As Irius approached one of the members of the Temple of the Law, I was choosing my targets, I have to be ready to kill the two who were following us at the moment of the signal.
Samira is still not strong enough to fight someone in the Lower Catastrophe Grade, so I've been accumulating my mana in my wing feathers and my Ki in the two swords at my waist.
I also already have 4 magic circles ready, two in my palms, and two that are hidden inside my wings that I've kept for decades to hide, so I keep listening to Irius' conversation waiting for the signal.
I was behind the others as my two targets were hiding behind us as if we hadn't noticed them.
"Then don't say I didn't warn you when your teammates start dying, NOW!" (Irius)
"< Demon Mist >" (Lilith)
"< Summon: Nightmare Ghosts >" (Hela)
"< Aura Suppression >" (Ragnar)
"< Illusory Barrier >" (Irina)
When I heard the signal, I acted at the same time as the others without delay.
"< Light Feather Storm > ×2" (I)
"< Light Sword Throw > ×2" (I)
With that came time for me to act, I spread my wings revealing two feathery storms that rain down in two different directions, enemies intercept the storms in different ways.
The first one activated a barrier very fast, clearly the effect of a fast activating item, this gave him more time to activate a defensive spell with a Rune of pure spiritual energy, when my knife-like feathers broke the barrier his item was weak enough to not be able to break through the defense the Spirit Rune created.
The second one, on the other hand, did not have such a defensive item and 6 throwing daggers flew in circles in front of him interrupting the storm, but clearly, he was trying his best with this, and some feathers pass through his defenses slowly accumulating wounds on his body.
I smile at the idiots who realized too late that the swords heading their way are hidden within the feather storm.
The one who managed two layers of defense at first tried to retreat while defending himself, but the distraction of pulling away caused him to miss the sword that pierced his Spirit Rune of defense and pierce his throat.
The other, who defended himself with 6 board daggers, noticed the sword at the last minute, but he wouldn't be able to dodge it, all he could do was use one of his arms as a shield, letting the blade go through his arm and hold it on his shoulder, but for his own benefit. bad luck Samira didn't stay still all this time.
Samira appeared behind him with two daggers that pierced his head on both sides, after taking care of these two we looked ahead to where Irina's barrier trapped them and the enemies inside.
Following the plan, Samira and I got around the barrier in time to see our companions coming out the other side of the barrier, most of them were fine, but Lilith had a blade stuck in one of her eyes and Irius lost one of his hands.
We all ran up the stairs to the next floor where we registered our presences on the safe room stone before heading back to the first floor and exiting the Dungeon to head back to town.
POV of a Priestess of the Law:
We were careless, we know these criminals would not willingly, but the teachings of our religion demand that we give the criminals the benefit of choosing to come willingly, something that rarely works.
Because of this we often lose initiative, but that means we have practice in how to react in this type of situation.
Before the barrier and the Demon Mist closed us in, I saw Celestina attack the two places where our observers were waiting to act, it seems that they had already noticed their presence for a long time, something I didn't take into account.
Unfortunately, we would not have time to act in favor of both, the barrier distorted my vision as it showed me blurred images of trees and people in the midst of the fog that blocked my senses, I also felt that the fog was slowly absorbing my mana and vitality.
But things were worse than I imagined when a powerful Aura encompassed all of us, this Aura was cruel and wild, I felt suffocated as if I was being crushed by a great beast, but I didn't have time to surrender to these different sensations.
I remained as calm and attentive as I could in this situation as I returned to being close to my companions, each knowing what to do and looking in different directions to cover each other's blind spots.
Soon we saw claw attacks that we tried to defend, with shields and barriers, some worked while others were useless to defend with the claws going through the shield of one of my companions to hit his chest, luck that another noticed and pulled him back, but even so the claw still pierced a few inches in his chest.
After learning that shields and magic barriers work best, we were able to see our attacker, they were Ghosts, moreover after losing 5 companions who took advantage of being focused on Ghosts, I managed to rip off a hand holding a sword that tried to cut off the head of one of my companions.
One of my companions lost his composure when a red tail pierced his heart, so as a last act before he died he used a sacrificial attack that blew his chest apart and turned his ribs into throwing daggers that disappeared into the mist.
We were facing an enemy and Ghost attack in an environment we can't identify our surroundings, with our senses and Auras suppressed.
At that moment the will to fulfill our purpose was what kept us focused on our enemies, even though some had died, we were still outnumbered, we were ready to fall, taking criminals with us if necessary, but no matter how much we waited, they did not come, only the Ghosts attacked.
That's when I tried to leave with my companions, forcing our way through the Ghosts' attacks.
Luckily the barrier wasn't meant to trap us there, so we were able to get out, that's when I noticed the two bodies nearby and no enemies nearby.
"They ran away..." (I)
Those two words came full of hate from my mouth.