[color=fff79a][h3]Myrn Vaan'Atisha[/h3][/color]

Things were hectic as ever as the Ridge Hounds started hopping around everyone like angry, man-eating fleas. Myrn had to go on the defensive as the monsters actually started posing more of a threat with fewer of them around to get in each other's ways, but she knew if she could kill one that the beasts would be stupid enough to stop what they were doing and eat their dead. And with so few of them left, they shouldn't finish as quickly. One of the Ridge Hounds jumped on her back and bite into Myrn's shoulder, causing her to shout in pain. [color=fff79a]"Shit!"[/color] Quickly Myrn brought her blade through the Ridge Hound's skull, using it as leverage as she tossed the corpse far away from her past the ridge hounds she was fighting. And sure enough they went after the body like a dog fetching a stick.

However despite the momentary reprieve, Myrn looked at her shoulder. It was severely wounded and it would certainly weaken her fighting prowess. Nothing a little healing magic can't fix, but she doesn't have access to such things right now. Not to mention that even if she did, those Ridge Hounds would be on her the moment she was finished, if not sooner. No, Myrn can patch herself up later. Now it was time to finish this fight once and for all. Ignoring her wound, Myrn got ready for her final attack.

And just as she asked, Darius had a spell to stun the Ridge Hounds. When he told everyone to cover their ears Myrn did as told, and even though she couldn't hear Darius's explosion of sound, she certainly felt it. It was sudden yet intense, as if she was thrown into the bottom of a lake, crushed by the pressure of water. But as fast as it came the feeling was gone and the Ridge Hounds were all stunned. Now it was Myrn's turn. Gripping her Dar'Missan with both hands Myrn got into a low stance and looked at each of her opponents. For just four seconds, Myrn emptied her thoughts and meditated, and during her meditation she saw only herself and her enemies. Each second she felt a renewed vigor as well as a direct path to each of her targets, avoiding her allies and obstacles. When she opened her eyes Myrn pointed her blade at her first target and dashed forward.

[i][color=fff79a]"Path of Blades."[/color][/i]

Myrn was at the first Ridge Hound in less than a second. She swung at the creature, but did not drag her whole blade through. Instead, she gave the monster a small cut, and then used the sheer speed of her Dar'Missan to carry the weight of her blow through the wound and cut the ridge hound in half. This effectively allowed Myrn to keep moving even after delivering a powerful blow, so she could do the same to the Ridge Hounds in the hall. Myrn went from one ridge hound to another, letting the speed from her swing tear open the cuts Myrn puts onto the ridge hounds so she can continue her path of destruction. She slew the ridge hounds attacking Darius, sliced through the ones trying to eat Baulder, and even took out the few that were after her. The only ones Myrn couldn't get to where the Ridge Hounds that were previously at the Naga's, and even then she managed to cut down two as they ran past her.

By the time Myrn came to a full stop the Ridge Hounds stopped moving. Suddenly they would fall apart, cut in half by Myrn's attacks. But because Myrn didn't bother to heal herself, the wound on her shoulder got worse, and blood began to burst from it. Unknowingly to her, the Ridge Hound had not only managed to make her bleed heavidly, but actually broke her shoulder, and Myrn's Alpha's Strike did not help it at all. Another painful scream escaped Myrn's mouth as she fell to the ground, clutching her bloody arm. She didn't hear Baulder's crazed ranting but if she knew that he was still intent on killing the naga, she would have tried to knock him out.