The Savage Brawl [Round 5: Battletopia]

Originally posted on MSPA by Dragon Fogel.

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Ekelhaft had been taken by surprise. It had rarely faced a threat by a direct attack - usually anyone who came close enough would be overtaken by madness, and the blob would be able to flee or hide.

But Ziirphael, perhaps due to his nature as a god, seemed relatively unaffected by the blob's aura of madness. His desperate strike with the climbing frame had been unexpected. Ekelhaft had found itself forced to divide, and momentarily confused as it sought to reform and counterattack.

As it did, Ziirphael struck it with one of the broken metal poles of the climbing frame. The blob simply continued to reform around it, unaffected by the attack.

However, Konka Rar saw a way to turn the situation to his advantage.

"Ziirphael! Move!"

The death-god, reacting quickly, dropped the pole and fled to safety. Konka Rar raised his staff, and fired a bolt of lighting from it directly into the metal pole. The pole crackled, and the electricity was channeled through the reforming Ekelhaft.

The slime-creature recoiled in pain. Though its aura consumed most of the magic, the electric charge traveling through the pole was more difficult to resist. Ekelhaft swiftly extricated its mass from the pole, but the attack had served as enough of a distraction to allow its two opponents to flee.

Ekelhaft began pursuit, then noticed the Hand of Silver fleeing in the opposite direction. It briefly considered which of its foes would be a better target for the moment.