Muninn whispered caution into Brone's ear of the gauntlet once more before the ravens flew off from the dwarf's shoulder and into the sky where it was safe. As Emil raised his gauntlet, Brone felt headache like a surge; throbbing as if he had spent a week in the forge without a break and without water, but he pushed forward.
As the gauntlet came down to meet his fist, Brone roared with furry which caused the never-melting ice of his armor to explode, covering his entire body with a layer of thick ice. The ice covered fist met with the electrically surged gauntlet, causing both to crack upon impact and sending a cold chill to waft over Emil. Something else had also happened, though the dwarf wasn't aware of it; a large amount of his magical energy had been siphoned, but even though such a loss would normally cause a bit of fatigue to a mage, the dwarf's hardiness and anger kept him from even wavering.
The small monologue from Emil had pissed him off further, even when asked if he could leave was done so in an arrogant, sarcastic way.
"There's no reason to let him stay in the guild; kill him and save everyone the trouble" One of the personalities seeped into the front of Brone's mind, trying to convince him to draw his blades.
"Don't do it; nothing would be won, except for Emil who would gain control of your anger" The other personality fought to pull the dwarf back. It focused on putting the children first, but Brone sensed Lumikki had already took the children in a defensive area. Even the ravens bickered at one another, Huginn believing Brone should kill the half-elf while Muninn pointed out that it might cause a rift between Kaito and Brone.
"Brone!" Gnicholas' voice called out. The gnome arrived on the back of Geri, the tempest wolf. He dismounted after the lupine pulled to a stop some meters away,
"Leave the arrogant boy be; talking to him, let alone beating him to a pulp won't change anything and it's not worth your time and Lumikki said enough to even prove he's wrong" The gnome didn't need to run, he simply walked over to where Lumikki and the children were to make sure they were alright,
"I'm sorry I'm late, but I did notice lightning with no clouds in the sky so I came to investigate, and good work on moving to protect the children, I think you're ready to take on more serious quests" the gnome smiled at Lumikki, his hands behind his back, standing in a respectable manner, showing his age.
As for Brone, he continued to stare at Emil, anger in his eyes to the point an onlooker would assume the ice that covered his head like a second layer helmet would melt. He wanted to strike him with one of his best blades; the golden axe and blue spear seeped frozen air, Spellcleaver hungered for mana, and even the golden spear hummed. He was on the fence, two sides pushing and pulling him, it wasn't until his own white cloak tugged on him, pulling him back just slightly... even for him to lower his fist.
"Yer dismissed, soldier" Brone's voice was low and deep which sent a tremor down the layer of ice on his body, causing a few cracks as if a glacier on a mountain threatened a natural disaster. He finally turned away from Emil and began to walk back to Lumikki, frozen air pooled from his icy form and where he walked, patches of ice remain. He would then run his ice covered hand over the black ice that shielded his niece and the children. He was finally able to smile, impressed and proud of her work. Such ice will become stronger than his own, for she already made it her own. As he finally made it around to an opening, he would stop to smile at Lumikki. He pulled off his blue helmet, causing the layer of ice on his head to crumble away,
"I'm proud of ye, lass" seeing the strength of his niece was what calmed him, warming his heart and tempering the flame. He needed to make sure that her mother knew how grown her daughter had become. When Brone looked at the children, he couldn't help but smile; such innocence needed to be protected, and he remembered why the guild fought so hard while they sat upon the top of the cliff. He wondered if the half-elf had children, would he have the compassion to protect the innocent? Then the thought of lightning nearly hitting Lumikki in her raven form. He wanted to talk to her about it, he wanted to shout about it at Emil, how it was disgusting to even play around in such a way. His lingering anger caused another crack to appear on his slowly fading ice... but he couldn't say a word, lest he lost his ravens.
It was done, and his family is safe, that's all that matters.
- Battle Log:
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[*]Brone had activated Kaldbak's Fierce Winter to cover his body in layered ice.
[*]Brone's fist clashed with Emil's gauntlet, receiving 1xS rank + 1xA rank of Arcane damage to the layer of ice which now has 2xS rank + 1xA rank of durability remaining.
[*]Attacking Brone activated Frost Touch, causing Emil's speed to drop by 50%.
[*]Due to clash, Brone had mana siphoned.