The thing took a swing at Kun'nuk'kles, who leapt back in surprise. This didn't help, because Chaos Yellow's arm extended to reach him. He flew twenty feet from where he had been hit, and skidded to a halt as he landed on his feet. He tried to see through the haze of pain. It felt like he had broken some ribs… he wouldn't survive another hit. But that… THING… had expanded, somehow. It was made up of separate pieces that operated independently, apparently. He raised the staff, and chanted, somewhat breathlessly, "Ak'kun leoht! Pyrosis pugilim unit'ri! Heat blade!"
A sort of light and smoke appeared in the air as the staff pulsed. It was a blade-shaped emanation of heat, burning the very air. The light moved and sliced into Chaos Yellow's rocky torso. Where the blade touched, it vaporized the rock. It was effectively sliced in half. But then, the yellow light filled where the rock had been. It was ignoring being cut in half… so his only hope was to attack with everything he had, and try to come up with an idea in the meantime. "Ak'kun leoht! Gravim torquin'effaci! Gravity punisher! Ak'kun leoht! To'ku'ri nebiltim nulliqui! Vacuum cutters! Ak'kun leoht! Ectri'it pi'chin! Ball lightning!" he chanted desperately.
First, some sort of orb of… something encircled the advancing thing, and ripped the stone apart piece by piece. As soon as the orb vanished, it reformed into itself, with more yellow light showing. Then, some of the stones split in half as the vacuum cutters did their work. Some were cut very small, and fell away from the main body, leaving more yellow light. Finally, three balls of glowing light, sparking and sizzling, appeared and struck it. More of the rocks were destroyed, pulverized. But this didn't seem to have any affect on it! Maybe he would have to use that spell again… "Ak'kun leoht! Cryosis detr'acti, kel'vin-ci nothiti! Absolute Zero!"
The staff pulsed, and a shaft of light flew out to meet the advancing Chaos Yellow. It struck part of it that was yellow light and… passed through. It shot off over the horizon, into the sky. Kun'nuk'kles blinked, and then smiled. He'd been going about this all wrong, the entire time! It was then that Chaos Yellow took another swing at him. This time, he was able to avoid it… but his staff was not so lucky. The shaft snapped in half and the crystal shattered. The largest piece went skittering toward the edge of the plateau.
Kun'nuk'kles's eyes went wide, and he discarded the rest of the staff to dive for the piece. He needed the crystal to cast most of his spells… if he lost it… there wouldn't be a chance for Mobius. It went over… and he barely had it. He rolled back onto the plateau to find Chaos Yellow standing over him. It raised one of its huge arms and prepared to mash the Wizard to a pulp… and then paused. Finally, it said, "I have to ask… do you have any last words?"
"As a matter of fact…" Kun'nuk'kles said with a straight face. "Ak'kun leoht! Ned-le ky'lyu! Chaos Spirit, Order be Imposed upon ye! Imprison!"
The shard of crystal in his hand flashed with a brilliant light, and shattered. As the light flashed, Chaos Yellow shuddered, and started to fall apart. Kun'nuk'kles rolled out of the way as Chaos Yellow's cohesion failed. The yellow light became a sort of mist, which swirled and spiraled into one spot on the plateau. "You saw through my bluff… impressive. But you are drawing ever closer to the time when you must give up your way of life. Most of your magic is gone with your staff, and there is still one last spell to cast. You can't do anything more," the voice of Chaos Yellow came, and then, there was an Emerald.
