Battle the troll.

With its massive hands clutched together, it brings two arms up, and swings them straight down towards Niki like a meteor. However, she raises up her shield. She's been given ample time to prepare, though dodging isn't her modus operandi. The impact is horrifically powerful. So much so that Niki groans out in pain. Her boots are **** down into the ground, and her teeth clench hard, yet she somehow manages to remain standing under a strike that would liquify any normal woman. Still, she may not be able to take many of those.

Meanwhile, dozens of flying skulls make their way towards the others.

"I've got it!" Eva shouts while withdrawing her wand. She focuses her mind, staring up at the creatures as she begins swishing her focus methodically before her. As she does, electricity sparks and dances down her arms, and off the pink crystal tip of her wand. With a deep breath, she whips her arms forward and shouts, "Chain Lighting!" at the top of her lungs. Arcing energy crackles out from her body. Not only does it collide with the nearest skulls, but the lightning arcs between them. The sky is lit up above you with flashing lights of pure devastation.

"Good job, Eva!" you shout back. Meanwhile, you draw your blade.

As you bolt ahead, you hear Amara say something behind you, but it's immediately covered by Niki's battle shout. She slams her mace into the monster's leg yet again. This time, it topples backwards, though just as before, it uses just one of its lanky limbs to stop its descent. You weren't here last time, however. With your magic blade drawn, you dash and dice straight through said limb, causing it to thump to the ground albeit still wriggling like a fish out of water. The rest of its body collides with the ground, now with no arm there to stop it.

The rot troll groans angrily. As it stands, you notice something strange. The arm you just dismembered floats back up to slam against the monster's stump. Just like that, it's reattached and working without any difficulty.

You turn in surprise at Amara's hand on your back. "What are you doing this close?!" you ask in panic.

She stares you straight in the eyes with a fiery focus. "Bless!" she yells back, bestowing a power upon you. Suddenly, your already keen senses are sharpened even further, and your body feels more sturdy than before. She shivers as a tingle runs down her body, though she takes a step back and slams the bottom of her silver staff against the ground. She can hardly make out the top of the beast at such a close proximity, but she still begins casting another spell.

"I've got you!" Niki dives forwards as the rot troll swings a massive claw towards the elf. She tackles the weight of her body into its wrist, forcing it back.

"What are you casting?" you ask.

Amara takes a deep breath. "Rot trolls are undead," she replies simply.

You nod in understanding. Of course. Celestial Blast. We just need to keep her safe.

Speaking of which, the creature has more than one limb. With Niki on one side, Amara is completely open on her other as a second claw swings. You may not have the supernatural strength and durability of Niki, but you have many other talents instead. You slide your hand along the steel of your blade, which begins to glow a more noticeable shade of pink as you bolt past Amara, and speak the magic words, "Flare Blade". Suddenly, your weapon is engulfed in fire. You dash forwards with incredible speed, and before the claw can meet its mark, you deal several strikes in the time it would take most folk to deliver one. A few of the rot troll's fingers fly off, and its palm erupts into flames, forcing it back with a pained growl.

"C... Celestial..." Amara swirls her staff around in the air above her head. Then with all of her fury, she screams out, "Blast!" And with that, a wave of radiant, holy magic not only scorches the creature's chest, but puts a hole straight through. It travels upwards and out through the monster's upper back. A surge of golden flames run down along its veins as it stumbles backwards, seemingly in more pain than ever before. "G-Go now," she says while struggling to catch her breath. "It will not be able to heal for a short time!"

"Got it." You leap swiftly onto its knee, and vault yourself up the creature's body. As you go, you notice one of its arms swinging to squish you like a pesky bug. It barely grazes your body, and thanks to Amara's Bless, you don't feel a thing. In fact, you're so invigorated that you hardly notice that you're actually climbing up a massive creature's back. As you go, you slice and dice, igniting the monster's rotting flesh behind you. Then at last, you arrive at the neck. You grip Lauo with two hands, lower your body, and then with two rapid slices, you completely decapitate the rot troll's head from its body.

First, the head itself collides with the ground with a disgustingly visceral impact. Next, you ride the plummeting body all the way down to the ground. At the last moment, you leap off and click your heels together, gliding down to meet back with your party--a trail of smoke behind the tip of your blade. You sheathe the weapon once again, take a deep breath, and look back upon the carnage.

Eva gasps as she accidentally steps on one of the charred skulls with a crunch. "Ew."

"Ooh. Fun!" Niki slams her boot down on the nearest winged skull corpse, shattering it to pieces.

Meanwhile, you put your hand on Amara's shoulder. "You good?"

She smiles back at you. "I was going to ask you the same question."

"You did good, Amara. Why don't you reward yourself by giving Niki a little heal?"

"Just a little one?" she asks.

You smirk back at her. "Listen. It's your mana. You do with it what you wish."

Suddenly, Summer calls out from a distance away. "What was that?!" she cries.