Baudhiel's dash to the door was well timed, the web spell leaving her fingertips as a troop of five black-skinned minor fiends emerged from a side door only to find themselves grasped on by the sticky web while she moved her hands, fashioning a path of bindings, the sticky silk seeming to halt their advance and in time too. Plate-mail boots, breast plates on three of them but the last two wore half-plates, one of them carrying an ornate poleweapon, its tip hard to see due to the webs though. Another carrying a blade with clear jewels embedded to the blade itself, seeming too fancy to be truly threatening, and yet the three in breastplates each only held onto a small shield and a short spear, seeming somewhat less certain of themselves. Gauntlets, boots, and metal to cover at least their chest, they seemed heavily armored for fiends that usually had a hide tough enough to survive without much of a traditional armor.<strong>"For Lord Maughiel!"</strong>The polearm-carrying fiend shouted, trying to rip himself free by sheer strength, but seeming to be taking a while, though the others seemed to be pretty much stuck, at least for the immediate moment.<br/><br/>Piro's spell found no trace of the pale man that had lead them to the room there with them anymore, he had fled as soon as the first signs of a fight emerged, managing to get out before Maughiel had even started his laughter. The pale man had been quick, but the spell passed ahead towards the new threat, the sole figure other than Maughiel in the room it could latch onto, causing the crossbow holder to grimace and struggle, seeming to hold onto his crossbow but stand up from behind his cover, leaving him in the open. The black-skinned skulking figure rushed ahead towards them, holding his crossbow like a club, but without reaching Maughiel given his awkward start around the table, unable to truly charge.<br/><br/>Jia's preparations took hold just as Naori's strike struck at the imp, the cackling fiend's flesh seeming tougher than a regular imp should have had, if a simple thick padding was expected this was more like well prepared, boiled leather complete with studs of metal, it was tough and hard to strike but Naori's blade was well made, and the slash cut through it despite the resistance seeking to guide the blade away, the fiend was tougher than expected but not tough enough when cackling and unable to act freely. The cut lead to black blood spilling out, the ichorous liquid bubbling on the ground after spilling from the fiend's veins as the imp winced and howled in a mixture of anger and laughter. It was tougher in that the hit didn't seem to threaten it health overtly. It was hurt, but not half way to the grave as a small creature like an imp should have been.<br/><br/>Yet as it struggled to escape the laughter, the effect held a moment longer, but then shattered as the Imp screamed in outrage, and as soon as it escaped the laughter it drew a breath and spoke a spellword, its body seeming to vanish with a puff of smoke, though even as the fiend vanished from view the smack of its tail against Naori's thigh was evident, the small beast still there and apparently turning in a hurry, but trying to elude their eyesight.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Minor confusion on my part on Piro's intent to cast the spell on the skulking crossbowman or the pale man who guided them there and already fled.... so came up with the above. I can edit it if its bad. <br/><br/>Naori, not Noari as I wrote in the last post, did a nice hit and did some damage but the imp used an ability to try and escape the close harm till its guards show up at least it seems. <br/><br/>Jia's getting ready to rumble as things are building up...<br/><br/>Baudhiel's holding the group safer from the reinforcements Maughiel seems to be hoping for...<br/><br/>And its a new round, and Maughiel's free of the laughing madness.</div></div>