[b]Niti Laevis[/b]

“Oh, Yuuka, you should’ve let me handle the blocking,” Niti hurried to the Dragon Wood Slayer’s side, his lips thinned at the situation and his own incompetence since Yuuka had to tax herself to finish the job he claimed he would do. He looked around frantically, unsure if a flower shop or even a tree had survived the massive battle and wasn’t lay waste. After an enormous storm of meteors, tornados, and gigantic beams of light, there was no doubt that the ruins of this town have little to offer in greenery other than Yuuka’s self-made forest.  As far as he could see were bricks, ashes, some surviving guild mates, and a bunch of giant rocks and… Oh!

“Wait! I’ll be back in a jiffy.” He patted her once on the shoulders before he ran off and disappeared into the wall of leaves. He came to the edge of Yuuka’s forest defense, searching the ground before his eyes landed on the very thing he was looking for. It was a bunch of vines that had once tried to attack everybody, but then suddenly stopped for one reason or another. Without hesitation, he dug his nails in and, with all his scrawny might, pulled at a vine that hung loosely from the rest. 

“C’mon, you stupid piece of--!” Before he could get a sharp object to cut the darn thing, his breath hitched as he felt an enormous magical presence bearing down on his shoulders. It had appeared so suddenly, so heavily, it made his stomach lurched. Goosebumps broke out across his skin as his hands began to shake. This presence… is so dark. It has a heavy tension to it that made him think of a pitch black swamp. “I… What?” Then he heard the voice. “Savage God…? A god is here…” Niti looked grim as he stared at the vines before him. Even more so than before, his skin was a deathly pale. 

His eyes darted to the massive column of blazing light that erupted from the skies, but even then it didn’t mask the dark magic that demanded submission. He let out a shaky smile and tightly gripped the vine once more. “I… I got no time for this. C'mon, move it! They can handle it... J-Just trust them! I got other things to do!" Reluctantly, he willed his numbed hands to pull and managed to tear a fairly large vine out from the rest. He then hurried off to Yuuka at light speed, a quivering smile forced on his lips. 
 
“Yuuka, think you can… you can eat this?” Niti held out the limp vine to her, catching his breath as he struggled to keep his heart under control. “It’s from that one evil guy’s magic though so…” He trailed off as his eyes darted to Yuuka’s, tired yet determined.  His hands were still shaking from the presence he had felt. “If not, then I’ll help you over to the shrine. Focus in reserving your magic until then.”