Fall of a Graceful Darkness *Malice's Battle*

[vincent]

Really?

"You could have said something a little earlier!" Vincent spat back as his army redirected itself. This was already going 'splendidly'.

He couldn't wait until he could get back to Ignis and sail ships again.

[Kouichi - Yami No Kuro Raion]

{You could have noticed I wasn't attacking, just passing through!} he retorted, still heading towards the enemy.

[lana]

"Yeah, you could have just noticed he wasn't attacking anyone but the enemy," Lana butted in the conversation, more than happy to team up on Vincent because Vincent was a jerkface.

She grinned and added with a great injection of snark, "I'd have thought the rough'n'tough show off of a man would have been able to see that. How bad is it that a commander of an army actually doesn't know his own enemy?"


With that she showed off with a twirl, slashing down her sword and a great wave of dark energy flowed from it towards Quaytvol. She loved bragging, sometimes.

[Kouichi - Yami No Kuro Raion]

Kouichi grinned.

{Hey, Lana. Together again, huh?}

His tail twitched in anticipation, and he leaped, pouncing at one of Quaytvol's legs and sinking his teeth in deep.

[Maliciferum]

Malice laughed at Zelos. "Do you know what happens to a forest after it is ravaged by death? Like a phoenix, new life explodes into existence from the ashes!" Malice made a gesture, and the circle of dead vegetation crumbled as a new stand of luscious plants sprang from the earth. "And it always grows back stronger than ever!" Malice stared into Zelos' eyes, "So, are your destructive powers stronger than my creative magic?..." A dark ring formed around Malice, "...Let's find out!" The dark ring shot out in all directions.

[Quaytvol]

Quaytvol roared as Kouichi and Lana strike his leg. It looked down, and shook it leg, and it roared. It swung it's open hand and aim to strike at them.

[Ludro "Ace" Gamblington]

"Cards!" A voice said, then cards covered and made a shield around Zelos blocking the spell. "Lord Zelos, do you mind if I join this hand?" Lurdo asked as he walked out from behind Zelos in his red and black tuxedo. He shuffled his cards in his hands, as he looked at Malice.

[lana]

"I suppose so. It's been awhile," Lana responded to Kouichi, watching Quaytvol carefully. She leaped backward to avoid being hit with its open palm. Pointing a hand forward, her army following her attacked from all directions at the beast, joining Vincent's crew.

Not that she wanted to work with Vincent, he was just in her damn way.

Lana powered up her sword again and slashed another beam at the monster, still not knowing the full potential of her powers but slowly learning them yet. It seemed she was getting better with every battle.

[Zelos Shinigami-Mezmillion]

"No I don't mind Ludro," he said, his hand glowing with purple flames. "Lets see how long Malice's poker face lasts."

He waved his hand and a jet of purple flames sprayed out, covered in the air like a sea of flames that rushed to consume Malice.

[Quaytvol]

Quaytvol roared as it pulled it's hand up and shake it's body. It raised it's tail and turned it to make it flat. It slammed the tail down making an earthquake to disrupt the troops. A hole opened up, and it started to glow an orange color.

[Kouichi - Yami No Kuro Raion]

Kouichi leaped off just in time, retreating backwards to a safe distance, giving Quaytvol a feline smirk.

[milicia]

Suddenly from the gates of the city a powerful voice cried out. "Rise, Voltic Drake!" The last words of her incantation caused the sky to sunder as flashing wings flapped against the darkened clouds. Quick as its namesake the spell collided into Quaytvol at the opening of its orange hole.

"King Zelos, it would seem you're making a habit out of coming to my aid. What do we face here?" She asked the gloomy man.

[Maliciferum]

Malice watched the magics of his opponents with analytical eyes. His strategic mind began to formulate plans. There was no need to worry for Quaytvol, and the only threats Malice perceived were Zelos and the newest arrival.

"Poor fools." Malice muttered, raising a hand in the air. A blue light rose from the ground beneath him and swirled up and around him, leaving a sparkling trail. The light stopped above his open palm and faded into but a single speck of light before erupting into a large spear shaped javelin of ice. "Resist no more." Malice brought his hand down to point at Zelos, and the ice followed it, sailing through the air towards the dark man.

[Quaytvol]

Quaytvol roared as the spell collided with the hole. When the smoke clear, the opening was a bit irregular but was still glowing. It roar move violently, then something came out of the hole at a fast rate. When it slammed into the ground, it spread out, and caught everything near by on fire.

[milicia]

It seemed small talk would have to wait as Milicia spun backwards in a pirouette to dodge the alien object's flames. Moving to a lithesome tempo her body swayed as it urged the magics of Asmalat to bring a protective aura around Zelos. "A gift in return for you." She smiled as she looked to face the flaming object that laid on the ground.

"Winter's herald, icy soul, let fall your frigid wings like snow. Rob my feeble foes of heat, with spell complete! Frost Wyrm!" From her body came a torrent of snow that surrounded her completely. With moments passed the snow took a form of scales and teeth as the white wyrm reared its head forward. With wings formed on its snake like body it soared forwards as it spewed out an icy breath in one straight path.