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Lottie suddenly saw a great combo ready for the taking as Tsuna used her red-hot weapon to bring fire to her glaives. Lottie sent the glaives flying at Aurelius one after another, each one flaming and sparking as they soared through the air. Aurelius did what he could to dodge them and didn't expect Tsuna to come crashing down, breaking away some of the floor with each passing second. "Children should never meddle in the affairs of elves!" Aurelius shouted, casting out his hands and spawning two words from purple magic. Aurelius darted aside to dodge more flaming glaives that began to sear his skin as they passed, then he dashed forwards with immense speed towards Tsuna as she brought her hammer down on even more of the floor. With his blades held up and ready to come down on her like pincers, Lottie could see the horrific sight about to happen. But a flash of white light saved her. A glowing white ethereal shield appeared in front of Tsuna, colliding with Aurelius' blades and blowing him backwards in the process. Lottie looked behind Tsuna, and there was Micha'el on one knee and with his palm outstretched. He had thrown his magic out to protect Tsuna. "Keep going!" he said, coming to stand as Aoi's arcane barrier faded, releasing him back into the battle once more.

"Feel the power... of the Vardent makers!" Aurelius shouted, announcing the massive power of the true Vardent. Micha'el dashed towards the magical white shield and equipped it, it's holy aura vanishing and revealing a pristine white-metal kite shield. He stood beside Tsuna as she continued her work, she was the only one here powerful enough to break down the floor beneath them. "Break this whole place down! I'll worry about keeping us safe!" was all Micha'el could see before Aurelius released a burst of power from his body. A green ominous darkness surrounded them, a small gust of air rushed by them as suddenly the air felt thick and heavy on their shoulders, making it hard to move as whispers began to penetrate their skulls. Aoi's singing stopped as she squinted and tried to repel the whispers. They were alien... she could not understand any of it, but it hurt to listen, it was like something was trying to get inside of her body, taint it like a parasite. "Go, go.... go..." Micha'el kept trying to keep Tsuna's spirits high, but all of them were beginning to feel the effects of the Vardent magic. Aurelius said "you feel it, don't you?! The magnifiscent power of the Vardent makers..." he shook his head, "now you know why.... anything you do to stop them is futile. There is nothing that can stop the Vardent, NOTH-"
"ACCEPT ME." another booming voice said, it was in their minds, that was for sure, but it sounded like it came from miles and miles away, in an instant any heat in their bodies vanished, as if an icy blast of air filled the sky. Aurelius stuttered, horror on his face, "no... no it's not true!" Then suddenly the sky turned gold. The clouds above roared as they parted to let through a beam of golden light, so hot it could have burned. It came down over Aurelius and only for a few seconds before vanishing completely. It had pushed him down to the ground and now he was gasping for air, as if the immense power of the sun pulled all the air from his lungs, like it stunned him and blinded his eyes. His Vardent magic stopped and suddenly Micha'el stood up, breathing normally and hearing nothing more of the whispers in his head. He exchanged a confused glance with everyone else, they were all thinking what the hell was that? but they had to act quickly, before Aurelius recovered. "Tsuna, now's your time to prove to me I can trust you. Knock this place down and came straight back to me! I won't let any of us fall."

Theme for the battle.

With just a few moments to react Tsuna was the first one of the team to concoct a plan of action! She gave the order and Micha'el turned to face her, instantly knowing what she wanted to do. He got down to one knee and leaned down, holding his shield up. When Tsuna jumped on he thrust with all his strength to boost her high into the air. Micha'el looked up and saw Tsuna in the sky, she was a dot before the sunny sky. Aoi took in a breath, waiting for the inevitable crashing of her weapon into the tower, and Lottie was stilled keeping a watchful gaze on Aurelius, still blinded and stunned by the golden light. But something else puzzled her still, a perplexed look on her face that no one could notice. Who's voice was that? Why did she feel a rush of cold air although they stood upon the top of a warm tower in a hot location? Any more time spent wondering though was sacrificed as Tsuna yelled out her attack, announcing the beginning of the end for Aurelius.

Heat rushed passed them all as Tsuna touched down and caused a cataclysmic eruption to the vardent tower. Suddenly the floor beneath them crumbled, gravity appearing beneath them as all safety vanished. Aoi let out a scream and Lottie felt overcome by vulnerability. She gasped. Micha'el, without the utter of a word or the break of a breath, pulled out a bright orange and purple feather from his pocket. It was fluffy, not strong and waterproof like most feathers. It was from the undercoat of the bird-mounts they used yesterday to get to the vardent forest. In one swift motion he flicked it out before him, a white bubble of light conjuring around it and dissolving it in an instant. The light vanished and as the tower began to collapse in slow motion four small balls of light rushed from the same spot, scattering and chasing down Micha'el, Lottie, Aoi and Tsuna. Then the floor collapsed. Aurelius let out a cry of both anger and fear as he began to plummet to his doom. Aoi closed her eyes in fear before a feeling of weightlessness overcame her. She stopped screaming and slowly opened her eyes. She was floating, hovering more like and falling very, very slowly. All around her a white light caressed her skin, as if holding her up, breaking her fall. The same was for Lottie and Micha'el. Micha'el was in fact staring deathly down, as if waiting for the unknown as he stared down into the rubble. His magic had chased Tsuna down he only hoped it had reached her in time. But then as the rubble continued to fall through the canopy of trees there was one blur that did not vanish into the leaves of the forest. Tsuna. Micha'el let out a gasp, feeling the weight on his shoulders lift as they all slowly floating down. Lottie let out a "YES!!!!" of triumph, "you did it Tsuna!!!"

At the bottom the four of them landed softly on the rubble, rubble that stretched further than the tower originally stood. The chasm that the bridge had once covered was now completely filled in by the rubble of the tower too, and amongst the still settling dust Micha'el could make out vague shaped of elves on the horizon. They must have had to run back to evade the falling debris. He only hoped their tactic had not hurt anyone. "Tsuna" Aoi said, holding her hands together anxiously, "she's not moving!" Lottie and Micha'el instictively turned and began to climb, dive and jump over loose rubble as they attempted to get to Tsuna's side. Once there Micha'el pulled up her back in his arm, holding her head up with the other and feeling her red hair fall between his fingers as he did so. "Tsuna!" he said, grating his teeth together. He brought one hand to her temple and a white glow started at his finger tips. She was alive, thank the heavens he though, but then he said "WAKE UP TSUNA!"

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Micha'el let out a small sigh of relief when Tsuna opened her eyes, sly remark or not. "I'm pretty sure your ego wouldn't let you die" Micha'el said, half-joking, half still irritated by what happened earlier. "Hey, you won us the battle, nothing to worry about!" Lottie said, holding her fist up as a gesture of confidence. Aoi then smiled and tilted her head, "you did great. I wish my team could have been here to witness the technique. Taking down a whole tower..."
"Was an exceptional plan" Micha'el said, standing up and looking over yonder to the settling dust. "I think all the Sun Elves avoided the debris. Look." He gestured with his hand, everyone then looked towards the space where the small camp was that kept watch over the tower. There was a dome of orange magic coming into view, it looked like the sun, but it was see-through and as the dust vanished Micha'el could make out the shapes of elves on the inside. Micha'el cheaply exhaled. "They don't even look phased. I'm surprised you don't get along better with them, Tsuna. "
"Yeah... well..." Lottie began, swiping her foot across the ground. "We should get back to the King, the quest is finished!"

Micha'el was just pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose when he agreed, and together they passed the dome of magic. As they neared the magic vanished and a thrum of energy passed them, like a warm breeze. Landaras, the Sun Elf with short spiked blond hair came out to greet them, an odd expression on his face. "Team Sun" he said, "Landaras" Lottie replied. "That was a great spell you used up there to save us, the voice really creeped Aurelius out!" But Landaras didn't respond. Instead he stared down at the students, he looked unsure of what he wanted to say. "We heard the voice down here too. And in case you forgot, all our spells are hot like the sun. We called down that sunbeam after we heard the voice. There are bad omens in this world, Team Sun. As I'm sure your aware from when the Darkness fell over Occulas. But red carefully, there are far worse powers out there. Head back to the King and you can finish up your quest and return to Evermoon. You shouldn't waste your or our time. " And as soon as he was finished Landaras turned around, gesturing for the elven guards here to wrap up. Over his shoulder he said "There are some Striders waiting for you at base camp to take you to Sunspire."

Lottie and Aoi looked perplexed, and Micha'el was overcome with frustration but wasn't given any time to say anything. "I thought Landaras was the more polite one of the Sun Elves..." Lottie said. "It sounds like that voice scared him too" Aoi then mentioned. Micha'el then looked between them all and asked "but what could scare the Sun Elves more than the Vardent... or even Lucifial?"