit Tier 2. First though, he wanted to go back and rub this victory in Brandon's face. Time for a couple of victory toasts. He grabbed the few people he had left and headed to the tavern.Themis spat. "I'll never get this glue out of my hair, and the taste is horrible! Maybe I'll go join those boys in a beer."Ben and Ozzy shared a look, and Ben stepped forward. "Actually, general, we'd like to invite you to our humble abode in the barracks. I'm sure we can supply a few mugs of a better tasting brew. And please, allow me to clean you up." A few castings of the Clean cantrip and Themis was feeling much better. She would have bet earlier that a butcher would have a bit of corruption in him. But here was this one, killing demons, casting light cantrips and hanging out with angels and paladins. Go figure. Themis looked at the two of them for a second, but saw nothing but innocent smiles. Which was suspicious in itself. Still, these two...no, make that three, the ice wizard had been essential...the three of them had saved her ass and killed a tier 2 daemon. They'd earned a bit of her time. "Sure boys, let's see the inside of that little fort of yours and have some beers."
