Nessa would move further into the room, the Valkyries following swiftly after her. She would move along to the far right side of the room. Her gaze wandering over the walls idly. For such a large space, it's walls were fairly bare. There were no decorative pieces, only shelving for books or pegs for tools that hung from them. Nessa moved along towards a table which seemed to be left in quite a disarray. Despite the room being closed off, whoever had been in here last hadn't sought to tidy up after they left. She wondered if they had left it in a hurry, who knew the memories this room held.
As the Starlight Maiden examined the desk, she would hear Haraka commenting about the records; she glanced over. As she did, she noticed one of the far walls had something...different about it. She moved around the table towards it, stepping in close. Upon closer inspection, she would realise that there was...etchings. Markings, much like runes, engraved into the brickwork, as though carved there. The detail was immense; it spread across the entire wall, like calculations almost.
"Tiphanae, do you know this language?" She would ask, the Valykries had been around for as long as the existence of the world. She figured if anyone was likely to know what it meant, it would be them. The Wind Valkyrie turned, approaching her summoner. She examined it,
"Yes..." Nessa's eyes would widen,
"This is ancient magic, a very old kind of scripture.""Can you translate it?" She asked Tiphanae cocked her head, eying the words for a moment, contemplating the request.
"I can, but the quantity is fairly grande, it would take hours to recite." Nessa heard Haraka explain about his spirits, glancing over at the spirits. She threw the man an understanding smile before returning her gaze to the wall.
"I wonder how long it would take to trace this, probably way too long. Unless..." Nessa turned, moving back the table, she began to collect every blank piece of paper she could find. Laying it out on the ground,
"Tiph, Agatha, can you give me a hand?" The girls would quickly follow suit, scouring the room for blank paper and making room on the ground to create a space equivalent to the size of the wall. Fortunately, the scale of the floor was greater than the etching, meaning that they were able to gather enough.
"Okay, here goes." Nessa stepped around the paper on the floor to the wall covered in markings, taking a breath, she manipulated her magic. Gently allowing it to flow from her fingers. Little trails of starlight would begin to spread from her fingers, moving across the wall and seeping into the dips where the runes had been carved. Spreading outwards until the entire wall was filled with glowing text. Carefully, she would back away, moving across the pages, until she had moved past it. She would manipulate the words, which floated away from the wall, being careful to hold the scripture in its original form. She moved the light towards the pages, lowering it slowly. The heat from the starlight raised ever so slightly, just enough to burn the words onto the pages, but not enough to set it a light. The starlight vanished after a moment, and the pages on the floor were covered in a replica of the walls imprint, it wasn't perfect, but it was close enough.
"Yes! We did it!" Nessa said, pumping the air with her fist as she and Tiphanae quickly set about collecting the pages. Before carefully folding them away into her satchel.
"Oi, girl." Agatha mumbled, Nessa glanced other at her, Agatha wasn't looking at her, but at the far wall.
"You might wanna take a look at your handiwork." Nessa followed her gaze, only for her violet eyes to widen at the site. The runes were glowing, but with a different light, the glow was bright red, spreading across each etching ominously.
"Something tells me, this isn't going to be good." The Lightning Valkyrie commented idly, Nessa took a step back, panic beginning to rise. Panic and frustration, she should have been more cautious, why didn't she anticipate that the runes might react in such a way. She watched with bated breath as the last red line filled it. There was a pause, silence as nothing happened until finally, she heard it.
A roar in the distance.
Followed by a distinct rumble, the ground beneath them began to shake. Books would begin to fall from the shelving, and the ceiling would begin to crumble around them.
"RUN." Nessa shouted, turning on her heels, she would move towards the doorway, group in to. She stopped outside of the door to make sure everyone got out of the room, before moving up the stairs as quickly as she could.
"Nice going brat, just had to bring this place crumbling down on us, huh.""I'm sorry, I didn't realise it would react like that," Nessa squealed back, resisting the urge to cry at her own stupidity. Moving as fast as they good, Nessa led the group back outside of the building, arriving in the courtyard that had been in before they'd entered the castle. She stopped, taking a moment to catch her breath.
"Is everyone out?" She asked, turning to count the heads, sighing in relief. They had managed to get out safely, which was ideal, considering the distance crashing that could be heard as the inside of the building began to collapse.
"Good, at least we're safe."At least that's what she thought until she heard the distinct roar from earlier repeat itself, Only this time, much louder and much closer. In the sky above, soared a white dragon-like creature. Beautiful and sleek as it was, undoubtedly as it soared in a circle above the castle, it was hunting down its prey.
"Quick, let's move to the outside of the building, we're trapped in this courtyard, it'll be a disadvantage to fight here." She quickly ran across the courtyard, moving towards the broken wall they had climbed over earlier. As she reached it, she stopped, as she peered out into the swap, another monster broke through the water. Rising up to over two hundred feet in height was a giant snake-like creature. With glowing white eyes, and a jaw filled with deadly looking fangs. The serpent spotted her, hissing aggressively and moving closer to the edge of the castle while keeping its body in the water.
"EYAAAA, NOT THIS WAY, NOT THIS WAY!" She screamed, turning around and running away from the gap as quickly as she could to create distance between them and the second monster. She glanced around; these monsters weren't like the others. They seemed immensely strong from appearance, and to face two of them, meant they would need to split up.
Maybe if I get everyone to higher ground we'll have a better shot? She spotted a set of rocks, like a formation that stuck out of the ground, it would be ideal to climb, with the added potential of hiding between the formations if need be. She began to move towards it swiftly. As she did, however, the earth began to rumble once again, causing her to stumble as she ran. She reached the boulder, placing a hand on it to steady herself. She reached up to climb it but noticed the rocks shaking and stopped. As she eyed the rocks, a section of the rocks seemed to split horizontally, moving, either way, to reveal what looked like a giant eyeball. Nessa shrieked, backing away quickly, as the rocks trembled furiously, the earth began to split and rising from the ground was the third beast. Rising up to tower above them, Nessa backed away quickly. Three giant monsters now, she gulped, taking a moment to think. Before deciding, she turned to the others.
"Okay, I don't see any other way, we're going to have to take one each... Markus, can you take that flying white dragon and Haraka, if you got after the Serpent monster in the swamp. I'll take this rock giant thing." She ordered, this seemed to be a reasonable enough request,
"And guys... whatever you do... don't die." She told them, before turning back to the beast. She was scared, perhaps even terrified. She'd never faced a monster of this magnitude before; the Valkyrie stepped up alongside her. They, of course, would accompany their summoner. The beast, who seemed rather disgruntled about being woken from its slumber, looked around angrily searching for the culprit. Nessa flicked her wrist; orbs began to fly around her body, lifting her off the ground. She moved closer to the beast so that it would concentrate on her and only her.
"Agatha." Nessa barked, the Lightning Valkyrie grinned.
"Got it." The Valkyrie soared forward, speedily flying up over the best. She would turn in the air, unsheathing her sword. She would point to the sky, causing it the rumble slightly. A bolt of the lightning would soar from the sky. Smashing into the back of the neck of the beast. The rock would only crack slight and serve to irritate the creature. It reared up further, opening it's maw wide. It would release a blast of cold air, Nessa and Tiphanae darted away barely managed to escape the blast. Tiphanae spun through the air, moving around the body of the monster as though searching for a weak spot. She soared around its shoulder and moved down its body swiftly, beating her powerful white wings are she soared, she waved her arm, releasing a slash of wind at its underbelly. Although this didn't seem to do much more than Tiphanae's attack. Nessa waved her hand through the air, summoning a set of five orbs, they would soar towards the beast. The beast seemed ready for the attack, roaring once more, it would blow away the orbs, all but one getting through and smashing it in the face. Nessa growled in frustration; she was going to need to use stronger spells to beat this thing.
Nessa held out her palm, Starlight flowing through her body and into her hand as she did so. All the while moving through the air, she would manoeuvre herself so she hovered over the shoulder of the beast. Once her spear finished forming, she would thrust it downwards into the beast's neck between the space in which the jagged rock stuck out, she let out a fierce cry as she exerted as much force as she could trying to break through the monsters hard flesh. It would let out a loud roar, thrashing wildly. Nessa kicked off of the beast, moving into the air above it. She looked around, it seemed that the others were fully engaged in their fight with the other monsters. She would just have to hope they would be alright. The Valkyries would rejoin her in the air.
"He's not taking much damage from our attacks, my sword is practically ineffective against him." Agatha commented, sounding serious for once. Nessa glanced at her,
"Still, my spear got through, which means it isn't impervious to magic, we just need to keep at it. Dart around it as much as you can, see if we can confuse it, so my hits are more likely to land." She ordered Tiphanae nodded, but Agatha looked hesitant, as though she didn't like the plan. However, instead of arguing, she sighed, nodding in agreement. The three girls split up, soaring back towards the beast. The two Valkyries manoeuvre around the beast, hacking and slicing away at it as and where they could. As Agatha had stated, their swords were practically useless against the hard rock of the body of the monster. But still, it would keep the monster occupied as Nessa moved behind it. Her hands and feet would glow as she summoned starlight around them, she flew downwards towards the beast in a great burst of speed. She would pull back her fist, swinging it forward to deliver a punch directly into the creature's spine. Then kicking back off the creature, she would glide around it towards it's front as it turned to try and see what attacked it. Using the momentum to deliver a hard kick to its cheek, the starlight smashing into the rock as she did so. This knocked the creature slightly, causing it to stumble to the side. It would tremble in anger, spinning back and roaring, releasing another wave of cold air.
The very moment Tiphanae made the mistake of flying in front of its jaw, the blast of air hit the Wind Valkyrie with full force and sending her flying through the air. Nessa and Agatha would cry out, flying towards Tiphanae. Agatha got their first, catching her sister before she hit the ground. She lowered her down,
"Tiphanae, Are you ok?" Agatha cried, actual concern in her voice. Tiphanae would cough, her body slowly being coated in crystals.
"I'm fine, just winded, but my body... I can't move." It seemed the crystals hardening all over her were holding her in place; they were continuing to spread, move up her neck and over her face. Nessa eyed her frozen friend, rage welling within her. The anger rising up so quickly, and so ferocious Nessa could barely contain herself.
"Agatha... stay with Tiphanae." The Valkyries looked up at their summoner, shocked by the malevolence in her voice. A dark, demonic energy would begin to surround Nessa, and the grass and fauna around her would begin to wilt and die.
"And what will you do?" Agatha asked, her tone uncertain, Tiphanae went to speak, but the crystal had formed over her mouth, preventing her from warning her sister about the state the Starlight Summoner had gone into. Nessa's turned, her violet eyes would turn completely black, and her face would contort into a monstrous rage.
"I'm going to end this."
As she spoke, she would not sound like herself, but as though a second, much deeper voice was talking alongside her. She would begin to walk across the plane. The beast would turn it's gaze to her, watching her cautiously as she approached. As she got close, it would open its mouth, ready to release another bout of crystalizing breath in an attempt to kill its attacker. Nessa would hold out her palms outwards, facing them towards the beast, her thumbs crossed over one another. And in her demonic voice, she would utter a single word.
"Die."
Starlight erupted from her palms, like an explosion it rocketed outwards towards the beast and everything in front of her. It's immense power covering the entire fortress in magical light, burning everything in its path with its destructive heat. The monsters were smothered it in, and within a matter of second, it's body would begin to crumble as the magic broke through its hard shell. The rocks would fall apart, and the beast would be reduced to a pile of scorched rubble. After a moment, the light would fade, the Starlight maiden stood there, looking out over the beasts remains for a moment, before turning towards the other. Her eyes still completely black; she would slowly walk towards the girls.
Kill...them...
Agatha stood up, holding out her sword, unsure about the dark energy that was now emanating from Nessa. Nessa would continue her approach, stopped barely an edge from the tip of the sword. She would eye Agatha with a cold, hateful glare, the corner of her lips lifting into a snarl.
Kill them all..
The Starlight Maidens hand would rise slowly, the magic swelling in her palm, as she prepared to release another attack.
"Whatever you do now, girl... just remember, you will have to live with it for the rest of your life." Agatha said solemnly, Nessa's body would freeze, she would begin to tremble. Bringing her hands to the side of her face, her expression becomes pained. She would let out a cry, and the darkest would fade from her eyes, the demonic energy would disappate, and she would return to normal. Panting from the exertion of fighting for control over her own body. Agatha would wait a moment, before lowering her sword. Nessa's eyes grew sad, she moving towards Tiphanae, placing her hands on the Valkyrie, her soft light would glow under her fingers, healing her summon, the crystalized rock would fall away. A single tear falling down the girl's cheek, she turned, from what she could tell, the others had also just about defeated their monsters and were ok. She wiped the tear from her face and will a shaky breath addressed them all.
"That's enough guys... let's go home."END.
WC: 2792 | Total: 12,856 / 12,500
CGS WC's Reached::
Nessa 100 Yr WC - Stated above
Markus S Rank WC - 8,082 / 8000
Haraka S Rank WC - 8,588 / 8000
- Nessa's Stats:
HP: 1120
MP: 1510 - 206.25 = 1303.75MP Remaining
Spells Cast
Starlight Orbs - Signature | 90 + 275% = 337.5HP Per Orb
Starlight Spear - Cost 45MP | 120 + 275 = 450HP
Starlight Offering - Cost 45MP | 90 + 275% = 337.5HP Per Hit
Starlight Purlse - Cost 78.75 MP | 210 + [275% + 115% Active Buff] 390% = 1029HP
Starlight Replenishment Cost 37.5MP - Healing for Tiphanae
Tiphanae - Signature | Summon HP : 250HP
--- Windslash : 90HP + 275% = 337.5HP Damage
Agatha- A Rank Summon 4/7 | Summon HP : 480HP | Spell Cost : -100MP
--- Thor's Bolt : 100HP + 275% = 375HP Damage
Varja of the Holy Champion - Artifact Weapon | 120 + 275 % = 395 HP Damage
Passive buffs:
Spell Damage: Total = 275%
Maiden's empowerment : 60%
Stella Empowerment : 60%
Starlight Caster: 50%
Starforce: 55%
Valkyries Alliance: 50%
HOHC: 60% | Also buffs total health by 60%
Speed: 120%
Shooting Star: 50%
Starlight Orbit: 70%
Mana: Total= 100%
Universal Existence : 50 % | Plus 5% Restored per round.
Starlight Radiance: 50%
BOTLE: 30%
- Enemies:
1x Plague Wyvern Killed by Markus.
1x Leviathian Serpent Killed by Haraka.
As agreed with the members of the team, they will have killed their assigned enemies icly. But the fights will not be written out, we are to assume they successfully killed the monsters by the end of the thread.
1x Bone Drake.
Takes 50% less damage from spells
Monsters Speed: 30 Mps
Nessa's Speed: 80Mps + 120% = 176Mps
Monsters HP: 1,500
- Agatha :: Thor's Bolt = 375HP - 50% = 187.5HP
- Tiphanae :: Windslash = 337.5HP - 50% = 168.75HP
- Starlight Orb :: 337.5HP - 50% = 168.75HP
- Starlight Spear :: 450HP - 50% = 225HP
- Starlight Offering :: 337.5HP - 50% = 168.75HP x2 = 337.5HP
- Starlight Pulse :: 1029HP - 50% = 514.5HP
Total Damage Dealt to Bone Drake :: 1,602HP