//Just a note for clarification: Haraldur's "attack", which is the second time a thing like that has happened (happened after attack on the Crimson Capital), is not an attack, but a consequence of him sustaining damage, intrinsic to him (and unique), which, for the purposes of the way I would like the story to go when it comes to Haraldur only, I would appreciate not to be copied by Mavas or any other character. It is, after all, not an attack, and breaks the Laws of Physics in this universe (which is impossible, implying damage to the universe) and so should not be regarded as a typical attack, but illegal, for the sake of the storyline. Just a request. This will not happen often, Haraldur avoids damage to himself as much as the next man (if not more). So, please, no copying of this one.//
Haraldur was still uncontrollably tumbling backwards, quite unaware of the energy blade swinging towards him. The blade struck him in the right leg, causing him clench his teeth again. This time, his healing systems kicked in straight away, but not before this happened: for a split second another forceless orb appeared around Haraldur, much faster and larger than previously, as the damage was so much worse, but receding almost immediately as Haraldur healed. The energy blade disappeared from point to hilt (in that order) as radiation in a split second, and so does Duilin's hand (and the rest of his body) unless he moves away quickly with his super demon powers (as he obviously will succeed in, since this effect, at aboout 1/10th of a second, is much to slow to be dangerous).
The orb having disappeared, and, after a second, the leg being healed, scarless, Haraldur tumbled further, and then regained control of his flight. He did so in time to see the Big Gun shoot while the shield went down, and decided to defend his comrades. After the shot, but before the shield came back up, he sliced the space where the gun was into several pieces, leaving a complicated warp (think of space as paper, and this as complex origami with a lot of scissors). The soldiers ripped apart and the gun exploded before the warp righted itself, causing the pieces to implode, and then fall in opposite directions on the city.
He then blasted at one of the two remaining towers (the one vincent is not on) with his plasma gun he was still carrying, causing it to ionise and explode, sending hot masonry to smash down on the already burning city. From below the stench of burning corpses was finally beginning to waft upwards, exciting the nostrils.
Redvik was now just a shell of a city, buildings within burned down, walls intact most of the population dead, and a damaged fortress, with factories below it, in the centre.
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Tesla said to Ein, "Comrade, the shield is what makes this attack possible. This shield is the attack."
Before he could react, a couple of shards hit the shield, and Nikola had to repulse them. Then, he used telekinesis on the shards that had not yet reached the shield and they accelerated towards Redvik. Around him, at different times, others started to help, voluntarily. Others started firing at will, sending shots at different times and in slightly different trajectories, to hit different places in Redvik.
Total: 15,000 shards flying towards Redvik, 5,000 charged arcs arching to it.
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"My name is Bernard Goujon, comrade. Care for some soup?"
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Salazar walked through the corridors of the Crimson Palace, and then flew out of a window. Let us look at how the Crimson Empire treats its subjects.
He dropped down, and flew to the undamaged parts of the Crimson Capital to the town square, to the place where he knew there would be executions, and he could see a crowd gathering around the stands.
//Xorlak, could you continue the description of this scene?//
