Julius looked at his bloodied hand. His breathing had become heavy and the snarls and snickers of the goblins agitated him. He knew he was in deep trouble by now. [i]"Guys... I think I need some help over here!"[/i] he shouted at the others as he slowly backed away from the advancing Goblins that surrounded him. He had to act quickly. Was he to brace himself for their attack, or does he risk being vulnerable by channeling mana to use with the stardust? Damn this whole situation! Julius didn't like speaking ill of the dead but if Desmond hadn't burned that house down this wouldn't have happened. Julius staggered and blinked. He was losing blood. Time to act.

Narrowing his lips in a snarl of his own, he decided to take the big risk, to channel his mana. The goblins would no doubt attack him any second, and then maybe he could use his stardust to blind them and retreat. It was the only plan he had, he couldn't fight this many at once. James and Auron seemed to hold their own pretty well, so maybe if he managed to retreat they would come to his rescue soon.

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