>>6196410Much to her likely dismay, however, Senna and Soren rise off the ground and give chase at speed. This catches you off-guard - you hadn’t noticed they both wear matching Winged Boots until just now either. Still, it seems Eva’s attempt to buy time works. Soren and Senna close much of the distance, but not all of it, and when four Giant Crocodiles slither up out of the earth they’re still fairly low to the ground. Massive vice-like jaws snap at them while Eva takes to the wing again and soars almost straight up, lofted by her own Wind Wall, and then away across the yard.
Senna dodges and weaves away from the snapping, slashing at both of the beasts attempting bite her, but catches a tail strike as she flies away and nearly falls out of the air with the force of the blow, while Soren manages to evade one and his radiant holy sword cuts deep into the upper jaw of the other, eliciting a growl of rage and pain.
Distraction mitigated, the warriors gain height, then loose volleys of arrows at their quarry, several of which land before blinking back to their quivers. (In other circumstances, they might have used guns, but the bow and arrow still predominate in higher-tier action for several reasons, not least of which is rate of fire. Nor are guns safe in such a confined space as this.) In the process they make a dangerous mistake, and Eva is able to fly by them and hit both with a Dispel, suppressing the powers of their boots and sending them falling right back to the ground, where sunlight and many feet have long since churned the morning hoarfrost to mud. By the time they’re standing again Eva is back behind her Wind Wall.
This leaves the warriors to face the crocodiles. Between three of the four already being injured and some expert sharp-shooting, this doesn’t take long; only one of the four beasts gets anywhere near them, and Soren severely wounds it with another strike of his radiant longsword when it tries to bite, with the rest malting back into the ground like snow in the sun.
Now left alone, Eva tries to prevent their approach with another means - Kelpstrand. Four ropes of slippery kelp emerge from the earth to lash around her foes, and this time, they work. Both warriors are fixed in place, and while they struggle and hack at kelp, Eva initiates her next spell. They manage to escape the kelp’s grasp just in time to be engulfed in the swirling wailing white of an Ice Storm while Eva flies away once again.
