"Meteor!"
Rinoa cast her magic long with the boost from Angel Wing, aiming to counter the Flare magic from an army of Ogres who had lived hideously for centuries. Having realized they possessed one of the four forbidden magics, they emerged to conquer the modern world .
The shower of comets fell from the sky. As the members of the tribe lifted up their shields, the comets suddenly evaporated into a yellow light.
Rinoa and Squall gasped in shock.
"Meteor is eliminated!"
The tribe's chieftain quickly caught on and commanded their tamed Ruby Dragons to release their dominant magic.
"Mega Flare!"
Rinoa instinctively closed her wings to defend. Likewise, Squall placed his Lionheart horizontally, preparing to withstand the impending magic with his Knight Aura. It wasn't safe for SeeDs or even some GFs to withstand many Flare attacks, now that all healing and protection magics had been depleted. Fearing Rinoa and Squall wouldn't be able to face an army, Xu had given the sorceress-knight pair Brothers. The half-bull, half-human brothers immediately split the earth, creating a wall to shield the Ruby Dragons' fireballs. If the Brothers got low in health, Squall had a few G-Potions left to help them survive, hopefully until the end of this battle.
Obeying commands of the Ogres, the red dragons altogether released a huge fire that swept through Rinoa and Squall. However, to their surprise, the orange flame that burned through Brothers' wall also evaporated into dark orange light and flew out of Earth.
"Flare... It's gone..." Rinoa muttered.
Shumi Village.
Xu, Nida, along with all of Garden's SeeDs were guarding the usually peaceful village of Shumi. Since everyone realized that magic had been disappearing one by one, each after a few days or weeks, military forces had rushed to either defend or deplete magic draw points or capture high-level monsters. Regarding Ultima, there weren't many places to house this magic. The underground secret village of the shumi turned out to be the friendliest place possessing this magic. Of course, today's intruders wouldn't care to pay 5000 Gils to visit the Shumi's Ultima mine.
Armies from various tribes in Winter Island had united together, gathering their beasts and closing in on the thin force of SeeDs surrounding Shumi Village's entrance. Xu had tried to negotiate with them to no avail. For centuries, less advanced in technology powered by magic, these tribes chose to stay in their own land. However, recent phenomena coming from the sky and a few superstitious prophecies of ambitious chieftains were enough to stir their greed. They began to attack more modern societies now more vulnerable against arrows and spears without Protect.
"Go!"
The SeeDs heard the signal from the enemies, followed by the sound of multiple carnyxes blown altogether. They embraced their defensive positions along with a few GFs, hoping for a miracle.
Suddenly, from the depth of the village, they heard the Shumi's exuberant voice. A green light source immediately shot up to the sky, blinding anyone even miles away from the village.
"Ultima... It's gone! There's nothing here to claim!"
Xu shouted in happiness.
"She did it!" Nida hugged Xu. "Only one left..."
"The only one… It's hers," Xu mumbled.