Knights of Tezoth

You can dodge the sound, but not the lightning... well, that's clear

05.03.297 — a melee in honor of Deus Mariarnelia's birthday

Round 10

Lorican, with sword at the ready, attacked Bastion, turning Orvald into a pedestrian.

The Knight of the Golden Tower retaliated by attacking the partner of the Knight of Perfection. Following him, Gingkinka and Nelia with Axel struck. The Knight of the Crushing Blow stoically endured all the damage, then took another swig from his flask.

Meanwhile, Tarantos plunged his sword into the Knight of the Gloomy Sky. Jason also aimed at Axel, but missed.

As for me, Ferlyuts continued his hunt for Zephyr and me. Sensing he was cornering us, I decided the most prudent course was to spend the last lightning charge on his wyvern. The beast fell, leaving the Knight of Impeccability behind, and Zephyr and I flew away so he could no longer harm us with his nails.

Round 11.

Lorican strikes Orvald.
Orvald takes 85-55=30 damage (170/200). Paralysis -, Bleeding -.

[23] Lorican: HP (230/230), SP (142/180), AP (5/7), Flask (3/5).
[20] Orvald: HP (170/200), SP (140/200), AP (2/6), Flask (5/5).
[20] Ferlyuts: HP (200/200), SP (140/200), AP (6/6), Flask (5/5).
[18] Stefania: HP (213/230), SP (70/130), AP (0/5), Flask (5/5); Pegasus: HP (250/250). Flying.
[18] Axel: HP (113/190), SP (90/150), AP (5/5), Flask (4/5).
[18] Nelia: HP (180/180), SP (102/180), AP (1/5).
[13] Gingkink: HP (249/380), SP (132/180), AP (3/3), Flask (2/5).
[10] Tarantos: HP (300/300), SP (12/150), AP (0/3), Flask (5/5).
[10] Whitecalm: HP (300/300), SP (202/250), AP (3/3), Flask (4/5).

Orvald's turn.

I have a feeling it's going to be a lot of fun after the prologue.

Heresy of Carneia.

I strike Lorican from above

- Sir, I'm no expert in human psychology, but I suppose it's a combination of factors — fear, apathy, laziness, anything really; people in general are very reluctant to go against the current. And if I were you, I'd stay away from her, you really won't survive if you catch her interest.

- You need to build tolerance to poison, not drink greens and herbal teas, but you're already too old for that. Try again when you become younger.

Orvald strikes Lorican, block.
Ferlutz moves 8 to the right.

Well then, what will milady Stefania be up to now?

I don't think Axel's flask was minused

Do I understand correctly that Nelia's axe increases the damage to spirit itself? That is, it hits for 54 spirit damage and adds another 54?

To spirit 130*0.3=39 damage. And another 39 on top.

Fixed the flask.

Oh right, a percentage of the weapon, not of the total spirit. OK

Anyway, Axel drinks a heal potion and stands to my left, and Nelia hits Lorik from the right

Also dissatisfied with Deus, but quite satisfied with one kill in the melee and her comrades' successes there, Rezara tracked down Alaria out of boredom. She seemed to Rezara a sensible and far-sighted woman, and no great pretext for conversation was needed.

"You fought well, milady, but I fear none of us had a chance from the very start," Rezara grimaced at the thought of the melee. "Tell me, do you see any point in our Deus's events? We spent the whole day maiming each other for the amusement of the crowd! Under dishonorable conditions! This is not a celebration! It's a drunken brawl that everyone somehow showed up to sober. Frankly, I am very vexed and even disappointed by such an approach. No argument, in our dark times any combat training has its value, but not a melee before the eyes of the entire kingdom! Not to mention the risk of discord among knights from different regions of Tezoth! Many of them clearly dislike each other as it is..."

Could Deus's plan be to set all the regions at war with each other, while she herself sits it out in Kanamia behind high walls under the protection of the best knights? No, that's nonsense... it's her own kingdom and her own subjects after all.

I don't really care who to hit. I was planning to target Whitecalm, but I'm willing to help with Lorican first, so he gets taken out feet first faster for not shooting the wyvern while he could. So I'll fly within my shooting range of Lorican and stay to the right.

Throughout the entire battle, Alaria acted cautiously. Not so much as to cower in a corner — you certainly won't hone your martial skills that way — but she didn't waste her strength needlessly either. Alas, this was precisely her main mistake. Where she relied on the prudence of an opponent who considered it more important to bring down the titan that weathered blows and swept aside knights standing in its path in a single stroke, he chose to shoot her in the back. Experience and a lesson as well — apparently, even in a melee, the heat of the moment clouded the eyes of seasoned warriors. Let it be a lesson to her.

Leaving the battlefield and soon finding herself in the stands, after the diligent doctors had tended to her fresh wounds, Catharsis looked down upon the ongoing circus and pondered the course of the competition. The obvious favorite was Stefania Valentine — denying that would be foolish and naive — but the reason for this was not skill or cunning tactics, but rather the clear advantage of having a pegasus and the mistakes of other players. It felt as though both sides of the conflict were competing to sabotage their own chances of victory. There was no clever exploitation of weaknesses that Wind might have demonstrated. Not even close. She simply had no room left for error, thanks to the efforts of others. An interesting fight, but in some ways even instructive. If anyone would learn from this experience, it was Alaria herself, who would certainly take it into account in the future. And she reminded herself once again to either learn how to shoot a bow, acquire a means of flight, or at least get some kind of protection against arrows.

After that, having lost particular interest in the shooting of defenseless pedestrians, she finished her essay and, finding Yin, shared the resulting text with him.

Will you shoot or just fly up?