Kalingway
EtiraJade had been preparing to strike when the Archmage suddenly vanished. Almost immediately, he was replaced by four beings, each considerably powerful. Jade's Sensory magic along with her Cursed Eye picked up the various intricacies with each of the creature's Essence, thus revealing that the archmage hadn't split into four different beings, rather he had been replaced by four of them. However, a mage with an aura as powerful and malicious as his would not be unnoticed. Jade quickly sensed his presence at the top of the Imperial Palace.
"Not only do we have to deal with these summons, there's another mage causing trouble," Jade said to the group. Kiyonari, who was relatively silent the past few minutes, spoke up. "
You....you're the Knight in Chains, is that correct?Jade knew exactly where this was heading. Dealing with those four beasts and the Knight in Chains would be difficult to say the least. She decided to inform him of what she knew. "
The archmage is inside the palace, and- no....no way...." Jade eyes went wide as she sensed the disappearance of an aura she knew. "
...The Emperor...is dead," she announced.
Kiyonari was shocked at the revelation. The Etira's goal was to kill, or at least overthrow the Emperor, but now that he was assassinated by anarchists...
Kiyonari then heard both Ayano and Ira prepare for battle. He decided to do the same. "
Now is not the time for remorse. We must fight now and think later!" He moved his arms in a quick, but oddly flowing motion, almost like a dance. The fire he had created was now moving and growing rapidly. He saw the strings on the rooftop and decided to completely incinerate it. "
I'll back you all up with my portals. That should be enough to counter the summon with the vacuum ability."Baesu Sayuga, who was standing motionless, began to take action. Jade, despite being shaken by the news, ordered Baesu to counter attack and assist the Etira in the battle. He jumped, or rather flew into the air, and raised his arms. Above them, four giant ice crystals began to form, each wider than Kalingway's city blocks. Baesu launched each of them at the four beasts, while Kiyonari's fire was propelling towards them. Jade took the moment to use the Mind Awakening Seal to trap each beast in her Recursion illusion. This served the purpose of allowing her to find out the best ways of defeating them and attempting it in the real world.
Elakashi and AsteriaAsteria was flying just under the speed of sound, and didn't hear Hella call after her. She was flying towards the direction Kishi traveled in, and used her wind magic to detect disturbances in the air to see what was going on. It was right around that time that she noticed a giant snake like creature literally sucking everything in its path into its mouth.
"You don't see that everyday," Asteria mumbled as she zoomed across the city and landed on a building overlooking the rooftops where just about nine mages had gathered. With Kishi's Chain power dangerously losing time, she decided to use the final seconds to use it to get a gauge of the mages' power. One was an Archmage, no doubt about it. Five of them had power that was far even the strongest mages she met but still weaker than the Archmage, and four mages - no,
summons whose power rivaled that of five. And among them was Kishi.
Great. I know his power at least, so if I need to use Imitation I'll probably go to him first. But that wasn't all that she noticed. She didn't notice this earlier, but now there was someone whose Essence was so powerful that she didn't even need the chains to detect it. It seemed that whoever this being was, they had the power to turn the tide of the battle, for good or for worse. However, she didn't sense any malicious intent, so that was good news at least.
The Chains Asteria was using shattered, and she took that time to figure out what Hella was capable of. She moved her fingers a little and saw sparks of what appeared to be electricity.
Nice, she thought to herself as she created enough lightning to surround herself in a shield. She jumped from the building she was on and landed near the battle between the beasts and mages.
"Am I late to the party?"ElakashiElakashi finished off the last of the undead she saw and decided to focus back at Sitran, who now took the appearance of an eagle and flew in a circle in an area not that far from where she was. Elakashi was about to go over to him when she felt something...unsettling. Elakashi was by no means a Sensor, but a few things occurred that put her on edge. First, her eye caught the Essence of an Archmage inside the palace. Elakashi, despite focusing on battling the zombies, would have noticed a mage of his caliber arrive nearby. In fact, it was almost like he just
appeared there. And not too long afterwards, the Emperor's Essence had been completely drained. The pure horror of what was happening nearly caused Elakashi to break down right there. But, there was an aura that spread around the city that had a comforting effect. Elakashi ran into the palace grounds where she saw an archmage, however this wasn't the same one she sensed earlier. Assuming this was the source of her sudden calmness, Elakashi said to him,
"I believe that the Emperor.....is dead."Inside the Palace, AdelinaAdelina understood the orders of Caimus and how important this day was. She nodded her head and sprinted into the palace grounds, where two people stood. She recognized one man as the source of a voice she heard while she was leaving, and said "
The Emperor did say something about a Sage. I'm assuming you're the one he's talking about. His Majesty is inside the palace, with the Empress."