To stop an invasion

Leila Vergious  ❃  S-rank  ❃  Silver Wolf

It has been a good while since the infamous call to arms had happened. A call from the magical council that would require most, if not all, mages to head toward the Fat Monsterland and start using everything they had to stop the monsters there. Or, to be more precise, a monster army that was advancing toward Fiore in order to conquer it. Well, at least the girl could agree that they had to be stopped in some way. So she ended up fighting at the front lines herself, along with an old friend of hers she had not seen in forever. A start to this long and tiresome tale.

After successfully halting the army’s progression, the council would start performing recon missions that discovered locations of several monster bases. Once again were mages of all guilds dispatched to these locations in order to bring the monsters to justice and prevent any future attempts at waging a war with humanity. There, the Void Spirit had met a dragon who was much smaller and willing to talk than most of her species. Together, they managed to bring down the monster forces without killing them, allowing the rune knights to exact their own justice that they believed in.

That should have been the end of it all. And perhaps it was. However, the experimental scanner in the halls of Silver Wolf guild was now going off like crazy, showing magical signatures that would most likely belong to those very monsters based on the previously gathered information. Whether the first few fruits of the guild were starting to be seen or if the device was simply malfunctioning had to be verified somehow. And seeing how the guild was still at its very start and with few members to spare, the guild master had taken it upon herself to venture out.

She needed a small stretch anyway, so not like this was anything bad for her. In a mild hurry, she would dress in the new apparel that she had prepared for herself before founding the guild. Or perhaps it was wrong to call it “new”, as it was still the very same armor she had worn for ages. One weaved from Eden’s shadow and capable of changing how it looked, even altering its abilities to fit Leila most in the stage of power she was in. And now, after Eden’s successful ascension? It had returned to the very original appearance.

A long coat of midnight blue color with a white trim, crimson red on the inside and acting as a good insulator that could be worn both during the hot days and cold nights. Together that a brown-ish miniskirt and knee-high socks. To top it all off, she could also never forget the top hat adorned with roses. Flowers that meant much more to her now than ever before. Though it was still far too soon for her to be trying that magic out, so this little mission would have to go by without show-casting it in any way.

But there was also one new addition to this outfit, one that the girl was somewhat unsure about for a while. But at the end of the day, it was one of the very few things that she had from her previous guild, Golden Phoenix. A mask of white porcelain-like material infused with magic, the Phoenix logo seared into it with eternal flames. The one unfortunate fact about it was that it looked somewhat creepy on the outside. But the Golden Phoenix meant a lot to her, so she would risk creeping some people out in order to keep a piece of that home with her at all times.

Putting the mask on, she would let out a small sigh and head out. Melon was already waiting for her by the entrance, her body grown to a proper size and wings adorning her back. This transforming ability of hers was awfully handy when they had to travel like this. So without any further delays, the silver-haired maiden would hop onto the majestic creature and let it take to the skies, piercing the snow storm that always surrounded the guild hall, only calmed down by the rune formation put into place to keep the building and everyone inside safe.

Thankfully, the guild symbol every member had somewhere on their body also create a similar effect, although on a much smaller scale. But still big enough to protect the individual from freezing to death out there. Soon enough, they would be out of the mountains and heading toward one of the closest villages that were marked by the scanner as affected by the hostile magical signatures. And that village happened to be a tiny nostalgia trip for the girl - the Beanstalk village. A place where she not only once, but twice defeated a horde of vegetable demons in order to break a curse.

Those were the fun and simply times the girl often looked back at. But now, she could see it even from this much of a distance. Giant magical circles were positioned in the skies above the land, swarms of creatures being released every few moments. Thankfully, it seemed that the village was somewhat more prepared for this after their curse incident. Hunters and defenders were running all around, using both primitive and somewhat more modern weapons to defend against the monsters and beasts suddenly present. There were even few magic users already present and pushing the enemy back.

As for Leila, she wished to take in the large scope of this battle so that she could form the best strategy for now. Giving Melon the appropriate signal, they would land on one of the many buildings at the very edge of the village, one that was also tall enough for her to see what was going on down below in pretty much the entire village. Not only that, she also felt many magical signatures that belonged to proper mages that were on her side. And one of them, she actually recognized as a certain summoner she had met in the past and worked with few times already. This was shaping to be very interesting so far!

1,034 / 4,000 WC 

@Samira Nassar 

@Kite Wilhelm 

The Demon King

”“
A fair amount of time had passed since the last time he responded to the Magic council’s draft  notice was sent out across the nation to deal with what would could have escalated into a true national crisis. Kite responded to the call and reported to a section of the The Fat Monsterland in order to eliminate the army of monsters that had somehow organized and looked to invade and destroy the various villages surrounding the Fat Monsterland. He and the group of mages he teamed up with managed to fight against the numbers and defeated the Griffin that united all the monsters together. Despite his victory he did not respond to the second call that went out to all the guilds and every place in between. Other matters were much more important chief among them was the rebuilding of Sabertooth and establishing itself in its homeworld as well as its influence in the realms that were connected through the branches of the Yggdrasil. He had heard the news of the successful incursion into the heart of Fat Monster land where the numbers of the various monsters was decreased exponentially. Despite the effort put into both missions on behalf of the Magic Council a third request was delivered to Sabertooth’s mailbox and then it was taken right to Tailspin the personal Airship that belonged to none other than the GuildMaster, Kite himself. After reading the details of the mission he smirked to himself as he looked up at the viewfinder over head in the Ships massive cargobay. ”Hey EDI spin up the engines. We got a job to do.“ Kite left the  cargo bay and began to walk back towards the guild “Where are you going Kite?” EDI would ask but Kite kept walking. He decided it would be a good idea to invite Ryo on this little mission. His magic could come in handy as well as his companion. He would knock on the ace’s door before calling out to him, ”Hey Ryo we gotta job.“

Kite would return with Ryo to sound of Tailspin’s main engine roaring as the turbines on each wing pushed the ship off the ground and into the proper airspace for take off. ”Make yourself at home. The common area is over there.“ he pointed to the door in the back where the med bay was located, ”You can above deck and is the kitchen or join me in the cockpit.“ with that Kite made his way up the winding catwalk ascending up through the catwalk to the nearest staircase that would put him on the main level just between the dining area and the foredeck which was a shot hallway that acted as a bridge to lead up to the cockpit which is where Kite was heading. “Kite The ship is ready to go. What is our heading?” the disembodied voice spoke from inside the speakers in the console. ”We are going to Beanstalk village.“ The turbines changed their angle so that Tailspin rotated in the air pointing in the direction of Beanstalk Village before rotating once more pointing back and in sync with the main engine they erupted from Tailspin being put into full throttle. Kite took sat down in the pilot’s seat and leaned back in the chair with his arms behind his head and his eyes closed. He had the notion of taking a nap but EDI of course had something to say to the captain of the ship, “What sort of job are we doing?” Keeping his eyes closed he answered, ”The Magic Council calling all hands on deck again.“  He opened his eyes to see the clouds racing by with EDI continuing the conversation. “You mean that job in Fat MonsterLand? Didn’t you turn them down the second time?” He nodded and shrugged, ”Yeah and even still they got the job done but mysterious magic circles are popping up across Fiore and no one knows what they are which is where I come in.“ EDI chimed in with a question, “So why BeanStalk village?” Kite’s eyes opened all the way now and leaned forward in his seat looking outside now, ”They said these things were popping up all over the damn place and Beanstalk is one of the closest villages to us. If there is no issue then we move to the next closest town but if these circles are there and something happens the village will be more or less defenseless.“ Looking down at the console he stood up from the chair and turned towards the door to exit the cockpit, ”How long until we get to the village?“ If he had time he was going to take a small nap but luck as he would soon learn wasn’t on his side today. “We have approximately five minutes until we are in the airspace above it.” With that plan ruined he did the only thing left to do and that was go below deck and wait for the Tailspin to land.

Once the Tailspin landed and the inside of the cargo bay shook which informed him that they were on the ground  long before EDI did. ”Any disturbances?“ and without a word EDI performed a sweep of the area and once it was over the silence was broken by her voice. “It would seem that magic circles have been located and seem to be activating. Be prepare for battle.” EDI opened the airlock and the ramp lowered down to the ground and Kite walked down it keeping his sword on his back but his right hand on the handle. ”A fight already? Looks like I made it just in time. Oh EDI do you sense any other mages here?“ he was curious to know if he were alone or if he might have some help here. “I don’t detect anyone using magic although several signs of strong magic are present but I cannot distinguish them from the circles.” He smiled and finally exited the ship with Ryo and looked at him ”So we either find help or we find trouble. Either way this will be one hell of a party.“ of course his timing could not have been worse for the moment the word hell left his lips that is when the circles opened up and unleashed a swarm of various monsters onto the village. Pulling reaper from the back of waist he extended his the blade allowing reaper to enter sword mode. ”Bad guys first.“ were the last words he would say as he charged into the village ready to chop down anything in his way.

Kite Wilhelm

1,101/4,000WC 

Leila Vergious  ❃  S-rank  ❃  Silver Wolf

The magical circles above the pretty small village were gigantic, ones you would expect a massive monster to be brought in. But even as they became active, the magical lines that formed the actual circles themselves starting to glow with power that coursed through them and slowly warped space in its immediate vicinity, that was simply not the case. Instead, large swarms of smaller enemies would come through the newly opened gates and started heading down, some using wings of some sort to slow down their fall while others being carried down by magical lines from the circles themselves.

In other words, this appeared to be more than just a random event occurring due to natural causes. Well, of course that was the case. After all, only larger human settlements were being targeted like this. There was a very obviously intelligent mind behind all of this, one driven by enough malice to actually try to destroy the structure of daily life in Fiore. But regardless of that, it was still somewhat fascinating to watch these magics at work. They were quite different from Leila’s own gates that were far more basic right now. In fact, she was tempted to take notes in order to improve her own magic later.

Regretfully, there was no time to actually do any of this. The fact that these beasts and monsters were already descending down onto the villagers meant that she had to hurry and do whatever she could to protect them all. And the best way to do this was to shut down those magical circles before they would bring any more monsters in than they already have, while at the same time locking all present hostile forces in the village and allowing villagers themselves to run out of this place. That way, an accessible arena would be created and allow for the eradication of the enemy.

The only problem with such plan was that the structures in this place could get damaged because of the combat. But as far as Leila was concerned, lives of the living beings here were far more important than anything that could be found here. Not to mention that the Beanstalk village was actually one of the least advanced and structurally impressive places in Fiore. It was not meant to be an insult to this place, just an observation that resulted in the fact that they could always rebuild once everything was over. Especially with Leila’s help who could provide unlimited sourced of wood and workforce alike.

Nodding to herself, the girl had a plan. It would take a good bit of her energy right from the start, but that was why she had Melon on her side. And she sensed several more magical signatures in this place as well, assuming they were allies. This put her mind at ease, even as she looked up to see what appeared to be an airship above the magical circles. Even more unknown allies were arriving, so there really wasn’t anything she’d have to fear. Smiling beneath the mask, she would hop down from her companion’s back and pat the wolf while leaning to one of her ears.

“Go on ahead, help anyone you can find. I’ll get this place off so that no monsters can escape. A passage will be open to you and the villagers.” The bright green and pink wolf understood her perfectly and confirmed the plan with an excited bark, swiftly running off into the center of the village. Now it was time for Leila to work. That said, she was somewhat concerned as she noticed enemies surrounded by flames descending slowly toward the ground. One of her greatest weaknesses would be tested once more, huh?

Thankfully, the ascended version of her magic was less susceptible to fire than the magic she had started off with. Eden truly was evolving along with the girl, growing stronger with every experience she’d have on the way to where she was right now. Smiling beneath the Phoenix mask on her face, she would crouch down and firmly plant her palms on the ground, letting her magical energy flow free into the earth beneath her and all around her. This would allow anyone to locate her rather easily, but she did not mind. Even if the monsters came, it would at least mean they were not going after the innocent people.

Only seconds later, giant tree trunks would sprout behind her, moving like serpents, or perhaps worms, forming arches around the village before being buried in the ground again. Several of these massive guardian trees would easily form a pattern like this - a wall with several layers of thick magical bark that would not be broken easily. And yet, cracks between the trunks would appear in front of the villagers who wished to flee, or who were forcibly carried out by Melon for their own good. While the wolf was good in combat, it was for the better now that she would run around and get people out of here.

All the other mages who arrived at this village could probably notice the wolf running around at high speed as well. Leila only hoped that no one would mistake the poor creature for a hostile. But considering that Melon was just forcing people onto her back without any malice behind her actions and then carrying them off toward the edge of the village, it could be surely deduced that she was only trying to help. And even if someone did attack the wolf, she was nimble and possessed a magic that would allow her to either defend herself or simply dodge and continue carrying out her given duty.

Leila herself would wipe off the sweat that formed on her forehead from creating such a dense mass of trees all around, if only not for the mask she wore. But no time to mess around with that, she had to try and disable those magical circles. The only problem was that she had no idea how to do so yet. In order to break the magical logic of the spell, she would have to study and observe it much more closely. But there was no time for that. So she just decided on a method that often worked as well - a good old brute force.

As a certain madman once said, if violence doesn’t solve your problem, then you’re not using enough of it. Nodding to that while also questioning the person who actually said and lived by those words, she’d call forth one of her faithful spirits. A blue swirl of light would form right next to her, distorting the space around as a celestial gate opened up and out came a young maiden with somewhat pale skin, blond hair and wearing a blue and white dress. Harpae, one of the first generation Eden spirits. “Sorry for the sudden summoning, but could you try to shoot down the circles?”

There wasn’t exactly the time to explain if they wanted to do this as efficiently as they possibly could, so Leila was rather thankful for her new companion’s understanding. “Understood. The enemy won’t know what hit them!” With a certain enthusiasm in her voice, Harpae would extend her hands forward as a silver bow manifested in her hands. Aiming the weapon up above, she would also start creating an arrow out of pure magical power, several magical circles appeared in front of the arrowhead and focusing power on it.

The summoner’s pure blue eyes would shift from that strangely beautiful preparation of a deadly spell to the summoning circles themselves, hoping this would work. It took a little bit to gather enough power, but the spirit was ready to fire momentarily. And so she did, releasing the energy she held between her long, slender fingers. The arrow moved perhaps even faster than a bullet, leaving behind but a blindingly white trail of pushed out air and magical energy released. However, the plan did not quite work as Leila hoped. For as powerful as the arrow was, it simply passed through the circle it was aimed at.

“Huh…? I’ve sensed no difference in the energy… did I miss?!” Harpae was blind and could only rely on her other senses, as well as sensing of magic to find her targets. So it was understandable that she quickly grew confused as to what just happened, or rather, did not happen. Leila would only let out a soft grunt of disappointment. “You’ve hit it. But it passed right through…” This would probably be of no surprise if a normal arrow were to be released. But Harpae shot an arrow made out of pure magical energy.

So instead of just passing through, it was supposed to clash with the summoning spell, resulting in either the circle or the arrow being broken. But neither occurred, which was rather problematic. It meant that there was some kind of special defense on this summoning spell. Another problem was that if someone didn’t find Leila by using their magic sensing abilities, they definitely knew where she was now because of the arrow trajectory left behind after the shot was fired. Now what to do… she had to come up with something else that would allow her to shut the enemy’s magic down.

2,588 / 4,000 WC 

@Samira Nassar 

@Kite Wilhelm 

@RyoKnetegawa 

The Demon King

He kept his feet planted on the ground, just off of the ramp that would lead him back into the ship’s cargo bay if he so chose to go back in. Ryo stood near him and responded to Kite’s comment about this being a party of sorts, the human like being made it a point to press that he believed that they should keep the casualties to a minimum and save who they would be able to. In nature Kite agreed completely, none of the people in the village asked for this to happen but desire aside the probability in that being possible dwindled with in minutes. ”I don’t object to that.“ he said to his friend but used his chin to point to the flood of creatures spewing from the various magic circles in numbers so great it could only be described as an army. ”But with this many that will become more difficult over time. “ Kite knew it may not be the answer his friend wanted to hear but he felt that it was a very realistic outcome to expect.. But that didn’t mean Kite would just not try to protect who he could but in the event that lives were lost taking on the role of an avenger for those to fall was comforting enough for him but he didn’t share this thought with his friend but instead watched as Ryo lowered his own hat and rushed towards the horde of enemies. He took his first step forward but stopped to look back at his ship looked back out to the horde and then back to his ship, ”EDI lock up and get into high altitude and stay there until this is over.“ “What if you need extraction? High altitude will be too high for me to reach you or Mr. Ryo in time.” He would shake his head, ”There will be no extraction. The magic council said these things are all across Fiore which means all of these things will be bearing down on the country. If we cannot stop they you need to send word but we aint dead yet. On your way up use Yammato and blast some of them for me.” His voice was resolute, he didn’t expect to fall in this battle but the vast numbers make it a very strong possibility but EDI was still reluctant to follow this order. “Kite you…” that was all he let her say, ”EDI. Go now.“ the tone was sharp and demanding to which EDI responded and now obeyed. The ship’s ramp closed behind him with the engines roaring to life before it took to the air. EDI pointed the Yammato towards the ground fifty yards ahead of Kite and released the blast of molten plasma which took out a fair amount of the beings that seemed to be constantly on fire and then pointed the bow up to the sky and with top speed ascended above the clouds. Kite turned his attention towards the flood of monsters and smirked. ”They brought an army. How unfair for them.“ He now steadily walked towards them and after a few steps the steps became more regular as he went from the walk to a steady run. During his run his right hand reached to the back of his waist and gripped the hilt of Reaper, sword that could also turn into a scythe and pulled it free as he was with in combat range of the enemy. He swung horizontally with his weapon in hand still fully retracted so it missed but it was after the miss that he pulled the trigger the right way to extend the blade so it now looked like the sword it was crafted to be. A typical move would be for someone to regain their grip and counter swing but instead Kite moved his foot so he was on the ball of it and let the sudden extension of his weapon accelerate his rotation speed and so he came back around bringing the edge of his blade through a rat that has leaped at him and two of the flame minions that lumbered their way towards him, ending his rotation just short of a 540 degree rotation. He looked over his shoulder back at towards the enemy and examined the result of his attack and smirked, ”I was able to cut through without much resistance.“ his gaze was then transferred inquisitively to the massive army before him, ”There are a lot of these suckers. I doubt that hack and slash will cut it for much longer.“ that is when all the eyes of the flame minion as well as the vile rodents turned their gaze onto him. ”I guess I pissed them off now.“

Kite held his sword’s hilt with both hand while the weapon was held out in front of him in a guarded posture. He didn’t know what was going to attack him first or where they were going to attack from but what he did know that with him being surrounded completely that being in any sort of offensive posture would be pointless. It meant that he would have to get offensive and he had just the perfect way to do so. He pulled out from his access to the supply train one of the many explosive lacrima at his disposal and slapped it into the open slot near the base of the blade and with a decisive downward horizontal swing releasing a blast as well as an explosion taking out a handful of the rats in front of him but like an army of ants the numbers that were eliminated it was impossible to tell due to surge of rodents to take their place. Mentally sighing Kite swung his way through the rats cleaving those in half that lunged at him and those that didn’t have a chance but the numbers were soon too much reaper in it’s sword mode. He moved the trigger and the blade of the sword curved back towards Kite until it made a near crescent like shape jagged where the blade was segmented but perfectly edged red blade popped out from the curve as the blade rotated on its guard and the hilt telescoped into a long handle. Now that it was in scythe mode and with long sweeping motions he hacked at every rodent he could that was on the ground not unlike a farmer using a tool to chop weeds. This worked well enough for the rats and kept them at bay. Any that got past his sweeping motion was blocked by a well timed strike or a block with the handle. One of the Flaming minions got the jump on him though and latched onto his back  with his arms locked around Kite’s waist and in the process lit Kite’s coat and him on fire which would have been unfortunate if he were just any mage. Another one made its way over and looked to join in the “heated” group hug and it did creating more flames to engulf the Guild Master of Sabertooth. Kite  stuck the point of reaper into the ground before pressing his the tips of his finger into the stomach of one of the minions and with a shift of his shoulder and snap of his fingers into a fist he slammed it into the minion, ”Flame Demon’s Exorcising strike!“ and an explosion of azure fire surrounded the minion and sent him flying. Using both of his hands to break the hug he positioned his hips under the minion and flipped it over with a Judo styled throw onto the ground. His hand would then reach and grip the handle of his scythe and with a hard pulling jerk the blade slid across the neck of the minion severing his head.

”This is going to take forever.“ he said in frustration, the enemies were cake but the numbers were going to be the thing that was a pain in the ass. That’s when he noticed two things occur, the first was a sudden blast of magic into the air with a white tail like a jet stream behind it. Kite didn’t have a moment to react to it when a near transparent dome appeared in the center of the village both were clear signs of magic being used, much more than what was made by these things. Kite looked over at his ace who was dealing with his own share of the army, ”Hey Ryo we have at least two other mages. One at the other edge of the village and one in the center with that dome thing.“ He pointed just before he pushed the top of the scythe into a flame minion pushing it back before adding a short swing bisecting it. ”There are probably people in town but that blast of magic was the only one so I don’t know if someone is in danger over there. What do you want to do?“ He inhaled when he was done and aimed his mouth in front of him, ”Flame Demon’s Rage!“ from his mouth a blast of azure flames shot towards the rats a few feet in front of him and as he craned his neck back the flames arched up clearing a straight path in front of him for several meters until the flames were pointed into the air clearing a path towards the village that was now surrounded by a wall of tree trunks with . ”Let’s go to the center to sess out what is going on.“ Kite said as he ran down the path he had created towards the village and where the dome was located. Once he breached the center of the Village by fitting his way through one of the cracks in between the trunk he could see the dome had been strong enough push and keep the minions away from it’s inside where villagers were being protected by a wolf attacking the creatures and directed by a young woman with dark green flowing hair dressed in white and black, she was a very attractive woman to say the least. ”She's cute.“ he said out loud for anyone to hear but shook his thoughts free. He instead focused on the houses that were on fire around them and there were plenty of people on the outside that were in need of help being chased by the horde. Feeling that he was close enough he began to inhale directing  in the flames that danced on the houses into his mouth and didn’t stop until the homes in the area were free. From where he was he could see the people being chased by the Minions and rats as they ran towards the girl. ”Let's even the odds, Flame Demon's Desolation Fist.“ he punched the air but from his fist a giant hand clenched in a fist flew through the air with a stream of fire behind it punching a nice sized gap between the villagers and the monsters. Knowing his singular style of magic might not be good with so many people near by he had an idea of what to do ”Ryo you might be of more help here than me. I'll head to the outskirts and see what that blast was about.“ he looked over at Ryo as he contacted his ship's AI, ”EDI we have Villagers in the center of town that need extraction. Listen to Ryo.“ When he was done he shouted to the girl, ”Hey Cutie my ship is on it's way down. Load up anyone who can't fight and it will take them to safety.“ that was all he had to say to her and then looked at his friend. ”I will meet up with you as soon as I can.“ and with that he ran towards the edge of the village where one of the magic circles that had summoned the monsters stood with a white haired female dressed in a dark colored coat with knee high socks and with a white mask with another girl in front of her  with dirty blonde hair dressed in a blue dress with a bow in her hand abd all around them the minions of flames began to gather. He wasn't sure if she had noticed him but he was about to give up his location fully unaware if this girl was guarding the circle or trying to destroy it. He approached her ”Who are you and can you destroy that thing?“

Kite Wilhelm

3,191/ 04,000 WC 

Leila Vergious  ❃  S-rank  ❃  Silver Wolf

The magical summoning circle was not destroyed even by one of the more powerful spells that Leila and her spirits possessed, the number of enemies was not decreasing even as other mages rampaged through the broken village, and they were certainly unable to save every single person in this place. The situation was seemingly becoming truly dire at this point. And new ideas were not quite coming in either. The Eden’s guardian might have been a summoner herself, but she knew not how to shut down these gates, considering the fact that her previous method did not do the trick at all.

From behind the white and black mask, her shining blue eyes would dart rapidly from one spot to another, as if she was hoping that she could find the answer written down somewhere nearby. But, of course, that was not the case. Nothing was ever that easy. All she could really see were the collapsed homes and monsters slowly closing in, trying to surround her. Their efforts were for naught, given the girl’s abilities. But she was concerned with something else entirely at the moment. Perhaps it was nervousness that started creeping up her back as she tried to regulate her breathing again.

She hasn’t felt like this in a very, very long time. A small and quick reminder that she was truly not some god or an almighty creature that could fix everything with a flick of her fingers. But… there was probably a way. Another method of closing the portals for good. Though that method was not exactly something that Leila wanted to use. At least not just yet. It’s been ages since she had discovered who she really was. But only pretty recently did she unlock the full potential of the powers that brought about her lineage. Powers that she did not have control over just yet.

And they were dangerous abilities. Both to her and everyone around. But what choice did she really have at this point? She would sigh and narrow her posture. Harpae was still nearby, just as nervous as her summoner. After all, they were all one at the start. “What are you going to do, Leila?” It took few seconds of gathering courage before the silver-haired maiden could even say it. “I’m going to use the power of Void to reverse magical flow inside of those circles, making them collapse on their own. It’s a risky move, but also our best chance at this.”

The moment she finished, yet another voice resonated with her. One that only she could hear, as it was one of her spirits still present in Eden, rather than summoned here. “Void? Think of a different plan, there is no way you can use a power that dangerous yet. If you summon me, then perhaps our combined strength will be eno-” “It’s fine. Even if there will be consequences, I’m sure I’ll be able to take them. We’re immortal, after all.” It was true, but Yuki was still rather unhappy with this decision. She knew the danger of these spells.

They all knew them. But it was definitely the quickest was to shut the warp gates down and save as many lives as possible. So it simply had to be done. Crouching down, multiple branches covered in leaves would start emerging from the girl’s back, forming a pair of beautiful green wings. It was at this moment that someone else arrived, though Leila only gave the man a side glance as she suddenly took off and headed straight for the circles. Harpae, the blind spirit, was the one to start explaining and answering the question instead. Or at least she tried to do so.

“We are here to help. Magical energy of these monsters was detected all over, so now we’re trying to shut them down. We… have a plan, so don’t worry.” Taking firm hold of the bow, she would try to sense different locations from which enemies were approaching. But before she could even shoot once, another magical circle would show up right next to her. One from which another spirit emerged. It was Lisette, the maiden of horrors that resided in the corrupted Gardens of Eden. In her hands, a pair of scissors already rested and ready to strike at any moment.


“What are you doing, trying to be a hero and fighting here alone? You wouldn’t stand a chance.” “Lisette…” “Besides, she never lets me out. So I want to slaughter as many of them as I can while I can!!” With a wide and rather unsettling grin plastered on her face, the spirit with scissors would dash into a cluster of enemies and start swinging her weapons around, cutting their flesh into pieces. Harpae, too, would grip her bow and start shooting around, hoping Kite who just arrived would help them as well.

In the meantime, Leila closed in on the magical circles. They were huge when one looked from the ground, all the more so when she approached. Doubts started filling her mind, but she quickly shook them off. It was now or never, for more enemies would soon start heading in again. And it would be much more difficult to do anything then. Extending her hands toward the warp gates, she started focusing. The power of her lineage. The power of her very being. A Void that could warp and twist everything would slowly infect the magic in the air and start reversing its flow.

As if glitches, the magical circles started freaking out in the skies and all creatures that tried to come through it into Earthland afterward were very quickly destroyed by the warp gate itself. And only in few more seconds, they would all fall apart, leaving the skies clear of any more options for the enemies to get in. Now, all they had to do was clear the ones that already got into the village before. But Leila wasn’t sure if she could help all that much with that. The wings on her back started falling apart as well, as she slowly drifted toward the ground.

Her landing wasn’t exactly soft, either. But even after crashing into the ground, she did not sustain any more serious injuries. Or so it seemed. A piercing pain was going through the entire right side of her body. And looking down on her hand, she knew exactly what was happening. Due to certain greedy individuals in the past, a part of her Eden was corrupted by the energy of humanity. And this showed on her body as well, in the form of several gray spots bearing black markings all over them. And for some reason, those marks started spreading now, covering nearly all of the right side of her body.

Why this was happening, she had absolutely no clue. But she was barely able to move because of it at the moment. Seating herself against the wall of a nearby broken down house, she was ready to summon another spirit to defend her if the need would arise. But other than that, she just kinda hoped that her other two spirits, along with the friendly mages that were present in this village, would be able to wipe out the rest of the enemies now that she cut them off from wherever they were coming. She needed to rest at least a little bit, and bear the pain of her body.

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@Samira Nassar 

@Kite Wilhelm 

@RyoKnetegawa 

The Demon King

”“
With the situation now in the capable hands of both Ryo and the green haired girl in the center of the village Kite was able to deliver his focus onto the task at hand and that was lending his aid to whoever it was that was alone in the outskirts of town. While he approached the large magic circle that acted as a waypoint for him he was able to hear the sound of Tailspin’s engines roar over head now which meant that Ryo was taking full advantage of the fact that he could lead a full extraction of the civilians. ”Good. At least the people will be safe.“ he said to himself but shook any other thoughts akin to those words from his head. He had to focus on the enemies ahead as well as the mage alone out here. When he arrived he had learned that she wasn’t alone at all and that there was at least one other person with her, also a female but holding a bow. Kite had asked the white haired girl who she was and asked the leading question if she could destroy the circle but his answer would be unanswered. His red eyes would meet her side glance before she would take off towards the circles leaving him unanswered and the girl wielding the bow behind. Kite’s eyes would follow her until the girl holding the bow spoke to him answering him by stating that she that they were there to help and reassured that they had a plan to deal with the circles. Kite looked at her as she spoke but he noticed something about the way her eyes focused or rather didn’t focus. Had he not tried to look her eye to eye he wouldn’t have guessed that the girl before him was in fact blind. ”A plan?“ he would ask her and set his gaze on the girl who was on her way to the circles, ”I guess if she left you behind she must know what she is doing right?“ he had no choice but to hope that was in fact the case. However while the girl went to invoke her plan the enemy forces were converging in on the blind girl and himself. The grip of his right hand tightened on Reaper’s hilt while his left hand took hold of Rose, his lacrima saber. His eyes scanned over the flaming minions and rats that grew nearer trying work out the best way to go about this he took a step back so he was a little closer to the bow user and was about to say something about having her back but a magic circle different from the ones that acted as a gate for the monsters, appeared and from it came a blonde haired girl holding a pair of golden scissors, ”Huh. So she is a summoner.“ he said to no one in particular as the spirit known as Harpe spoke to her addressing her as Lisette who was berating the blind spirit calling her out on her inability to fight this amount of enemies on her own. The new spirit Lisette blitzed her way into the center of a mass of minions and rats with Harpe taking up her bow to begin her assault and now it was Kite’s turn to engage.

Kite decided against dashing in to attack the enemies, he instead decided it would be a better strategy to give the girl with the bow support, she could attack from a distance and even possibly carpet bomb the horde but the one big weakness with a weapon like a bow is that close range you could be at a disadvantage and that was even more so the case with how outnumbered they were. The rats didn’t wait one at a time to attack, they all came in at once surrounding his feet so Kite immediately kicked into the group of rodents sending some skidding on the ground while others were sent into the air. Some jumped into the air but were quickly knocked out of the air with a heavy swipe of his sword hacking them in half. A flame minion lumbered up to him but was met with a slash from Rose horizontally across its stomach and was followed ups Kite spun a full 360 degrees clock wise  and with Reaper held out he cut through a pair of rats that had jumped up at the wrong time and only stopped once the blade sank into the side of the flame minion cutting it in half the rest of the way now. While dealing with those one of the rats began to climb up his back and wasn’t gentle digging it’s claws into his clothes and back easily leaving cuts as it climbed higher. Letting out a yell mixed with anger and pain he stabbed reaper into the ground so he could reach back to grab the critter and he did so by the nape of it’s neck and quickly ripped it off his back and slammed it into Reaper that was stuck in the ground but it didn’t move an inch. Dazed from the attack the rat didn’t see the point of Rose jabbing into it’s neck but that wasn’t all rose was going to do, he noticed that a flame minion was closing up on Harpe as she dropped arrows on everything that moved. With a precision based move Kite flicked his wrist and flung his arm in the direction of Harpe sending the sword into the flame minion’s chest. ”Flame rocket.“ a flame sprouted on his boots and he was thrown into the air landing next to the minion who had Rose in his chest and pulled it free by grabbing it with his left hand but threw a stiff right hand into the it pushing it off the blade and back into the horde. His head turned towards the circles as he felt a sudden spike in power which caused the circles to become fragmented and imperfect taking away their ability to act as a gate of any real sort. He looked at the horde before him and he held his hand back with his right arm bent and his hand gripped nothing but air at first but soon a long flame appeared in his hand. ”Flame Demon's Purgatory Spear!“  he threw the spear into the air at an angle and watched as it drop into the middle of the horde and then released a massive explosion clearing out several of them. ”Hey It might be a good idea if we meet up with your summoner. She might be exposed due to the huge amount of mana she used to break the gates.“ He charged over to where the girl had run off to and was fortunate to see that aside from being up against the wall and showing signs of fatigue she was fine however there was a solid line of Flame Minions, rats and now these Wasp looking things, the last one was a new addition but regardless they were all making their way towards her. Kite used his fire rocket to propel himself over the line and landed in front of them and held his open hand out ”Flame Demon's Flame Away!“ from his hand a long wave of blue flames erupted and washed over the line that had been closing in. Kite looked back at the white haired mage ”Are you alright?“ he asked her, normally he would have had a smart remark or even tried to flirt but he knew that since she was clearly exhausted he wouldn't press his luck any more until the fight was over and done with. He had turned and faced her by this point extending his hand out for her to take and pull herself up. ”So did whatever you did work?“

Kite Wilhelm

4,506 / 4,000 WC 

Leila Vergious  ❃  S-rank  ❃  Silver Wolf

Lisette and Harpae actually worked like a well-oiled machine together, despite their little remarks toward one another. Kite’s covering was appreciated, but what he could not destroy in time, Lisette could. Not only thanks to her deadly speed and precision, but also her ability as two clones of herself appeared on the battlefield, ready to rip everything around them into shreds. And despite being a ranged type, Harape was quite mobile, capable of dodging enemies that were coming at her thanks solely to her superior hearing.

Not to mention that the bow in her hand had several spikes at its front, making it a very unpleasant weapon for anyone who got too close and did not manage to dodge a strike to the face. As the horde of enemies around them finally started to thin out, the blind spirit would try to turn toward the man, who had suggested meeting up with Leila. “Our mission is to wipe out the enemy and save this village. I believe our summoner will be just fine, but if you feel the need, go ahead.”

And so he did, heading toward her location while the two spirits spread across the Beanstalk village. Leila herself was quite exhausted from what happened, yes. But more than that, she was fighting the change in her body. Thankfully it was not too strong, so she was able to push back. And as soon as enemies started showing up, she clenched her fist and extended it forward. Opponents with flames… she had exactly the thing to deal with them. Eden’s origin, a power that allowed her to merge with her own spirits.

So just as Kite approached her, along with few more opponents that tried to ambush them, an ice-cold aura would surround the girl and then shoot outward, freezing everything except the man. The enemies that remained after Kite’s attack were not encased in blocks of ice, the grass covered in snow and walls of nearby buildings frosted over. “There. I cannot sense any more enemies them in this area.” She would inform the man and exhale. “If you look up, you will see that it did work. I am fine here, so you go and clear out the rest.”

Along with the spirits of hers that were already running around on their own, there probably wasn’t that many opponents left. And even if more tried to run into this part of the village, the Wizard Saint was perfectly ready to deal with them instantly. The merge she performed would last quite a while, after all. And the way her spirit, Yuki, with whom she merged, used her powers, this ice would not even consume a whole lot of her magical energy, ethernano. She could very easily defend herself even if more arrived.

Those that were already frozen solid would also serve as a good warning for any new ones arriving. So yes, she was quite fine. But she did wish for a little bit of rest, if nothing else. Using Void abilities put a different kind of strain on her body, one that she did not yet learn how to deal with. All she could now to recover was to wait patiently and if at all possible, motionlessly in the spot she found for herself. At least she knew that there were other capable mages that could finish this.

4,391 / 4,000 WC 

@Samira Nassar 

@Kite Wilhelm 

@RyoKnetegawa 

The Demon King

”“

Kite had managed to easily reach the area where the summoner had been but that was only due to the fact that the majority of the enemy were already converging on her location. ”Damn. I’d better hurry.“ however his worry was in fact misplaced. He could feel a wave of cold beginning to accumulate and burst out from where the summoner was located. Kite reached but all of the enemies except the ones that fell to his attacks were frozen solid where they stood. Kite couldn’t think of a good pun for this situation which was a shame considering there was a lot of ice jokes just literally staring him in the face. She spoke to him informing him that she couldn’t sense anymore enemies in the area and answered his question by telling him if he looked up at the circle he would see that the circles were deactivated and thus it had worked. ”I’m curious to what you did to make them close but I guess now isn’t the time.“ he said to her right before she could tell him that she was fine and that he should give his attention to the remaining enemies. ”You look exhausted but I guess if you insist I’ll go assist back in the center of town.“ he would turn so his back faced her and looked at the town. Without a word he began to jog his way back to where his ship was hovering and hopefully extracting as many survivors as possible. ”EDI what’s the situation?“ he asked from his direct connection to the AI. “We are just about done loading up the villagers. Ryo and the female mage have been combating the enemies.” Kite picked up the pace ”Are they still fighting?“ he had to ask. He didn’t want to waste time running there if he wouldn’t make it to actually contribute. “Yes however it would seem that some how corpses are being reanimated by some sort of bug and fighting against Ryo. The female mage entered a house and soon after the buildings released a large number of these bugs It’s an infestation.” Kite heard the word. Infestation was a serious manner and if they reanimate the dead it could cause a huge epidemic in Fiore. ”If we clear out the village could theYamamoto’s power wipe it out?“ he asked looking for an analysis. “The cannon would take some out but it won’t be able to clear it all out. We are going to have to take out the entire village in one shot.” Kite didn’t like that idea. He didn’t want to have to nuke the village but it was a situation to where if he didn’t then so many others would be in danger.

Kite made it into the village and was close enough for Ryo to hear him. ”Ryo! We have a huge infestation of those bugs. We need to wipe them out along with the village.“ the orders were clear and if anyone could pull it off it would be Ryo the most powerful mage in his guild. ”EDI close up and drop a cable. We are gonna pick up the girl before this place blows. Ryo I leave it to you.“ the Tailspin closes up and lifted into the air leaving a cable for Kite to grab a hold of and he was pulled into the air. ”EDI take us over to the girl and lower the ship enough for me to get to the ground.“ and EDI followed the instructions and he lowered him down so he landed right next to her outside of the house where she had discovered the nests. ”Hey we got to leave. We are taking out the bugs but we have to blow the village with them.“ he was sure that she was going to protest but he knew there wasn’t any time to do so, so if she had anything to say in response it was followed up by Kite lowering himself down and lifting her onto his shoulder and with his free hand he gripped the cable so EDI could pull them into the air and out of the blast radius that was about to occur. ”I’m sorry miss we don’t have time to argue over it.“

Kite Wilhelm

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