"Death does not beg for recognition. It has it, for all things must bow to it eventually." Death replies. With a crack, a thunderbolt lashed out towards the spear, Existence working to prevent any antimagic on the spear from affecting the bolt while Oblivion worked to undermine the spear's own magical integrity.

Meanwhile, the Assassins had carefully picked their way through and around the ghost soldiers, mining as they when, and were now setting about covering the rest of the quad with explosives, unimpeded by a full-on battle.

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Shin's Lancer nodded back to Rei's Lancer as Shin grinned. "Lovely. Let's give those pyramid-lovers what good steel tastes like."