[C-tier]Christmas Raid

[You have one post to prepare for the incoming enemies. Include all items/equipment/beast you have with you in spoilers for your first post. Combat will begin in the next round of posting. Use this opportunity to set traps, group up with teammates, or otherwise prepare yourselves!]



Word of Santa's despicable ambitions to steal everyone's huang and magic tools has spread far and wide. Warriors from all across the world have gathered here at the North Pole in order to make a courageous stand against Ol' Saint Nick's army. A vast rocky wasteland of ice and snow spreads out before the Anti-Santa forces as they set up their ramparts and defenses atop a large ridge. Santa could take a different path out of the North Pole. but the lure of the huang and magic tools held by these defenders mean that he is sure to come, bringing hordes of christmas abominations along with him.

The various players who had answered the summons to defend the world from this nightmare would find themselves gathered just in front of a massive 20m tall wall constructed as the one and only line of defense against the incoming hordes. A billowing smoke cloud hundreds of meters in size could be seen in the distance even now, approaching and making its presence known through subtle vibrations that could be felt through the frosted ground.

Santa Claus is coming to town...

• Weapons •

{Cold Coffin}:

{Daiguren Yukine}:

• Items •

{Odisha}:

' Oh... stop it... hahaha... stop it Aquila, your going to slice me. Haha... for real though calm down with the sword... Madam' Aquila. ' Aseroth seemed to be dreaming, Aquila had been practicing her sword play inside his dream, but he'd be awaken to a sudden chilling cold. " wh..whhHhhaa " shivers going down his spine as the ice around him shattered and open, he'd be fully dressed in his kimono, and long tattered white gi with kanji on the back. Toping off his outfit was a long green scarf and tattered green headband, keeping his white hair up and fluffy. " Well.. seems I'm not in Kou anymore. Wonder if Julius is here. " he question himself wondering if he was. Disregarding the fact that Julius isn't or is, he'd assist the situation at hand noticing that's he had been summoned for the protection of other Huang and items. " Seems like Santa put himself on the naughty list? Well I gotta check twice I suppose " indicating how he's going to check his inventory. Daiguren Yukine placed on his left side , Cold Coffin on his left arm allowing him to use his right arm to drawn and sheathe his new sword. Odisha on his right ankle and jingling with each step. " Ohhh... Clouds are brewing, Snow is falling, Santa is sa comingggg! Sleigh bells ringing, I'm just singing, deep down in the deep blue... umm Icy Wasteland? " cutting his little song short, before eyeing the wall getting a strange vibe. Placing his right hand on Daiguren, readying himself knowing this is going to be his favorites time of the year.

Weapons and Armor:

Lestacia had caught wind of a threat to all adventurers and dungeon conquerors alike. The army of Saint Nick himself. He had threatened to steal all the Magic tools and Huang from everybody but there were a group of adventurers who dared to defend their prized money and possesions. Lestacia was one of those people. She stood there upon the north pole in her purple cloak with her good over her face. The dark clouds were closing in. She took out her staff and trekked amongst the snow keeping to herself. She wanted to avoid human interaction, but she'd support them anyway she could.

Lestacia went over her spells. She had enough magoi to last her a bit, however she needed to manage it as to not be forced to use Grand Sacrifice Blessing. She wouldn't be able to use that here, not now. She had to save it for emergencies. Sighing heavily the girl remembered some of her much older spells. They needed to be upgraded or at least changed but the least she could do was lay off the healing. Maybe push things back when they got to close. She was planning situations out in her head. Gripping her wand tightly Lestacia looked up to the sky in concern. It was new and she didn't have a lot of practice with it. However if there was ever a time to learn, it would be now. With the short sword, she could attack with it and extend it's reach just by channeling magoi into it.

The girl would walk up past Julius and Aseroth. She could feel the vibrations under her feet. Like an Avalanch Santa was coming. She pushed the hood over her in order to darken her face a bit more. She then examined the trench. It looked like it would work.

Lestacia attempted some beginner sword swings to loosen her nerves. This wasn't the first time she'd have to fight up close. She needed to be careful. Keeping allies close and enemies away would be crucial in this fight. The rumbling became louder as lestacia waled behind her allies.

"He's coming... prepare yourselves!"

Equipment Brought:

For 364 days, Julius had waited. For 364 days, Julius had prepared. Today, Julius was ready. The pirate had been receiving too much coal in his stocking. Being a good boy didn't come easy for a man of the sea. His bad deeds outweighed the good. Santa was going to pay for not getting him that wooden saw horse he'd wanted as a child. Santa was going to pay for making him stoke the fire with the wretched rock every Christmas. Santa was going to fall this day!

The salty dog had been spending all year preparing for this very moment. Saint Nick wanted what little toys the pirate had! How could he do that? Julius used his lava sword thing to create a wide large deep trench with the melted ice. This separated the oncoming ground troops with the group. A fall that far would kill anyone or anything. However, through the middle of it was a single bridge. Hopefully, this would force the enemy to cross that so the defenders can focus all their power in a single area. The pirate had also taken preparations into building a small ice wall to hide behind just in case arrows were to fall upon them. The simplest things could change the outcome of a war.

Julius had his ordinary shipmate garb on, he was freezing, yet he could withstand the cold. The winds of the seas were far worse than any ice glacier gusts. However, the cigar within his mouth was lit, keeping his face warm. He stood atop his icewall and looke through his binoculars. The ground shaking was never a good sign. He was going to make Saint Nick pay, his army too.

The approaching cloud of snow seemed to grow bigger as it approached. The rumbling of the ground beneath the defender's feat only increased in its intensity. Soon, a disturbing sound could be heard in the distance as the encroaching army of Santa marched ever near. Quiet and hard to hear at first, but raising in volume gradually until it could finally be identified as a song! A terrible song declaring Santa's approach and demanding all who stand in its way to bow their heads in submission.

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Santa's army had come! Its forces were split into various groups that would attack the defensive wall at various separate points. Numerous brave souls stood to face them, one could only hope it would be enough. The enemies had arrived and could now be seen at the forefront of the billowing snow cloud their marching kicked up.

Enemies:

A massive horde of Christmas Trees came to a halt waiting for orders. Then the massive billowing sound of Santa's voice echoed across the battlefield!


The christmas trees made no vocal sounds, but thei began to shake their branches causing a mass of jingling sounds to ring out as their battle cry. Santa had spoken, now the trees were on the attack, each one bending and hopping in ways wood shouldn't be capable of.

Unfortunately for Julius, he had forgotten to use magoi when wielding his magic tool so no great crevice was formed. There was nothing in the way preventing the christmas trees from closing in on the various defenders that stood in their way. When the trees were within 10 meters, some would stop to begin firing sharp ornamental stars into the air making a rain of cheap trinkets fall onto their enemies.

The rest of the trees continued forward. Each defender would face one tree in this first wave. The trees all took the same course of action, they would hop towards the defender with a look of madness on their unnatural faces, sharp teeth bared as they attempt to take a vicious bite out of their respective targets.

Well, they were going to fight trees. Not a giant monster.. A couple of trees. Is this all Santa had to offer? Julius apparently didn't make a giant crevice with his sword. He must've misused it or.. something. However, the pirate knew that there was one weakness to trees, which was fire. Thankfully, Julius had a lava sword, which was.. fire times ten!

Julius, untop of the icewall, fell back behind it as soon as he saw the trees starting to throw some crushed decoration at them. He landed upon his feet and put his binoculars too his side. The salty dog couldn't use his sword instantly, especially with all the incoming ornament rain. He temporarily hid behind the ice wall he'd formed earlier, which blocked a lot of the ranged attacks. When they got close enough and stopped their ornament shard rain ability thing and was in range of his slash, he quickly maneuvered out of cover and began feeding some of himself into his sword, making it burn bright red. The sword eventually turned into lava. With a single swipe amidst the air, Julius threw molten lava with a Molten Slash at the tree attacking him before it could get close enough and perform it's bite. Hopefully, this lava that his weapon threw would hit and spread to his allies opponents since it's fire damage.
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100/110 magoi used

Abilities Used:

I thought we were going to fight mutated elfs? Puzzled all the same these tree's will make due. Aseroth placed his right hand on his sword hilt, watching the prep the tree's took. Not trying to render himself useless at the beginning he'd thought the same action as Julius. Pushing off his left foot brushing across the ice smoothly and skidding behind the ice wall created previously he arrival of tree's. The rain of ornaments came down scatter across the ground making shrapnel a issue if someone was to step upon them, so Aseroth made it clear. " My fellow defenders, their shrapnel from the ornaments on the ground. Be Cautious " He'd say. He'd make eye contact with Julius, and any defender if they came behind the wall.

Keeping his eyes peeled and peaking from behind the wall. The rain of ornaments stopped awhile the first wave of wicked trees came forth. " Those tree's look devilishly, wouldn't cause me sadness "Aseroth spoke out loud.  One tree coming directly at him Biting with its sharp teeth and long purplish/pink tongue. Upsetting to Aseroth in noticing the wave of lava appearing from Julius behind his tree a thought popped into his mind. Using the bottom of his sword and kicking forward attempting to kick the teeth in of the tree in front of himself, and  into the Arc Of Lava created by Julius.

Lestacia jumped and rolled behind Julius' wall to dodge the barrage of crappy ornaments that then lodged themselves into the ground beneath them. She sighed, She thought she was going to have to use magic this time but it seemed like these guys could handle themselves. As the hail stopped she stood up and twirled her Deep Edge Wand. It was a tad unbalanced but it'd work all the same. She jumped out from behind her cover and would charge foreward. Her and the tree linked eye's as they locked themselves in combat. She'd channel her magoi into the sword so she could extend it's reach. A stream of water soon covered the blade making it 1m longer and she slashed upwards, then as she came down would launch her self foreward as the tree would try to Bite her. At that point however it'd already be dead before it could close it's mouth. Julius' lava slash would kill it as she ducked down preparing for another rising strike. The scent of the sea filled the air as her Deep Edge Wand reverted to its normal length. She really didnt have to use that if julius was just going to just burn them. Lestacia figured it'd be best to just stick with him. She ran back towards Julius. "Hey, scruffy guy! I'll watch your back and buff you from behind. I'll keep you safe."

Magoi:
(230/240)

Abilities Used:

Spoiler:

As the winter chill of the north pole set in, Aayla found herself shivering in the night, all while trying to make it seem as if this cold didn't bother her at all. She couldn't let her enemy see any weakness in her, and this Santa Claus... this "saint" needed to be defeated. There were many stories told to her in her childhood of this man, a large, round man who would break into people's houses and leave mysterious boxes for them under their christmas tree's. What were in these boxes? Aayla certainly didn't know, but for a stranger to break into your home and leave such gifts, it could only be trouble. Perhaps some sort of trap, or an ambush for the recipient...

No matter this crazed man's reasoning's, he was a criminal and a menace, and he needed to be stopped. That's why Aayla found herself standing in the cold, now hiding behind a small ice formation with the Hurria held firmly in both hands. She would remain hidden there long after this Santa had announced himself with a loud "HO HO HO!".

She wasn't alone in this ambush, and so she remained hidden for the time being, allowing those that had come to face santa to attack his first wave of minions, the christmas tree's. Two of her comrades used swords of liquid fire to cut up the tree's, while the third, a sword of devastating water. It was interesting to learn what they were doing, but it definitely wasn't going to help them if she stayed hidden.

Taking in a deep breath, Aayla waited until a few of the tree's made it passed her hiding spot before bolting out with her incredible Fanalis speed, charging in and Bull rushing the tree closest to her, aiming to knock it out of her way so that she could pick up speed and crash into the next tree. She hoped that she could hit each tree hard enough to snap them in half, splinter them or just over-all break them.

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WC: 357
Stamina: 160/170
Magoi: 50/50

Spoiler:

Equipment:

"Damn it. Of all the times to miss the cart, it had to be today." Caelus muttered, trudging through the snow approaching the wall. There had been a man generous enough to offer them a ride, but a particularly pleasant dream had kept his attention to the inside of his eyelids. When he finally awoke, the cart was already on the horizon. Caelus ran for as long as he could, and only now was close enough to the wall to see the others, and hear the ominous rumbling of the enemy in the distance.

He scaled the ledge, and stood nearby the other combatants. He could see them checking their gear, reviewing spells, and just trying to mentally prepare themselves. For Caelus, this was already done. Ripple, newly sharpened, hung at his side. Frost Mantle gripped his shoulders as it fluttered in the icy breeze. And Life Aura was held gently in the sash at his side. Given the icy environment, he'd elected to leave Frost Prick behind. A weapon of ice would likely do little to nothing against the foes they were bound to face. As for his mind, Caelus was ecstatic. Combat was always something he truly enjoyed, and fighting strong opponents made his blood run hot and his adrenaline surge. He couldn't help as a small smile grew on his face, defiant in the face of the dark smoke that rose into the sky.

As he stood, he felt the rumbling beneath his feet increase in intensity, and a song of dark tidings profaned the air. Before them stood an army of... "Trees?" Odd Christmas Trees with gnashing teeth and grim ornaments stood in ranks before them. As Santa's booming voice commanded them, they charged forward to be met with the defending forces. Caelus jumped off the ridge and ran forward to fight. As he ran, he took note of how his allied attacked their chosen foes. A man with a blazing sword threw lava at the trees, another was like Caelus, wielding a sword, a woman with a wand drew an arc of dark water through the air, and a fanalis woman simply smashed into a tree with her shoulder, aiming to send it flying into another.

For himself, Caelus dropped low into his Mirror's Edge stance, and jumped from pair to pair. His speed and acrobatics would hopefully prove enough to dodge the trees bites and shrapnel. With his mirrored strike, he would carve a tree in twain, and rotate to slice through its partner.

Abilities:

Magoi: 130/130
Stamina: 180/190

~WC: 427~

The pirate's gambit would send a sword sized crescent of lava through the air consigning a great deal of trees to their fiery fate. One had been kicked into the path by another fighter but most of the damage was due to how deeply the lava arc cut. It dug into the tree formation to where they were most closely huddled together. Fires quickly spread and many grins on the trees turned to looks of horror as they shrieked unnatural cries of pain. Many trees scattered desperate to escape the wildfire, the attempts at bombarding the defenders with projectiles having been completely put to a stop.

The girl magician's tree was not in the path of this lava blade however, she was luck to have defeated her own tree opponent with slashes before having ducked. Having never positioned herself in front of Julius made it impossible for his lava blade to do her much good. Aayla and Caelus both made quick work of trees that had slipped through during this first assault, both of the warriors with fanalis blood would find that their natural might was more than enough to splinter these abominations into oblivion.

As each tree was defeated, the face on it would fade, their sinister will gone leaving each one to return to a normal christmas tree. The smell of burning pine and sap was now thick in the air as black clouds of smoke billowed up from the heart of the christmas tree army. A heavy blow had been dealt, but there were still far more trees than one could count. Another wave approached, the trees looking more ferocious than ever, clearly angered by the fire that had been started.

Three trees per person was the density of this next wave. Each player having to face at least that many due to how many of the hopping monsters were advancing on the defenders. The trees were all spread out at least 1m apart from each other now, weary of being caught up in any more fires.

Death creeping into his thoughts currently. Stepping from behind the wall without having to worry about the shower of ornaments. Only thing left is to survive the next and current wave of trees thinking about the shrapnel on the ground as well.  He held his head down with his hair flowing to a cold breeze passing by him. Placing his right hand on the handle of his blade, just running his hand along its warp getting a feel for it. " This is so exciting, am i right? " He'd speak to everyone near by him. Three trees coming within 5 meters of him.

Three trees surrounded in a arc formations before him. Aseroth readying to attack the first one. Tree#2 fired D-Tier projectiles as support to the other two. Assessing the situation. Aseroth leaped at Tree#3 across from Tree#2. Getting behind the Tree#3, using him/her as protection against the projectiles. Tree#1 took advantages of this since they were 1 meter apart. Biting at Aseroth right arm unguarded arm. Not focused on his unguarded arm, the bite connected and pierced through his flesh. A grunting noise would come from his lips. Tree#2 would cease its ornaments shower on Tree#3, as Tree#3 turned to attempt biting Aseroth as he'd was in his fit. Using his shield to block the bite lifting up his left foot and pushing off his right, performing a basic kick on Tree#3 attempting to knock him back into incoming Tree#2. Tree#1 still hanging on Aseroth's arm, he'd pull back his left arm with the shield. Punching down the tree shattering the wood structure it had into a pile of splinters and twigs.

He'd swear underneath his breath as the pain didn't ease. A piercing stare averted from the trees along the battle field than back. Tree#2 and #3 got up from the ground, hopping toward Aseroth once more. Drawing 'Daiguren' with his right arm blood dripping from his wounds. Both incoming trees attacked simultaneously biting at Aseroth directly. He'd place his right foot backwards dig it into the ground. Slicing Daiguren, horizontally sending a clean strike through the wood of the trees. Little ornaments would crash against the ground, as the two trees went pasted the Fanalis. " I need to tend to my wound.. " He'd say with his right arm throbbing. Looking around for that magician. " Magician Madam, could you assist me? " He'd say if she had been done attacking her trees'.

Shield Health: 300-50 = 250

Lestacia looked to her left. Aseroth was there, and to her right was Julius. She would have to Keep these two alive and kicking for all of them to survive this. She spotted Caelus and Aayla and called out to them. She wasn't sure if they'd respond but Lestacia would Support them as well whether they helped or not. More damage was better than none.

"Hey guys group up with us, we can ensure our survival a little bit better that way."

However before she knew it, the next wave approached. She readied her wand and prepared herself. It seemed as though there were 3 trees per person now. If they kept multiplying like this, it would be a problem. A very BIG problem. She gathered her thoughts together. They had started to gather up too, and she knew, no magic that could be of hel-. She stopped herself right there, remembering something important. She had flammable substances. She may be able to help her friends out yet. "SCRUFFY GUY! BONE STARTS BURNING AT 1100 CENTIGRADE. LAVA CAN REACH UP TO 1150 CENTIGRADE!" Aseroth soon finished up his group of tree's and asked Lestacia for a bit of help. She kept his wounded body in mind as she kept talking to Julius. "They're Too Split up for your plan to spread the fire to work. HOWEVER I have a way for your sword to affect all of them at once. I want you to hit my Spell with Lava. We should be able to handle all 6 at once. They need to get closer though.  They need to be at least 4 meters away before We can enact this plan."Lestacia Took cover as three of the trees hit their cover with another barrage of Christmas ornaments. She peeked her head out to see how close they were and once they hopped at least 4 meters near she shouted to Julius. "NOW!" Rolling out from behind cover once more she held he wand in the middle of the six Trees that hopped towards them menacingly. a barrage of Star ornments hit her body, cutting her face and parts of her cloak. "REVERIA!" She Cried as the Skeletal hand Protruded from the ground. It would swipe everything around it but Lestacia held back on that part a little bit. She let it sit there and gave Julius some time. "Set it on fire NOW!" If Julius did what he was told, the lava would set the skeletal hand on fire and she would let the spell do it's job. Swiping away at all the tree's in the vicinity. If it was on Fire, all six tree's would be burned and catch fire even though they were hopping 1m Away from each other because the Skeletal hand reached up to a 5m radius. If Julius however didn't set the Skeletal Hand on fire, it would simply do D-tier damage to everything around it.

She now turned to Aseroth. "How long can you handle that, I can't just use my heal for one person, but as luck would have it, I have one that will last for a little bit." She called out to any ally in need of help. "If you guys need healing come to me! Now I won't be using this again. Only in times of emergency!" She took a deep breath and then stabbed her wand into the snow. "Field of Serenity!" She cried out as buds popped up from beneath the snow in a 5m radius. The Buds would then sprout flowers of various color and everyone within the circle of flowers healed themselves for C-tier damage. "I'm not using this again unless there is an absolute emergency! You have to conserve Magoi in fights like these."

Abilities and Magoi:

Julius' grin spread wide across his face as he saw the wildfire amongst some of the trees. Saint Nick decided to throw the pirate into a swarm who's weakness was what he specialized in.. flames. Aseroth, a friend of his, had been at his side as well. Never hurt to have a friend in the midst of battle. Other warriors who'd set up close by had struck down some other trees. A woman appeared behind him, she called him scruffy face then stated she'd been a mage. Julius grinned, the more help the merrier. It wasn't long before the second wave would be upon them.

The salty dog raised his eyes back into his telescope only to see more trees approaching. He'd smile only to see more of the same enemy. However, they must've had some sort of intelligence for they'd been more spread apart. More than enough to stop his wildfires. He then heard the nagging voice of a woman behind him. Issuing orders, spurting science, and what not. He couldn't really make sense of what she was saying until he heard he needed to set something on fire. The telescope however, remained on his eye.

He wasn't going to do what the woman told him. Magic wasn't his strong suite and he sure as hell wasn't going to waste his strength on some nonsense. Women aboard ships were also supposed tobe bad luck. Julius, behind the wall, drew his other sword. The blade was dull, but it'd get the job done. Four meters and closing, the trees screeched and slobbered. Although not being able to see them, he knew they were there. With a quick dash and sprint, Julius charged out from behind the wall and quickly closed the four meter distance. Flanking the enemy, he used another molten slash on one of the trees before using a scaled power kick to knock the first tree into the five others(Julius's and Let's handful of trees), which would hopefully spread the fire once more.

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Stamina Used: 20/215
Magoi Used: 15/110

Abilities used:

Spoiler:

This dream...  It's almost life like.  But where...  Am I?  Caelus had allowed himself to fall into a deep state of almost sleep.  The cold it seemed was affecting him worse than he had thought.  It took the jarring pain of the pelting ornaments to finally startle him awake.  The two trees had taken each of his arms and bitten down hard, causing them to bleed small streams down their length.  With a shout and a flurry of sword waving, he was able to shake them off, stumbling backwards into an open area of snow.

When he regained his footing, he found that he was back to back with the female fanalis girl from earlier.  She too had suffered from the onslaught, although seemed a bit worse for wear sporting a bleeding head injury.  "Are you ok?"  Caelus called out.  He noticed the trees closing in on them, constricting their circle of freedom even further.  "I have an idea.  If we play tag, we can split their attention between the two of us.  Go in, take out one or two, then return so the other can go in.  The one on the inside plays defense until the first returns."  Caelus gave her a playful smile.  "You can keep up, right?"  He remarked, knowing it would get any fighters blood boiling, before bolting forward for the first move.

Caelus kept up his Mirror's Edge stance, and ran in low to the ground targeting two trees in front of him.  He stepped forward to the one on his left, before performing a leaping backflip over the one on his right.  He'd land, then power his way forward through both of them, Slashing the first with a horizontal strike from the left, and Mirror's Edge copying it for the second tree, Slashing from the right.  Ripple was easily sharp enough to make quick work of them, and whether or not they would defend themselves, Caelus would speed back to the circle and tag the girl, Aayla, before taking up a defensive position.

Abilities:

Magoi: 130/130
Stamina: 175/190

~WC: 349, 776~

Nothing worked! She cursed under her breath. Maybe her spells were a bit out dated but she didn't expect by this much. the girl took multiple hits as the tree's neared her. She was wounded and was feling a little weak. However that didn't mean she couldn't fight. As the wounded Lestacia who rested upon her knee got up, she'd spun around twice the trees dying in the process of the second spin. She breathed heavily and  as her hood fell back a face of sheer Anger and frustration was seen as she stormed over toward Aayla and Caelus ignoring the next Onslaught of tree's coming her way. The other tree's were so focused on Aayla that they didn't notice the other girl approaching from behind She slashed one twice in the back, Pivoted her foot and spun behind the other before he could see why his friend had fallen. She slashed twice again, killing the second tree and looked the last tree dead in the eyes. "Boo!" It flinched a bit, then hopped toward Lestacia. As it was in the air Lestacia Swung at it's trunk making it off balance. The tree fell on its side helpless. It looked up at Lestacia who had put her foot upon it's eye. "Make like a tree and Leaf!" With that said she Stabbed it between the eyes. The face disappeared as it became a normal tree. She'd turn to Aayla and Caelus. "Be more careful next time!"

Lestacia looked at the tree's and back at Julius. Maybe this time her plan would work. She rolled the now regular tree's towards where Julius was. Half way there a tree cut her off. It hadn't seen her yet but it was heading for Aseroth. She was already wounded and sore but her blood was pumping and the Adrenaline was kicking in. This would be the perfect time. Running towards her target, with a tree in hand, it turned around and into its mouth went the tree. The tree staggred back as the one heading for Lestacia would try to catch up. She let go of the tree and kicked it upon it's back. "TIMBER!" She cried as it fell upon it's back Tree still in it's mouth. She'd slash twice Killing Aseroth's Tree and as hers neared. She Stabbed back and as the sword touch the back of it's mouth she slashed downwards. Their faces Dissapeared and she strutted back towards Aseroth to Examine his would. She'd get a feel for it. "On a scale of 1-10 how is your pain?" She didn't wait for an answer, Lestacia could see he was hurt. She'd grab his arm and walk toward Caelus and Aayla. She'd drag him by force if she had to. "Come on I need to heal you. I might as well heal them too we need it, but you guys need it more." She'd group them up while pouting.

At this point Lestacia prayed that she'd get the heal to work this time and casted it once more. She stabbed her wand into the ground. "Field of Serenity!" If the spell worked. Everyone would be healed for C-tier damage after a little bit. She would be able to retract her wand as they went to heal. "You guys stay in that circle until you're fully healed, don't let ANYTHING step in that circle unless it's a friend. That spell heals everything inside of it and I won't be there to keep anything out." With that she left them as the spell healed their wounds. Dragging the rest of the trees into a pile she stacked them in front of Julius. "Kill it and stack it with the rest. Once they're healed up we'll take on the next wave!"

Magoi
(210/240)

Spells:

One after another the trees would break through the line and hop their way towards the red head, their decorations jangling in runs with one another creating a strange sense of peace and wonder. Aayla found herself starting at the trees almost blankly as they charged at her, her mind filled with stories told to her by the other slaves, and of the memories of christmas’ long forgotten.

Aayla had never celebrated christmas, but she had attended several of her previous masters festivities. She had watched the grand parties on the eve, and the strange joy of the children in the morning… each receiving gifts grander than the last, gifts that someone like her would never dare dream to obtain… as she watched these trees approach her, her thoughts remained plagued by these old memories, forcing her to hesitate which gave the magical beasts their opportunity.

First a tree would leap and gnaw ferociously on her left arm, causing her to tense up but only feebly attempt to swing it off of her. Through each bite Aayla would absent mindedly swing at them in an attempt to get them off of her. It wasn't until a tree finally managed to lunge onto her and bite her in the head that she snapped out of it.

Her eyes shot wide open, their rims filled with tears as she was pulled away from the memory theater in her head. She let out a loud gasp followed by a suddenly angry cry. She reached up with her right arm, a tree still firmly clasped on, and grabbed the creature on her head by the trunk.

“Thank you… for reminding me why I hate this stupid holiday!”
She growled angrily as she held the tree firmly in place on her head. With her left fist, she swung upwards in a quick jab to get the tree off of her, then following up with a quick barrage of punches to the tree she had gotten off of her. All of the others ended up letting go and regrouping with those that had managed to survive the strange woman’s approach.

Instead of saying any kind of thank you, Aayla would give a thankful nod towards Lestacia as she returned towards her previous companion. Just then the trees began to surround her, forcing her to move backwards as blood began to drip down into her eyes from the head injury. How was she going to deal with this? There were so many of them and she found herself alone and having to constantly wipe blood out of her eyes. At least she thought she was alone until her back pressed up against that of another. She jumped, spinning around and ready to wail on whatever was there, but stopped when she found a Fanalis boy. He asked if she was doing alright, then moved on to talk about a strategy the to could use to beat the trees. Aayla couldn’t help but blush as she sprung back around to keep an eye on the other trees.

“I… I'm okay, ive been through worse… “
She would say lowly, giving him a confirmatory nod as he explained his plan. She kept her back to his, her heart beating a million miles a minute as she placed her trust in this stranger… She kept her guard up as he pushed off to deal with the offending tree’s, having to scare a few trees off to maintain a safe area. Whenever Caelus had his back to her once more, Aayla gripped her claymore tightly in both hands before leaping forward towards the trees in front of her and hacking away at them. She had a renewed purpose to defeat these trees and this Santa now…

First things first though, these wounds were slowly starting to take their toll on the Fanalis girl as she fought side by side with Caelus. With every movement more blood would spurt forth from her arms, and her head was just a constant bloody mess. Still, the girl would hack away at the oncoming tree's, only to back off and defend to give her companion a turn and catch her breath.

As the tree's thinned out, Aayla was glad for the reprieve, and a little more than curious whenever the idea of healing came up. She had never seen such a thing happen, so to watch as Lestacia stuck her wand down into the ground, and this strange magic circle appearing before them was a wonder in itself! She caught herself looking rather awestruck before a blush crossed her face and she looked away from everyone.

"Thanks..."
She would murmur shyly, just as the wounds would begin to close up.

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(Not properly updated earlier so adjusting it accordingly here)
Magoi: 70/70
Stamina: 230/250

Ability:

Haven't down the first two tree Aseroth felt accomplished. The only thing reminding him to be careful of his actions was the flesh wound he received on his right arm as blood trickled down. While he wasn't focus, the last tree he thought finished it assault pelted him with ornaments directly to his chest. He went down to one knee clutching his chest breathing rapidly. Trying to recollect himself from the suddenly lost of words he notice the tree didn't stop. Putting up his cold coffin in front of barrage blocking the ornaments. Since he used his shield to block the ornaments a quick thought ran through his mind. ' What if I kidnap this last tree? Use him as bait for the others and than lead them into a trap. They seem to hold their kin dear to themselves it.  ' He thought, looking from the corner of his shield noticing 10 meters away three more trees emerged from the ranks. 

Shattered glass and wood would be alon the path towards the tree shooting ornaments. This doesn't stop him though. Aseroth notice Julius not far from him and speak. " Salty Dog! At current matter, stealing one tree without presents?  " hoping that Julius caught to what he meant. Now it's time to take action as the three trees including his fourth were five meters away from him still receiving the ornament action. Aseroth pressed forward holding his shield out blocking the ornaments, glass shattering against the metal. Three trees hopping forward bringing them into 3 meters of the half-fanalis. Jumping from his blocking position, getting above tree#1 crashing down using him as a platform. Tree#2 would bite toward Aseroth side. Kicking off tree#1 and going behind tree#2 pushing violently on tree#3 blocking off it's action if it didn't defend. Moving quickly he'd jog over to tree#4 launching ornaments still, out running the ornaments as he picked up speed. His right arm making him slow in his pace while moving away from the fire of decorations. 

Slowing down allowed for tree's #2, #3, #4 to re group. Before tree#1 was able to get back on its stump, Aseroth came around jogging and punched the back of the tree#1 knocking him toward the others if the tree didn't notice the half-fanalis. Picking back up tempo, he moved into a  sprint   at the last three. Getting within one meter ranges of them, pulling forth Daiguren with his right arm. Slashing horizontally attempting to cleave through tree's#2, and #3 leaving #4 if none had defended the sharp sword. Encase it fired ornaments again or attacked from the side Aseroth held up Cold Coffin, pushing against the tree not trying to damage it. Enacting his plan, by moving behind and grabbing tree#4 attempting to take it hostage unless it broke through the strength of the half-fanalis. He'd turn his wrist inward to have his shield over the mouth of the tree while pulling back to Lest's circle with hopefully with the #4 tree.

Shield: 250-25= 225

Julius was a little disheartened that his plan didn't work as planned. Since six trees had been hopping towards him and Lestacia, he'd hoped the domino effect he aimed for would catch her trees on fire as well. He sighed afterwards, however, she managed to save herself with a flashy spell and heal the other two who'd been injured on the other side of the battlefield. Aseroth was fighting his own battles and paying dearly for it. However, a warrior such as him could sustain a couple scars. The pirate was unsure of what to do for a moment until he saw three more courageous trees emerge from the army who stood aside instead of all attacking at once.

The dog got back behind the ice wall he'd created before they shot more ornament rain at him. He licked his lips in anticipation and to clear up some of the cold before the white haired warrior called out to him. Among the chaos, Aseroth managed to say something along the lines of "trees have feelings." This sort of made sense considering they squealed, squawked, and had genuine expressions. They also attacked in patterns, something that wasn't sentient wouldn't learn and spread out after analyzing how they're friends died. They were all brothers in battle.

"Way ahead of you!" Julius shouted back, as he readied both of his swords. These three trees that'd been spread out hopped towards the salty dog to replace the last three. They'd obviously be spread out, and come at him one by one, trying to bait him out of his cover before attacking. Julius waited for the first tree to hop around the corner before dropping The Blarney Stone and grappling the first tree with an arm, while threatening to slit it's throat with the other. Julius held the tree with his Enhanced Strength(C-Tier). His arms wrapped above and below it's wicked mouth so it couldn't bite him. He'd walk out of cover to face the other two oncoming trees with a meat shield in hand. Any ranged damage thrown at him would instead hit the tree and act as a shield. Hopefully this would call a temporary retreat, no soldier would injure his own squadmate.

"Ow, ow, OW! Seriously!"
the young Fanalis would cry out at the tree's as they pelted one ornament after another at her. Each of the glistening orbs would crash against her and shatter into tiny bits of glass at her feet. While they didn't cut her, they were managing to his the already sore spots on her body caused by those tree's that had bitten her earlier.

It was safe to say Aayla was getting upset at this point... she always had confidence in her strength and abilities, and against normal people like the slavers, it had always proven to be too much, and so she had never needed to put a whole lot of extra effort into her actions. This time however, she'd give it everything she had. Hell, she was already bleeding from her head, her vision blurred by blood and blood loss!

"Mr."
she said, trying to grab Caelus' attention as he was still attempting to fight the tree's by her side.

"New plan. I'll take the one's on this side, you finish the ones on that side."
she would say with a motion of her sword. She gripped the hilt tightly, sucking in a deep breath as she began to channel her magoi into her blade. Wind began picking up around her and concentrating itself around her blade, mostly it's sharp side and creating an invisible blade underneath it. She aimed her sword in Lestacia's general direction, aiming for the tree that had attempted to latch onto her and swung her blade from a distance, releasing the wind around the sword that soared dangerously towards that tree, aiming to slice it cleanly in two, forcing it to let go of her.

she didn't stop there however. Quick on her feet Aayla darted to her left, the side she had told her Fanalis companion she would be taking care of, and swung her fist powerfully into one of the tree's trunks, aiming directly for the teeth in hopes of shattering it. With a good momentum going, if she had been successful then she would run onto the second tree that had pelted her with ornaments, taking a leap into the air to close the gap between them and aiming a solid kick to the mid of it's trunk.

Hit or miss, she would try to find her footing as she landed, spotting a third tree that emerged from the horde. She would suck in a deep breath before kicking off the ground once more, kicking up dirt as she launched at the third, bull rushing it with incredible force in hopes to end all the enemies on her side of the battle field in one quick barrage of attacks.

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WC: 476
Magoi: 60/70
Stamina: 220/250

Abilities Used:

The pirate grunted at the feeling of sharp pine needles prick into his body. Thankfully, they didn't dig in too deep. He had no mercy for the tree although, and with a single slice, with his lava sword, to the trunk of the tree that he was holding. He dropped the tree afterwards and would pick up his other sword once more. There was no special way to go through with this. He was going to have to cut and burn some trees singly. The tree that he held had called in more reinforcements, however, it seemed that he was going to need to help his team mates out before dealing with this new set of trees. Aseroth was alive and thriving, however the mage friend that couldn't cast her spells correctly due to all different forms of stress was panicking and slowly dying to the many bites of trees and ornaments.

     So with a loud battle cry did Julius dash right into Lestacia's attacking trees. He wasn't going to let a  damsel In distress die on his watch. He performed a daunting three-slash power-attack. He used the first two swings on the tree biting Lestacia's torso and the final spin was used to clear out the rest of the trees that had enveloped around her.

    He didn't really know how magic worked, so he couldn't tell how much the woman could do without her wand, but with a quick nod of the head did he signify that he'd defend her. He could tell she was in pain and the next wave of trees would surely be ready to attack him and her. He helped her back behind the ice wall before preparing to attack the next five trees.

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Stamina : 165/215

Abilities Used:

Caelus' left arm hung loosely by his side, the muscles ripped to shreds by the trees, making it useless. Putting his blade under his arm for a moment, he grabbed the sash that held Life Aura and tied his left wrist to it, holding it in place. That should help a bit... He thought, wincing at the pain. A tree managed to get the drop on him during his retreat from the two he defeated, and it ended up multiplying the damage on his already injured arm. Looking up, he surveyed the enemy that surrounded them, thirteen trees in all.

At his back stood the fanalis girl. And a woman with a now broken staff was beset by a tree. The last two seemed separated from them, or perhaps Caelus simply lost track. The girl behind him grabbed his attention and explained a new plan, before using a magic sword to slice the tree that threatened the magician girl. Shortly after, the human boy ran forward to guard her. Caelus grinned, and looked to the four trees directly in front of him and closing in.

Flashes of battles past ran through his mind. Caelus was desperately searching for one tactic that would see them out alive, and the trees dead. Inspired by the multiple strikes used by the human boy, Caelus twirls Ripple in his hand a few times before surging forward, directly at the line of trees that approached him.

He lashed out with Furious Assault, each individual blow enough to fell a tree on its own. The first diagonal Struck to his right as Caelus stepped left. Then landed left as Caelus went right. He performed a spinning vertical slice to the third in a grand leap over it, attempting to split it down the center, and then landed in a crouch in front of the fourth tree, before pushing off into a horizontal slash. Once finished, he'd assume a defensive posture, ready with Sideswipe to deflect an incoming blow should another tree attempt it.

Abilities:

Magoi: 130/130
Stamina: 145/190

~WC: 345, 1121~