The man was quite the looked with his short hair and dazzling eyes. But that did not deter a raging Bahamut one bit. It gave out another roar and prepared to charge at the Mage.
"At least let me introduce myself!" yelled the man as it was met with the Bahmut's Fire Beam.
To its horror, the man merely stood there and took the spell with his bare hands. Impossible, that was the same spell that turned the other Mage into ashes. Was there another Mage that could standoff against it?! The Bahamut stopped the fire.
"There... That's better. Not a bad spell, after all, it should be one of your basics. It could have killed a low rate Mage. But I am not one of those," said the man, with a smile.
The man had short bluish-black hair with the bluest of eyes. He did not wield a weapon but his hands were enough to stop a raging Bahamut.
"My name is Gillian, I don't remember my last name so don't bother asking. And I am the last Aki."
Ysabeau widened her eyes, someone from Akhaten was here?! One of, if not, the most powerful planets in the Universe was here to face her?! Fight him would be akin to suicide! IF that fella uses his Gates on her, she had no way of escaping or coming out alive.
But she had no choice, she came this far. Maybe she should die like how her elders always asked her to. Within combat and in war. Not dying at some miserable old place. The Bahamut let out a roar, she hasn't revealed her gender or the fact that she is sane to Gillian.
"Within the ranks of the Congregation, I am one of the Elites. And I'll tell you this, I am not afraid of you, Bahamut. So give me your best shot. And please, don't hold back. This area has been contained and quarantined," declared Gillian as he took his stance.
Ysabeau was still hesitant but as Gillian declared war, she did too. Her wings changed into their Sapphire Form. It was as blue as Gillian's eyes. Her dull scales turned into the ocean blue as her Aura changed as well. She breathed in and let out a giant roar of raging water.
"Water Element, huh? I thought that Old Man Pond said that you were a Fire Holder," said Gillian, facing the Bahamut's wave.
"no biggie, I'll just use this," said the man, who negated the wave easily.
Realizing her mistake was one thing, but another was the sight that Gillian created.
"Open, Gate of the Primordial Beasts..." chanted Gillian, closing his eyes.
He stood still as his Elemental Aura changed into a turquoise hue around his figure. Ysabeau tried to deter the Aki by shoving more Water spells to his way but they were all negated easily.
"Door of The Salt Sea Goddess," continued Gillian, as water from the area started to swirl at his feet.
Even Ysabeau's Water Element was slowly getting sucked in. The area was starting to dry out.
"Tiamat!" yelled Gillian as he fully transformed into the Primordial Goddess of the Sea, Tiamat.
The Mother of all Humans was standing right in front of her. The remains of her divided body became Earth. The symbol of chaos itself. That goddess was enormous, as large as Ysabeau's full form. The man had now transformed into a woman, so it was kind of weird for Ysabeau.
Until it opened its mouth and howled. The area shook, even Ysabeau had a hard time standing her ground. She hardly had any time left before Tiamat's serpents shot out from her feet, with the Seawater Element all around.
The two battled it out, with Ysabeau catching the serpents by hand and crushing them. She then delivered a few more water spells, specifically a Water lance and a water move that causes the serpents to implode within their bodies.
Ysabeau was getting frantic as she launched an attack that would destroy a small village, her Archery of the Frosted Heavens. This time, the arrows all came out from her mouth. Gillian too let out one of his stronger attacks, and Old Man Pond had a show to see.
"If we don't stop them soon, they might destroy both Domains," warned Z, as he appointed towards the battle.
Old Man Pond laughed as he glanced at Z's worried face.
"Nah, leave 'em be. It's interesting, is it not? To see such powerful beasts fighting. Add a Valkyrie to the mix and I've got my full show ready."
"Be careful with what you say. You might end up cleaning up after that show."
"I know it won't happen because Valkyries hate anyone who gets in their way. They are, if not, more territorial than a Bahamut."