<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/uh8u1YI.jpg)<br/><br/>(http://i.imgur.com/fWCN38n.jpg)</div><br/>Zerxel again brought her blades around in a rapid flurry towards the creature's throat before swinging a deep slice at the creature's throat.  But this time her blades passed through the water elemental was easily as if she were swinging through a water fall.  Her blades slowed slightly as they passed through the column of water that made up the creature's neck, but seemed to have no effect.  She gasped and vaulted backwards just as the elemental's watery spear stabbed downward at her location.  She glared at her scimitars for a moment, but they still bore the slightest glow, evidence that Shugar's magical milky blessing was upon them.  She looked up as the beast flowed backwards towards Bo.  The dwarven ally stabbed through it's chest with her enchanted spear, but again the creature seemed unaffected.  The elemental rushed at Bo, knocking her to the ground as it flowed past her and over her in a rush like a crashing wave.  That wave broke on the wall behind Bo and collapsed into an expanding puddle.  A puddle that quickly began to retake the shape of the spear wielding elemental.  Bo sputtered and regained her feet, backing up towards Zerxel as she spat water,  "Ach, me spear had no effect.  Yer blades?"<br/><br/>Zerxel glumly shook her head and Bo called out,<strong>"Shugar is there naught ye can do?"</strong><br/><br/>Shugar approached her taloned hands extended, ready to join in the fight with her own bare hands if needed.  But she shook her wild haired head and said in her high pitched voice,<strong> "No, I'm out of seed, I must rest before I can work any more magic.  It must be a powerful elemental to resist the magical enchantments on your weapons." </strong>She paused and offered,<strong>"Maybe we should consider a retreat?"</strong><br/><br/>Zerxel didn't like that idea, but Bo seemed adamant,<strong>"Nae, not when this thing is so close tae bein sent back where it came from!"</strong><br/><br/>It was then that Zerxel heard the imp's demonic voice inside her head.<em>"Sent back where it came from, yes yes yes, like me.  Yes, I can help mistress and I can go home at same time, yes."</em><br/><br/>Then with that, the imp leapt at the water elemental just as it finished reforming.  A look of startled shock and surprise showed on it's face as the tiny demon swam through it's body.  It even glanced down to look at the little imp thrashing about inside it's body as if it was curious by the thing.  Then the water elemental expanded outwards, and violently compressed, retaking it's shape.  The fel imp was crushed in a moment, compressed on all sides by the powerful elemental.  It's body exploding inside the water in an underwater explosion of black blood and ichor.  It's body turning to mist and vanishing back to the fiendish realms where it had been summoned, but leaving behind inside the water elemental all of the demonic essence it had on this plane.  The water elemental thrashed and it's body undulated, trying to expel the demonic ichor.  But Zerxel realized the sacrifice the demon had made, and knew somehow that the elemental would now be vulnerable, but probably not forever.<br/><br/>She charged in and ducked low under thrashing arms, bringing her scimitars around in a whirling spiral of death.  This time when her blades struck the elemental, there was resistance, like trying to slice through jelly.  More over the beast backed away from the attack, as if in pain.  Bo's spear came in just behind Zerxel, and it too found purchase.  The elemental roared, a sound like crashing waves, and surged forwards, intent on engulfing the two contestants in front of her.  This was almost over, it had to be, for if it expelled all of the demonic ichor, they would be helpless against it again!<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">Combat so far:<br/>Round 1 - you hit it<br/>Round 2 - tied<br/>Round 3 - you hit it and shattered it's armor<br/>Round 4 - It rolled better than you and you would have taken a loss.  Activating Zerxel's nipple rings of protection turned the loss into a draw, forcing a re-roll.  The reroll came up as 5 successes, which is easily beaten by Zerxel's 9.  Turning a losing round into a winning one.<br/>Round 5 - Zerxel again activates her magical nipple rings, turning another losing round into a win.  The contestants attacks break free the last of the clay and expose the bound water elemental beneath.<br/>Round 6 - The water elemental attacks and Zerxel's demonic imp sacrifices itself to make the creature vulnerable.  Zerxel and Bo's attacks now inure it.  <br/>Round 7 - Water elemental seems to enter a fury as the stinging blades and spear are now causing it to lose cohesion.  It renews it's attacks in a watery fury, knowing that it is close to defeated.<br/><br/><br/><hr/>Round 7 attack rolls<br/><br/>Summary: At 2016-08-23 11:36:36, rhev (uid: 25855) rolls: 6d6 Result: 21 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=93545)<br/>Full Result: rhev rolled: 6d6 +2 auto successes<br/>Comment: Water elemental combat roll - round 7 attack 1<br/>Result: 5, 2, 6, 1, 4, 3, <br/>Total = 6<br/><br/>Summary: At 2016-08-23 11:36:48, rhev (uid: 25855) rolls: 6d6 Result: 22 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=93546)<br/>Full Result: rhev rolled: 6d6 +2 auto success<br/>Comment: Water elemental combat roll - round 7 attack 2<br/>Result: 3, 5, 6, 1, 3, 4, <br/>Total = 6<br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>So as the water elemental attacks, Zerxel has to get a 6 to tie or a 7 to win this round and the battle</strong>.</div></div><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Zerxel's Stats</div><div class="spoiler_body">Zerxel's Stats<br/>Attributes:       Traits:                  Hits:<br/>3: Body               Acrobatic          0<br/>4: Mind               Calculating         0<br/>3: Soul                Diplomatic         0<br/>2: Minimum Lust       <br/><strong>4</strong>: Current lust<br/><br/>    Skills<br/>2:       Swordswoman<br/>1:       Rogue<br/>1:       Dark Elf<br/>1:       Mage<br/>1:       Seductress<br/>1:       Fiendish Corruption<br/>    <br/><br/>Current items of note;<br/>Compass / watch<br/>Two plain but sturdy scimitars<br/>Zerxel's Enchanted Lingerie<br/>Pale amethyst nipple rings of protection<br/>Two small meals<br/>Map of level 2<br/>Healing potion<br/>Brace of throwing knives<br/><br/><br/>Current spell effects;<br/> <strong>Shugar's "Blessing"</strong><br/>As long as a bit of Shugar's juices remain on Zerxel's skin, and they are within line of sight of each other, Zerxel gains one automatic success on any roll.  This blessing will fade in time unless 'reapplied.' <br/><br/>See the OOC thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=234676.msg11913405#msg11913405) for further details</div></div>