As Skippy's feet moved without his consent, he turned to see Black casting a fire spell. His large brown eyes widened.<span style="font-style: italic">Was that Black's doing? I wonder how that spell works?! I didn't think to move, and yet I did! How interesting, he must have manipulated me like a puppet! I wonder what else -</span>His thoughts were interrupted as the Elven paladin gently pushed his shoulder, moving him toward the side of the road.<br/><br/>"You should let me and the others handle this one," Nymeri told the Anithrope.<br/><br/>"That's not fair! I can fight too! Didn't you see me take on that horse thing?" Skippy asked, but his words seemed to fall on deaf ears as Nymeri moved to challenge one of the three riders that were left standing.<br/><br/>Before Nymeri moved to attack, he noticed how the enemy seemed dumbfounded. They looked at each other as if confused as to the reason they were there.<br/><br/>"What's going on?" Nymeri thought aloud.<br/><br/>There was a loud crash as Kyra fell into the brush at the side of the path. Lysonna rushed to her side. The Elf woman checked her vitals and all seemed fine, so she assumed it was from the spell.<br/><br/>Skippy took the opportunity to attack. He wasn't about to run away, although he wasn't really sure what Kyra's intentions were, but that was his best guess. He moved with speed and precision, taking out all of the horses by slitting their throats. Their blood spewed out of their necks as they fell. And as they lay motionless on the ground, the four horses slowly began to rot away.<br/><br/>"Heh! Looks like it's my turn," Nymeri said, brandishing his sword. He couldn't allow the Anithrope to have all of the fun. With that, he rushed in to attack, and easily killed one of the remaining riders with the electric shock from his weapon.<br/><br/>At the site of all this, the last two riders realized what was happening.<br/><br/>"Let's take out the biggest threats," one of the specters said to the other. The silent one nodded, then they both moved. One towards Nymeri, and the other towards Black.<br/><br/>The one in front of Black spoke, "I'll keep you from using your spells, magic user!" He spat the last two words as if they were a vile curse.