Maria's approach left a lot of people gasping as her dash and then move forth to join the snakehead on the stage caused a roar of anger in the cultists. "Kill the Heretic!" "Burn the heathen!" "Crush the Unbeliever!" Their shouts were met with little effect yet though, as instead the charging monk's knee landed against the snakehead's back, though a shimmering light of a magical shield was shown for half a second before the impact of the fist came, the shield of whatever was in the air breaking as the shard shone in Maria's knee, the impact striking through with vengeance.<br/><br/>Thrown ahead a few steps slamming against the altar, the snakehead grimaced but turned around swiftly, the bound victim letting out a panicked shout. "Help me!" Her voice was fearful, but the snake-head's hissing rose in the air stronger. Scaled skin. Sharpend claws. Almost hypnotic looking eyes, and serpentine head, like he was a cruel mixture of a snake and a human bound together by magic. His eyes yellow and brutal staring right at Maria, the dagger giving a crimson glow as he thrust it ahead.<br/><br/>"Die, virgin, for the glory of the Shard!" The knife slashed against Maria's breast briefly, leaving a scratch, but giving a pulse through the knife, the impact seeming to strike back at his wrist. "What!?" He shouted in astonishment as the blade seemed to refuse to cut her deeply.<br/><br/>Just then, a ray of flame struck among the cultists, immolating a pair of robes and causing screaming as people rushed aside. Lissu stood up at the 'balcony', a wand in each hand. Smirking like a fiend of hell.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Marric/Maria took 3 damage from the dagger strike, its got magical strength but yet it appears most of it just failed to work right.</div></div>