In the depths and shadows, Trigon thought anxously as he prepared the next plan to defeat Alex in his mind.
"Aha!" I will slow them down until they are too weak to effectively fight!" he thought.

Meanwhile, Alex and the others were resting at an Oasis, the shade of the palm trees a fine relief.

While everyone was eating fine food, a silent, unseen creature scuttled across the sand into the oasis. and another, and another.

A silent snap and numbil spittle stopped anyone from detecting what had happened. A slow acting, energy draining toxin had infected their bloodstreams.

Traveling onward NorthEast, a harsh sound was heard like the beating of a billion locusts in the air. Everyone whirled backwards and saw countless man-sized wasps hurtling towards them like a tidal wave in the desert.

"Strike!" Alex ordered. blades were swung and spears tossed, but no one could avoid being completely surrounded by the unholy thing and their gazing, red eyes.

Swinging to and fro and upwards and downwards, and many seem to retreat, then make a swift swing away from his sword. Form his training, Alex knew to wait on his opponent to make a mistake before thrusting his weapon towards it. this simply did nto occur with these macinations of sheer evil.

The stalemate dragged on, and the Raven panting from weary struggle were no longer heard. A foul foam had been sppread over here mouth, obstructing her mantra. An infuriated Alex ran towards her, striking away his enemies while fleeing those behind him. Having anticipated this, Raven was tossed at Alex like a rag doll and he stumbled into the dust. A dribbling stinger was poised above his back, and in a moment of blind panic he seized it in his hands, turning the creature into a scond weapon and a shield, before leaping into another creature and beheading it, leaping in the air onto each openent like they were a bizzare stairwell.

Impossibly, the creatures retreated in surrender. A dry-throated alex struggled to raven, helping her wash up.

"let's all hope we were'nt jsut lucky today." she commented.