(So he just happens to be carrying around containers of liquid nitrogen...? Heh...)
Draven caught glimpse of an object falling from him from above and instinctively dodged, but the container still passed close enough by his aura to crack and bust from the rapidly heating liquid. The containers exploded violently around him, the liquid changing to gas almost instantly, and he found himself pelted by super cooled shards of clay.
"What the...?!"
He shielded his face as he looked up at the explosions around the black crystal as the Crimson Palace came into view...
"Blast!"
James thrust his left arm forward, a spear of ice bursting from his cupped hand. It elongated very rapidly, impaling the two lighting orbs and holding them in place. The electricity melted the ice as the shock traveled up the stream of water, shocking James badly.
"Because... the portal transporting whatever Lord Draven is summoning will form incorrectly, with any number of ill effects, including pulling both you and us into it..."
Rufus turned, and thrust both hands at the crystal. An instant before Durruti's blast engulfed the black stone, a green barrier encircled it, this one localized to the crystal only. The blast hit, the translucent glow of the barrier diminishing somewhat, but still remaining...
However, Rufus' side was turned to the winged wolf, and the beast pounced him, the two flying over the edge of the platform. The beast bit Rufus' armored left shoulder, and the two wrestled in the air as they fell down the side of the Crimson Palace...
Julian's teeth clenched... He remained motionless as the second winged wolf flew towards him, its size even larger than his great frame. The beast lunged at his neck, but Julian caught the wolf's first with his right hand. The beast clawed and struggled as it choked...
No time for this...
Draven rose his left hand as the wyverns hovering the palace came into view. Understanding the signal, some fifteen of them broke away and dashed at Melkoth behind Draven.
He flew diagonally upward, increasing his speed two-fold, at the platform, the crystal, Ragnar... Pressing his hands together before him and slowly pulling them apart, a pillar of flame coursed between them, lengthening until it took the shape of his crimson blade. He flipped the blade to his right side...
Now the vortex above was spinning rapidly, and following the moving palace as it went. Red lighting bolts shot around it while the hole in the sky began to emit a deafening roar...
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Hans opened his eyes, recovering from the attack and fall. Suddenly a sizzling tube fell from the sky and caught onto the branch he was sitting on about three feet up.
"... Huh?"
*KA-BLAM!!!*
He found himself spiraling through the air and then tumbling on the ground... He opened his eyes and slowly sat up, his entire body aching...
"Oh, yer GONNA DIE!!!!"
The sky crackled with thunder as random shots of electricity danced around the blur floating in the sky...
(Be back in a few hours to update the rest of the characters.)
