Kun'nuk'kles began to chant. "Ak'kun leoht! Geolokk anthegravim myrios! Floating platforms, to me!"

Many shafts of light pulsed from his staff and struck rocks on the ground, and solid rock faces. In the meantime, Chaos Violet was crackling with small violet sparks, crawling all over its orb-like body. An arc of electricity leapt from it toward Kun'nuk'kles, who jumped out of the way, off of his platform… and landed on one of dozens of platforms that were quickly rising through the clouds. "Ak'kun leoht! Hydraquis pugilim! Aqua daggers!"

Light once again pulsed from his staff, and little blades, made of water, appeared in midair, and sped toward Chaos Violet. They never reached it. As each approached, Chaos Violet lashed out with a small bolt of lightning, vaporizing each of them nearly instantly. "All right…" Kun'nuk'kles murmured. "New plan…"

Again, Chaos Violet lashed out at Kun'nuk'kles with an arc of electricity, and again, Kun'nuk'kles jumped onto another platform to evade it. But this time, the platform that he had been standing on, that had been struck with the bolt, crumbled and fell to the ground. It was at this moment that Kun'nuk'kles realized that he was in some serious trouble. Chaos Violet was Strategy. He couldn't just beat it by attacking with random spells. He needed a strategy, as good or better than Chaos Violet's.

Then, he had an idea. "Ak'kun leoht! Umbrac'tol noctilim! Obscurity!" he chanted, and another pulse of light came from his staff as he leapt to evade another of Chaos Violet's bolts.

An instant later, the air was filled with a dark cloud, but not one that could be breathed in. This was simply a cloud of dark shadows. But although Chaos Violet could not see Kun'nuk'kles, Kun'nuk'kles knew exactly where Chaos Violet was. The crackle of static across its skin was a dead giveaway as to its location. A larger crackling… it was preparing another strike. But the sound was… subtly different. Some animal instinct, long forgotten, told him to duck. And so he did. As he did, an intense heat passed over him, from left to right, singeing the sack slightly.

The cunning Spirit had used a horizontal attack, like a blade of electricity? Was that possible? Well, possible or not, it had just happened. "Ak'kun leoht," he whispered. "To'ku'ri nebiltim nulliqui. Vacuum cutters!"

A pulse of light from the staff, and a shout of indignation from Chaos Violet. Kun'nuk'kles leapt to the next platform, plus two more. So… it had worked. A sudden rush of air away from Chaos Violet in a thin line could cut it, because it was flesh. Physical attacks wouldn't work, because of its static field. But this was about as non-physical as it was possible to get. He raised his staff and chanted, "Ak'kun leoht! Umbrac'tol nulliqui! Null shadows!"

The shadows abruptly vanished, and Kun'nuk'kles leapt aside as the expected bolt headed for him. That spell… it gave him an idea! As he kept jumping, and Chaos Violet kept firing, he chanted, "Ak'kun leoht! To'ku'ri nebiltim nulliqui decantu! Vacuum cutters, times ten!"

Another pulse of light from the staff, and small red lines started to appear all over Chaos Violet's host body. And Kun'nuk'kles kept on running from platform to platform, the bolts now being too weak to destroy them. "Ak'kun leoht! Diuctra enchank'kili! Ectri'it nulliqui! Hydraquis pugilim! Double cast! Null thunder, water daggers!"

The staff pulsed, and a shaft of light struck Chaos Violet. The sparks crawling across its skin abruptly stopped, as the staff pulsed again. Dozens of blades, made of water, appeared, and sped toward a Chaos Violet currently deprived of its defenses. The daggers struck all at once, with terrible force. Chaos Violet shuddered, and fell, splattering its body on the rocks far below. But from the depths, there rose a stream of bright, violet mist, swirling up to him. "You have done well, to penetrate my defenses. You are, apparently, worthy to Bind the Chaos Spirits to our former prisons. But you should know; the price to be paid for the eighth Emerald, the last Emerald, will be high, and painful. Not only for you, but for the ones who love you. Cast now thy spell of Binding, Wizard, and finish what you came to do," the Chaos Spirit said.

"Very well…" Kun'nuk'kles murmured. "Ak'kun leoht! Ned-le ky'lyu! Chaos Spirit, Order be Imposed upon ye! Imprison!"

The staff pulsed, and the violet mist started streaming into his hand, slowly coalescing and gaining weight. When it was finished, a new Emerald was in his open hand, glowing softly. He smiled, and put it in the sack with the other three. Four down, three to go…