No Surender

"Oh no, a trap; who could have seen that coming," No longer needing her false name, Bree instructed Zoey she could drop it as a large number of armed guards approached her; she recognized them all to be the same species as Gunter's wife, pointy ears, orange skin with red blotches, and Hair colors ranging from Green, Grey, and Black.

"Surrender your weapon and stand down," The Largest of the creatures demanded.

"And why should I surrender my weapon when I have done nothing but walk into your city, random gentle thing,"

 "I am Gor, the captain of the Hobgoblin guard," He declared, presumably to avoid being called a gentle thing any more than he needed to. "And I have been told that there's a chance that you are a slave driver; lower your weapon and surrender; if you are innocent, no harm will come to you, and your items will be returned to you,"

"You are being very polite about this, and I respect that," Bree said, "But I also must take extreme offense to being called a slave driver just because my Maid does what I ask her to do,"

"I apologize," Gor shook his head as he spoke, "But my hands are tied; if you do not surrender, we can and will use force,"

"I would be disgraced if I simply gave up my weapon in a hostile situation," Bree replied. "As is customary for my people, if you want me to surrender, you'll have to beat me into submission,"

"Very well," Gor replied, "I know not where you originate, but I shall honor that tradition," Gor held up his hand, and all his men did the same.

"Anti-magical seal, Anti-force shield," they called out in near-perfect unison. Bree expected little to happen to her and was delighted to see they were not aiming for her but instead for Zoey, who was covered in a bright Purple dome.

"What is this?" She demanded as she pulled her twin axes from her back and slashed at it to no avail.

"Knowing now that you will have to fight alone, do you still intend to fight us?" Gor asked.

"Of course, Zoey was never to fight anyway. Speaking of Zoey, don't try to break out; you'll just make us both look more like a problem than they already think we are." Zoey reluctantly stopped slashing and put her axes back in place.

"Very well, non-lethal force authorized," Gor called to his forces. "Take her down, not out." Bree watched as a volley of spells was cast at her. She stood in place and absorbed them into her staff with a smile.

"Paralysis, Sleep, Blindness, and even a few Petrifications," Bree noted once the volley of spells stopped. "I didn't appreciate the attempts to blind me or the attempt to turn me into a statue, but the other two seem quite alright." Bree used levitation to lift herself off the ground by such a small amount that her elevation didn't seem to change. Upon being able to move freely, she jolted to the right as a Spear was thrown at her shoulder.

"That felt somewhat lethal," She noted as more guards began converging on the area, having put the area in lockdown to keep any civilians from entering the area.

"Gor, what is taking so long?" A Hobgoblin who looked just as indistinguishable as the rest in his matching plate mail armor and helmet demanded, "How hard is it to arrest one Human,"

"Silence, Aer," Gor said. Being much larger than the others and having a different set of silver armor with a one-sided cape and no helmet, he was the only one Bree could distinguish as an individual from the ranks. "Now is the time for caution; we know not who this person is, and none of us could appraise her or her ally as they approached. I wish to avoid making an enemy here if I am not required to,"

"Fool," Aer said as he drew his sword, "You are truly our Lord Argits closest thing to a mistake,"

"He demoted you for a reason, Aer," Gor replied without malaise. "You will have your time to shine, but not here; return your platoon to keeping the lockdown in effect,"

"To this, I say nay," Aer said as he stood in a fighting stance. "Brothers, surround and attack; leave the first blow to me!" whether through loyalty or because they were used to following his orders, a large portion of the Hobgoblins pulled out their swords and ran at Bree. Aer was first in line and swung at her neck. The sword shattered against her skin, and he stepped back as more Hobgoblins rushed her from the side, and more weapons were broken against her skin.

"Impossible! No human could develop enough resistance to blunt force damage to break weapons against their skin," Aer raised his hand and cried out.

"Battle Storm!" The slightly cloudy day turned dark with a storm, and the Hobgoblins scattered as Aer retreated before turning back and raising his hand. "Behold my Ultimate attack, Lightning of the Gods!" A Gargatum Bolt of Lighting struck Bree, enveloping her entirely inside it. Bree tanked it.

"I do apologize," Bree said as she tapped her staff and proceeded to steal the entire storm from the sky, "But your attempt on my life has simply increased my offense to this entire situation,"

"Impossible!" Aer began sounding like a broken record, "Battle Storm mixed with Lightning of the Gods should have turned you to ash!"

"Oh, Honey," Bree laughed. "That kind of spell might have done something to Zoey, but against me, nothing," Aer looked to Zoey and clenched his fist when Bree gave him a warning, "That said, Zoey has agreed not to fight, so if you attempt to attack her, I will be forced to issue a counter-attack and mean it,"

"Battle Storm," Aer growled before pointing his hand at Zoey. 

"Aer No!" Gor screamed out before raising his hand. Before he could act, however, Bree instantly covered the distance between herself and Aer.

"I warned you," She said before holding her hand out in front of his face. "Knockback," Aer shot backward like a bullet and was embedded into a wall; his helmet split apart as he lay unconscious in the wall, blood dripping from his now broken nose.

"That was Knockback," Gor said in fear. "You did that with a level one spell!?"

"I know," Bree said. That had more kick than it was supposed to." Bree pointed her staff at Aer, and several Hobgoblins slashed at her to no avail as she declared, "Restoration." Aer began glowing white, and when it wore off, his nose was cleared of blood and set back in place.

"Stop breaking your dam weapons," Gor said irritably as another Hobgoblin tried to stab Bree in the back. Gor looked at a loss as to what to do next when his ears perked, and he looked toward the top of the mountain.

"My lord?" he asked in shock. Before more could be said, a Red Blur slammed into the ground, breaking it as the owner came to a halt.