Chapter Eleven
A shallow sea
The heroes watched. The sound of water splashing on rock reached their ears, they could taste the salt upon the air.
'Prepare yourselves friends, the fury of the elements are upon us!'
Klash shuddered as he could feel the rage of the elemental within, it had been trapped for too long and it would suffer nothing to stand in its path to freedom.
Marsh tensed, he watched Klash carefully and knew from his body language that they had a truly hard fight on their hands.
Naralissa stood by Marsh's side as they prepared to face the element head on, while Bella backed off ready to support them. Klash busied himself calling upon the elements and placing his totems. Their leader set himself up on the high ground where he could better target his prey.
A wall of water burst forth from the chamber.
'I… am fury… unrestrained!' The sound vibrated around the chamber, as loud as the crashing waves themselves. Materializing in the rain of water that burst from the cave stood a water revenant.
Bound within its armor the Revenant stood before the group. Its shield and mace held at the ready as it surveyed the group.
'Stand aside, mortals!' The Revenant yelled as it surged toward the door.
Marsh charged the element, slashing at its body. Raising its shield the Revenant repelled Marsh's attack.
'Water can hold any form, take any shape… overcome any obstacle!' The words washed over the group, the elements rage evident in its voice. The Revenant summoned a shield of water around it, only the shield and mace stayed outside the bubble.
The heroes' attack's lost all velocity as they sank into the shield of water; the element however was unhampered as it struck at marsh again and again.
'This isn't working!' There leader yelled as his arrows sank harmlessly into the water.
'Keep it up,' Klash roared over the sound of their battle. 'I can feel the magic within the shield weakening'
Just then the water bubble receded.
'I will not be contained!' The revenant gurgled as it exploded in a burst of water.
Marsh and Naralissa shielded themselves as they were swept away in the tide of water that burst forth. The water covered the whole of the chamber.
'Well that was easy.'
'Do not be foolish Marsh, prepare yourself.'
Marsh did so, knowing better then to question Klash when it came to elements.
Just then globes of water started to form together all around the chamber.
'Kill them quickly!' Klash shouted, as he burst one globule with a burst of fire. 'The Revenant is trying to re…' The rest of Klash's sentence was lost as the Globule he has just destroyed exploded, shower him with water.
The heroes spread out to destroy the Globules of water before they could reach the Revenants armor, but each time they destroyed one the water would blast them away, losing them precious time.
'Enough!' Purple lighting shot down from the ceiling, and striking each Globule, water rained down as they exploded. Their leader stood gasping; his hand placed upon one of the defense system crystals.
The Revenants armor shook, and water rushed back into it. The element was smaller however; this filled the heroes with new hope as they now knew how to handle this beast.
The group charged back toward the Revenant, but as they did so it summoned upon the water around the room, bolts of pressured water shot toward each hero, their charge stumbled from the force, only Naralissa remained unmoved, her blade held high ready to strike. Inches from the Revenant it turned upon her, using the water within itself it blasted her. Naralissa was knocked backward, but this time reacted quickly, calling upon the light to shield her from harm.
The other heroes had had enough time to get in range of the Revenant, and unleashed their attacks upon it, whittling down the water shield. Once more the Revenant exploded. This time prepared for it Marsh was able to whole his ground against the torrent of water.
Naralissa rushed back toward Marsh, unharmed from the blast, she prepared for the water globules. While she readied herself she saw their leader walking over to another one of the guardian crystals, his back turned away from the water globules as he casually strolled toward it, as soon as the water globules spawned he activated it, a sly grin on his face as he winked at Naralissa. Water exploded around the room as lighting once more destroyed them.
'We may have needed that.' She said, scowling at him. 'That was the last one.' Just as he opened his mouth to reply however the Revenants armor once more began to shake.
'I shall consume, decimate, devastate, and destroy! It roared. 'Yield now to the wrath of the pounding sea!'
The Revenant flung itself at Marsh, slashing with all its force, the element's rage empowering it, but within its rage it had forgone putting up its water shield.
Marsh was forced to one knee as he parried the Revenants mace. Thrown off balance by the assault Marsh was unable to defend as it struck him with its shield, as it swung its mace for the death blow an arrow hit the hilt of the mace, exploding in a blast of fire the mace fell to the floor. The Revenant screamed as it lifted its shield to bring it down upon Marsh.
Klash summoned a ball of lava and unleashed it upon the Revenant. The lava burst against the shield, the metal instantly burning red hot, steam erupted, as the water connecting the shield to the Revenant evaporated in the heat.
The Revenant screamed, its mace and shield both lost to it. The Chamber shook with the force of its cry. Summoning the last of its power for one final blast the Revenant focused upon the heroes.
'I…' It began, but from behind Naralissa had pounced, bringing her sword down upon the Revenant's helm.
'…Recede.' The Revenant's armor shook valiantly as the water drained from it, as the last drops hit the floor, the armor collapsed into a heap.
'Get up off the floor Marsh.' Naralissa said, a huge grin on her face. 'You will catch your death.'