Thinking that a weapon is better than no weapon, Lucian went for the keys in his pocket. They were probably as effective fighting bare handed, but they were also better than nothing anyway. Putting the key between his thumb and finger, he slashed at the imp, hoping that the somewhat sharp, but not all that sharp in reality, keys would deal some sort of damage to these Imps. --- Lucian Key Attack (Melee Weaponry): 4 (Critical!) Imp Dodge: 97 (Fumble...) Critical Strike! 15 Damage! --- The seemed to be in such a rage from Lucian hitting it with the coin that when it had suddenly calmed down it was caught off guard when a Key was suddenly bearing towards it. The Imp tried to get out of the way, but stumbled right as Lucian swung. Even though the creature was 3/4ths the height of an average human, its stumbling backwards combined with Lucian's downward swing to hit the creature managed to allow Lucian's key to slice its neck. The creature let out a loud shriek of pain as it stumbled backwards, text appearing over the creature's head. In bold red text appeared 15 Critical! For those who had game knowledge, this meant that Lucian scored some kind of critical hit or some very powerful strike nonetheless as this attack seemed to hurt the creature alot. This also alerted the other two imps, the two creatures actually backing away some for the moment, not seeming to want to get near the humans now that some human with such a tiny weapon managed to deal such a heavy blow, judging by their fellow Imp's loud shriek anyway as the imp stumbled backwards. It was still alive and there was no blood on the wound, but these creatures were also not human, so they may not have had any blood in the first place. As the imp stumbled away Lucian would see three windows appear in front of him, each reading thus. [hider=Window 1] You performed above expectations and have learned how to better wield melee weapons. +1 to Melee Weaponry. [/hider] [hider=Window 2] A Skill has been created through a special action. The ability to better wield improvised weapons, 'Improvised Weapon Mastery' has been created. [/hider] [hider=Window 3] A skill has been created through a special action. The ability to deal large amounts of damage on chance hits, 'Critical Strike' has been created. [/hider] After those three windows appeared they soon vanished, two new windows appeared. Unlike the three before which were light blue, these were light red like that skill window that appeared when Lucian learned Coin Flick. These two windows read as such. [hider=Improvised Weapon Mastery] Improvised Weapon Mastery (Passive) (Lv 1: 0/100 EXP): Deal 10% more damage when wielding an Improvised Weapons. +5% to attack speed with Improvised Weapons. To Level Up: Successfully hit with an Improvised Weapon. Defend with an Improvised Weapon. Get a Critical using an Improvised Weapon. [/hider] [hider=Critical Strike] Critical Strike (Passive) (Lv 1: 0/100 EXP): Deal 100% more damage whenever you perform a Critical Strike. To Level Up this skill you need to either perform a Critical Strike or get hit by a Critical Strike. [/hider] --- Rainer, in the meantime, would be dealing with another Imp. After seeing Tim's successful Palm Strike at the beast Rainer would attempt his own powerful kick attack towards the creature's head, aiming to shut it down for good, letting out a battle cry for good measure and more explosive power, his kick seeming to be stronger and more accurate thanks to the stance he was in, probably because of that skill he had received just now. The Imp wasn't right in front of you, so you wouldn't be as close as you'd like, but you were still close enough to where the kick would still be somewhat accurate nonetheless. --- Rainer's Kick (Fisticuffs): 56 - 5 (Stance) - 16 (Fisticuffs) = 35 Imp's Dodge: 39 Damage Dealt: 13 Attempted Knock Down (Attacker STR vs Defender DEX): Resisted --- While the kick wouldn't knock down the beast, it still managed to make it react very negatively. It let out a shriek of pain, although not as loud as the one Lucian sliced with the key, as it was kicked in the head by Rainer's powerful, trained kick. A red 13 appeared above its head when it was kicked. It was completely clear now that the amount of damage done to a foe appeared over said foe's head whenever an attack was done, this meaning that group could beat these things since none of them had gotten hit yet. Still though, these creatures were not down for the count, but niether was the group who in these few seconds had a couple people who had yet to act.