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Dee Dee looked at the group of undead sixteen in total counting the large armored Skeleton, this would be a bit of a fight wouldn't it, and it meant she couldn't just rush in ether, she put the Sickle away and took out her wand, she would need to be more strategic in her fight here to that end she also took out a old style Mic she had and took it off it's stand and it started to float around her increasing her magic power a good pairing with the wand, "Okay try to keep a distance, the good news is they are all equipped for Melee, the zombies and Skeletons were slow so we shouldn't need to worry about staying out of reach.. the room is large enough for Kramer to fly so I will have him guard you from the air so he doesn't block your line of sight, BombDee and Jimmy will move with me" her word bubble informed Hikari of the plan. "hit and run on them and try to whittle their numbers down is the Idea till it's only a few left and the boss then we don't have to worry as much about being surrounded" she added as she looked to her summons and then to Hikari "lets go, me left you right" With that she ran out of cover and through the door going to the left and firing a bolt at a skeleton.

As the bolt of Magic hit the Skeleton it stumbled, but didn't fall it was clear these Skeletons were sturdier then the previous ones likely due to the armor they had on, even the Zombies had some armor, unlike the ones they fought in the tunnels that had no armor and only weapons, these had shields and swords or axes or maces, as well as leather armor by the looks of it, rotted though it may be it still worked to protect,"Be careful they are sturdier then the previous ones.. likely why they are with the boss" the Word bubble informed Hikari.

The Group of Skeletons and Zombies turned to look at the attacker, none watching the door for the moment, and some started to slip off from the group with the large one staying in the center, clearly not going in for an attack yet while the Faster 4 skeletons marched towards Dee Dee to try to engage her in Melee, they were also faster then the ones they fought before but not fast enough to Catch Dee Dee at the moment, the issue was unlike her they had unlimited stamina, the good news was none of them had a ranged weapon... skills or abilities on the other hand was another question but for now Dee Dee was safe

Hikari

Enemy count
Armored Skeletons: 10
Armored Zombies: 4
Armored Zombie: 1 (minion)
Large Armored Skeleton: 1 (Minion)
Boss - Hand of the Crypt: 1 (2 minions active)

The Skeletons started to raise their shields to the flying blades, tough as the swords could be cutting through metal wasn't likely something they could do, they started to form up and march on the door where the swords came from, Directed by the larger skeleton who stayed in the center of the room. The ones chasing Dee Dee did the same, proceeding in a more defensive formation, Making sure to cover themselves with their shields instead of trying to fight alone.

Dee Dee watched this, it was clear it would be harder to deal with them then she thought they were not just bumbling around trying to blindly attack them, they were using tactics and that was a bit of a worry, but as she looked over to the Larger Skeleton he too had his shield at the ready while the ones still around him were ready as well, they were guarding the leader and they seemd ready to defend any directed attacks. This was going to be tricky.

However they were focused on her and Hikari, Dee Dee's summons hadn't come in yet, well.. HIkari hadn't come in yet ether throwing a wrench in Dee Dee's plan... since her plan was to leave the door open for them to make a retreat, but with Hikari staying there to attack it was drawing the enemies to the door, it also stopped Dee Dee from helping Hikari if she got injured since her spot gave her cover from Even Dee Dee so her ranged healing abilities wouldn't hit her, She looked down to BombDee and nodded and the two stopped a moment, Dee Dee firing a blast of magic at the chasing skeletons, getting them in a pincer attack was somewhat out of the question now with her plan ruined by Hikari wanting to hide at the door but she had other plans at least. and as BombDee placed a mine behind Dee Dee to keep it hidden the Waddle-dee tugged on her pants leg and the two turned and started to run to let the mine arm.

Maybe Hikari was scared of Skeletons? or Zombies? None of the enemies had any ranged capabilities so that couldn't have been her worry, and Dee Dee had told her that Kramer would be flying above her once she got into the room, in the Hallway Kramer was in more danger since he couldn't fly in the hallways, The only explanation is that Hikari was scared of undead and was to embarrassed to have said anything sooner so as she and BombDee ran she typed out a message since she was to far for the word bubble to be seen.

"Hikari your still at the door, the plan was for you to get into the room so Kramer could cover you from the air remember? he can't fly in the hallways, they don't have ranged weapons ether so you don't need cover... Look I understand if Undead scare you.. If your scared of the undead then maybe it will be best for you to fall back and let me deal with them? I need Kramer in the room and in the air he is safer there, the path back is marked, please fall back so you aren't in danger anymore okay? I don't want you to have to fight something if it scares you this much, and sorry I didn't ask sooner if you were scared of undead or not I should have asked before making my plan sorry" was the message she sent to Hikari through the system messaging system.

With that Kramer gave a little growl of acknowledgement as it seemed he got an order and he ran into the room and took to the air, the chamger large and tall enough for him to fly comfortably, and as he passed the tight packed group closing in on the door where Hikari was hiding he let out a gout of flames on the group catching them all in the blast but most covered themselves with the shields, those that didn't where set on fire but it wasn't that damaging to them right at the moment.

Meanwhile the ones chasing Dee Dee and BombDee stepped near the landmine and where tossed in all directions as it exploded destroying on that Dee Dee had struck earlier, the other two seemed mostly fine but their leg armor was damaged and fell off as they stood back up, apparently it had taken the brunt of the explosion for the skeletons, and they continued their pursuit, the zombies for the time being Remained around the commander Skeleton keeping their guard up for any in coming attacks as did the leader.


Hikari

Enemy count
Armored Skeletons: 7/10 (5 moving on Hikari 3 chasing Dee Dee and BombDee)
Armored Zombies: 4 (acting defensively)
Armored Zombie: 1 (minion) (acting defensively)
Large Armored Skeleton: 1 (Minion) (defensive stance)
Boss - Hand of the Crypt: 1 (2 minions active)

Dee Dee looked over as a metallic ring sounded through the chamber, Hikari had run into the Skeletons that Kramer had attacked! Why? Dee Dee thought she was scared of the Skeletons that's why a melee class was staying behind so far out of the way. She would have to ask her about it later, she honestly had no issue with her falling back if she had issues dealing with the undead but it seemed she moved in regardless, so with that in mind she would have to alter a few things since Kramer had already advanced into the room. she could use her Scepter to grant herself flight and go over and help Hikari, there were 3 after her and 3 left with Hikari... 2 left with Hikari as she seen one on fire from Kramer fall to the ground charred completely.

Dee Dee thought about it and decided she had a way to deal with the rest of the skeletons so she changed course and ran towards the two Advancing on Hikari, the three behind her catching up, but Dee Dee slowed down just a bit, and she checked her distances, they were all banged up a bit so this Idea should work, especially since it wouldn't be a weaker attack like her Wand, three feet.. two feet.... one foot.. THERE!! they were not within three meters of her, both the two trying to attack Hikari, and the three advancing behind Dee Dee. BombDee looked a little worried but on seeing what Dee Dee was planning he grabbed Jimmy and Kramer Swooped in Grabbing BombDee taking all three of her summons out of Dee Dee's attack range, this attack could harm allies after all, and Dee Dee already knew Hikari was out of range.

All Dee Dee needed to do now was yell.... that was all she needed to do.. it didn't even have to be words... just yell... make a loud sound.. Dee Dee was shaking a bit from just the Idea and she looked up at Hikari a moment then to the Skeletons, she was clearly sweating from nerves but she shook her head and lifted the Mic and then shouted into it "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" it was heavily amplified and sound waves shot out from Dee Dee as she did it bombarding the Skeletons in range the sonic attack shook them, and even their armor didn't help them, the sound reverberated in the mostly hollow armor shaking them even more their bones cracked and shattered from the Sonic blast as all the remaining Skeletons fell to the ground before even being able to strike.

Dee Dee meanwhile fell tot he ground as she needed to catch her breath, not from any physical exertion but from having to fight through her own issues on even making a sound, she sure as hell wasn't going to be doing that again for a very very long time, it was to mentally taxing to step out of her comfort zone like that, but it was her only AoE she had that could deal with the Skeletons quickly.

Looking up to Hikari Dee Dee gave her a thumbs up then looked over to the Zombies, the Commander Skeleton had apparently noticed the issue they had with range and had moved over to the other smashed Skeletons Dee Dee had left behind, and it started to pick up their bones, the Zombies staying around it as it sharpened them and turned around to provide the now Bone Javelins to the zombies "Crap..." Dee Dee's Word bubble filled with as she moved quickly, Scrambling over to Hikari and pushed her down a bit and raised her Shield to cover the woman from the sudden barrage of Javelins, the large shield helping to cover Hikari.

"Are you okay? I thought you were to scared to come out? I thought you had a problem with undead?" she asked from the safety from behind her shield, looking at Hikari with concern as she covered them both. The good news was the attacks were not enough to damage her shield, the bad news was it meant any skeleton bodies were now ammo for these guys... good news was most of the bodies were by her and Hikari at the moment and as soon as the Zombies realized the attack wasn't working they stopped and held their fire.. or rather the commanding Skeleton did so.

Hikari

Enemy count
Armored Skeletons: Defeated
Armored Zombies: 4 (acting defensively)
Armored Zombie: 1 (minion) (acting defensively)
Large Armored Skeleton: 1 (Minion) (defensive stance)
Boss - Hand of the Crypt: 1 (2 minions active)

Dee Dee was glad she could help out then Hikari explained her class a bit more "Oh! Sorry I thought it was a bit more Melee focused I thought it was just like a couple of abilities that let you use your blades like that and that normally you would have to fight in melee sorry I should have asked for more details!" the word bubble informed as she then let Hikari walk forward to engage the enemy with a large AoE the strength of which surprised Dee Dee, it wiped out the Zombies, even as they tried to defend themselves with their shields, the AoE simply destroying those and continuing to rain down on them, the large Skeleton also seemed to have an issue but then it started to knit back together as if undamaged, and Dee Dee frowned a bit, that wasn't good.. Regen on an Undead?

Then it suddenly rushed Hikari, and left the AoE zone of her attack and Dee Dee had to get back into motion, She took out her Massive Whack'em Mallet and activated it's ability glowing red and increasing her attack power, she needed to get closer faster so she also used her Fuzzy pants ability to increase her speed, in her off hand she took her Ghoul Sickle since this boss may have just used it's abilities so she was going to by some more time on those especially if one let it regenerate that much, And finally her glasses activated searching for a weakness and she found one, she also started to glow as did her Summons as she activated Syncrofight to coordinate their attacks, they needed to peel it off Hikari after all.

With her and her Summons all synced together Dee Dee rushed at the Skeleton, both weapons in her hands had their powers activated,, First she leaped into the air and landed between the Skeleton and Hikari suddenly spinning and hitting the skeleton with a Vicious backhand swing of her hammer staggering it heavily and greatly denting it's armors chestplate, she then followed up with a strike to the legs to knock it further off balance. BombDee came in at that moment timed perfectly to attack the other leg with a Power Punch Sending the well armored skeleton to the ground and destroying it's Sabaton and Leg guard on the left leg, Kramer followed up with a Swipe at it's weapon wielding arm damaging it heavily before he took to the air once more.

Jimmy even helped out coming out of stealth to bit the shield arm of the Skeleton, dealing far more damage then he normally would thanks to being in stealth, and then flames erupted from his mouth as he bit down dealing even more damage and shattering it's right arm guard, before he released and hurried off out of reach. At that Dee Dee looked over her shoulder at Hikari "I will be the front line, do what you can with what skills you have for now she then raised her Ghoul Sickle and struck the Large skeleton in it's exposed leg forcing it's abilities on cool down for longer... or so she hoped.

The Large Skeleton was still kicking though and it managed to catch the tip of Kramers tail and injure him, but he was regenerating already. It also managed to Kick BombDee across the room, but True to the Nature of Waddle-dee's the little guy got up and rushed back into the fray, protected by the combat armor, though it Did Break from the impact, however Dee Dee could watch out now that they were syncronized. Jimmy got away scot free and Dee Dee was now holding the line so it couldn't get to Hikari


Hikari

Enemy count
Armored Skeletons: Defeated
Armored Zombies: Defeated
Armored Zombie: Defeated
Large Armored Skeleton: 1 (Minion) Damaged heavily
Boss - Hand of the Crypt: 1 (1 minions active) both abilities on cool down

With the Large Skeleton down and out Dee Dee looked at the remains and then to the pile of skulls on the other side of the room, one of those skulls was the item they were here for.. but then Hikari asked about something and Dee Dee looked to the woman and seen the hand thing she was talking about and Dee Dee looked at it and the info came up... THAT Was the Boss? Why didn't they see it befo... she looked at the broken and destroyed Large Skeleton, then to the hand creature, well that would answer a few things likely.

Dee Dee raised her hammer, she was still under the effects of all her buffs after all, and her Syncrofight was still active, the hand creature seemed to realize it was spotted and seemed ready to fight, and so Dee Dee rushed at it, her hammer raised high as her glasses told her of a weak point, and so she moved in on it, the Creature tried to move out of the way but it was rather slow... Very slow in fact and Dee Dee was able to alter her attack angle and still strike it, dealing a great deal of damage to the large hand before she pulled her arm back and Kramer swooped in and swatted the hand, BombDee following up with a power punch, and finally a second hammer blow from Dee Dee.

And then... that was it, the hand tried to move out of the way of the attacks but even BombDee was faster then it, barely, thanks to the Buffs Dee Dee gave them, but she was expecting it to be far stronger... then again looking at the defeated boss she was quite sure it wasn't meant to be a front line fighter, it was invisible most of the fight anyway... maybe it was the one directing the undead not the larger Skeleton? Regardless the monster was Defeated.

She blinked a bit then looked to Hikari "I.. I think that weak thing was the boss... maybe it was a minion master kind of enemy? Ether way its been defeated.. so.. just have to grab the skull now" she clarified with erh word bubble as she looked back down at the defeated boss she then opened her new Log book and started to take notes on the monster surprised to find she could get more information then before as she worked, she also added Paris as a location, and Added Hikari as a participant, which caused a New guidebook to Appear hovering in front of Hikari "Oh grab that, that's the new guidebook that is now bound to my sub-class it will give a few bonuses to you as well as stay up to date" the word bubble explained.

Hikari