Sne rode her Manta over the south wall of Glory city. She was stunned at how big the city had grown and how strong its defense was. One guild would have no chance of staging any sort of coup. She brought up her wall defense menu.


    [Allied Command: South Wall Defense]


    Sharl


    Banzi


    Jun Li


    Wind


    Pon


    Semmi


    Gypsy


    Tess


    Wylie


    [Lock in this Defense?]


    "Yes." Sne liked the ss breakdown, three healers, three tanks and three dps. After locking down the South wall defense, the wall couldn''t be breached until all of them were dead or had retreated from the wall.


    She turned her manta back toward the north wall. She had elected to put the elite from Resolute there, the rest of her guild was entrenched in makeshift bunkers outside of the walls. Their job was to slow down progress and create havoc with the invading force. More then anything, she wanted to see what her new allies were made of. She had tried to inspect the Temple defense but Shae ran her off.


    /Allied Commander: Sne: The hoard is gathering, be ready! The first few waves will be the hardest.


    /Inferno: Jun Li: Let''s use the Inferno chat for localm so we stay off the allied channel.


    /Inferno: Sharl: Shields Up!


    [Allied Shield Wall x3]


    All damage is now routed through the shield wall.


    Pon inhaled deeply and then let it out, his mana pool was almost double what it normally was. Given the existence of the Fire Pce and now the Scorched Earth Temple, on Glory Ind, Fire Mages ruled. "Time to burn shit."


    All nine of them jumped when the cannon to the left of them fired, a second and a halfter the right one caused the same reaction. There were smiles all around at their own reaction. They fired every three seconds, which meant every 1.5 seconds since they were alternating. They watched the hoard m into the entrenched guilds, their allies did a surprisingly good job of limiting the numbers that were able to pass by.


    Nearly a hundred from the Terran faction made it through the lines, the firing cannons shortened their range and continued to weed them down as they sprinted toward the wall carrying longdders and ropes.


    A flying creature unstealthed right above the battlefield.


    [Carpet Bomb]


    The entire area was nketed with small explosions. Fey dipped her wings and then banked back toward the temple.


    Sharl squinted at the Drake. "Was Nix flying?''


    Pon shook his head. "It was just Fey. Bastard''s using hispanion to sop up some extra kills. Shameless."


    Windughed at the old man''s posturing, "now''s your chance."


    Pon stood behind Banzi and raised his hands, they instantly burst into mes.


    [Volcanic Tribute]


    A wide swath ofnd the size of a ser field burst into mes, screams of agony and the smell of burnt flesh filled the air. The old manughed maniacally and shouted at the charging crowd. "Wee to Glory Ind Shitheads!"


    Fourdders started to go up at once, a momentter they burst into mes. A gold armored knight managed to scamper up thedder and make it to the wall.


    [Balefire]


    A white sh of me took the knight through his visored helm, he fell lifelessly to the ground below.


    Wind frowned at the fire mage. "Hey... don''t be so selfish, we want to get a few hits in."


    Semmi nodded in agreement before stealthing, Wind smiled at the spot where she had been standing and followed suit.


    "Damn stealth sses," Pon muttered under his breath.


    /Inferno: Jun Li: First wave and we only experienced light contact.


    /Inferno: Sharl: Really light.


    Over the next half hour, three more waves of fighters charged the South Wall, only to be wiped out by Allied defense. Finally, on the fifth wave, a dozen Terrans made it on the wall.


    "COME ON!" Sharl met the charge of a group of four heavily armored Assants, Banzi moved with her while Jun Li hung back with the clerics.


    [Fire Field]


    Pon has cast Fire Field, all nearby enemies receive a fire counter that deals light damage every thirty seconds.


    The entire area around them burst into mes, the low-level AE didn''t bother the armored fighters but it exposed a stealthed fighter moving toward the healers.


    [Natures Sanctuary]


    Wylie has cast Natures Sanctuary and all nearby allies are healed for half of their existing health.


    [Divine Armor]


    Tess has cast Divine Armor on Sharl. Divine armor continually heals ten percent of target health every 30 seconds for three minutes.


    "Bree!" Jun Li moved to intercept the swordsman, her silver de shing out to parry his.


    "You bitch! That''s my de." Bree ignored the target and attacked with multiple shes, driving Jun Li back a step.


    /Inferno: Pon: Should we help her?


    [Backstab]


    Semmi hasnded a critical strike on Bree.


    [Backstab]


    Wind hasnded a critical strike on Bree.


    Jun Li leaped in and removed Bree''s head with a casual swipe of the silver sword. "This is my sword now bitch!"


    /Inferno: Wind: Bree is a guy right?


    /Inferno: Semmi: Aye, a very pretty one.


    /Inferno: Nix: Bree is there? Do you need help?


    /Inferno: Jun Li: Why would we need help?


    Sharl mmed her shield upwards into the chin of one of the attacks, her spear shed instantly and opened up his throat, spraying her nearby teammates with blood.


    /Inferno: Semmi: Oh god... that''s noting out.


    /Inferno: Tess: Kinda gross hun.


    The tankughed and used her shield again to stun an opponent before running him through with her spear. She kicked him off the wall a momentter.


    "That''s my son''s sword you have there Inferno bitch!" A handsome middle-aged man in leather armor walked carefree down the wall toward them.


    /Inferno: Semmi: Bugger... It''s Calyph.


    /Inferno: Jun Li: We are going to need that help Nix. He''ll wipe us all.


    The slender man stood ramrod straight, every movement seemed impossibly graceful. "I gave that sword to my son, whom you should never have touched."


    /Inferno: Jun Li: I''ll hold him off as long as I can. Finish the rest of this group!


    Jun Li circled Calyph warily, suddenly jumping in with her sword. He casually went to block it with his de but was forced to leap back and defend her shield strike.


    "Very nice feint. You have potential." Caliph smiled at Jun Li, "hand me the sword ande with me. I will be your master!"


    "Sure..." Jun Li leaped forward again, attacking quickly both high and low beforending a kick that spun the man slightly.


    "Who taught you the sword youngdy?" Calyph stopped retreating and moved forward, his de shing faster than the eye could follow. A momentter Jun Li screamed and the silver sword fell onto the wall along with her hand.


    [Go no further]


    Gypsy has cast root and bound Calyph in ce.


    Banzi grabbed Jun Li and pulled her back toward the group, she grabbed the silver sword before he did so.


    Jun Li pried her own fingers loose from the sword and switched it to her left hand.


    /Inferno: Jun Li: We''re in trouble here Nix, this guy can take us all.


    /Inferno: Nix: Don''t worry, help ising.


    [Disimer: In Colonial, the non-fatal loss of limbs cannot be healed by normal means. You can be fully healed, but the missing limb won''t be returned unless you are rezzed or restored by game events.]


    The root wore off and Calyph advanced on the group. All three clerics tried in vain to reroot him.


    "Should you really be picking on the younger generation?" A slurred voice spoke from behind Calyph. An old man in bare feet and greasy gray hair stared at the immacte swordsman.


    "Whoever you are, you''d be best served by not interfering with me." Calyph''s smooth voice held all the arrogance of a Swordmaster.


    "I was looking for the master who sometimes helps me resolve issues like this one. Have you seen Baiter?" The speaker held a half-empty bottle of wine in one hand and a sword in the other.


    "I haven''t seen any Master Baiter, please die without speaking further." Calyph moved forward and shed his de quickly, he immediately jumped backward in retreat, a deep gash opened on his cheek.


    /Inferno: Semmi: Oh god... Did that old man just make a masturbation joke?


    /Inferno: Nix: I''m sure she did.


    /Inferno: Pon: The f*ck you say? She?


    Chiba finished off the bottle and tossed it to one side. "Come then, pretend master." She shed toward the shocked swordsman and attacked.


    Calyph stopped the first two shes but was run through the chest when he tried to retreat. He copsed to his knees in shock. "Who are you?"


    Chiba shrugged and picked up the de Calyph had dropped. "You blocked two of my attacks, so in your honor, I will keep this de."


    /Inferno: Jun Li: I didn''t even see the attack.


    Chiba turned back toward the group as Calyph''s critically hit body vanished. She stared at Wind for a moment. "Are you Pon? Nix said you would take good care of me." The old woman licked her lips suggestively.


    Wind shook his head and pointed to the Fire Mage. "He''s Pon."


    Chiba wrinkled her nose, "the old ugly guy?"


    Both of Pon''s hands glowed with fire. "You''re an old ugly guy!"


    Chiba sighed unhappily. "Fine, after we finish this mission I''ll shag you properly. It''s obvious you''ve never had a woman as hot as me."


    Wind turned away to hide hisughter, he wasn''t alone. "Please take good care of Pon."


    Jun Li put the silver sword away and hoisted her shield in her hand. "Looks like I''m all defense now, let''s get ready for the next wave!"