103 Rescue mission! (1/2)

***Asheim, Embassy***

Enyo starts to sneak forward while I put my armour on. The armour was brought by the small group of warriors which will accompany me on this rescue mission. There are ten of them. Together with me we have eleven people.

When I am ready, I turn towards them. ”You all know what to do? Enyo has an emitter which is able to rupture a pathway. She will place herself right next to Aengus and Sharid. As soon as she activates it we go in, take them and take a pathway to get away. No heroic deeds.”

”I will go with you.” Miruliru hops out of her chair.

”You are not armed!” I won't take responsibility if something happens to her.

”I don't need to be! I will just crush that Sphere. It's a golden opportunity.” Miruliru draws two crystal daggers.

”Then I will join too! I can't let a young maiden onto a battlefield without protection.” -Carne

”Tch! Creep!” -Miruliru

”If it's like that I have to join you too.” Chiffre gives us a confident smile.

Suspicious.... If they all want to go into the lions den then ….

But my thoughts get interrupted by Enyo. ”Massster! I am under the altar. Ssshould I sssend the sssignal.”

I turn towards the group. ”Everyone. Line up and touch me. I will recognize Enyo's signal the easiest. Just follow me onto the pathway.” After a few seconds everyone is ready and I turn towards the screen. ”Send the signal Enyo.”

Then I concentrate. A few seconds later I recognize the right pattern on a pathway in the direction of Sharid's homeworld. It's like the pathway is vibrating in a certain frequency.

I enter the pathway and from one moment to the next, I am besides Aengus and Sharid inside the cavern.

The others also appear around me.

I lose no time and grab a bag from my belt. It contains small mana crystals. They are especially made to absorb mana as fast as possible. Each of them has the size of a finger and there are about fifty of them.

By tilting the bag, I pour the content into the air where the crystals start to float. They are held by telekinesis and they are my new ammunition against those things.

The first demon who starts to move after our appearance gets a crystal directly between the eyes. It drops like having it's strings cut. Mwahaha! No more instant healing!

”We can't use the pathway!” A guard with Aengus over his shoulder gives me an alarming information.

”It's a trap!” Carne kicks a rock into the maw of an approaching demon which starts to get a couching fit.

”The Sphere has to be the source of the dampening field! There are no other possible sources here!” Chiffre points at the Sphere and starts to charge into its direction.

I send two of my crystals at the sphere, but they get blocked by the bigger demon while a flood of smaller ones starts to pour into the cavern.

The big monster must be some updated version. It smacked the crystals out of the air like nothing.

Two of my guards start to attack the accesses to the cavern with attack magic. They know that the demons won't be hindered for long by it. But killing the demons wasn't their intention. With a rumble, the entrances cave in and stop the flood of demons.

Chiffre reaches the big demon which is guarding the Sphere and gives it a thundering blow with his mechanical arm.

But again, the monster is unimpressed and sends Chiffre flying with a swipe of it's claw.

Everyone is occupied with at least five demons. I never wanted to be in such a melee fight again, but there is no choice.

I deal with the small fry by sending my crystals via telekinesis into them and advance towards the big monster.

We have to deal with the Sphere and escape fast. Sealing the exits can be only a temporary solution.  If the demons free them of the rubble we will be overrun.

And there is still the possibility of a cave in. It's not like ….... yeaaah... why... not? I look up towards the stalactites at the ceiling. Previously they didn't enter my mind.

The big demon has its full concentration on me now. But I don't need to alarm it by using my crystals.

A little push and *Crack!*

*CRUSH*

I loosened a stalactite above the demon and it was compressed into an ugly looking mush. I may have added a little too much power while the big chunk of rock was falling downwards. Without any further hindrances, I crush the Sphere with my crystals.

Throwing a stalactite at the sphere would have had no effect. The crystals are harder than any metal. It would have been like throwing feathers at a rock.