Salem got up and out of the tent bleary eyed and angry. It was not where he wanted to be. If it was not for the fact that the pay was too good. He would not bother to have accepted such an arduous task. Checking out the Stena Mountains for signs of an anomaly. It was work and so far it was boring work, the very thing that sucked away at his essence of being. Being so mind bogglingly bored the last couple of days Salem would not be surprised if he had wing sag. It was not like he was alone. It was just the people he was with at the moment were not his specific brand of fun.

Still the moment his staff started to do the weird vibrating thing he paid it attention. Going by the previous ways his staff reacted in a situation like this. Salem became pretty sure there was void mana somewhere in the vicinity. It meant another void beast to slay at best case scenario, or there was a chance that a dungeon occurred. Which was more than likely the case. Like in the Northwood Sea, there were already rumors and such of outbreaks like that happening. Salem put up a signal for the people that came with him to follow.

“Going by the reaction I am getting, the source should not be much further away. We may engage in battle so it is best to be prepared at all times.” Salem spoke non-committedly, He was excited about the prospect of battle. It was just the fact that it has not started yet. He had no reason to be overly excited. It took them only two minutes to see the portal. It looked like a jagged gash that was put into someone’s outfit. The edges were irregular and it was filled with a bleak whiteness. Seeing it up close Salem managed to gather some enthusiasm. “Onwards we go.” The fae excitedly jumped into the tear and got ready for the adventure.

The view that he was met with could only be described as barren. As a fae Salem was pretty bothered. The lack of natural energy could be felt in his body. It was worse than the low levels of oxygen. It made Salem feel like he walked into a death trap and it was so cool. Salem never thought he would have a near death experience like this. It was a nifty trick.

Salem would wait for the others to make it through the tear before deciding on how to go forward. Since he was responsible for making sure this rift would close in some way, as well as that everyone on this expedition came back alive. He wanted to make sure he did a great job. That way he could pick and choose shorter missions with higher pay, that way he can choose the adventures he wanted to go on in the future. It would save him plenty of time and effort overall.

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Yijun was not sure of what was ahead but he knew they were looking for a rift somewhere on the mountain he was walking around with his shield on his back and he wondered if there was anything really out here as he climbed around and looked in caves and such as there had to be something out and around there but he was coming up empty handed for now and not finding anything. Yijun was use to the cold as he use to go climbing with the monks when they did their semi-yearly hikes to the tops of mountains to show that they were still able to do it though Yijun some times thought that they did it so they could just randomly go on a trip and be away for a bit to help with their own boredom if they had any at the time. Yijun then looked out of the cave and saw the signal that it had been found and Yijun took flight to hurry over to the area where the signal had come from and he landed as he saw the man jump into the rift.

Yijun thought the man must either be brave or stupid to just jump in like that without waiting for everyone to join him but Yijun not wanting to leave the man in there alone and maybe being attack hopped in himself and he looked around as he came through and he saw the other man. "Looks like this place is going to be a hell scape to fight at. I will make sure to keep you safe you make sure to keep the heals coming and if you get into trouble let out the call and I will move swiftly to you to help you." Yijun put his arm out and his Tattoo glowed then his Naginata appeared from his Tattoo and into his hand and he pulled his shield off of his back and as he was ready for the fight to begin and he was looking around the land that was in front of them and Yijun is wondering what might be in here.

"The data we were given says the void monsters here are a decent bit strong and fast so make sure you don't let your guard down, mister Salem, I am sure me and mister Iza will be able to handle the front line for awhile, if you see anything or come up with a plan tell us okay? Cause in the heat of battle we will probably lose sight of things and that will be where you come in as you can tell us about things we can't see so your awareness will come in handy." Yijun was making sure the guy knew that he respected the man as a member of the team. Yijun just realized that none of the members of this team are human as well so Iza will probably be super happy as well as he doesn't like humans.
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Iza had done a void cavern with a few people. It seemed like things didn’t end well as the party had separated from that one adventure. Still, he planned on going through more of the void caverns if he could. He had learned there were more of these, and treasure awaited in these parts. The jester had wondered if he could get something cool out of it. He needed to find a new party to venture into the new cavern and that was when he found out Yijun was doing it as well.

When he met up with his friend, he found out that it wouldn’t just be the two of them though. There was one more who would be with them, and it was someone who Yijun had worked with before. The jester would be fine then and when he found out that he was of Fae, which made things better. That meant there were no humans in this group.

Iza had met up with them and it seemed like the guy was looking for the entrance to the cavern. He followed Yijun as Sylph was on his shoulder. They followed Yijun as he was going to the place where Salem had led them. It was then that Yijun would enter the rift, and before they followed Sylph spoke to him.

“Do you think it will be safe for us in there? Are we strong enough to fight what is inside Iza?” She asked him wondering what he would say.

Iza had his robe on and his daggers on his back as he was ready to fight. He knew that if he had to he had the power of Hera with him as well.

“I think we are fine. With ya by my side we will be able to do our own thing without worried. I have this new robe as well, which is gonna make me stronga than I am already. It isn’t just that, but we got the summons and when we fuse we are powerful.” He said to her.

She nodded when she heard this, and Iza entered the rift to see the other two were waiting for him. He looked at them as he heard Yijun speaking to him and explaining a bunch of stuff. He just couldn’t wait to get this over with. If he could become stronger through this, it would bring him closer to his goal, which was a good thing.

“Strong and fast ya say. I guess we shouldn’t hold back then. I am indeed ready.” He said to the group as he took his daggers out from his back he was prepared to fight whenever they decided to push forward in this barren waste of a cavern.

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Salem listened to the Joyan man with rapt attention. He was not that interested in these dungeons too much personally, but the feel of being in another place, even one that was hostile was slightly interesting. The Joyan did not give him information that he was not vaguely briefed on. It looked like he was listening more out of habit than actually willing to comprehend. Salem made a small nod when the last one joined them. It was time for them to move on.

“Well it looks like we already have company. Since you have experience do you have any thoughts on how we will close this dungeon?” Salem asked after the last said they were ready. While pointing to the four calvary looking men galloping towards them. Salem’s eyes took on his new blue and gold swirl. Not to check out his party but the approaching horsemen. Still he would spare enough to listen if any of the other party members had any ideas on how to leave. A game without an ending was just tedious. He believed a lot of things were like a game so it only made sense that they would end. “Let me stop their charge and you two can dispatch them.”

Salem volunteered for the job. Since it looked like he could handle it after a small thought. He thought he should use some effort. The four horsemen of the wasteland looked keen on trampling them. They gained speed and the tips of their spears glowed as they leveled them at the quartet. Salem built a wall by waving his hand along the ground in front of them, while banging his staff on the ground with the other. A magic circle appeared and created a waterfall type wall to take on the impact of their spears. When Salem banged his staff against the ground the spears on the enemies lost their glow, and their speed decreased by a noticeable amount.

“Weakened.” Salem had simply nullified the spells that the creatures used to support themselves. He could not nullify magic often, but void magic was the rare exception. He could pretty much chill in dungeons and take the creatures out often. When the four of them ran into the wall they paused. The wall also broke down in the process. It was a strong wall but only able to handle for of those things hitting it at once. Physically they were not bad. Salem was unsure how much damage one would have done if it could complete the charge but he did not want to find out. “Alright. The two of you can knock yourself out and take them down now.” Salem spoke just in case the creatures decided to wake up from their confusion and attack. He would rather his group have the advantage.


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Yijun heard the man talking a mighty big game and he wondered what the man had up his sleeve and then he saw what the man did and his Naginata seemed to not like the effect that Salem had done as it reminded it of the void and Yijun raised his had and made sure that his naginata was ready and he transformed taking on his partial daemon form so he could fly and he would be stronger, faster, harder to break and his wit is keener. The man started his flight down to start clashing with the monsters that were there and he hoped that he could handle themself as he was a future captain of his division and he couldn't afford to die here or be left for dead if he was to fail in this fight he pulled the shield off his back and he used to protect himself and use his spear around the shield.

His eye shows him the weak points of the monsters and he spoke out loud as he moved on to keep fighting. "These creatures seem to be weak at the joints, they also have a core in the dead center of their chests that is also a weakness." Yijun hopes that they heard him as he was in to thick of fighting as more horse combined with men started to pile in as they were clearly now known to be here and he was not looking to get his chest pierced by the monsters that would rumbling along the ground and into his face and he kept using his shield to knock away strikes from the monsters lances and to block. "Some of these are different they look like they will fire arrows so be careful!" His eyes were scanning the attackers and their weak points and telling his team mates the fruits of what his eye sees so they can make sure of it.

As he predicted some of the horsemen raised their arm to fire put bolts of energy with what look like a cross bow on their arm. Yijun used his speed to dodge and his shield to block as he knows that he is an asset to help them and it was his job as a member of his division to try and get the info out to them so they can also strike at the weaknesses of the enemies that they had found themselves in front of but he was not sure how well they will listen as well as Salem some how having been able to just null these void monsters power as well had made Yijun a bit worried at how they were able to do such a task on them but he was not going to question the man on it as there were many reasons that he might be like that or be able to do that had he been touched by the void?
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Iza wasn’t sure what would happen here, but their fight had begun. The appearance of these strong, yet weird-looking creatures, had alerted him that battle had begun. He watched as Salem would be the person to make his move first. He seemed like a strategist and it seemed like he was going to protect them for the time being. While he was doing that, Sylph would activate her transformation with Iza and the two of them merged together.

Sylph disappeared, while Iza had gained a few new physical traits. A wing, a half-crown, and a bracelet would appear on his left side as it seemed like he gained a few abilities. He was able to take flight now and he had taken out his daggers. One of them had changed from a dagger to a spear and he would obtain a helmet on his head. The two robes he wore would become much more durable than before as he was ready. Oh yeah, he would summon his Stand on top of it all saw that he had even up the numbers.

“Stand Magic: Fool Crimson.” He said as he appeared behind him. It was then he summoned the clown with daggers and the three of the moment he heard Salem give them the green light he was off.

Iza pushed forward, the wall that was there earlier was no longer there. He was waiting a bit so Yijun could give him information about their weakness, so he could go to deal damage. When he got the information from his partner, he moved forward. He got close to one of the horsemen that were regaining their composure. His spear thrust into its chest before his dagger pierced through it as well. His stand had made its move attacking it as well as the clown with the daggers.

The combined efforts between the three of them were enough to deal with one of the horsemen and now it was time to move on to the second one. Iza had attacked it with the same pattern as the last one, yes they weren’t running around, so he had to take advantage of it for now. Repeating the same process again wasn’t hard. It was soon that he would take care of two of the cavalry void creatures, just to see that there were more of them showing up.

These in particular were getting ready to shoot fire arrows at the group. Iza had seen it coming and his stand had activated a spell. A clown car appeared covering the group if they were close enough to protect them. He knew Salem could conjure walls from the first one, but he wasn’t sure if he was quick on his feet to protect them. It was instinct, and he needed to get comfortable before allowing someone else to protect them.

Still, the arrows were enough to shatter his defense, destroying the clown car without a problem.

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Salem was impressed. Not by the dude that was fighting with a clearly Joyan style. The fae had seen enough of them fight for it to border on cliche. He was not sure if the man himself was Joyan but he did not feel like checking. The other one had much more in the way of style. Salem could not even recall the last time he had seen someone fighting with knives. People could cook but this was more interesting.

The two of them put up a good fight. Salem only put up one shield to Iza when the man was not paying attention. It would have looked like a small pause on the end of the monster. So it was perfectly reasonable for it to go unnoticed. During his block Salem saw the others starting to gather up mana. Salem was going to get to it but it looked like it was covered. He was gonna cancel it out but a cool defense spell went up instead. It did not seem like it was greatly made as his own but it would do.

“The two of you really do not need to worry about defense with me here. Anything that slips past me would not keep you down for long.” Salem said as another wave of the knights broke out the cross bolt. Salem waved his staff again, canceling out their magic. “Silly void creatures.” Salem could work on the backlines but it looked like he needed to cull the numbers. That or they would risk being overrun.

Salem put up a bubble shield and started to channel. The lack of nature mana made the spell a bit more difficult to execute than he would have liked. He also would have preferred to use the spell in more dire circumstances, however he needed to do some major damage.His current moveset only had one spell that was capable of hitting everything. When the power of nature reached the peak. Salem released the spell. He focused to make sure the trio got a boost to their stats. The calvary men all took damage. Even the ones they could not see. Making it easier for them to take them down if and when they come across them.

The bubble broke and Salem turned to smack the invader in the head. The knight had crumpled to the ground from the accumulated damage. Salem wiped his sweat then got to work on more of them. “Are you guys almost done? We need to find a way to get deeper into the place.” Salem wanted to help out and close this place down. He was a decent person but he could only hold back so many of these things at once. That and the fact that it was getting annoying. Beating up on these dummies was fun but it would only get him so far. Salem wanted more of a challenge than this. He was almost starting to regret that he damaged all of them so quickly at once.


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Yijun was not sure but he got the feeling that the other man didn't like him, maybe it was because of his weapons or maybe he was racist and hated him because he was a half breed. Yijun was just going to ignore it as there was no point in him dwelling on it but it seemed that all three of them had defensive capabilities and were able to use them to the level that they needed. Yijun was not slowing down as he was going to make the most of his full form daemon powers as the monsters around him could be seen weakening and Yijun used his Sinese fighting style mixed with his shield. The monks had trained him long and hard to beat the fighting style in him so when he had left them he would be able to defend himself against those that would judge him from how he looked and what he was.

Yijun would then start slashing with his Naginata which looked more like a Sinese weapon than a naginata but he wasn't going to complain as the weapon's name meant little as long as it did what it did. Yijun made sure as he pushed forward that his slashes that flew forward from his weapon were aimed at the weak points of the horse man monsters as they were going to have to keep pushing forward as he can hear the others still fighting as well and he wondered if this was a good or a bad place to be for them as no one had really ever spoke of him but the Salem man that was with them was from a world known guild. He was feeling a bit out of place as this went on as he needed to make sure that he didn't slow them down on the way as it was hard to get back into beat if you have an idiot beating on his own drum at his own beat.

Yijun got deeper into the area and he looked around as the monsters seemed to just keep being made to defend the place and he used his eye to look around and see if there was a way to stop them from coming as if there was an on there most be an off right? Yijun used the shield and knocked the attacks away from himself and used his weapon to go into the holes in their defenses that were made from him blocking their blows and shots of their mana arrows. Yijun took more swings letting loose more attacks that came from the blade of his weapon and meeting the unprotected areas and the weak points that would either cause the creatures to break apart or would weaken them for the others of the group to finish off, he was not sure if he was doing his best as a part of this group but he was trying hard.
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Iza had looked over to Salem. It seemed like he was telling him not to worry about defense. He closed his eyes as he didn’t know if he should trust him. It seemed like Yijun knew him and was fine with working with him again, so he would give him a chance. He wasn’t human after all, so he was lenient about it.

“Alright, I’m going to leave it to you to protect us while we fight against these things.” They said to Salem as they would focus on the void creatures that were around them.

He noticed that the guy had attacked everyone on sight, but the weird thing about it all was what happened. He was ready to dodge the attack but noticed that while the enemies were getting hurt, he wasn’t. It seemed like this guy was talented enough to make him stronger while at the same time harming the enemies at bay. He looked over to Yijun as he was going to work right now, hitting the monsters and moving forward.

Iza had a smirk on his face as he saw his friend was working on all the fighting.

“Yijun, don’t push yourself. We don’t need you to get hurt or pass out. We work as a team and make sure that these creatures can’t think straight.” They said as they pierced a void creature with their spear and swung their dagger to finish them off.

Their Stand and Champion had attacked another void Calvary that had been damaged by Salem’s attack and it would be taken out with the assist of the defender. Iza had soared through the air of the cavern as he was catching up to Yijun. He didn’t want the young man to be on his own as things might get tough here. When he got to the next area, he could see more of them with the bows and arrows. It seemed like they were getting smart about things and didn’t want to be up close against them.

Iza and Sylph moved next to Yijun and he swung his dagger at the closest creature next to his partner. The other one who wasn’t using a bow and arrow had rushed toward them, but Iza would meet the void creature with his spear. He thrust the spear right through its chest as it stopped moving. He had a smirk on his face as he was using Hera more often than before.

Iza’s Fool Crimson and his Champion Clown were working together as they would flank a creature and attack it at the same time. They knew from Iza that the weakness was the creature’s chest, so they had attacked from behind and in front to pierce through to the chest.

The void creatures were dispersing though as they were turning back into mana before going back to their source. He was ready to keep pushing as they attacked and defeated the monsters here.

“I think we should be able to move forward without a hassle now.” They mentioned to the group that he was ready for anything.

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Salem was starting to feel a bit happy. He could see the duo had lit a bit of a fire in their bellies now. That or the damage that he dealt to all of them plus the boost he gave them really helped. It made the calvary gather more and stronger reinforcements. Salem was getting so caught up in the fun he was having that he neglected to see how Yijun was feeling. The normally empathic fae was too caught up in his function.

The Fairy Godfather swirled his staff hitting another of the void calvary. Sending it crashing into the ground. Then he decided it was time to was mana on individual shields. His strongest full body defense he cast on Iza. The man looked more fair skinned so Salem believed he would be weaker. The spell was cast in mind to keep the man’s vitals from being hit. In case Salem missed something from all the beasts trying to kill him as well. Then he cast a similar if only slightly weaker spell on the other man. The intentions were the same. Giving extra bonus. Not to mention his armor spells came with a slight bonus. They would heal the both of them as well. Long as the spells held steady. If they broke then Salem would have to put in more effort.

The thing Salem found amusing, was the fact that he was taking the least damage out of all of them. The enemies were already damaged. It was easier for him to react to any magic bolts sent at him. Then the few stragglers that made it to him were dispatched with ease. It helped that he was strong and in the backlines. It made most of the damage he took actually come from his innate ability. A blessing and a curse that thing was. He could lighten the pain of others by taking it into himself. Which was fine because he could heal. It just made it annoying to try and fight around his own pain at times, while keeping other people alive.

Focusing on the fight, Salem noticed they were starting to thin out. Salem could almost swear that it looked like some of them were moving to create a back line. That made him nervous. He was not the type to overestimate himself. Looking at his own companions Salem decided to call it for a moment. The environment was unsuitable for them. If they pushed too hard too quickly they would be the ones to suffer. “After this last bit we need to regroup and recover to the best that we can.” Salem shouted as loudly as he could. Hoping to be heard over the sound of battle. If it looked like the other would push on he would intervene. He needed a few minute break to make sure all of them were in top fighting form. He thought as he threw up a hastily made shield at Yijun. Keeping the guy from being swiped in the head.

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Yijun wasn't sure about the fae man but he was hoping that they were a man of their word and would keep them safe but that didn't mean that Yijun was going to lower his guard as he was trained not to let the guard sleep as he needed to make sure that he was on the right path or the monks would probably come and teach him discipline again. He was not backing down as she dealt damage to the monsters that didn't seem to be slowing but seemed to be shifting how there were attacking and he wondered if there was something that he wasn't seeing that they were doing but he was making sure that he didn't let the protection spells that were on him get hit too many times as they were doing well to keep him going and safe but he was not sure how much they could take.

He heard the man call out that he wanted them to come back and regroup and Yijun heard him and he was not sure how they were going to do that as they were under attack but he was going to make sure that he hurried back as soon as he had finished off the one he was fighting as he was not looking to lead an enemy to the one acting as a healer for the party at the moment even though Yijun could also step up as a healer as well if the other man was tried of using his mana on healing and was ready to go on the offensive but Yijun wasn't going to dwell on it and he fought and did damage to the monster he was fighting and leaving it falling to pieces. He watched as the pieces spread into mana and then a new shield seemed to appear and block another attack that had come his way that he didn't see.

Yijun taking the call to back up used his speed and what was left of his defenses to get back to the healer that had called for the regroup. "Did you see something that was a reason to fall back and heal up?" Yijun was looking to hear some kind of strategy from the man to what he had seen that he called for a retreat and for them to return to him and then Yijun was looking around seeing that the monsters had really thinned out which seemed odd to him as they should still be coming in force and not staying back like they were and Yijun wondered what was going on that they were doing that or if they were about to merge or something and then start rampaging at them and that would make a pretty big mess for them if they were not ready.
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Iza was being protected by the man in the back. That was fine with him as he was going to trust him to have his back for the time being. He didn’t know if this would screw him over, but for the time being nothing bad happened. He didn’t know what to expect from the armor, but he knew that he would use it only when he needed to. The wood-elf’s movements were swift, as he was flying across the area. His Stand and his Champion are moving with him and to their target.

The void Cavalry were stupid, but they were indeed strong. He just had an advantage over them due to Sylph and well the robes he was wearing. One of the voiding had rushed toward Iza and had tried to pierce through his face with its spear. That was a close one, he barely dodged that attack, but he didn’t stop moving. No, he counterattacked as he thrust his spear into the Cavalry’s chest, and then swung his dagger around the same area now that he was closer to it.

It was then that the creature had dispersed into mana and into the air of the cavern. It was then he noticed that another one had approached him from behind, but before it could do anything Iza’s summons, had intervened and had struck them down. The combination of the three having each other was amazing and one he was happy to have. Still, there was so much they could do as a unit. A third had arrived on the side of Iza and he would hit Iza. The wood himself felt the jolt of pain from that attack as he stumbled to the side and away from the monster.

He was protected though by the armor that Salem had produced for him. Still, just because he was protected didn’t mean he didn’t feel the impact of that attack. He laughed a bit as he saw it turning around.

“You failed to take me out, now it’s my turn. You should have tried harder.” He said to him as he pushed forward as the two of them clashed. Iza’s spear hit against the creature's spear. The two ground past each other, but he was close enough to deal damage with his dagger.

He moved past the creature, but of course, Iza wasn’t done with his attack. His champions were next to him and they had landed their hits on the creature as well. It was then dispersed before he noticed that the other creatures had pushed away from them as if they were blocking the path to the next location.

He heard Salem speak and he was fine with that. It would consume some of his mana if he was just sitting in one place, but he was also fine with that. He approached Salem wondering what had him feeling like they had to do this.

“Anything around here that made you feel the need to call for a break? I mean they are moving back, so that is questionable, but would could be the reason for that?” He asked wondering what he thought.

Honestly, he figured it didn’t matter what they were planning on doing because they would overcome it right?

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The shield worked and the battle slowed down a bit. It was not impossible for Salem to keep up but a rest for the final push seemed like it would be needed. “Yeah. We needed to regroup for a second. The fact that we are pulling back means it is the final stretch. If we are not ready then we will be overrun quickly.” Salem spoke as he casted a couple of wards on them. They were pretty much all low level ones. Trying to use higher level spells at this point would drain him more than necessary, he also wanted to keep as much mana in reserve for an escape as needed.

“After this focus on your own survival and do what you can to take out everything.” Salem was breathing a bit roughly. He did not notice it before but the more mana he used, the worse he was feeling. The void based mana and desolate air was making it harder on his body. He wanted to be better but Salem had never been in another realm. How was he supposed to know that for Fae being away from the nature they were adjusted to was like being in poison? It was not something that had come up before for him. If he did he would have held back some. This entire gameplay was a new experience, deadly, and pretty exciting.

When the others were ready. Salem would set off with them. He was sweating a bit but was holding up well. The body of the Fae needed to end what was happening. Salem was even trying his hardest to hide it. He would eventually come to a giant ridge. At the bottom were three separate cohorts all with a glowing crystal in the middle. It was a wide open field and looking at the numbers Salem was feeling kind of meh about it. The number of Cavalrymen they had fought before was equal to about one and a half of these cohorts. Now it was double that number. The silver lining was the crystals in each of the groups. Salem had come across the same crystals before, and luckily these crystals were not as big.

“We are going to need to take out each of the crystals in each group. We can do it separately or together. Either way, taking out a crystal should end the corrosponding legion or something.” Salem was wishing he had practiced invisibility magic. This would be the time that he would use it well. Salem would listen to the rest of the people talking. He wanted to get their opinions before diving down. Even if he participated by giving out some suggestions of his own. The truth is Salem did not want these two to die because of him. It would make him pretty bummed out if they did. He would have to spend too much time filling out paperwork as well as all the compensation jewels. That was the real trouble he wanted to avoid.


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Yijun looked at the man and let himself be taken care off and he pulled out some snacks from his inner pocket and he eats some of them which were rice crackers that he was eating and sipping from a canteen that had some form of tea flavored water that he was carrying on himself and he wondered if they were also carrying things to refresh themselves or if that was something that was weird and foreign to them. He heard the plan from the man and he put away the canteen and the rice crackers. He pulled his naginata back out from his tattoo and he looked at them then spoke clearly. "Sounds good to me I will do what I can so we don't end up over whelmed by the enemies." He was not sure if he was going to really be able to help them or do anything great but he was going to do his best to help them when they were going to make their way in.

"I think dividing and beating them separately is our best path as we have no idea if the three will be more powerful as one." He was not sure what they could do as a team as he was not one that had often worked as a team with anyone besides with Iza who used summons but this other man didn't seem to have a magic style that Yijun could pin down and Yijun used bane magic which let him punish those that took his magic head on and make it harder on the mental of those that got hit by his magic making it harder for them to cast. Yijun rest until they had all picked in what way they were going to do this cause he needed to make sure that he was rested and ready to act when it was time.

Yijun looked out at the beasts that were seeming to be readying for some real fight that Yijun was not sure would look like but he was seeing them kind of hardening them selves and making less weak points if his eye was not being interfered with in this place Yijun was going to make as short of work of them as he can but he was not sure how short that would be as if they over ran them all at once the group might not win so easily but he trusted the people he was working with so she was going to make sure that he helped to keep them safe and he hoped they would do the same for him here.
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Iza heard his explanation and he was fine with just flipping a coin. Still, he listened for the time being, but he was anxious right now. The only upside about losing his mana every second was that he was feeling stronger physically. He would be able to harm people more easily as things continued to be drawn out. Of course, he wouldn’t be able to use spells eventually but that was fine.

“That isn’t hard to do. You’re saying just focus on myself and that’s it. Not to worry it’s what I do most of the time anyway.” They laughed a bit as they were ready to push forward.

The group of three would make their way to Void Calvary and there they would see that there were three separate groups waiting for them. They were all protecting something, and when Salem spoke it only confirmed that he was right. He was fine with either plan, but it seemed like Yijun was more aligned with separating. That was fine, and he looked at the two of them.

“I’m fine with that, I’m never alone anyways. So, let’s go and clear this thing and be on our way out of here richer.” They said to the group.

It was then that Iza had soared in the sky in one direction. He was going to one group and his summons would follow behind him. The creatures saw him moving toward them casually and they had gotten ready to attack him. He saw this and he had a smirk on his face as his Stand had cast a spell. The jester continued to move forward and a bunch of knives rained down from the ceiling and toward the creatures. The knives that hit Iza wouldn’t do anything to him as he was immune to wind spells. They were doing their best to dodge the attacks, some of them getting hit.

Iza’s summons would be under Iza as he was like their umbrella. When they got close they would slash, hit, and stab the creatures that were close to them together. All you heard in the cavern was the laughter of a clown.

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Salem nodded his head and went along with the choice. Since Yijun looked like he wanted to take on a cohort alone. Iza was all down for it. Salem just hoped that the damage he had given out as well as the buffs he gave were enough. All it came down to was the fact that they needed to take down the cohorts and live. “Alright! Have fun guys~”

When Iza took off Salem had an epiphany. He was so used to fighting in his human form that he forgot what he could do. Salem was not one to release his current form fully, it often reminded him about what he lost and what he has become. This time he would undo that which held him back and go balls to the walls and fully out. His wings popped out of his back and he took to the sky. It had been some time since he flew like this. Taking a shorter route above the calvary men. Who seemed to have been ground locked.

Salem did not notice that his transformation allowed his teammates to get a power up as well. The cross bolts that they fired at him with his magic were nullified before it could reach him. Salem was starting to hemorrhage mana but he could see the end. He fired a sharp bolt of his mana at the sphere. It crashed into it and only slightly damaged it. That made the void monsters he was fighting start to swarm. The cross bolts were starting to come at him in waves. Salem could no longer focus on just the crystal. He had to make a large swell of water. He tossed it in the direction of the crystal. It crashed into the crystal and all the surrounding monsters. The monsters looked like they were fine till the crystal broke. That was all it took for the monsters to start disintegrating. Salem had managed to take care of his 3rd of monsters. Salem decided to look around at the others. Only feeling like he would intervene if it was needed.


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Having heard that they were good with the plan to take them on the way that Yijun had wanted to he pushed himself fully transforming and he flew toward the far side of the enemies so he will hopefully not catch his team in what he was planning to do, he knows that this will make him vulnerable to being attacked but it should have that covered as it will drag all that was around into it. Yijun flew along the ground and dodged attacks that came is way and he slashed through the grunts that came first and matching blows with them to stop them from getting close to him as he smiled big as this was his plan the monsters were coming to him and following him and Yijun flew straight up in the air and started spinning the naginata in his arm and it flies up above him making a black hole like thing.

All the attacks that were heading for Yijun were sucked up into the black hole and so were the monsters themselves looking at Yijun in what was probably the closest thing to horror that they could muster Yijun in his full daemon form just smiled at them as they went passed him and were pulled into the massive mass that was devouring them right in front of the others as they all were pulled in and the big one was as well pulled up and it was struggling like it could be scared but Yijun didn't pay it any mind and once they were crushed in the force of the black hole he stopped it the naginata returning to his hand and the rain of their mana remains fell like cherry blossoms on the wind and then he turned and looked to the other members of the team to see how they were holding up.

He looked to them and they seemed that they were fine so he landed and returned to his human form and he landed as that black hole technique is a heavy mana drain so he needed to take a bit of a break but he was lucky that the shileds of the man that was wityh them had held up until he was able to suck them all up into their deaths and Yijun smiled as he still sought power and the need was growing by the day as he was feeling his dream of being a demon getting closer and closer to being in his hands and he wondered if they would get in his way though he doubted Iza would but this new man had done something that made his body feel weird and he needed to watch out for that one.
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Iza had pushed through and forward with his fighting. His Stand would have taken the hit for his master, but they remember that Salem had been protecting them. He allowed the creature to hit him, and he had countered the attack with a few of his own. He stabbed the Void creature right in the chest as it dispersed from where it came from. His Stand and his Champion had moved together to attack another creature they had to hit them multiple times for them to meet their demise.

The jester knew that he had to become stronger, something he was slowly but surely doing. The Void Calvary was really annoying though as he could tell that they were doing their best to guard this crystal. This brought him to take in a deep breath as he decided to go with an all-out attack. His Stand knew what Iza wanted and he summoned his second Champion and one more regular summon as well.

The jester had his army grow bigger now as he looked at what was in front of him. The group would charge as his stand had given the order to make their moves. The group would rush into the Void Calvary that was protecting the crystal. They were clashing alright and it looked and sounded like a mini battlefield. The funny thing about it was that, everyone on Iza’s side was a clown or a jester. It was actually amusing to see them fighting while the enemies looked serious and dark.

The Captain had finally carved his path through the field. There were a lot of these creatures protecting this thing, but with his numbers, he was able to get this damn thing.

[color=green]“Man got to love having a militia. Well,lor=red]it’s time to destroy this and see what happens next.” They said as they were getting ready.

The amount of mana he had spent just now had increased his physical prowess. It wasn’t just that he also felt stronger and it was as if something or someone blessed him with more power. He used that to his advantage and he would strike the crystal with his spear, and his dagger as well. The power behind the two was strong enough to deal the damage needed. The crystal broke and when he looked back he saw that every summon was finishing up the remaining forces that were there.

“Is that all or is there going to be a round two around here?” He asked, but it seemed like everyone had done their part and the crystals were taken care of.

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Salem had to fight the urge to attack. If he was not a fan of Yijun it could only be called as having disgust for him. Void creatures were bad but seeing one of the Demon types being arrived was just as nasty. Salem could have sworn he could feel the stench the lesser race gave off even if he chose to ignore it. If it was not for the fact that Salem had a job to do he would have taken this personally. Only thing as bad as their kind was the Seraphim in his eyes.

“No, that should be about it. I think.” Salem had to wait about fifteen seconds for confirmation. It came in the way of reality shifting around him. The dungeon shooting him out like a Stellan burrito and their water. It was a highly uncomfortable experience. Salem only barely contained the contents of his stomach inside.

“Well we can all head back. Make sure we turn in the paperwork and get our rewards.” Salem would have offered to take a risk but he did not feel like being around Yijun as much, at the moment. Salem knew he was being a little irrational but he innately had a disdain for those demons and their kind.


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Yijun had guessed that he was right this new guy seemed to detest him, he could see it in the way that the man looked at him and he needed to just let it go as he sighed. He guess racists are just going to keep being that way but he had to just be the bigger man and let it go as he put his shield on his back and then he returned his naginata to his tattoo on his arm and he went to head off to do what he needed to get done so that he can get his reward from all of this mess and again facing racism here even when he hoped that he would be accepted if he worked hard but he just feels like it was clearly a waste as he was not going to ever really be accepted by other people and he will just have to to deal with, but it was time to go get paid. "Thanks for having my back Iza I hope you will remain okay."
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Iza was ready to keep going, but soon enough, the man named Salem had confirmed that this was it. That was good and he sighed with relief as he wasn’t even sure if he could keep going. He would land on the ground and place his spear away turning it back into a dagger. Still, he heard him barking orders and he would put his hands behind his back and walk around as if he didn’t care for it. He moved to see if he could find anything valuable here, and while he was doing that he looked over to Yijun.

He was fine, and that was good, and he turned his face around to search again. It was then he heard Yijun speak up to him. It was then he and Sylph separated from each other and she looked exhausted. He grabbed her placed her on his shoulder and looked at Yijun again.

“Not a problem Yijun. Ya know as long as ya not fully human I accept ya.” He said to him as if it was true but not true at the same time.

Once he was done searching he would leave this place with the group and he would get their rewards for them. He wondered if there was another cavern to explore after this.

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