Aamu wasted no time joining the fray. She glided into one of the knights, through its midsection, and then she solidified. The animated armor split apart at the black misty seam, and then broke apart as her massive body wedge its parts out of the way. She grabbed a sword from it and swung it at another knight, smacking it on the helmet. The noise was like that of a gong.<br/><br/>Joe watched as the other knight rose from where he had kicked it to the ground. He held the axe uncertainly, and before the knight could get up all the way, began to bash in the knight's armor. It caught Joe's hand in the middle of one of his careless swings, and flung Joe across the floor. He tumbled and spun as he rolled across the carpet. He felt the familiar feeling of rug burn, but luckily there was no impalement by medieval weaponry. He rose nervously to his feet, and then ducked as another swung a mace at him.<br/><br/>He muttered something about never getting a break, and rammed himself into the knight with the mace, luckily avoiding the mace in the process. The sheer force of Joe sent the other knight to the ground with a crash. He exhaled from his nose.<br/><br/>Aamu dealt with the other knight, who was weaponless. Aamu's neck split open, breaking apart in a gooey mess of blackness, revealing two rows of pointed teeth. She bit into the armor of the knight, black mist spewing from the puncture wounds. The knight tried to grab at Aamu, but she would conveniently twist her shape out of the way.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>The centipede met Azoth's fire blast with another jet of sand from its mouth. It ducked out the way with surprising speed for its size. It paused, briefly looking back, wondering whether the opposing group it had passed were making their way through the knights. It let out a frustrated hiss, and then looked at the hell horse as much as it could look, given it had no eyes.<br/><br/>It almost seemed to smile. If they could make it into the deeper part of the manse, the creature mused in its mind, it would need to be prepared. The insect skittered across the wall and then dashed past Azoth, shifting into a current of sand as it descended the stairs and seeped under a doorway.