GUARDIAN BEAST: THE BLACK TORTOISE
RUMBLE
RUMBLE
CRACK
The area around them breaks and cracks. The ground caves in and the trees break down.
CRACK
Axelle and Bri get tossed to the back side of the Guardian Beast, near its snake tail.
Roxanne, Ambrose, Sadie, Kate, Elara, and Vince face the Guardian Beast.
"That was surprising," Axelle says. "Bri are you okay"
Axelle has Bri in his arms on top of him.
"A-am fine Axelle just some minor scratches and cuts but-" Bri pauses for a moment. "this position is?"
Axelle quickly moves Bri to the right of him. Scratching his head and turning away from Bri "I am sorry. Again. We've been caught in unique situations these past couple of minutes." "Dammit what in the world," Axelle thinks to himself.
Bri fixes her hair and readjusts her bag "No no you're fine. A reunion that we could never forget" "How do these things keep happening to us" she thinks as she taps her bag.
CLINK CLANK
"I am surprised the mystic water viles are still intact. And the bag is fine" Bri thinks.
Axelle looks down at his neck. "This is all right," he says to himself as he grips at the mana necklace.
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CRACK
The two then slowly regain their composure. Behind a pile of rubble, the two observe the Guardian Beast.
HISSS
"A snake's tail?" Bri says next to Axelle.
"So this is a Guardian Beast?" Axelle utters in an excited but nervous voice. "It's pretty big too its height almost passes these trees here."
"I would say roughly around 40 feet" Bri adds.
WHIRLLL
Vince flies around looking around the rubble.
Axelle and Bri wave their arms in the air.
"Ahh" Vince comes flying towards them. "Are you two alright?!" he asks hovering right above them glowing with a green hue outlining his body. The wind allowed him to take flight.
"Ambrose did us all a favor he did one of his little techniques and shielded us from the debris. What do you guys think of- WOAhh"
The snake tail attempts to strike at Vince levitating in the air.
Vince dodges the rapid-fire onslaught of strikes coming from the tail.
"Damn, this thing sure is annoying"
The strikes begin to speed up.
FWOOSH
A red flaming wall prevents the snake from attacking any further.
"Thanks, man you s...saved me out there." Vince struggles to speak as he is out of breath. He flies down back to the ground.
"Dont wanna use too much of your mana it could go bad " Bri speaks concernedly.
"Thank you for the warning but I've experienced much worse" Vince answers back collectively dusting his clothes off.
"C'mon let's regroup to the others," Axelle says.
STOMP
RUMBLE
THE BLACK TORTOISE begins its move it faces toward the moving party of three.
Axelle, Bri, and Vince sprint to the others as fast as they can.
"Hey, the head is moving!" Bri yells.
"We're almost there," Vince says.
Axelle falls back "Go on you two regroup with the others I'll keep it distracted."
"Are you-"
"Bri I got this" Axelle opens his positions his hands to where his palms are facing outwards. "Won't be needing a sword for this one"
{FIRE CREATION MAGIC: TOWERING INFERNO}
Bri and Vince meet up with the others.
"Bri your okay!" Kate says.
"Yeah am fine Kate"
"Where is Axelle?" Ambrose asks.
A sudden burst of giant flames appears under the Guardian Beast. Unlike Flame Vortex where Axelle creates a pillar of flames where he is. Towering Inferno is a collection of flames being placed away from Axelle.
"Tch. He's fighting it alone what a fool" Roxanne comments.
"Even if he is claimed to be the Prince of the Primordial Flames fighting that on his own is something" Elara adds.
"Did the rules state anything about taking down the beast together?" Sadie asks.
"Am going" Bri dashes towards Axelle.
"I'll follow" Kate rushes with Bri.
"Whatever the rules state that does not turn away the fact that our comrade needs assistance am going. C'mon everyone." Ambrose heads towards the Guardian Beast.
"All right I hope this will allow us to pass," Roxanne says.
"Is it doing anything?" Axelle questions and he examines the flames under the BLACK TORTOISE's body further.
"No"
Under the tortoise is what appears to be a honeycomb-shaped barrier under the tortoise.
"A defense spell. A high-ranking one at that. Adept rank no it could be Aeon level. All though this thing is a clone it still has this." Axelle thinks.
"Axelle!" Bri calls. With Ambrose not too far behind.
The rest of the group catches up.
"Axelle am glad you are okay but facing this beast on your own. You have a lot of courage." Ambrose says.
"It's like am facing a wall or something. It's just taking in my attacks. This thing won't attack. It's like it observing me"
"Did your attack go through?" Roxanne asks.
"No, it has a defensive spell that is Aeon Level" Axelle responds.
"An Aeon-level defense magic?!" Kate says.
"Hmm? It's going to be difficult to damage it." Elara says.
"It's not impossible. It's possible but it will take a lot out of us" Roxanne comments.
"Undoubtedly I agree with Roxanne even if we do manage to defeat this thing together there is no guarantee that all of us will make pass. That leaves the possibility of us having Mana Exhaustion" Ambrose adds on.
"There's still the chance of us finding the way to the exit way" Sadie suggests.
"I can add to that chance of breaking its barrier," Axelle says.
"Same as well although it may be difficult I have a certain spell that I can use," Elara says.
"If we don't decide now more teams may advance. What's the strategy?" Vince asks.
"Attack one spot all at one time," Ambrose says.
"Attack multiple spots all at one time" Roxanne suggests.
Ambrose and Roxanne say their plans at the same time.
"You wish to attack the creature but a various points through its body at once Roxanne?"
"Yes I do with this strategy one of our attacks may be able to pierce through a weak spot in the barrier"
"That may be true but wouldn't it be better if we all focused on one spot so we could weaken the barrier"
"But do we know that one spot?" Roxanne asks.
"Not currently but we won't know until we attempt it"
"So you're basing this off an assumption?!" Roxanne says.
"We have to right? We are not aware of the captives of this creature or what kind of magic it has. It's best we charge in together in one area"
"What if this creature has a reflective barrier Ambrose won't all of us be hit then? Being spread out and attacking the beast at different points of its body is the best move. Also didn't you see its snake tail reacts differently than its main body? Who knows how the rest of the body may react."
"May I throw in a suggestion?" Elara asks. "My magic can be multiplied to attack multiple things at once. I believe we can go with both of your strategies. Let's say half of us follow Ambrose and half of us follow Roxanne. If plans go aray I promise I will keep all of us safe trust me."
"I agree with my clones I can also do that" Bri adds.
"Hmm"
"Roxanne that sounds like the best thing we can-" Ambrose says.
VRMMM
Before Ambrose could finish his sentence a singular white magic circle appears in the sky.
BEAM
Shots of white beams shoot throughout the area.
Elara stands in the front of the group making a diamond shape with her fingers using her pointer and thumb.
{CRYSTAL CREATION MAGIC: BLACK DIAMOND AEGIS}
A giant black diamond appears around the group encapulsating all of them inside of it.
The white beams bounce off the diamond as it shoots directly back at the Black Tortoise.
"This magic bounces off any incoming spells that are being sent through us as long-"
HISS
The tail of the Guardian beast suddenly advances as bites the Black Diamond.
CHOMP
The snake has its mouth open on the black diamond.
"What is it doing?" Axelle asks.
"It's attempting to break it," Elara says.
CRACK
"Huh" Elara is in shock.
"Listen guys we gotta think of something here. If this were to break I think we should advance with the strategy of half and half" Vince adds. "Moreover Axelle didn't you say you could do something about that barrier"
"Yes" Axelle responds
"Whatever it is do it"
"Roxanne and Sadie when this barrier breaks I need both of you to use your magic to somehow incapacitate the tail"
"All right" Roxanne responds with little confidence.
"I'll try my best," Sadie asks.
"Everyone we will attack the beast with Elara and Bri attacking it multiple spots at the same time. The remaining of us will do whatever we can to help Axelle after he uses his magic."
"I will provide backup to any part of this plan. I shall use my speed form to get from one place to the next in no time"
CRACK
"Wow it's actually going to crack it" Vince says. "Alright remember the strategy" Vince says
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