Xavier

[color=f26522]"No, Miss Hana, I'm just. . . working off some steam is all," [/color]Xavier spoke with a pained grunt as he lifted himself off the ground, hang some difficulty breathing and a great amount of pain in his lungs as well. [color=f26522][i]I'm pretty sure I broke a rib or two, or at the very least a serious fracture.[/i][/color] Turning to face the S-class mage, he found another woman in a sundress to have appeared from the hall as well, her name being Jeanne. She was offering to spar, and before he could say a word, Knight cut him off curtly with his own reply.

[b]"My Liege's name is Xavier Lyone, and It'd be best for him if he didn't spar at the moment, as while he can fight on it will likely cause him serious, possibly crippling injury. He has a great deal of stubbornness, this one, and doesn't take no for an answer. The only reason I spar with him in this way is because he bid me to, and I cannot refuse the order."[/b] Knight gave the two mages a bow as his already billowy form began to fade away like a black mist, leaving behind a few parting words for them as he went. [b]"I've given up my name, but you may call me Knight, and I urge you to have my Liege seek medical attention, or at the very least have him rest. Also, possibly have him speak to his father at some point in the future,as that is what I believe to be the heart of his need for self-destruction."[/b] And with that, he was gone, leaving behind a slightly pissed off Xavier, though his anger was tempered by the truth of Knight's words.

Turning towards the other two, he made ready to say something, but then he got hit with the feedback that came from summoning his Pieces out of his demon form, and while it wasn't a huge amount, it was still enough that it caused him to faint near instantly in his present state, as he fell over with a solid 'thud', dead to the world as he fell into the depths of unconsciousness.
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Aiden

Aiden looked down at the battlefield, a scowl on his face as he saw the ineffectiveness of their attack, seeing that they were going to have to bring up their game to have a chance to beat this guy, Aiden took a second to slow his breathing, entering a state of intense meditation and focus, even as the sand spears came hurtling towards him on his current position on top of the crystalline tower. As the first one was about to hit him, his eyes snapped open and he struck out with his hand, which he had covered in a veil of glowing water, the sand went right on past him, cut in half by the concentration of ice in his hand and quickly becoming encased in ice. Aiden proceed to do this with all the projectiles coming his way, the concentration of pure water and ice magic in his hand able to easily cut through and freeze them as they came close to him, leaving him mostly unharmed by the attack. GHe did suffer from some grazing on his arms as the attack passed by, but it was of no consequence.

Looking down on Oriel and her predicament, Aiden growled before he quickly shifted in to his TDS mode, launching himself into the sky, flying high into the air, before he began together large amount of magic and converting it into moisture which he spread throughout the air around him, the cold, moist air, clashing with that of the hot, dry air of the dessert, but as he put more energy into it, it began to push back the dessert air and spread through out the immediate area, reaching all the way down to Claudius and Oriel. Aiden focused his energies intensely, gathering raw Ice Magic around him, and holding it at that state as he gathered more, giving him a ethereal glow as he collected more and more power. 

When he felt that he had enough, he tucked in his wings and began to dive, leaving behind a trail of ice crystals as he descended like an eagle on to it's prey, his hands clawed together as he prepared to use his ice make magic. He was picking up speed rapidly, and just as he was about to crash, he unleashed his magic with a shout.

[b][color=00aeef]"Ice Make: Tundra!"[/color][/b]

The shout came with a intense flash of light and sound as all the moisture Aiden had released into the air, collected at that one point, before exploding outward with intense force. A thick layer of Ice covered everything in the immediate area, and it kept going on for a while, reaching it's thinnest point at about a mile out. Sand that was closer to the surface in the area was flash frozen underneath the ice layer, as was any above it, leaving Oriel to be safe from the strands that had her in their grasp. 

Aiden wasted no time in using his new terrain to his advantage, rocketing forward on the icy surface with insane speed. The reason he was able to use this was because he had made sure to bring his gauntlets and greaved bots on this mission, which allowed him to more easily channel his water magic, as well as pressurize it more effectively. He was now using them to skate across the ice, which he had made to be as smooth as possible, not only making it tough for Claudius to walk around, but giving him the speed advantage, as he was the only one who could effectively walk on it. 

Upon reaching Claudius, Aiden would form his Ice Naginata and launch a furious barrage of strikes, kicks, and punches at the man, his martial arts skills having become improved with his training. And he didn't attack alone, as he had several Assault Guardians form from the ice below, all of them attacking in unison and harmony with each other's movements to launch a heavy rain of attacks upon the enemy. Hidden in the ice were also guardians with crossbows, waiting to see if the sand mage would try to escape the mob. If they did, they would open fire on him, able to reload almost instantly as they fired shot after shot at him. 

All of this did not come without a toll, however, as Aiden was beginning to tire, but he hoped that his current spell would take away the territory advantage the man had for long enough that he'd be able to take him down, or for Oriel to launch a counter attack as well.

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