"Hm"
The archers charge Yoshiie, hoping to throw him from the tower.
He easily parries them away. They fall against the battlements with a thud.
Steelaxe, tired of the consistent back and forth with Mathias, winds up a mighty blow.
It lands! Mathias is thrown backwards by the force, and he loses 1HP (1 remains).
The Spearman is cheered by his captain's great success...
He scores a kill, also.
Mathias stands, furious. There are just two of them left.
He runs forward, stealing a sword from the infantryman...
He spins as he charges, a flurry of steel.
But he crit fails and falls headfirst into a bush (Failure).
The heavy infantry advance on the Shogunate troops, but their shield walls prove impenetrable after many rounds.
Akhilleus meets Wymer in battle. Wymer drops his spear as they duel and soon after is grievously wounded, losing 1HP (1 remains).
Spearman meets his end when the Myrmidons rush through the palisade.
Woodaxe, however, uses his response to avenge his comrade.
He's quickly engaged by the second Myrmidon. They fight for several rounds and Woodaxe crit fails, losing his axe.
Athelard rips down the rickety stairs and uses it to barricade the entrance to the tower.
He approaches the demon, who speaks thus:
"Á̶̧̠͍̊͠ň̴͔̣͑d̶̨͙̠͊͋͘ ̵̱̹̋̈́͆ẁ̴̠͒͜h̶̰̽̾ǫ̷̻̙̎ ̶̙̦̘̀̌ä̸̳̳́̍͜͝r̶̮̭̮̓̂e̸͓̋̃ ̷̞̭̐̉ẏ̵̘̬͗͑o̶̧̾̅u̶̞̇̚ ̸̲̗̐̾͌t̵̲͇͕̏͒̅ȯ̸͙̮̲ ̸̹̜̿ả̶̠̼p̴͎͕͝p̴̛̦̯̐ͅr̷͇̫̉͛̽ͅo̵̝͒͝a̷̧̚c̶̜͖̪͝͠h̷̼͖̑̽̄ ̵̧̢̼͘m̴͇̉͠ë̸̢́͝?̷̢̓̂"
"I am Athelard," he replies, "and I seek a great treasure here.
"I̶̤͗ ̴̢̟̤̼̿m̵̡̺͚͔̋̽̒a̸̪̗̮̰̬͊͗y̶͉̯̰̚ ̶̮̐͐̓ȍ̷̖̂̂͂̚n̸͉̓̿̔l̸̪̣̰̓̎̐̇y̵͈̖͎̮̽͜ ̵̪̯̫͙̿r̶̬̫̮͖̓e̴̊̽͜l̸͚͇̭̘͋i̶͉̞͚͉͛n̸͉̗̟̙͙̈́͐̕q̴̙͙̿̅̍u̸̮̬͑͗̍̐͜í̸̖̹͇̄̽̔͝s̴̻͂̑͐͝h̶̞̬̓ ̶̝͊s̵̳̙̈́u̴̬͈͛c̵̡̠̝͑̈̒̋͊h̴̼̠̫͓̑̒̽ ̸̛͕̟͈̆̿a̵̪̻̎ ̵͈̠̻́̍̚ẗ̸̥̞̭̹́r̵̳͔̈́̅͋e̷͈͋̀͂͝ä̵̡̖̩̿͑̚͝s̸͍̯̄̑̚ū̵̡̩̜̂͗r̴̡̖̙̯̗̾̓ë̷̞͍̌̓ ̶̧̼̭͈͙̾̋̄ţ̴͇̬̭̄̅̒o̴̺̫̮̳͚͌̈͂͘ ̵͓̘̽ͅǫ̵͇̯͆̿̽ͅn̷̮̅̊̽é̶͙̥̚ ̵̫̱͇̝͂̏̎͠͝ǫ̸̼̤̟̩̂̆f̶̢͉̩͍̬́̽͆ ̶̥̖̺͈̏͗̀͝g̵͚̬̔̈̊r̷̦̫̹̰͐̋̓͌̕ë̶̫ä̷̱̯̍t̶̲͌̂ ̸̻͎͈̩̎̍̈͜p̴̰̀̓̕ố̶̩̀͠w̶̡͈̠̓ẻ̸̡̩̠͋r̴͔̮̊͌"
"I will show you power, demon," Athelard says nobly, "and you will see I am worthy."
He leaps into the air, ready to strike.
The Demon, unphased, raises his own sword against the Liossan hero.
Their blades meet with great force!
Athelard sits slowly, dazed, ears ringing from the impact.
He hears a cold laugh on the breeze...
(Athelard's action roll went Over the Top and thus satisfied the demon's test)
The Liossan infantry headbutts the Shogunate warrior, hoping to stab him in the eye with the javelin.
It does not work.
A crossbowman gets revenge.
The rest of the infantry make their way across the rocks.
The leader throws his javelin into a disrupted Areterian and kills him.
This disrupted trooper stands and gathers the gear he can find around him.
He doesn't have time to attack, he hears the familiar sound of spinning and tearing...
The battle wagon rips through the palisade, the saw blades chewing the wood to sphincters. The Vennician successfully bails to safety.
The crossbows take aim but can't deal damage.
Wymer fends off blows from Akhilleus but struggles to fight back.
He leaps backwards over the palisade to regroup.
The last Shogunate archer finds Yoshiie's horse.
His shot, however, sails wide.
The nearby infantry assaults the crossbows.
One down, one to go.
While the shield walls duel hopelessly, the officer flanks to the right, catching the line off guard.
After nearly 20 rounds of combat, the officer prevails.
Yoshiie cannot waste even a moment, so he scoops the bandit's bows off the tower as he runs toward the treasure.
The bows land in the water while Yoshiie takes position between Athelard and the weapon.
He attacks! Athelard is wounded, losing 1HP (1 remains).
Overwatch.
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