Kagami exchanged her Chainsaw for her buckler, and wreathed it in her flaming Ki. Hopefully it would be enough to block the... twin-halberd thing, even with the lightning infusing it. She also sent out a spray of flaming knifes with her free hand as well, and was prepared to get out her molotov cocktail and light it if she managed to block Taurou's attack. At such a close distance a Molotov Cocktail would be almost impossible to dodge.

Seeing the buckler appear in her hands Taurou was unsure his attack would be suffice. His blade struck the shield and there was a loud "bang" noise as the two energies conflicted for dominance. Taurou's Lightning was arcing sporadically on his weapon and on his arms. The coat's sleeves were now just tatters hanging loosely on his arms as the lightning burned through the fabrics. The fire was keeping the lightning from doing its job, so there was no real help from the magic. The buckler was about to break as a couple of flaming knives flew at Taurou. He disconnected his blade from Kagami's buckler and jumped backwards. He took the couple of knives that struck his shoulder out of him and tossed them to the side. The lightning that was blocked by the fire had struck the knives before they hit him so the fire didn't spread on him, but there were now multiple stab wounds in his left shoulder. This would weaken his attacks some but would not hinder his speed. He sucked in a big breathe of air, and said Poen a dioddefaint: And stopped the incantation as he charged towards Kagami again. But instead of a frontal approach he went to he left and swung upwards with his front blade hoping to sever her arm. He kept holding his breath just waiting for her to retaliate.

Kagami did not excpect an attack from behind, and soon screamed in the pain of her arm being severed. The smell of burning flesh overwhelmed everyone and finally Kagami couldn't take the pain anymore... From seemingly nowhere she get out a sml white flag which she waved in the air before putting it away and putting her remaining hand over the dismembered socket of her shoulder. And from there she couldn't do anything but scream in agony.

His strike met almost no resistance and it lopped off her arm so Taurou tripped forwards not expecting to go through so easily. He used his left hand to propel himself the same direction he was falling in and landed in a fighting position only to see his opponent waving a white flag. Taurou sank down to an uncomfortable sitting position, letting his heart slow down. Once it had, he said 縮小する, and the spear went back to its figurine size. He immediately felt weaker and tired for the Liberatio spell wore off as the spear went to its shrunken state.

Sorry, he said after gathering his thoughts and energy again. He picked up her arm and handed it to her with a sad smile on his face. Was told not to hold back...

Even Mortimer had to wince at the brutality of the attack. Kagami's arm was off and they had to take care of it before she lost it forever. Rushing over the shadow mage grasped the arm held by Taurou and tried to get kagami from screaming. He tried to get her to calm down as best he could as he placed her arm on the now empty socket.

Forming a patch of shadow around the entire structure he hoped that her arm would be able to settle correctly, muttering arcane phrases under his breath as the vampire was enveloped in a black cocoon. The healing energies combined with her vampire metabolism would heal her in time, but she was looking to at the very LEAST three days inside of the shadows embrace.

Afterall he had crafted this spell for exactly this purpose. He was able to breath a sigh of relief as he completed the spell and the vampiress was fully enveloped. He hoped she would remain docile enough to allow the narcotic effect to seep in and not burst out of the embrace.

"That was good Taurou but try to leave your opponent a bit more intact next time... Juken, Emi, do either of you have any questions or are you ready to proceed?"

Darren was sort of lost by then.

...um yea how was that related to the defense class , 1/2 wondering how seeing an arm severed would teach.

He looked with worry as he saw Jess in the cocoon. He wrote down a letter and gave it to Mortimer.

Make sure you give this to her when she comes out he said.

Damn Vampire he thought as he looked at the black cocoon and Taorou's arm.

He then turned and pointed to Emi. Erm am I gonna have to sic Albert on her now? he thought aloud.

Watching Master heal Kagami, he bowed his head and said, I'm sorry Master. But you told me to go all out so I didn't feel the need to hold back... He watched the cocoon of darkness engulf the wounded area and touched Mortimer on the shoulder. Don't leave that on too long... He held out his left arm in front of Mortimer as a reminder of what he did.

He remembered that he had a rip in his coat and looked down at his coat to see that where Kagami had struck was the same pocket he put the book in. Damnit.... He said as he pulled out the remains of the book.

Taurou seemed done for the day and caught up in his own problems at the moment so he decided to let him be for a while. Mortimer already had more than a few engagements already and he needed to make good on his previous arrangements before he went on.

"Don't bother, your dragon may be strong and able to block attacks but it's not nearly fast or accurate enough to catch Emi. Now if we can just test out Emi's research I think we can call this trip a success!"

Well, as much of a success as could be had with a number of destroyed books, tables, chairs, book cases as there were... not to mention the injuries and mental anguish which would certainly follow... alright it wasn't that successful but Mortimer was at least looking to break even here.

[Excuse me for posting on this account but I have little time to spare so... Here goes.]

Emi said the incantation slowly and quietly, and visibly she changed. Her frame became less flexible, more sturdy. It could be seen by those closest that the scraps of junk she'd turned into clothing got slightly tighter on her, but only slightly. "Hmm... Don't feel much different." She commented, but then noticed the slight reduction in flexibility. "Oh..." She wondered how much defense she'd gained for the loss in flexibility, if it'd turned out to be worth it.

[Could someone help me work out the incantation? :P]

[Hope you don't mind but to finish things up I'm gonna do two things with Emi. Hope you don't mind]

"Well the answer to that is very simple. Stay there a minute why don't you" Backing up about ten feet Mortimer got himself into a track runners position before running towards the little ant-girl as fast as he could! Faster and Faster and FASTER! Honestly it was taking more time than it should given Mortimers need for unnecessary climactic build-up. And Faster and FASTER and FASTER STILL! (nough climactic buildup now) Until he came right before the ant brought back his left leg behind him as high up as it could possibly go, before seinging down with as much force as possible puntting the little ant-girl as if she were a football, sending her flying across the library and from the sound of things knocking over a book-case or two.

After the commotion had died down Mortimer called out to Emi "ARE YOU OKAYY OVER THERE?" He was responded to be a small exo-skeletal hand pocking out from underneath a pile of books with a thumbs up sign. "Well that answers that question... who's up for cookies?" he said with unnecessary cheer in his voice.

Cookies, pudding, everyone's life here cept you was threatened today...

Yea I can totally go for some freaking cookies Darren joked.

>.>

Sigh*

Alright... I think it should be:

Kagami: 2 SP, 2 MP and 145,000 Drachma
Alberio: 3 SP, 2 MP and 180,000 Drachma
Jukensong: 2 SP, 2 MP and 145,000 Drachma
Pyoh: 1 SP, 1 MP and 90,000 Drachma