Alto looked behind him as he dodged a low-flying succubus’ claws, at the four who had just dropped down to join him. [i]Oh, it’s those three guys from the video conference.[/i] He also saw some kind of mountain lion-man who was also fighting alongside them? He looked around and spotted a couple more mountain-lion guys in the hordes, but they weren’t wearing any shirts and they didn’t look as angrily depressed as the other guy.

[i]Well, help is always good…[/i] He thought as he slit another Naga’s throat and dodged a behemoth’s fist.

Still, he couldn’t help but notice they hadn’t brought much fire-power between them. He knew that the cartoon girl that had landed near him could store things in another dimension or something but really, where was his fire power?

Ahead of him, he saw a bunch of succubi and eye-wheels were finally starting to coordinate their attacks and they launched a wave of fire and lasers at the party. He raised his left arm in response and his shield sprang to life again. The lasers and fire dissipated harmlessly on the shield, the behemoth he had dodged slamming down on the shield in vain.

His shield coalesced into a hemisphere again as he turned to address his new party members.

[b]”Why didn’t you guys bring any fire-power?”[/b] He said as the barrier launched and knocked the behemoth off its feet, [b]”Can’t you guys read?”[/b]