Billiam the Bold

Achilles reacted at once! He leaped to meet the attacker, swinging Virgil in a wide arc to slam the blade out of the way!

The attacker let out a sound that was more of an anguished gurgle than a shout of anger.

It staggered away from Achilles’s attack, nearly falling over—

But then a blue arm sprouted from its chest and clung to a nearby tree branch, preventing it from falling down.

“Gods!” Dagenor screamed, sounding utterly terrified. “It’s a Demon!”

“No,” Medea growled, and ran forward to flank the attacker while Achilles kept it occupied in the front. “It’s a human, possessed or enchanted or whatever! But I think this is the first ‘human’ that’s been seen alive under the effect!”

The possessed human pulled itself back upright and screamed as it swung its blade in a circle around itself.

A blue ring of light appeared around it and expanded outward!

Achilles threw up Virgil, and the ring shattered against the eldritch blade!