The three vampires didn't waste time. They pressed an attack upon Brone, who did his best to defend against them, however it proved too difficult. The golden shield did great defending against any of the attacks, but could only defend one attack at a time, and while it did defend, two other attacks would come in. The dwarf had to try and counter another attack with his golden axe, but even if he did successfully deflect the second attack, the third would come in and strike at his armor, cracking it further.
"That's it" Uruz said with a chuckle. The dwarf understood what he meant. The vampires found their strategy and they knew there was no way for Brone to defend against it; two vampires would strike him, and if he managed to block against the two, there was no way for him to block the third.
"I can help you" the voice said.
"I can do this" Brone growled. When the vampires pressed for another attack, the dwarf summoned another tornado, but the vampires were cautious of this, so they managed to avoid attack. These spells such as the tornado and the blizzard were ways of getting the vampires off Brone's back, but only for a moment, so they were simple delays. At one point, the dwarf tried to use these spells as distractions so he could escape and gain distance, but the three vampires foresaw this, so they made sure to encircle Brone, keeping him in the middle so there was no way of escaping.
"You will fall" Isa called to the dwarf who hid within the small blizzard.
"You can hide in there if you want" Uruz called from outside the blizzard, "But you'll die eventually; before or after your friends die, that's up to you."
Hearing those words brought back the memory of Yuurei dying. If it wasn't for the angel, he would have been gone for good. And it didn't stop at Yuurei, Kailani perished, but there were no angels that brought her back. Then the sound of a draconic shout rang in the air. Brone figured it was Kaito who must have activated some kind of powerful spell. He thought about his time with Kaito and began to fear the worse.
"Defense will not save your friends... it will not delay your die" the voice whispered. Brone, hiding within the center of the blizzard, the snow whipping up so fast that it was hard for anyone to see through it, looked down upon the shield he held in his left hand, "You limit yourself by holding that shield, but if you held another blade, you can cut down those who threaten your home, your family" The voice told him.
Brone thought about his home upon the cliff, looking out over the land; the guild within the halls were safe there and no matter what monster came, they were strong enough to defend against it, because they fought. He couldn't allow them to die, nor his family back at home, his parents, his cousins, all of them.
"Fine! I accept!" Brone yelled as his golden axe was replaced by the black axe. He held up his golden axe and stared at it as he readied the black axe. He knew he needed to get stronger, push forward, make sacrifices so no one else he loved dies.
Then he struck the indestructible shield with the only thing in Fiore that could destroy it.
As the shield broke, the blizzard erupted in an explosion of snow. The vampires shielded their eyes for the moment, but as the snow passed and the blizzard was gone, they looked to find Brone. He looked the same, so for his four arms; three of which held all his weapons.
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