The Spirit in the chains that had been struck several times now was thrashing in its chains, various moans and screeches of pain, hatred, fear, and sadness all coming from the various orifices that were all on the various places on this... thing's... body. It was trying to break free from its chains, flailing madly. Fortunately the spiritual chains that Keiko had bound it with were stronger than the tainted spirit, keeping it immobile for now. The other three spirits though weren't going to just sit there. With Keiko chanting something though she was a bit open, so one went after her, one of the mouths on its many faces opening as it suddenly let out some burst of vile energy from it, the creature firing two of them, one right after another. --- Tainted Spirit Attacks: Both Hit Damage Dealt: 0 --- Fortunately, right before the blasts hit, a strange barrier around Keiko seemed to block the attacks, a talisman floating in front of her. Unfortunately one full on, and quite powerful, blast was all it could take as the talisman burned up and vanished into thin air. Another went after Sasha, firing the same sort bolt of vile energy at her. --- Tainted Spirit Attack: Miss Attack 2: (Max Damage) Damage Dealt: 0 --- Fortunately Sasha was rather naturally quick on her feet, dodging out of the way of the blast by a small margin, but the incredible... well it was hard to place it. There was so much hatred, anger, and overall disgust in that blast, enough so that Sasha was able to feel this in the energy that had come from the spirit as the blast past right by her. It was hard to imagine what would happen if one got hit by that, but unfortunately the second blast that the creature launched may have tested that theory. The was headed straight for her, and would have hit her head on, but instead it hit a protective barrier of some kind, the talisman that Erica had used on the group before they entered the school appearing out of thin air and blocking the attack. Unfortunately it burned up in the process, but saved Sasha from getting hit by the vile attack. Unfortunately Erica, who seemed to be spacing out for whatever reason, maybe shocked by the sight of these monstrosities, was also a target for this attack. --- Tainted Spirit Attack: Hit... Damage Dealt: 0 Attack 2: 4 (Critical) Damage Dealt: 194 --- The first blast hit Erica and, like with Sasha, her protective talisman burned up. Unfortunately the second blast seemed to be fired with even more power than the first, and hit Erica who was unable to dodge the full brunt of it at all. The blast hit and seemed to burn and sizzle flesh with its corrupted energy, or so it seemed from the sounds it made when it smashed into Erica, but her body bore no such effects of that damage. What it did bear though was getting struck into -20 HP from the sheer power of that blast dealing 194, Keiko's eyes widening. This was the exact reason she was somewhat against this group being here, only having allowed them to follow on Keiichi's orders. Would Erica still be standing though? --- ... : 97 (Fumble) --- The blast looked like one that would tear into the very essence of a person's being, Erica not even able to let out more than a single sound of pain. There was nothing from her as the blast tore into her very being before it dissipated, her HP dropping into even higher negatives quite quickly as she fell to the ground. It all had happened rather quickly, Keiko's eyes widening as she had finally finished her chant in the next moment, thrusting her hands forward, her urgency to save this girl making her push herself even harder. The moment she finished the chant a wave of light shot from her hands, it being one that enveloped the hallway before them before it condensed into four rings, one around each Spirit. After that she made a few signs with her hands before she clapped them together, as if in prayer, before the rings of light tried to actually crush the spirits. --- Spirit 1 Resistance: Resisted Spirit 2: Resisted Spirit 3: Failed Spirit 4: Failed --- The first spirit, despite being in chains, managed to resist the crushing effects of the ring, the pain it was in and the anger from being bound probably enhancing its ability to resist whatever power that Keiko used on it. The second spirit resisted all the same, but the next two, however, weren't able to. They howled and thrashed about before suddenly their bodies were simply obliterated, vanishing into thin air in a flash of light as did the circles on the walls that summoned them. "Deal with them!" Shouted Keiko. Normally she never got loud like this, but character breaking was called for an urgent situation like this as Keiko quickly ran back towards Erica, hoping that the girl was still alive, but according to the health bars that all of the Gamers could see in the corner of their vision, similar to what happened to Ren before, her health was well in the negatives as if she was moments before death. This was not a good situation at all as Keiko began to try and heal her by pressing her against Erica's body, not really able to tell anything about HP, but she could tell that Erica was indeed on the verge of death.