[@JBRam2002][@Suku]

His body ached with pain, battered from the flames that had licked his arms and melted fabric into his arms. Yet despite the vivacious reality of every feeling, his skin burning and screaming for relief, it was not what his mind chose to register, swept underneath the waves of adrenaline and triumphant sense of [i]power[/i] that was flowing through his very veins. The magic spell that Maita had cast upon him that had yet to fade, boosting his speed and reactions to levels he hadn't thought possible.

Levels that would let him help.

"Zio!" Kaede cried out once more, the waves of energy rising above him as Oberon leapt forth, driving a bolt of lightning into the foe trying to bullrush past Kimiko - the same foe that he had struck initially. He wouldn't let it get past.

And neither would Kimiko, it seemed. Her blade, though merely an impersonation, struck the burning creature hard, the orange sparks licking its surface as they edge of the fake weapon slammed against something solid, bludgeoning the wounded thing back several steps. It staggered, black smoke rising from its charred, flaming mass as it tried to reorient itself.

One more hit seemed likely to fell it permanently.

Yet Kaede did not deliver that attack. The effects of the boost in speed were fading, and his attentions had changed to the other of the fire monsters, this one trying to flank their group, and was successfully closing in. With the last dregs of the boost, he wouldn't let that happen either.

The fairy king emerged.

The monster's arm found itself with a gash, an Arm Chopper taken that let fire burst out in a painful, horrifying sight.

He could feel his speed leave.

"We can do this," he murmured to himself.

[i]I can save them.[/i]

The foes were open, their guards lowered for the teenagers to take advantage of.