The abyssal fiend was on all fours trying to get up despite the earthen spike that entered through its abdomen and exited from its back, the pain was something that it hasn't felt in a long time!
Was it angry or furious from this injury? interestingly enough, no, no it wasn't!
in fact, it wanted to fight even more thanks to the sneak attack it had received that countered its own!
it was struggling to get to its feet as the earth spike somewhat held it in place the fiend's body shook erratically quickly breaking away the spike but the culprit that summoned the earth spike yelled out hoarsely as the strain of addition more offerings was getting to him as he added two more stone element offerings that caused his right arm to form blackened veins due to his lack of magic to support the items and the number that was now 8.
"You aren't going ANYWHERE!!!"
As two stone arms emerged from the ground that quickly slammed into its target then held the Archfiend in place before summoning another earth spike aiming for its head!
the items he added to his arsenal including the earth spike spell was nearly broken were stone giant's arm, and stone armor to resist the volt element!
the others that were around him can barely handle 7 that is why he was made the leader even if he acts like a fool thanks to his raiment doesn't mean that he is one, the others that were scattered gather the three corpses of their fallen allies as they wanted to sacrifice them!
before the spike aiming for the Fiend's head reached its target, the Impaled fiend fired the charged attack into the ground destroying the area under it including the stone arms that held it in place but the spike still managed to rip off half of its face!
While it was injured in such a manner the beast was now standing on its two feet its chest was scorched from its own attack, it pulled out the rest of the spike that was still in its gut before showing a terrifying grin thanks to its now deformed face that was covered in blood and torn flesh that added a few more points to the scary look it was giving!
this monster wanted more, it wasn't going to run as it wanted to fight them all!
The Abyssal fiend's blood was boiling with battle intent as sparks flickered about from its body, while the monster respected the leading sorcerer it knew of how grave it current injuries were so it used one of its trump cards.
it ripped off one of its own arms then began eating it! the sorcerers felt this was strange so they began their next assault which was full of stone element spells hoping to drown it out with their spells, it jumped into the air before proceeding to devour its other arm!
The trump card it was attempting to use required it to at least lose two limbs, with a grave injury to activate, it will regrow limbs and heal its injuries doubling its defenses and resistances for a certain amount of time and anything that was separated from it before the boost would crumble to dust a nifty ability to prevent sorcerers from using its own flesh against itself!
New arms popped out with a more sinister look as spikes made from its own bones protruded from all of its limbs giving it more armor as it now looked like an armored warrior that was overly prepared for battle.
the silver-ranked spells regardless of element now simply bounced off of its carapace-like armor as the fiend wanted to see what these sorcerers would do next to defeat it.
what tricks will they use?
how will they bypass its armor!?
it was eager to find out as it was using the same attack as before as its weight could crush them should they fail to meet its attack on!
The sound of warcries echoed from the sorcerers as a red light shined exposing their choice of attack!
the Avalon sorcerers did not disappoint it as they used the bodies of the fallen to shoot out bloody chains that stunk of death that was trying to pierce its new armor as the spots that were hit formed cracks!
its weight was resisting the sharp chains as those chains were trying to destroy its defenses the amount of magic that was fed into the sacrificial spell intermixed with the bluish color of the magic-filled sparks before a powerful explosion occurred the sorcerers were sent into the ground with varied kind of injuries while the archfiend was sent crashing across the ground as its body tumbled and rolled destroying everything it hit until it finally stopped a few miles away!
Both sides were injured gravely thanks to the amount of magic that backlashed!
the Avalon sorcerers were in better conditions compared to the archfiend as its armor crumbled apart its limbs were obliterated from the backlash so it needed time to regrow its limbs as it was like a sitting duck at the moment yet it wanted to fight more! this bloody battle wasn't enough! it hasn't had enough fun!
the approaching other two groups of sorcerers were thinking of taking advantage of the situation as the Avalon sorcerers nearly exhausted their magic and offerings as there was nothing for them to use to recharge their offerings, and as for the Archfiend, it was currently unable to move so this was the perfect opportunity to take the rewards for themselves!
But the Downed archfiend did something that was peculiar as the archfiends they have hunted down never howled in such a manner that was full of indignation and Fury!
the earth seemed to respond as the ground began heating up as lava began to form around the fallen fiend before the lava shot upward as more and more lava began firing up from the ground until a strange dome-like field that covered 20 miles trapping all of the sorcerers inside, it was then they remembered a frightening story regarding the Great Collapse!
An armored Archfiend that calls forth lightning has an overprotective sibling that calls upon the molten earth to deliver its wrath and should both cry out the winged king would arrive to lay waste upon those that attacked his subjects.
a chill ran down their spines as an armored Archfiend that had the exact looks of the down archfiend had emerged from the pool of lava near the Abyssal Fiend as all of the sorcerers that remembered that day all cursed out!
"FUCK!!!"
As the new arrival growled before releasing an angry roar infused with magic!
"GGWWWWAAAAAAAARRRRRRR!!!!"
all that heard it nearly went deaf as some were bleeding from their seven orifices it wanted to support its sibling as it has been a long time since they were able to let loose.
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meanwhile, the culprit of the suffering of the sorcerers was enjoying the show with the usual antics of being an asshole from afar cast a healing spell on the Abyssal fiend after summoning the Chthonian Fiend before checking the additional things in the Portraiture pushing back the temptation of transforming into an Archfiend for now as one particular option had his undivided attention... the gender option! *blushing*
one of the things that Cu loves doing making life hard for his enemies! but yeah there is an option of changing the player's gender in the Portraiture, the only question is will he or will he not use it?
quite the decision if you ask me! XD