Morsan brought his halberd down at Ranzolf. He moved past the swing as he touched the metal plate on Morsan’s leg for a second. Making it sizzle as he moved past.Morsan turned immediately as Ranzolf tried to stand behind him. Pulling out his sword to block Ranzolf’s attempt to find a gap.While his other hand still swung the halberd around.

  Ranzolf created a glass-like substance around the side of his head as the halberd swung against it. The force pushed Ranzolf to the side. Enough for Morsan to put his sword away and land a few stabs with his halberd at Ranzolf.Some missed, others were fended off.

  Ranzolf wanted to get closer. Moving past the reach of the halberd. He hardened his arms with the substance. Using it to push the halberd aside. Closing in on Morsan. It looked as if Morsan had already prepared for it. Keeping one hand close to his sword. As he received a hit from Ranzolf, burning a handprint into the side of his helmet, while the sword went into the scratched part of the visor.Morsan pulled his sword out in a motion meant to gut Ranzolf’s stomach. A bit of Ranzolf’s substance went inside Morsan’s helmet. Morsan gritted his teeth so loudly it sounded like a scream trapped inside itself.

  Ranzolf could only smile at Morsan’s response to the pain of both himself and the other.He melted his stomach closed againas Morsan brought his sword into Ranzolf’s leg.Making Ranzolf lose his balance as Morsan used his halberd to strike Ranzolf in the face, aiming for his eye.Hitting it out, yet Ranzolf still would not falter his smile.He grabbed the already corroded part of Morsan’s leg and made the metal brittle until his substance touched Morsan’s leg. As that happened, Morsan brought his sword down onto Ranzolf’s skull.But Ranzolf just managed to place a hardened version of his substance in time. Morsan’s blade glided off his head and redirected into Ranzolf’s shoulder.

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  Forcing Ranzolf even further down Ranzolf, however, refused to let go of Morsan’s leg. Now it cut through the flesh of Morsan’s leg like a hot knife through butter until it reached the bone.

  Morsan fell on top of Ranzolf, refusing to let go. ’we bring down monsters!’ He yelled out in pain. Ranzolf, still smiling, responded. ‘Then you are in the right place.’Morsan’s body became lifeless as Kruger tried to shove it aside. A few soldiers who were with Rederick came in They stabbed at the trapped Ranzolf.As they struck him, Ranzolf screamed, the substance spraying out of his mouth like a fountain onto the soldiers stabbing him.

  Even as their faces melted. They kept on going. Their last moments consisted of screaming and pain. Using the pain to fuel their hatred and continue. Hitting Ranzolf, who tried creating a cocoon from his substance to protect himself.One fell to the ground as the substance reached his brain. Falling onto Morsan’s body, creating more weight.

  Ranzolf’s smile disappeared.Screaming trapped under the bodies as the others fell over like puppets losing their strings.Ranzolf could not move. The energy it had taken to create the substance drained him.He yelled into the sky, cursing. Trapped under the weight and the constant use of his magic.He moved one hand up, dripping the substance onto the bodies.

  Ranzolf started to laugh as his hand fell weightless to the ground. Wanting to lift the other up. He couldn’t. Ranzolf tried to move his head to see why he couldn’t move his other arm. Even that was impossible, as his head didn’t move.All he could see was smoke. In the smoke, there was a mocking presence. A warriors death by being trapped under the bodies. That was no good death. Ranzolf wanted to laugh, even though his mouth could not move. His throat had no feeling. Nothing worked. Even his eyes no longer worked.Someone, don’t let me go like this.That was all he could think of before even his brain stopped working.