The Forgotten Wish

Breldo's bolt narrowly misses, but this gives Rick the opening to get on the stage and deliver an absolutely devastating blow. For once, there's an actual audible response from the king, but even then the hissing sound he lets out seems to be far from adequate for the by now grievous wounds, dark blood staining his robes. For just a split second, it looks like he may sway, and then.

"What is it even you are hoping to accomplish? Laying siege to me?"

"What fools are you all to not recognize I am the first blood?"

All that black ichor staining his body comes to glow a brilliant gold, and the mans wounds close in an instant.

"I can not die."

On the opposite side of the room, the strange device that kickstarted this whole sequence starts making a sort of "stuttering" noise, as if one of the disks is getting caught on something; the light projecting from the lens flashes occasionally stronger, then dims.

The king waves a hand in a way one familiar with their kind has known many nobles to do. And it seems that even in his time, guards arrive, even if it is in the form of two floating weapons as great swords join him on either side, idly floating in an otherworldly sheen.

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Breldo(23) 
Rick(21) 
King in yellow(20)
Khond(19) <=
Nuria(13)
Oren(13)
Spectral sword(12)
Spectral sword(10)
Asimi(9) 
Sylvera(7)
Cladmir(6)

"I don't know exactly who you are, but you're scary and started talking about endings, and everything else in this place had tried to kill us, and even insects will struggle to survive!"

Rambling in a panic, Khond's eyes dart about before snapping onto the source of the weird noise, the mechanism that started everything.  Darting over to it, the centaur puts his bow away and draws his rapier, "If you're immortal, maybe whatever animated you isn't."

(If I remember mechanics right, putting away a weapon is either a free or bonus action, then drawing another is a standard action?  And I doubt there's anywhere near the 30' to the projector needed for a centaur kick even if I still have a bonus action)