More than a little dismayed by this turn of events, Hex summoned her will and concentrated. The floor around where the sword had fallen shimmered, the faint traces of a warding diagram flickering over its surface.
"He's drawing power from those others," the Grimoire noted with some fascination. "They must have all pacted with him. The same reason he could possess another one when his original body fell. Killing them would most likely weaken him."
Hex rolled her eyes. "We're not doing that."
"But they were fighting you as well!"
"I know, but...things work differently now. Killing is the absolute last resort."
The spellbook sighed. "No wonder there is so much villainy in your world. You take such pains to give evil every advantage."
She lifted her voice and called to the team, "I've got the sword. Concentrate on taking him down!"
(OOC - Create Object to form an enclosure around the sword; Selective to exclude anything but Hex's magic.)
