The mage cursed inwardly as his shield went down, but he kept chanting, suddenly noticing a blade slashing at his throat. Unfortunately the man spotted both attacks and, with the mobility of a staff, aimed to parry both of them while keeping up his chanting, which was no easy task at all, especially with his chanting. --- Sasha Waskizashi: 40 - 20 Melee Weaponry - 5 Skill Bonus +10 Dual Wielding Penalty = 25 Max Damage! Damage Dealt: 18 Sasha Tanto: 2 (Critical!) Critical Hit! Damage Dealt: 32 --- The robe seemed to block a good bit of damage from the slash of the Wakizashi, it seeming like some kind of armor. The stab to the gut though was something the man could not avoid, it being precise and strong enough to bypass whatever toughness the man had as it struck a slightly weaker spot in his gut, but the robe's protection still blocked some of the hit. A few skills leveled up from this, including Dagger Mastery and Critical Strike, but without an extra boost then getting this guy out in one hit wasn't going to work, but certainly Sasha was dealing some damage to him. The man kept chanting through the pain though, it clearly visible on his face. Somehow or another though the incredible pain seemed to fuel the rage going through him and the power of his spell, his chanting finishing as he prepared to fire off his spell right there, a little quicker than normal. --- Mage Spell: -33 --- His spell, unfortunately, managed to fire off as he raised his staff in the air. A blast of blackish lightning shot from the end of his staff, bolts of it leaping forth and targeting Sasha, Undine, and Ren all at once. --- Mage Spell (Target Undine): 38 Miss Mage Spell (Target Sasha): 97 (Fumble) Miss Mage Spell (Target Ren): -16 Hit! (Max Damage) Damage Dealt: 113 --- Undine was luckily not hit by the spell, the man's aim for the lightning bolts being off on the elemental and way off on Sasha. In fact, it was so off that she didn't even have to dodge, the spell instead going way off the mark and heading towards the Fighter who... --- Mage Spell: -10 Hit! (Max Damage) Damage Dealt: 170 --- The Fighter cried out loudly in pain, crying out loudly as the dark lightning bolt slammed him. Ren was also slammed as well, crying out loudly in pain, both targets of the spell falling to one knee as the dark lightning. The man's own really tough body saved him from dying, but for Ren, if he hadn't stolen some of the strength of the mage's shield, the shield around him having been destroyed by the lightning, then Ren would have hit below 0 HP. --- Ren Endurance: 29 - 15 Vit - 2 Skill Bonus = 12 Fighter Endurance: 8 --- Ren was stunned, cringing and coughing in pain as that did even more damage then the last spell, breathing very heavily, not looking in very good shape, Ren's HP very, very low, but so was the Fighter's now. The Mage cursed loudly. "Dammit, I thought these guys weren't supposed to be a threat!" The Mage quickly moved back from Sasha, the Fighter cursing loudly as well as he quickly got up, not stunned. "Dammit aniki, every time ya loose one of those spells, ya usually hit me! They just got lucky though this time, lets just cut it here and..." He smirked. With Silas far away on the wall his eyes darted towards Ren as it was clear as he began to move towards Ren, who Silas was closer to fortunately, what the plan was. Even if they couldn't get all three of them, getting the one who was in bad shape was a good plan indeed.