Ten minutes passed, Mike apparently keeping Zandaka on the entire time. With 20 MP to activate it, then the 7 MP per minute cost thanks to his MP Regeneration his MP was already down by 90, unless he chose to deactivate the Skill while waiting for the operation to start, but with 384 MP whilst Zandaka was active he had alot to rely on. Still, perhaps keeping it off until the operation began was a good since it was possible that every drop of said MP would be needed. Still, whether or not he did that would ultimately be left to Mike.
The ten minutes preceding the operation passed with few words. In truth, Ren was a bit skeptical. Not of the people they were with, no. They seemed skilled and knew what they were doing. What he was skeptical about was whether or not they should have truly come here. Still, there was no time to dwell on the choices they could have made. They were here, and that was all that mattered. They would all survive and find out just what the Void Wizard wanted them to find here, since they really had no idea why the Void Wizard wanted them to come here in the first place other than looking for answers.
Of course, there was one thing that was said, mainly a response to Sasha's suggestion of her scouting ahead. "That's not a wise plan". She turned to look at Sasha after saying this. "I do not mean to belittle your skills, but these Hunters seem to possess resources beyond normal hunter means and thus this base is probably beyond your ordinary sneaking skills, unless you possess some special Power that I am not aware of. Its safe to say that there will be plenty of wards and traps against intruders just sneaking in. Its just best if we all sneak in together, as I can easily disarm any such things we come upon and we won't be at a fraction of our fighting capability". She was a nice girl, as she wasn't trying to call Sasha weak, but she was just putting the facts out there. In a life or death situation there was no playing nice or pride to be involved, this was clear from the way she spoke. They all needed the straight laced facts, as it would be those that would save their lives rather than sugar-coated words of false encouragement.
With the ten minutes passed, Henry and Keiko both gave their teams a simple nod and a small "Its begun" for having the team begin to march forward. Well not march, but sneak was the more proper term. Keiko's team, being comprised of people a slight bit more dexterous and stealthy, was probably going to have an easier time sneaking about than Henry's team. Well, not that Ren wasn't dexterous, but Sasha was an expert at Stealth and it didn't seem like Keiko was all that bad either for a Spirit Medium. It was definitely not her first time invading a place like this, so that prior experience was where she had the clear advantage here, that also adding to her skill of not only being able to cover more ground while sneaking, but also examine the area for wards and traps as well.
Both groups moved somewhat quickly while remaining as quiet as they could. Granted their stealth wasn't perfect, they still moved quite stealthily, Keiko's group being a bit more proficient here. Since they had gone through the side entrances, both teams were greeted with long corridors with a turn here and there, but Keiko and Henry just said to continue going straight. In the distance, quite faintly so, sounds could be heard. Crashes, bangs, cries of pain. These were most likely the sounds of fighting, the Decoy team probably kicking some serious ass since the corridors that the two teams traveled through on the first floor were completely devoid of any enemies whatsoever.
So far things were going good as they both reached the first flight of stairs. Keiko and Henry both stopped their groups there, Henry muttering a few words, probably some arcane incantation, and Keiko pulling out a talisman, a Wisp appearing in front of her after a small spiritual chant and the talisman vanished into thin air. Henry's eyes seemed to glow and the Wisp turned invisible, probably scouting up the stairs for potential enemies.
"There still seems to be some form of countermeasure, it seems the people here are a bit smarter than the average hunters. They have some wards containing summoned creatures set up ahead, so most likely we will have to do some fighting. So ready yourselves now, since the time to prepare is over since there is no more time for that". They were in a rush here. Keiko knew that they needed to get in, get out. That was what Keiichi said. "Ill see if I can't banish the wards so we don't have to fight". With that she motioned them all ahead, able to move quite quietly and quickly up the stairs, making little noise at all.
They were in yet another corridor, the occasional turn down a different hallway present here and there. This one seemed a bit wider than the first one. After a bit of stealthy advancing she held out her arms to stop them, several talismans appearing in between her fingers out of mid-air, Keiko quickly throwing them at several spots on the walls and floor, all of which shined with some sort of black aura the moment the talismans touched them. She held her hand before her vertically in a priest style fashion and began to chant a spiritual chant quickly, but before she could finish the talismans burst into flames, Keiko stepping back quickly as she looked a bit angered.
"Damn, I wasn't successful, be ready..." This time a steel colored talisman appeared in between her fingers as she glared forward. From what now were four glowing black magical circles of some kind, as that was the best way to describe them four strange creatures emerged from them, horrid moaning and groaning emanating from their beings. The various mouths on the heads of whatever made up this...
horrid monstrosity were moaning and uttering dark curses and cries in some guttural, disgusting language, something that was incomprehensible, but Reiko looked utterly repulsed regardless.
"Figures that scum like these would use Tainted Spirits..." She muttered this angrily before she threw the talisman at the closest one.
Keiko Accuracy: 7 - 40 Projectile Weaponry = -33
Hit!
The talisman hit square on, glowing steel chains suddenly erupting from the talisman the moment it struck. The chains wrapped tightly around the creature before bursting forth and stabbing into the wall, slamming the thing into it. After that, suddenly three talismans appeared in her hands, Keiko throwing them at the group. The talismans easily hit, but they were not of evil will. The moment they stuck, the three of them would feel some sort of strange power flowing into them. "That should allow you to strike the spirits, we must banish them and be rid of this place quickly, before the enemy is alerted to our presence".
Henry, in the meantime, was staring up the stairs, his eyes glowing white. "It seems that the other Team has met with a bit of difficulty, and I think we will have some as well. There's a room up these stairs, and a couple of people not taken in by the distraction are waiting there. They don't seem all that tough, but so far these Hunters have shown to acquire a base outside of average hunter means, so we should be cautious". Ren just gave a nod, activating Mana Shield, MP Armor, and quickly casting the Water Shield Spell, Henry raising an eyebrow.
"Mana Emission and a Water Spell, you certainly have alot of tricks, but I guess that isn't all of them?" Henry just chuckled, but Ren said nothing, Henry getting the message and just sighing, until Ren said something.
"No, it isn't all of them..." Ren decided to just get it out of the way. There was no hiding it forever. He opened his Inventory and simply unequipped the hand wraps around his hand, which was alot easier than untying them. After that, he closed it and held out his hand.
"Summon Elemental: Undine" A girl made of water appeared, most likely a water elemental, a trident within her hands,
this Undine looking different from the one Lucian had seen Ren summon before. The text above her head read Undine Lv. 18. Above that it read Empowered Water Elemental.
"Demon Summoning: Lilim" Now the marking on his wrist shone with some blackish-greenish power, Ren wincing a tiny bit as even a tiny amount of HP drain always hurt a small bit. From thin air now a rather attractive looking
female demon appeared, a sultry smile upon her features, but she said nothing for now, probably speaking to Ren alone through telepathy as Ren gave a small nod before the succubi went behind Ren.
"Demon Summoning... Elemental Summoning... there seems to be no end to what you can do, especially since that's not even your last trick". Henry was referencing the strange mark of black magic upon Ren's right hand, but said not what it was as Ren just gave a nod, Ren deciding to keep the rest of his summons put away for now.
"Alright, with this in mind let us progress..."
And with that, the team moved up the stairs, walking right into an empty room, or empty except for two figures in dark robes standing there, smirks visible on what part of their faces were visible, which was only their mouths and lower. "We were expecting you Dresdin, you didn't think we weren't expecting the Enforcers to attack our base did you? We didn't know when for sure, but you ce--"
Before he could finish, Henry aimed his fingers at them, a bolt of lightning surging from it, but the moment Henry cast his spell the figure snapped, the spell vanishing in thin air as suddenly the room split in two, a see-through glass wall separating the two halves with Henry on one half, and the Gamers on the other.
"We're no match for your magic Dresdin, but these mystery pals of yours on the other hand should be easy pickings". A female voice spoke now, the two figures standing on the side that the Gamers were on. Henry tried to call out to them, but the sound was blocked from the other side.
"I say, a most exemplary use of Spatial Magic, even that foolish mage will have a hard time dispelling it, especially while he fights our Summons, but there's no need to see that". The female figure smirked and nodded, the wall becoming no longer see-through, Ren's fists clenching some.
One was a Level 24 Spatial Mage and the other was a Level 26 Necromancer. This wasn't going to be easy. "Tell you what", the male necromancer spoke now, his voice full of confidence, a staff with a Skull on it appearing in his hands. "Why don't all of you strike first, give you a chance to show just how outclassed you children really are". He smirked now, this being a bad situation for them and he knew it, especially since they had just been cut off from the most powerful member of their team.
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