“Morgana, you’re here.”, said Moto.

As Moto was distracted by the arrival of Morgana’s group, a bandit aimed his knife at him, ready to kill him. Yuulah, seeing that Moto is in danger, threw her sword at the bandit, causing him to get distracted and aimed his weapon towards her. As the bandit was dashing towards her, a ball of fire hit him, knocking him down.

There, Morgana aimed her staff at the bandit targeting Yuulah.

“Thanks Ms. Morgana.”, said Yuulah

“No problem”, said Morgana.

Moto then approached Yuulah and said,

“Thank you Yuulah for saving me.”

Blushing, Yuulah simply nodded at Moto.

As they were approaching the town, Morgana noticed something dangling from Vul’Kish’s belt, she realized that it was something familiar to her, but can’t recall what it is.

I’ll figure it out later, but first, Deshin must be defeated

Morgana then transferred some of her energy into her fists, ready to strike the bandits down.

FLAME STRIKE: FIST

Morgana, with her fists full of fire, attacked the bandits one by one, knocking them out.

“Are you all right”, said Morgana to Yuulah and Moto

“We are. But my brother and Mr. Yuuno is currently engaged in a fight at the town.”, said Moto

Just then, Fil’Gharn and his group of sorcerers have arrived.

“How did the bandits manage to attack this town. There are plenty of sorcerers in the outpost just yesterday?”, said Fil’Gharn.

“There are many of them. As many as five different bandit groups have decided to attack this town. Currently the sorcerers are engaging with four of them, while my father and Mr. Musa is engaging the group known as ‘HilDread’”, said Yuulah.

“Your father?”, asked Morgana.

“Oh, Yuuno is my father.”, said Yuulah.

“I didn’t know that”, said Morgana.

With an observation, Vul’Kish, realized something.

“This is a coordinated attack. This means that their leader must be near.”, said Vul’Kish

“Let’s defeat their leader after we repel this attack”, said Morgana.

“Let’s split up, the two of you, go help Musa and his group. We will try to help the other sorcerers.”, said Fil’Gharn.

“What about us?”, said Vul’Kish and Grizelda

“You can assist both groups”, said Fil’Gharn.

“I like the sound of that.”, said Vul’Kish.

Fil’Gharn and his group then went into the town, ready to assist the sorcerers against this invasion by the different bandit groups

“Yuulah, do you know where Yuuno is?”, asked Lance.

“Follow us.”, motioned Yuulah.

Yuulah and Moto led them into the town where they saw sorcerers and some townspeople defend their town against the bandits. After navigating thru the town, Yuulah and Moto pointed at a large man.

“That is Vyshone, the bodyguard of Deshin.”

“I’ll handle him. Morgana, follow Moto and Yuulah”, said Lance.

“Alright.”, replied Morgana.

Morgana followed both Yuulah and Moto until they reached a somewhat slim man, who was currently engaged in battle against Musa.

"That's Deshin", said Yuulah.

Looking at the battle, Morgana saw that Musa and Deshin were somewhat evenly matched.

“Even if you defeat me Musa, there is no way you can beat the Master.”, taunted Deshin.

“Hmmm. I’ll bring you down and the master you’re speaking of.”, said Musa.

Musa then charged towards Deshin. While that battle is going on, Morgana turned to Yuulah.

“Yuulah, if Musa is fighting Deshin, where is your father?”, asked Morgana

“He is currently fighting Deshin’s men. Around 20 people if I’m not mistaken.”, said Yuulah.

“Let’s aid Musa in this battle, then.”, said Morgana.

Just as they were speaking, 5 bandits approached them. Each of them is wearing symbols from the different bandit groups. They drew their weapons at Morgana and Yuulah, ready to strike.

“We the bandits from the KarKhon Group, GalBronn Group, HilDread Group, YagaNon Group and LukAro Group are going to destroy you. This town belongs to the Master.”

“You are all sorcerers, aren’t you?”, asked an excited Morgana.

“So what if we are?”, asked the bandits

“Then I can just take you out.”, said Morgana.

While Morgana is currently engaged with the bandit sorcerers, Lance is currently having a tough time engaging VyShone.

His body is nothing but pure muscle. This guy is tough

While deep in his thoughts, VyShone charged like a bull towards Lance, pushing him a few steps back.

“Hahahahaha. Not so tough with your armor, aren’t you brat!”, taunted VyShone

VyShone again, charged like a bull towards Lance.

Preparing for the attack, Lance put up his shield to defend himself. Despite this, Lance was still moved a few inches behind. The strength of VyShone is undeniable to Lance. Looking at his opponent, Lance saw that VyShone was spinning his arm, ready to give his opponent a lariat attack.

With quick thinking, Lance placed his shield behind him, and charged towards his opponent. Fully clothed in armor, Lance speared his opponent, pushing him towards a nearby building.

Rising from the attack, VyShone is coughing out blood.

“That armor of yours, is very durable! Hahahahaha”, laughed VyShone.

Thumping his chest, VyShone is daring his opponent to attack him again.

What a tough bastard, not even my armor could break him.

Lance raised his left arm holding his shield. With a great force behind him, Lance threw his shield towards VyShone.

SHIELD BOOMERANG

VyShone has easily dodged the spinning shield when his opponent dashed towards him. This time, instead of using his armor to attack VyShone, Lance gave a headbutt to his opponent’s chest. Looking at Lance’s head, it was glowing with magical energy. After making contact, Lance shouted,

LIGHT’S HELMET

For the first time in this fight, VyShone screamed in pain. Clutching his chest, he smiled at his opponent.

“Hahahahaha. Now, I can use spells to beat you.”, said VyShone.

VyShone clapped his hands and gathered his energy towards his body. Now glowing, he charged towards Lance. With his right arm raised beside him, he shouted,

SPIRIT LARIAT

He uses Spirit magic to give him strength

Luckily for Lance, the spinning shield went back into his arm, with him catching it. Now using the shield to defend himself, Lance channeled his energy towards it. He then made an incantation to help himself,

Light, give me your protection. Fulfill my role as a guardian. Make me your avatar

SHIELD ARMOR: LIGHT’S GUARDIAN

With his shield starting to glow, an extended area of protection was provided by the spell. VyShone’s lariat was met by the area of protection, prompting a clash between a strong offense and a strong defense. Both competitors knew that the one who loses this clash will have a major disadvantage.

Both Lance and VyShone poured their energies into their shield and arm respectively. Energies glowed at the point of contact. With all their might, the two of them clashed with each other. Making eye contact, the two of them saw the determination and will of each other. And after some time of contact, there was a loud sound.

BOOM

Smoke emerged from the match, and when the debris cleared, there was only one person barely standing, clutching their chest.

When the area was clear of smoke and debris, the standing fighter is Lance, the Holy Knight.

“Looks… Like… My… Armor… Has… Its… Uses…”

Still conscious, VyShone raised his fists at the direction of his opponent. Silently, he gained a respect for him, and before he passed out from the attacks, he smiled.

“You’re… not… a… bad… opponent…”, said Lance.

In a different scenario, we might even be comrades.

Exhausted from the fight, Lance simply sat down to recuperate and rest.

Morgana, although surrounded by five sorcerer bandits, has managed to create a wall of fire to protect herself, Yuulah and Moto from the bandit attacks. Before releasing the wall, she told the two,

“Moto, Yuulah, as soon as lower my staff, find a place to hide.”, said Morgana.

Phoenix, give me your fire. Relentless and destructive, incinerate all my enemies

FIRE ORB LEVEL 2 TIMES FIVE

Five Fire Orbs emerged from the staff of Morgana. In a quick succession, she aimed her staff towards the five sorcerer bandits who surrounded her.

BOOM

All the bandits were hit by the fire orbs, but none of them were knocked out by the Fire Orbs. She dashed towards one of them, and with her normal fists, she was able to make one of the bandits flinch from her attack. Just as she was about to approach the second bandit, she was hit by a Water Orb, knocking her back.

Once again, she was encircled by the bandits. All of them aimed their staffs at her. Two of them used Earth Orbs, another two would use Water Orbs and the last one would use a Fire Orb.

Instead of using Fire Wall magic, Morgana made a different incantation against the bandits. She chanted,

Flame of dragon, fire of heart, wings of desire, grant me my wish

FLAME WHIP

With a quick motion, she spun around and attacked the bandits, causing some of them to break their formation against her. Furthermore, three of the bandits were unable to properly fire their orbs at Morgana. Instead, those orbs hit either the sky or the nearby buildings. The other two orbs (Earth and Water) however, was able to hit Morgana, giving her pause.

Channeling her energy towards herself, Morgana chanted,

Flames of the furnace, flames of the stars, flames of molten core, provide me with protection

FLAME ARMOR

Morgana quickly surrounded herself with flames. Going on offensive, she punched and kicked two of the five bandits, knocking them down. One of the bandits chanted,

Gaia, provider of life, give us your arms. Turn our opponents into dust

EARTH MAGIC: HAND CRUSH

In a quick fashion, Morgana dodged the attack against her. She moved towards the bandit caster and knocked him down. With their companions down, the two remaining bandits became more careful and aimed his staff towards Morgana.

Flowing water, cold freezing water, hot water, give me your strength, with your droplets as cold as ice, bring forth

WATER BULLET: DROPLETS

A few water droplets emerged and were aimed towards Morgana. The droplets hit her and some of it managed to reopen the wounds she sustained during her fight with I’shil. Standing up, Morgana aimed her staff towards the bandit. She poured her energies towards the staff and launched a Fire Orb towards the bandit.

FIRE ORB LEVEL 2

The Fire Orb hit the bandit, knocking him out. Looking at the other bandit, she saw that the last bandit drew his sword, and infused it with water. With his magically enhanced sword, the bandit was charging towards Morgana when he saw Moto in the corner. Instantly changing his direction, he directed his sword towards Moto.

“Come, go after me, and he falls”, taunted the bandit.

“Morgana, don’t mind me, just beat him down.”, said Moto.

Morgana, thinking about the scenarios presented to her, was about to try a spell which was fast enough to knock the bandit out. She realized that she needs to have a faster Fire Orb or a Fire Bullet attack against her opponent. But before she could even raise her staff, the bandit was hit by someone from behind.

It was Yuulah holding a large steel pipe

“Young Master, I’m sorry. I should have been here sooner.”

“Thank you, Yuulah”, said Moto.

Overcome with emotion, Moto embraced Yuulah tightly.

“I’m sorry for being weak Yuulah.”

“You are not weak young Master. You are one of the strongest people I know.”, said Yuulah.

“Yuulah, I have a favor to ask you?”, said Moto

“Hmmm.”, wondered Yuulah.

“You can simply call me Moto.”, said Moto.

“As you wish, Moto”, said Yuulah with a smile.

Seeing her smile, Moto’s face turned red.

Annoyed at the conversation, the remaining bandit got angry and yelled at them.

“Hahahahaha. You youngsters. I’m going to destroy you.”

Furious at this, and with anger in her eyes, Morgana made an incantation,

Great dragon of yore, provide me with your breath, destroy everyone who defies my way

DRAGON BREATH

With fire from her mouth, Morgana knocked out the remaining bandit. She approached Moto and Yuulah and told them to simply stay behind her. Just as they were going to look for Yuuno, Lance came towards them. Although he was injured, Lance was still able to walk with his power.

“My father can heal him.”, said Yuulah.

“Let’s find him, then.”, said Morgana.