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[h2][center][color=fff200]Saef Harken
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Shields were starting to fizzle out now. Golden sparks floating through the air as shield buffers depleted. Frozen claws screeched across metallic/composite armor plates when the golems were able to score a hit. Here and there the softer under suit was breached, most often on a soldier that had been frozen into immobility. Being hit by a summoned ice mage wasn't instant death. Duban armor was designed to operate in space with minimal augmentation. Being frozen in a block of ice still made it hard to dodge though

Even so it wasn't what one would call an even fight. The Demons were outnumbered more than three to one and were frankly outclassed. The Dinasian solders were pouring hundreds of blessed laser bolts into a foe that primarily needed to close to melee range to deal damage. When they did get close enough they faced holy blades capable of removing limbs with a single stroke wielded by people stronger and/or faster than them.

Not even the ranged ice golems were safe. With light being poured in from every side there weren't many safe places to take cover. Certainly none that would hold up under sustained fire. It was unlikely that this battle would last long even with the recent reinforcements. The addition of a few larger monsters just made for easier targets.

Saef wasn't worried about his troops failing to whipe out their foes. No, he was more concerned with the Demon who had just lept atop a large ice golem. That one was the most dangerous of the group. His magical aura was much stronger than the other ice Demons. If Saef wanted to minimize losses he need to take that one out.

With superhuman speed and a rush of quantum particles the armored Thaumaturge flashed forward. Neatly dodging the large stinger tossed at him in doing so. It slammed into a nearby wall. Cracking a stone and drawing the attention of the soldiers in that tunnel. Half a dozen laser rifles switched target to the new threat and let loose a flurry of holy light from no more than fifteen meters.

The speeding commander took two bounding steps and dropped. A thought to his scepter caused it to change as he slip on the frozen floor. The weapon shifting forms and the ultra sharp blade extending as he slid between the large legs of the ice golem. As he did so Saef held the blade up, the holy light extending till it reached the top of the tunnel. At the speed he was sliding there was very little chance for the golem to avoids being bisected. Ghelgath would have to doing a very quick job of unentangling himself from his mount and jumping away if he wanted to avoid the same fate.

Soldiers lept or flew out of the way of the line of raising ice spikes. They were for the most part successful. One man had been busy dealing with a Warrior however and was shoved aside with a grunt as a spike erupted from the ground and scoured a deep gash across his cuirass.