[The blade does as intended, slashing through the creature and destroying it. It vanishes in a puff of smoke, clearly an illusion or something similar. That's just as well, because Penelo lashes out with her magick, the point of her staff jutting out from around his shield just enough to lob a fireball at the creatures. It takes one, smacking it backwards and into a tumbling roll.]
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Get the other, while you've got the opening!