Active [Fae See-East Empire Border] Operation: Fort Bury Part 2

This RP is a continuation of Finished - [Isekai Hell] Operation: Fort Bury

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RP Goals:
Carry out operation fort bury and bury Fort Kanna.

Yukan: Evolve, Protect and meet allies

Gyld: Evolve

Griffin: Make allies. Protect allies and the ritual casters.

Kota: Allies, and help the Fae
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Location: Border of the See of Fae and East Empire, Near Fort Kanna

Mention: DarkKitsune gmimperfecti SixSense

Time: Late Evening

Weather: Supernatural Stormy, Thunderstorm

Language Key: "Common" "{Sylvan}", "<Beastial>" "%Analog%"

While the dramatic events had been occurring on the fight near the frontlines of the fort, despite Ninelle’s effort to speed up the process there was something wrong with why it had been taking so long.

With so many of the Fae-Beast (And a construct) resources dedicated on fighting up front, there were less left behind to protect the ritual casters who were near the forest line. Griffin and Kota had both stayed behind along side Fae and a few other beasts who were acting as mercenaries to help protect the casters.

There were four Takai badger beast men with spears and traditional Kuridan armor facing the forest line, as well as a haregon martial artist who wore clothing like he was from the West Empire, and perhaps was upper cast, his robes a blue greenish hue, however it was apparent he probably had experience with how he carried himself.

Beyond that there were some Magisword elves who had stayed as well around five. The ten or so Earth Gensai casters too preoccupied with the ritual, the large Treant Petrien also focused. Guarding this area was a bit of a taller order because they could be attacked on three sides fairly easily, the one facing the forest line and away.

The main advantage the group had was that unless the group ahead started to quite literally fail there shouldn’t be that many East Empire units who would be making there way all the way over there or so they would have assumed.




Petrien eventually announced in his booming voice, “...There’s something wrong, the ritual is being interrupted by someone not all so far away..” He was very focused, even from a visual perspective from someone who could see the magic lieu lines of the ritual the green lines looked like they were being broken up in sections now by red magical ‘blockags’ in the form of red looking squares.


“We’ll have to take care of them, the frontline can’t fight forever..not after the East Empire unleashed whatever those monsters are…” He’d speak very seriously. It was apparent to anyone that the situation was getting really perilous.


“Well then what are we waiting for?! Let’s go kill the interloper!” The Haregon spoke looking to the others.


One of the magisword elves spoke up as well, “We can’t all leave, they could be hiding themselves in the forest line as we speak..they may even be trying to draw us out for an ambush, if these casters are taken care of the whole operation will fail and all of our losses will have been for nothing!”

“Typical of Fae, worrying about such things..When you’re a [Beast] you don’t worry you do what needs to be done!” The Haregon responded.

One of the Takai clan badger Ashigaru spoke up, “I do not think the Fae is misguided, I have learned in the academy if you spread out too thinly in hopes of mastering offense and defense, you become a master of none..”

While those defending the ritual seemed to be debating amongst themselves what they should do, it wouldn’t be all too long before Kota would feel something..that was almost disturbing with his Sixth Sense F (Spirits) like there was something malevolent not all that far away stemming from the woods…


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While this interruption was ongoing Yukan was still facing off against the monster which Petrien had mentioned, it began to rain, and rain hard it did, thunder and lightning picking up the sky like there was an ongoing atmospheric shift.

The rain overtime would make the ashened earth battlefield muddy as Fae, Beast and East Empire soldiers continued to skirmish with one another exchanging blows on either side, undeterred by the immense danger, perhaps though military conditioning and patriotism on either side, the Fae for the Spirit King, the East Empire Soldiers for their Emperor, humans, and their nation, both sides believing they were correct.




Many of Yukan’s allies were struggling, Gyld against the book’s corruption in that pocket dimension, so many he wasn’t even sure if they were alive who were now on the ground after getting sliced by Tenebrae’s assault.


But he felt the power of his ancestors behind him, one which would not allow him to stop here, even if he was injured too in such a way, he was driven forward by them, a battle spirit immense radiating from him.

“Arescet…I’ll make you pay for the suffering you caused here today, innocent men whose lives you threw away in the pursuit of power! Even those who so loyally served the Empire you claim to protect! Preying on the weak and desperate…I will not allow you to pass…Even if I take my last breath here..I’ll make sure you cross the Sanzu river with me!” He spat out snarling in beastial after as Yukan gradually approached the occultist with an intense killing intent radiating from him.


Despite this happening Arescet stood his ground. “Hah! You thought wrong Tanuki…Your theatrics don't scare me! All these bells and whistles won't make up for your mediocrity! You’re nothing but an animal ready for slaughter Just like the rest of your filthy race! I’ll put you down where you stand!" He began to charge up another shot from the life force reserve which he had stolen. Red energy crackled as the rain kept pelting down, and lightning struck across the sky, the wind picking up as well.

Kota would heed the words that the Treant had spoken, their task was to see that the ritual is completed by any means possible. If there was something preventing that then it would have to be dealt with in an efficient manner.

The conflict of interest within the group was pretty clear as both sides made valid points. Griffin seemed to stand with the side of defending, ideally it would make sense however time didn’t seem to be in their favor.

“If this ritual doesn’t succeed then our comrades' sacrifices will be for nought. Stopping the interference is a gamble we might have to take. The fact of the matter is the longer the ritual takes, the more casualties.”

At that moment he would feel a chill go down his slime as he looked towards the forest. This ominous presence had put the kitsune on guard. “I fear there is something lurking within the forest. An entity of Ill intent.”

Kota would use his [Supernatural Sense] to try and gain further knowledge on what was lurking within the forest.

Actions
Supernatural Sense - (Heightened Senses E)(Sixth Sense F)(Perception F)(Appraisal E) Kota attempts to uses his Sensory skills to perceive supernatural and/or non-supernatural entities within his range of ability. Rank E - 1 post cooldown

Location: Border of the See of Fae and East Empire, Near Fort Kanna

Mention: SixSense DarkKitsune

Time: Late Evening

Weather: Supernatural Stormy, Thunderstorm

Language Key: "Common" "{Sylvan}", "<Beastial>" "%Analog%"


The Martial Haregon looked back at griffin thumping his foot letting out an exasperated sound of annoyance.

“We need to unjam this spell mumbo jumbo immediately! We don’t have time to wait! I want to feel the skull of the interloper beneath my foot before reinforcements from the Empire can arrive!” The martial artist would exclaim impatiently again.


“See this guy right here knows what I’m talking about! We must strike quickly and with great efficiency! Devastate our foes and win a decisive battle before they can even think of taking any of our own lives they’ll already be all dead!”

He exclaimed agreeing with Kota.

“Those who are not cowardly should follow us to victory!”

One of the magisword elves gritted their teeth and held the sword at the hilt upon hearing the west empire beast man speak so casually, but it looked like they managed to bite their tongue just grumbling instead.

The same elf who spoke up before let out a sigh before continuing, “Very well but some of us should absolutely stay here..as a percaution”

The tone among the group shifted when Kota picked up on the malevolent force.


“Even more of a reason to get moving then and stamp out the evil at it’s roots!”


However as the group was discussing it wasn’t all too long before about twelve or so figures seemed to appear at the forest line, all wearing cloaks and masks, wielding what appeared to be sizable daggers. They were split into groups of six in triangular formations and it appeared some sort of powerful concealment magic, similar to what had been used to conceal what Kota had been seeing had been used as no one had detected them.

"Surrender your cause now and the Empire may just show you mercy for your cooperation." One spoke in the center of the right most formation of six toward the tip of the triangle , in what sounded like an echoy wraspy voice, making it difficult to tell if they were more feminine or masculine sounding.

They all took a battle ready stance and looked like they were ready to engage the defenders.

(Narrator Note: Combat time, action economy and ability cooldown is in effect here.)
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Yukan continued to stride forward now having picked up his spear, even as a bit of blood continued to trickle down his mouth he continued to move forward while Arescet charged up his large attack at his staff.

As Yukan got closer Arescet’s body language became more alarmed as the energy still wasn’t ready to go yet, it was almost as if Arescet had detected the power which was building within Yukan as he advanced from some greater force beyond the realm.

While this was on going clashing was still ongoing between the East Empire and Fae See frontline remnants of those who were not taken out of the fight.

Kota looked onwards towards the malevolent spirit, he stood there stunned for a moment. The others were incapable of sensing its prescience meaning that it would be all on him to take care of it. Its appearance within the forest seemed to be unnatural, it would need to be exercised promptly.

The sudden appearance of eastern empire soldiers would make that task difficult. The spirit seemed unfazed by the reinforcements, almost as though it had expected the humans to be there.

“Looks like the spirit and the eastern empire are in cahoots with one another. We need to neutralize their unit as soon as possible.” Kota would look towards Griffin whose eyes seemed full of battle spirit. The kitsune was relieved to share this moment with a familiar face.

“I’ll handle the spirit, I'm counting on you all to handle the others!” Kota shouted as he raised his guard up, swelling up with spiritual energy. This was his purpose and a moment he had truly been born for. If he could not deal with such a threat then he would not be fit to call himself a warrior of the Valheria tribe.

Kota would lock his eyes upon the entity and square his feet firmly within the ground. The kitsune held his fox fist fighting form as tight as possible as he the energy swelled up within his right fist. Within a moments notice he execute the [Spirit Wave] technique target at the spiritual entity

Actions
1. Get within range
2. Aim at the spiritual entity
3. Use ability [Spirit Wave E]

Cooldowns
[Spirit Wave E] 0/1 post cooldown

Abilities Used
Spirit wave (Fighting style E)(Natural weapons E)(Vorpal F)(Range F) Kota punches the air in a direction of his choosing, sending a wave of compressed spiritual energy towards a direction. Rank E - 1 post cooldown

E grade ability (2) + E grade weapon (2) + D grade Strength (3)

Overall BE + 7

Location: Border of the See of Fae and East Empire, Near Fort Kanna

Mentions: DarkKitsune SixSense

Time: Late Evening

Weather: Supernatural Stormy, Thunderstorm

Language Key: "Common" "{Sylvan}", "<Beastial>" "%Analog%"


“Then you’ve chosen death, fool!” The cloaked figure who had been speaking exclaimed after Griffin refused to accept the offer. The one who was shot at rushed forward in a black blur until suddenly stopping midway, letting out a pained sound as it looked like Griffin’s arrow had struck true on their chest, their armor breaking, the light cloak armor looking more like it was just meant to minimize hits if in the worst case scenario they were hit rather than take on serious blows well.

It was at that point they threw what looked like a small dark throwing knife Griffin’s way, as it came careening toward him.

Then it wasn’t long after that exchange the multiple other dark blurs started moving forward quickly to which the defensive line responded.

The five Magisword elve’s blades lit up with different elemental blights from fire, frost, and wind as they started clashing with the cloaked people, back and forth.

The haregon martial artist cried out a martial battle cry and jumped up and high jump kicked one of the cloaked figures knocking them over, as the figure cried out the sounds of possibly broken bone filling the area, and the Takai beastmen formed a mini spear unit and advanced, however one of the four quickly found a knife in their neck from a cloaked figure who had warped through uncontested.
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Meanwhile this provided Kota the opportunity to race into the forest, the moonlight piercing through the heavy storm every now and again as the sound of rain and occasional thunder continued to ring through the area, with another flash in the sky once he could better see the large spirit. It turned to face him and with a booming voice stated

“Mortal you dare disturb me in my conquest? I have already received my sacrifice. I must fulfill my contract.” From that context alone there was a suggestion that the spirit was in fact working with someone on the Empire’s side whoever that was was unknown but it was certainly problematic. The sizable Spirit let out a immense shrieking which pierced Kota’s ears [Flare, Hearing] after he sent his spiritual wave, only the spirit and himself being the ones attuned enough to see it at the moment as it came careening through and struck it dead on.

It looked like his attack had pierced through the spirit’s natural armor revealing a deep dark miasma within its shell which was heavy with resentment, anger, and hatred, which Kota could practically feel weighing on him. In a defensive response after shrieking the sinister being created a large protective wall of the miasma as some sort of barrier while it continued to stall out the ritual presumably.

“You.. strike me…you are dealing with a world you do not understand..” It’s voice sounded deep and like there were many of it, permeating in his mind telepathically.
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As the fighting raged around Yukan there was a moment of clarity, as his eyes lit up a white bluish hue which coincided with the large flash of light in the sky when he finally rushed forwarded, just as Arescet was about to unleash his energy in an incredibly powerful attack, Yukan’s spear was thrust forward about 7 feet away.

Several red magical barriers manifested in front of Arescet as he snickered, “As I said..all theatrics from the amphitheater..they won’t save you I’m well beyond this..now die Tanu-” suddenly Arescet was left shocked as he didn't finish his sentence, Yukan’s spear was illuminated a bluish intense hue, it was as if an etheral avatar of the ancestor which Yukan had spoken too only moments ago was mirroring Yukan’s actions, his see through spear on Yukan’s own as they both collectively broke straight through Arescet's powerful barrier magic and impaled him in the chest.

“T-This is IMPOSSIBLE! What…how..NO..I’m..IMMORTAL…I’m…I..CANNOT…” He spat out as blood began to come from his mouth and he began to look increasingly weak, the energy dying down on his staff.

“I..cannot be killed by..an animal like you!” He cried out in rage.

Kota wasn’t surprised by the lengths the eastern empire would go, sacrifices to an evil spirit only seemed to further his disdain for the enemy country even more. The ear-shattering shriek from the monster did quite the work to his heightened hearing, with one of his heightened senses down he could feel his other senses be further highlighted. Particularly his sixth sense, coupled with the break in the spirit's natural armor, he could feel the dark emotions seeping out of the supernatural entity's core.

The dark emotions began to weigh heavily on the beast's shoulders, a feeling akin to moving through mud, the spirit seemed to have possessed the telepathic ability and had infiltrated the Kitsune mind as it spoke. Kota stood strong as he looked onward toward his foe, "My tribe has a dated history of fighting malicious entities such as yourself, we've exorcised many beings such as yourself and this will be no different." Kota moved within range as he balled his fists, preparing to use [Soul Breaker F] on the evil spirit.

Soul breaker (fighting style F)(Natural weapons E)(Vorpal F)(Penetrating F) Rank E ability 1-post cooldown. Kota charges up ethereal energy within his fist before delivering a punch capable of passing through his opponent's defense. Rank E - 1 post cooldown

Actions
1. Move within range of the spirit
2. Use [Soul Breaker F] Soul breaker (fighting style F)(Natural weapons E)(Vorpal F)(Penetrating F) Kota charges up ethereal energy within his fist before delivering a punch capable of passing through his opponent's defense. Rank F -0 post cooldown

Cooldowns
[Spirit Wave E] 1/1 post cooldown