A day or so after the Daityas incident at White Eclipse, despite what he heard, Kuro was more than willing to give the king of hell (a fact he wasn't really aware of) the benefit of the doubt, and accepted his offer to train him. Kuro used his Fire Make: Knuckles, to easily punch down a few large trees in a nearby forest, to which Daityas nodded in approval at Kuro's progress. "Yes, you're showing decent improvement." Daityas said as he watched Kuro, who wiped sweat from off his forehead.
"You really think so, Dait?" Kuro asked hopefully.
"Yes, I'm quite impressed. If you continue to improve, I'll teach you something special," Daityas said. "But for now, you look tired, yes?"
"Yeah…" Kuro nodded and patted his stomach which growled lowly. "And hungry…We've been at this for hours…"
"I suppose you can return home then, and we can continue this another time," Daityas said with a nod, and started to walk off.
"Alright! See you later, Dait!" Kuro nodded, and turned in the opposite direction Daityas did.
Daityas continued walking, and he was eventually met by Maggie, Ruika, Kiora, and Ur, in other words, the main females of Tartaros. "You seem to have taken a liking to that Kuro kid," Ur said with a risen brow, somewhat perplexed by the situation given Daityas' personality and tendencies.
"He's an interesting one," Daityas replied. "He heard what I did to Taya, but he gives me the benefit of the doubt, and now the idiot's gonna let me into his guild whenever he sees fit. Plus Arc is in that guild as well."
"Arc…?" Ur stared blankly at Daityas. That was a name she hadn't heard before.
"Arc was a former member of Tartaros," Kiora explained. "He and Tayakata decided to go all goody-two-shoes and leave."
"So your encounter with this Taya I heard about…was her punishment for leaving?" Ur asked.
"You could say that," Daityas replied. "The point is we're getting Arc and Taya back, eventually. I'll kill them myself and bring them back if I have to, and in the end, Fiore will succumb to the flames of hell, the people's screams, lovely music, and I will be laughing through it all."
"Uh…Dait…" Maggie waved her hand in front of Dait a few times, bringing the demon back to reality.
"That's…a little disturbing…" Ur coughed slightly.
"You're still getting used to being evil, I can tell," Daityas said while waving a dismissive hand. "You ladies haven't shown Ur how we do things yet, have you?"
"I thought she'd pick up on it by now," Ruika merely shrugged. "Besides, I've been too busy looking into something to bother with showing her the ropes."
"Do whatever you wish, I'm returning," Daityas merely nodded, and walked off.
"I have to go somewhere myself," Ruika said as she walked off. "Have fun."
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Kuro returned to White Eclipse, pushing the doors open with a little difficultly due to his sore muscles from his hours of training, but he made it inside nonetheless, and was greeted with his fellow guild mates. "Hey, everyone!" Kuro said with his usual smile.
"Where were you all day, Kuro?" Nami asked curiously.
"Oh, training with Dait!" Kuro said with a slight grin, but his response left Nami with a sort of pale face. "What's what, Nami…?"
"I don't think you should be around him…" Nami replied, playing with her hands. She could never forget or forgive what Dait did to Taya, no matter the story he weaved to try and convince everyone otherwise. But Daityas was also just too strong and scary to properly stand up against. What was she supposed to do but stay uncomfortable about the whole situation?
"I know you don't lie, but I just think you remembered some things wrong, Nami!" Kuro said with a nod. "He said he feels bad for hurting Taya like that!" Kuro nodded once again, and then hurried off into the kitchen.
"I don't believe him…" Reve said with a grumble, though Kuro wasn't able to hear him.
"There's nothing we can do about that now…" Luke said with a slight sigh while consuming a bag of chips. A few minutes of silence passed, and someone suddenly knocked obnoxiously on the doors. "Door." Luke said.
"Aren't you usually the door man?" Reve asked.
"Not today," Luke replied, gesturing for Reve to get it.
"Lazy…" Reve started as he opened the door, opening it to a young, cute female with long pink hair and dark blue eyes. "Hm? Oh…how can I help you?"
"What's this place?" The girl as she looked to Reve. "The stars led me here!"
Before Reve could respond, Zalen, with fogged glasses, pushed Reve out of the way. "This is White Eclispe!"
"Oh, a guild? Awesome!" The girl said with a smile, but on the inside she was freaking out. In the next second, Kuro walked out of the kitchen, and looked over to see what was going on, when small hearts appeared in his eyes at the sight of the girl.
"W-Who is this…?" Kuro asked as he walked to the door.
The girl stood up, displaying perfect posture, and then smiled towards the three mages. "My name is Saeko Rosei!"
Kuro began tripping over his own words as he started to speak, smiling from ear to ear. "I-I-I'm Kuro! Looking to join!?"
"Sure! I like this place!" Saeko replied.
"Right then…" Reve started to walk up the stairs. "Follow me…"
Saeko grinned at Reve and followed the guns mage up the stairs; however she was so excited she paid no attention to where she was walking, so when she approached the last time, she tripped over it, and fell face first onto the floor. "Uwaah!"
"K-Kawaii…" Kuro commented.
"What…just happened?" Luke asked as he blinked a few times.
"New members, yay!" Aira said rather excitedly.
"New people…ugh…" Selene said in a rather upset and slightly disgusted tone, clearly showing her dislike for new members in the guild.
"Do what I do," Takeru said as he appeared from the shadows. "Ignore them, and maybe they'll go away."
Reve heard the fall, but he didn't turn around because he had to hold back his laughter. So, he sat in a chair, and requipped a tattoo gun. "So, where do you want the guild mark?"
Saeko held her arm up, her voice muffled because of the floor, but she managed to say "here!"
Reve nodded, and stamped the guild mark on Saeko's arm. "Alright, there you go; now there's one more thing you have to do."
Saeko stood up, looking towards Reve. "What's that?"
"Go onto the balcony, and tell people why you became a mage," Reve said.
"Oh, okay!" Saeko skipped to the balcony, and started to give her speech.
While Saeko gave her speech, Luke looked around at the members present to see their input on a new member. Some were quite okay with a new member, while others weren't really too fond of the idea. "Huh…" Luke merely shrugged, and continued to mind his own business.
After Saeko finished her speech, Reve held his hand out, and attempted to push Saeko off the balcony onto the snow, as per White Eclipse tradition. "Nice speech."
"Oh!" Saeko paid no mind to Reve, and instead bent down to pick something shiny off the ground.
Because Saeko ducked, Reve missed completely, and landed in the snow. "…Welcome to White Eclipse…"
A mocking laugh echoed throughout the mountains somewhat as Magnus, and the rest of Cosmic Star, approached the gunslinger. "Oh…how the mighty have fallen…" Magnus said with a chuckle.
"Who the hell…?" Reve picked himself up, dusting the snow off himself as he looked towards Cosmic Star.
"Reve, buddy!" Daryan shouted in glee.
"…Who the hell are you?" Reve asked, completely forgetting his encounter with the dragon slayer.
"Ouch…" Daryan sighed.
"We're Cosmic Star!" Alex said before rushing into the guild, complete uninvited, and the others followed suit.
"What the…!?" Before Reve could object, the guild of five already made their way inside the building.
"Guest?" Aira asked as she looked towards the group of five.
"Hiya!" Alex said in a cheery tone.
"We should really put defenses on this place…people just keep walking in…" Takeru sighed.
"Not like you have long to really see that come through…" Magnus said with a shrug, and his comment instantly caught Takeru's attention, which ended with Magnus receiving a glare from the shadow dragon slayer.
"Helloooo ladies!" Daryan said as he approached Selene and Aira.
"Hi!" Aira said with a wave, while Selene just attempted to be as distant as possible.
"Ah, come on, don't be like that!" Daryan said as he placed a hand on Selene's shoulder, but the diamond mage smacked his hand away with force, causing Daryan to retract it. "Yeesh…hard crowd…"
"Who the hell let these guys in…?" Luke asked as he looked around, purposely avoiding Magnus.
"We let ourselves in, I hope you don't mind," Gaia said with a nod.
"A lot of people seem to do that nowadays…" Luke sighed.
Waiston walked from his room, glancing around at the guest. "Guest…?"
"That's right, we're from Cosmic Star, a rising guild, I could say," Yakuza said while rubbing his finger under his nose. "Heh…"
"Oh?" Waiston jumped from the top of the stairs and landed with a smirk. "Well, this is White Eclipse, the strongest guild in Fiore!"
"We are aware of that," Magnus said. "Though, I personally don't see how you can call yourself the strongest when Fairy Tail still technically holds the spot for number one…"
"Don't get testy with us, guy," Cygnus smirked. "I beat Salamander."
"And you got OHKO'ed by Gildarts Clive," Magnus retorted, and the comment made Cygnus quiet.
"Magnus…" Gaia started while waving a finger disapprovingly. "Don't be rude, we're guest here."
"Uninvited guest…" Reve mumbled as he walked inside, closing the door behind him.
"What's going on here?" Adam asked as he walked into the main room from the back door, looking around. "Guest…? Can I eat them?"
"No," Gaia replied when she looked towards Adam, though when the two looked at each other, everything fell silent for the two of them.
"Hm…?" Adam thought to himself as he caught a scent that was somewhat familiar to him in a general sense. "You…" Adam started.
"Huh…Who've thought..?" Gaia mumbled to herself as she nodded towards Adam respectfully. There was a silent understanding between the two of them, even though this was legitimately the first time they'd even laid eyes on each other. "And what brings you here?"
"I respect their strength. They're not bad...for humans.' Adam said while crossing his large arms. "You?"
"Mmm...I like being the strongest." Gaia replied. Adam just gave a quiet shrug in response.
"My name is Alex!" Alex said as she pointed to herself, then to the others. "That's Magnus, that's Yakuza, Daryan, an S class like myself, and Gaia, our ace!"
"It's nice to meet you all!" Aira said with a cheeky grin.
"No my dear," Daryan said as he attempted to be suave. "It's nice to me YOU." Before Daryan could continue any further, Selene met Daryan's nose with a diamond fist, which caused him to take a step back from the impact. "Yeesh…!"
Waiston sniffed the air, Yakuza's scent interesting him. "You…what's your magic…?"
"I'm just an ice mage," Yakuza replied with a shrug. "You?"
"Heh, I'm the frozen dragon slayer!" Waiston said with a smirk.
"Dragon slayer…?" Yakuza's interest in the conversation grew suddenly. "Is that so…?" Yakuza held his hand out, manifesting black ice into his open palm. "Because I am the Ice God slayer."
"Ice god? That's cute ice you got there, but mine is better, raised by the frozen dragon herself, you know!" Waiston's smirk widened.
"Oh? Where is she now?" Yakuza asked, but he didn't give time for Waiston to answer as he continued speaking. "I'll take a guess; I bet she left because she realized how inept a learner you were…"
Those vaguely listening to the conversation stopped, and looked towards Yakuza, while Waiston's confident expression vanished. "W-What did you say…?"
"Yakuza, what did I say about being rude!?" Gaia shouted, obviously upset at the mage for acting so rudely. "Waiston, I apologize!"
Heather and Kairi were partially listening to the conversation, and Yakuza's taunting of the sudden abandonment struck a slight nerve in not only Heather, but Selene as well. "How rude…" Heather scoffed under her breath, but Daryan caught sight of her and Kairi, and he immediately rushed over to them to introduce himself.
"Oh, hello, ladies…" Daryan said with a smirk.
"Hi there…" Kairi said, giving a slight wave.
"Name's Daryan, dragon slayer, strongest one, mind you, you are?" Daryan asked.
"Heather…" Heather replied with an almost blank stare. "Are you just this stupid?"
"Kairi," Kairi nodded.
"Did it heart when you fell from heaven?" Daryan asked Kairi, completely ignoring Heather at this point. "Because, baby, you're an angel."
Kairi blinked a few times before shaking her head. "I am an Angel Takeover mage."
"Huh…" Daryan blinked a few times before giving a subtle shrug. Not exactly what he was going for, but it was still a pretty apt flirt all the same.
"These guys are cool!" Saeko said as she walked down the stairs, but she tripped on the last step, and landed face first on the floor.
"Clumsy…" Alex giggled.
"Let me help you up!" Kuro rushed to Saeko's side and helped her back onto her feet. The new girl giggled at his aid. She was so cute, her laugh damn near pierced his heart.
"But there is a reason we came here today." Magnus stated calmly. "We wish to challenge you, White Eclipse."
"Challenge us?" Reve lifted a brow. "So you wanted to humiliate yourselves. Okay, that's fine."
"I knew you'd say that." Magnus shook his head. Reve's response was predictable and he didn't need his Foresight for that. "Since we've come to you, I was thinking we could alternate challenges, beginning with you selecting first. Three of yours vs. three of ours. The first team to win two wins. Not in actual fights, mind you. But...tests of abilities."
"Sounds kinda interesting..." Waiston said. "Okay, you're on then. Because I want to challenge you!" He pointed at Yakuza. "You think my cold isn't up to par with yours! Then I challenge you to see who can last the longest in the coldest temperatures!"
"Ah...I guess I had that coming." Yazuka's shoulders dropped. He wasn't going to take back what he said, but it was still mildly annoying to deal with. "But how are we going to do that?"
"Just leave that to me." Jaxon said. "I control the weather, so I'll serve as the perfect judge to see Waiston outlast you."
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White Eclispe and Cosmic Star stood outside. Waiston and Yakuza were standing next to one another, both of them shirtless while standing in the cold. Clearly it didn't bother them yet. "Okay. The rules for this first challenge are simple." Jaxon said to the two ice wizards. "I'm going to continuously drop the temperature around he both of you. The first person to shiver loses. Got it?"
"Yeah." Yakuza nodded in understanding.
"You know me. We do this every week before lunch!" Waiston said with a confident grin. "Let it rip!"
"Okay. Here we go!" Jaxon spread his arms apart, multiple blue magic circles appearing around Yakuza and Waiston. The temperature was beginning to plummet around them rapidly. Jaxon was focusing his efforts on them and watching their reactions.
At first, it was just fine. Neither Waiston nor Yakuza were budging from the cold. "Feeling chilly yet?" Waiston looked over at his foe with a grin.
"Not at all." Yakuza replied, as if he were bored. "This is nothing. I told you...my ice is of a higher plane than yours. It will take far more than this to make me feel it."
"Oh yeah?" Waiston lifted a brow. "And where'd you come all the way from, huh? There aren't many God Slayers around these parts."
Yakuza was silent for a moment, thinking it over. "...I believe I came from Pergrande. Although, don't ask me about my parents. I can hardly remember. I just know my power came from them. And because of it, I will become the strongest ice wizard there ever was."
"You're gonna be disappointed then." Waiston scoffed. "Because you're already looking at the strongest ice wizard. I hope you enjoy second place." The temperature around them was really starting to get low now. Everyone was watching as they entered the negatives in terms of temperature now. Waiston let out a breath and he could see the mist coming from his lips. "Cold yet?"
"Hardly." Yakuza shook his head.
"Come on, Waiston! Outlast him!" Kuro exclaimed.
"You got this, buddy!" Zalen added.
"Yakuza isn't budging." Magnus shook his head.
"Come on, Yakuza! You got this!" Alex cheered.
"..." Waiston narrowed his eyes. The temperature was still dropping, and he was starting to feel it.
"Come on." Reve said. He could see that Waiston was starting to slip. Yakuza was either putting up a really good front, or his cold resistance really was better than Waison's. They were about to find out as the temperature around them was extremely unsafe.
Eventually...Waiston gave. He shuddered and let out a groan. "Agh! Damn it!"
"...Looks like I win." Yakuza said calmly. There wasn't even a hint of a shudder from him.
"No way...he really outlasted Waiston in the cold?" Takeru couldn't believe it.
"No way he was going to lose in a battle of cold." Daryan said with a confident chuckle. "That makes it Cosmic Star 1, White Eclipse, 0!"
"...I hate these cretins." Heather scoffed while approaching Waiston. She opened her mouth to say something, but...
"Not right now." Jaxon stopped her. Waiston needed a second to himself after losing.
"I lost in a battle of cold!? That's...embarrassing. Infuriating!" Waiston knew he was better than this!? What would Tunundra say about this!? She raised him to be more adapt than that! His frustration was felt in the air by all. Yakuza just had an air of indifference around him.
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Challenge number two. Gaia and Adam sat at a table, their elbows propped on it. Zalen was asked to make this table out of the studiest building materials he could. It was a strange request, but he did so. "I hope this isn't too sudden. But I want to challenge you to an arm wrestling contest."
"Is that it?" Selene lifted a brow. "You're the ace. Don't you want something a bit more...forceful?"
"It's for the best." Adam said with a shrug. "I accept. I'm interested to see how this goes."
"If you lose, then we win by default." Magnus said.
"I know." Adam wasn't daunted by this. He held his hand up for Gaia to take.
"Pretty weird how she thinks she can arm wrestle a dragon." Luke whispered.
"Yeah..." Selene nodded slowly. "Although..."
Gaia took Adam's hand in her own. "I'm ready when you are."
"Then let's do this." Adam said calmly. "1. 2. 3." And on three, the two of them started to move. Their arms were locked in a fierce struggle. Both of them were gripping the edge of the table with their free arms. Their veins bulged as they tried to overtake one another.
"Heh...you're about as strong as I expected!" Gaia said with a strained smile.
"You aren't bad either..." Adam admitted. This was the first hint of a challenge he was actually able to have in ages. Even if it wasn't some grand fight, just being able to partake in this contest of strength was enough to scratch that itch.
"Holy shit, is she going even with him?" Zain said with wide eyes.
"She won't last long." Takeru said confidently.
"No shot Adam loses!" Cygnus was also confident that Adam would win.
"Come on, Adam! Take her down!" Skye cheered.
The two of them were going so strongly. The mountain was rumbling slightly as a brown aura appeared around Gaia, and a blue aura appeared around Adam. Ice appeared around Adam's hand while chunks of earth appeared around Gaia's. "Oh yeah...now this is a rush...!" Gaia said with excitement, her eyes shifting slightly the longer she and Adam went at it.
"Don't let up now." Adam said while gritting his teeth. Their arms were trembling and the table under them was starting to crack. It was composed of multiple materials, including diamond, and it was starting to bend to the might of the two using it.
"Why is the ground shaking...?" Takeru said, his face going pale.
"Urk..." Heather felt it as well. She immediately leaned towards Luke for comfort and he did what he could to soothe her motion sickness. Selene, Daryan, and Waiston weren't doing great either.
"Um. Is that...gonna last?" Alex asked while pointing at the table.
"Dunno." Yakuza shrugged. Magnus just remained silent.
The rumbling continued as the two arm wrestlers were giving it their all. Adam was slowly starting to overpower Gaia, but she fought back to a stalemate to keep things even. But before the winner could be decided, the table completely shattered under the weight of it all. Gaia and Adam both almost fell over as a result. "Gah!" Gaia yelped.
"Ugh...!" Adam grunted. He expected the table to hold just a bit longer, but unfortunately that wasn't the case.
"...I guess that's that." Magnus said calmly.
"Uh...what is that? A draw...?" Daryan asked while scratching the back of his neck.
"I suppose it is." Adam said while standing up.
"Damn. I can't believe that didn't hold." Zalen said while adjusting his glasses. He was confident it would've lasted until Adam wno.
"She's strong..." Skye muttered. Someone contesting with Adam in strength...was Gaia even human?
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The final challenge. This one was Magnus. He had his arms folded behind his back, thinking about who to challenge. "Hm. Let's see..."
"I'll take you on." Luke said while stepping forward.
"No." Magnus shook his head.
"What!?" Luke glared at Magnus. "You wanna talk all that crap, but when it's time to step up, you're backing away?"
'That's not it at all." Magnus replied. "I do not consider you a mage. So it is only natural that you are not on my radar."
"What'd you say!?" Luke clenched his hand into a fist.
"You better take those words back." Heather said with a hiss.
"Or you'll regret it." Selene added. They were not pleased at Magnus' attitude towards Luke. If he was going to make it personal, he was going to reap the consequences of that.
"I simply have no interest in challenging him. That's all there is to it." Magnus said calmly. The others members of Cosmic Star sighed at his bluntness.
"So who are you planning to challenge? I think you'll find you'll be embarrassed at the result either way." Reve said cockily.
"Hm..." Magnus looked around. He knew he drew the ire of White Eclipse with his words, but this was the expected outcome. "You." He pointed at Takeru. "Takeru Tenebrae, correct? I'll challenge you."
"You'll wish you challenged Luke." Takeru said with a scoff. "But the result would be the same anyway. I think you'd just be a bit less angry at the outcome." Takeru accepted this challenge and stepped forward, rotating his arm. "What's the challenge."
Magnus crossed his arms behind his back, looking at Takeru calmly. "It's quite simple. You will have about 30 seconds to hit me. I'll even settle for you grazing a blonde hair off my head."
"30 seconds? Ain't that a little too strict?" Daryan asked.
"Tch. You think this is some kind of joke?" Takeru scoffed at the idea, stepping forward. He and Magnus had equal distance between each other. "I only need 10."
"Oh ho? Then I'll make it harder on myself by allowing the 30." Magnus said with a faint chuckle.
"Make it hurt, Tak." Luke said.
"You got it." Takeru nodded. He wasn't going to let someone shit talk his guildmates either. It was personal.
"..." Arcturus was silent as Takeru stepped up to fight. "Don't push yourself."
"I'll serve as the ref for this one!" Alex said while pulling out a timer. "Are you two ready? Three...two...one...GO!"
The very second the word left her lips, Takeru entered his Shadow Drive and dipped into the darkness. He slithered across the ground and quickly emerged in front of Magnus, his left leg shooting out to strike him in the stomach. "Shadow Dragon's Talon!" The moment Takeru emerged, Magnus jumped back, easily evading the strike.
"Not good enough." Magnus said while his feet landed on the snow.
Takeru wasn't going to be baited by that comment. He would just keep pushing. Once he emerged from the Shadows, he rushed towards Magnus with shadows covering his fist. "Shadow Dragon's Iron Fist!" He lunged at Magnus, throwing his fists forward to try and land a punch. Magnus was easily dodging each and every single one of them with minimal effort, stepping back as needed to avoid even being grazed. Takeru threw a punch that whiffed Magnus' head, but he turned this into his advantage. Takeru created a shadow katana within that hand and immediately attempted to swing on Magnus. Magnus leaned his head to the side to cleanly avoid the hit.
"Slow." Magnus said as another slash was aimed at him. "Sloppy." He evaded the second with ease, shifting his body tot he side for a clean miss. "Sad." He ducked another one before spinning around, evading a sneaky fourth hit.
"No way, Tak can't hit him?!" Kuro gasped.
"It was like this on the train, too..." Luke said while narrowing his eyes. Something about Magnus was off. He still didn't know how Magnus could predict everything with such accuracy.
Calium was watching from the second floor balcony, along with Sidney. They mostly kept their noses out of the Cosmic Star visit. "...You sense it too, don't you?" Calium asked Sidney with a knowing smile. Sidney said nothing, but nodded slowly in response. "A lost magic resides in that Magnus. The ability to see the future. It's hard for them to see...but the color of his eyes says it all. That hue of green...is Foresight magic in its purest form."
"10 seconds left!" Alex reported.
"Tch." Takeru wasn't going to lose this. He closed in on Magnus, aiming a downward punch at his skull. As he expected, Magnus predicted this and dodged to the side. The moment his fist hit the ground, a shadowy spike then rose up to stab Magnus in the side. "Got you!"
Magnus, however, already knew it was coming. As the spoke rose up, he twisted his body in such a way, that not even his clothes were scratched from the sneaky attack. "You almost had me, but it was predictable." Magnus taunted while flipping and landing on the ground. "Five seconds left. Make it count."
"I'm not finished yet, bastard!" Takeru snarled while dipping into the shadows once more. This was his last chance to make it count and he wasn't going to waste it. Takeru instantly reappeared from Magnus' own shadow in a heartbeat, thrusting his Shadow Katana outward to stab the man in the back. Not fatally of course, but Takeru was trying to prove a point. However, the instant Takeru moved to stab, Magnus once again twisted his body into a flip, effortlessly evading Takeru's attack for the last time as his feet landed in the snow.
"Time!" Alex exclaimed. The members of White Eclipse were aghast at how even Takeru, one of their best, failed to land a hit on Magnus. He made Takeru look like a rookie...
"..." Takeru was completely silent as his Shadow Drive faded.
"...He had to hold back..." Arc thought to himself. There was no doubt in his mind that Takeru could have won that challenge if he was able to use his full power, but Arcturus was the only person who knew why he couldn't. But...surely there was no way Magnus knew about that.
"And with that...Cosmic Star wins." Magnus said with an arrogant smile. Cosmic Star...claimed victory over White Eclipse.
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A once bustling town was now nothing more than a frozen wasteland, but something was different about this frozen city. There wasn't just ice covering the entirety of it, but there were also traces of ashes in certain areas, suggesting that some sort of mixture of fire and ice occurred here. Layanna, the new member of the Magic Council, observed this city as she walked around, mumbling to herself about what happened. "The people here are frozen solid…buildings are burnt…ashes are everywhere…"
Somewhere nearby in the same town, two females couldn't help but giggle at Layanna's attempt to figure out what happened. "It doesn't take a smart one to figure out what happened here, eh?" Maggie said while nudging Ur's shoulder.