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and stared back at them. He stood on the small plateau at the hilltop, wagging his tail as he waited for his two companions to arrive, which they did after completing the two hour climb.
     
         Ray sat down on a medium-sized boulder that was the common feature of this plateau. Lance sat on another and was gulping down some water when suddenly, Spirit started a low pitched growl and bared his fangs.
     
         Suddenly, an arrow cuts through the air and lands a finger’s length away from Ray. Ray jumps to his feet while shouting instructions for Lance to hide behind a large boulder nearby.  Several arrows fly from behind some nearby bushes towards Ray. Pointing a finger down towards the ground, Ray sends out a continuous flow of soul energy and upon flicking his finger upwards, raises a wall of solid earth; thereby shielding him from these deadly arrows. Rolling sideways away from the wall of solid earth, Ray counter-attacks by sending a few flaming spheres soaring towards the bushes. Loud explosions echo throughout the plateau as the spheres hit their targets, and seven humanly figures run out of the bushes, stumbling and screaming in pain as some parts of their bodies were on fire.
     
         Spirit does not waste even a single heartbeat of time, running and leaping into the nearest of the humanly figures. He sinks his fangs in deep and anchors himself onto his prey. The unfortunate victim lets out a feeble moan as the life drains away from his body. Meanwhile, Ray runs forward and using his silver staff, delivers a Horizontal Strike to one of the attacker’s jaw, smashing it. As the attacker turns and falls to the ground, Ray follows up with a Vertical Strike to the top of his head, shattering his skull and thereby killing him.
     
         By now, the remaining five attackers manage to put out the fires on their bodies by rolling on the ground, and begin to surround Ray and Spirit. They abandon their bows and draw out their swords instead. The first attacker stands exactly in front of Ray, the second and subsequent ones surrounding Ray and Spirit in a clock-wise direction.  Spirit let go of the corpse and stares fiercely into the fourth attackers’ eyes. This attacker shrinks slightly in fear and takes a step backwards.
     
         With a tremendous yell, Ray thrusts his finger at the first attacker and sends an arrowhead shaped pebble straight into his throat, thereby ending his despicable life. At the same time Spirit runs toward the fear-stricken attacker but at mid-point, turns instead towards the third attacker, and then leaps into the air and sinks his razor sharp fangs into this unfortunate victim. The fourth attacker freezes in fear as he watches Spirit’s savage attack and the fatal result it brings. Ray attacks the fifth attacker who is standing next to the first one and executes a horizontal strike to the torso. The fifth attacker tries to block the strike with his sword, but with marginal success. Ray follows up by stepping forward and executes a Horizontal Strike from the reverse-side and smashes the attacker’s knee, sending him crashing to the ground in pain.
     
         Ray runs through the gap that has been created by the downing of the two attackers, turns around and faces the second attacker. The second attacker lunges forward with a stabbing motion. Ray easily parries the attack and slams his silver staff into the attacker’s jaw in a counter-attack, sending him spinning towards the ground. The fourth attacker turns to run, but within ten paces an arrowhead shaped pebble pierces his heart from the back and separates his soul from his body. The fifth attacker tries to get on his feet, but with a shattered knee, has tremendous trouble doing so. Not being naive enough to wait for his opponent to fully regain his footing so that he can be attacked again, Ray steps forward and deals out a fatal Vertical Strike to the attacker’s skull. Turning towards the second attacker, Ray