"He is coming." Arya replayed the words in his head over and over again. He could feel the darkness coming, both through the warnings he was getting through the Ether, and the massive storm that raged just outside his borders. He was using all his powers to prevent it from penetrating his lands and thus hurting his peoples, but it was still expanding, encompassing most of his border and continuing for many miles outwards. It was s storm like no other.
He noticed that Black vapor was traveling throughout his citadel as well. He knew that he was being spied upon. But without more mana he could not stop them. He was stretched to his limits as it was. He hadnt slept in a week, focusing every hour of every day countering the magic emanating from this magical storm.
Turning his head he saw a figure clad in black armor seem to come from the Black Vapor before his very eyes in the Krystal Hall. Instead of drawing his sword he launched his mind into the Ether, straight towards this newcomer. He had caused him no end of troubles, and now he would pay.
But then he was repulsed, blown from his feet straight into the wall behind him. He was dazed but had enough sense to shed his robes and get to his feet, just in time to mutter a counter spell to the flame spiraling towards him.
"REZNOS! ENOUGH!" He yelled at the figure, sending a beam of pure energy towards the man, striking him in the chest and returning the favor by blasting him off his feet. Arya then snapped his fingers, and he was clad in his own armor, made of enchanted Saphires, unbreakable by all but a sword enchanted by a spell known to but one other. Drawing his sword he walked over to the body in a heap, and pointed the great blade down so that the point drew blood from a spot in the mans neck.
"You cannot defeat him. You cannot win. Give up now, and my honorable lord shall grant you amnesty and power, so as to join me as a Bloodknight. Join me cousin,and together he will give us control of unbelievable power!" Removing Reznos's helm by magic, he saw the crazed look in his eyes, the eyes of a man corrupted by power. His cousin was his cousin no more.
"Carry my words back to your master Reznos. I will never join him. I shall eternally seek his defeat. I dare him to challenge me, instead of sending weaklings like you to try and do his dirty work." And with that he threw the man across the hall by magic, lighting up a wall of flame in his path. He burned, but the fire seemed to have no effect on him. He was on fire, but it was going into him, but not hurting him.
"You cannot hurt me. He has imbued me with his very essence. I cannot die. Soon, yoou shall learn just how dangerous six more like me can be." as if on cue, the beautiful windows on the sides and the ceiling of the hall imploded, shards flying everywhere, and the stone holding it all in place disintegrating into dust. Six figures flew into the room, trailing black vapor, and they became fully formed once standing on solid ground. Reznos stepped into rank with them, and the largest of them stepped forward brandishing his sword. the others flashed their blades as well, except one who used an enchanted spear crackling with electricity. The seven bloodknights had come together.
Arya felt fury coursing through his veins. they DARE to attack his very citadel, destroying the most peaceful, the most beautiful place for him on this side of the Nether Sphere? His whole body ignited in green fire as it consumed him, feeding on his very blood for power, his armor sparkling a greenish blue as he gave these intruders a very dangerous stare.
Arya raised a hand. Three of them went flying. He took a step forward, and another was pushed back, followed by a second step. This pattern continued, ignoring the leader who was also stepping forward, and he continued to send the Bloodknights flying as they kept returning, more and more batterred each time. Flames licked out from his body, attacking any that got too close. Sparks came from his sword, lightning from his fingertips, thunder clapped as he took each step. In the absence of his repulsive force, the dark storm at his borders started to inch closer to the Citadel.
He reached out with one hand, and a tsunami was created, ever expanding, washing away Reznos and a girl that had joined him as they tried to flank his side. Another step. he was a mere five paces from their leader now, who was covered by the largest helm of them all, carrying a mace in one hand and a greatsword in the other. His entire body was covered by 4 inch thick heavy metal plates, but he moved as if it was leather. He took a step forward and raised his mace, taking a swing at Arya.
Arya parried quickly and gave a thrust to test the defenses of his opponent. the greatsword flashed and his sword was knocked aside giving the BK an opening but his mace crumbled to dust with a wave of arya's hand. Arya then continued to kick him in the chins, disarm his sword, and push him to his knees, with his chin still held high under his helm. Arya then dropped his sword, and launched a powerful punch that left a fist sized dent in his helm causing him to fall over backwards, and letting arya turn his attention to the others. They seemed to be chanting, and he could see vapor coming from everywhere, combining with the clouds from the storm, all weaving into the armor of the Knights. They were flaoting in midair, their edges lined in the black vapor, and the approaching vapors encasing their armors, giving them more power.
Arya unleashed his rage, sending a shockwave towards them with a roar, only to see the wave dissipate a good ten feet from them. he changed tactics and sent another tsunami that swirled with flames and rock that was summoned from the interior of the planet, lava encasing the outside of this spiral of death magic. He reached out to the trees, asking them to send roots to entangle the enemy, only to watch all this spin away.
His head snapped to the right however when someone burst through the doors leading from the Inner Hall, seeing his the most powerful apprentice of the three he was training burst through, his sword in hand, Netheryl armor covering his entire body, magical wings growing from his back. he jumped into the air and flew towards the fluttering men and woman still growing in a web of power. Their leader had even joined them by now, chanting the loudest, entangled in the web of darkness above him.
Knowing he couldnt leave his apprentice to such a fate as gruesome as he was flying to, he jumped into the air, and with a few words, had all the control of a hawk in flight. He sent a few projectiles into the web above him, only to see them repulsed by an invisible barrier. he heard chanting a few feet to his left and saw his apprentice launch a spell at the barrier. Shockingly enough the barrier exploded, leaving a gap into which they flew, hacking at any Bloodknight that came close enough. There were parries however, and wave after wave of magic slammed into them. A voice came through the mist as well,
"Ah so I have found you Arya. I think it time you finally fell, and stopped being such a thorn in my side! An attack much more painful then a thorn was then launched into his mind, and he struggled to fend off Reznos's strikes and parry them, while at the same time fending off what seemed to be an assault from tambien himself. he looked into his mind, Arya barely able to keep him form the crucial secrets and memories, before he felt a mind of strength join with his own. His apprentice had joined power with him! With a surge of power and Mana, he stuck back, knowing with grim satisfaction that he had struck a terrible blow to his mortal enemy. But then with one final effort, tambien reached out and plucked a secret from his mind before he could counter the snake like strike. Images flashed through his mind as he saw what tambien had found. a silver egg, a blue one, and a green. A castle. The image flew out as if from a bird, and you could see the surrounding landscape. The city of sephira, the castle of Delai, a lake, and finally Ceros. Tambien then retreated from Arya's mind, as did his apprentice, and Arya focused on the remaining two Bloodknights. Knowing where the other five had gone, he shouted,
"Go! Go to the fortress of relica! Go, Athers, protect the eggs! Protect the Mana Core!" He shouted, hoping he had heard him through the nasty winds that buffeted them left and right. Apparently he did because he stopped mid swing and teleported with a flash of red light, hopefully towards the right place. That was the only thing he had trouble with, teleporting.
He himself was left with two bloodKnights. He recognized them both. Sir kevin and his mate, Laiin. Laiin was obviously more dangerous so he tried to glide ever so slightly around so he could take her out wuickly, but Sir kevin charged straight at him.
Feeling a wave of annoyance come over him, he summoned all the mana in his citadel and just unleashed it all upon him, disintegrating him into vapor, barely leaving him time to let out a scream. the vapor left in a whirlwind, flying towards the heavens.
He turned towards laiin, who was looking unsure of herself, her red hair flapping in the wind, and she knew she was wondering if she could take him on herself. he let go of his restraint and power went in all directions from him, like the wave of energy and flame from a nuclear blast, and focused it in her direction just as they began to be enveloped in a tornado. The winds swirled around him, giving him just enough visibility to see Laiin being pushed back but still fighting it. Arya then flew towards her, brandishing his own sword and he drove it right through her chest, muttering words of power the whole time. this time, instead of disintegrating into Black vapor, or turning to gold dust as she would if he was killed, he became a silvery substance. Muttering words even more intensely now, he seemed to melt down into his sword, being absorbed into the metal. her last words were,
"They are still alive..." then she completed melting and the sword glowed due to its new power gained. It now contained a bit of Tambien himself, and Arya then sheathed it. he then broke into chanting, and the storm started to move away, and the glass of the Krystal hall was beginning to be restored. he was met by his other two apprentices as he landed safely in his study...
