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He was about to land on a Shifter but it teleported away, and then reappeared atop him, trying to poke its limbs into the eye sights of his helm. The knight grabbed one arm and pulled the Shifter down while helm-butting it in the face.

The knight felt pests attack him from all sides and they kept him down, a Brawler pounding his breastplate and bending the armour. He unsheathed his dagger and used quick, repeated stabs at the enemy.

The squires, still mounted, ran around the fighting to attack from behind, galloping along the flanks and sliding their swords along multiple targets. A few Shifters teleported above a horse and landed atop it and the rider, taking the rider off his steed. The horse stopped and reared to throw the pests off itself, and then reread again to attack with its front hooves, pawing down attacking Shifters. It then bit a Ravager’s little head that it had, lifted it, and then wrested it side to side. The horse kicked with its rear hooves, horseshoes striking a Splatter and making it bounce backwards.

The other knights dismounted, horses covered with spines and burns and bleeding. These three knights lifted their shields to block projectiles and charged. A Brawler sent a jab into one knight, so the knight lunged his sword at the incoming fist, sword piercing the hand and sticking into the trunk. The two other knights quickly sliced the big pest’s sides open and continued to the next targets. The knights ran face-to-face with opponents and cut them open while push-kicking foes. They would swing their swords in the shape of an 8, so that the constantly moving wrist kept the blade flowing and cutting multiple targets.

The knights also tripped foes, stomping atop them while pushing forth, but the knights were nevertheless overwhelmed, surrounded, grabbed everywhere, and attacked. The four knights ended up like Kilios, on the ground, wrestling tightly, rolling around into the legs of other pests to cause chaos of sorts.

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The scouts still mounted continued trotting about, keeping their distance and swinging their swords, sometimes leaning to the sides. Projectiles punished the horses and poked into the leather armour the squires wore, wounding rider and steed.

The priest finally reached the fight, panting and sweating, greatsword in one hand and staff in the other. He threw his staff like a javelin at a Torcher, getting it in the face, but nevertheless the priest ended up looking like a burnt pincushion. His two-handed sword was made of iron, quite impressive, and he ran into the fray while swinging the big blade in the shape of an 8 on its side while stepping side to side. Both wrists flowing fluently, guiding the blade, the sword either cut pests open or scared them off, edge hacking off a Brawler’s trunk.

Although the pests normally would be better fighters, they were unused to their environment; sand blew into their eyes and faces, blinding them, and this aided the natives, who wore veils.

The priest then held his greatsword upside down, tip of the sword downward, so that he could use the weapon as a shortened form. He fought with the tip, pommel and crossguard; the pommel was like a little mace, and the protruding bar could hook into skulls easily, and the tip was like a spike, and continued the assault. A Shifter teleported above the priest, landing on his shoulders and stabbing at his face.

The priest was tired and did not know how to do, so he gripped his greatsword like a javelin, holding it by the ricasso, and threw it at a Splatter, blade poking it and causing it to explode, injuring a dozen or so other pests while causing other Splatters to explode. The priest felt much punishment, claws and spikes poking through his robe and ripping his skin apart. Blood pooled along the sand here and there.

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Finally, many Naga appeared, slithering out the water and onto the beaches, attacking the pests unexpected from behind. The Naga brought with them many seashells, the rims sharpened into an edge, and they threw the shells like little Frisbees with a flick of the hand, to maximise rotational force. The seashells cut skin and flesh easily but did not really kill anything, but did damage the Torchers, Splatters and Spinners well. The Naga also threw stones. Many of them filled their mouths with seawater for some reason, revealing that Naga cheeks greatly expanded, appearing like balloons.

When close enough, the Naga blasted seawater out their mouths, spewing forth salt water onto the cuts and flesh wounds of pests. The salt water stung greatly, and to make things better, the Naga even bent over while slithering, grabbed handfuls of sand, and threw it into the eyes of pests. Many Naga spat venom out their mouths, targeting the face and eyes of foes as usual.

Some Naga were armoured in turtle shells, sewn into their clothing, large turtle shells used as helmets or shields, but giant clamshells were also used as shields, the sharpened rims used to punch with and butcher pests. Others wore seaweed clothing simply studded with the teeth of any animal or flakes of reef. Chunks of coral reef shaped into axes were also used as weapons, for hitting and for throwing.

Utilizing razor-sharp seashells, throwing axes made of reef, salt water, venom-spitting, and sand, the Naga were able to take the pests by surprise and attack them now that they were vulnerable, making sure that wind and themselves kept sand in the monsters’ eyes. The Naga coiled their bodies around targets’ legs while clawing and biting. The Naga were thoroughly dirty fighters, and clawed at eyes and bit throats with their long fangs, definitely poisoning enemies.

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Within ten seconds, perhaps fifty more Naga appeared; the first wave wrestled foes to the ground, and when on the ground, more seashells and stones were hurled at the pests. Whenever close enough, more sand and more salt water found their way onto wounds and eyes. Some Naga carried curved bronze daggers in each hand, getting up-close to stab at eyes, necks and armpits.

The Torchers and Defilers exchanged projectiles, but whenever they did, the second wave of Naga simply dove back under the water, only to reappear somewhere else to throw more stones and seashells. A Splatter felt a glancing seashell, cutting it open at the side and leaking a stream of goo onto pests and a few Naga.

Some of the Naga were surprisingly huge, much larger than the Brawlers in mass and perhaps thirty feet long or more. The largest Naga, if not wrestling a Brawler, simply picked up a Shifter or Defiler and clawed its eyes out, dropping them and then picking up another foe to scoop its eye sockets clean.

Pests and Naga exchanged ferocity, but the largest Naga reared themselves up, and then slammed themselves downward over up to several pests. The pests that had fallen were grabbed by the smaller Naga, dragged into the ocean, and met a watery end. The Shifters managed to usually teleport out of harm’s way, the red Shifter, the same one that first appeared and was then trampled, teleporting onto the granite headstone, finding it as a suitable hiding spot.

The largest Naga were now tossing pests with and without wings into the waters; the smaller and younger Naga swam around, grabbing limbs to pull pests deeper into the sea. A few Splatters floated atop the seawater like beachballs, having no idea what was going on. Since Pest Control Island was surrounded by water, most pests had an idea how to swim, but the undercurrents, wounds, and the pain of stings impeded all chances for survival.

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The strongest Brawlers were crushed by boulders by the larger Naga, who did not throw them but simply smashed the boulders downward. Broken masonry and chunks of debris from the ruins were also used as improvised weapons. Large Naga used adzes as weapons, which easily pecked into skulls. Torchers were also grabbed and their wings ripped apart.

The knights managed to escape the fighting, mounting their loyal horses to limp away, as did the squires. The unhorsed squire also mounted his horse, he and his steed limping to safety. The priest, presumed to be an enemy, was attacked by the Naga, but he played dead and the Naga moved onto the pests.

The priest crawled away, Kilios pulling him to safety and putting the old man onto his horse. The priest rode away and Kilios ran behind, chased by Naga, but he outran them. The humans simply abandoned their used weapons and made a run for it, seashells and stones thrown at them.

Karlakan, who was not the largest or bravest Naga, noticed that more pests were emerging from the portal. He ordered the largest Naga to investigate, and they simply slid over smaller pests, their great weight crushing the dying and wounded, or at least pushing them into the sand to suffocate in it. Defilers’ spines and Torchers’ magic did almost nothing against the big Naga; their skin was too thick. The large Naga sometimes caught the hurled spines midair and threw it back at the pests.

More and more Naga approached the portal, the small and young Naga finishing off the wounded monsters, using daggers, sharp shells or carved coral reef held in the hand to cut throats, or dragging them into the water. Some Naga simply pushed faces into the sand to smother pests.

The Naga who was being chased by the knights earlier looked horrible, but he would live. He was covered with scars and had to support himself on other Naga to move. Although Naga often fight each other, against other monsters, they are always united.

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The portal was surrounded by the biggest Naga and they waited patiently, slaughtering anything that came through, attacking at all sides. It was not long until the pile of corpses sandwiched the portal, effectively blocking it. There were dozens of Shifters still outside the portal, but they kept teleporting away from danger. The Naga, slow on land, gave-up chasing the Shifters.

With nothing to do, the Naga returned to the oceans, some with a few scars and punctures here and there but nothing they couldn’t handle. Once the Naga left, dust devils, the man-sized scorpions with wings at the legs and gigantic mouths rowed with serrated teeth, glided to the beach to eat the corpses savagely. Soon, perhaps thirty of such scorpions were at the beach, eating like machines.

More scorpions arrived; perhaps a hundred of them amassed, gorging on flesh, orangs, bones and tendons, Brawlers providing a lot of meat. The pile of corpses blocking the portal gradually became shorter. It was not long until the dust devils fought one another, and attacked the occasional pest going through the portal, ripping it to pieces within seconds. Oddly enough, the portal stopped producing pests.

By nightfall, a horde of two hundred man-sized gliding scorpions scavenged what was left of the corpses on the beach. Occupied, the Shifters that survived teleported to the portal to enter it, going back to whence they came. But the portal was still active, perhaps the pests would return someday.

The Splatters still afloat on the sea floated farther and farther away, bobbing about in the wind and waves, eyeballs looking around stupidly and helplessly in the moonlight.

18-Jan-2014 04:41:48 - Last edited on 23-Mar-2014 05:27:43 by Azigarath