When Gear Heart moved to attack the death worms, poor Veronica, who had been leaning against him and had reached fifty, fell to the ground with a thud.  Veronica pushed herself off the ground with a scowl and a face full of grass.  [color=f49ac2]"Moouh, why is this happening!"[/color]  She complained as Gear Heart started to squash the monsters.
 
The threat appeared to be taken care of between everyone and it was soon quiet.   Gear Heart brought over the last surviving assassin to the baron and was ready to smash him if necessary.  The baron reached over and slapped the man awake.  The opened his eyes and quickly realized his predicament, things had gotten really bad.

[color=6ecff6]"Now I have only one question for you, who hired you to kill my daughter?"[/color]  The baron glared down at him and pointed his sword at his forehead.  The man said nothing but then spotted Veronica a few feet away but was careful not to show it as Veronica made her way over to her dad.

"Well I guess I can say they are very influential, in certain circles."  The man admitted to bid some, while he quickly snagged a death worm claw from the bottom of Gear Heart's foot and hurled it at Veronica's neck.  The man would not know if he was successful or not as the baron stabbed him a moment too late, the claw already on its deadly course.