I raised my guard up but I was still sent flying to the ground. The tree of them ganged up on me and I couldn't do anything so I just raised my guard up.
It was like their hammers were slamming down a nail down to the ground as they take fast alternate turns.
"Come, Shield of Greed!" A molten dark shield, etched in the linings of the flames that I was using. A weapon forged from the sword but both exist at the same time. I took on the hits these three were dealing at me and absorbed it with the shield.
It capped up to the maximum limit and all I had to do was parry. And so I did. I raised my shield and the three enemies were blasted away. This is a function of the Shield of Greed, it can absorb and reflect.