Adam was alarmed at all the damage his teammates were taking. Claw strikes, wind blasts, and poison gas? This was just ridiculous. At least the plan to knock the Alpha Female into the gorge seemed to work. Yes, now they could-


The man's train of thought was interrupted by a soundblast from the Alpha Male, one that was quite dangerous to the magical trio. The youngest of them took a moment to get reoriented, being in a great deal of pain. Nothing seemed to be broken, but this felt like the ogre strike all over again. (Or "all ogre again" as Eric might have joked.) Would getting hurt be a daily thing now?  Eventually he did get up, only to be greeted by the sight of the female wolf rising from the depths of the ground. This very well could be the end of him, and more importantly, everyone else.


Another sight soon appeared though; some kind of dark ninja, one who made the wolves that had tormented the party look like puppies by killing them instantly. The enemy revealed his purpose soon enough by charging after Lillianna. She was going to die, and then everyone else would die. And it was all his fault! Adam cursed himself; they wouldn't be in this situation if he had been a better navigator, or if he had been smart enough to tell Vadim to provide more help than a map and incredibly basic directions. The red-eyed man wanted to yell at everyone to flee, to hold off this foe by himself somehow. He'd probably die, but at least it would make up for putting everyone else in danger so foolishly.


But MacKensie was too fast for him! She yelled about the cube instead and moved to intercept the enemy. He was dismayed to see her get punched and tossed aside like garbage. Adam resolved to do what he could to help, but Joji and Fenna had charged at this ninja next. He certainly wasn't a hand to hand fighter like they were, so it was best to think of a good strategy before following their lead. Channeling his inner James? That would have been funnier if the situation wasn't so serious. The efforts of the swordsman and bird master were valiant, but they didn't seem to halt the foe's advance much. Even mighty Arthur's anchor swing didn't phase him, as this thing was apparently some kind of water creature. Water ninja? Eric would probably have referenced that "Naruto" show now. That wasn't important though; what mattered was Lillianna was in danger! He would have to-


Once again, Adam's train of thought was interrupted, this time by a powerful display of lightning. Lillianna's resolve to do damage while being stabbed was impressive, far more so than anything he could do. Even so, the Druid did agree with James' idea; it was time to restrain this thing. But how? Slamming a tree on the ninja that killed a creature resistant to that strategy would not work, and vines wouldn't be effective either. The "water ninja" part though, maybe that could be used against it!


After he was sure that Lillianna was away from the enemy and under Zell's protection, Adam took a split-second to identify patches of soil close enough to the enemy that would work for his "plan," and then used his magic to create trees that could absorb large quantities of water around the opponent. If that worked, the Druid would manipulate as many of their roots as possible to attempt to surround the enemy. He would try to restrain him as James said using the roots to bind this foe, but if he tried turning into his water form, the red-eyed man would instead attempt to use the roots to absorb the watery form of this ninja like a plant would normally obtain the liquid it needed to sustain itself. Adam had no idea if this would work or if he even had the capability to do that much all at once, but he had to try. There was no time for doubt or overly analytical thinking while everyone else risked their lives in battle. He would do his best to help his team or die trying.