[b]"ORAAAAAAH DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA!"[/b] Marchosias shouted as his crossbow rattled, sending a heavy bolt tearing through the fragile undead. Normally he expected his weapon to be rather useless; against high level mobs he was better off just cleaving through them with his weapon. But these must be really low level mobs if his crossbow, which was only doing 1/4 the amount of damage it would normally do, kill kill them utterly. Still no time to dwell on his enemies weakness; these zombies were obviously just trash mobs meant to slow him down while the heavy hitters would come soon enough. Marchosias felt himself get buffed up and decided that it was time to move forward, putting his crossbow away in exchange for his lance. 

Normally, such a long weapon in narrow corridors like a cave was a risky move; his weapon could end up getting stuck on a wall or other obstruction. But these caves were wide enough that he felt this wasn't going to be too big of an issue, not to mention the sheer amount of enemies around him meant he needed to be able to go through many enemies at once, instead of just whatever was in front of him. He noticed the additional Garef warriors who were rushing from behind, silently cursing himself for not checking for ambushers. [b]"Tch... Only way to move is forward then. Fine then! Come forth, KNIGHTMARE!"[/b] Planting his Banner Spear into the ground, Marchosias summoned forth his War Mount; a fearsome Nightmare. If these enemies were as low level as he believed they are, then the Nightmare's innate fear aura should scare off the living Garef Warriors, though the undead will of course be unaffected. But that would also mean there'd be less to deal with.

[b]"You there! Get on my horse and ride onward! I'll catch up!"[/b] Where Marchosias alone he would have mounted his Nightmare and charge through the horde, however since he needed to protect this stranger, it was better if he could reach the guild safely than for Marchosias. Besides, if he leaves then Marchosias can really go all out. As he covered the other person's escape, the Executioner would use his spear to impale any Garef warroir that got too close, using his superior reach to easily take down anyone who got within 10 feet of the black knight. 


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While it was expected for the undead to meet some resistance, the Necromancers did not imagine that their initial charge would be repelled so utterly. And by so few! Tea's wind wall slowed the momentum of the undead charge to a near grinding halt, which made them unable to brace themselves when Xavier came in, fist flying. His attacks broke through their bones and rend their flesh like a shovel through sand; he would feel little resistance as parts of the undeads bodies just caved under the weight of his blows, with most of them being too slow to even strike Xavier before he had either killed them or moved onto another enemy. The Necromancers commanded the zombies not immediately engaged against Xavier to push forward, only for those zombies to get flatten by a charging earth elemental. Before they could regroup, the Exploding Flame Lance struck down another group, eliminating the first wave. 

The acolytes seem unnerved but the chief Necromancer wasn't at all afraid. If anything, he was a bit impressed. "I see, then these people are not so worthless after all! They will make fine minions! Send the second wave, RELEASE THE DEATH WORMS!" A second wave of undead garef berserkers charged forward, and alongside side them were huge worm-like monstrosities that tunneled through the ground, charging towards the guild. These Death Worms were also undead but no less deadly then their living counterpart, and now were tireless and fearless as the other undead warriors. One tried to tunnel out of the wall and bite into the Earth Elemental; the elemental was far too large to swallow whole, but the death worm could possibly still try to grapple it. The other Death Worm went after Xavier, coming out of the ground to swallow him whole, even if it had to kill many Undead Garef Berserkers to do so.

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