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[b][u]Thaum…?[/b][/u]

Weapons? Aria thought over Atlas’ suggestion. Weapons could be handy, but…

“Weapons won’t be much use if we can’t get close to them, and we’ll only be weighed down!” As on cue, a building exploded behind them. “I think we should just focus on running.”

She looked back to where Moira, Syed and Lisette were. They were all still fortunately unharmed, but Moira seemed to be having trouble and was starting to lag behind. The skeleton swung down its sword, crushing a nearby building as its rubble rained down. 

Gritting her teeth, Aria screeched to a halt and turned back to face the direction of where the Firon was rapidly approaching heir group. She didn’t like taking this risk, but the two monsters were gaining on them quickly and she had to at least try to slow them down. 

“Keep running! I’m going to see if I can’t slow them down for a moment!”

As soon as the Firon was in range, she focused her efforts on erasing their group’s presence while replacing it with an illusion of them veering away and running towards the skeleton instead. Luckily for her, the illusion worked and the Firon bounded in the direction of the giant skeleton, pouncing at the illusion only to slam into the legs of skeleton that had raised its sword again, sending it toppling to the ground. It wouldn’t hold the two off for very long- Already the Firon was escaping the tangle of bones while the skeleton rattled angrily, but it would buy some valuable time for them. Breaking off the illusion, Aria sprinted after the others towards the dark tower in the distance, feeling relieved that her plan had worked.