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Post by Pitman on Apr 11, 2016 1:28:40 GMT -6
The mist that was surrounding the island soon began to subside, as James' summon worked exactly as intended. The only negative now people from other side not in the island could see from a distance. That alone cleared enough that the interference lowered enough to get back some order. Though fighting was beginning across the Island now they would know where they needed to head to next. With the command center in full panick mode some of them unable to get the computers to work properly. But as James' own idea suddenly everything began to work once more, still Mathor made the first move and brilliant move on intially, except one problem they didn't except these 'heroes' showing up. Quintin rushed outside as the mist came up and the seal in the sky, he soon noticed James summoning power first hand and he was in fact extremely impressed.
"My lord, that is quite magnificent Mr. Gransela.", Quintin managed to say as the mist began to clear up, though his face still had worry on what was occurring at the bridge.
With that done he turned to Dieter as he soon nods about the choppers and replies, "Right away sir."
He dashed back inside soon shouting, "Prepare a chopper to Holyhead as well have all the men at the bridge fall back!!"
"Right away Knight-Commander!!", one of the officers replied.
Soon during this Tamara and Gwen join with the others now it was time to get moving Gwen soon began a chant and her armor from prior if James remember was over her body. As she was ready to go she soon says, "We must make haste that symbol in the sky is not disappearing and it might be best to get there quickly as possible!!"
Tamara agreed with she put on the gloves from earlier on and cracked her knuckles adding, "Well better late then never!"
Soon a Humphrey arrived opening its door for the others well two regular no door choppers landed for the other troops arrived. They would be allowed on and soon begin to take off toward Holyhead.
"We will be there eta 5 minutes.", one of the pilots told the others as they were almost there they would soon be coming toward Holyhead.
When coming up they would soon go in lower to land near where the light was pointing to specifically an old Roman Fort named Holyhead. When they were coming up to land suddenly a large rock was thrown which landed on top of one of he normal choppers. The rock itself was fairly large and crashed into it, which lead to the pilot screaming, "Get out now!!"
Tamara and Gwen moved quickly as the height wasn't too high up for you simply to jump off. As they landed suddenly they would be greet by a large green like beast. It was a Spriggan but he was not alone they could soon notice two dozen fae that look like Mathor charging at them right away.
"You got to be fucking kidding me.", Tamara commented as she put her fist up as the first fae charged at her only for her to use we newly gained close quarters combat.
She pushed a charging fae hard as she put mana into the runes that were engraved onto her gloves. Activating her hands began to gain a bit of stone similar to stone skin but much much smaller. In fact due to Dieter's training she began to formulate a new type of spell, a stone fist which not only knocked the fae to the ground but broke his neck instantly.
"Impressive..", Gwen soon managed to say as she called on her sword which appeared on her hand to soon charge at a few fae as she engaged them with each one, being beaten one by one.
"Nice, you got to teach me that.", Tamara soon replied.
of course they were still outnumbered as suddenly the ground would shake as a few Hob Goblins and Goblins appeared as well. With everyone in counting it was 14 versus well over 40 enemies and a large spriggan as he took another bolder to throw at the second chopper.
Suddenly a portal would appear near the entrance of the fort which would reveal Mathor with the staff of Merlin in tow.
"Well now, I didn't expect you to be here so soon or get rid of my fog so well. Impressive mortals and there is even a few faces I don't recognize, never the less you cannot stop me now.", Mathor soon stated as he soon walked up to the door and used the staff to blow the door wide open.
The Fort wasn't even that large to standards so it wouldn't take long to look at the premises, now the group would have a choice. How to deal with this many enemies and at the same time make it to stop Mathor. Though to make matters even worse suddenly a great roar of the ground could be felt and then if one looked toward the area where the bridge was a great fire exploded in the air.
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In the Hangar
"You got to be kidding me.", Gedeon soon mentioned as he saw the plane before him, or it was a plane he thought.
"No I am not prototype plane that can use special reflectors to prevent being seen and stealth capabilities. Oh and it can get from here to United Kingdom in less then thirty minutes.", Como then finally mentioned as they walked toward the plane.
"Damn... just damn.", Gedeon soon stated as the plane soon began to prepped for launch.
Gedeon entered it noticing how it didn't look like luxury which was expected it was a prototype. Moving to one of the seats with a strap he soon tied himself up as Como and his butler sat across from him.
"Oh before I forget you don't get air sick do you?", Como asked the man who simply shakes his head.
"Good because your going to feel the g forces for sure.", Como then added which suddenly the planes engines turned on as he soon began to launch from the airport run way quickly.
Once in the air suddenly a sound he didn't recognize activated and then they were hit by harsh G-Forces which the plane rushed toward the United Kingdom.
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Post by Rabite on Apr 11, 2016 22:39:22 GMT -6
"Hm, it's just a start, if your knights are willing to learn under me, then they too might be able to grasp this wisdom. Sometimes, traditions might not be the best for the current era anymore, something that you might want to think about along with your comrades and superiors."
James and Kate hurries to get into the helicopter, followed by Mei Mei who jumped in along with the two other familiars. Traveling by air is much faster and possibly safer than going through the battlefield, assuming the enemies lack the ability to deal with them... which did not as well as they hoped in the end. Near the destination was a greenish giant, there's features of both stone and wood on it, getting James to pinpoint it as a Spriggan, a Cornish spirit that can transform to different size like the one in front of them.
"Oh boy...Mr. Gerhardt! You go on ahead, leave the rest to me! Just leave us a way to catch up to you afterwards! Mei Mei! Grab us and jump over to the roof of that building!"
"W-what? We're jumping?!"
As ordered, the Asian Vampire grabs the two humans and jumps a long distance with a single leap, safely landing on top of a tall building where they could have better sight of the surroundings. After recovering from their air walk, James hurries over to take a look at how everything is coming along, and spots those groups of enemies appearing.
"James! We got close to 50 of them on the ground, what do you have in mind?!"
"We're on the British Isles, we're fighting a giant Spriggan, and we're working with a royal organization. I have several in mind, but you just watch. Update me on the battle, tell them to hold out for a bit! Mei Mei, distract the thing, jump from buildings to buildings, keep the Spriggan's eyes on you!"
"Affirmative!"
On James' orders, the Jiangshi bravely jump towards the treasure guardian, and delivers a powerful kick towards its head, aiming to kill it just like she had done to the Hobgoblin before. If not then it should at least damage it, or draw it's attention towards her, so she uses the force to bounce herself away from counterattacks.
"Kate, find me an open space nearby!"
"Open space... the spriggan knocked down a few building, hows that?!"
"Excellent, I suppose."
James turns to face towards the South-West, towards the center point of the British Isles, and reach towards the sky with one hand holding his tome and the other in an open palm that aims towards the mountains in the horizon. As when he summoned Aion, the mana around him 'boils' up, being active according to his command. With this concentration and activity, even those with little or no talents in magic art would be able to see the clear movements of the particles around, Gwen and the other knights of the organization would be able to see how powerful magic when directly harnessed by a person rather than through objects.
"Thou who art de offspring of the Great god of the sea!! Hear my call!! The true and origin ruler of Britain! You who have the might that rivals even the great heroes! Now is the time to raise up from your slumber! Awaken to defend your children from foolish insects that dares to defile your land!! Summon!! The Embodiment of Britain!! Come Forth! Albion!!"
It's not the first time James had summoned a being of this level, in fact Aion was even more powerful and he had done it soon after he discovered the powers of magic. Now after several months of studies and refinement, the professor's powers are tens of times greater than before, and was able to allow him to summon beings of extreme power as long as he is close to where these beings originated from. That said, even if he doesn't faint from the summoning, he would run out of fuel, run out of mana fairly fast if he summons things at the same level as Aion. Which is why he had chosen Albion to summon here.
Albion is the giant that lived, and founded Britain, then called Albion after himself. He was the son of Poseidon, the famous Greek sea god, and was killed by Heracles during his return. However Heracles did not do this alone, in order to fight Albion and his brother, Heracles had to call upon help from his father Zeus to obtain victory. As the first ruler of this land, he is among the first things to came in James' mind in order to fight other powerful beings.
The giant appears differently from how Aion did, first a giant fist bursts through the ground like it was made out of jello, and slowly the figure climbs out of the hole that it had created himself. Living up to his existence as a giant, Albion is larger than the already big Spriggan, towering at the size of a small mountain. He started out as a glowing figure, but slowly dims down to a giant yellowish humanoid figure. It also glows with four different colors of black, green, yellow, and red that constantly switches to another of the four colors like a kaleidoscope. It's got short brown hair, and dark brown eyes that stares at the fairies before it, treating them like annoying insects that had flew into his home.
"Mei Mei! Come back!! Ms. Ashborne! Ms. Lac! Stay away from the battleground!!"
While James is focused on the summoning and commanding of the giant, Kate goes and gives out warning to the other allies in the battlefield to avoid getting too close to the giant. Even if it's not going to attack them, something of that size will certain bring many possibly harmful problems towards anyone nearby. As she does that, James' with glowing mana surrounding him, gives out orders to the giant to go on the offensive.
"Albion!! Show them the strength of a true Briton!!"
Pulling back its arm slightly, the light giant delivers a incredibly fast and powerful overhand punch down towards the Spriggan and towards Earth, with enough power to create a crater with just the force alone. It may not have any special powers like an actual god, but this is a being with the physical strength of one. You're also fighting 'on' him, which allows Albion to channel all of his powers from his original legends.
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Post by Richter on Apr 12, 2016 0:22:31 GMT -6
The ride was tense despite its short duration. Dieter spent the time preparing, as did the squad of men also seated in the attack helicopter. Several of them produced pouches of a thick, mahogany colored substance from their harnesses. It was a special alchemical concoction made specially by the Order's occultists, the original recipe dating back to the Classic Age and hailing from somewhere in the Roman Empire's colonies. It was a mixture of mud from the banks of a pure river, hallucinogenic mushrooms, a small bit of blood, a sprinkling of unworked hematite, roots from the madder plant, and billberries. What it would do, is enhance the user's vision and allow them pierce magical veils. Low level ones anyway, but it would be enough to see through the wards of grunt level fairies. Dieter and his soldiers smeared this stuff on their eyelids, and drew a second line beneath each eye to complete the effect. Their supplies were shared with James and his people, as well as the Camlann Knights, who obviously wouldn't have their own. The practice might strike the Knights as similar to the ancient Celt practice of painting themselves before battle, and it might make them question if there are common roots here. One done with that, Gerhardt replaced his aviator sunglasses onto his face. The raging explosion from down south reflected in the tinted lenses as he glanced back out the door of the chopper to observe the spectacle. His expression didn't change by so much as an inch. The men there had their orders, and everything possible was being done to get them back out of there alive. Besides, if whoever was throwing that fired decided to pursue them to the camp, Dieter had left a 'surprise' there to act as a champion in his stead. Let's just say, James's familiars weren't the only ones able to take human form. They managed to reach the city in record time, and from below, they could see chaos unfolding in their midst. People and things that were decidedly not human ran through the streets, some fighting, some fleeing for their lives. Parts of Mathor's host, no doubt. Ugly, horned monsters made up the majority of the fighting force down there, as best that Dieter could tell from up in the sky. Less common were changelings, whose dweomers his madder parted to reveal as the otherwordly things they were; with flat faces, nubby horns, and too-big eyes. Here and there he saw actual elves as well, kin of Mathor, maybe? His attention was drawn from that as one of the largest beasts, Spriggan, tried to bring them down with hurled chunks of pavement as big as beach balls. "Look out!" Dieter shouted to his pilot. This one, fortunately, was quick enough in reflexes to jink to the side to avoid the attack. The other open-sided helicopter managed to do so as well, evading the makeshift AA fire from the giant. The one carrying Tamara and Gwen was not so lucky. It took a solid hit before his eyes, sending it careening to the side and pouring smoke. The driver managed to bring it down low enough for everyone inside to bail out safely before doing so himself, the wounded flier sputtering on for another 30 feet before crashing into a house. It could be worse...and got worse quickly, when dozens more goblins poured out from hiding to surround the beleaguered duo and aid the Spriggan in attacking them now that they were grounded. Dieter was about to jump out to aid them, when the doctor took the initiative and volunteered to go instead, so that Dieter could bypass them and get to the fort first. "Jawohl! I'll be taking this machine straight to the fortress to face Mathor myself! Meet me there if you can. I'll clear you a path to it. And thank you." Gerhardt quickly replied. It was a big risk the man was taking in allowing the rest of the force to move on ahead, but it might be the difference between victory and failure. Fighting through all those goblins would not be quick. The spear bearer clapped James on the shoulder emphatically just before he jumped, and gave a quick wish of good fortune before he did. "Take us to the fort, and stop for nothing!" He told the pilot. The man gave a crisp nod and took the Humphrey forward at full speed, with the second chopper following in its wake. As promised, Dieter moved to provide some support for the professor and everyone else on the ground. The attack helicopter here, in addition to the under-wing rockets, had two .50 caliber doorguns. The German took one himself, clearing the feed and readying it for use. The wind whipped at the tails of his coat as he stood in the open doorway with both hands on the heavy weapon, the way to using it now clear after James and his group leaped out. "Zum sieg!" was what he yelled as he pulled the trigger. Hot death was leveled at the 40 or so goblinoids and the giant that was accompanying them on the ground, the helicopter strafing the enemy's group as the pilot carried them forward towards the Roman fortlet at the center of Holyhead city. This would hopefully buy James the time he needed to complete his ritual, and give the two girls some much needing breathing room from the swarms of footsoldiers attacking them. Spent brass fell to the streets below like steaming hail, with the large caliber bullets sending chunks of asphalt into the air where they missed, and blood and bone where they hit. He chained his fire all the way down their line, and wasn't shy in spraying lead in Mathor's direction the moment he came out of that portal, either. His victor's stride would quickly become a hurried rush for cover if he was smart. Gerhardt hoped he wasn't going to be smart, but didn't rely on that notion to be truthful. The majority of their group in the city had been station at this very bulwark, both to take advantage of its defenses, and also its prime location in the middle of the population center. At its heart was a medieval church dedicated to Saint Cybi, constructed of sturdy stone and mortar to match the older walls enclosing it. A company of men had been stationed here, with several more throughout the rest of the city to keep order and aid with the evacuation. This particular strongpoint only had 3 walls, as in ancient times, the sea rose up to the back to act as the final embankment. The troops stationed here remedied this glaring weakness sometime before the battle began by commandeering a pair of trucks and arranging them nose-to-bumper to close off that bleeding wound in their defenses. This left only the front gate for anyone wanting to storm the castle, which Mathor had made short work of already. Luckily, Dieter didn't need to use the gate. His chopper ferried him over the fortress's curtain wall, and from there, he followed James's lead and jumped out. The flying machines continued on past him and deposited the remaining men inside behind the church to reinforce the company already there, and then the gunship swooped back around to provide firesupport to other areas of the city. "I suppose I should have saw it sooner. What better place to seal a witch, than underneath the temple of a saint on holy land? Almost perfect." The German mused. He stood directly between Mathor and his target of the fort's interior structures. The fairy would have to fight through him to get to his prize. The inside of the church was suspiciously quiet, as the men inside fortified their positions while their boss distracted him. Call it a Plan B if you will. Though they were also there to provide support if the warband's leader called for more soldiers of his own. In their time here they had warded the interior, enhancing its already formidable magical defenses from being a holy shrine. It should be a difficult area for even benign fey to enter, saying nothing for the malign type. Whether that'd stop one of his caliber was an open question, but it'd surely stop him from teleporting in, and bar his weaker kin for getting inside at all. Without delay he drew out the spear that their order was named for, the haft expanding in his hands as he took a combative stance, angling the tip of it at the prince of the Unseelie Court. So there he stood, the sunglasses on his face reflecting the fairy's visage, and his long coat blowing in the cold air of Autumn coming off of the sea. Beneath it could be seen his armored vest, muddied boots, and those runic gloves - whose sigils glowed a soft red with infused numen. An imposing figure if there ever was one. Dieter wasn't really the type to give monologues before battle, so if Mathor was expecting anything more than that first quip, he'd be surprised when the warrior thrust that lance straight at his sternum instead. He might also be caught off guard by this human's speed and strength; both traits well surpassing an ordinary man's limits through his years of practice in Internal Alchemy. It was a good opening move to test the creature's reflexes, see how he reacted and how the two stacked up to one another. Like on the boat, it was important to mention here that the Spear of Destiny would greatly disrupt the magic of anyone hit by it, even if its a tiny wound, so getting struck by it may adversely affect the sidhe, who no doubt relied heavily on his arcane tricks. "Whatever you're planning, you'll have to get through me to do it; a man who faced down the wrath of the entire world and lived to tell the tale! Defeat me, if you can!" (( Dieter's Boss Battle Theme))
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Post by Pitman on Apr 12, 2016 2:03:47 GMT -6
The Fae under Mathor had an expectation today, and it was not this. In fact they would be utterly shocked on what occurred in front of their face on how a mere mortal able to summon a god that founded the land itself. Well let's say anyone mortal or not would be shitting their pants right now. Well that itself was quite something before the summoning of a god, the Spriggan was engaged against Mei Mei who knocked it into a house nearby. It would soon get up and throw a punch at Mei Mei and be distracted as James would want. Meanwhile Gwen and Tamara continued to fight cutting down one fae after another. Soon a Hob Goblin would show up with a very large Mace which tried to smash both girls who quickly rolled to the side to avoid it. Tamara continued to punch and engage the fae in front of her kicking and breaking bones, well Gwen used her blade to cut them down as they were slowly being surrounded. Even some of the men who were with them fired their rifles to keep enemies back only to be overwhelmed.
"They just keep coming!", Tamara cries out promptly with Gwen replying, "Then just keep cutting them down!!"
Quite a response in such a situation only to be saved by Dieter's gun fire from above which came at the right time for the both of them. Both took a moment to breath then went back into fighting stance as more began to pour towards them.
"These guys don't rest don't they?", Tamara then added as suddenly they both felt a strong magical energy coming from not far.
Turning they both saw what James would soon summon with Gwen's jaw completely drops well Tamara raised an eyebrow.
"What.. what... what the bloody hell!!", Gwen managed to yell out with Tamara soon muttering, "He over did it again."
Gwen turned to Tamara and her back to Gwen as Kate soon yelled to get out of the way which both noted they were smack in the middle.
"Aww Shit!!", Gwen and Tamara both realized and promptly used mana to run toward as fast as they could as Ablion's attack came down causing a massive crater which simply caused both to be thrown into a house.
When the dust cleared both soon managed to get up with both of them coughing.
Gwen was the first to recover stating, "He could of killed us with that!!"
"He really needs to learn self control on these things.", Tamara soon added as Gwen helped the other woman help.
Taking the dust off suddenly both would walk out of the house to see the damage done but it was not over, suddenly the ground itself began to shake. And suddenly fire began to spill out at different parts of the city which made them suddenly be separated from where James and Ablion were. When the dust settled they both to see hear a crack of a whip and the beat of wings. Female figures which look earily like female demons were before them an quite a few.
"Well, this day just keeps getting better.", Tamara soon mutters then puts up her fist.
Well this was happening the attack left by Ablion did quite a large amount of damage as most of the fae were simply obliterated that were within range of the attack. Now with Ablion before them how could they coup to defeat him? Well not much as the goblins, Hobgoblins engaged the god even knowing full well they would be utterly defeated.
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Mathor entered to soon noticed what greeted him from the other side. Of course he was alone well this was happening but he quickly noticed what was going on with the situation.
"My, my mortals are quicker then I expected. Though I do not recognize you or these men, it seems your not of this land either.", Mathor noted as his eyes narrowed as Merlin's staff was in his hand.
Before he could even add more Dieter's soon came at him at great speed and once again he was surprised once more. Before it was James Gransela who surprised him and continue to surprise him as he felt the mana pouring from outside much greater then he thought. What in the world are these people was going through his mind, as more surprises keep on piling up on him. Never the less Mathor quickly brought out his sword to parry the blow from Dieter. The strength he felt was not of a human no it rivaled his own which narrowed his eyes more due to that.
"Well now a human with this much strength, its been a long time but its far stronger then those Mage Knights I fought earlier and slayed. Whoever you are you cannot stop me!", Mathor screams back as he would use his strength to push Dieter back.
The first time in a long time Mathor faced someone truly worthy to him as he soon slammed Merlin's staff down on the ground which then stood up straight before him. If it was honor or something else he soon took out his second blade out both as black as knight made from magical metal. Runes could be seen and engraved, as it was of course in Celtic looking in nature,
"Let us see human, how strong you are!!", Mathor then states to him moving toward him to engage Dieter.
Whatever the attacks came both would be utterly even, blade hit lance as both would be locked in a dance of death, one misstep was death itself. It would feel like an eternity as they both didn't not spot, though Mathor has yet to use his full skills of his magic this part of the fight was pure skill of the weapon they both would use. Anyone watching would be be taken in at the sheer way both fae and man would fight. Soon both would clash again but only for both to be pushed back by a magical force as the blades sounds were an extension of their magical power. Mathor would hit a table hard as it would break as his fall.
Soon getting up catching his breath soon stating, "Well, you are impressive whoever you are I must know your name."
Whatever the answer give and whatever was said next would soon stop as a shaking could be felt both outside in within the fortress. Suddenly the ground near where Dieter's men would be reinforcing will begin to break open. If they move fast enough they could avoid it as flames began to come from the ground. Suddenly one could hear footsteps heavy to the floor would begin to walk into the area where Dieter and Mathor were. Skulls were on his armor, which was black as charcoal on one of his hands was a giant great sword and a red cape could be flying behind him as would took notice the horses on his head. His hair was black and his eyes glowed red as fire itself.
"What took you so long?", Mathor would soon ask the being.
The being looked bored and soon answers, "I had to deal with somethings, they were a challenge for a bit but only a bit.", the being soon revealed with a smile.
"Ah yes and good work at the bridge, I do hope there were no survivors?", Mathor then asked.
"Well mostly dead a few got away but mostly anything we fought was dealt with. So Mathor what is taking so long? We have a schedule to keep.", the being stated soon turning to see where Dieter was as his own eyes narrows.
"Mortal interference naturally, though I believe the game is up for them. Come Arawn let us finish these mortals off.", Mathor then stated as the other being smiled.
Arawn who was now revealed soon put his great sword in a battle stance aiming at Dieter who now will have some trouble. Just as they were about to engage suddenly a shout could be heard from above as a plane passed overhead as now the roof itself in the building was now gone due to Arawn's entrance.
"What is th-", Arawn soon stated only to be dropped kicked into a wall which caused a crater.
"Seriously, do you guys ever, ever not make my day more troublesome.", a voice rang out as the dust would soon settle with Dieter noticing a man that he would recognize.
Soon landing with an elegant landing Como soon took off his parachute as he dusted off his suit with his bulter landing next to him handing him an AK-47.
"Ah such a bright day!! Now uhh what the fuck is that?", Como soon asked as he noticed Mathor and Arawn who was picking himself up from the wall.
Mathor was now irritated even more that more delays keep showing up out of nowhere. Now who these two mortals were to come to interfere.
"Well well, interesting entrance you got here.", Arawn soon stated as he was walking up.
"You know sometimes you got to have one, whoever you two are.", Gedeon would soon add as he was in front of Dieter.
Turning to Dieter his rough face which told him he likely didn't have time to shave and hair a mess would tell Dieter much.
"So what the hell is going on here? And why is there a giant magical seal in the sky?", Gedeon would then ask.
Never the less whatever the answer Gedeon would soon noticed that both Arawn and Mathor were ready to pounce as he got the blade in front of him ready.
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Post by Rabite on Apr 12, 2016 11:58:20 GMT -6
With the Spriggan out of the fight, there's really nothing that could do anything to the Albion. Some of the Goblins and Hobgoblins had attempted to attack the giant, but had failed miserably when they face overwhelming strength differences. Every strike from the colorful being brings destruction to the armies of the Unseelie Court, but it'll take long time to just punch or stomp on every one of them, so they'll have to try some other tricks. For example, Albion grabs and pushes over the half destroyed building that the Spriggan fell on, and flings it along the ground so it would hit everything in the way like bowling. That said, of course James was careful to not hit any allies in the way, so it was not as dangerous as it might sound.
"Looks like you guys are in a bit of trouble, let me give you hand. And up goes a barrier for you, fufu, aren't it simple?"
Remains of the building flies everywhere as it crumbles up, some of them flying towards where James and Kate were, but are safely intercepted by Mei Mei who punches them apart. The other, non-magical soldiers in the area might not have the ability to defend themselves against something like this, but they're lucky that James already thought of that. Beatrice transforms into her humanoid form, and quickly appear before some of the soldier, protecting them briefly by casting a barrier over them for a short period of time. One of the traits associated with Bastet was 'Protection', and being one of her followers, Beatrice knows the art well and could help keep these other people safe while James wrecks this fairy army. That said, it might be simple for the team to use something like that(Dieter, Gedeon, and Tamara probably have their own method of doing this), but for regular soldiers it is close to a miracle happening.
"We got something new appearing James! Looks like... some sort of demon?"
"....Demons? Hm... no matter, lets see what they can do if they are so confident that can survive against Albion."
Next comes the demoness that recently appeared, which had James wonder why would demons be helping fairies? The two types of beings have little relations to each other, what exactly are them aiming for here? They do, can talk, so maybe capturing one or two might provide them with some useful information. But it doesn't seem like they would just surrender, so lets make them talk with your fist.
Their new target seems to be in the air, which means they won't have to care as much about collateral damage(not that it wasn't bad enough). Albion picks up a piece of building remains, crumbles it up in his palm, and throws it towards the demons at high speed. The resulting projectiles would scatter up, creating a shotgun like effect where it hits wide areas at high speed.
They're also a bit weary about possibly attack magic cast towards their way, so Mei Mei watches them carefully to prepare to intercept any coming attackers. Just in case it gets dangerous, Kate also cast her own warding spell for extra protection. She is also ready to use her ring to see through what the demoness might say, assuming they answer James' questions.
The attackers were just a simple 'introduction', he was expecting these demoness to survive, or at least some of them would survive. Now it's the time to see what exactly did they came here for.
"Dark creatures, why have you come to fight us? State your businesses before my patients run out. Albion is not the only powerful being under my ranks, and you definitely do not want to face anymore than you already are."
No one here but James and Kate would know if he is speaking the truth or not, but after that impressive show of summoning the embodiment of Britain, it seems highly possibly that he can do more of something like this. Tamara might be able to guess that he might be able to do it, considering his past records, but likely nothing for sure from the amazing speed that everyone in the party is improving at.
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Post by Richter on Apr 12, 2016 15:11:19 GMT -6
The prince proved to be an apt foe, as Dieter predicted he would be. Yet for the moment they were equally matched as they traded blows. While Mathor's twinned blades gave him an edge in speed and number of attacks, the reach provided by the spear gave his opponent a powerful defensive boon. In addition to their choice in weapons balancing out, they seemed to once more reach an equivalency in skill and strength. The fairy was probably a little bit faster and more dextrous, but using a two handed weapon allows Gerhardt to strike and parry with much more force. It was an interesting fight. Easier than the battle against Ammit in some ways, yet harder in others. Certainly more exhilarating to be facing a humanoid opponent of this caliber, that was a rarity for the spear bearer as well.
"It's Dieter Gerhardt, bearer of the Spear of Destiny," he replied to Mathor during that brief lull in the duel. That was not an honor he'd deny the opponent, even if he despised him and his plans.
And yet from there, things would be interrupted as fire split the earth towards the church. The soldiers waiting inside were still in the midst of further warding and booby trapping the premises, but when that started they wisely bailed for either the church's reliquary or the chapel built overtop of the saint's remains. The protective powers of those guarded them from Arawn's fiery entrance, and Dieter faced down both with spear in hand once they readied themselves for battle.
However, it seemed that Dieter would be receiving some backup as well. The black knight was driven to the dirt by a familiar looking man dropping from the sky, followed by two others he did not recognize.
"Mr. Salvator, I didn't think you'd be mobile for a few more months at least, but from the way you look, perhaps I was not wrong in that prediction after all? Good to see you none the less, impeccable timing. I'm glad you brought help, we need all the hands here that we can get," Dieter shouted to the newly arrived mage knight. What a blessing.
Although his full focus wasn't on it, he could see that the new arrival on the Unseelie side didn't come alone, either. He brought an array of evil looking creatures with him that moved to swoop in on James and keep them from assisting. Dieter wasn't as surprised to see them as the professor was. A lot of early concepts of demons came from fairies, and they grew to overlap a lot more later on as the Abrahamic faiths tried to paint Pagan influences as evil to garner more recruits. How much of what they were seeing was true to original legends, and how much was tainted by that, he couldn't be sure; but it was clear that they would be deadly regardless of their muddied heritage. The black knight here in particular, he assumed, was from Arthurian Lore rather than the underworld itself, at least by original design.
"Well Gedeon. I'll take the one on left, you take the right? Let us see who wins first!" Dieter said in challenge to his comrade. On the left was Mathor, who he wanted to finish the fight with, on the other side was Arawn, who was already annoyed at the mage for drop-kicking him out of a plane. So why not continue things along the most natural course?
Regardless of if he accepted or not, the German opened round two with a spell. He raised his right hand, the black sun symbol on the back of it glowing a baleful color as yet more numen was pushed into the extremity, along with his Will. A tiny spark of fire flickered to life in the respective palm, and it quickly grew to the size of a baseball. Rather than being vibrant reds and oranges, however, this fire seemed somehow more subdued, and shadows danced amongst the flames. Without ado he hurled it into the middle of the two fey, where it exploded like a grenade in a 30 or so foot burst, doing both Fire and Dark-aligned damage. It was something he cooked up after Egypt, a crowd control spell that could be cast more easily than the stronger Holy Ark. Anyone hit by it would both be burned normally, and have their bodies ravaged by negative energy that would afflict flesh as if hit by acid or sudden decay.
A nasty spell. Arawn might have some resistance to it considering how he was portrayed here, but the prince might not be so fortunate.
Then he dove right back into a martial offensive, stabbing high at Mathor's face. Whether it hit or not he'd reel the lance back in, flick out the spike in the butt-end of the spear, and then swing that around for a backslash at his knee where there was a chink in his enchanted armor. A good shot there could ruin his mobility and form, and since the prince didn't know about that hidden blade yet, the sudden off-hand attack would leave him little time to foil it. Mathor would have to move fast.
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Post by Pitman on Apr 12, 2016 22:26:08 GMT -6
Earlier
"Como you sure about this?", Gedeon soon asked the mafia boss who was putting on a parachute on with his butler helping.
"I am so sure nothing can stop me and not now!!", Como then replied which Gedeon soon nods only to hear a ring tone coming from Como's pocket.
"Uhh... hold one a minute.", Como soon stated as he soon picked up his smart phone then replying, "Como, here."
On the other side of the world in New York a woman was on the other line which looked like a female version of Como and of course older.
"Where the hell are you?", the voice rang out which Como soon replies, "Uhh in a plane, my sweet dear sister. Oh and flying, though why I have my phone on in a plane would not be so good for it."
Como looked at Gedeon who shrugged not knowing the answer, after all he was not even sure. Como then put his hand on the speaker then yells over to the pilot, "Does it?"
"Hell to how I would know this is just a prototype.", Pilot yells back.
"That doesn't answer my question but I recently been getting calls that you disappeared in Florida. So happens I hear a prototype plane got stolen, you didn't have anything to do with it? Also who was that on the other line?", the sister soon asked.
Como looking at Gedeon who shook his head soon replies, "Er... just, just having a little uhh little here on uhh this island."
"A Party on a plane? If your lying to me for our late parents sake I will send you to hell with them.", she soon replied which at the worst possible moment the pilot soon yells, "What the fuck is that?!"
Gedeon soon moved which Como soon followed still on the phone when they saw a giant magical seal in the sky and well giants down below.
"What the fuck is that!!", Como soon shouted forgetting to cover his phone which Gedeon soon adds, "We got to jump."
Gedeon soon rushed back of the plane as he readied himself up, which he could hear Como soon stating, "Sorry sis, but I got to go now!!"
"Jump? You DID steal that prototype!! When I get my hands on you I will ser-", as Como shut down the phone and him and his butler was ready.
"Your so going to be in the dog house huh.", Gedeon soon stated as he ready himself to jump.
"Well not really as long as the ones who I stole this plane from doesn't find out.", Como soon added as all three soon jumped from the plane.
Elsewhere in a RISA Testing facility
In a secret hangar where the Prototype plane would of been from, a few notable white lab coat doctors moved
"Doctor today we got to do trial runs on the Prototype?", one of the assistant soon asked.
"Yes yes, lets go to work on-", Where the hell is my plane.
"Where the hell is my plane?!", the Doctor screamed.
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Gwen and Tamara were ready engage the enemies as a few charged at them, raising fist and sword together they were ready until they both looked up to see James and Ablion interfere and at the same time sort of saved their necks again, sort of. Both would soon duck as the shot gun like effect went through the area they were at. The 'demons' close to them would be smashed but there were plenty around of course. Soon they would turn towards Ablion, one of them answers the question, "We serve the King of the Otherworld nothing more!!"
Moving at great speed they organize them selves into formation and attack Albion. Of course it was not the only thing soon from the ground giant hounds made of fire would spill out they were of course Hell Hounds of Arawn. They too soon charged toward Albion, for how long they would last no one would know. Gwen and Tamara got up during this and were still wondering who they were facing.
"What is with this picture, first fae, then gods, now we got fucking hellhounds. What the hell is going on with this place!", Tamara soon shouted as she soon stopped herself from moving and go to the ground.
Gwen turned to the other woman wondering what she was doing which she asks, "What are you doing?"
"Being pissed, just give me a moment to concen-", Tamara soon was saying until both of them soon hear a great crash and something being literally pushed out of the fortress at high speed.
"What in the world...", Gwen soon stated as suddenly clouds from above the fortress began to turn and suddenly a large like bolt was fired at whatever was launched out.
"Wait.. that spell.", Tamara soon stated as she saw it but she didn't believe it.
After all it belonged to only one person she knew and she knew for sure he wasn't here.
All the while it was faint, but enough to give anyone who is sensitive to sense it. Not far off in Holyhead Mountain something began to stir in magical energy.
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"Ah, interesting.. interesting...", Arawn stated as his great sword was carried on his shoulder with his hand, as he stared at the two before him but he was narrowing his eyes at the blade Gedeon was using.
"Oh I think we got the full attention of these two Mr Gerhardt. I guess the ugly one wants to dance with me, so alright. Oh as for recovering suddenly, I cannot explain it but I feel better then I ever before.", Gedeon soon replied as he was swelling with more mana then he ever had before even from previous encounters. In fact his energy was spiking itself which could be visibility seen from the naked eye which told much. One notable thing was it wasn't blue or green but instead it gave off a black look and something far darker.
Watching Dieter move and sense his energy Gedeon saw what kind of spell he unleashed which he answers with a whistle and adds, "Well that looks quite nasty."
Mathor and Arawn moved quickly as Arawn completely dodged the ability well Mathor avoided but part of his armor was hit. He looked on how it decayed suddenly then turned toward Dieter.
"Well well, your most entertaining indeed!!", Mathor soon stated which he moved quickly to prepare himself to engage Dieter once more.
Mathor's grin continue to grow as Dieter's Spear was coming for his head. He moved it out of the way only to feel a cut which itself was painful but he did not cry, no. Instead he was enjoying this completely for once someone who could actually challenge him like this with the exception of Arawn here it was quite interesting. Though he soon felt the pain as the hidden blade stabbed into his armor, but instead of staggering he moved forward to force Dieter closer, depending on how he reacted it would be quite the predicament for both.
Well both Mathor and Dieter were fighting both Gedeon and Arawn were facing each other, but not engaged in fighting. In fact they stared at each other as if trying to see who would make the first move. Though no move was done, Gedeon soon shouts to Como, "Hey Como, I suggest take over and stay out of the way.
Como from the back soon yells, "Sure!! Whatever just don't cry back to me when you need my help again!!"
"Interesting... very interesting.", Arawn continued to say which Gedeon soon finally asks, "Interesting? What is so interesting?"
Arawn soon finally reveals, "To see a blade, that disappeared a long time in front of me that is all. Who would've of thought to see Clarent once more though last one to wield it mortally wounded his father with it."
"Clarent? That is what its sword's name? Interesting.", Gedeon soon stared at his blade a moment as it continued to be fill with his power, which itself began to glow dark mana on it.
As the fight to the side of them were raging it would seem both were finally done on whatever they were doing.
"Well never the less, this blade is going to be kicking your ass!", Gedeon soon stated as he suddenly disappeared where he was at only to realize too late that Gedeon was right below him.
"DEATH SPARK!!", Gedeon shouts as his blade hit Arawn's body head off which itself if Mathor and Dieter notice cause an explosion between the two which wouldn't of been surprising.
Arawn himself was sent flying through the wall which the entire fortress wall behind him by the sheer force blow open like a gun just went off.
"Damn it... I didn't expect him to do that, fine lets add this!!", Gedeon soon closed his eyes a moment and in the sky the clouds began to turn as Gedeon chanted a spell, that Dieter would recognize though this time the spell seemed even stronger then before.
"Judgment Bolt!!", Gedeon then shouts as his sword before him was given even more power from the sky as the purple lightning was directed toward Arawn at high speed.
"HELLFIRE!", Arawn soon shouts as he slash at sword down toward the Judgment bolt which the entire front of him of flames came from the ground destroying all homes and everything in its wake.
The two spells hit and caused a chain reaction as a large explosion at the middle could be seen by all in the area as the force of the spells would force any soldiers standing to the ground if they were near.
"Well, well, your quite the reckless one.", Arawn soon shouted toward Gedeon.
Which he soon disappeared from where he was at and Arawn notice him move point to point towards him and both blades clashed making a loud song of blade that was defiantly not normal.
"We shall see huh.", Gedeon soon replied.
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Post by Rabite on Apr 13, 2016 0:41:39 GMT -6
The professor looks at the demoness with little interest in terms of their abilities, as they lack the ability to harm Albion to a high degree. After bringing back some of his memories and knowledge, he remember how Christianity during their spread had accused other deity and similar existences as demons, and this could possibly be one such happening. Next is to narrow down who might be responsible, the demonesses mentioned a King, so that could mean actual rulers which are quite a bit more rare than regular deities. That said, plenty of gods and goddesses in this region were turned into angels, also something often done by the Christian faith.
"Hm... King you say. But not the High King... Otherworld... I see, I see... Long is the day and long is the night, and long is the waiting of Arawn. The saying was something like that I believe, why, I should be proud of myself that I could remember that name, when so little things mentioned him. Ha, he didn't even rule the realm alone! Look at yourself, do anyone of you still hold the pride that you once had? Now you're just simple, nameless demons without your own identity. Do you think a group like this can defeat Albion with such pitiful attacks?"
Organizing into a formation is a decent thing to do... if you're fighting an army, but definitely a poor choice in a battle like this. Being in a formation means you'll have less space to move, as you have to move together rather than caring about each individuals. In order to avoid attacks in forms of those pairs of giant fists, they would have to either break their formation or attempt to avoid it as a whole, which is an extremely difficult task.
Before, Albion had to be careful of it's strikes, as it might accidentally hit the ground and cause heavy damage to the island itself. Now that the enemies are in the sky, there's no such worries. He grabs a roof off a large building, then swings the roof sideways at the demonesses formation like he is dealing with flies using a giant fly swatter. Then there's the Hellhounds coming at him, so he simply slams it downwards to the ground. As the force is more spread out, it would cause a lighter shockwave then if he would have stomp at them, it also covers more area and is more suitable to hit a group of them rather than one at a time.
Then comes the shockwave, which was detected by both James and Kate just before the two spells make impact. The two quickly ducks down to keep their bodies down, while Mei Mei stands before them and withstand some of the coming forces for the two, Annie and Beatrice were trying to do the same as their master, but Beatrice had got a barrier up to help. Albion was in a position to brace itself for the impact, but its weight was more than enough to keep it stable.
"Phew, good thing the building is still standing."
"With what we just had now, and the Earthquakes from Albion fighting, I'm surprised this place haven't crumbled yet."
Kate is right, the building still seem to stand strong, but it's starting to get shaky with Albion's new combos so she is looking around to search for locations to move to in case it is necessary.
"From the looks of it, our Mage Knight friend is awake. That spell looks like the ones he used before, so I guess he's helping Mr. Gerhardt. Though, if he needed help, then I guess his opponent is not that easy to defeat. Perhaps we should hurry up and finish here..."
"These enemies might be here to stall us, first they had the Spriggan and goblins, but then were forced to send something better after seeing Albion in battle. At least if we draw their attention on us, the civilians would be able to get to safety without less worries."
Really, if Tamara and Gwen did not jump off, they shouldn't have any problem avoiding the Spriggan. But what's done is done, no use complaining now. Their new reinforcements should be enough to help deal with whatever it is over there, at least the magic shows that Gedeon is still up and standing.
"Well, delaying is all they could do. If they want to actually fight on equal grounds with Albion, they'll need much more than what they have here. Ha, they would have a better chance trying to tempt me to stop attacking them, I won't mind seeing that."
"...Even in battle you're like this..."
Kate holds her head as if she's getting a slight headache from the professor's words, but only for a moment, after all she's used to it by now.
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Post by Richter on Apr 13, 2016 14:12:20 GMT -6
A flash of flowing red blood was Dieter's reward for an attack well played, the sauroter smeared with crimson as it came away from the gash in the armor. The age-old trouble with plate, it had to have weak spots at the joints to allow for the wearer to move. Striking them was a skill that hadn't completely died from the world, his training as a fencer, amongst other things, saw to that. But what he was not expecting was for Mathor to close after being wounded, typically such a strike would make one recoil. Gerhardt thought fast, he couldn't afford to let that happen since it would negate the reach of his spear, and indeed, make fighting with it much more difficult overall.
This was the second reason he had those gauntlets made.
He captured his inner power and wove it like a mesh net throughout his body, the odic energies subtly reinforcing his muscles and bolstering his physical strength in the process. As a practitioner of Internal Alchemy he didn't have to use mana as fuel for spells only, the raw stuff of existence was equally useful to him in enhancing his mind, body, and spirit as the old ways taught. This was what he did. Someone with the ability to see things on the spectral scale would notice his body glowing blue around the arms, legs, and torso, points with the greatest concentration of muscle mass, as it was so infused. Once he had doubled his strength in this regard, Dieter shifted his spear to his off hand so that the main one was free. He used it to immediately throw a sharp jab at the prince's nose, further reinforced by the metal plating in the knuckles of the glove. All told, the force behind that punch would almost certainly be enough to cave in a normal human's skull. Mathor was neither human nor normal, but it would probably still hurt if it hit. Even if it didn't, it'd probably catch him by surprise and force him back since Gerhardt had made no indication prior that he was willing or able to use his fists in a match.
From there he leaped backwards to place more space between them once again, hefting the Holy Lance once more and this time stabbing at the shoulder holding the Unseelie's primary sword. Hopefully, to start wearing down his combat efficiency.
Beside him the battle between Gedeon and Arawn was raising in intensity, with both throwing some heavy spells at one another, amongst other things. It was hard to miss the strange aura that Mr. Salvator was exuding, and that was definitely new. In fact, it reminded him of those black flames he saw when the mage was burned back in Egypt. This worried him greatly, did something evil offer him a Faustian pact to save his life at the last possible moment? The spear bearer certainly hoped not...but it was definitely something they'd be talking about down the road.
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Post by Pitman on Apr 14, 2016 22:15:57 GMT -6
Mathor continued to engage his target his attack which he expected to work instead back fired on him completely. What he didn't expect was Dieter to punch him in the face which normally would of killed a man instead stunned him and pushed him back. In truth Mathor was stronger then a human yes but he was no god but merely a fae, thus when real gods show up they would be naturally stronger. Though quite a few gods in myth were also fae as well, specifically royal fae giving them strong then average fae. It is here where Mathor would be almost as powerful, though compared to his partner Arawn he was nothing but a young child throwing a tantrum. Mathor was forced back as he slid away from Dieter from the force of the punch, expecting Arawn already done he soon turned to see instead Arawn being literally pushed out of the building. Trying to comprehend how could a mortal do that he soon notice the massive amount of mana coming from Gedeon but he then recognized something else which to him impossible. Mathor was the only one to realize what this other Mortal was giving out and only due to he lived in Alfheimr. Soon both spells blinded him a moment to see the result as both spells cancelled each other out but still creating a crater in the middle of the city. Not to mention it is now Mathor realized something far worse not far as Ablion could be seen in a distance.
"What... what are you mortals... how... just how..", Mathor soon stated as the impossible was happening.
Meanwhile Gwen and Tamara were flabbergasted on the battle between Gedeon and Arawn. One could hear the clash of blades making a unique ringing sound as two ancient relic like blades were clashing at each moment.
Gwen was the first to reaction and soon says, "Wait... who the bloody hell is that!! As well what is the other blood thing he is fighting!!"
"When did he get so...", Tamara soon stated as she stared at the area where both were fighting.
Even the Demoness who were engaged at them were being completely wiped out by Ablion. The fight in the city was getting extremely intense even the soldiers who were engaged with the fae and the fae themselves stopped fighting. First the giant god came and now two powerful beings were wrecking the city up between the fight. Clash and being after building fell apart as Gedeon and Arawn fought. Though during this fight they didn't pay attention off to the distance suddenly a large magical energy could be felt. In the sky the crest that was above began to glow with intensity so much the entire Island began to shake. Which was unexplained to Dieter and James after all, Mathor was at the seal yet the seal was slowly activating.
"What in the world... what the hell is going on!!", Gwen soon screamed out which then Tamara soon realized where it was coming from adding, "Wait... its coming from the mountain!!:
Turning she soon screams over to James and Kate,"JAMES!! KATE!! ITS COMING FROM THE MOUNTAIN!!"
Of course if they realized it suddenly a large beam of mana shot up at the seal which began to begin to slowly crack. Around the Island the ocean around it would suddenly begin to turn larger as it began to cause chaos. Even from the other side at Wales people who managed to get off Holy Island could see the light going up in the distance and even notice the seal in the sky once more. It was unexplainable as the media were filming this as best they could the signal of course was being locked by the UK Government. It was as one stated the worst possible outcome and as the earthquake began from the island it was too felt from their end.
Mathor would soon begin to chuckle lowly, which as he got up as if this was all funny. Dieter could notice that he was not even stressed no, he was giving off a face as everything was going as planned.
"Oh mortals, if only you paid attention! It looks like I will win, now no matter what happens now.", Mathor soon stated as he ready his blades.
Whatever Dieter's response would be if he put two and two together as if one notice the Staff of Merlin which was not far off began to disappear from a glamour as nothing but a simple stick. Mathor was not all powerful but he was a master as trickery.
Well during this Gedeon and Arawn continued to clash, with Gedeon's sheer speed he managed to dodge as well using his spark death along with newer skill he made up on the fly from his last fight. Gedeon was keeping up with Arawn completely, which alone would shock any other enemy but for Arawn. Well his face only showed glee as he hasn't fought something or someone as powerful as this in a long time. Blade against Great sword the both were of the same origin within the legendary blades of Britain. Their magical energy were extremely similar as both would be cursed blades clashing, Gedeon's own blood was in perfect symbiosis with it as his black mana continued to be poured into it.
"Keeping up with me mortal, I haven't felt this much malice in a long time!! I wonder now, why hasn't the blade eaten all your energy already? Any other mortal would of been killed by now!", Arawn shouted as Gedeon throw him into another building then moved forward.
"Oh? Let's just say I am not a normal person!!", Gedeon relies as he kept up with Arawn.
In fact Gedeon didn't know for sure why but he never felt like this before, like suddenly he was stronger then he ever felt even back in Imaginary Macrosm. It was unexplainable, this feeling this fiery rage that was being released from him. It was the hottest thing he ever felt but it didn't hurt him at all instead it clashed against Arawn's own mana cancelling each other out. What is this? Why he suddenly so powerful since his awakening? He didn't have time to think about it as Gedeon moved in adding a few lighting spells into his attack which Arawn dodge who responded with flames which explodes as Gedeon evaded but as behind him more buildings were destroyed. This alone told Gedeon it wasn't he could keep up it was the danger to the entire city and any survivors would face. Suddenly Arawn would use his great sword which throw Gedeon into a large super market which he activated his stone skin which protected his body as he clashed through it. It still hurt but at least no broken bones or real damage done as Gedeon landed into a bunch of cans of food.
"Seriously.... this guy hits hard.", Gedeon commented then noticed a little girl and her parents hiding not too far.
"Mo..Monn....ster!!", the little girl cried as the parents both grabbed her quickly which Gedeon soon raises his hand up.
"Wait wait I am not a monster! I am in your side!!", Gedeon soon replied which the little girl cried harder then suddenly an explosion rocked the wall not far which Gedeon knew who it was.
Turning to the three civilians he soon says, "Go to the middle of the island, military have a HQ there, you will be safe. I... I will deal with this."
He didn't need distractions no matter what he had to fight he had to see Tamara once again. Gedeon soon disappeared from the spot like an electric wind as Gedeon poured more of his mana into his blade. Suddenly black flames began to engulf him as Arawn raised his great sword to block, another clash of both blades which caused a high pitch sound and a shockwave could be felt as Gedeon pushed Arawn back into the open as both created a crater due to the magical pressure from both.
"Well now... black flames... interesting... that explains everything.", Arawn soon stated as he figured out why Gedeon is able to do so much.
"Oh? I take you figured something out?", Gedeon soon replied to the King of the Other World.
"Yes actuality... the black flames of a dragon!! Sadly it seems our fight will get us no where as you are too late.", Arawn stated which Gedeon jumped back quickly then felt it.
From the distance Holyhead Mountain exploded in mana and the seal in the sky began to break. It would seem whatever they were planning they are succeeding which then he turned to Arawn who strangely didn't strike back but waited for Gedeon.
"Honorable I see but whatever are you here anyways?", Gedeon soon stated with his eyes narrowed at the God.
"Never believe everything you see with your eyes, everything happens for a reason. For now I say we call this a draw, let us meet again halfling. I do hope we see each other again in Avalon.", Arawn soon stated as the ground below him opened up suddenly.
"Who are you!!", Gedeon tghen yells at the god who replies, "I am Arawn, King of the Otherworld and also other names, namely.... The Devil."
Soon he would disappear as Gedeon realized what he just stated which he felt his own gut dropped.
"The Devil? And King of the Otherworld?", Gedeon soon asked which made him feel now he just picked a fight with something stronger then he thought.
After all many cultures have a Devil and it could be anything but to be specific to be The Devil, that alone made him shutter.
At Holyhead Mountain inside an unknown cavern the real Staff of Merlin was glowing as it was in a middle of a special magic circle, around it many dead bodies and blood could be seen as the circle was carved in their blood. Before them the Boogieman raised his hands and soon Shouts, "Now Become undone for your return to us Morgan!!"
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Post by Rabite on Apr 15, 2016 21:05:55 GMT -6
From the looks of it, Dieter had failed to intercept the plans of the fairies. If only those two girls didn't reckless jump off the helicopters they might be able to fight those fairies with their entire team rather than just the German, definitely not the best result they could have achieved. But before they could do anything more, they must regroup and think of something else that they could do.
Although they have seen Gedeon fighting the other figure, there was little they could do about it, and the mage knight seems to be holding up fine so there's no need to worry for his safety. On the other hand, the man seems to have gotten more powerful even though he was in a coma, at least it'll be more beneficial than otherwise.
"Albion! Return!"
He deconstructed the summoning spell, and retrieve the remaining mana back to his own pool for future uses, and gets back onto a helicopter that Dieter had left behind. Albion might be powerful, but it's definitely a waste to use him for traveling. Kate and James' familiars follows his examples and gets on the helicopter for traveling, they waited for the two girls to follow before heading towards where Dieter and Gedeon is fighting at. It's probably too late to save the seal now, but at least they can get together to deal with whatever that was sealed within it.
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Post by Richter on Apr 15, 2016 21:26:25 GMT -6
Dieter was quick to notice that flash of light on the horizon, how could he not? It was only then that he noticed the Staff of Merlin that Mathor was carrying happened to be fake. That was surprising, even if the alchemical Madder hadn't pierced the illusion, then the Spear of Destiny should have disrupted his ability to keep the illusion active. It did, after all, have a way of sealing the magic of those hit by it. However, as a timeless being, it stood to reason he was powerful enough to override at least one of the two, or have a contingency.
"You may have won the battle," Dieter said as the prince gloated, "but not the war. A band of heroes thwarted your sorceresses last time, and so we shall again!"
Smart money was that Mathor would try to bail out now with his plan having succeeded for the moment. Doubly with a helicopter coming towards with the doctor and others inside, he could see them boarding just outside the walls of the fort in a plaza. Triply with Arawn leaving, and it was certain that the fairy couldn't beat their entire team. Slowly but surely, the spear wielder was gaining ground solo. With friends, no contest. Gerhardt didn't intend to let him get away easy, not with the trouble he caused.
Dieter rushed forward, but he didn't make an obvious attack with the weapon itself. Instead he stuck the rear of his lance into the dirt of the courtyard when he was about halfway to reaching Mathor, and then he used it as a brace to sling his body around and forward, kicking off the ground with both legs and swinging them in the Unseelie's direction for a flying double kick aimed at his chest. If that hit it'd probably knock back and wind him. Upon landing, the occultist swung his spear around in a wide scything arc that would disembowel Mathor if it hit squarely, it was aimed at cutting him in two at the stomach. More attacks followed after this, short slices and quick stabs in rapid succession. If the fey wanted to cast a spell and escape he'd almost certainly get hit at least once, and that would weaken him for a very long time; wounds from the Holy Lance were soul deep, and thus very slow to heal. Saying nothing for the disruption of the victim's mana. It was likely that his opponent here didn't know either of these facts at the moment, but he certainly would if he got away to lick his wounds and try to rest on his laurels later on. This was his insurance. Staying meant death, but fleeing meant being crippled.
For sure, he picked the wrong mortal to face.
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Post by Pitman on Apr 16, 2016 2:25:58 GMT -6
Gwen and Tamara soon both got themselves balanced as the shaking continued to only notice Ablion disappearing off and a Helicopter to the distance.
"Quick to the chopper!!", Tamara soon stated which made Gwen look at Tamara with an raised eye brow.
"What I always wanted to say that.", Tamara soon added as both girls ran toward the helicopter then grabbed on the a a bad as she entered the helicopter where the others were at.
As they entered Gwen soon adds, "It seems a great light is coming from the mountain, what you think?"
Of course this question could just be a state the obvious, which of course it was but in the sky and how below the earth shook made it looked like the entire island was moving? Or was it just a figment of their imagination. Meanwhile back with Mathor it seemed the battle was coming to a conclusion as both were still engaged in combat.
Hearing Dieter make his announcement Mathor was ready to once again engage Dieter but then noticed, Arawn leaving from a distance and the others of the mortal team coming toward the area. It was telling there was no way to win here in this battle, so it was a good time to retreat. Before he could retreat he soon noticed Dieter move forward and only to kick him in the chest which had him momentarily stunned and winded. By the time he manages to recover he saw the Holy Lance coming down at him he soon would attempt to use magic but suddenly it didn't work. No it seemed for some odd reason his mana wouldn't activated and unable to stop Deiter was his own undoing. The attack came down as Dieter's own attack was completely successful as Mathor was cut in half as the blood would spill over Dieter's spear and himself.
"Impossible... how... a mortal... just... its.... its not over... I may die here... but... but the witch will finish you all off!! Hahahahaha!", Mathor soon laughed as his own body began to turn into a pillar of dust.
With that alone it was over, or was it truly? Even as Mathor's falling here it didn't stop the shaking or solved anything as the Seal above fully cracks and breaks at once. Gedeon would soon appear suddenly back where Dieter was with him soon yelling, "Mr. Garhardt, Como!! You alright?!"
Como would soon be the first to appear walking up soon shouting, "What the hell is going on!!"
Without be able to say anything more suddenly a great flash so blinding Gedeon, Como, and the butler soon covered their eyes. Outside above one could see the seal gone but suddenly a great vortex could be seen in its spot as suddenly the helicopter they would be in will go on the fritz and alarms blaring.
"What the hell is going on!!", Tamara managed to cry out as suddenly being felt being pulled by the vortex at once.
Holding on to the helicopter Tamara held on for dear life and Gwen trying to grab hold of Tamara. The force of the pull though was too strong that Gwen suddenly lost her footing and both girls were flying toward the vortex at high speed. Meanwhile Gedeon and the others also felt the vortex dragging them which suddenly they would also lose their grips. If one notice throughout the island the same thing was happening as the entire Island began to continue to go higher and higher then suddenly. Gone.
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The result of teleporting would scatter everyone who was on Holy Island into an unknown region. Of course the middle of the area where, James, Dieter and company would be of heavy forest. In the sky there would be seeing a sun, but it was not truly there. The zone itself would of scattered everyone, the Camlann Knights and Dieter's men would find themselves split off from the rest of the party. Radios wouldn't work due to the magical energy made all wireless communication completely useless. Though it looked like a forest of normal means it wasn't in fact within magical energy could be sensed and felt throughout, whatever unknown region they were. One thing that could be told it was magical and it was likely dangerous. The group would soon awaken and close to each other away from everyone else, whatever had happened many theories could be made but first question of, where they were?
Gedeon opened his eyes as his own body felt heavy as his eyes opened up to see a blonde hair and a face he didn't recognize.
"Who... the hell are you?", Gedeon managed to say as the girl soon opened her own eyes as she saw him suddenly a sword coming to her hand and ready to strike.
"Wait wait wait!!", Gedeon managed to say only for another voice to ring out.
"Hold it Gwen!!", Tamara soon stated off from a tree as Gedeon fully realized he was in a forest of some type. Not far off was a small little river as well rocks all over, which made him wonder where they were.
Tamara who looked quite different to Gedeon soon was by another tree with Como and the Butler not far behind. Gedeon noticed her hair was far shorter and she was wearing same type of clothing as Dieter would which made him wonder why the fashion changed.
The blonde girl Gwen who was about to stab him with her blade soon stopped mid point as Tamara called her out, as finally realizing he is an ally she soon made her blade disappear.
Getting up from the ground Gedeon soon turned to the others and soon asks, "Friend of yours?"
Of course no answer from Tamara but instead the blonde girl who soon reveals, "Gwen, Gwen Lac. You?"
"Gedeon, Gedeon Salvator. Nice sw-", Gedeon was saying only for a very hard slap on Gedeon face from Tamara which was hard and loud.
"You idiot, picking a fight and practically dying!! Then showing up like a fucking calvary only to pick a fight with something much stronger then you!!", Tamara stated in a very angry tone which of course Gedeon unable to reply back who soon was interrupted by Como.
"Nice reunion and all but... uhh where are we?", Como soon asked as they finally noticed the forest where they were.
"He has a good point.", Gedeon then pointed out as they all fully didn't recognize the area.
Picking up a radio Gwen began to turn it on only to give pure static, which alone told them much. She then tried to telepathically communicate with any other Camlan Knights but so far nothing as well which alone made it even worse.
Tamara who now stopped her rant soon adds, "Say where is James, Kate, and Dieter?"
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Post by Rabite on Apr 17, 2016 3:13:01 GMT -6
"Here we are."
James, Kate, and his trio of familiars walks out from the side. They seem otherwise unharmed, other than being tossed around and feeling like they were stuffed inside a washer. They were actually there for a few moments, just that the other group seems to have focused on their own things and did not noticed them. They don't exactly have the equipment suitable to travel in a forest, so it was quite annoying trying to get through these thick woods.
The two still had their radios on them, clearly it's not working due to the interference of magic in the air, but who knows if the situation might change again in the future. They also have the items they came with, such as James' own tome, but otherwise they lack the equipment and goods needed for survival. Even if the forest doesn't have anything lurking in the shades, they would have to figure out some way of obtaining food, water, and shelter if they don't want to become plant feed.
James also had other things to worry about, so he did not look happy at all. The last things the pair saw when they were sucked into the portal was that the island had came with them, which means so would the civilian populations on the island, and the soldiers that served under Dieter. The soldiers would be great help, if not their equipment then the extra manpower, perhaps they would have survival equipment, vehicles, or at least the expertise that could help them in this situation. The civilians however greatly worries the researcher in many ways than just human lives.
Going by their experience and James' own theory, the more magic is known to the mass, the more 'visualization' is done on beings of the other dimension and thus increase their strength accordingly. Not only will this causes creatures of great power to appear, this will also accelerate the speed that the two worlds fuses or increase the chance of it happening. The two problems will create a unwanted cycle where more powerful beings appear, causing more fusing of worlds to happen, and even more lives would be loss in the events caused by this.
With an entire island disappearing, there's no way that the event could be covered up, the news of the happening will spread like wildfire in no time. He is starting to consider to reveal his knowledge to international powers, so that they could borrow the powers of a nation to deal with these crisis. Right now the only thing they can rely on are Dieter's mercenary group, Kate's connections to her family, and James own connection to all sorts of strange people. Normally it would have been enough, but with the fairies suddenly turning it into a worldwide problem, he'll need more what they have on hand.
The other four people in front of them did not seem to notice all these crisis, one that is possibly enough to cause the destruction of the world. That said, two of them comes form another world so perhaps they don't care as much, and one of them is a stranger so he won't be judging him yet. Yelling in a strange and unknown land also does not help increase your survival rate, which is starting to make James wondering if it might be safer to just go alone rather than regroup with them.
Before James said anymore, Kate pointed towards another direction, which brings Dieter into their view. At least they have some reliable help here and not be stuck with what they can pretty much view as brutes, some of them had a bit of improvements but clearly it's not enough from how they're acting.
"Good to see you are all fine and well... I had Beatrice climb some trees, the only noticeable thing near us would be the mountains to the East and West. Perhaps we should decide on where to go to find some information to get us back to England, and perhaps deal with whoever it was that caused all of this."
He was not present during the battle, so he did not see Arawn himself, but it's likely him and the fairy prince figure are at least partly responsible for all of this. In other words finding and defeating Arawn could be a way to get back, assuming the King had came to the same realm as they had.
"I see we have not met before. My name is Kate Casimir, this is James Gransela. What is your name, mister?"
They did not have much to say, but Kate did introduce herself and James to the newcomer. If they're to work together for a period of time, it's better if they know each other by at least the minimum amount, such as one's name.
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Post by Richter on Apr 17, 2016 16:49:15 GMT -6
It was a small victory, but it was a victory none the less, or so Dieter thought to himself when his artifact weapon cleaved the royal sidhe in two. There was one problem that would not come back to haunt them later. There was little time to celebrate it, though. A great and terrible vortex rose up as if to consume the sky itself beneath the fiery seal in the heavens. All around him he saw cars, people, and buildings being pulled into it. Attempts to resist bought him a little time, but in the end his strength was outclassed by the power of that tornado. For those last few seconds he could almost swear he saw the island itself being sucked inwards, as if this cyclone was some great drain consuming reality.
Little did he know at the time, but it was more close than not.
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Somewhere in that mayhem he must have passed out, or otherwise lost his senses. Upon coming to he was quick to realize the big change in his surroundings; they started in a town, now they were in thick, dark woods. His mind was roiling with ideas and possibilities at the implications of this, most of them were very close to James's. Idle speculation didn't distract him from rising to his feet and getting his bearings. All of his equipment came with him, so that was a benefit. A fast glance around caught sight of the professor's animalistic familiar peering down at him from one of these colossal trees. Immediately, he set off in that direction, which brought him into sight of the rest of the group he had come to know.
"Hello, Doctor. I count you, your band, Gwen, Tamara, and Gedeon with his own group. It seems we're all here in one piece, very fortunate. I hate to state the obvious, Professor, but I suspect we're not in England anymore. Do you remember my remark in Whitehall regarding 'Avalon' being a real place, but one housed in another part of reality? I think that turned out to be truthful after all, and opening that seal brought us to it. I am not sure why, yet, the results speak for themselves."
The radical change in geography could have just meant they got taken somewhere else on earth, but the weird situation with the sun and the absolute abundance of mana in the atmosphere were powerful clues that no simple teleportation spell was at play here. It was strange that breaking the seal would pull things in rather than eject them, were one thinking with the usual physics. That was probably more of a detriment when magic was involved than not, so he didn't dwell on it too much. Dieter collapsed his spear and stowed it in his backpack to get to work on more productive thought, tugging out the Scale he received from Anubis to occupy his hands instead.
"Before I got pulled into that vortex, which I assume was the portal, I saw soldiers and civilians both getting taken in alongside of us. My recommendations are these: We find my men, we find the Seelie ourselves, and then with both in tow, we go and find out how to solve this problem. I have a sneaking suspicion that this is where Morgan the Witch resides. To end the threat to our world, and likely return, we'll need to deal with her. Normally in these dense, alien forests that would be a problem - but the Scale here should simplify it by leagues. However, it won't negate the dangers of this land, merely tell us where our destination lies and how far it is. We should lick our wounds quickly and prepare for adversity. Even though I killed Mathor, getting this far may have kept enough cohesion in his army for an underling to rise to the reigns, saying nothing for the fey that may reside here and choose to attack us for their own reasons."
That was his idea on what to do. He wanted to get back into action quickly, there was no telling how much time they had to work with if Morgan le Fay was free to move around and begin her work. If they could find his men they'd have supplies, manpower, and a safe base to operate out of. Useful since they had no idea how long they might be stuck here for. Regarding the Seelie, in addition to being powerful allies, they would know the land and the foe they were dealing with. Supposing they could be persuaded to help. Being the 'good' fairies did not stop them at all from being callous, mischievous, and downright cruel at times. Then again, the Unseelie weren't all bad either. At the moment they were short of good options, so he'd rather try the former before being desperate enough to attempt the latter.
While waiting for the group's input, he used Anubis's Scale to scan the area. He concentrated heavily on the golden instrument, first judging the direction and distance from him that his soldiers were. Then, the much more difficult task, he tried to gauge where they could find the Seelie court. There was no telling if the second one would work or not, but as a god-level artifact, it would probably have a good chance at giving some useful results. Once they knew for sure, they could start moving. Third and last, he attempted to estimate where they could find Morgan le Fay.
After all, if she was close Gerhardt wanted to know so they could get moving out of this clearing ASAP.
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