"Does he really think it's gonna be that easy?" Nightshade wondered aloud as Belial vanished down the dragon's maw. *************************************************************************************************************** Blackheart and his Longhorns stood on the frontline, tearing through the enemy with magic. Blackheart was emitting a bright beam from his horn, targeting individual wraiths. The unicorns around him were blasting fireballs as quickly as they could, and the fireballs were somehow locking onto and following the beam to the targets. This method provided a single, unbroken chain of fire that was burning each wraith in under a second. After a single minute of attack, one hundred wraiths had fallen to the Longhorn society, with no pause in sight.
Rep: (With a flash of light in his eyes, all manifestations of himself became one again, and he stretched out his arms and appeared in the sky holding the Blade of Harmony.)
"Godsdammit!" Silver swore. "Get out of there, you fool! Do not draw attention to the blades!" ***************************************************************** "Out along the edges Always where I burn to be The further on the edge The hotter the intensity" "Wonderbolts, move in!" Spitfire screamed. "Yes ma'am!" the team shouted back, each one cocking a crossbow similar to the one Nightshade carried, loaded with explosive bolts. The bearer of the Element of Loyalty, Rainbow Dash, was instantly recognizable among them. "Highway to the Danger Zone I'm gonna take you Right into the Danger Zone Highway to the Danger Zone Right into the Danger Zone" The Wonderbolts made a swift pass in front of the wraith army, dodging ice blasts and returning fire with their bows. As soon as they all had fired, they fell back to reload, then repeated the process, too fast for any wraith to hit.
(The sword vanishes from hand along with Rep, as Rep taps Silver on the shoulder, showing that it was an illusion) Not gonna be speaking much, unless I'm casting a lyrical, iterated, or vocal spell
Dusty was forced to stop supporting the shield. It was taking up too much magic. A swarm of wraiths managed to find their way to the pumped up, over-enchanted Raven. Bad move. She screeched, shattering half of their icy bodies, and then proceeded to dance and weave around the rest, her strength enhancement allowing her to kill them with one or two strikes. Dusty only managed to watch in amazement at first. "That blacksmith knows what she's doing..." ~~~~~~~~~~~ A few wraiths found their way over to Asmo. Before they were able to do anything, he let out a horrible, gut-wrenching scream, able to strike fear in the hearts of even the soul-less monsters facing him. As the wraiths stumbled and tried to turn away, he quickly snapped their necks with a mess of tentacles. "I'm half demon, retards! Try something more clever!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~ From several of the armies, Navaja's assassins made their moves, leaping forward and coming down on wraths from up above, catching them off-guard. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A squad of the monsters passed under Navaja's tree. Perfect. He dropped several splinter bombs down on them, the shrapnel ripping through, killing most of them instantly. He jumped down and fought with the remaining few, eventually killing them with his blades. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Once inside the dragon's throat, Belial stabbed outward, hoping his absurdly sharp new toy would cut through the ice dragon's neck. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "That thnake ith almotht ath big ath my huthband," Maya commented.
(Vanishes once more before appearing in the sky near the snake but not close enough for Apophis to hurt him or try to, wielding a rippling blade that seemed to blur the air around it)
After that short exchange with Belial, he just continued to move along with the crowd, staying in the air for either an opportunity to strike or to tend to a fallen mate.
Maya turned around and bucked a wraith that was approaching the sword-bearer group, shattering it to bits. She then spun once more, cleaving her sword through the neck of another wraith, decapitating it. One more approached. Azrael gave it a quick jab with his hoof, punching a hole in its chest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Asmo, meanwhile, was wounded, but still going. Despite having several sharp, icy projectiles lodged into his back, he was able to use his tentacles to grab and rip apart an approaching wendigo.
With his bare hooves, Silver tore the head off a wraith that got too close to Celestia. With the crystal he wore around his neck, he projected his voice to all who could hear. "We are being overrun. Assassin's Guild, Dark Sisterhood, take the flanks. Royal Guard, split up and follow the assassins, then converge on the rear of the line. Drive them towards Nightshade and the cultists. Anypony who can heal, find a Guard and pair up. Guards, protect the healers." He drove his sword through the chest of another wraith. "Our goal is to reduce their numbers. If an opponent is too much to handle, retreat and find an easier target." ************************************************************************************************************** Rain found the nearest Guard she could, a middle-aged earth pony mare who gave her a simple nod. "You with me? Let's go." ************************************************************************************** Freezing ichor poured from the massive hole Belial had left in the dragon's neck, but the beast still did not fall. Flame shot from the wound as the dragon breathed a huge explosive blast at the undead pony. *************************************************************************************************** As the windigo fell, Asmo was struck from behind by an armored wraith that knocked him out of the sky and onto the roof of the bar. The wraith followed, conjuring a sword and shield of ice. This one was different from the others. He had, in his time, been one of the greatest warriors in the unicorn kingdom, and his skill remained even in this form.
(Goes into a dive towards a group of wraiths, sword glowing faintly and upon reaching it, started slashing at the wraiths with the sword that bent and warped the air around it.)
Dusty found the nearest guard and simply said, "You, with me. I'll do what I can to keep you alive." ~~~~~~~~~ Belial crawled his way out of the dragon, shrugging off the flame. Before he could fall, large wings of pure fire shot from his back, and he swung once more to more deeply cut the dragon's neck. ~~~~~~~~ The stabby horses obeyed, moving to protect the rear. ~~~~~~~ "Maya has healing potions," Az reminded Silver. "She'd be happy to share." ~~~~~~~ "Son of a *squee!*ing..." Asmo coughed up a small amount of blood and struggled to stand back up, roof starting to crack under his weight. ~~~~~~~ Raven caught a wendigo going after the band. "Big mistake, punk!" She bolted forward fast enough to break the sound barrier, punching a hole clean through its belly with her body. "Nopony bucks with the metal on my watch!"
The guard, a large Earth pony mare, nodded to Dusty. "Thank ye. Name's Daisy Cutter. You?" ***************************************************** The dragon, neck sliced nearly to the vertebra, went into a spinning dive to shake Belial off. ***************************************************** The bulk of the guard forces followed the assassins into position, then split from them and moved to the back of the rear of the horde. With spears and magic, they began driving the wraiths forward, where the Cult of Discord was waiting. ************************************************************************************************************* Silver nodded. "Save them. We will need them should we lose too many healers." ***************************************************************************************** The wraith knight charged at Asmo with his ice blade, aiming for his chest.
"Skydust. Pleasure. Shall we?" ~~~~~~~~~ Belial stayed with the dragon, pulling back to swing once more through, through the beast's spine. ~~~~~~~~ Asmo was stabbed straight through the heart, eyes widening in shock. Everything he'd been through, all his experiences. Was this how it would all end? Generic stab wound through the chest, like any other nameless mook? It seemed his life was quickly fading. Until he began to quietly chuckle. Volume slowly rising. Now a maniacal laughter. He put his hooves on the blade and pulled inward, yanking the sword further through his body, and the warrior wraith closer.
"Thuck on thith!" Maya hurled one of her explosive brews at a wendigo approaching her group, blasting it to bits. "Damn it," Azrael swore, having caught sight of Asmo being stabbed. "Asmodeus is wounded! Can anypony get to him?!"
Daisy nodded, grabbing a wraith by the top and bottom jaws and tearing the creature in half. *************************************************************************************************** The wraith knight released his hold on the blade and performed an acrobatic flip backwards. Landing cleanly, he summoned a new blade and circled Asmo warily. ************************************************************************************ Silver glanced over to the bar, where Asmo and the wraith fought on the roof. He'd heard the abomination's laughter over the sound of the battle. "I suspect Asmodeus will be fine." ***************************************************************************** As the line of wraiths drew closer to Nightshade, she and the cultists with her combined their chaos magic to transform the ground beneath the bulk of the horde into a pool of lava. As the wraiths burned, Nightshade did a quick scan of the battlefield. They'd all taken some losses, but they'd managed to reduce Apophis' army to a quarter of its strength in less than thirty minutes. ************************************************************************************ The band had not stopped playing, and launched into a performance of 'Ich Will.'
"Excellent kill, Daisy. Here." Dusty held a spell around her that would protect her from most incoming damage without restricting any of her abilities. ~~~~~~~~~ Belial cleanly decapitated the dragon, I guess. ~~~~~~~~ Asmo puffed his chest out at the wraith, exploding the ice sword, sending shrapnel at the beast. A darker green blob of flesh began to protrude from his chest wound. "NOPONY BEATS ON ASSHAT BUT US, YOU SON OF A..." Out of nowhere, Raven dashed over to help, aiming a strong flying kick at the back of the warrior wraith's head. The strike would land with perfect timing if it landed, right as all the instruments kicked in at the beginning of Ich Will. ~~~~~~~~ "I suppose he will... Interesting." Azrael had to stop observing to kill the hell out of a wendigo by jumping into the air and hoof punching it so hard that its face exploded. His lightning kept raining down, taking out smaller groups of wraiths.
As Blackened flew along to observe the fight, he swooped down and swung his forehooves into the back of two nearby Wendigos.
The wendigos came down with a horrible case of shattered spine. Azrael waved to Blackened, complimenting, "Fantastic double kill!"
"Thanks! Couldn't not help anypony out right about now!" He kept hovering around, ready to strike some more.
