The cloaked one suddenly attempted to chop the Enforcer in two, with the blade swinging down with ferocious speed. Relovan raised the gun and virtually punched the blade away, using the pistol as some kind of knuckle duster. The cloaked figure still ended up hitting the Enforcer though, only with a bare, left hand. The strike launched Relovan off of his feet and sent him flying back as he twisted through the air. He landed on the ground and slid for some time afterwards, while Carolina ran towards the cloaked enemy, both swords thrust out at either side of her body. When she got close enough, the Dragon Lady twisted her torso and leapt into the air, looking like a deadly spinning top. She spun so quickly, that she was a blur and her swords suddenly became engulfed in white flames. The cloaked figure watched as the rather impressive looking attack got closer, and raised the jagged blade. Carolina was spinning in a clockwise motion, so the cloaked enemy simply slashed in the opposite direction, and this resulted in quite the surprise. Carolina's attack was completely derailed as she not only stopped spinning in a clockwise direction, but she actually ended up spinning in an anticlockwise direction. Her eyes were filled with disbelief, and soon, with the realisation that she was in real trouble. Just as the cloaked figure was gearing up to attack again, Relovan's fluttering cape gave him away. He was flipping in, as he completed a somersault while swinging his feet down. His left foot swung down first, like an axe trying to split a piece of wood. It caused the cloaked figure to raise its left arm to block the heavy blow – which it did. The left foot broke the guard though, and this meant that the head was now open. Relovan's right heel connected with the back of the hooded head, and landed as solid a hit as the cloaked figure had received since the beginning of the skirmish. As Relovan landed, and the figure doubled over, somebody shouted something from one of the rooftops.
"Well done, Yaksha! Keep them busy a little longer – the dome is almost ready!"
"Dome?" Relovan asked as he looked at Carolina who had landed as well.
"Yaksha?!" Carolina said as a look of surprise and disbelief washed over her features.
Just then, a large disc that was covered in some kind of sticky Essence appeared above the battle ground. The disc started spinning, and as it did, the purple Essence grew thicker. The longer the disc spun, the faster it became, and after a few seconds of spinning, it shot out a strange spike that pierced the ground. As the second and third spike pierced the ground, Relovan's skin began to sting quite badly. He looked at Carolina, who seemed to know exactly what was going on. She looked at Relovan with the kind of desperation he had seen far too many times in his life and knew immediately that things were about to get dicey.
"Shit!" He bellowed before turning around and sprinting towards the Princess, who was still standing on her own.
The entire fight with the cloaked figure had barely lasted a minute, so nobody had actually found the time to try to extract her. The Council Security members had just about finished dealing with those who were supposed to keep them occupied, while the handmaidens were also more or less finishing up. That said, the disc continued spewing these spikes out, and as Relovan darted towards the Princess, Carolina suddenly crossed her swords in front of her chest and let out an almighty yell. She crouched down and dashed forward, crashing into the cloaked figure and sending her and the figure flying. More spikes pierced the ground as they flew, and as Relovan got closer to the Princess, the stinging itself became more and more severe. The level of danger was rising as more spikes pierced the ground, and by the time what appeared to be the last spike had been deposited into the paved floor below, Carolina had pushed the cloaked one out of the target area while Relovan, who was by now airborne and had two fistfuls of his cape in his hands, was about to reach Princess Nkanyezi. Lines of Essence shot out from the disc and connected to the spikes, which glowed once attached to the lines. A number of see through Essence panels with a purple hue materialised and created a dome like structure – clearly what whoever it was that spoke before had mentioned. The panels all started glowing brightly, and not even a fraction of a second later, the area within the boundaries of the Dome exploded. Relovan, who was still flying through the air when the glowing started, managed to wrap the Princess in his cape in the nick of time. The cape hardened, much like the previous one did when the Enforcer fought Void Knight Vo, and everything went white for a second. The explosion was contained within the Dome, and even as the ground shook and the floor caved and gave way, those who were on the outside could only watch. Carolina, who was breathing rather heavily on the floor watched in horror as she couldn't quite tell if Relovan had reached the Princess in time. For the bodyguard, it felt as though time stood still and she didn't know what to do. She watched as the huge figure of the Adonian Chief landed on the ground with authority and began mopping up the small fry that were left. He did so while walking towards her, and when he reached her, she looked up at the Chief. He reached down and offered the Dragon Lady a hand up, but she stubbornly got up on her own while glaring at Nura.
"What have I done to deserve those eyes, Carolina?"
"Why did you take the rooftops and leave the Human to deal with things down here? Even then, why did you allow them to complete the Dome, Nurari Hyonto?! If you had been serious, all this would have been avoided!"
"Now now, calm down. Everything is still under control."
"How do you figure?! We don't even know if he reached the Princess in time! And even if he did, what if—"
"Lawman reached the Princess in time, and he will return with her as well. The most crucial thing is that you managed to push that tough bastard out before the explosion, otherwise things would have been touch for even the Lawman to handle."
"Yakhsa!" The bodyguard boomed as she suddenly remembered that she pushed somebody out.
"That one left in the confusion." Nura said with a shrug.
"How can you be so nonchalant about all this?!"
"Rather than worrying about that, don't you have some kind of tracking beacon or something on the Princess? Clearly, you had anticipated something like this happening due to how you made warriors pose and handmaidens."
"…we do."
"Then let's hurry up and get a move on – no doubt, Lawman will lead the Princess to an exit and emerge with her."
"We don't even know where they fell!"
"It's fine, let's just go. I'll tell you something interesting about the Enforcer as we go."
As the Council Security and the Princess' guards organised, a few levels below, Relovan and Princess Nkanyezi were recovering after the explosion and fall. After having reached the Princess and wrapped her in the cape, Relovan withstood the force of the explosion due to the cape. The Dome that had been created was a lot taller than those on the top level could see, with its base actually being set in the sewer level that serviced the top tiers of the city. The Dome that everybody saw was just tip of the structure, and the Princess and Enforcer had fallen to that sewer level. During the fall, Relovan had positioned himself in such a way that whatever floor they hit, the Princess would land on him, and before they could be flattened by the debris that fell with them, Relovan quickly stood up and dashed away from the Dome, while still holding Nkanyezi within his caped embrace. The rubble all fell through the holes created by the now dissipated Dome, and closed them up, preventing Relovan from even contemplating going back the way they came. The Enforcer lay on his back, facing the ceiling of the sewer level while breathing heavily, before spreading his arms and opening the cocoon.
"…it's safe to come out now, Princess." Relovan said between breaths.
The Princess had been pressed against the Enforcer's chest, and when he finally let her out, she rolled off of his chest and looked down at him.
"Thank you… for saving my life, Enforcer." She squeaked.
"I haven't done a thing yet." Relovan said as he sat up with a groan. "We still need to get you out of here."