After Logans Attack, everyone in the room went silent, they were stunned at the sudden show of power. However Hector and the Lich were in a war of atrition. The lich's summoning his skill still unseen while Hector held his spear close, waiting for the lich to attack, anxiously thinking about his numerous counters. They both knew with their opponents show of power in the battle that has lasted so far, even the slightest changes would tilt their stalemate enough to determine the victor. After a few moments, their battle takes a turn when the air and Mana around suddenly changes. With Both seeing it as the other taking the initiative to attack they launch their counters simultaneously; *return ye expanse, cursed to burn, cursed to restrain, I banish thee to eternal damnation: Spatial magic, Devils hole" the Lichs chant was quick, in demon tongue and was in no way a limitation to the Cast time of the skill itself as he launched it even before the Chant was completed. Meanwhile Hector was finally using the skills of the dragon warriors that came before him, as he twisted his spear, Faust guided His body in near perfect form, with Hector gently controlling the wind around, each Twist and turn of his body resonated with the wind and with every shift in the wind, it sent its whispers back to Logan as if he was its commander, "wind dragon manner: 5th Technique, pacify" the air around Hector and the Lich, suddenly moved from a swift breeze to nothing atall, as if it never existed. But just as the Lichs Black hole like skill was about to make contact with Hector, it Vanished. Shocked and confused, the Lich was baffled as to what had just happened, that was the most powerful skill his mana could muster up and he had nothing up his sleeves. However hector wasn't in any better state, The skill, pacify was created by the 3rd dragon warrior after faust, it redirects any skill that carries mana, using the wind around and even the wind within To Dissemble the Mana behind an attack. And because it uses so much wind and need precise control, it becomes almost impossible to Stay alive or conscious after executing the skill. A perfect defense skill but only used as a last resort when facing an enemy that's expended all their Mana.
At this point, Hector had fallen to his knees, his breathing Hard and difficult as he gasped for air. But before long, the demon began chanting again. This time, however Valeri was in a state of frenzy. He'd heard that chant before, it was a self destruction chant and he'd known the severity of what it could do. Rushing towards the demon, He'd seen the slickness of Hector's manipulation of his wind element when he's executed his skill, He'd also seen how effective it was. He didn't know how well it would work but he wanted to give it a try. He gathered the wind around, calling that everyone gathers behind him and try to protect themselves As the demon Chant Continued, getting louder than louder before the demon stopped abruptly. At this point, Valeri was half confident that he could execute the skill well enough and anxiously waited for the beast to finish. Then the Lich spoke; "in my years of defending my lord, I have never been pushed to this extent. Warriors like you, albeit annoying, now hold a sentimental attachment to me." The crowd was confused, what did he mean sentimental attachment. As he continued, turning to Valeri, its body began to levitate which caused an uneasiness within Valeri "Young one, your desperation to protect is commendable, and as such you will be and all the ones who defeated my soldiers will be spared. You may be well versed with this curse but I am afraid you have it mistaken. I do not wish to commit the same sin as ending my life twice, instead, these vermin you have sacrificed your lives saving, will serve a greater purpose, to fuel me. In the next second, the Lich raised him arms finishing his chant, the grounds shaking as Logan dashed attempting to use Harigolds blade to slash at the lich, but his nervousness caused him to twmporarily lose control over the blades mana influx causing him to fall from its Weight change. Valeri rushed attempting to use himself as a shield to protect the confused crowd, Armand, out of arrows, could only duplicate himself to help Valeri protect the others. Gale, knelt beside Harigolds body, that lay a few feet away from the crowd and although she could not be part of the encroachment, she wanted to protect Harigold, if It is the last thing she does. After the Lichs mana burst, The helpless Hector could only stand and accept his fate, alongside everybody else, helpless and stopped in their tracks by the demonic magic that was let out. But nothing happened. Hector felt Normal, so did Logan, and Valeri, and Armand. Everything seemed normal, the lich, still floating in place had a grin on his face that made Hector uneasy, he noticed a change but the dimly lit room didn't help him realise what those changes where. In the next moment Gale let out a shriek. The Crowd, covered by the encroachment were all pitch black, their eyes White as if rolled back into their heads as their bodies laid lifeless surrounded by Valeri and the Numerous Armands. Valeri was stunned. Sickened even, these people were possessed. He noticed the possession symptoms anywhere. The Darkened skin, it wasn't from burn marks, they were parasitic leeches that sucked life essence to survive. their rolled back eyes, Drooling mouths and twitching body was a sign that their souls were in limbo, stuck between the darkness of death and reality. Possession was a high tiered skill even in the demon world, he'd seen the demons use it to trap souls of people in the real world and use their life force as power generators. But those types of skills were usually commanded by Demon Lords, not a lich like him. He couldn't understand why a common Lich, that existed in plentiful numbers back in hell would cause him so much trouble to deal with. In his fit of rage he'd planned to attack when the lich stopped him in his track by answering the question that rang in Valeri's head; "why not me? You ask." The lich said, staring at Logans direction, "Well that's simply because you all had depleted a majority of your life essence. And possession is a skill that requires every target to fear the caster. You Gretins do not fear me. But those chickens, laid in that pile, they hold me in high regard. As their harbinger of death. And so I shall be what they fear, and bring upon them dea-" before the Lich could finish his sentence, he was slipt in half, followed by a thunderous boom, the walls echoing Loud and then with it subsiding comes a deafening silence, the sound of steps, coming from the rubble grew louder, Lucien was back. And in his arms, the blade Archeus used.
The Lich wasn't dead, it's body forming back almost instantly, this time with flesh. The Difference Hector began to notice was the lich becoming human, the bones being replaced by soft tender flesh. As the lich regained itself, he took a moment to stare at Lucien, "What have you done to my master, where is my master, why does that blade you hold carry his aura and why can I no longer sense his presence!?" The lich berated, Lucien smiled gently but said nothing, instead Coming down from the Pile of the broken door and moving towards where Valeri stood. This drove the Lich insane. "ANSWER ME YOU FILTH, WHERE HAS HE GONE!? Very well, i shall Make you soeak as you feel your flesh sizzling on your bones. Diablos fla- " diablos flame? Valeri thought, that was an equally high tiered mana skill almost impossible to cast without Drawing it directly from Diablos domain. He knew the lich did not belong as an underling to Diablo. Diablo was a strange man who never left his domain neither did he hold any Desire to conquer the real world, after all Valeri had met and was almost killed by him. The lich didn't know when a head was flung to him. As the half head rolled to him, his Forming body shuddered as he dropped his Half skeletal arms, abruptly stopping his chant. The head was the head of Archeus. Decapacitated from his body and split in half. It was then the Lich realised the severity of the situation. That Previous Attack that split him in half, was what killed his master. And it was meant to kill him too if not for the possession skill that gave him enough mana to regenerate.
"He's Cast Posession on the crowd, Help them, you can't kill him if he's sucking out their Mana to regenerate." Valeris words were directed to Lucien and they carried hope, he'd seen Lucien come out of his battle although injured and bleeding but well equipped with a weapon and a brimming smile. He knew Lucien would do all they failed to do and in less time, but that wasn't the case. Lucien, withdrew his blade, which confused Valeri, the Lich and everyone else watching. "What are you doubg Lucien, hes weakened, Nows the chance to end it" Valeri said, his voice almost trembling. The lich confused, filled with anger and deep hatred towards Lucien casted Diablos flame once more, immediately engulfed the area surrounding Lucien.
"Combust" this one word would end up changing the lives of everyone present, in ways they wished they did not want to be part of. In the next second, the Area around Lucien overwhelmed by the massive flame wall was quenched and the pile of Bodies affected by "possession" burnt in an instant, leaving nothing behind. But remnant ashes scattered where the pile laid. Gale, closest to this scene was stunned, her mouth lay open as her dull eyes reflected the light of the burning pile however, she felt no heat. Perhaps that was why she could not react. Valeri, Logan and Hector stared in disbelief and Armand turned his head away, he had a feeling this would happen but he did not expect it to happen so soon, and without any other option presented. Meanwhile the Lich who had just lost its mana source, lay crippled as it faded away into Dust.