[center][h2][u][b]Prior Machinations[/b][/u][/h2][/center][hr]
Attempting to shift the course of the wind once more he found his efforts redirected towards Khazna. However, the Asaran decided to use this to his advantage. Even as he felt the nanite blades form and begin to ricochet downwards, Raelis stopped his forwards approach, unfurled his wings and slammed them forwards, releasing the pressurized air he built up simply from moving (4 preps build up). The gale would have been strong enough to throw the man from his feet, but instead it all condensed into several conical blades, with spiraling drill-like presurized blades on the "Edges" of the eighteen cones of pressurized air. Raelis then allowed Khazna's pulling of the energy to activate on the cones, causing them to track the man as they followed the path to him. Were this not grave enough, the blades were much like small pressurized tornadoes and as such pulled the air from 4 feet around Khazna into themselves--they would form a vacuum until they struck, depriving their target of air. Simultaneously, the flapping of his wings stalled his forwards momentum, allowing the blades to come down without striking him in the least. It seemed that the haze of nanites effected him not at all, in fact, they were a boon to his stratagems as this entire time his nanites had been replicating and latching onto the many enemy nanites.

Directing these nanites before Khazna dispersed his own, he let them be pulled into the conical wind drills, amplifying their cutting power. The rest he directed onto the man from all directions. Moving would be unlikely allow him escape from the measure as he would be forced to run into the airborne nanites as he did so. Meanwhile, Raelis' blade had reached a piping 600 degrees faherenheit and his leg armor continued to charge energy.

Raelis was protected from inhaling any harmful substance by his hood and helm, but was the man so fortunate?

The ambient temperature in the tunnel remained at roughly 65 degrees.

All of the Champion's wing armor was now electromagnetically charged and he quickly furled his wings, allowing them to move slightly against his back, gathering more air to themselves with each tiny movement.

The nanites over the surface of his armor had replicated enough to darken the armor's shade as they created an overlay to protect Asara's greatest the warrior.

While Raelis could field the energy field draining him, it was not doing so to any great degree. Reason being that his sword was an largely an isolated system designed to nigh perfectly contain the energy of his world's star, Rhay. As such, while the field was draining a small amount of his magical energy, it would not be getting the full extent, especially considering that his control of wind was due to an enchantment [i]not[/i] his own magical abilities, meaning that while it could be drained, it would never run out.

The Asaran waited, ready to press the attack, or defend himself, as needed. He made no response to the man's words other than his own strikes.

However, it indeed was time for him to stop [i]playing around.[/i]