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The forces of evil didn't notice the lack of power right away - most of them had been driving their slaves ruthlessly to provide much more power than they were actively using in battle. It was only after they flung their tenth triple-powered fireball or thunderbolt that any of them realized they were suddenly not being worshiped by anyone at all.

Several of them streaked back to their Temples, furious. Their fury turned to shock, when they found not a single living human remained anywhere on their side of The Continent - not even Cassaka's slaves, brain-washed as they were, since Yuugioh had made a point of flinging them into the Teleportation vortex whether they wanted to be free or not.

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The shock turned back into rage when they spotted the god responsible for their situation. Especially when Yuugioh, perched on one of the many roofs available for sitting on in the area, did nothing but wave and smirk at them.

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Some of them did still possess enough energy for the weaker versions of the Lightning Miracle, and in their anger they used it.

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By dodging nimbly and never getting hit once, Yuugioh was assured that they would all become too enraged to notice the collateral damage they were doing. And they didn't notice, at first - even though there was thick, black smoke coming from the fires eating through their wooden Temples.

And when this attracted notice, it was too late. The center section of the packed Deathgod Supporters' Temples was ablaze, with no hope of anything putting those fires out in time to save the buildings.

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This was just enough to attract the attention of the rest of the evil gods and goddesses. They swooped over in a rush, including Wrartz the Deathgod, panicking with the idea that their Temple was one of the ones on fire.

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Staying low in the confusion, Yuugioh was quick to make himself scarce.

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Of the Temples, those already on fire were announced to be beyond saving, and even worse, the as yet untouched Temples surrounding those burning Temples were to be destroyed, to create a firebreak that would save the others. This was Wrartz's idea, of course. HIS Temple was safely located behind and away from all the others.

During the interlude that passed as this wholesale destruction was taking place, Yuugioh rejoined his comrades, who were taking full advantage of the breather they had so unexpectedly received.

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Wounds were being tended, Creatures were being fed, and humans were being taken care of. The freed slaves - even Cassaka's, despite being bound and gagged to prevent their escaping before the brain-washing wore off - were gladly taking full advantage of being in the presence of gods and goddesses who had an interest in taking good care of them.

Already, a dozen of the strongest had converted and left the main group to join the other worshipers in their worship sites.

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"It's so wonderful!" Lupine exclaimed, "And its thanks to you, Leader, that these folks have this chance for a new and better life."

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"Yeah," Luster grumbled, "Way ta be noble, Boss. Screw it up fer da rest of us, why don't ya…"

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"He tricked those other gods into setting their own Temples on fire, what more do you want!" Lupine snapped, whirling on his counterpart in annoyance.

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"…I'd tell ya, honest-ta-Boss I would," Luster replied, "But trust me, ya'd just make an even bigger piss about it."

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He couldn't help it - Yuugioh burst into laughter.

Ignoring the scathing look Lupine sent him afterwards, the crimson god then went to tend to his own people's needs, only to discover that Laurel was doing quite well without him. That was one thing about Creatures - they were fully capable of taking care of humans, just as well if not better than most gods and goddesses, but they didn't need to be constantly worshiped or depend on the existence of a physical structure for their survival.

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…Hmm…there was something about that…something that nagged at him, but he wasn't quite sure what exactly…

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And anyway, soon enough there was no more time for such contemplation. As soon as the last god and goddess who'd lost their Temple kicked the bucket, Wrartz came flying back over to settle the score. Trailing him were the fifteen gods and goddesses that remained of his supporters, all of whom were directing positively vicious glares at Yuugioh for dealing them such a blow.

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But now, thankfully, the odds were in favor of Yuugioh's side, so he could ignore their looks. Wrartz's followers had already used up most if not all of their stored power, while their former slaves were now augmenting the power the willing servants on this side of the island were gladly giving.

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"Have you come to offer your surrender to us, Cousin?" Kazul asked, having noticed the same thing - surely no one would come over and fight without having any power!

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Unless, of course, they DID have something left to use. Despite never facing this sort of situation - that he could remember - Yuugioh was suddenly remembering the consequences of falling for a bluff of defenselessness.

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As stupid as it sounded, was one of Wrartz's followers perhaps part of a suicide mission, harboring the energy needed to eradicate a few Temples on this side of the island?

"They'd better not - a few Temples are all we have left!" Yuugioh muttered to himself under his breath.

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"Surrender? HAH!" Wrartz barked, "I see no reason to surrender to the likes of you - and especially not while achieving victory!"

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"He's lost it!" Luster laughed, "Dey don't got nothin' left ta fight with!"

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"Careful, Leader," Lupine cautioned, "Look! Here come their Creatures now."

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"We trashed 'em once and we'll trash 'em again, easy!" Luster replied, extremely confident of success.

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And that certainly looked true: the mix of twenty or so Creatures and eight or so Trolls looked like they hadn't rested or recovered at all since the first phase of battle.

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Which just screamed that something was indeed up, since there was no way that not a single Creature in their group knew at least the basic Healing Miracle - to use on itself when its deity wasn't around, or even as a bribe on villager-slaves to make them work themselves to death harder and faster maybe, Yuugioh wasn't certain since he wasn't an evil spirit - and throwing their most powerful servants away to be slaughtered was the last thing someone claiming victory would do.

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…Unless there was some other reason to do so, one that would lead to that victory…

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…Unless maybe, just maybe -

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Maybe that WAS the victory!

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As he had been thinking about all of this, Laurel and the other Creatures on their side had left the Temples and the villagers to deal with this approaching and seemingly minor piece of cleanup work.

The Creatures charged at each other - and only now did Yuugioh remember that seven of them were holding Creeds.

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And when the Dark Creeds were brought together…

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Yuugioh opened his mouth in hopes of giving a warning - what sort of warning he had no idea - but it was too late. Two of the wretched evil Creatures - a foul, screeching monkey and a half-starved polecat - forced their way through the battle, not even bothering to avoid being slashed at or bitten, and jumped at Ripclaw - Dekos' wicked wolf Creature, who held the last Dark Creed.

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There was a sound, then, a deep sound like someone had rung some impossibly huge gong. Everything seemed to quiver with that sound, as if all of creation knew that this was the beginning of something truly terrible happening.

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But instead of that truly terrible something, there instead now came a new sound. This was a lighter sound, more cheery, as if an uncountable multitude of tiny crystal bells were ringing, on and on without end, and were getting louder by the second.

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It took a moment of thought, after he noticed it, for Yuugioh to realize that what he was hearing wasn't really a sound - in the way that one could 'hear' a vibration even while deaf - but that technical detail was unimportant.

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Whatever power that doled out luck was smiling on them today, because even when the evil Creatures bearing Dark Creeds sprang for Ripclaw, Laurel had sprung at them first, thinking to beat them two-on-one and thus show up her sometime rival, that being the wolf in question.

The former Creature of Scilla, the rainbow sheep, had been butting and kicking at a troll practically beside them, and Oralldor's shining orangutan Creature hadn't been that much farther away.

As it was with Laurel, they each wielded a Rainbow Creed.

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Those three Rainbow Creeds mixed their vibrant and harmonious energies into the mess of power the three Dark Creeds had begun forming, causing a powerful reaction.

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And the battle, its participants, and The Continent itself vanished is a massive flash of brilliant light.