The Inferi finally had the boy human! The exposed bones of fingers entwined in his hair and began to pull his head slowly backward. The creature savored the moment, waiting to hear the crackle of bones snapping, when... A flying burning object came hurtling toward them. Using all their strength and speed, they dragged the boy out of its path. Broken glass rained down around them as the table smashed through the wall, setting fire to the grass outside.
Before the Inferi had the chance to finish snapping the boy's neck, another girl (Vivian) appeared out of nowhere and punched one of them in the skull. The punch had no effect on the creature whatsoever, succeeding only in making it blink in confusion. Where did this one come from? While the punch did no damage, her spells did. It caught the Inferius right in the eye. It let go of the boy, it's rotting hands covering its face in a desperate attempt to put out the fire. The flames spread to the rest of its body as the girl's second spell hit; it staggered backward to its demise, tripping over the table and adding to the inferno outside.
The remaining Inferi turned their attention back to the boy and girl (Felicity). Time to finish these two off! Then an adult human appeared and started sending spells at them. A couple of unfortunate creatures were caught in the crossfire and set ablaze, but there were plenty more where they came from! Every spell, every fallen comrade made the Inferi angrier!
They dropped the boy and girl (Felicity) to the ground. They'd deal with them later! With a sickening CRACK, the Inferi's heads turned, their cloudy white eyes landing on the two unwelcome new visitors. They converged on the pair, their sharp decayed teeth gnashing. They would pay for their intrusion...
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