Xelkitti and Xelfan12 were lounging on a beach when Verath arrived. They
weren't dressed to go to a beach. Xelkitti wore a black hoody and baggy
pants swathed in chains while Xelfan12 was dressed more normally with jeans
and a longsleeve. It must have been about a hundred degrees, though the
temperature was falling with the sun. Going to the north pole dressed in
business garb makes one kind of grateful for warmth, even if one is a
Mazoku. The beach was somewhere close to the equator.
"Xelkitti, Xelfan12!" greeted Verath.
"Hey, Verath, took you long enough," said Xelkitti, cheerfully bounding over, "What'd Dynast send you to?"
"I'm supposed to kill you two," he replied. Blunt and straighforward.
"That sucks," commented Xelfan12, his face falling.
"Yeah, we'll hafta kill you back," agreed Xelkitti. Threats lain, the two opposing parties got into battle stances. Faces that had been lit with innocent joy now darkened by the prospect of battling a friend. Hardened by duty. The few couples still left on the beach fled, quite wisely too. For a few precious moments, there was nothing but the sound of waves lapping up onto sand, then...
"FIREBALL!" yelled Xelkitti and Xelfan12 simultaneously. THe double fireball tore through the air at Verath, just as he, yelled-
"FREEZE ARROW!" The two conflicting forces hit in midair and combust, producing an awesome explosion. Before the rumblings had yet to die away, however, Xelkitti and Xelfan12 were already launching their next assault.
"DISFANG!" cast Xelfan12.
"Dark Mist!" called out Xelkitti. Instantly Verath was assaulted by a shadow dragon and all of them were surrounded by a mist blacker than a Mazoku's soul. Even magical light wouldn't work in this. While Xelkitti was disabled by this, Xelfan12 was in his element, and it was a chance they were willing to take. The Disfang would keep Verath from teleporting and meanwhile Xelfan12 could assualt him and Xelkitti would just have to attack blind.
Verath silently cursed himself for not having expected this. It was a tactic Xelfan12 didn't use often.
"Howl Freeze!" he yelled, hoping the blizzard would hamper their attacks. It didn't do much good. The Flare Lances and Flare Bits kept coming. Well, if that didn't work..."HELL BLAST!" The shadow dragon problem was now resolved. "Guumeon!" The magical shield wrapped itself around Verath like a comforting blanket, blocking the offending spells. Before his opponents could catch on to his ploy he cast a Dug Haut though he knew that even if it did suceed it would only be temporary. He teleported from the Dark Mist to the air over the ocean. Xelkitti and Xelfan12 followed, greeting him with a double Burst Flare, breaking the Guumeon.
He barely got ouf of there in time, due to the fact he left them a nice Freeze Rain. Xelkitti took out the ball of ice with a Fireball as Xelfan12 rounded on Verath but was blown away by a barrage of Freeze Bullets. Xelkitti managed to hit Verath with a well-aimed Flare Arrow and Xelfan12 just barely missed him with a Val Flare. Verath returned both in kind with his own Val Flares. Xelkitti and Xelfan12 were shocked at the amount of damage they recieved. By becoming Dynast's general Verath had gained a lot of new power.
Now the battle increased in ferociousness as everyone gave it their all. The landscape suffered more than the fighters because now they were teleporting at high speeds. Literally chasing each other across the skies. The air grew thick with spells, mostly of either fire or ice origin. Verath now fought with a Balus Rod ten times stronger than usual, because he'd infused several Balus Rods into the one long whip of power he now held. Xelkitti had also started using weaponry, alternating between throwing sharp enchanted projectiles, slashing with her enhanced longsword, and casting powerful fire spells. Xelfan12 still kept to his spells. Then, amidst the flurry of teleporting, casting spells, and dodging weapons and spells, Verath managed to break through Xelkitti's defenses and deal a fatal Icicle Lance.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" screamed Xelfan12, Xelkitti froze and shattered in seconds. Verath didn't stick around to check out his handywork. His anger stoked, Xelfan12's barrage of spells doubled as he sought to avenge his fallen comrade. "DAMN YOU VERATH! I'LL KILL YOU!" he screamed, "YOU FUCKING TRAITOR!!!"
"Xelkitti, Xelfan12!" greeted Verath.
"Hey, Verath, took you long enough," said Xelkitti, cheerfully bounding over, "What'd Dynast send you to?"
"I'm supposed to kill you two," he replied. Blunt and straighforward.
"That sucks," commented Xelfan12, his face falling.
"Yeah, we'll hafta kill you back," agreed Xelkitti. Threats lain, the two opposing parties got into battle stances. Faces that had been lit with innocent joy now darkened by the prospect of battling a friend. Hardened by duty. The few couples still left on the beach fled, quite wisely too. For a few precious moments, there was nothing but the sound of waves lapping up onto sand, then...
"FIREBALL!" yelled Xelkitti and Xelfan12 simultaneously. THe double fireball tore through the air at Verath, just as he, yelled-
"FREEZE ARROW!" The two conflicting forces hit in midair and combust, producing an awesome explosion. Before the rumblings had yet to die away, however, Xelkitti and Xelfan12 were already launching their next assault.
"DISFANG!" cast Xelfan12.
"Dark Mist!" called out Xelkitti. Instantly Verath was assaulted by a shadow dragon and all of them were surrounded by a mist blacker than a Mazoku's soul. Even magical light wouldn't work in this. While Xelkitti was disabled by this, Xelfan12 was in his element, and it was a chance they were willing to take. The Disfang would keep Verath from teleporting and meanwhile Xelfan12 could assualt him and Xelkitti would just have to attack blind.
Verath silently cursed himself for not having expected this. It was a tactic Xelfan12 didn't use often.
"Howl Freeze!" he yelled, hoping the blizzard would hamper their attacks. It didn't do much good. The Flare Lances and Flare Bits kept coming. Well, if that didn't work..."HELL BLAST!" The shadow dragon problem was now resolved. "Guumeon!" The magical shield wrapped itself around Verath like a comforting blanket, blocking the offending spells. Before his opponents could catch on to his ploy he cast a Dug Haut though he knew that even if it did suceed it would only be temporary. He teleported from the Dark Mist to the air over the ocean. Xelkitti and Xelfan12 followed, greeting him with a double Burst Flare, breaking the Guumeon.
He barely got ouf of there in time, due to the fact he left them a nice Freeze Rain. Xelkitti took out the ball of ice with a Fireball as Xelfan12 rounded on Verath but was blown away by a barrage of Freeze Bullets. Xelkitti managed to hit Verath with a well-aimed Flare Arrow and Xelfan12 just barely missed him with a Val Flare. Verath returned both in kind with his own Val Flares. Xelkitti and Xelfan12 were shocked at the amount of damage they recieved. By becoming Dynast's general Verath had gained a lot of new power.
Now the battle increased in ferociousness as everyone gave it their all. The landscape suffered more than the fighters because now they were teleporting at high speeds. Literally chasing each other across the skies. The air grew thick with spells, mostly of either fire or ice origin. Verath now fought with a Balus Rod ten times stronger than usual, because he'd infused several Balus Rods into the one long whip of power he now held. Xelkitti had also started using weaponry, alternating between throwing sharp enchanted projectiles, slashing with her enhanced longsword, and casting powerful fire spells. Xelfan12 still kept to his spells. Then, amidst the flurry of teleporting, casting spells, and dodging weapons and spells, Verath managed to break through Xelkitti's defenses and deal a fatal Icicle Lance.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" screamed Xelfan12, Xelkitti froze and shattered in seconds. Verath didn't stick around to check out his handywork. His anger stoked, Xelfan12's barrage of spells doubled as he sought to avenge his fallen comrade. "DAMN YOU VERATH! I'LL KILL YOU!" he screamed, "YOU FUCKING TRAITOR!!!"