“Screw those guys, we’ve got this!” Hanz barked.

“I agree. Vamu, more Infernal!” Drake spat.

“Uuuugh you guys are gonna be the death of me-”

A burst of a vibrant dark green light radiated out from Vamu’s fingers along the strands of wire, reaching out and drilling into the branches around him. The bark of multiple trees began to glow with that same energy, and then slowly the bark broke way- ruptures in the trees splitting open. Blood and bodies poured out much as they had before, this time with the green power radiating around and inside of them.

More and more fell, more and more rose, more and more came to life. The snarls and groans raged out as a very smug Drake looked back up to Elise with a wide spread grin. She though glanced down upon him with nothing more than an unsavory blankness. Even as the dead rose around her it changed nothing.

“Shaken in your boots, child? Ready to- to… hrmgh?”

“Do I look frightened- it’s Drake right?” she replied as she continued to look down upon the cultist, “You guys aren’t anything new to me. You’re just basic humans with a couple of things going for you. Your center is around preying on the weak and powerless. I grew up in a war zone, surrounded by the constant threat of Zeherian, Vampires, and Drachen- even my own Drachen clan at times. And that was before I honed my potential with the Lightonians and my new comrades. I mean- did you not see me tank gunshots and arrows?”

“Grr-”

“These zombified servants of yours are nothing more than filler to be cut through. Your comrades are nothing but punching bags that exist to be knocked around. You are nothing but a speed bump to me. If you want to continue this contest then you are going to die forgotten in these woods, maybe left to be turned into scavenging undead yourselves.”

“That’s enough out of you, witch! I’ll show you exactly what we’ve got, hrrrghyaaaa!”

Swoosh. For as soon as Hanz finished yelling out, his ax had gone sailing through the air aimed at Elise’s back. Like a boomerang it rolled through the air, more of a spinning top really. His grin widened as it came up upon her.

BANG CLANG DANG

“Wha-”

“No!”

“Impossible- that hit her dead on!”

Elise remained stationary while the ax fell to the ground. Hanz watched as it fell, his face bubbling with rage. Grip- Hanz launched himself up and caught the ax in hand. Whilst he himself had made the bound upwards, Da’shire and Drake had both done the very same with the former pulling twin daggers and the latter showcasing a spiked gauntlet with blades. And as the three came upon her, Elise did nothing.

Fwoosh fwoosh shift

Hanz flew passed her, his ax’s swing missing entirely but the subtle duck of her back. Her weight shifted left, evading the twin thrust strike of Da’shire. Finally a singular disappearance and reappearance to the right with a flicker of her form, completely evading Drake’s attack. All three landed on the high up branches, all three turning swiftly with their weapons still in hand.

“Gah, how did she dodge all three of- HUH!?”

“HA!”

CRASH!!

Her arms had swung out and with them went the air. Drake’s face flapped and his body fell back, or truthfully it was the same for the other two just the same. A shock wave struck them all and sent them flying away. Megan’s eyes darted left and then right before resting ahead- pull. Her next arrow soared right passed Elise’s now tilted head, striking the trunk of another tree.

“Hell there is absolutely NO beating her. Drake lets get the hell out of here before we all croak!” Vamu shouted.

“Gah, fine fine. Lets get out of here then and- HWAH!”

Drake flew back and slammed into a tree, Elise hovering just above where the man had been standing.

Flicker- CRUNK

Da’shire, Megan, and Vamu looked over towards Drake as he hit the tree, not yet noticing as Hanz hit the floor of the forest after crashing through the branch he had been standing upon, a branch now snapped just above and falling down.

Flicker- BANG

Da’shire flew from the tree with a singular strike and flopped down upon the rocks below, both Megan and Vamu now starting to shift their heads over to where Hanz had been standing.

Flicker- SNAP

Megan flew back and hit the base of the tree she had been stood atop, slumping over with her weapon snapped in half.

Flicker- SMACK

The shling of wire rattled as Vamu soared back and hit the bark of the branch. A light groan escaped him before he slumped to his side. Elise walked up, stopping a few paces away from his body, watching as the green spark in those wires went out, and as it went out came the thumps and thuds from below. She stood firm at the center of it all, as all five of the cultists lay in place with eyes shut- completely out of it from that moment on.