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

[Dracos]

Jan could see a shadowy doorway ahead, a few ghosts between them and it as Leets' used the mighty sword of dreams to protect their path.

What lay beyond this shadowy gateway...?

[Olvelsper]

Jan figured now was about as good a time as ever to take the blunt path. In a flash of power, he began to rush the door, transforming into a golem halfway through the rush. Carrying the momentum, the golem smashed into the ghosts with fists as he moved onwards.

[Dracos]

A terrifying chill passed through Jan's body as he charged, seeming to sap strength and life even through his golemish form as he tore through the last of the ghosts and into the shadowy gateway beyond.  Viki stayed back, close to the defending Leets, the ghoulish faces screeching in rage and torment, but staying away from his blade.

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Stepping into the next room, Jan found himself facing a long passageway, deep dark pits on either side which one might guess would lead to a quite deadly fall down through the tower, save for the complete lack of light.  A single figure stood, roughly 1/4th the ways done the passage.  "You have done well to make it here," The voice was familiar, though he could not see the face, a steel mask covering every feature of his face, a long black cape flowing behind him.  "As have your friends.  Behind me lies the door to a new world.  It is my task to guard it, a task I have fulfilled since time immemorial.  Only once have I been passed."

It was the voice from the door that had let them in with the showing of the star.

[Shukuen]

Leets entered the room, closely after Jan, in time to hear the mysterious figure's speech. He narrowed his eyes, placing the figure's voice as the the one that greeted them at the doorway, and wondered...

"You said only one passed before... do you know what it was they found?"

[Dracos]

"A new world." He replied curtly, looking at the three, a darkening blur surrounding his form, obscuring it in the mists.

[Shukuen]

"How very helpful," Leets commented sarcastically, watching the figure vanish into the mists. He frowned thoughtfully... If this guy was a guard, then why did he...?

"He's probably transforming or calling for muscle," he said, answering his own unspoken question.

[Dracos]

A horrendous shriek answered his observation, a terrifyingly huge buglike creature standing in their way, completely blocking off the oath with its bulk.  A huge spiked tail swayed menacingly behind it as it spit a series of blueish energy balls towards them.

[Shukuen]

Leets sweated, eyeing the monstrosity skittering on the path. It's spiked tail swaying, as if trying to pick a target to lunge at. He sidestepped out of the path of the beast's attack, experimentally brushing Masamune into one of the energy balls to see its effect.

"Jan, Viki, if I distract him, do you think you can get Big You close enough to squash him?" he asked, keeping an eye on the creature.

[Dracos]

The energy ball nearly tore his arms out of their sockets, or felt like it as he brushed it with Masamune, getting swung around slightly.

[Shukuen]

Leets winced, nearly thrown off his feet by the force of the drag; his shoulders screamed at him, clearly demanding never to try experiments like that again.

[Dracos]

"I can try... are you ready, Mr. Jan?" She looked at the bolderman for some sense of notice as the bug crawled forward dangerously.

[Olvelsper]

The golem gathered its strength, the piston pilling up with pressure as it drew in air from around him to fill the massive container. It half turned towards Viki, raising its left hand up slightly to gesture the go ahead.

********

"Okay!" The brunette gripped her staff tightly as mystic light ignited on her brow, a runic symbol briefly manifesting as the massive golem vanished from before her, and appeared upside down above the scorpion.

"Please work."

********

The golem suddenly materialized high above the scorpion, and promptly began to plummet down towards the beast. It continued gathering as much air to fuel the pressure attack as it could before unleashing it upon the monstrous creature!

[Dracos]

A tail lashed forth towards him as he fell, the strike would be costly if he went through with it, or he could twist, defending himself...

[Olvelsper]

Jan was quite sick and tired of the villians always having the upper hand. They had lost so many allies in their adventures because of how overwhelmingly larger than life the monsters and demons in their way seemingly were.

It was time to strike back. Even if his body was destroyed, even if his spirit were crushed, they were going to pay for keeping the gifts of a good life trapped in these horrid places.

The golem unleashed his greatest attack at the scorpion's head, deadly and true.

[Dracos]

The piston struck true, even as the tail lashed through him, painfully ripping through his armored body and strangely leaving him reverted to normal by the smouldering hulk of a beast his body bleeding fairly painfully.  Not fatal, but not pleasant either.