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looked at the rest of the party members that were standing idly by and the archer and mage didn't bother to say anything. They were basically along for the ride, so we took their silence as a verifiable yes.
    "It's risky, I don't like it," said the priest after everyone else had already agreed to go forward. Well, despite his protest, his buddy was the tank so he was dragged along kicking, figuratively of course.
    Without much room to kite or maneuver we decided to stay put in the single room with the boss and his entourage, since a two second run through the narrow passageway wouldn't really do us a lot of good. Plus, we needed to make sure we killed the first goblin immediately, and then transition to the priest before any healing could happen.
    I decided to go with a little dramatic flair this time around, taking a stance with my legs spread a bit past shoulder width and with my knees bent.
    Bending both elbows and bringing my palms close to my chest, tucked in on the right side, I began to chant my three verses as electricity started to arc between my fingertips. As three seconds passed in the blink of an eye, four small lightning bolts could be seen circling around each other as if stuck in a current.
    Aiming at the nearest goblin that was sitting on the floor, I held my breath for a split-second as I thrust my arms forward and touched the base of my wrists together, opening my hands outwards as I directed the flow of electricity towards its target. Two seconds later, the blinding flash and loud crack of thunder that followed dazzled, as it always did. The four entwined bolts of lightning split the air and entered into the body of the goblin and then immediately arced out onto the four unsuspecting goblins nearby.
    As raw power passed through their veins and they all started to momentarily convulse in place, a bolt of ice smashed into the very same sitting goblin as a cloud of white frost exploded into the air. Then as the electric current discharged into the dark ground below and the goblins regained their mobility, a small shard of ice was shot through the air.
    Afraid to blink, as I might miss it, the shard of ice pierced right through the sitting goblin's neck and went out the other side, as the goblin fell back and grasped its throat. I immediately retracted my arms while holding my bent stance and began to gather a surge of balled up electricity, all the while watching as the first goblin clutched at its throat as it began to bleed out.
    The goblin priest's hands had begun to immediately glow a golden-yellow as it prepared a holy spell in order to heal its comrade, but I was faster.
    My cast time was the same, but I started sooner.
    All the while, the dwarf had already charged into the fray and shouted his taunt at the remaining goblins as three of them began to pound their weapons furiously into his already cracked shield. His stalwart defense held without much issue at the moment, but time was a negative and limiting factor.
    I needed to hurry.
    "Lightning Bolt!" I shouted quickly as I thrust my arms back out with open hands as a ball of lightning crossed through the air, leaving a trail of lingering electricity between my hands and the head of the bolt.
    In an instant, the goblin priest's hands that had been raised above its head stopped glowing as its body shook violently from the spell rebound of a failed cast combined with the paralyzing effect my lightning. As it struggled to voice its screams, its eye bulged out as if they were ready to explode as I created a tether of lightning between us.
    Channeling my arc lightning, the pulsating beam of waxing and waning electricity connected the two of us in a gross mismatch of power. Watching its health rapidly decrease while stuck in place, a well-aimed arrow landed in the right eye-socket of the priest as its head snapped back and it fell limp to the floor.
    Immediately turning to the next goblin, I waved my right arm over and kept it extended as another [Arc