In the forest west of Canopy City Ian sat high in a tree, overlooking the battle. Despite his complaints Desmond had gone back to a hit and run strategy. He dashed to and away from the lich while Morgan faced it head on. The spear knight constantly clashed with the dark barrier surrounding Corvus.
Sparks flew as more and more cracks appeared on the barrier. The lich didn't stay idle though. Dark bolts shot out from its bony white hands, rushing at Morgan. She was desperately deflecting them with her spear and attacking whenever possible.
Jasmine stood at the edge of the trees around the clearing preparing a spell. A warm green light surrounded Morgan as her injuries faded.
Desmond creeped up on the lich like a shadow, hidden blades at the ready. As he got closer the fox stopped breathing entirely. With two quick jabs his hidden blades clashed with the barrier, making sure to target existing cracks.
The lich's empty eyes quickly turned to him as he tried to run. A bone white hand extended as a dark bolt shot at the retreating assasin. Desmond looked back in dread, he leaped to the side hoping to dodge the spell among the trees. The bolt of energy flew after him into the trees but missed its mark.
A branch fell with an echo, one end completely scorched black. Desmond quickly jumped over and hid behind the large wooden offshoot.
Back in the clearing Morgan dashed at the lich once again. Her dark spear flourished as sparks flew. A dark aura flared from the lich, it wasn't intent on being used as a punching bag. A large sphere of dark energy formed in its palm, quickly expanding.
The dark sphere grew larger and larger by the moment almost reaching 5 feet in diameter. A bony hand stretched forward at an already retreating Morgan. The spell shot forward at the knight, flying at breakneck speeds.
Without any time to dodge, Morgan just braced herself. Her spear held tight diagonally across her chest. The impact came quickly, a shockwave spread as a dark explosion assaulted Morgan. A dark silhouette flew off into a tree, a loud metallic clang echoed as it made contact.
Morgan laid under a tree struggling to breathe from the impact. Multiple green beams then flew at the lich from the trees. Ian shot as many charged arrows as he could in a few seconds. Individually they were extremely weak, but with 15 of them. That changed things.
The volley of arrows shot at their target with unexpected speed. More than half of them collided with many of the barriers weak points, the others bouncing off. The barrier's surface grew more and more fractured as the damage began to pile.
Large thorns then flew at the lich, a light green energy coating them. The lich turned to fhe attack and raised its bone white hand. Bolts of darkness quickly flew out to counter the thorns. As the spells clashed, Morgan finally stepped back into the battlefield.
Her short but powerful figure shot straight at lich. The lich turned to her before quickly ending his spell. It turned its full attention towards Morgan, the most powerful opponent. Bony hands stretched forward as a spell formed. A dark sphere began to form, this time not as large.
With both hands stretched forward the lich fored his spell. The dark sphere shot at Morgan, but this time she had a plan. Just before impact Morgan jumped up. The dark explosion propelled her upward, the dark armor was pulled further up by her magic.
Morgan then began her fall slowly at first but faster and faster by the second. She gripped her spear tight pointing staight down. At the edge of the forest Jasmine began preparing another huge thorn spell.
Desmond then shot put of the trees and began throwing needles at the lich. He ran around the undead mage constantly throwing needles that mostly bounced off harmlessly.
They did serve their purpose though as the lich raised a bomg hand tpward Desmond. A bolt of darkness began to form before Morgan finally collided with the lich. Falling like a dark meteor, the dwarf knight stabbed her spear into the barrier with all her strength.
Just as cracks began to spread through all of the barrier's surface Jasmine's spell fired off. A huge thorn shot from the side as Morgan's attack made contact. The sound of glass breaking echoed as the barrier finally broke under Morgan's spear.
Just as the barrier couldn't hold Jasmine's spell hit jts mark. The lich was simultaneously impaled both through its skull and its ribs. Morgan's spear and her spell had done it.
Notifications flooded Jasmine's display as the battle came to an end. Dark shards fell from the kny as the barrier around them broke. In the east the rising sun became visible as the players gathered around Morgan.
"That was crazy! Holy shit Morgan! You're a beast!"
Desmond smiled, recalling Morgan's last attack.
"Thanks, that was definitely fun. You guys did good."
"So what's on him? Did you look?"
Desmond peaked over her shoulder looking at the pile of bones.
"Nothing but a book."
Morgan raised her hand and showed them their spoils. An old red leather bound book with visible wear and tear. It looked like it had been used diligently for years.
Desmond looked at her hands with a disappointed expression.
"Are we deadass? A high silver level boss and all we get is a book!?"
"You're forgetting about his lair."
Ian chimed in from the side.
"The loot there should be much better. Remember everything we sell we're splitting. Unless we find something someone wants we're guaranteed a ton of gold."
Desmond turned to him with a relieved expression.
"Oh yeah. Forgot about that, plus we got that hidden quest!"
His expression brightened as he remembered why he wanted to fight Corvus in the first place. The reward of the quest already had his tail wagging in excitement.
"Hey can I see that book? I think it could be a diary or something."
Jasmine reached her hand out to Morgan.
"Sure, take it. It's not worth anything anyway."
Jasmine took the book and put it in her bag.
"Thanks. I'll see if I can learn anything from this. Who knows, it might come in handy later."
With that the group left that clearing behind. They followed Ian to where he first encountered Corvus. It was time to loot the mages lair.
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Cjapter 24! The final battle! What did you think about it? I tried to use every character in a way that made sense. Let me know your thoughts.