The Battle With Pittman' s Army

"I… just can't leave Colette like this…" Lloyd said.

He was too sad and worried to fight. With Colette hanging by a thread to her life, he was far too concerned for her life to effectively fight against the Papal Knights. Raine also could not leave Colette's side either. Without near constant support from Raine's healing arts, she would surely die.

"Don't worry Lloyd. We've got this. These knights are nothing!" Reiko shouted, as he slammed his sword into a Cardinal Knight, and sent him skyward, but instead of just knocking him vertically, Westerly decided to kick the knight, sending him into a tree. Shadow followed that up by knocking another Knight into the same tree, and then he fired off a Dragon's Fang, and set the tree ablaze, and thus it fell, collapsing a nearby ruin and that crushed the knight that Reiko had sent flying, and the blazing tree itself smashed the knight who Shadow had bashed into the tree in the first place.

Pittman had made a point to annoy Genis by persistently interrupting his spells by using his "Holy Nails" technique. It seemed as if Kyle was simply asking for trouble when, upon the next shot from his Crossbow, Genis unleashed his anger. Suddenly a massive amount of powerful mana began to flow through him, and the air began to fill with static electricity, and the mana of the area seemed as if it was building for something. "I'll show you your powerlessness!" Genis yelled. Suddenly the area around a group of Cardinal Knights and their Commanders began to glow as rings of blue light appeared along the ground. Lightning slammed the ground in the middle circle, and it sent out shocking shockwaves of power into the knights who were caught in the circles; they could not get away, because of the paralyzing effect of the Lightning Mana within the spell. "Indignation Judgment!" Genis shouted. A glowing blade that was comprised of pure, concentrated mana fell from the sky, striking the center circle, and that emitted a blast that tore the knights apart. Then the blade exploded, and the knights suddenly were nothing but bloody armor.

"Damn. That's one hell of a spell." Reiko said as he saw the sheer power of Genis's lightning spell. "Indignation Judgment… I wonder if I'll eventually be able to use it."

The battle carried on for quite some time. After a time, most of the knights had fallen. Aerifdall had once again become soaked with blood. The walls were smeared with the remains of the fallen knights, and their blood. The ground was so soaked that keeping a sure footing was almost impossible. But the battle was far from over. Kyle Pittman lifted his left arm, and fired two arrows. One shined brightly, and the other exploded. Suddenly a Dragon's roar was heard in the distance. Then seven or eight Velociknights charged forward. Behind them, massive, armored Dragons who had large shields and impossibly massive halberds marched in unison towards the battlefield.

"Crap. Dragon Knights." Reiko said.

"What are you worried about? We can take these guys. We took all of those others. It was no problem." Shadow said.

"Don't be so overconfident. Dragon Knights are the most powerful knights in the Pope's Army."

"Oh well. It's not like we can run away. We have to kill Pittman."

"Right."

They charged forward and attacked the Dragons. The Dragons took to the sky and unleashed a blast of flame breath. The ruins were set ablaze. The orange glow illuminated the ruins. It revealed the devastation that the village of Aerifdall had received back when the town was destroyed by Kyle's troops, and the damage the ruins had taken during this battle, although the newer damage was clearer, the old damage showed the destructive force that Kyle had unleashed on the innocent people of Aerifdall.

Reiko charged the dragons. He then used his "Guardian Shield" tech. But the Dragons attacked, and Reiko was knocked to the ground shortly after. "YOU ASKED FOR IT!" he cried "Let's go!" He charged forward, and slashed, he was followed by Shadow, Zelos, and Sheena.

"Thunder Explosion!" Reiko said, leaping into the air towards the dragon.

"Burst Fall!" Shadow said as he also leapt into the air.

"Lightning Blade!" Zelos shouted, thrusting his sword into the dragon.

"Pyre Seal!" Sheena yelled as she used her magically charged cards to blast the dragon.

"You ready, Shadow?" Reiko called out.

"Gotcha!" he yelled back. They both raised their swords, in unison, and lightning, light, fire and darkness mana swirled around them. "Destructive Attack!" Shadow said.

"CRUEL RAIN!" Reiko said, and all of a sudden, there was a fierce wind. The night sky grew darker, and then turned red. The mana surrounding the two brothers joined, and became a blue ray that shot into the sky. A magic circle appeared, and then the wind grew stronger, the clouds turned blood red, and lightning flashed from seemingly everywhere. Then the magic circle shot into the sky, forming a vortex of red and black clouds. Without warning, brilliant beams of dark light shot out of the vortex. These beams fell like rain, similar to Colette's Judgment spell, but when each hit, it exploded with the power of fire and lightning. There was nowhere for the knights to run. It was over for them in an instant; brilliant flash, explosion, death. The Dragons also suffered this fate, the one targeted by the unison attack, more so.

Kyle Pittman's troops lay dead. The terrain was battered and destroyed, filled with the many craters that the Cruel Rain had left. Kyle himself lay trapped between a huge ridge of debris, and the advancing Indignir brothers. The path to the true final battle with Kyle laid bare, and now the two Indignirs would have their revenge, but also for the countless lives taken by him and his troops, not only at Aerifdall, but all over Tethe'alla. He was going to pay, for the hundreds upon hundreds of half-elves killed at his command.