Andre slowly circled around the golden knight that followed him with his crimson blazed eyes. Andre shuffled around a bit, but it still did nothing but watch his every move. "Great, not only is it probably way stronger than the little shits, it's also way smarter, and knowing how my luck is, there is no way in hell I will be able to beat it hand to hand….but I can't stall till they get here….alright lets just do this shit." Andre then shifted slight, as the knight noticed him. The knight took a stance as well, as they both looked at each other with nothing but killing intent, only watching for even the faintest of movements. Andre then smirked as he quickly took aim, and as he pulled the trigger, he exploded the ceiling above the knight, collapsing the roof. The knight without a slight delay or hesitation, immediately sliced the debris that rained on top of him, almost as if he was unbothered by the pathetic distraction…. but nonetheless, it was effective.
The knight fell for the ploy as Andre took aim again, he then blasted another round to the knight's knee. It seemed that his plan almost worked, until the knight easily swatted the round kicking the bullet aside. Andre's mouth dropped "what the fuck…...holy shit this is actually unfair." He cursed violently as he slid for cover, or at least he tried to. In truth, the golden knight grabbed his collar and vaulted him across the cave. Coughing up blood, he looked to the golden knight who was charging at him, gritting his teeth "alright you cunt, come get-." Andre's face as then grabbed, and he flung to the other side, but right before he could hit the wall, the pommel of the knight's sword is slammed against his back. Andre yelped as a loud crack could be heard. Andre fell again, rolling over a dozen times as he came to a rough halt, he spilled blood on the floor, with his hoarse breath cursing violently. "Fuck! You gotta be kidding me, no wait…. shit this has to be the boss, there is no way it isn't, other wise he can't be this strong. This is just fucking great, so fucking great" He grimaced as he weakly got up, looking around for his rifle with his blurred sight. He could see the golden knight standing there, looking down at him, almost mocking him. "You little shit…fucking hell you just have to be strong…it's fuckers like you I can't stand" he spat toward the golden knight as he held his broken ribs "all that power, for what, to waste it here against rats and dust…. some fucking knight you are." The Knights eyes flared a bit as he grabbed the golden blade.
The knight seemed agitated as it ripped the golden sword out of the ground, walking towards him, it noticed something strange, however. Andre was only smiling, almost gleefully. The Knight seemed stupefied, baffled even by Andre's confidence. Andre seemed so sure that he would survive, he seemed to be holding abk a laugh. The knight however only became more enraged, as it loaded up prepared to strike Andre once again, a silent chill seemed to enter the room, as Andre chuckled "took you long enough…asshole."
Then a flying slash split the knight's arm in two, as two icy blue eyes appeared behind the knight. A chilling, indifferent voice echoed through the cave "sorry, I was taking care of the future duchess…."
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It took a while for Noa to get to the mines. The service that went around town became overcrowded, so he and Iron had to jump ceilings when they arrived, Luke was already rushing through the panicking miners who were running away from the monsters. Luke spotted Noa and Iron to cover the west and make their way into the dungeon there. It only took Noa a second to understand as he looked to Iron. They moved in communicative nods, almost telepathic as they rushed towards the west gate. There, they found nothing but a swarm of golden rats, spilling and flooding out of the small crevice. Noa could only see a few miners being drowned by the flood, but they were sadly helpless as they were devoured viciously by the flood of rats.
Noa wasn't bothered in the slightest, however. He only looked to iron, who sighed "do as you wish, I have to hold the fort here though, regroup when you get through and find Andre, till then stay safe. Noa nodded as he looked to the flood charging at them, he only sighed as he took a step forward.
Suddenly, the air grew colder, everything seemed slightly bit slower, then a little more, and then a little bit more, until they completely stopped when they reached Noa. Noa sighed as he grabbed the grass cutter, slicing through dozens upon dozens of golden rats, their blood spilling on Noa's roughed up jacket. His demeanor never wavered it was if he was nothing but a reaper, sent from the depths to drag the monsters down, back from where they came from.
After one more powerful slash down the middle, he quickly dashed through the wide gap, immobilizing and bisecting any straggling rat that came withing even a meter of him. He made it pass the flood as he ducked, sliding past the crevice entering the dungeon. Once he entered, he seemed to be devoured into dark cave, walk he could feel however was the clangor of gold that ran across cave as he walked. His steps were as light as a feather…. well actually, he was quite literally moving, but he could he the clangor of steel and shaking of the cave in the distance. Noa sighed as he closed his eyes, taking a moment to illustrate the entire cave. He placed his grass cutter down, tapping the ground every few seconds, until he finally felt vibrations, almost as if he could see through the walls. "Oh…it's pretty strong…"
He dashed towards the crevice, hearing the violent booms and vibrations, until they stopped. However, he was still undeterred, as he slid to the nearest golden wall, he took a small breath in, as he carved a crevice out of the wall, launching himself through it. he came flying in as a golden knight was about to slash Andre, slicing the Knights arm in two. Andre chuckled looking to Noa "took you long enough…. asshole." Noa still as calm as ever as he sighed walking to Andre "sorry, I was taking care of the future duchess…." Andre's eyes widened as he flopped down "…. what…WAIT THE DUKE'S DAUGHTER IS HERE?!!" Noa nodded sort of confused "what, you didn't hear about it?" As Andre was about to unload them, Noa looked back as his eyes narrowed. There, the knight seemed to melt as his golden arm did so as well, as his liquid form regrouped, forming back into it's knightly shape with the rat skin around its neck. It stood there, drilling holes into Noa as he took his sword again, aiming it straight at Noa's heart and circling around them.
Noa sighed as he looked back at Andre, noticing his pitiful state, he shook his head. "You stay still alright; you like a debilitated chicken right now." Andre looked at Noa surprised and utterly offended, as he was about to curse him back, Noa sighed as he shoved a meat pie into his mouth. "Don't talk, Eidra's worried your hungry." Andre just looked at the whole situation utterly confused, as Noa then turned to his shining opponent. He studied his movements thoroughly as he entered a deep stance as well, radially defending Andre as he watched for every slight movement.
The Knight could tell his mysterious opponent had much more combat experience. His posture, shifting, and footwork, he knew principles of swordsmanship to the wire. Every muscle fiber and every tendon screamed death. So, the knight paused for a moment, as he grappled to the ground, gold started melting as the knight started hardening himself again, forming into a more kingly and barbaric appearance. After a few moments of absorbing the gold around them, the knight stood twice the height of Noa, as the knight towered over him menacingly. His claymore, the size and shape of an executioner's blade, could easily claw through Noa's tiny frame.
Noa looked up at the giant figure with almost a bored expression, he sighed as he looked to the knight blade "wow….how cliché is this, of course you have two forms…."
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Luke slammed the squire's head through the boulder, as he punched right through the head of another. Others reformed to their usual selves as Luke grimaced. In the distance Steph was helping Iron, buffing him as his barbaric monstrous form rampaged through the horde of rats. Luke grimaced as he vaulted another Squire through the crowd, but it seemed no use, they seemed to reform their shape, constantly coming back, seemingly stronger than before. Luke hissed as he looked around. The situation seemed dire however, Iron couldn't hold the horde for long, and Luke already was having trouble dealing with the squires. "Shit, do I use my gift now? I didn't think I have , but we might survive if I don't….but if they saw me, that'd be a VERY fucking awkward conversation, FUCK! Alright shit I will do-!" suddenly, a massive lightning strike that shook even the souls of people, blasted form the heavens. Luke looked stunned for a moment before smiling "hah! God loves me today! You can't always be popping up so late Kirin, we might have almost died."
An elf with light blue hair and a thick navel scarf with the usual Laborer coat and uniform, and the badge Luke and other team bosses have, could be seen riding on top of a pink wolf with angel like wings and a horn. As he looked down to Luke he smiled "oh come on, gimme a sec these days, Sari keeps giving me way too much food, I keep going into a food coma." They both landed as the pink canine turned into a beautiful pink haired woman, with grey skin and red markings tattered across her body. Her eyes were amber, and as sharp as a snakes as they both approached Luke. Luke chuckled as he looked to them sitting down on top of a boulder "glad y'all could make it, a little late to the party, btu you can see the situation we are in right Kirin." Kirin nodded as he looked to the left, it's seemed like the squire's while slow, were yet again reforming ready to fight again. Iron walked toward them tiredly as he sighed with Steph right behind him "boss, we need to find a way to get rid of them permanently before the mercenaries I mentioned arrive, or else they will keep coming back, also it seems like a few of the workers and Noa as well as Andre are still in the cave." Luke sighed nodding, as Kirin looked to iron "I don't know about those mercenaries, I heard they are here too, but right now I know they are probably dealing with the northern sect right now, so we are on our own" He then turned to Noa as his assistant, Sari gave him a meat pie Eidra supplied them earlier "so what's the move Luke, or do I still call ya boss." Luke laughed as he looked to Kirin "oh shut up, you know you got promoted you don't gotta keep calling me that, but in any case…" he stood up patting down his pants as he looked to the cave. He could either wait for reinforcements and guarantee his people's safety, I exchange for the lives in the cave, or he could risk it all to save them. Luke smirked as he looked to the rest of his team and allies "say, has anyone ever raided a dungeon before?"