While many a majimonster and binder were rampaging on the ground, an equally flashy and destructive battle was occuring in the air space above them.
A djinncense and a hawk-man made of clay were circling each other, waiting for a opportunity to strike and knock their respective opponent out of the skies.
[Indigo, Dark Wind]!
[Right...].
The djinncense snapped her fingers and spell circle composed of Wind affinity runes quickly formed in front of her. The circle began to spin at a rapid pace, releasing an ominous gale of dark wind that flew straight at the Terrorcotta hawk-man like a plague-laced arrow.
Before the the technique could hit the hawk-man however, it suddenly dove downward. Confused by the sudden action, Indigo stopped midair and began to hover in place.
This sudden action allowed the Terrorcotta
Soldier to narrowly avoid getting hit, and leaving the ominous gale to collide with the wall instead. The hawk-man did not stop there however.
Using the momentum from the dive, the hawk-man beat their heavy wings and shot themselves upward towards the hovering djinncense. As they climbed upward, it's clawed free hand began to glow with the power of Earth aether.
[By Resha's tears, Indigo Smoke Double]!
At Albina's command, the djinncense's form began to shimmer and glow with the pale blue light of Wind aether, her body becoming more distorted and smoke-like.
The hawk-man raked it's stony claw upward, dispersing Indigo into small wisps of smoke...or so it appeared.
The wisps of smoke didn't disperse into the surrounding air after getting distorted by the hawk-mans's claw, instead they began to gather in a space located a few feet below the hawk-man. In essence, it's blind spot.
[Indigo, use Telekinesis]!
The djinncense began to glow with a purple aura as a small purple spell circle formed on her forehead.
She extended her hand towards a pile of broken terracotta soldier fragments and made a grabbing motion and flinging motion towards the hawk-man.
The terracotta fragments began to vibrate as they became engulfed in a purple light, moments before launching into the air and at the hawk-man.
The upward shower of shrapnel managed to scratch and chip at the Terrorcotta Soldier's form, but it was clear that most of the injuries, if there were any, was superficial at best.
The hawk-man let out an annoyed gravelly growl as it began to channel Earth aether into it's whip.
When the telekinetic shower came to an end, the hawk-man lashed out with their Earth-infused whip down towards Indigo and entangled her. A constrictive, grinding feeling began to crawl all around both Indigo's and Albina's bodies.
[Not good], Albina thought as she ground her teeth in reaction to the pain.
Indigo tried to get herself loose from the whip, but the Earth aether infusion made the entanglement as solid as stone.
With the djinncense firmly entangled in their whip, the hawk-man began to pull her towards itself, bit by bit, coiling the whip around it's arm as to prevent any slacking.
In a few moments, Indigo would be a bit too close for comfort with the hawk-man, that is if Albina didn't interfere.
"Time for a little magic trick", Albina thought as she produced a small bottle of pink colored liquid from the inside of her coat.
In the world of binders and majimonsters, Albina fell under the classification of Alchemist, more specifically she was considered an Apothecary.
Apothecaries are able to create potions, oil, tinctures, or in this case perfumes, that are infused with their own aether. This enabled them or their allies to use them in the heat of battle to tip the battles in their favor.
In the case of this particular vial, a perfume made of rosemary, lavender and a twist of lemon, Albina was about to boost Indigo's Talent and mental capabilities by a considerable amount.
Placing the vial between her fingers, Albina aimed the opening towards the struggling djinncense. She circulated a small amount of aether into the bottle, causing the liquid inside to glow and bubble at a rapid pace.
Once the contents of the vials reached a critical point, a jet of pleasant smelling pink smoke shot out of the bottle and flew directly at Indigo. As the smoke infused with Indigo's being, she visibly shuddered for a moment and closed her eyes from the influx of energy. When she opened them again, her eyes seemed significantly sharper than before. A change that came just in time.
[Indigo, Bluster]!
[Of course]!
The hawk-man Terrorcotta had finally fully reeled Indigo in and was about to launch Earth claw technique directly at her head.
But moments before it made contact, an elaborate Wind based spell circle formed in front of Indigo's face and released a powerful gale of wind that pushed back against the terracotta claw.
Annoyed and angered by the djinncense's resistive efforts, the hawk-man focused the aether in his claw further and began to push back against the powerful Wind technique.
The terracotta claw began to push through the force of wind and inch closer and closer to Indigo's face.
[Don't think so], Albina thought as she formed a hand seal and focused on the bond between her and Indigo, sending a pulse of aether that increased Indigo's strength several times over.
Due to the sudden increase of strength, the spell circle from the [Bluster] technique soon became even more elaborate as more and more wind runes began to fill the original empty spaces within it. At each successive line and rune, the gale of wind emitted from the circle began to grow stronger and stronger.
The force of wind soon became too much for the hawk-man to resist, knocking it's clawed arm away and causing it to lose focus. In this moment of weakness, the whip entangling her loosened just enough for Indigo to free herself and fly away...at least, that's would be the case if she were fighting under normal circumstances. Right now, Indigo wanted blood and so did Albina.
Indigo took this opportunity to get right behind the hawk-man, literally within punching distance, and placed a delicate finger on it's back.
[Indigo. Bluster].