Cilia was hit by the black fire and the force of the blast sent her weak body flying backwards.

Ris looked at Drax. "Got it but we'd need a way to get up there to break it." She said.

Crystal jumped into the battle, sending a blast of fire at Korde.

Christopher

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Christopher saw the shadowy attack making it's way towards Christopher and the young girl he was set in charge to protect. He raised his hammer into the air, in an attempt to pull up a wall of light before the shadow. Sadly, whatever magic it was slipped right under it, and still hit it's mark. The spear of black fire tossed Christopher towards the wall, smashing him into it and hurting him. Luckily his thick armor took most of the blow... but he was still hurt from the fall.

Aurore

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"Christopher!" Aurore yelled, seeing him slam into the wall. The slam was hard enough to knock him out, at least for a few minutes. Aurore clenched her fists, soaking up the energy around her and forming them into gauntlets around her hands. She usually never get's into the fights with Christopher, so her inexperience makes her not particularly deadly. She rushed The Wisp with her fists, hoping to just simply pound him. She had no plan, she was just too furious to think clearly. The only help she may be, would be a possible distraction for the others.

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"KURO HI YARI"

As these words were yelled out by the Black Wisp, Leon, opens his eyes, utilizing his magic with utmost accuracy as he quickly disperses himself into a murder of crows before Korde's very eyes. In fact, these crows then charge toward him with blinding speed, each feather that grazes him feeling like a sharp blade. Then, Leon reforms behind him, kunai in hand. "This fight is between you and me...allow me to do us a favor and take us somewhere more..fitting." Even as the man, spoke, Korde would see that his surroundings would begins to alter slightly, allowing him to notice an invisible barrier, blocking off everyone on the outside. "Now, shall we?" Leon states as he backs up, anticipating his opponent's next move.
Seeing the barrier form almost automatically, Morgan was very unhappy regarding her uncle's decision. "You better come back safe, uncle..." She said to herself. She was slightly surprised by Dremmick's current condition, but quickly refocusing once Drax explains the solution to one of their problems. "Break the crystal, huh...that sounds too good to be true. Are there any possible traps or counter-spells guarding it?" She inquires, truly taken aback by how the difficulty curve just dropped regarding the rescue of Ander's sister.
Inigo makes it just in time to see Korde send multiple people flying with a single blow, Cilia included. Taking an educated guess as to where she might land, he sprints toward that location and leaps toward her, catching her with ease. However, momentum wasn't really on his side, for he fell to the ground rather hard. Fortunately for Cilia, he broke her fall. "Heh..looks like I've swept you off your feet again. Now then..how's about we finished what we came here to do?" He states.

"Well, it may sound simple, but alas, it is yet to be easy," Drax started. "She had died in there, about the same time Ander died. However, she has not been revived. As soon as we break her out, we will need to resupply her mana. However, it seems our well is running dry," he finished nodding over to Dremmick, still encased in his armor and lying next to a worried Sphyl. "He won't be able to do anything like he is. He needs more energy." Drax looked over to Ander as he pounded on the barrier trying to force his way in. "It may be selfish to terminate those poor dragonslayers' magics for good, but we could use those special crystals as a mana supply."

The large barrier came up just as Crystal's fire had reached him. the barrier blocked the fire and Korde gave a wry smile. "I was actually looking forward to seeing how strong her fire was. No matter I can worry about fire later."

"This fight is between you and me...allow me to do us a favor and take us somewhere more..fitting. Now, shall we?" -Leon

"My, my...I was wondering when you would actually DO something. I was beginning to think you were a statue," he said casually while walking forward bouncing his ax on his shoulder. He turned around toward where he was standing a moment ago, unphased by Leon's appearance behind him. "Oh look, you made the project angry," he said with a smirk at Ander's attempt to break in. Oddly enough, Ander turned around and left as it looked like Drax and Sphyl called to him. "I swear, all these traitors will burn," he cursed under his breath. "Alright then, let us begin!"

Korde's left arm ignited in black fire as he shot off a few fire bolts at Leon, seeing how he would react, but also, he tested the barrier and shot a random blast straight in the direction of where Dremmick and the others were.

Crystal saw the blast coming towards the group around Dremmick. "Crap." She said running towards them fast, she was going to try and block the blast.

Cilia smiled down at Inigo. "Let's finish this." She agreed with a nod.

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Leon dodged the oncoming bolts with ease, having been used to seeing this type of attack from Morgan whenever they train together. "Let's see what else you can do.." He then unleashes an onslaught of throwing stars and kunai upon Korde, narrowing his chances of escaping unscathed through such a widespread attack. Meanwhile, the barrier holds steady as the blast hit it, resulting in a large amount of smoke from the collision.
Morgan, taking some time to think before going through with her idea, turns to look at Drax. "If that's the case, as a Shadow Dragon Slayer, I'll give her the energy I have." She responds, sounding rather serious about this.
Inigo chuckles at this as he gets up, pulling her unto her feet in the process. "Before we charge back into the heat of battle, you're going to want this.." With that being said, he stretches out his hand and uses his magic to summon his Soothing Sword, handing it to her. As soon as Cilia's hand comes into contact with the hilt, she can feel her energy being replenished. "As long as you've got that sword in hand, you should be feeling better in no time. Ready to go?" He inquires, now arming himself with a silver sword.

Korde reacted fast to the onslaught of throwing weapons coming his way. He didn't expect his own fire blasts to do much, but it looked like the challenger had finally decided to do more than just sit back. He dashed forward with a devilish grin, closing both the gap between them and possible angle the projectiles could fly. he was able to take quite a few of them in one swing of his ax, but there were still that seemed to cut him. Oddly enough when he went to chagre in toward Leon, he was wielding his axe in a rather strange matter. he held it with the axe head down and him holding out the shaft like a sword. With a flash he was upon Leon, interchanging blows between using the shaft and axehead interchangably

Crystal put up a shield of fire that hit her shield. She had made it in time.

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"Ready." Cilia said with a grin now that she no longer felt drained like she had before. Her hand tightened around the sword.

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Before Korde goes in for some close combat, Leon prepares by unsheathing his sword, now clashing with the Black Wisp's axe, blocking each consecutive attack with ease. "I expected no less from you. Let's see if you can continue to impress me.." Leon remarks as he parries Korde's axe, quickly getting in a few fierce blows with his katana before appearing to retreat once more as a murder of crows. However, it seems this is a ruse, for he reforms above his opponent, quickly sending a flurry of illusionary black fireballs down at the man.

Sharing Cilia's enthusiasm, Inigo grins as well as he begins making a run for the crystal. He leaps toward it and hits it rather hard with his blade, showing no mercy with his first of many strikes.

"Fire isn't going to work here," Korde commented. A few of the fire balls hit him as he changed positions with the ax to use its head and slammed it on the ground creating a pillar of black fire exploding straight up around him. "KUROI HASHIRA!" He then jumps up out of the pillar of fire in a flash and is right in Leon's face. "Especially fake fire," he finished as, instead of using the ax in his right had to swing, he just used a fiery punch with his left to hit Leon in the got and use the blast to knock him back. There was no taste to the fire that was thrown at him. Had Leon used any other magic element, he probably wouldn't have just noticed that Leon was an illusionist.

Meanwhile the attacks on the crystal prison seem to be working, slowly, cracks are starting to from in it. The close observer would even see Terra's eyes start to crack open.

Cilia launched herself at the crystal with a powerful attack.

Aurore

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Aurore slid in front of the barrier, using her hands to stop her as she partially slammed into the wall. She used her fists to pound away at the barrier, but eventually settled for an open-palmed smack, resting her forehead on the barrier. "Come on, let us in! You can't deal with him alone, you're crazy! How do you think this will help!?" she yelled, banging her palms on the barrier as she spoke. She eventually sighed, assuming her words couldn't get through... even though it might just be because of their concentration on the battle.

Aurore sighed, turning away from the barrier with her arms folded. She looked over to her right, and saw her friends from the guild bashing into the side crystal. She then turned her head over to Christopher, who was just now starting to wake up. Aurore unfolded her arms, and sprinted back over towards him, catching his hand just as he was opening his eyes and taking in the surroundings. "Come on, up up. You've gotta get back into the fight!"

Christopher

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"Uh... what?" Christopher asked Aurore, as she grabbed his hand, pulling with all her might to no effect. "Oh, oh right." he said, standing up and pulling her to the ground. He opened his mouth to apologize, but she jumped back up and shook her finger at him, "No time for that!" before sprinting off towards her fellow guild mates. Christopher grabbed his hammer, and readjusted himself, before following.

Once he arrived, he noticed everyone attacking the crystal. "Back up." he warned everyone. He waited a few seconds, before aiming his hammer at the crystal, then winding it up by pulling it back behind his shoulder, and finally swinging it though the air at the crystal, letting it land hard on the rock. If it didn't work... that crystal was surely hard. But, he would let loose a few more swings a little faster, now that he has the aim right.

Christopher's hammer did quite a number on the crystal. Where the hammer had struck, a good sized spider web of cracks formed. With Cilia's additional strike hitting the weak spot Christopher left the cracks slowly started to continue up to the top of the crystal until the whole thing shattered around Terra, dropping her towards the ground below.

Ander shot over quickly and caught his sister in midair, his momentum making him slide across the floor. Korde however, didn't seem to be as distraught as it seemed he should be.

Cilia rolled across the floor after her attack.

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Leon was definitely impressed by the brute force backing up that punch, it sending him flying as planned. As his body hit the barrier, a loud thud resonated throughout the hall upon impact. However, the man wasn't on his last legs just yet, for he recovered rather quickly. "This power is exactly what I expected from you, Korde. It's been a while since I've been a part of a fight as good as this one...however, if you haven't already guessed, I don't plan on losing..especially when I have my comrades by my side." With that being said, Leon draws his katana again and charges toward the Black Wisp, preparing to clash with him once more.

Inigo withstands pleading with his uncle to lower down the barrier, for although he might be able to be of some use, letting Korde get more breathing room could put anyone here at risk. In the meantime, all he can do is hope that Leon pulls through and shows his opponent no mercy.

"Well, I must say, its been a pleasure fighting you as well. But as you have pointed out, I have other guests I must attend to. So lets make this quick, shall we?" With that Korde surged forward to meet Leon in another heated clash.
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"A-Ander?" Terra said, "You came back?" She quickly hugged his neck, but then another realization downed on her. "What about the curse?"

"Don't worry about that, I'll explain it to you later, but we have to get you out of here," Ander replied to her.

"What about Korde?" Drax interrupted. "If we don't make sure he is gone for good, he will only come back."

Ander considered this for a moment while he watched Korde and Leon fight. "They are an even match with each other. Unless we break into the fight and catch Korde by surprise, I'm not sure how this will come out."

"Sir, are you suggesting that we interrupt the two men's dual!? Why, that is quite unsatisfactory! It would be dangerous to open that barrier!"

"Thats why we'll have to be quick." Ander turned to the giant man who crushed the crystal. "Hey, metal man, I need you to watch Terra. We-"

"Uh, guys...," Sphyl interrupted as she lifted the visor on Dremmck's armor, "There isn't anybody in here..."

"What?!" Ris said looking down at Dremmick's armor.

[Christopher]
"Uh... is there something wrong with her?" Christopher said as he watched Cillia rolling around on the ground. "Um... I'm, not sure." Aurore responded with a shrug as she started to fold her arms. "Well... okay then." Christopher shrugged it off as well. As Ander started to talk, Christopher turned to look at him as he spoke. Christopher nodded when he told him to look after Terra, but looked over at Sphyl as she pointed over at Dremmck. Christopher tilted his head ever-so-slightly as he walked over, and checked inside the suit, holding it open as Ris and Sphyl opened it up.

"Where'd he go? His armor is still here... is it some sort of magic?" Aurore asked, standing on her heels to try and peek over Christopher's shoulders... which failed due to lack of height. "Not sure." Christopher said, dropping the visor down and backing up. Christopher turned back to Terra and walked over to her, "Hey, let's get you out of here. If they're going to open up that barrier, it'd be better if we got you out of the crossfire so you can heal up." he said, offering her his arm to help her out.

Paige

Paige ripped open the doors of the guild hall and screamed hello. Some gave her annoyed glares while others smiled and waved. This was the way it usually was; you either hated or loved Paige. She grinned and took a seat alone at one of the wooden tables.
It had been two weeks since she was last seen at the guild. Paige's previous job had taken her longer than she had expected. She sighed in relief as she took in the scent her home. At last, she could finally just relax. It seemed forever since she could just sit down and breathe.

[Kassy]
Kassy walked up to the doors of the guild, stopping before the closed doors. Okay, it's just beyond these doors. There's no turning back now... just, walk right through, and look at the board. Wait, do I look at the board first, or do I have to sign up first? I think... hmm... No no, stop it! If you think this way, your'll just make yourself turn around! Just... push open the doors. she thought to herself. She let out a small sigh, before breathing in heavily, and pushing the doors open slowly. She stepped in and looked around. When a few people looked at her, she slunk down, and slowly made her way over to the quest board in hopes of finding out what to do next.

"Um... okay... what do I do here?" she talked to herself, looking around very slightly in hopes someone may have overheard her. She stopped for a second, and perked up her ears to listen for anyone coming, but when no one did, she sighed to herself. She looked at the board again, and stood on her toes to look up at it a little better. She dropped herself back down with another sigh. "I really wish I knew what to do here." she sighed to herself, this time more loudly than the first. Okay, don't walk out again. Maybe someone will help you this time... she thought to herself. Well... maybe... maybe I can try again tomorrow. There's always the next day. I can just leave, and come back again... she slumped down again, and turned around to leave for the exit...