Co-Post Julia Julia watched as Bahamut and Kiyu attacked the apocalypse worm and seemingly did a decent amount of damage to it. It was then that the worm came back with a deadly attack. Julia had no time to stand there worrying. She knew if she hesitated she would be killed instantly because this was clearly no ordinary Apocalypse Worm but instead it was an Elder Apocalypse Worm. Julia increased her speed using magic as much as she could then leapt up towards the light beams while summoning her sword in mid-air. When she was close enough she grabbed the sword and cut the light beam then made an invisible platform to jump off to strike another one. She kept doing this as fast as she could. She had seen this magic used by a Law Enforcer but Julia didn't think she would need it. She was wrong. The death scream hurt her ears but luckily the scream wasn't as deadly as it should have been thanks to Laoveen. As for the gas, she used magic to cover her mouth and nose while she defended herself. [u][color=9e0b0f][h1]Bahamut[/h1][/color][/u] Bahamut watched as the attacks seemed to scare the monster back underground but he knew it wasn't over yet but he instantly wished it was. He watched as it came back up from the ground with a devastating attack. He wasn't sure how to even begin to stop it until he saw Grace. Instantly he turned into a beetle with his transformation skill then ran under her shield. He would be safe, too small to get struck by the light blast and protected by the shield. Somehow he had survived the attack. When it was over he slowly came out from under the shield and transformed back. [color=0054a6][u][h1]Ming and Kiyu[/h1][/u][/color] Ming watched as the worm retreated underground after a barrage of attacks but came back with an even stronger attack than the one they gave it. Ming was not expecting something like this and now instantly understood why this place was so dangerous and why they were chosen. She could only think of one thing that would save her from something this dangerous and that was redirecting the attack back at the worm. "Samurai Art, Soul Link!" She linked her soul to the worm so any damage she took, the worm would take for her. She spoke quickly to Kiyu without taking her eyes off the worm. "Kiyu we need to use Revenge Strike. Let's go! Samurai Art, Revenge Strike!" Kiyu fearfully watched as the went underground only to come back with an attack so deadly, it could only mean one thing. This was no ordinary worm. This was an Elder Worm. He had been trained as a samurai for most of his life and even he struggled to think of something that would save him. He knew he didn't have much time to react so even though his brain was scrambled, his body just reacted out of instinct. [color=00aeef]"Samurai Art, Soul Link!"[/color] He called out the art as the exact same time as Ming had done. It was then that Ming shouted to him. Instantly, he jumped in the air as high as he could and grabbed Ming's hand then pointed his sword at the worm while he hung. [color=00aeef]"Samurai Art, Revenge Strike!"[/color] With both of them connected and using the same art a powerful blue barrier would surround the two of them completely. That was as long as he held on to Ming's hand, having a moment of rest he spoke again. "Samurai Art, Air Shield." He stabbed his sword into nothingness then an invisible shield appeared beneath his feet. He stood holding Ming's hand while the barrier absorbed all attacks that were sent by the worm which would constantly be hurt due to Soul Link. It would also give them a separate air in the pocket space. Once the attack was over and the barrier had absorbed as much as it possibly could Kiyu struck the barrier with his sword alongside Ming which activated the Revenge Strike. All the power the barrier absorbed from the light beams and the sound blast would instantly be returned to it's owner but far stronger than it originally was, doing damage directly at the soul. Once the attack was over Kiyu took a deep breath and sighed. [color=00aeef]"That was definitely not fun."[/color] He looked up to the worm to see if their attack worked or not. Luckily, with the Soul Link and the Revenge Strike, the Elder Worm took so much damage to the soul that it became critically injured with severe internal bleeding. The Elder Worm screamed one last time before digging underground. It knew that with enemies that were able to cut through it's defences were too dangerous to fight and the battle wasn't worth it so it retreated away from them in order to heal. Julia fell to the floor on her back in exhaustion. She let out a long, heavy sigh before speaking. "I can hardly believe we actually survived an encounter with an Elder Worm. I am so drained but I know we can't stay here because if we do the Elder Worm could come back when it has healed. We need to get going to Salazo and get out of here as quickly as possible." She sighed again and slowly rolled herself over then got herself up. With that, she lead them all forward slowly. With the Elder Worm encounter, she had completely forgotten about the dark spirit fox which had disappeared during the fight. Soon after the fight though it reappeared and began to follow close behind them though. It only took a few minutes of walking to finally get to Jeul. [img]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/borderlands/images/5/55/Borderlands-2-dlc-003-970x0.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130827105122[/img] Once there Julia slowly entered and looked around. She gave a smile as a woman came up to her. [img]http://i67.tinypic.com/2jg81ox.jpg[/img] "Ah, Judas. I was hoping to see you. How are you? Is Kat alright? We're on our way to see her." The woman nodded and lead Julia through as she spoke. "Yes, she's safe. I saw the Elder Worm from here. I am really glad you are safe Julia. I would have helped but I don't have that sort of power or skill but I can at least restore your energy and return you all to travelling health" Julia nodded softly before Judas cast strong healing magic on everyone, causing their energy and magic to return to normal. Julia sighed as she felt her exhaustion leave her. She stopped by the village exit before looking around once more. There was nothing they needed here and they could pass right through. "Thank you Judas." Judas nodded and with that Julia walked on and out of the small village. She looked on to see the beautiful fields that was laid before them and then turned around to speak. "Next stop, Salazo, the City of Magic. From her hopefully we won't find any more trouble until we reach the next city. It isn't too far from here. With that Julia lead them outside of the small village heading towards the city of magic. [img]http://www.hdfondos.eu/preview/get_photo/667394/2560/1920[/img] As they drew closer and closer towards the city the more the environment glowed and radiated magic, so much so you could feel magic within the air and yet they still had some distance to walk.