And then Kun'nuk'kles leapt out of the way of a large blob of magma headed straight for his head. The physical aspect of the lava was still there; just the heat had been nullified. If he got hit with just one of those attacks, the Barrier would vanish, and he would be standing about knee deep in magma with no protection. He kept going as fast as he could, hindered as he was. It was a good thing that Chaos Red was not very fast, or he would be in a lot of trouble. He started casting, "Ak'kun leoht! Cryosis silquisim! Icy mist!"
His staff pulsed, and something started to form in the air above the magma. The magma started to steam, and then harden with little glassy sounds. Kun'nuk'kles pulled himself out of the magma and onto the fast-forming crust before he got caught. But Chaos Red had other ideas. It screeched, and slammed its great claws down upon the fragile crust. It cracked, and pieces started to go under the glowing red liquid. Kun'nuk'kles struggled to keep his balance as the shockwave from the claws translated into a rather more literal wave of magma.
He started running from piece to piece, chanting, "Ak'kun leoht! Cryosis tolik'rish niteer'ra! Ice spreader!"
The staff pulsed once more as Kun'nuk'kles aimed the tip at Chaos Red. A shaft of light from the staff struck it, and it slowed. Ice started forming on the plates across its skin, and spread. Soon, it was encased in a chunk of clear ice. And then, cracks began to appear in the ice. It shattered, and chunks of ice flew into the magma, where it steamed and hardened. Chaos Red screeched, and blew flames at Kun'nuk'kles, who ignored them.
"Damn… damn… damn…" Kun'nuk'kles muttered under his breath as he ran.
Chaos Red took one of the pieces of hardened rock from the magma, and hurled it at him. "Ak'kun… leoht…" Kun'nuk'kles panted as he ran faster, getting out of the way barely in time. "Cryosis… meterok… to'ku'ri! Chill wind!"
The staff pulsed yet again, and the air gained a crisp quality. Chaos Red slowed down further as small ice crystals formed around its mouth and its breath became visible. So… Chaos Red slowed down in the cold… useful to know. But it still wasn't stopping it! He had yet to find a way to actually damage it in any way! Perhaps something with those plates… or between the plates. But his spells couldn't be aimed that precisely. Those damn plates… maybe he could get rid of them? They'd withstood his assault up to now, but even so, he had yet to use the most powerful ice spell he knew.
"Ak'kun leoht!" he shouted. "Cryosis detr'acti kel'vin-ci nothiti! Absolute Zero!"
His staff pulsed yet again, but this time, the beam of light sped toward the largest of the skin plates, on its chest. It growled in surprise as the plate shrunk, and then shattered as it was ripped off of its body. And it was wide open. "Ak'kun leoht! Cryosis pugilim decantu! Ice daggers, times ten!"
Hundreds of daggers of ice, mere slivers in comparison to Chaos Red, appeared in midair, and sped for the exposed muscle and nerves that the Absolute Zero had left. They all hit, all at the same time, and slammed it against the cavern wall. "Ak'kun leoht! Cryosis pugilim decantu! Ice daggers, times ten!" he repeated.
As Chaos Red struggled to get up, the daggers appeared again, and slammed into it, penetrating to its very heart. Not even Stamina itself could have survived the onslaught, and indeed, it didn't. Chaos Red fell to the cavern floor, now covered in hardened rock rather than molten magma. The red haze rose from it's skin, and Kun'nuk'kles started to chant, "Ak'kun leoht! Ned-le ky'lyu! Chaos Spirit, Order be Imposed upon ye! Imprison!"
The staff pulsed, and the red haze started to swirl and condense at one spot on the floor. "Well played, Wizard," Chaos Red said. "You have bested my Stamina, but in doing so, you used a spell never meant for the world to bear. You just killed another little piece of the world."
And then there was silence, and an Emerald on the floor. Kun'nuk'kles picked it up and looked at it. It seemed… angry, somehow. He put it in the sack, which was becoming heavier and heavier with everything he was putting into it. That was the nature of mass, however. The more of it you have in one place, the heavier it was. Now… the only problem was how to get out… the way he had come was now blocked with hardened rock.
