The Night Before the Gold Hunting:
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The battle between the Shandian Warriors and Eneru's Priests waged on. Strike that. The battle between the Shandians and Eneru's Priest waged on. Gedatsu had been taken out when Wyper blasted him in the face with his cannon. He wasn't dead. But he'd been taken out of the equation.
Ohm was now the last Priest standing. But he wasn't alone. His still had his massive dog Holy. Ohm rode on Holy's back as he dodged cannon blasts from the remaining Shandian Warriors. Even if he was the only Priest left, Ohm wasn't giving an inch and was actually holding his own.
"RAAAH!" Kiko roared as he lashed out his arm. FWOOSH! A long blade of fire came out of the tube on his arm. The blade became a whip as he swung his arm down at the Priest and his massive dog.
SWIIISH! Ohm lashed out his sword, the blade grew and swung like a whip and cleaved straight through Kiko's flame whip. Ohm's whip-like blade kept going and connected with Kiko's stomach, SLISH! Kiko was knocked back and went crashing to the ground. THUD!
"RUFF!" Holy swung to the side and knocked a pair of charging Shandians aside with a massive tackle. WHAM!
Ohm and Holy raced through the battlefield. Ohm used his Mantra so they could avoid the cannon blasts while he used his versatile sword to strike down any of the Shandians that got close enough to them.
"Those two together are a problem," Laki noted as she and Kamakiri watched from nearby.
"We have to find some way to separate them," Kamakiri resolved.
Wooosh! Genbo sped up behind them, "Hey, I've got an idea," he told them. Genbo raced off and Laki and Kamakiri quickly followed after him.
Swish! Ohm swung his sword and blocked a shot from a Shandian.
"ROOOAAHH!" Holy roared as he barreled through the trees.
KA-BOOOOM! Ohm looked up in time to see a massive tree start to fall. The tree dropped enough for him to get a glimpse of Genbo perched on the branch of the tree behind it with a smoking cannon-barrel before the tree came crashing down.
SKISH! Ohm lunged one way while Holy dove the other. KRASH! The tree crashed to the ground and effectively separated the Priest from his canine steed.
"RAAAH!" A group of Shandians charged at Holy and started to blast the monster dog with their cannons. KA-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM! Without Ohm to guide him, Holy was unable to dodge the blasts and ended up taking fire. But the massive dog was so huge and powerful that the blasts had very little effect on him.
On the other side of the fallen tree, Ohm let out a whistle to signal Holy, "SWEEEEEEEEE!"
Ohm turned to the side and watched as three Shandians came charging over a tree.
"Three attackers," Ohm observed using his high-level Mantra and read their movements perfectly. Ohm drew his sword and slashed it at his attackers. SLIISH! The whip-like blade flew through the air where Ohm already knew the three Shandians were going to be. SLA-SLA-SLISH! His attack connected and all three Shandians were sent flying.
BANG! BANG! BANG! Laki perched on a tree and fired her rifle at Holy. But her long-distance shots were having no effect. SKISH! Laki leapt off of the tree branch and bounced down it for a closer shot.
"RAAAWWR!" Holy lunged up from the ground and tackled Laki to the side. WHAM!
Laki went flying... but she didn't fall. Her backpack was caught... on the blade of Ohm's sword.
