Dojima's own hand quickly pulled Excalibur from it's sheathe, moving ahead of Kimishima-- if only to make sure she didn't get caught in his sword swings.

He'd need to be careful; he only had Arthur's muscle memory to rely on, and that was in the open air, not underwater...

They heard them before they saw them. Garbled sounds, somewhere between laughter and sobbing, echoing along the palace hallways...

Before the creatures finally came into view, Dojima's eyes going wide.

Large, empty, hollow eyes that seemed almost translucent, with large gaping mouths full of very long, needle like teeth-- the mouths would twitch, switching from a deep, despairing frown with wails of sorrow to freakish smiles with howling, twisted laughter. Long, black bodies with spindly limbs, with sharp, devilish looking claws...

Dojima wondered, for a moment, if this thudding terror in his chest was what his nephew felt when he first entered the TV world, and saw what monsters' laid behind the screen.

...But he wasn't going to lose to a teenager.

The first Creature shot towards him, in what seemed like a fit of giggles, claws outstretched--

And Dojima rolled to the side, slashing upwards with Excalibur, glowing brightly as it sliced through the creatures limbs.

"Kimishima--!"

There were more coming at her--!