Night of Light: Lamia Scale x Clementine Introduction [OPEN | Killzone (Player death enabled)]

The proud and stern march of the Rune Knights towards the town, quickly diminished when their eyes caught sight of the port. And for a moment the knights didn't fell anything but despair. And Harland could understand why. Because while they were standing upon a hill a few miles away from Hargeon Town they could see the destruction and agony that had fell upon the city. But for Harland it wasn't the destruction that caused anxiety, but the strange form of power that somehow was to be felt everywhere.
It made him and his men feel uneasy, even to such extent that with every step they took a burning and itching sensation was to be felt on their skin. The clothes and armor they were wearing appeared to offer no protection to it. And on realizing that it only became worse, Harland decided to halt his men.

'This burning sensation is only getting worse if get closer to the city. An I guess if get behind the town walls, it would kill us. Probably in a gruesome way that we can't comprehend.'
It was more a general statement of the situation then that Harland actually tried to warn his men.
'Allthough, I doubt that we would instantly die. And your armors would give some minor protection.'
Harland let out a big sigh, because he knew what he had to ask of some of his men. They had to put their lives on the line. Only to get a closer look on what was happening down there. He quickly turned stern and serious again. He knew this had to be done, this was why he was in the council. These hard decisions that none other could make.
'I need some volunteers...'

There was a slight roar. That of an engine and a bike skidded up next to Harland. It was the personal body guard of the magic councilwoman Skylar. She'd heard of the disturbance and been in the area so had come to check it out. "Shard Everred reporting for duty Councilman Harland. I volunteer to lead the counter offensive." she said her sharp tactical mind taking in everything that was happening in an instant. With those words her bike transformed into a 6ft2 robot and she held out both arms. "Requip: Commando Armor." she said and her clothing changed. She now wore a heavy metal headband, a bullet proof cest, metal covered boots and a grey body suit. These would produce a higher defense, endurance and speed for her.  "Requip: SMG" she said and an SMG formed in her hands.

"Is there anything in particular I should be looking out for sir?" Shard asked Harland. The situation seemed obvious. Something was attacking the town causing mass damage and the air was now lethal to those who entered. Only those properly armored would be able to enter. Her armor would hopefully give her a modicum of protection. She began to walk forward taking a small unit of rune knights with her. If there was anything important then Harland would tell her as she left.

"I won't lie to you soldiers. Most of us probably won't come back alive, but it is the duty of the rune knight to offer our lives to protect the civilians from rogue mages like this." she said and then began to lightly jog her robotic companion keeping pace with her. There were silent nods from the rune knights around her. They knew their duty. It was a strange opponent they were going to face. Somehow despite it being the dead of night the city was lit as bright as day. Just who or what was attacking the city? It did not matter. They just had to take it down. It was their duty. Besides a few of them had vengeance on their minds and not just for the civilians who had died, but their fellow rune knights who had been killed by the mysterious attacker who was currently being called the 'Angel of Death' in reports.

Shard and her group of rune knights, approximately half a dozen, headed into the town. With a few gestures the group split into three, Shard going solo and the others in groups of three. Shard went straight ahead heading towards the lamia scale headquarters . As she proceeded the heat caused by the radiation increased, but for now her armor was keeping her safe. Civilians nearby were throwing up and looking very ill. It seemed the heat was also creating a sickness. She could feel it getting to her, but it wasn't stopping her yet. She had a mission to complete. In the distance she saw the target and shouted out.

"Stop right there or i'll fire." she said aiming her SMG at the target. She really did look like an angel. The magic power radiating from her was insane. It was easily rival an S rank mage. This was not good. The huge ball of light that was illuminating the city was slowly crushing the lamia scale headquarters.

Lance had just gotten into town on the note of some weird stuff happening and he wanted to check it out. He stood on the outskirts of town and looked up into the sky and when he did he saw a huge ball of light descending down from the sky. "What the hell?!" Lance said because he thought like some monster rampaging through town or some guy saying that he could destroy everything, but no this was way different than what he expected. To get a closer look into the area he asked Draco to fly 30 feet into the air.

When Lance was up there he looked down into the town to see a girl being shot at and the girl killing a lot of people "Damn....." Lance muttered to himself as he flew back into the outskirts of town and sat on top of a tall tree so he could look down into the town and see what was going on.

Her shout had been heard, but not acknowledged. Before she even had a chance to open fire with her SMG though the large burning sun descended from the sky and she was forced to retreat using her grapple blades. She hung the gun round her neck by its strap and threw the blades backwards with all her might hooking into a building and quickly retracted. This process was repeated several times causing her to go backwards very quickly so she could observe her opponent though she was forced to close her eyes to prevent herself being blinded by the explosion. It was not the most dignified retreat, but it was the only way she could move fast enough. The blast radius was 300m and she barely escaped it even with the help of the grapple blades. The energy sphere left nothing remaining of the once proud lamia scale guildhall and its surrounding area except a crater and a giant mushroom cloud that didn't seem to be dissapating. Just who or what was this creature to have so much power? It felt like an S rank, but the destructive power seemed to rival legendary mages like the Lichborne. They had to be taken down.

The actual destruction of the guild didn't bother her. She hated the guild system and the chaos it brought to the world. However, she couldn't forgive such a needless destruction of lives. The problem was though she couldn't get close to this angel of death. An SMG was not ideal for long range. However, she did have a weapon that was ideal and quickly leapt onto a rooftop to get a clear line of site. Her target had got a fair distance at this point having moved towards where the second group of rune knights had come from.

"Requip: Sniper Rifle" she stated and the SMG vanished from her hands to be replaced by a sniper rifle. Perhaps if she got one decent shot on this creature in the right place the other knights or Harland could bring it down. It was going to be tough, but her stinger shot should manage it. She got down onto her belly and took aim with the rifle focusing magic power into it. "Stinger Shot." This shot would lock onto the target increasing accuracy immensely. Also, when it got close rather than hitting like a bullet it would surround the opponent in a glowing energy field and explode with a blast radius of 10ft. A second shot was fired shortly after this. The opponent seemed to be generating intense amounts of heat so perhaps a cold shot would neutralize it. "Elemental Boost Elemental Synergy Ice Shot Wind shot ." she said using a C rank spell to enhance the shot further improve its icy effects and combining it with her wind shot via synergy to enhance its speed. If it hit then it would generate an icy blast that would hopefully cause some frostbite damage. Even with how fast she had reacted she wasn't in time to save those who would be struck by the cannon. However, it would hopefully hit just after and do some damage.



SMG cooldown: 3 posts
Stinger Shot cooldown: 3 posts
Ice and Wind shot duration: 2 posts

Due to the nature of the rare phenomenon Harland could see Commander Everred as clear as day. But still different, whatever illuminated the darkness of the night also gave off a white texture. making hard to see light colors.
After she reported her appearance she requiped herself with armor and a smg weapon. And looked more then ready to investigate the occurrence at Hargeon Town.

"Is there anything in particular I should be looking out for sir?" she inquired.
Harland found it quite admirable, this young woman was in the neighborhood and came here with determination to see and maybe stop whatever was going on. Even though she could feel the growing and ill power that tainted the city.
'I don't know miss Everred, I saw a flashing bolt of light come down earlier. And that was the same moment I felt this power. I figure whatever came out of that bolt is responsible for this'
But there was Harland wrong, even though he didn't know it yet. The bolt of light that he earlier described, it was the source of the problems. But it wasn't an object were something came out of but an actual living being.

When Miss Everred took off with a squadron of Rune Knights, Harland knew that her mission probably could be a death sentence. But it was a price that have to be paid for the good of the realm. He couldn't do anything about it for now, not in a direct way that is. He just had to wait till he got some more information.
'Allright men, we can't sit still either! I want a full security around the entire perimeter of the town! Nothing gets out, and nothing gets in!'

While the soldiers spread out around the city line in order to put up roadblocks. Harland focused his sight back towards the city once again. Only to see a power surge in form of a ball growing only bigger and bigger. It probably was the origin of all this destruction, but Harland knew what was coming. Through the years of battle and war he had developed a sort of intuition. Not that it could predict what exactly happened. It was more a sort of feeling, that a devastating attack was coming his way. And right now while he saw that orb of light he was feeling it.
‘Fort San Felipe del Muerte!!’
In a flash Harland summoned the only defense he had against the attack. A giant fortress of cannons, that rose out of the ground with it’s artillery aimed at the city. But the majestic sight of the collection of raw fire power quickly vanished. As when the steel like bunker collided with the force that was being shot at them. The collision was answered by a huge blinding and flashing light. That once again, vanished the entire area in a pure whiteness. And when it faded, the fortress that once stood proud was greatly devastated. A huge part from the middle to the left wing laid in ruins. While the old man laid on the ground, at the right wing. Damaged by debris from the impact.