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Amelia took a step forward. The others were already attacking, all from a distance. Magic could reach you no matter where you were. Stand back and fight from afar? Reach the magician's face and slash at him from close-range? Either way, mages were versatile in that manner. Amelia would be open to attack no matter where she fought.

Her eyes continued to burn. Loki would pay. He would pay. It would be his blood that stained the walls now, Amelia would make sure of that. With more strength in her lance than with her bow, there was only one logical route to take.

Amelia said nothing. Her friends warned Loki of his impending death, or told him of how his evil had sealed his fate, but none of those came as Amelia ran for him. She only screamed, a roar of sorrow and fury that reverberated off of the dank cavern walls as she lunged for Loki's heart, the sharp blade of her naginata flashing in the light that illuminated him.

Well, Ed wasn't sure how wise Amelia's charge had to be, but after what happened to Renault she couldn't risk to let Amelia attack alone. The wolf stared in bewilderment after the young General as she dashed away from them with a heartwrenching howl of her own, and that cry spurred Ed into running after the girl, her feet pounding harshly against the stone bridge as she caught up with the girl.

A powerful chill swept along her fur and she had to glance back. Nino had whipped up a frenzy of a snowstorm, an attack that chilled Ed to the core. Magic was always phenomenal to witness.

As Amelia reached the dark god, Ed made to join her attack, jaws wide in a frothing snarl as she leapt. There was no way Amelia did this alone.

Against all appearances, Loki moved quite quickly, and managed to sidestep Victoria's attack, only grazed by Myulgre. "You wish to die, then? Come! Come to me, and I shall end your wretched lives!" Without time to cast Gylfaginning again, he instead used a much faster power.

He pointed at John and grinned as quintessence flowed from his enemy and into himself, feeling the scratch from Myulgre seal up, but then...

Loki's arm whipped outward and twisted, swirling and reforming suddenly into a blade that ran all the way to his elbow. He caught Amelia's strike on it and parried, then stepped aside and smoothly thrust it forward. It slid over Amelia's shoulder, rather than striking her... and something leaped into her armor, biting into her neck with sharp little teeth!

Váli could normally take control of the weak-willed in this fashion, but he found Amelia a difficult host, and after a short assault on her mental defenses, he lunged away and hissed, turning to face her with eyes glowing. Flames erupted from its maw a moment later as the tiny creature approached her.

Ed's attack on the Dark God was much more effective, and he shouted in pain as he felt powerful wolf jaws latch onto his untransformed arm and whip him around. He barely had time to raise his other arm, no longer a blade to raise a defense and lower the damage he took from Alpengeist. Perhaps this would be more difficult than he thought!

He clenched his fist and snarled, then pointed his fingers-- more and more like claws, oh yes-- at the ground near Nino, which suddenly burst in flames that leaped high into the air and crashed down by several of the other fighters. Ephraim's attack went unnoticed as the simple steel failed to pierce his skin! As the prince sailed over Loki, Váli turned his head and launched a blast of Eclipse at him!

"This is just the opportunity I need." John thought to himself as he slid around on the ice behind Loki thanks to Nino and stopped right next to Octavio. "Listen buddy..We are gonna get you outta here. Got me?" he said as he pulled a skinning knife from his boot and went to work on the strings and gave Octavio the elixir he had left. "Drink this it'll make you feel better. Sort of." john guesses as he had cut the strings and put his arm around Octavios arm and pulled him over to the side. Then he Fell down to his knee as his energy was being drained from an un known source.

"Yeah..Im fine..Nothing a couple weeks worth a rest wont heal up." John replied as he stood up and put his hand on Octavios shoulder. So how exactly are we going to take down our friend Loki over here?" he asked not so sure how to take him down at all.

A gasp escaped Ephraim's lips as he realized his attack barely did any damage, no damage for that matter. His body flew over Loki and just as he turned, he let out a small yelp as he realized a blast of Eclipse was coming at him. With little time to react, Ephraim pulled his spear in front of him, deflecting the magic a little (not entirely). It changed directions, damaging him on his left shoulder and sent him flying across the ground. "..Keh!" He coughed, spitting out bits and pieces of blood that got caught in his throat.

"Every god has a weakness....Loki is no exception..." the only question was, WHAT was his weakness. Decided to give it another go, maybe it was useless, but he couldn't just sit back and do nothing.

Amelia was not to be deterred. She pushed hard on his blade-like arm, trying to force him back, but had to quickly dodge his thrusting attack. It sliced a few hairs, but otherwise didn't so much as touch her skin... until she felt little feet against her skin, and a sharp bite on her neck that made Amelia yelp in surprise.

Her vision faded for a moment, blurring before focusing back into blessed clarity. Amelia scowled as suddenly she found herself staring at a tiny little... chinchilla, was it? What the hell was this--

Fire! Amelia leaped from the flames and slashes with the naginata, aiming to slice the little creature's neck. It was busy now with its attack on Ephraim... perhaps it wouldn't be able to react to her attack in time. She lifted one foot and aimed to crush the little thing under her foot, whether or not her naginata connected with the tiny creature's flesh.

Blossom stared. The others had started fighting. Why hadn't she run up, too? She looked to the slick of blood on the wall, then back at Loki. She had to fight. She had to fight!

She yelped as flames suddenly crashed up and towards her. She held her blade before her to absorb the magical flames, a little triumphant laugh leaving her lips as the runes in Vezra began to glow. She could attack from a distance now! She turned her eyes to where Loki was fending off all the attackers with the aid of what appeared to be a moving lint ball. Blossom moved towards them, but didn't attack just yet. An opening, that was what she needed, and then she could strike with Vezra...