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The tentacles sprang up around the fleeing hostages and four were trapped. As they began to be crushed, Ryugi grabbed the handle of Sol Blade, as he let another Negation Attack fly, the anti-magical pulse dispelling the tentacles as the remaining hostages gained more ground. Ryugi continued to take up the rear, acting as a barrier between the undead forces and the escaping hostages. One fourth there... Another three fourths to go till escape as the hostages headed in between the buildings, the North gate in sight at the end of the street like the light at the end of a dark tunnel.

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We'll see about that..

FIERCE DRAGON TWISTER!!

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The pouncing zombies would be sucked into the powerful vortex and shunted down the corridor back to the fountain, as well as any other undead that happened to be following behind the group. That is, if they would be able to survive the intense heat burning them to crunchy bits, and the winds from the firestorm eroding them away to useless bunches of dust. While Ryugi didn't intend for the attack to fully defeat any of the attackers, he'd used it more as a way to buy the hostages more than enough time to gain more ground as he continued to run behind them, moving up more towards the middle as he noticed the drow running along the rooftops, undoubtedly getting into position to rain down their own attacks...

Unlike his previous big flame attack, THIS attack was far more direct in its destruction, aiming to defeat or irritate the enemies trying to bog him down, and or buy the hostages more time, all while doing minimal damage to his surroundings while still dealing a powerful blow to the rampaging, following, enemy forces, which would have bottlenecked into the street corridor. And what was even better, was that the range of this attack would completely block the corridor that it traveled down, causing any forces to have to wait until it cleared, plow through it and disk being killed, or leap up to the rooftops, in which case that would cause them to lag even farther behind.

The attack would move all the way back until it ran out of steam at the square. The whole time this battle had been going on, Ryugi had steadily been increasing his supply of shimmering crystals that now zipped around his form... About one fourth or so to go until the hostages were safely out of the city. That attack would have allowed them and Ryugi to gain valuable distance.

BATTLE-AIRSHIP VENGEANCE
20,000 feet over Barton Town

"Captain, energy levels are spiking!" said a skeletal officer looking over runic meterings which were flashing with brightly colored waves.

"What's it from?" Captain Krik asked.

"Unknown, but they are spiking in two areas of the battefield."

"So, some Major Powers have started getting involved," Captain Krik said. "Transmit a report to command immediately."

Darkness.

It did well to swallow up the bright flashes of light from Ryugi's attacks. The drow nimbly lept away from the fireballs, though two would get caught in the blasts, rolling around on the ground. The two who had been caught by the attack quickly recovered in time to parry the attack by the clone (if it could even see) upwards, while the other spun around him and stabbed him in the back. The other drow blended into the shadows. There would be no crossbows this time. They would use their stealth and speed to quickly surround Ryugi, who would be unable to see in the dark unless he's got an ability to fix that too.

Unfortunately, Ryugi made a grave mistake: he turned his back to the two golems charging toward him to tear him apart. His aura wouldn't affect them as they closed in from behind, claws coming down to smash and tear his body apart. In conjunction with the drow attacking him from the front and sides, and the darkness smothering all light and natural vision, Ryugi would find himself in a very difficult position.

And through it all, only two hostages would survive by his efforts.

And lo did twelve Spartans fall, riddled with bullets. Three hundred (and one: the Knight) became two hundred and eighty-eight, but the unit remained in tact. Rear guard zombies reinforced the ranks, and the army continued to march, reclaiming thrown spears as they were passed. The puppet corpse itself was moved around, left with the fallen soldiers for Descant's troupe to reclaim.

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Not at all."

And so a force almost eight hundred strong entered Barton by the West Gate.

Maximos could dead lift 1300 lbs. Thats lifting it straight off the ground and over his head without any additional momentum to assist it. A normal human or two can push a car, even if they cant lift it. Maximos was jerking the construct to the right, around and then up, to give it the momentum he needed to spin and chuck it.

Though if a lightning bolt was coming, his plan would have to be somewhat altered, he brought his club across placing it across his chest and laying it on his right arm. Effectively using the metal club as a lightning rod to channel the lightning into his right arm where it would immediately fall victim to the Curo Ingurgito, its energy adding to Maximos' strength and giving it immediate function. (See Below Explanation)

In truth, things were looking grim it seemed he would have to put more into his battle than he previously...and then came his salvation. The negative energy wave.



His left arm was already place in a defensive position in between himself and the negative energy wave. As it struck his arm, the wave would find itself halted in place, a small violet run lifting from his hand catching the wave directly in place. It was a rock in the stream so to speak. By using this ability twice in a series of a few minutes the golem had proven this to be a "common", ability. It did not require an obnoxious preparing time,and its effect was relatively easy to release. The AoE effect could expand outwards, and around Maximos, or if it was stuck in a spherical shape it would be halted right then and there. And then devoured whole. The wave would weaken and falter before fading entirely.

The Shadow's arm had an immediate effect. A deep black glow filled the runs covering his left arm, it seemed a vicious black miasma. And as was the nature of the LRS, it immediately countered.

The Seal is usually used to counter elemental attacks, countering the element with its opposite. This was a special case, this was raw negative energy, draining strength and life and empowering the undead. Maximos had copied the ability, made it his own and reversed it. What was released was the exact opposite, positive energy. And just like the negative energy wave it covered a 40 foot spread with positive energy. The sort that steals the life from undead and fills the living, such as Maximos with life. With strength. With vitality. And basically with everything he needed to make a 40ft span of undead fall, while spinning and chucking a golem with relative ease.

As for its levitation effects...



...What levitation effects? A construct was it was immune to life draining effects. But as a living chunk of metal it was, for the sake of the Manus, considered an enchanted object. By grabbing it, its enchantment was fizzled until such time as it was allowed to recharge. That is of course if the construct had the ability to recharge. It was an effect similar to the spell Mordenkaidens Disjunction, or disenchant, only without causing the item to dissolve into nothingness. If the constructs "life" was not immediately drained then at the very least the levitation spell it had activated would be made useless. The arcana used to enchant it, was instead used to empower the arm, that would add, strength, distance, and force to the chuck Maximos was attempting to perform.

As for its deadly claws...that was a rather useless endeavor. Attacking shadow with shadow? Maximos had just attempted that very thing. Granted sparks flew as metal slashed against metal, but no real damage down done by either party. Though one doesnt need to cause damage in order to chuck a 3/4 ton construct directly at a evil mage and across a couple dozen feet. He had all he needed for that feat.

If there were any undead left standing in a 40ft radius they would be immediately teased...the effect of using the LRS, as damage to the given limb. Slits in Maximos' skin had begun to form spreading a few red drops of vitae onto the ground below.

"Sir, Mage Simms is requesting reinforcements in the town square."

Captain Krik rubbed his dry chin with his gaunt fingers, pondering for a moment. It was too early for them to make their presence known, and they didn't want to expose themselves to the enemy just yet.

"Let him know that we will be dropping the Package on his location," Krik replied.

"Yes sir."

Doors opened on the belly of the airship and a single, enormous wooden crate was pushed out, with a parachute pack attached to the top of it, "fragile" stamped in red on the sides. It would fall for several seconds before the chute automatically deployed, sending the crate floating down to the town square.