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[H3]Valley of Ruin[/h3]

[b]Word Count:[/b] 816
[b]Level 5 Roxas:[/b] 25/50
[b]Exp:[/b] 2
[b]NEW EXP Balance---[/b] 27/50[/center]

With a few quick strokes of his weapons, Roxas was able to destroy five more bipeds that were attempting to close in on him. Then he did a circular throw of his Keyblades to take out four medium fliers attempting to swoop down on him. He breathed heavily, fatigue was starting to catch up with him. He needed his magic to be recharged, and he needed it [i]now[/i]. He glanced around himself as five more bipeds in addition to five quadrupeds began to surround him. Up above, he noticed 6 fliers circling ahead in a manner almost like vultures waiting for some animal to die so they could feed on it. But the Keybearer refused to let himself be overcome by fear or despair. With heavy breaths he readied his weapons and steeled himself and thought of the friends he was searching for - his whole reason for even being here.

[i]This is it.

It comes down to this.

If you fall here, you won't ever see any of them again.

So don't fall here. No matter what it takes.[/i]

As the robotic enemies finally began their lunge for an attack, Roxas lifted Oathkeeper and pointed its tip straight up. [color=Gold]"Thunder!"[/color] With that call, bolts of lighting rained down all around him. The Thundaga spell rained lightning on the robots that were about to go for the kill. They were all caught up in the blast, many of them were destroyed immediately by it. Others were just heavily damaged, easy prey for Roxas to finish off with a few quick Keyblade strokes. His magic recharged, Roxas leapt back into the thick of the battle with a renewed viger.

With flowmotion he quickly traversed himself to group after group. Raining down magical thunder on them and then picking off the survivors. First it was a group 10 Multilegs. The opening Thundaga spell tore through their armor and defenses, and left them open for Roxas to finish off with a single, circular sweeping slash of his dual Keyblades. Then he launched himself between a total of about 10 fliers utilizing flowmotion. He took quick slices at them, taunting them to try and swarm him with their numbers. Except this was merely a ruse to lure them into grouping close together so that he could wipe them out with a powerful Thundaga. Having cast it a total three times by this point, Roxas reckoned he could cast it maybe five more times before he would be out of MP again, so he knew he had to make each one count.

After that group another one consisting of 5 bipeds, 5 quadrupeds, and 5 multilegs started charging at him. Roxas used a nearby ruined car to jump upward and then made himself land in their midst. As soon as his feet splashed onto the flooded street he cast a Thundaga that washed over the machines like the previous group. Then he lunged between each of the survivors and finished them off with a fluid combo of slices and slashes with his weapons. And that was when he saw it.

It was a large swarm of no less than 20 small fliers overhead looking to overwhelm the Keybearer like a flying, mechanical storm. But Roxas was not afraid. He stood his ground and waited for them swoop down on them. In a slight change up, he first lifted Oathkeeper up to cast a Thundaga. But rather than go on the attack immediately, he instead instantly followed that motion by doing the same with Oblivion and stacking a second Thundaga on top of the first one. With a double dose of lightning raining on them, the fliers convulsed and exploded in midair, every one of them destroyed. Roxas thought it was over for a moment, but then heard more mechanical sounds. Emerging from the rainy shadows was 15 Reverse-Joints, resembling a pack of mechanical wolves.

As they closed in on Roxas, he simply flourished his Keyblades and readied himself. When they all lunged, he opened with a final Thundaga that did heavy damage and left most of them stunned. Then he leaped up onto a nearby vehicle and off of it in order to come crashing down on the ground amidst the stunned machines and unleashing a shockwave from the weapons that finished them all off. Roxas looked around, noticing no more machines nearby. He also noticed that he still a small bit of his magic leftover. Good, he thought, he could use that cast another Curaga when he met back up with the other Seekers should anyone be in need of some healing.

Speaking of which, Roxas dashed off from his chosen battlefield and went looking for the rest of the Seekers.

[center][b][i]Tally:[/i][/b]
[i]15 Bipeds, 10 Quadrupeds, 15 Multilegs, 15 Reverse-Joints, 20 Medium Fliers, 20 Small Fliers
Total: 115/100 machines defeated. (85 + 30 from previous tally)[/i][/center]