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Rednal Ak'Thias

Light began to flicker out of Rednal's mouth, growing brighter and brighter as power after power was gathered into it. Light and Lightning crashed against him, the first doing a heck of a lot less damage than the second, and blood dripped out of Rednal's wounds as he took a step forward, walking towards the Shade. A faint chuckle came out of his mouth as he took one step forward, then another. "You're right, you're nothing but a sad, pathetic little doll. All you can do is jerk around on the strings of whoever's controlling you. If you think a puppet can kill all of us when we've already taken down a deity, you're out of your mind. Sorry, but this isn't a dream where you get what you want." Yidhra gave a vicious smile as she appeared and wrapped her arms around Rednal's shoulders. All around him, the tendrils of hair began flickering queasily as his power rose even further than it already had. More and more ash had begun drifting out of his mouth, and at the moment, the power contained within him could barely be described in comparison to where he was usually at. One thing Rednal had learned before was that these creatures, these Shades... they were really freaking tough. Which did absolutely nothing to change his opinion that the best way to beat a foe was to hit them, preferably very hard, until they stopped moving. In the ordinary course of things, the attack he was about to unleash was ranked comfortably among the most powerful spells of its type. Not the greatest in area damage, though, but it had other things that helped make up for that. The spell Rednal actually unleashed, in terms of power, was very little like that spell. In response to Rednal's desires, Yidhra had sent her power into overdrive. Even in the ordinary course of things, that would have made all of his magic on a completely different level of power... however, the Nightmare was only beginning. Teddie's Matarukaja had added to his power, as did the small ring he wore on his finger (both power and accuracy, at that) and the incense he'd consumed, with a net effect of significantly strengthening his magical power. It wasn't quite enough to double it, but it did reach around sixty-five percent better or so. Straight on the heels of this was the fact that the spell Rednal was using was a Nuclear spell, at least partially. His specialty, as it happened, which meant his natural power and his gloves gave a massive boost, making the spell seventy-five percent stronger after his already-enhanced normal magical power level. That alone would have been entirely sufficient to create a powerful blow. Even those significantly stronger than Rednal would have to have at least felt it by then... but he still wasn't done, and all his gathered power still wasn't enough. Not for the kind of attack he wanted to unleash against somebody who'd hurt his friends so badly, which was why he'd taken the time to Mind Charge himself. His attack, already enhanced by the nightmare combination, was another two and a half times more powerful than it had already been. This was, more or less, about the strongest the attack could possibly be. There was no truly effective way to calculate precisely how powerful any given spell really was, but with so much power gathered, it could most definitely be understood as way, way more powerful than usual. Oh, and Faust's Debilitate meant the Shade had much less ability to dodge or defend, too. The devastating power of the Guardian Hammer had pounded Rednal badly, but he was returning the favor tenfold. Out of his mouth erupted a light as brilliant as the sun; a nuclear inferno, a miniature apocalypse, a holocaust all its own centered right on the Shade, with every single smidgen of power he could gather forced into it for one single blow. This wasn't just his power, though. This was the power that the Investigation Team had gained through trials and tribulations, through the spilling of their blood and the destruction of their enemies. Rednal would never have even been able to learn the spell he'd used if it hadn't been for the work of his friends, and even now, they were giving him strength. Literally, in Teddie's case.

Months before, Genji had helped Rednal to destroy a Shade that had been harming his reputation as well as pummeling Rednal himself (frigging unstoppable zombie monster). Now he had a chance to try and repay the favor a bit, and the power he called out was the power he'd ripped from the darkest depths of his soul. Maybe more importantly, though? He wasn't the only member of the Team there, and the power of his companions was nothing to laugh at, either, especially when they were all together. This wasn't Rednal's show, and this wasn't just Rednal's power. This was the strength of the gathered members of the Investigation Team, and there was no way they were going to lose to this ten-for-a-yen puppet!

Kar

u Raiku

Karu closed his eyes shielding them from the light of Shade Minori's attack. He was trying to figure out if the heavy attack from his silver haired ally had done anything to the Shade, given her normal ruined puppet look it was hard to tell if she was being hurt by their attacks. Either way, he didn't want to but his buff from Kazami to go to waste, plus he was pretty sure one of his allies had also buffed the team too, so if anything he would have a point of reference to know if his attacks would be of use against the shade. The voice of his enemy was increasingly more difficult for him to block out, despite his gaming hobbies, no amount of survival horror and what not could prepare oneself for if you actually encountered something unnerving and outside the norms of the world. He didn't have anything really to say, and if anything his actions would do the majority of the speaking for him. He wouldn't just let the sacrifices of other be in vain. Summoning forward Kazami again, he opened with his so for favorite skill he knew that Kazami could cast.