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Flashing steel drew Zig's attention down from the skies. That's one nice whip I wonder how heavy it is? A metal whip couldn't be the lightest weapon or the easiest to use. The king must be pretty strong. Zig watched the king as he caught the reaper around the waist. This fight was interesting, very interesting especially with such old and experienced combatants.

Kiro was amazed with the strength of both of the cabatants. They took so much, and dealt even more. Plus, their ages were incredible. He couldn't wait to see older tactics start to be used.

Zig's eyes widened considerably as the reaper sunk into the ground and reappeared on the other side of the courtyard. That's rather impressive. The air elementalist was surprised such a technique existed although since she knew next to nothing about the dark kingdom that wasn't exactly unpredictable.

Tala's eyes widened in shock as the reaper disappeared into a Pool of Darkness. She had never before seen such a frightening spell performed and instantly knew that it was ancient dark magic.

"Look out!" Tala yelled out though it was probably pointless; just instinct. The King would surely know that he was there, as powerful as he was.

Out of the corner of her eye she saw a sword shoot down into the crater, acting as a lightning rod. She was thankful for that. She could probably let down her shield for now and throw it up quickly again if needed. She said the ending words to the spell and let out a sigh. Instantly, she felt less strained but still weak.

That man is looking at his arm again. It's bandaged.... probably an old wound. I hope he has taken care of it. Flesh rot is not a pleasant thing to deal with.

"Dammit I should have saw that coming. Hey reaper, I guess you didn't know huh? I might have been in assassin in my time to. You might have gotten to the pool but I don't think you were strong enough to learn this little number." The king laughed and muttered a word under his breath as the moon appeared out of no where and caused an eclipse. Motioning his hands outward the ground cracked open and an abyss was created. Tentacles swarmed around the edges daring to pull anyone in if they even got close. "Secret ancient assassin art, did you ever learn it?" He smirked but turned his back, "You guys might want o step back."

"If this battle doesn't scare the kingdom, this eclipse will..." He sighed, "An Eclipse is supposedly the start of a war in the old books..." He looked at the two fire girls, "In the books about our history, this... art... has only been used once, and that was at the start of the first Bloody War, as they call it. Where the four great nations of that time ended up in a war that lasted decades..." He now was looking up at the solar eclipse, "This could signal the new Bloody War..."

"Oh my God!" Taun thought while staring dumbstruck at the abyss and the eclipse. He knew the king was powerful, but still this was something that went way beyond normal power. He could also see that the girl with the tiger was looking increasingly worried. Taun wanted to run and help her but knew he couldn't. He had neither the strength to hold a shield up for that long, nor the speed to get there without being killed.