Necrophage

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"Just because he's seen it a little doesn't give him the ability to understand it. My favorite thing in combat is to catch enemies unaware with skills that they think they understood. Sometimes the weakest trick can be used to down the greatest foe if you can find out how to use it creatively and correctly." Oz nodded to emphasize his own statement. "You just need to understand your foe a little first. I'm all guesswork here."

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"At the least you have some idea of how to leave." It seemed like a solid escape plan. So long as the citadel defenses were down they would be able to escape with Jenso's friend. That was assuming they'd be able to take care of Geode at the same as well. Their timetable might get a bit tight.

Jenso used a mix of arcane and ki. Not so distant from his own power. "I'd tell you more about myself and how I work but I have the feeling we're being observed. This is the enemy's base after all. Now that I think about it I probably shouldn't have asked you. Huh... What's done is done I suppose." Oz started forward down the passage. "We can talk about allies, old friends, techniques or even training when we're done with all this. Let's find that core!" He muttered a little to himself as they went. "I'm going to nap on a sunny hillside when all this is over.. just like old times."

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Oz mulled over the idea. "If we do indeed destroy the citadel power source you'd better have some plan of how to get out of here. I don't like the idea of going down with the ship. It's not that I won't be able to live through the event. It's that I have no idea where we are. If what I'm looking at below us is correct we might not even be near land so our heroic victory would be short lived." The disc kept hovering along the broken corridor until they arrived at an intact part of the bridge. Oz put one foot down on it and to test it for stability. Satisfied he stepped down and starting moving deeper.
It was no longer necessary for Oz to focus on the disc. Given a free moment he peered at Jenso, cocking his head from one side to the other like he were about to take measurements. Finally he poked Jenso's white-hot shoulder. "How does that not burn? Your radiance is blinding but you aren't hot. Hmm..." Oz poked him again for good measure.

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As the bridge gave way Jenso found himself plunge only to suddenly crash into a solid barrier. Oz stood resolute, a glowing hand outstretched and a thin circle of translucent violet energy spread beneath them. They were effectively separated from the golems now. "Don't do anything reckless on MY disc now. It might as well be glass. Anything more would be a chore to keep active. I'm sore enough as it is." The disc of energy started gliding casually and gently forward. Waves on the ocean lapped far below them. It was a little disorienting being this high. "You and I are lucky the whole cog system didn't simply collapse on us. My heart is still pounding after that. We won't be outrunning gravity, I'm afraid, so you're fortunate I'm here." Oz conversed. "I must admit. I prefer solid ground."

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Oz took careful consideration of what was happening, his adrenaline was pumping and it was like everything had slowed down. There were a lot of ranged attackers and he didn't like it. They were aiming at what they viewed as the biggest threat. That same threat was his ticket to surviving this mess. Hope he doesn't take this this wrong way, Oz thought to himself. He hooked the hammer around Jenso's waist, pulled him closer with it and then proceeded to swing him away from the golems to a safer distance.

They needed cover from the ranged attacks or they'd get screwed and fighting these things regardless was dangerous if they didn't have a better idea of how to counter them. Speed would be the best option but right now they needed to fly because this was only a small group out of the many they'd seen earlier. Oz whipped that same hammer around and in a pulse of energy the hammerhead formed into a speartip. He jumped back and threw it into the mess of cogs and gearwork overhead. "Jenso, keep moving! I don't think this will end well."

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Oz gritted his teeth together. Such a short meeting left him with frustration. Good thing there were plenty of these things to pulverize! He recalled what Jenso mentioned about the golems having beam attacks. It wouldn't be ideal to try and block something like that. It might be possible that he could but it would be a waste of energy regardless to try to block that heavy an attack, especially with the volume of adversaries. "Change of plans Jenso! It's time to make some rubble." There's no point in revealing his big strike to minions. So he called on an old classic. Oz raised his palm over the ground, a circle of arcane symbols whirled around as a rod of violet, pulsating energy lifted out into his grasp. "Alright, watch your feet pal!" He warned as he leapt into the air. With a pulse of energy the rod formed its own hammerhead which he brought down straight into the ground to make his own shockwave. Something to keep those golems from beaming them right off the bat.

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For a golem this thing was pretty damn wordy. Oz ignored it and stepped slowly away as Jenso took attention. He nodded back to Jenso and replied in a hushed tone. "Keep him off me. I'm going to try something he can't shrug off." There was a reason Oz was beaten by Zelriane. His power was naturally better against enemies that weren't speedsters.

Once he had a generous gap from the fighting, he started calling on the runes in his mind.

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Oz immediately raised his hand into the air, pointing his palm at the golem. "I'm getting real sick of listening to monologues. Not to mention yours was awful! Guess I'll test the waters for ya Jenso." He didn't wait for any speech or response, he just launched a pulse of kinetic force at the stone villain. The hand stayed in the air after firing off the energy. Oz would wait and watch what happened, prepared to counter a reprisal.

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"Hey, Jenso. Thanks for that." Oz kept thinking about what Jenso had said and he finally piped up a comment. "You said nothing happened the first time you glimpsed death but the second it was like some kind of void tried to consume what was left. It doesn't crush my hopes of something else beyond but it brings to question; Was this Yzeira doing something to you before you were brought back again? He's the leader of this organization, who knows what he could do? After all, this Nexus had power enough over life to bring you back." He beamed brightly. "Look at it as wishful thinking. It could be like a tunnel through a mountain. Dark at first until you finally see the gleams of light from the other side. You never know how much there is on the other side until you've gone too far to come back." Oz leaned in and spoke aloud. "Just don't test that theory. Looks like the world still needs you on this side, eh?"

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Jenso and his whole village dead? How was it he was still here? This Nexus must be powerful indeed. "Did you see you anything? You know, on the other side after you died?" Oz asked.