432. Severance
A white vortex blasted through the sky. White flas that blended gray as it shot towards the dark inferno. Gula had seen this counter-storm form she had looked on as little balls of light flitted up from the multitude of corpses scattering the landscape and coalesced into the [Will O Wisp]. She watched as the Spirits form expanded and crashed into the twisted Demon.
A strong gale swept over Gula as the impact sent a tremor rolling over the hills outside of the city. Gula heard the chittering the scream of agony coming from Libid as his black flas peeled away. The white and black fire lded together at the center and turned gray. The column of white fla pushed the entire dark inferno. Libids fiery body flaked away, wisping off as the intensity of the Spirits attack heightened.
This
Gulas eyes bulged. Libids Grand Skill was actually being pushed back. And this sight it emboldened the Humans. They cheered and unleashed their own magic alongside this powerful tornado of white flas. Finally, the realization settled in: Gula knew theyd lost.
For a mont, she looked towards Libid. She considered saving the [Jinn]. Teleport him out with her. But she knew that wouldve been impossible. Not in his current form. So, as the white flas ebbed away at the dark inferno, Gulas figure blurred.
And she vanished.
Huh.
I blinked, watching Willys body contort from a tiny little [Will O Wisp] floating at the tip of Edithes staff to that infernal typhoon of wrath. He wasnt laughing, yet I could almost hear his happy voice echo within the roaring fire. He crashed into the [Jinn] and pushed the black fire back. The firestorm shrank, washed away by the white fire and reeling in pain.
My gaze snapped to the side as I heard a voice bellow.
Nows our chance!
Daniel charged forward, raising the Sword of Alexander as the Human armies rallied behind him. The [Jinn] tried to push Willy back as tendrils of black fla lashed out, but the [Hero] swung his blade up. His slash cut through the dark tendrils before it could push Willys combined attack with Edithe back.
I spread my wings wide and turned to Orgaf. Daniel was right.
Orgaf!
Right.
The [Rogue] nodded as he vanished into my shadow. I raised my iridescent scythe and bared my teeth.
Lets take down this [Jinn] with everything weve got!
And with that, I propelled forward with a single beat of my wings. We charged back into the fray, flying straight for the true body within the black flas. I swerved and flew alongside Willy I nodded at the [Wil O Wisp], and he said only one word in response.
Go.
I laughed as I spiraled around his expanding flaming body before diving straight into the [Jinn].
Burn!
I pointed and a deluge of rainbow-colored flas poured out of my fingertip. It scraped away at the black flas, but it wasnt comparable to Willys assault. However, a blast of magic inundated the dark inferno from afar. Not a single blast, but a massive barrage.
I glanced back at the Human armies as they unleashed their magic. Their spells and their arrows and whatever projectiles they could muster. I grinned as my clone joined in, sending a wave of gold and silver flas.
Co on!
I yelled as I flew forward. My clone led the path as I fought to get to the core of the flaming void. It was like wading through the deepest depths of the ocean itself when I couldnt breathe. It was like being smothered by a thick forest where light couldnt breach its canopy, and the heat was too oppressive literally crushing .
This was a Grand Skill like no other. Even in its reduced and weakened state, it couldve killed .
Yet, I still pressed on. I wasnt alone, after all. Willys flas burned away the darkness. There was a literal army behind . Edithe and Daniel did everything they could to support from afar. And Orgaf was trailing after my shadow.
Were getting closer
My gaze fixed only on the fragnted form of the [Jinn]. The true body of this firestorm. It waited for above the morning clouds. Scattered and broken pieces of the vague form of a [Jinn]. Like a vase that was shattered and left crinkling the carpet.
I watched my clone leading the way as only darkness surrounded now. We were beyond even where Willys fla reached. The heat was palpable here. And the path my clone burned grew smaller and smaller. She tried her best, but like a flickering candle in a winter storm, she was snuffed out.
Still, she refused to go out with a whimper. My clone exploded a brilliant golden cross that expanded outwards. The black flas tried to crush it, but that only caused it to explode a second ti. A wilder blast. One that nearly consud in its fury.
I didnt shy away from it. Instead, I soared higher. Further into the dark firestorm. Heading for what was the true body of the [Jinn]. I burned through my own clones flas and unleashed my own iridescent fire into the void. It opened up a new path. One that I followed as I continuously poured my magic to the sky.
At first, it was easy. I felt like I could keep this up forever. But just like my clone, I slowly found myself being overwheld. The closer to the heart of the storm, the more dangerous the whipping black flas were. It encroached on , eating away at my own Divine Essence as I was forced to use my Divine Nebular Scythe to tear through the black flas.
This is annoying
I could see my destination ahead of . Even with the blanket of flas, [Manifestation of the Old Gods] pulled through, letting see into the depths of the dark inferno. I was in its face now. The eyes of the firestorm turned inward to face as I fought back.
I just need to
I trailed off, and a figure appeared from beneath my wings. Orgaf leapt out and swung with both his daggers. The veil of darkness sliced open as he yelled.
Finish it!
I blinked, looking at the opening he gave . A mont passed as Orgaf began to fall, but he continued to tear through the dark flas for , using the shadows all around him as his weapon. I grinned and blasted forward with a burst of flas.
Thanks!
And I saw it. Finally, I saw the true body of the [Jinn] with my own two eyes. There was no need for magic to look into it. To see the ethereal form of a Demon, cracked and shattered. Broken into five separate pieces. His head floated at the center of the broken body, twisted and contorted in pain. Its face was like a Human skull, although it had long jagged teeths and a pair of horns protruding from the forehead and curling back like hair.
The [Jinn]s facial expression didnt change, yet the head turned to face like a moving statue.
PERISH, HUMAN.
There was a gap between the rest of the firestorm and his true body. A sphere where there was open air. But as I flew through it, a column of black flas descended upon the strongest flas Id faced. I raised my Divine Nebular Scythe, blocking the attack as I gritted my teeth.
YOU WILL NOT DEFEAT .
The [Jinn] continued. Tendrils lashed out as I sliced the pillar of black flas in half. I looked up and conjured up half a dozen arms, each holding up their own quickly made fiery weapons. I cut through these tendrils as I yelled back.
I should be the one
But my voice was drowned out by the roaring flas. I forced myself forward, even one of the fragnted body parts of the [Jinn] what looked to be a leg floated towards . It began to rapidly disintegrate.
...saying that
And my eyes widened. A blast of black all-consuming flas shot out. A cone of intense heat. One that went straight for . I raised all my arms and weapons whilst creating both a fractal and fire barrier. But his magic was too overpowering. It ate away my barrier as it blasted back.
Perhaps I wouldve died. But I raised the Greaves of Alexander just in ti to take the brunt of the attack. I scread in pain as I went flying, descending back into the firestorm.
FOR MY KING, I WILL LAY WASTE TO ALL OF THE HUMAN LANDS.
The [Jinn] spoke as I saw his figure disappearing in the distance. As the shroud of his inferno closed after . I gasped and tried to fly back, but my body was burnt and injured. Id expended too much of my energy to get here. Not even the Boots of Alexander of the Greaves of Alexander could help now.
I cant
I tried to push forward. I really did. But I was falling into the abyss. I gotten so far, but Id lost it all. My eyes closed as I sighed.
Then a voice cut through even the [Jinn]s screaming through the roaring flas. A quiet voice that almost seed to shush everything else around us.
Youve done enough.
I looked down at a knights visor as a tal glove patted on the shoulder. I blinked at Kaitlin Darkhelm as she gave a nod. Shed followed the path Orgaf and I carved out, and was now here. She didnt float, as much as she fell with .
Now Ill take care of the rest.
She said simply. I opened my mouth.
Wha
And with a burst of light, the knight shot forward. She raised her shield, diving through the air as the black flas inundated her from all sides. But sohow, even if the fire assailed her from behind, it curved and struck her shield instead. It was like all attacks were being absorbed by her shield. As though it was a conductor of sorts, attracting the flas like a tal rod did for lightning.
Even as I fell and the fiery drapes closed around , I watched her press on through the eyes of [Manifestation of the Old Gods]. With that single leap, Kaitlin Darkhelm crossed into the heart of the storm. Where there were no flas. Just a broken body.
YOU
The Demon bellowed, but Kaitlin didnt listen to his words. She continued like an unstoppable force, shooting forward for the true body of the inferno with her shield raised. She wasnt as fast as Orgaf, but nothing could slow her down.
DIE!
Not even the deluge of black fire did anything to stop her. The [Jinn] sacrificed its arms and legs, unleashing a fla more powerful than anything Id seen so far. But her shield absorbed it all. Or no it wasnt her shield. It couldnt be. It had to be a Skill of sorts. However, I couldnt focus on that. Instead, I saw the way the Commander of the Vaun Qieur Empire Swordsguard Forces finally lowered her shield and brought up her sword.
The only one here dying is you, Demon, to your blind loyalty to your king.
I WILL NOT FALL HERE!
All that was left of the [Jin] was a skull. And it slowly burned away as he poured out the last vestige of his life into an attack that wouldve overwheld . Like the entire force of the dark inferno concentrated into one blast.
Kaitlin Darkhelm didnt falter. Her sword flickered as her eyes narrowed. She spoke in a whisper, charging into the impending wall of black flas.
[Verily The Vim Vigor Of Your Vaulted Potent Power Will Never Waver When I Am Within Your Encompassing and Eternal Embrace. Empower With Your Salubrious Strength So That I Shall Slice Through My Enemies In Your Spirit, Oh Lord.]
And she slashed up.
[Sanctimonious Severance].
She tore straight through the darkness. Everything her blade touched was sheared in half. I watched as her Grand Skill completely overwheld the [Jinn]. She shot through the wall of black flas and reached the Demons skull. Her blade shattered the bones and sent a ripple across the black firestorm.
My eyes widened. I watched as the [Jinn] let out a final chittering cry as his shattered body smashed apart, flying in all directions. The dark inferno twisted around . For a mont, I thought it wouldve crushed again. But then the black flas exploded out like a plu of dark steam.
I looked around as the sky wheeled and I saw the gathered armies staring. The dark inferno shot out in a ring across the sky, but it didnt burn anything. Not even the clouds. I blinked a few tis before as the Humans broke out into a cacophonous cheer, and Kaitlin Darkhelm continued ascending to the clouds.
Huh
I looked at her back I saw the power of the Commander of the Vaun Qieur Empires Swordsguard Forces. She turned in the sky, her face still covered by her helt, but I knew she was looking down in satisfaction at her work.
She really is strong.
I remarked idly as, finally, the siege of Alyras was lifted. We had won.
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