Puppies+Vulcans=Recipe for Disaster(JOB/Javel)

Her skill with her magic was impressive for someone of her rank. In a brilliant flash of white flames, er grace and careful execution of her spell managed to effortlessly down one of the powerful vulcans, which would've taken regular mages a lot more work to do.

Of course, the dark mage was not to be outdone and he had a more pragmatic approach to taking care of his opponents. He contemplating about equipping his armor for the situation, but decided  against with the presence of another mage nearby. Instead, he will improvise and holding his arm outward, he summoned a new weapon in the form of an antique lantern.

Edison's Lantern had proven to be a valuable asset in Javel's arsenal and he intended to utilize it to its fullest potential. He quickly unsheathed his weapon off his back and held it at the middle. He aligned his newly summoned lantern to the front of the weapon, cocking and pushing the slider of the latter forward like a shotgun. True to its name, the Berserker's Hand, the weapon's eponymous function closed at gripped the lantern tightly, practically transforming itself from a blunt weapon to a pseudo-mace in one mechanical motion.

The dark mage followed up with Tsubasa's initial moonfire spell. She managed to land a decent hit on the next vulcan and left an opening for attack, one to finish it off. Javel aimed down on the monster and immediately fired off a powerful bolt of yellow lightning at its general direction. The bang of the voltage rang through the cold night as it surged through the creature like a impaling sword. The vulcan dropped dead seconds after and Javel quickly marked his next targets, none other than the charging vulcans angered by the fall of their brethen.

Javel shifted his position and parried one of  the oncoming fists thrown at him by one of the vulcans. He knocked his arm aside and swung his improvised mace at the other vulcan with tremendous force, a crackling of electric sparks igniting from the point of impact. It backed up in pain and Javel took the chance to swing again, this time going for its leg and knocking it off balance. The dark mage raised his weapon and brought it down on the grounded creature before it could put up any more resistance. As expected, one hit was not enough to slay it so he struck again. And again. And again - each consecutive blow more vicious than the last on the poor victim of his silent fury.

Javel was still swinging at the mutilated body of the vulcan he was still attacking, only stopping when he heard Tsubasa call to him with her cheerful voice. The dark mage relented and took a glance at his now-bloodied weapon. The lantern faded back into his pocket dimension in a flash of light and he re-sheathed his Berserker's Hand onto his back before finally turning around.

The girl scooped up the frightened puppy from the bushes and happily suggested that they finally get going back to town. Javel found himself nodding and he followed closely behind as the duo made their way to the client's hometown. The woods were huge and unforgiving, and with their pace it seemed like a few hours worth of walking. Fortunately for them, Javel knew his way around to take point and lead them safely out of the forest afterwards. The road to the town was an easy path to follow when they made it out...

Javel accepted the money given to him by the girl and he curtly nodded to her. She was certainly a queer one and would've never expected her to survive in those woods, but oh was he very much proven wrong. Javel had a level of respect towards her conviction and skill, a shame it had to hampered by that ridiculous personality of hers. Perhaps when she gets older, she will become a more mature person by then.

Of course, that still didn't change the fact that going alone into the Spooky Forest without supervision was a reckless thing to do. Javel experienced it first-hand himself and did not want anyone else to end up in his situation. But lo and behold, the girl leapt in the air and back into the forest and taking off before the dark mage could even warn her not to do so. He sighed in frustration and decided to get a move along, as he needed to get back to Savage Skull. He, too, entered the Spooky Forest and headed towards into the fog, and faded away...