Elder Blood Witcher 563 The Reverend Snuffed.

Talem grits his teeth and prepares to give one last strike before he's inevitably killed...

"HUURRGHHH!" A shout of pain causes Kreld to rapidly turn around, behind him he can see the Reverend... With a blade protruding from where his heart is, the old man goes pale and spits blood as they fall onto their face. Revealing the person wielding the sword.

They were wearing a mask made from a stone-like material with two slits for the eyes, segmented metallic shoulder pads with a red robe held together by a sash tied around her waist. Black trousers and leather boots complete the ensemble as Risryn stares at Kreld in a relaxed posture.

Risryn "Mission Complete." she says to him in a mocking tone.

Kreld grits his teeth and growls at her, "Do you know what you have done!? GUARDS!" he shouts, causing those not already in combat to come rushing to his aid.

As Risryn finally joins the combat Solaire slips out of one of the many doors, the distraction giving him time to search for Arie.

Risryn lets the guards surround her as Kreld waits for the right moment to strike, however a roar of fury signals Card Dorcick's charge. The man wanting revenge for the Reverend's death.

Talem has to rapidly roll to the side to avoid the large man's foot crushing his skull, the bodyguard rushes at Risryn with his Zweihander back in his hands.

Risryn slowly pushes her free hand forwards, the guards backed away as they a.s.sumed it was another sorcery, they were correct. A flash of Fold Energy causes the Zweihander in Card's hand to be flung out of his hands and at her, she sidesteps it which allows the large sword to kill an unfortunate guard behind her.

Card continues, however, the loss of his weapon not an issue to him. He raises his fist, intend on destroying this feeble woman with one punch... Risryn sees this and utilises a Forsaken style block to completely eliminate the man's momentum. To everyone else it looks as if she'd stopped the man's entire body and strike with one hand, a guard rushes in to try and stop the inevitable counter-attack on Dorcick but Risryn simply parries the sword away while delivering a quick stab to his throat, killing him with ease.

Talem who'd been trying to find a way to join the combat to help crawls to a chair and tears it apart, leaving a tall piece of wood that he uses to prop himself upon. Picking up a knife from the table he approaches the bodyguard he was fighting earlier to end them.

He gets close and uses Fold Energy to cast heal on himself, making his leg usable, if still a bit weak.

Talem "I'm not finished with you yet." he says as he throws the knife at the big brute while materialising his glaive yet again.

Card backs away from Risryn, feeling fear for the first time towards her when he suddenly hears his original opponent's voice. Deciding he could probably use the man as a hostage for the woman he steps towards him while looting a sword from a nearby dead guard. "You, I will use your skull as a trophy!" he says as he dashes forwards, attempting to get behind the glaive, though Talem doesn't allow this.

Talem backs up while spinning the glaive, deflecting one strike while sweeping the large man off of his feet mid-step, Dorcick falls onto his side and scrambles to get up while defending himself against Talem's attacks. If he were any weaker the fight would have ended there, however, he wasn't the Reverend's bodyguard for nothing.

Card thrust the blade at Talem and misses before attempting the same again. Talem uses a Windfall dodge which slows the man's speed significantly and allows him to deliver a slash to his calf. The attack cuts deeply into the man's flesh and he struggles to stand due to it.

He grunts as he tries to stay in a defensive stance but the injury proves too much as he stumbles, allowing Talem an opportunity to attack.

*SLASH!*

The glaive trails a streak in the air as it eventually connects with the man's neck, above the gorget that'd previously saved his life. He gurgles blood and falls to the floor loudly, his metal armour clanking against the stone ground.

Talem turns to look at the situation in the room, none of the Prospects had been killed yet, though some were on the backfoot and about to be swarmed by the amount of heavily armored guards there were, luckily they'd only brought the best and most skillful of them along. The Prospects all able to use Fold Powers to give them an advantage.

He looks to Risryn and sees her playing around with the Witch Hunters, only killing one occasionally to keep tensions high, but not instantly annihilating them as she'd usually do... Must be for a distraction he thinks to himself, Solaire still had a mission to do after all.

Kreld was still fighting Risryn, occasionally trying to get a stab in with his Rapier but her skill and speed astonished him. He was a dueling champion but any chance of victory alluded him, he glanced backward at his wife watching with a worried expression and started to slowly retreat, fighting this person was a lost cause and he wouldn't make his wife a widow just because of his stubbornness.

Risryn noticed him attempting to leave but didn't stop him, they weren't here to kill officials or anyone important aside from the Reverend. She felt it was their role to show restraint, to show that they weren't mindless killing machines and would only retaliate if provoked. This was the message they wished to send.