[h3][color=black][b]Earthland - Phoenix Wing Guild Hall[/b]
Rutger Artz[/color][/h3]
Rutger's eyes went wide as he watched the man [i]eat[/i] his flames. He braced himself, knowing what had to come next. His body tensed--but his magic power waned, as if cowering in fear. When War unleashed his attack, the blast swept across the God Slayer like a volcanic tsunami...and his magic signature disappeared entirely.

The Devil's flames crackled, burning and destroying everything around them.

"When I found out my magic was a Slayer type..."

A shadow appeared in the midst of the blood red flame.

"I made a great effort to find out as much as I could about it."

The flames began to suck inward, spiraling and whirling until they reached a single point, being drawn in a pressurized stream. Rutger sucked them down with a massive inhalation, until he had swallowed them all.

"Dragon Slayer Magic, handed down from Dragons to Humans to end a great war between them. Fairy Tail had some of the most famous ones, but there were some in other guilds too." Rutger wiped his mouth, licking a singing flame from his glove in the process. "God Slayer magic was even rarer, but it too existed in other guilds, like Sabertooth and Lamia Scale. From clashes between them in highly publicized events like the Grand Magic Games, it was noted that Dragon Slayers could only overcome the inherent superiority of the God Slayer magic by emptying their body of magic power, a bit like creating a vacuum by sucking all the air out of a sealed chamber." 

His own flames, still tinged with the different shade of War's red, now flared out brightly around him in a fearsome aura. His face and body seemed somewhat strained, but his power was no less for that fact.

"Devil Slayer magic was created to kill the Etherious, a specific breed of Demon artificially created by Black Mage Zeref. They seem to be rarer than either of the other two types...but they, like the Etherious, were still mortal-made. Do you really think the power of Gods would give way to that of Demons?"

Both of Rutger's fists ignited in flame, one black and violet, violent and dark. The other, blood red, an evil shade of crimson.

"I wasn't sure where our magics stood in hierarchy, so I emptied my reserves just in case. But now that I've tasted the flames, I've analyzed them as well." He held each one up, as if weighing them. "Black Mage Zeref was probably very close to understanding The One Magic, as the arts he used are mostly known as Lost Magics--one step below. But from those Lost Magics he created the Etherious, and the Books of Zeref which contain Black Arts. Another step down. The Devil Slayer magics had to be created afterwards, so while they're "lost" in terms of rarity...logically, they're still two steps below "true" Lost Magics...the family that God Slayers belong to." He pointed at War with the hand that burned with God-Slaying Flame. "To eat my magic, you had to empty your own--that was why you weren't attacking me. You couldn't, or else when I hit you the flames would have done actual damage. But, even if you do that again...you still won't be able to eat your own flame! That's the real weakness of the Slayer!"

Rutger took a running start and leaped up high, coming down towards War with both fists raised.

"[b][color=black]FLAME GOD[/color], [color=darkred]FIRE DEVIL![/color] HEAVEN AND HELL![/b]" He brought his hands together, and the two orbs combined, growing stronger, larger, brighter...hotter, and hotter, until it was as if a miniature sun had been formed. The color became a brilliant shade of whitish blue, like the core of a blazing hot star. "[b][color=lightblue]GATES OF PURGATORY![/color][/b]"

With his own flames mixed into it, War would not be able to consume this blast, and as it hurtled towards him it increased in size and intensity...