The Systems Challenge

Elmo wished there was more that he could do. However, most of his spells ran the risk of hitting Kim if he used them with how narrow the stairway was. Even though Kim was handling herself rather well, he knew that if she was the one who killed every goblin, then that wasn't going to work well for them later on. Especially considering how they had no idea how many goblins there were in total.

Kim swung her sword in an upward motion as the bugbear approached. However, it was quick to block Kim's attack, although, given its bulk, it was clearly having difficulty moving in the narrow stairway. Yet, Elmo had a feeling that it was going to be more of a problem than the regular goblins.

So, he decided he needed to take a risk and cast a spell on it. Though, the next question for him was which spell to choose. He wanted to deal as much damage as he could with each spell, but he couldn't be sure which would do that. Yet, as he thought about it while Kim exchanged blows with the goblin, he realized he should use the fact that it took up pretty much the whole stairway and use the AOE spell he knew.

"Kim fall back a little," he called out to her.

While he had hoped that she would do that as quickly as she could, it was clear she wasn't going to. Although, part of him worried that she just didn't hear him because of the focus she had to put into the fight, given how close some of the swings from the bugbear came to her.

Yet, eventually she quickly moved back, allowing the goblin to proceed down the stairs a little more. Then when Elmo was sure there was enough of a distance, he held up his hand towards the bugbear and called out, "Rock Spray!"

A spray of small rocks shot out, resembling a shotgun blast. The bugbear was stopped moving for a moment before it started to slump down. Elmo blinked, surprised at what had happened. The rocks had all entered the bugbear's chest and had clearly blasted into its internal organs, creating a mortal wond that the bugbear was having trouble understanding as it clearly felt the life draining out of it, unable to breathe or have its blood continue pumping blood to its weak brain.

When the bugbear fell down, Elmo rushed forward to start and try to pull it off of the stairway so it wouldn't cause a hazard for Kim while they fought the goblins that had been behind the bugbear started to move slowly forward. As the goblins saw the body of the large bugbear being dragged into the basement, the let out an angry cry as they charged down the stairs.

Kim made short work of them.