[b][center]Annabeth Gulch[/b][/center]

Annabeth approached Rathel, expecting that he could help her. He was one of the most leveled-headed demons she has ever met. More level-headed than most people in fact. He was able to keep calm in some of the most intense situations, so surely if anyone could help them, it had to be him. Sure maybe he might not be as strong as some demons, as Annabeth thinks, but surely he could some how help them figure out what to do. That is, until he shot down two notions Annabeth had about him. The first notion was that Rathel wasn't strong. The second notion was that he was always in control of himself. [b]"Wait, what do you mean-"[/b] Annabeth's question was cut short when Rathel unleashed his power. Thanks to Lucilia's undergrowth and decorations, Rathel had much to work with, to Annabeth's misfortune. Thorny vines lashed out at Annabeth, grabbing her before she had a chance to fight back. She struggled at first and managed to free her arms, but the vines were proving too strong for even her to simply tear out of. They tighten around her armor, crawling between the plates, threatening to tear her limb from limb. She thought it was the end.

Suddenly however, she was thrown across the hall. The slashed remains of the plants clung onto her, but she was able to knock those off of her with ease. She looked back towards Rathel, but did not catch much before a wall of vines ran towards her. She did not want to press her luck against his magic again, so Annabeth quickly got to her feet and ran. She headed towards the dinning hall where she suspected the other teachers to be at, but along the way she spotted Cynn. She had her rapier drawn, but Annabeth did not see her opponent. But she knew that surely, if Cynn was ready to do battle, there was some enemy that needed to be slain. She was not about to let Cynn get hurt again. Drawing her own sword, Annabeth ran towards Cynn, ready to assist her.

[b][center]Lucius Riovas[/b][/center]

Lucilia didn't bother to trade words with Upsah when she detected through her plants that two of Khan's demons were fighting Grey. She did not honestly expect him to hold out for so long against Heus, but she knew that his death would be near if he had to fight him and Orleah with only his shield. Luckidly for her Uicle arrived as Upsah was attempting to bring down the hall, using his dog to attack Upsah. Lucilia focused her magics just for that moment to create even more vines around the demon to crush him to death, while also causing more amber to form around him. She couldn't tell if it worked, as shortly after she went to assist Grey and slaying the other two demons. As Orleah revealed herself, Lucilia focused on creating more plant matter to crush her. Seeds fell form the ceiling, which through Lucilia's magic soon turned into treants who began to grab Orleah, planning on crushing her body against their own. She had also sent a few to assist Uicle's golem, but with so many already there, there wasn't much space to move them. Lucilia made sure to focus her magics onto the treants to heal any damage done to them, downing a ether as necessary.

All the while she was feeling the presence of someone's Psychomancy trying to get into her head, but she merely thought that this was another trick a demon. She increased the power of her Wards to block them out, determined to send these two demons back into the Inferno where they belonged. [b]"We should have killed you all a long time ago. This is what we get for being merciful, but I will make sure we don't make that mistake twice!"[/b]

[b][center]Tyrael Marchosias[/b][/center]

Tyrael tore through the demonic horde with relative ease. He went after any in large groups, jumping in, slaying the majority, and leaving the survivors scattered to be picked off by the college's guards. He'd counter with his own demons, or take over the hostile ones, but he needed to save his energy for Khan's demons. From what Satori was telling him, Khan had lost control of his demons and were, for all intents and purposes, unbound. Though this meant that they were freed to wreck havoc among this world, this also meant that Tyrael could use his own Demonmancy and take control of them, without having to worry about Khan resisting his magic. Not that Tyrael thought Khan would have anything against him trying to take over his rampaging demons. If anything, if Khan was with him, he'd likely help Tyrael take control of his demons however he could. But that was a what-if, and right now Tyrael needed to deal with the current issue. And the first one was Rathel.

Rathel was curled into a ball in the middle of the hall. No doubt he was trying to control himself, but his magic was going crazy. Tyrael saw one student getting engulfed in the vines, and he dived in and freed her with his claws. He couldn't be bothered to carry her to safety however, and simply threw her as far away as she could survive. Rathel's magic grew more wild, and soon a wave of briars and thorns was upon him. Tyrael's own club because a liability, as it was made of dragonwood, forcing him to throw it into the Inferno as he too was caught in the vines. But unlike the student, it would take more than this to stop him. [b]"Rathel! [i]Your will is mine![/i]"[/b] An explosion of ice came from Tyrael's body as he created a very specific portal from the Inferno, flash-freezing the vines around him. Tyrael's eyes than began to glow with magic power as he focused his magic to take over Rathel's will and become bound to Tyrael. He walked through Rathel's magic as the portal froze anything that came near it. And Tyrael was moving this portal with his own hand, his other one out stretched to control the rogue demon.

[b][center]Satori[/b][/center]

As the battle roared around her, Satori sat calmly next to the pillar of Inferno fire just a few yards away from her. She was trying to coordinate the movements of everyone in the college; it was easy enough with soldiers and the like as they had weak or no wards to defend her attempts to speak through their minds. Outside in the courtyard, she had the guards posted on the walls to focus fire onto the Masked Demon, firing arrows at it. One of them shouted that they need to destroy the masks to destroy the demons, and to use arrows to stay out of the demon's threat range. The guardsmen running with Ssarak and Meirin were also able to form a wall of shields and spears, impaling any demons in their way. They were told to head towards the Dinning Hall, were Satori and the other teachers would rally together a fighting force to clear out the demons. More guardsmen at the Infirmary were told to clear a path for Alaria; Satori knew that none of the guards had any means to defeat the demon inside, but Alaria was their best hope. She made the guards kill any demons that would impede Alaria, and also had one of them try to hand her a small ether. It won't completely restore her mageblood, but it should give her just enough to kill the demon with a clean hit. All the while Satori was trying to contact the other teachers of the college, but she only managed to reach a few. [b][i]"Someone has poisoned Khan, and now his demons have been released. I do not know the full details of what the poison does or what has become of him, but his demons are now going on a rampage. But do not, I repeat DO NOT kill his demons, or Khan will die!"[/b][/i] Satori was most worried that she could not get into Lucilia's mind, already knowing what the vampire's thoughts on her demonic allies are. Satori feared the worse, and could only hope that someone could stop Lucilia before she makes a mistake.

Soon Satori heard a voice near her. She knew him as Leith, a Hydromancer who was part of her Investigation Squad. Though she had her eyes closed, from a quick scan of his mind she knew that he was wearing the Fist of Ginax and using it effectively. He would be crucial to her counter attack. [b]"The demons that Tyrael brought to the college betrayed us. Not only that, but someone has poisoned Khan, and he is in danger. A few teachers have been sent out to find and assist him, but the rest of us have to regroup and get ready to make a counter attack. Right now the demons are simply using the advantage of surprise. Once we can get organized, we can systematically wipe them out. All of the demons; even Tyrael's own demons must be killed, in the event that they too are traitors. He also request that you cut off their heads to not only kill them, but so that we can make sure they don't come back to our world to attack us again."[/b] A demon who managed to break inside the dinning hall began to charge at Satori. She created an illusion on the pillar of fire, making it looks as though she was sitting there. The demon lunged towards the illusion, only to be burnt to ash as he ran into the flames. [b]"Stay here and help defend the Dinning Room from the demons. Once we amass enough fighters, we can go about killing these demons. Also, watch out. A large demon is coming for you."[/b]

[b][center]The Bad Guys[/b][/center]

In the dinning hall, the demons inside were getting killed. The only one left was a single, large demon, formerly leading five Vexing Demons before they were slaughtered. He knew his death would soon come, but not before taking a few more with him. He crushed a few soldiers with his mace and in his fist, and his eyes laid upon a woman sitting next to a pillar of fire and what seemed to be her guardian. Thinking that the man with the demon sword was nothing more than a whelp with some decent strength, the large demon charged at him, swinging his mace left and right.

The Amorphous Demon dodged and weaved from the fire balls, but each one that hit made him feel pain that made him want to scream in agony. But he did not, as he needed to survive more than he needed to complain. But the demon knew that if it could eat someone, anyone, that it could regain enough energy to kill everyone in this room. But he did not go after the human man; his magic could hurt him. He did not go after the elf, for her rune could kill him. The Amorphous Demon looked around, and saw a easy target; the snake-mortal and the small child. Surely if the demon was upon them, he could get the energy he needed to dodge the elf's fireballs, slay her, and finish off the human. Yes, it was a simple but efficient plan. The demon was even sure that the snow elf would not try to shoot her fireballs in the direction of the mortal infant, so the demon turned his attention to them, his many fanged teeth bared to eat the flesh of mortals once again and his claws ready to tear them limb from limb. The Amorphous Demon shrank his size until he was as thin as a spear, and lunched himself towards the snake-mortal and the infant, before regrowing back to a size large enough to engulf them both.

Outside the Masked Demon showed no signs of weakening. Though many arrows have destroyed it's masks, there were many more left, and so long as it had just one it can still fight at full strength. For a while, it chased after the anthropomorphic fox mortal, as it was a new thing to the demon's mind. He wanted to know how it tasted. But as more guards came to attack him, he lost interest in the fox man and focused on killing immediate threats. He threw rocks at archers, causing them to scatter or die. Guardsmen who dared face him in melee soon learned their mistakes when their weapons shattered against his flesh, and their bodies were rendered into paste with a swung of the demon's powerful arms. The demon roared, it's sound amplified by it's many faces. And than, one mortal stood out amongst the dead and dying. A black Eysire mortal, armed with just two weapons in her hands. The demon felt that this mortal was either very powerful, or simply very brave, neither which were mutually inclusive. Still, the demon felt that this one could be a challenge, so it picked up one of his fallen allies weapon, a very large sword, ill suited in the hands of a smaller mortal, but just right for the giant. [b]"I will grind your bones into dust!"[/b] It's many faces shouted in many voices, before it swung the sword in a large arc meant to bisect the Eysire.

As the chaos in the college continued, Norschtalen was making her way to the Archmage's room. She didn't need to be there, but it was the highest spot in the college. She wanted a view of the place before it was burnt to the ground. Anyone who tried to stop her was killed, either by being stabbed by her blades of blood, drowned by their own bile, or shattered when turned into ice statues. [b]"Muwa ha ha ha! Truly, Kudd's power knows no limits.... I can feel his energy flow through me... Unstoppable... Kekekekkeke!"[/b] The vampire laughed madly as she continued her ascent upwards.