The Savage Brawl [Round 5: Battletopia]

Originally posted on MSPA by Dragon Fogel.

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Konka Rar cursed his luck, but he noticed the creature's advance slowing. He reasoned that he must have made it wary. The slime would soon reach him, but at least he had a few precious seconds to think.

He suddenly spotted something in the water. A corpse.

Well, it might serve as a distraction. The creature was limiting his magic as it drew nearer, but he was able to gather enough power for a basic necromancy spell.

"Arise, fallen soul! I am your master!"

Dark energies surrounded the corpse, which slowly got up and lurched out of the water. One half of Ekelhaft lunged at it, deciding the new entity might interfere; that was all the distraction Rar needed. He ran towards the other half and readied his laser; when he was close, he fired.

As he expected, it divided once more. But in doing so, it slowed itself down, focusing more on the division process than on attacking. It offered Konka Rar crucial seconds to run past, escaping towards Dr. Anarchy.


By this time, the half-sized blob had drained the zombie of the magic animating it. The corpse fell into the water, lifeless. Ignoring the now motionless body, Ekelhaft rejoined itself and resumed pursuit.

It was beginning to realize a problem. For eons, Ekelhaft had done nothing except slowly destroy itself. It was out of practice. Decisions that should have been easy to make diverted its attention for a few seconds; and those few seconds could cost it dearly in combat, as had just been made clear.

For now, it was still focused on its target. The lich was too dangerous to be left alone.