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There was very little divine about what was working through Azira, though it did most certainly change her aura.

As she felt the first rumblings, threatening explosion, she seemed to almost shrink, the lightning around her scattering, leaving her feeling like she'd tried to take hold of a raw thunderbolt. Her staff wasn't far away, she retrieved it, but trying to use magic was like trying to get blood from a rock, she was utterly drained, even of her lightning, which had never failed her before.

"I...I can't do anything..." she gasped, trying to gather the strength to weave a spell had made her heart skip a couple of beats, contracted her chest painfully, and even then she wasn't good enough with magic to know a spell that would protect more than a handful of people. Her thoughts scattered the instant she gathered them up, there was no way she could work a Major Invocation in her condition. She was out of tricks.

Well, usually she can, anyway. Right now she's just trying to not get cut in half. She brings her staff up to block a sword stroke, the impact reverberating through her body, nearly driving her to her knees.

"Rah!" She swung her staff in a wide arc, the clubbed end smashing into the Shadows head in a blow that would crush the skull of a normal creature. It dazed the being long enough for her to smash at its kneecaps, and then at the top of its head, with the intent of spattering it all over the cobblestones. She barely dodged a claymore aimed at her, it slashed open a bit of her robe and the skin beneath it, she hissed as she lost her footing and rolled away as the blade came down again, leaping back to her feet just in time to parry another strike with her staff and bludgeon its wielder mercilessly.

She really is a bad cleric.

Azira gasped, very nearly dropping her staff (which wouldn't have been that much of a danger, the shadows had all been dispatched,) and moved toward them.

"...my lord?"

At this point, a healing spell would most certainly kill her, but she was willing to try, but a revival was beyond her even when she was in peak condition.

MUHAHAHAHAHhahahaha......ha.... Nexol and leon dead! I was happy with a big crater but this is even better Velorius does a happy little dance Pitty I didn't forsee this, I've already decided the current Velorius has already commited himself to death. Had I known I could have had him live to finish the city, now I'll settle on the rampage....))

Looking to the East Velorius sensed a disturbance in the ether, somehow they had averted the cataclism, how was beyond even his knowledge.

Damn! the Shadows have fallen, the temple is now useless and I have little time left, best make it count.

He gathered his energy and levatated up into the air to look down on the city streets, bringing his palms close together he channeled his power and formed a large blue crystal. He cast one of his hands skyward and the crystal shot upwards where it shattered into dozens of shards that plummeted down. Anything that was struck by the shards took on a blue glow then a moment latter exploded violently, in a matter of minutes the shower of crystal shards had desemated many of teh nearby buildings. Fires raged out of control and screams filled the air, while Velorius continued his attacks throwing magick at random without any apparent pattern other than the destruction of Fellpoli.

(Oh, Velorius, you assume too much. Have you ever wondered just *HOW* two nekos lived for about 6000 years?)
THERE was a light wind and then silence as the young emperor continued to grieve over the death of his ancestor. The grief soon turned to white-hot rage, "Damn that madman. He will pay for this." Raegib stood up and sheathed his sword. Quickly, he turned and began to slowly walk towards the nearest transport. He was so wrapped up in his suddne call to revenge that he didnt quite notice the loud cursing behind him.

"Damn you, Raegib! Dont go and throw your life away!" That was the sound. But Raegib didnt hear that...all he heard was the blood pumping through his head. He ignored the guards pointing frantically in the direction behind him. Raegib didnt even know they were there...he stepped down into the underground public transport and yelled out, "Fellpoli!" The magics wrapped themselves around him and he was spirited away to the other side of the city...
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Behind Raegib, in the area where he possibly forgot existed, Leon stirred. His eyes came back into focus and he struggled to his knees, "********. That Velorius really is asking for it..." He looked up at Raegib and yelled out to him, "DAMMIT! RAEGIB! GET YOUR ARSE BACK HERE! ELTH'LOUWI, RAE'GIB!!" Leon looked over to Nexol who was stirring lightly thne back at Raegib, "Damn you, Raegib! Dont go and throw your life away!"
The man stood up and looked at where the hole in his chest was, "Yea...that will leave a mark...Nexol. I'm tired of holding back. Lets go."

On the floor, Nexol moaned grumpily, "But Leooon!!! I'm tired of fighting this guy...cant we just teleport Arrius to another plane?" He grumpled and poened his spellbook, "To Fellpoli we go, Leon." He grabbed Leon's shoulder and they winked out of existance, leaving the already panicked citizens of Arrius in a state of pure frenzy.

They appeared a few feet away from Velorius. Nexol floated foward, his six wings spread out and beating lightly, "Ok. You have officially pissed me off. Prepare to die!" He rose his hand in the air, and the symbol '本' appeared in red on both his and Leon's foreheads. Shackles of red energy then appeared on their wrists and ancles.

"Al horat és ora! CEASEO!" The seal on their foreheads and the shackles turn a blue colour, shining with an intensity greater than the sun's. but, as the light faded, and the seals remained on their foreheads, and the shackles shattered and fell to the ground "Now, my dear Velorius, Nexol said in a mocking tone, "You are what the youths in the Human quarter call '******** FLARE!" As Nexol called out the incantation, the skies darkened and black flames shot from the heavens before wrapping around Nexol and shooting as Velorius...

((Velorius stops dancing and begins sulking I slightly suspected you'd bring them back, I just thought you'd wait a while and have a climatic return. I'm sulking because only know do I learn of a public transport system, I was alking and telporting everywhere for nothing!))

Had Leon and Nexol struck straight away they would have obliterated him, but their little light show and dramatics gave him teh time to prepare himself. As the attack came Velorius dodged teh attack and watched in amusement as it blasted what was left of teh neighbourhood.
"Why thank you my lord. It's so nice you share my views on urban renewal."

Velorius watched as another energy spiked, it was the priestess from earlier. Her aura was different and now he could get a close look he felt what it really was.
"Well don't you get around, not bad enough you mess with my plans but you insist on following me around. I'm sorry, but if you have a crush on me your not really my type."

He turned towards Leon again, and raised his arms towards teh destruction all around them.
"So what do you think, abomination of life? You claim to protect this city, yet despite your best, I've managed to lay waste to several blocks of the beastblood quarter and I can only dream fondly of how much blood was spilt in teh temple quarter."

Velorius took on an odd expresion and began laughing maniacly before going into a caughing fitand descnding to the ground and collapsing to his knees. Looking up towards those above his face had paled and blood trickled down his chin.
"S-so, who will get the honor of.... of killing a dying.... m-man?"

Despite his obvious weakness he still looked confident and gave the others a smug smile.

Velorius watched passively as Leon charged, as he drew near Velorius raised his right arm and at teh last moment before teh blade struck, Velorius snapped his fingers and his intire body was consumed in bright blue flames.
"You didn't think I'd let you kill me! I have more pride than to let myself die at the filthy hand of a neko."

Quickly the entire body was consumed by the flames untill only ash remained. As the ashes were scattered by a breeze an eerie voice could be heard.
"Sentenced to death for declaring war? Your ego knows no bounds... In the name of all that is right I sentence this city and your dynasty to oblivion.... This war as you call it has only just begun, I will ground your empire to dust and scatter it to the ages...."

The voice faded away leaving behind the scene of devastation Velorius had created.