From the Ashes... A new king's day?

[Olvelsper]

The giant toppled backwards, desperately lashing out with limbs to keep from falling over. Finally drawing to a halt, it lashed out with a one two jab from the arms as it pressed forwards.

[Dracos]

One blocked, the other sent the enemy golem's head clean off, leaving him facing...the remaining two as they managed  to stand.

Only to have the body of the third again vanish and collapse on them both, entangling them a moment longer as a group...and target.

Dracos

[Shukuen]

Leets forced himself to stand on unsteady legs, the rumbling of the three golems' impacts upon the ground not entirely helping his situation.

[Olvelsper]

The golem's right arm thundered as steam hissed, angrily gathering with a shrill whistle as the piston exploded downwards as the steel behemoth rushed forwards and punched down hard on the gathering of enemies, releasing the pressure that had been built in instant of contact.

[Dracos]

Against the ground, his blow struck true, the shattered wreckage denting the floor.  The fearsome guards no more than scrap metal on the floor.

With a loathsome creak, the door swung upwards revealing the stairway onwards.

Dracos

[Olvelsper]

The massive golem released a blast of steam as it transformed into human form, Jan stepping out of the high pressured moisture. He coughed a bit, waving the steam out of his face.

"Let's get up to the next floor."

[Dracos]

Heading through the gateway, a baffled seeming Leets hanging onto Jan's side, they stumbled their way up a set of darkened stairs.  The chill of the air helped return Leets to his senses as they hugged the wall, Viki summoning light to help them.

Though soon the chill grew worse as lights began to appear up and down the tower, howls of fright and anguish sapping at them, nightmareish faces floating around, slowly twisting closer to them as they lead up the spiral stairway.

Dracos

[Shukuen]

"Gah..." Leets grimaced, his senses returning with as much grace as a flying bag of hammers. "I feel I screwed something up," he muttered, trying to regain his bearings.

He paused to consider the face of a tortured soul that had apparently slowed to wail agonizingly in his face.

"...right, maybe I was better off being loopy."

[Dracos]

The grim chill got worse as they climbed up, the spirits drawing closer, almost massing around them as they got halfway up the tower.

Dracos

[Olvelsper]

"Use the Masamune, Leets. It seems to be capable of handling them." Jan quickly ordered.

[Shukuen]

"Right," Leets grimaced, pulling away. It took only a moment for his full mental facilities to return as he unsheathed Masamune.

"Evil spirits BEGONE!" he declared with unnecessary drama, slashing at the cloud of ghosts.

[Dracos]

It tore through those it hit with the greatest of ease, though those that remained screeched loudly, swirling around nearby hungrily watching just out of leets reach.

[Shukuen]

"Everyone safely behind? Okay!" Certain that there wouldn't be any more accidents like earlier, Leets focused Masamune's gathered energies, slashing loose with another shock wave at the distant spirits--albeit one that was somewhat weaker then the one he used on the skeletons.

[Dracos]

It was quite slow, the tormented spirits filtering apart and seeming to reform further off.  It seemed remarkably effective at driving off the ghosts though and they were quite near the top.

"Um, Leets!" Viki warned, scooting back from the wave of them coming from behind.

[Shukuen]

"On it!" Leets replied, dropping to rearguard of the group. Masamune was already charged--a preemptive move if the first attack didn't ward the spirits off--and Leets slammed down, the wave of blessed energy slightly stronger than the previous one flying off to the pursuing ghosts.