Chapter 19: Aftermath
Elmo wasn't sure what had happened. All he knew was that suddenly Elin first went to her knees, then to the floor while her body began convulsing or something. He was worried she was having a seizure or other issue. She'd taken out most of the skeletons they were facing and it looked like the only ones left were the five in front of Kim and Jonas.
Kim seemed to be almost done with the two in front of her, Elmo had nearly destroyed one of the skeletons in front of Jonas while Jonas was working mostly to keep from getting hit by the skeletons.
As the skeletons in front of Kim collapsed and were no longer a threat, Elmo noticed movement in the darkness down the hallway that the skeletons had come from.
Was there another skeleton that had been lagging behind the others? Elmo wondered.
However, as Kim began helping Jonas finish off the three skeletons in front of him, Elmo saw a blue orb of energy come out of the darkness. He couldn't tell if was Kim or Jonas who was the target, but like Elin's Sacred Shot and his Magic Burst, it was clear it was only a single target spell.
"Look out!" Elmo cried, but didn't have time to indicate to Jonas or Kim about what he had been talking about, as the energy orb went straight through the skeletons and hit Jonas directly. Not that it looked like Kim or Jonas had really heard him.
Jonas looked like he'd been hit and was disoriented for a moment before collapsing on the ground. Kim had gotten the attention of two of the skeletons who had been facing Jonas, but the other still had Jonas in it's sights.
Elmo took the staff he had, since he was pretty sure he was low on MP and wasn't sure if he should use all of it or keep some in reserve, just in case. He swung his staff like he was trying to chop wood, like he had when his family had visited his uncle a couple years ago and he'd been shown how to chop firewood.
His first strike on the skeleton didn't seem to do anything other than make the skeleton focus on him. Which actually Elmo considered a good thing. It would at least keep it from attacking Jonas, who looked like he was completely helpless on the floor.
Elmo wanted to attack right away, but the skeleton reached out for him and he had to dodge or get struck by those bony fingers that looked like they would hurt if they made contact with any part of him. Then after his third dodge, he saw an opening. He jabbed the staff in like it was a spear and struck the breast bone of the skeleton.
He assumed the bones were just old and brittle already when the breast bone shattered and the skeleton crumpled to the ground in a pile of bones. As it collapsed, Kim finished off the other two skeletons.