Petty thievery with a side of crystals

The crystals were being kept in a building located in a rundown industrial area. I walked towards the building accompanied by Lucid and Gallant, and saw in the distance a bunch of Leishu guards standing around the front entrance. We made sure to keep out of sight of the guards as we figured out what our next move would be. Meanwhile Syrus and Saib were keeping a lookout on a nearby rooftop.
 
Lucid proceeded to create a small shadowy portal and then threw a dagger through it. Another small portal must have opened up in front of the Leishu guards because that same dagger ended up hitting one of them. Lucid then produced an illusion of himself which ran past the guards. A majority of the guards followed after the illusion but unfortunatly a couple of them did not take the bait and stayed in front of the building. I had wondered what powers Lucid had gotten since his transformation and was glad that i got to see these powers in action. I then shot a couple of arrows at the two remaining guards and got them both in the leg. The guards retaliated by throwing a dagger into my shoulder and another one into my leg. I pushed past the pain letting the adrenalin take over. Plus when i considered the pain i had experienced in my previous battles a couple of daggers was manageable.
 
Gallant than ran towards one of the guards and knocked them out with a headbutt. Lucid attempted to sneak up on the remaing guard but was unnsuccessful. The guard then swung his sword and fortunately Lucid was able to dodge the attack. Lucid continued to fight the remaining guard and then Gallant knocked him out. Afterwards Gallant ran to my side and i could sense he was concerned about the daggers sticking out of me. I reassured him i was okay and felt lucky that Gallant was part of my life.
 
Arthom then approached on a gleam pod and made a snide comment about how he needed us to district the guards, not knock them out. I figured knocked out guards was not a bad outcome considering how badly it could have gone. He then made his way to the building entrance, shifted into a spider and slipped into the building.
 
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While we waited for Arthom to grab the crystals i went about pulling the daggers out of my leg and shoulder, and then ripped off part of my cloak to wrap around the wounds. It was not the best patch up job but i needed to stop the bleeding somehow. Soon after a loud ringing noise sounded from the building and then Arthom ran out. He started to load the crystals into the gleam pod but was interrupted when a short Leishu with streaks of orange fur ran out of the building and attacked him. Syrus had swooped down from the rooftop by this stage and between the two of them they were then able to subdue the Leishu.
 
We did not have time to relax however because Gallant started growling and then i saw the group of guards from before running towards us. Gallant held them back initially which allowed me to shoot arrows at them. I then cast ensnaring strike and shot more arrows at them which entangled them in piercing vines when they got hit by the arrows. It felt great to finally be using my skills as a warrior effectivley in battle. Lucid used his new powers to cover their faces with thick shadowy clouds which seemed to knock them out. I had to admit his new powers were impressive. Arthom then sent a message to me telepathically asking to send Gallant to him. A few minutes later Gallant came back to me and i could see he had some of the crystals strapped on his back. I then got another telepathic message from Arthom saying to leave the area and meet back at Syrus and Saib's hideout.
 
I trusted Arthom knew what he was doing and started running away with Gallant. I did not get far however because i then heard a loud crashing sound in the distance. Fearing for my friends safety i then jumped onto Gallant and urged him to run swiftly back to the building to investigate what had happened.