Chapter 5: Dragged into Fights

When the girls were respawning, the man fondling gold informed them of the men who they faced in combat. Lyralei finally stopped crying and kept silent while waiting for Traxex to move. The two girls left in silence, roaming around until they decided to stop and shoot some trolls that appeared from thin air. Lyralei continued to stand in silence, while Traxex grabbed her hand and started to run. Traxex ran down the nearby hill, being yanked away from entering the waters. Before there was a chance for either girl to speak, roars were heard in a mysterious cave on the other side of the river. The same bear, from what seems like days ago, appeared in the water with a mysterious heart attached to his back.

"We must meet this threat head-on!" was his only response, motioning for the girls to follow him.

The girls, afraid of what he might do to them if he is ignored, followed his order. They rushed down to a mysterious structure launching projectiles at their friendly troops. Ursa went on just unleashing a barrage of claw strikes on the tower. It was slowly crumbling apart when strange circles pulsed on the ground. Dazzle appeared first, and enchanted everything around the three comrades pushing. Ursa felt the projectiles growing in strength after every second. The Bone Fletcher appeared as the tower crashed. Although the structure no longer acted like a beacon for the enemies to arrive, the symbols kept pulsing. Ursa fell back into his primal rage and proceeded to hit everything in sight. Wraith King appeared before him and slashed his arm open, but to no avail for slowing down the bear's attack. A new figure appeared in front of Ursa.

The man looked like a zombie shambling along to attack the rangers in the back. Lyralei stood still while Traxex began to unleash an assault of arrows. In the blink on an eye, the zombie grew into the size of a golem and redirected his attack unto Ursa. The bear projected an enormous roar, causing his blood to rise and turned his fur to red. Slark took countless hits, but instantly vanished in a black smoke. The gas rushed towards Traxex, causing her to panic. She began to shriek, but nothing came out. She tried again, but a gust of snow stalled the smoke, and revealed the enemy pursuing them.

"Lyralei, do something. I need you." She screamed for her ginger friend to start firing arrows, but to no avail.

As she started to slowly pace backwards, the green swordsman appeared. Just as he readied his posture, he moved in front of Lyralei instantly. A skull was launched into the back of her head and knocked her down. The Wraith King was just about to thrust his blade into her chest, as a flying orb of particles thrusted out a link to Lyralei. Almost instantly, both beings were gone. Traxex was lost for words, and sent herself into a rage to avenge her missing friend.

In the meantime, Rooftrellen greeted the two faces who instantly appeared near their fountain. The link between the orb and girl broke. A moment later, another link was made between the orb and Rooftrellen. They reappeared behind Traxex, and moved to the bleeding Ursa. The two approached the bear, doing their best to protect him. Dazzle and Slark, along with a man pulsing with arcs of electricity, were trapped in roots. Traxex closed in behind them, notching arrows and releasing them to the three trapped enemies. After only fifteen arrows, the three foes fell. The four teammates headed back to base, but Traxex had a strange feeling. She thought that someone was invisible, tracking them down, but shrugged that thought away. Ursa and Io fell as an explosion, of what seemed like tortured souls, revealed a mysterious black and red enemy. He threw some black projectile at Traxex, and she started to limp away. Rooftrellen was nowhere to be seen as the man slayed the lone archer.

(Author's Note) I'm sorry about not uploading for over two weeks. I'm just feeling like crap when I get home everyday. Never really made time to continue with this until I got lucky and finished my projects early. Aiming for about October 20th to update, hopefully I get it done earlier. To noob, Centaur will be added in a chapter or two, I'm doing my best to introduce as many as I can per chapter without it seeming that I'm just listing off characters. Don't worry guys, it may take a few weeks for me to update, but I WILL update this story. I don't see an end for this story anytime soon.