[ They're going to be swarmed in minutes. This spirit might be taking up all their attention but they'll be severely outnumbered soon. The number of citizens in Beacon didn't match up with what lived in the woods. Vanitas' first foray out into the forest told him that point-blank. His gaze cuts briefly to the side, to the swell of creatures coming in to the square.
Vanitas grits his teeth and surges forward, banking on their combined efforts that the spirit won't be able to grab him backwards when he pushes Darkness into his blade and brings it down in one big cleave. Maybe he's lucky, but he comes down hard on the spirit and the shadows holding it down undulate when his weapon comes down. The shockwave that reaches out from the impact ripples out, almost invisible in the low light, though the blow-back from it rustles Cao Pi's hair and clothing.
The spirit goes still, but if Vantias is honest— he doesn't know if that means it's dead.
Vanitas doesn't step off the body, but instead pushes away, back flipping over himself to reset to his original position and turning his helmet toward the oncoming swarm. ]
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Vanitas grits his teeth and surges forward, banking on their combined efforts that the spirit won't be able to grab him backwards when he pushes Darkness into his blade and brings it down in one big cleave. Maybe he's lucky, but he comes down hard on the spirit and the shadows holding it down undulate when his weapon comes down. The shockwave that reaches out from the impact ripples out, almost invisible in the low light, though the blow-back from it rustles Cao Pi's hair and clothing.
The spirit goes still, but if Vantias is honest— he doesn't know if that means it's dead.
Vanitas doesn't step off the body, but instead pushes away, back flipping over himself to reset to his original position and turning his helmet toward the oncoming swarm. ]
These things shouldn't be here.