"Who the fuck dares?" The newcomer demanded as she swung a Kanabo from over her shoulder and hit the ground with its end as though it was a walking stick. "Who dares to harm one of Mistress Bree's most loyal followers?"
"It was that guy," Jaden responded dutifully as she pointed to Balphazard.
"You must be Jaden," Bella noted before frowning, "Why do you only wield a shield?"
"That guy's armor ate my weapon," Jaden said, flaming with rage, "and it was a gift from Mistress Bree; how am I gonna tell her some dude in magic armor ate the mace she gave to me,"
"She'll understand," Bella replied in a reassuring tone as she turned to Balphazard and noticed the sword on the ground, poking it with her Kanabo to see if anything was preventing her from taking it.
"Fool," Balphazard said as he held up his arms. "I am an envoy for the holy church; you're just some monster running around dressed in some silly maid's outfit." Bella stood without speaking momentarily before her Kanabo slammed down on the sword and broke it into pieces, leaving a small crater on the ground, the broken shards of the magic sword let out little magical whips of smoke as the enchantment died.
"Silly?" she demanded with rage in her voice. "This outfit was crafted by Mistress Bree herself. She spent months working tirelessly to make it for me." Bella walked towards him calmly, hitting her open palm with her Kanabo as she did so.
"Another enchanted weapon, obviously," Balphazard decided as he looked at the Kanabo. "Once I have that one, I'll begin wiping them all out." Bella raised her Kanabo as she grew closer. "Pathetically slow," he gave a confident grin as Bella swung her Kanabo down. He dodged it with ease and grabbed it.
"Now then, let's end this!" He began absorbing it, laughing. Bella simply let go of it and started walking away from him calmly.
"Mistress Bree makes copies of our weapons," Bella said to Jaden as she reached into her Inventory and pulled out an exact copy of the Kanabo Balphazard was absorbing. She turned and watched as he absorbed it.
"Now then," he held his hand and cried, "Behold my might!" He stood still, panting with excitement, before looking to his arms, where nothing was happening. "Wha…what is this?"
"I am Mistress Bree's tank," Bella replied. "I have high Defense, health, and damage. But this leaves me open to magic attacks, so Mistress Bree infused all of my equipment with Anti-magic so I can cut through magical barriers and block magical attacks,"
"Anti-magic," Balphazard demanded as he looked at his armor and attempted to activate it.
"Don't bother," Bella said. By absorbing my Kanabo, you have essentially neutered that Armor. Now come, face your death with dignity, and the pain will be far less than what you deserve." Balphazard took a step back before turning, attempting to flee. "Obviously," Bella noted without a hint of surprise before holding her Kanabo up, moving at high speeds.
Balphazard heard the sound of her running and turned just in time to see the Kanabo as it slammed down upon him. Bella picked her Kanabo up and shook the blood from it; all that remained of Balthazar was a small crater, his corpse nothing but a few broken pieces of bloody armor.
As she walked back, Olu and Belin helped Leafolio to their feet. They wobbled violently, and Olu had to keep his arm around them to keep them standing.
"Come," Bella told them. "Mistress Bree will repair him and replace the mace with ease,