[color=f49ac2]“Damn.”[/color] It seemed like even Mana Dart wasn’t enough to pierce through the Beetle’s armour, though it certainly put a crack in it; whatever this thing was made out of it tougher than any creature they’d fought so far, tougher than his Shield spells and even tougher than the rocks back in the cave. If they wanted to do any kind of damage to this thing it looked like they’d need more firepower than they currently had, or maybe just be a little more creative.

The beetle wasn’t completely unharmed though. He had been able to crack the chitin slightly, so he could keep hammering away at its shell with his Mana Dart’s until a big enough gap opened up for them to attack its main body. Alternatively they could flip it over somehow and attack its softer underside; either Torrent or Mourningstar looked like they might be strong or large enough to do so.

As he was about to say something the Beetle opened its mandibles wide to expose its mouth as at the same time its chitin parted to reveal a set of iridescent wings and a brightly coloured thorax with some kind of opening at the end with was pointed directly at them. As a blue glow began to emanate from inside its mouth and as the swirling blue of its thorax became agitated, Oberon drew a conclusion based on the results of Monster Analysis that they should probably get behind cover. [color=f49ac2]“Get back! It’s going to- NO STOP!”[/color]

Torrent launched a fireball from her mouth towards the beetle, the one which currently had its sac filled with combustible material exposed for the world to see. Before his world went completely white Oberon had to confess that the resulting explosion was, admittedly, quite impressive.

[quote=System:Oberon]
[color=red]WARNING: YOUR HP IS LOW![/color]
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His ears were ringing and everything hurt; those were the first things that came to mind as Oberon came back to his senses. He was still in the air, somehow, and he couldn’t have been dazed for more than a couple seconds at most but the world was suddenly on fire, both literally and figuratively as the flames spread further and wider and his body continued to feel like he was covered head to toe in sunburn. He heard someone shouting but couldn’t make out the words, though the urgency they carried was still clear even now.

He cast Minor Heal II on himself at it seemed to help; without the pain covering his whole body he was able to concentrate more at least and it seemed to lessen the ringing in his ears as well. He heard shouting again, a different voice this time, and he finally caught on to the fact that Torrent was hurt. He looked around urgently, taking in the scene; Digbie and Ash were here, unhurt and helping to clear a path to Torrent, Mourningstar seemed fine as well as his Shield or some resistance kept her relatively safe, but the Lesserwurm wasn’t so lucky.

The evolved lizard had been the closest to the blast and was still trapped within the inferno; the Sprite could just make out her body from where he hovered. Casting Shield III on himself Oberon began to fly towards her, the temperature rising as he approached the edges of the nearest flame and counting on his shield to keep him from bursting into flames. He kept a healthy distance from the fire as he flew above it until he was hovering above the lizard, lowering himself down as low as he could until the heat became unbearable, before casting first a Shield III on the Lesserwurm to prevent further damage before casting Minor Heal II as many times as he could manage.

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Cast "Minor Heal II" on self
Cast "Shield III" on self
Flew over flames towards Torrent
Cast "Shield III" on Torrent
Cast "Minor Heal II" on Torrent
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