[center][h3][color=gray]The Mausoleum[/color][/h3][/center]

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Claude took the myrmidon facing against him and headbutted it. It wouldn't cause it any pain, but it would definitely throw it off balance. 

The stench of the corpse was strong, so much that he felt dizzy for a second. He shook his head and then brought his sword into the stomach of the Risen. 

[color=brown][b]"Go back to hell!"[/b][/color] He shouts, takes the hilt of his sword with both hands and then slices the Risen in two with his sword. 

Of course, what he expected to be a gory scene was nothing but purple smoke as the Risen disappeared. Well, better than most other ways to get rid of corpses. 

After that, someone else bumped into him but, oddly, Claude stopped him with his left hand instead of lashing out at him. Perhaps because he didn't sense any animosity coming from him. 

[color=brown][b]"Watch it there, dude. Don't want to get my coat dirty, do ya?"[/b][/color] He smiled and showed Mikhail his pointy teeth.

[color=brown][b]"Cut to her, huh? Plannin' on fellin' the lady boss in the first few minutes? In any case, I'm right behin' ya. Let's crack some skulls, yo!"[/b][/color] He pushed Mikhail apart and then kicked the incoming Risen, the one Mikhail was battling with, and kicked its legs, making it fall down. [color=brown][b]"Finish it off. I'll cover your ass."[/b][/color] 

Claude smiled again and made his sword spin some in his hand. 

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Illian brought her thumb to her mouth and started biting her nail. 

This was meant to be a test to assess everyone's individual strengths. See how well they were on their own. Risen were not exactly the best teamworkers ever. 

However, and as far as Illian could see, they were not doing that well. The spellblade from before had to be helped by the singer, the cavalier seemed to be not so adept to fighting out of his mount, and the merc, well, volatile and idiotic as always. 

With his shout, the other Risen had turned their sights to him. 

If he did work as a bait or similar, it'd be nice, but right now he was just making himself a target. 

The Sorcerer would turn his full attention to him, trying to take advantage of the merc's low resistance to magic. 

This could be a chance or catastrophic for the young hopeful knights. 

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[center][color=green][h3]The Forest[/h3][/color]

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They were definitely going to go for the ruins. They knew where they were, it was only a matter of time before they decided to move out and 'capture the base'. 

She wondered how far they havve thought everything up. After all, the ruins were of course not defenseless. The Falcon Knight she spoke of before was the one in charge of guarding it. 

She just hoped they would catch on to the fact that it was ridiculous for their objective to only have some small obstacles and then a clear path to their victory. 

The awaiting falcon knight readied her lance and set her sights on the flying Hyakuya and also at Tybalt, who was throwing off balance one of her wing sisters. Her magical resistance was probably enough to withstand one of those attacks, and he seemed the most troublesome. 

Then again, Hiro was nearer to the ground and a simple arrow could prove fatal for her pegasus. 

She decided to do the most intelligent thing and charged against Hyakuya, try and take away their only flying unit and keep them grounded. Harming a wing was enough, she just needed the manakete in the ground.