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♦ J a c e § V i s t u s ♦
Once blinded by light.
Once lost in darkness.
But now, I can see clearly. I walk not as a savior.
But as a destroyer. I am the destroyer that saves. I am Jace Vistus.
I am me.
| Location - Vectiras || The Island of Aedif |
"Yeah... I think... I have an idea of how it works." Jace said shyly as Lucien inspected his arm and had his suspicions confirmed, it was something common on high ranking Nith... then he really was a... Shadowsili... The youth snapped back to reality at Lucien's quiet words of thanks, his gray eyes were dazed for a moment before they squinted to try and hide the gratitude inside them. "I'm... I'm happy to help mister." Jace couldn't help but let a smile touch his face as he looked past Lucien and Trill into the distance where the obscuring fog surrounded the apocalyptic construct of the World Eater Tower, he might be a monster but he was a monster with a purpose.
That was when Jace noticed the small black shapes in the horizon, blending in with the gloomy fog of the morning and the darkness brought by the Nith's devices; rapidly they approached and in a moment of horror he realized what they were. "EVERYONE! LO- !" His voice was cut off by the impact of several projectiles comprised of Nith energy across the camps causing a wave of explosions to tear through the camp, causing blackened craters in the sand, demolishing makeshift tents and defenses and cutting off screams of alarm with a deadly silence. Within an instant everything on the tranquil shoreline of Aedif, where the gentle lapping of the waves was even audible, erupted into total chaos.
"Listen up weaklings !!" The shout could be heard above the roar of the camp as the defenders on the shore scrambled across the already bloodied sand to occupy their positions across the demolished camp. Heads were raised through the blinding smoke, debris and darkness blanketing the camp, partially to listen to what the voice from above had to say but also out of curiosity as to why the Nith didn't fire a second barrage upon them. The upturned faces of the Keepers and Militia turned to grim masks of determination or cracked to reveal despair and shock at what they saw, the Nith didn't even need the World Eater Tower. There were so many of them that they could block out the sky with just their numbers, hundreds upon thousands of airborne Ravagers, Harbingers, Syphons and Regenerators filled the air with their incessant keening joined by a clashing symphony of terrible roars as a great cloud of Regenerators and Syphons detached themselves and piled into the shore below forming into inky legions of earthbound Nith.
"T-theres... s-so many!" Despairing cries filled the air as many inexperienced Keepers, Militia and recruits alike felt the courage race out of their body and leave them with a shaking husk that wouldn't obey even the most basic of their own orders. "Hah! This is the best that the Collective's Guardians can do!? I thought Keepers were going to be a challenge but, they're already shitting themselves before we've even begun !!" And if the seemingly endless horde of Nith weren't enough, with their twisted auras visibly displayed to leave no doubt about who they were, a group of Shadowsili joined the Nith; among them was the man who had shouted at the Keepers. The man alone had an aura that could be mistaken for the aura signature of a cruiser class Worldship, his terrifying eyes scanning the infinitely smaller enemy force for something as his overwhelming aura beat down upon them, causing some defenders to fall to their knees out of the sheer pressure exerted by the pulses of his aura.
"Bah... Not a single one of you look like you could last more than five seconds! I'd rather fight your captain but he can't do that right now..." The second comment extracted several angry cries out of the Keeper's force, terrified they might be, this was their captain and they felt close to Hale despite his strange methods and the fact that they had only known him for a little while; the determination he displayed during their entrance into Vectiras was enough to win him their loyalty. "For once, you're right Juriza. They're all weak, and weakness is a flaw... Every last one of them will be reborn without flaw... Angel, Lance. Find him." Two other smaller Shadowsilis, each standing upon a disk of Nith energy, nodded in reply to the taller blond masked Shadowsili's order and descended to the shore along with the Nith while three of their brethren, the Shadowsili from earlier with the overwhelming aura, a black haired Shadowsili with an air of calm and composure that watched wordlessly with it's arms folded and the sinister blond man who seemed to be their leader.
[ Insert Epic Speech By Matt / Telosia Here, Should Probably Include (Pimp)Slapping Some Sense Into The Scared People / Cheering Them On ]
A roar of defiance rose up from the ranks of the Keepers, their battered uniforms standing out against the billowing smoke caused by the initial attack of the Nith, and Militia, their eyes determined to avenge their fallen comrades, along with the people of Aedif who had volunteered to help, their life energy blazing to protect the world that they called home, forming a coalition that showed they wouldn't allow the Nith an easy victory as the darkness of the shore was lit up with the blaze of aura as Nexuses were activated (for the first time for many) and battle cries filled the air.
"My my. I'm not used to crowds..." said Joshua, the tall keeper's aura mixing with the auras of the defenders standing with him, their shining auras creating a dazzling light that seemed to illuminate the shore and a good portion of Aedif itself with the light of day but infinitely more beautiful as it stood out in the stark darkness of fog that strangled Vectiras. "... Ready young master? Your stage awaits little one." Joshua said with a calmness that helped relax the other fights around him, the reply came in the form of the ignition of an aura. A white cloak of flames was thrown back, it's seemingly infinite length fluttering in the wind, a shock of spiky white hair, one hand grasping the edge of a helmet which clamped over a determined but child-like face and the other; black and spiny raised into the air sending up a spiral of white aura energy that blazed like a bonfire among hundreds of small fires along the shore. Nobody noticed the little fox ears poking out from under the helmet but Joshua who turned to seething mass of darkness ahead with a unconcerned smile.
"Ready as I'll ever be."
Further down the shore at the back of the camp Jace ,and those around him at the time of the attack, emerged from a protective cocoon of white aura that faded away with the smoke and debris dust. His concerned eyes picked out the glow of his own aura down the shore instantly as it burned like a beacon among the various auras facing the main force of the Nith, "Good luck everyone." Mei... please be safe. the billowing of wind and the rapidly approached flap of wings told him that the time for worrying was over and now, it was his turn. Allowing the last of his visible aura to fade away and become inactive after it pulled up his uniform's hood over his head, Jace raised his hand and braced himself.
Barely warned by the rushing of wind, the Shadowsili yelped in surprise as his arm was almost jerked out of it's socket by a tail that grabbed it and ripped him from the earth and into the air, with a flick of it's powerful muscles, the beast owning the tail flung the boy bodily through the air and onto it's back where the draconian creature was being piloted... or rather directed by a Hyralvine bomber, the bomber's goggled eyes focused on the route ahead, not even bothering to look back to see if it's passenger was still intact. Leaning forward and hugging onto the saddle tightly, Jace squinted as the wind whipped at his eyes causing them to water, below them the water rushed by in a stream of blurred images for Jace, he let out a sigh of relief, which was quickly punched back into his throat by the wind, as he saw shadows on the water of other creatures similar to the one he was riding on.
Daring to crane his neck to the side to look sideways, the Shadowsili was glad to see that everyone had managed to make it, several Keepers and otherwise clung for dear life onto their respective mounts in a manner not unlike Jace as the small squadron of Hyralvine aerial beasts and their riders raced across the ocean using rolling clouds of smoke as cover and taking advantage of the distraction caused by the defenders onshore. Unfortunately, while the ploy might have worked against almost any other enemy, the Nith were far more attentive and cunning than that and noticed them quite quickly.
"Such foolishness. What do you hope to achieve by this meaningless act? Shoot them out of the air." Jace sensed a spike in Nith energy ahead, his watering eyes barely managing to make out several Harbingers in the air above them, their cannons filling with inky black energy. "Hold on tight kid." Jace gulped and did what he was told, clinging to the drake as it suddenly swerved, a blast striking the place where they were an instant ago, the splash erupting from the impact spraying all over them. Dancing through the air in an elaborate pattern of swivels, cockscrews, turns and reverses; Jace felt an exhilarating rush of adrenaline and terror pound through his body. A cry from behind them signaled the fall of one of the riders, "If you insist, then I will take matters in my own hands." in front of them, seemingly from the ocean rushed forth a tangle of living green attempting to wipe them out with vines, massive thorns and huge buds that devoured anything unfortunate enough to be caught in them.
"s**t! Hold on!" Jace said nothing, merely gripping the saddle and stomach of the drake even tighter as his bomber made an increasingly complex number of aerial maneuvers, the world becoming nothing but a blur of dizzying red, green and ocean blue to Jace. Despite his bomber's efforts however, the rushing vines moved faster than them and were now quickly gaining on them from behind, a small protrusion of one rushed past; slashing open a cut on Jace's cheek although he felt nothing as the pain was over-ridden by fear and adrenaline. More of them rushed out from behind, surrounding them but then something strange happened, they suddenly stopped as a creaking noise progressed along the vines behind them, turning his head slightly to look; Jace was shocked to see the great mass of killer greenery blanketed in a covering of frost and now withering away and fading into aura traceries.
Whipping his head around in the direction of an anguished cry, Jace's mouth went agape with amazement, rising on the side of the aerial squad and covering their flank was a gigantic tidal wave that was still rising, a surging wall of ocean water that deflected the attacks of the Harbingers and crashed into the pursuing group sending them tumbling into the ocean's roaring depths. From behind the fallen Harbingers, the two Shadowsili; the blond man and the dark haired came; borne on floating disks that covered the distance between them and the bombers with horrifying speed but before they could reach them, tendrils of water whipped out from the churning ocean freezing solid as they made impact with the disks and dragging them to a stop sending their owners tumbling forwards into the ocean where a wall of ice rose to their great frustration and to bar their way.
"Wow. Keepers really are something aren't they?" Jace blinked, a Keeper had done... all of that? Unable to reply without being suffocated by the rushing wind, the shadowsili nodded enthusiastically. A single person did... that? ... They really are amazing... He was snapped out of his hopeful thoughts by a cry up ahead as a crushing wave of aura sent crashing waves in all directions and nearly smashed Jace off his mount as it hit him almost like a solid object, at least two bombers lay in the water; crushed by the ocean waves or knocked off balance and sent spiraling into a crash by the immense pressure of the aura wave. Up ahead, standing in a depression in the water with his aura forcing the water away save for the water he stood upon, molded into place by aura pressure was the man who had caused the crushing wave of aura pressure; the Shadowsili Juriza Sanada along with a small battalion of wildly chattering Nobles and behind them, Ravagers with their beam weapons charging with energy aimed straight at the group. The wild and ragged Shadowsili grinned at them, his massive anchor weapon pointed at them in a challenge, "Hah! Thought you would slip away you cowards? Well then. Are any of you strong enough to be my opponent!?"
The smile wasn't going to last long.
Over the communications system, the bombers shouted almost simultaneously, "NOW !! Blast those Nith sky-high!" the sound waves relaying to Joshua who blazed with aura in the middle of battle, finishing off the Night facing him with a punch infused with aura that slammed into it's chest and blasted it into oblivion; the horned man spun around to Mattheis' location on the battlefield. "Young Hiashin! Now!" There was a split second pause and then, a deafening bang rang out across the battlefield.
[ I'll leave it to you to describe the explosion xD. TIME TO GO! ]
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