Aisha nods. "A wise decision. Alright, let's go head to Shor then. I'm sure he wants to get in as soon as possible." Whether you choose to follow or not, Aisha heads down to meet up with Shor, who was aiding the kobolds to set up more defenses. Nothing too complex, just some wooden cover in cast those trogs do try and shoot at them. The cover would be good for people like Shor and the kobolds, but taller folk would need to crouch, and it wouldn't protect the gators at all, who seemed rather injured from their battles. Pylia would stick with you while Shortfang and Buddy stayed on the walls for a short while longer, trying to teach the kobold warriors how to operate the balistas. But there would be no time to rest. Before you could even meet with Shor and Aisha, the doors were knocked open. Rushing out from the doors were trogs. No... Something bigger. Something [i]worse[/i]. Four large [url=https://i.imgur.com/pL5XGO6.jpg]toad-like monsters[/url], standing taller than even the trog chiefs you fought, roaring loudly for everyone to hear. Aisha shouts loudly as Shor told the kobolds to get to their battle stations. "Slaads! Goddamn slaads!" One Slaad went after each of the giant crocodiles, grappling them and forcing the riders to do battle directly, with the other kobold warriors swarming them. Another Slaad did the same, leaving two more rushing the Shor and Aisha. The first one attacked Shor, trying to bite him with his massive mouth. As a Slaad, it seemed like the monster's mouth was roughly 60% of it's body, and would've swallowed Shor whole had he not swung his axe at the beast causing him to snap his mouth back. But the same time it created a sort of rubber band effect that allowed the Slaad to rake both it's claws across Shor's armored body, cutting through his plate and mail. However he didn't make a peep, seemingly stoic even in the face of monstrosities like these creatures. The next one went after Aisha who was standing not too far from Shor at that time. He too took a bite bite at Aisha, but she cooly ducked underneath the blow. He tried to do the same thing the other Slaad did, but Aisha was faster, ducking under the first claw while leaping over the second one as it tried to slash her legs. "Fool. Your brutish fat is no match for my skills and magic!" Aisha taunted as she landed and got into a martial stance. Bursting right past you so fast that it almost would've knocked you over, Buddy leapt from the wall towards the Slaad attacking Aisha. He got some serious air as he was well above the Slaad, and buried his axe right into the skull of the Slaad. His eyes, core, and axe glowed with an awesome power as he followed through with his slash, tearing large chunks of bone and flesh from the monster as he stabbed it's chest. But in a terrifying display of might, the monster still lived, despite the critical injury Buddy inflicted. Even his stab failed to make the monster bleed, striking thick blubber and flesh. His wicked looking grin was quickly removed as a balista bolt slammed into the creature's shoulder, causing it to stagger backwards. "Good hit Buddy! Save some for Shortfang!" Shortfang said with glee after he had just fired the balista right at the Slaad. There were a few of the warriors with him as he ordered them in his dragon language to help him reload the weapon, doing so with quick efficiency. Syfr flew towards the Slaad as well, flying in it's face, harmlessly scratching at it and spreading it's feathers around to distract it. Pylia looks towards you with a determined expression. "We have to help them! Let's go!" She summoned a ball of fire and tried to shoot it at the distracted Slaad, but he saw her flames between the feathers and raised his arms to block it. Though the orb of fire struck his arms, they didn't seem to leave even a scratch as he continued to grin wickedly at the others, as if he wasn't afraid of the death. 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