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Kynε

The flames around her expanded and funneled, they soared and they scorched as the fire bender killed by the masses and left behind ashes, above, rained the dead bodies of the shredded by the woman who was even more agile that Rúna. Rúna did see the extra demons still coming from the skies... and even she was beginning to wonder how on earth this world could survive such an invasion. Since when did demons come from above? As each of them continued to fight, one at a time an orb of misty light would pop from their body and and shoot back to one of the living demons - "Time is only borrowed i guess" Rúna said to herself almost as if it were a curse.

Bringing her foot down on the ground she let a crack open up on the ground, it rushed towards a demon before erupting with energy as it soared up into the sky and fell back down with a mighty thud. Slowly, these demons were coming back to their normal speed, and soon they would be equally matched once more. She could hear fires... she could hear buildings breaking, she even though she heard the sound of an Arcane crystal explode nearby. Then she heard thunder roar, it was metallic and sounded light lightning was striking thousands of times at one. Looking up waiting for the worst, she was shocked to find a blue light, like water almost, extending over the city. Flinging her arm beside her she let magical daggers fly into the throats of some demons coming towards her as she looked around for more help, looking down one of the main streets she saw statues come to life, robots... hidden in plain sight. The city was coming to life, the Grid was protecting the city like it always had done. Then she saw the stream of arcane magic feeding the magical barrier growing around the city, there was a man atop Merlin Academy in the middle of the city, not too far from here, she couldn't make out who it was but she heard the words "Protegum Maxima! Circumus!". The voice was old, it was strained, but it called out into the sky as his magical essence gave life to the barrier as it completeed above them, each funnel of darkness from above hitting the barrier with no avail. More streams of arcane energy were lighting up from Merlin Academy, "Wizards..." she said to herself, dodging the swing of an axe, tripping the demon up and then burying her fist in it's stomach. maybe we do have hope she thought.

Now that the demons would no longer be swamping in, and that the security Grid was doing it's job, it was time to finish this. Holding her fist up she let a magical power pull the surrounding demons close to her, before they all got to her she jumped into the air and threw the light down to the ground. When it hit them, they were all forced into the ground as the floor cracked against their skulls.

The sudden outburst made Rúna jump, almost taking a step back with wide eyes as the feline-like woman glared back up at her. As they exchanged their glances she could almost sense some kind of trauma of horrific memory in-bedded at the back of the woman's skull. "I-" Rúna began, lifting a hand in defence "I'm sorry I didn't mean to offend you...". She was cringing in the pain and Rúna could see it, she was thankful that she only suffered being tired and had managed not to get wounded too severely except for some bruises maybe and some nasty cuts. She thought maybe this lady would want to at least see the elves of Shard City for healing of some kind but maybe that would lead to another outburst. That was when the eyes really got to her as she explained she'll be fine without the hospital. It was a strange feeling that those eyes gave her, she could have sworn she didn't notice it before, it was almost... unnerving.

Kyne in that moment had stood up, holding himself similarly to the other two with steam joining the now-missing wind going through the city. The barrier remained over the city but for the moment that it seemed it was lifted, light broke through the clouds as Lucifial's power thinned out for some minutes. It gave them time to remember what it was like to see the light of day, something no one has done in several days now. Not since he reign of darkness began. But then, the deception was handed to them on a plate of lies. With a rumble, the black clouds quickly envoloped the sky again and the barrier was more than visible as Lucifial's voice echoed across Entei, he threatened them, almost egged them on, he said "You've impressed me mortals" with a guffaw to shortly follow. His voice thrummed across the skies explaining more of his plans as he went on with "Did you enjoy seeing the light of day? It's amusing how easily the mind is clouded with lies - its yet easier to make you betray" he laughed once more in his own pleasure. "You can try all you like to defend your precious cities, but soon enough Hell will be opening up to engulf your world and these petty portals can be forgotten." and then, finally, the voice in the skies stopped and Lucifial had left them once more with a message. Rúna sighed and looked to the skies, "Someone needs to do something to stop Lucifial - I hope the Guildeam know what they're doing..."

Kynε

Kyne spoke like a man that knew nothing more than the ways of battle, it wouldn't surprise Rúna if metaphors went over his head. She thought abou the first sentence he said, she guessed that was what she was doing, not completely intentionally but someone had to do it. The last time she met the soldiers of Asmodius they were a bit... dense. She stopped in her tracks, hearing a change of footing behind her as Kyne went to speak with Kee'da. Rúna had no idea what they were speaking about, but Kee'da's lot expression at the time made her wonder if it was just something pointless and confusing. She missed the expression of realisation as they began to leave. Looking behind her a few minutes later, she saw no one "I guess she left" Rúna commented.

As they neared the Starwell, which was within one of the largest towers of Entei, the source of the force field become apparent. It spiralled like a magical web from the top of the unfathomable tower, feeding the barrier. There was a staircase before them before they could get inside to where the Star Well sat. Reaching the top, they were abruptly stopped by an armoured wizard and his staff "The Star Well is out of bounds until after the city is safe"
"I want to know what's going on" Rúna insisted, not one to drag a conversation further than needed. "Can you not tell?" the wizard asked with a sarcastic tone. She rolled her eyes, "No. I want to know how much the Guildeam knows and what they're going to do about this. They can't keep Occulas out of the know-how."
"Let her in!" came a foreboding, elderly voice. The wizard looked behind him and it was none other than Professor Magus-bane. The greatest wizard to have ever lived since Merlin himself. He wore old blue robes intricately patterned with silver, he had an old staff and long white bear. He was pretty much exactly what you'd expect of a typical wizard from all the old stories being told in Non-magic Earth.

The wizard stepped aside and let them pass. Once inside they were in a giant dome-like room, the floor lowered as you got closer to the Well itself, which was not in its normal state. It was surrounded by kneeling wizards, praying almost to the well, channelling their control to protect their city. The room was decorated, or almost littered with books, scrolls, shelves, rugs, tapestries, you name it. The well however... that was different. Usually it was be a perfectly still circle of water, liquid that was deep blue and never-ending. It was glimmer any light like stars sparkling int he far distance of it. And sometimes if you stared deep enough you could see the cosmos. But now it was always rippling. It was like miniature waves on the beach reaching the edge and being channelled through small crevices in the floor. The ripples were being caused by the water of the well defying gravity itself, lifting from the well in small droplets, or sometimes creating funnels towards the high ceiling. When the water, whatever its shape, contacted the ceiling, it would join a shallow layer of water that covered the Arcane Crystals built into the ceiling. They glowed vigorously and devoured the energy before transferring it to the barrier.

After having a gawk around, she saw Magus-bane on the other side of the Well, he stared at them with beady eyes and on his shoulder were a crimson red and yellow flickered phoenix.