One after the other after the other, the Sahagins just wouldn’t stop coming. Lorenzo was taking out a good number of them, Jaakuna was taking out a good number of them, but they just kept on coming. It didn’t matter how many blasts of red magick Lorenzo shot at them, or how many bursts of fira that Jaakuna shot at them, they just kept coming. It was like the boat was the flame that drew these moths to it. Jaakuna could do it all day, but eventually the workout would get tiresome. Even Lorenzo had to be getting annoyed, even if he didn’t seem like it.

Just as Jaakuna was about to just say that enough was enough and blast the entire group of Sahagin’s with his Sea of Flames, they were nearly at the docks. As it was with Emiri and Lorenzo, Jaakuna, too, felt the intensity of the mist within the area. He felt that unwelcomed chill from his toes all the way to his blonde hair-covered head. Whatever had happened definitely involved some things that were not meant to be toyed with.

As Emiri had made a note that Defected Nethicite was the cause of it, both Jaakuna and Lorenzo looked at her, the latter asking if she was sure. Emiri told him what she was thinking, and it sounded accurate. Mist was one those things that very few could explain, much less understand. The only people Jaakuna knew that could was Emiri, Nadeline via the Tome Proxy, and the Viera. All of which had said that the Mist was like a never-ending hunger for power and destruction. Emiri made a mention about how it burned and twisted in the air. Now that she did, Jaakuna looked around, and he could see it. Perhaps his awareness to the mist wasn’t as up there like Aloa or Emiri, but he saw traces of the mist. It empowered him, but at the same time, it gave him a familiar feeling of fear through his skinny body.

[color=ed1c24][b]“If there are, we’ll just do away with them like we did with those fish.”[/b][/color] Jaakuna commented confidently. He heard Lorenzo speak to him. [color=ed1c24][b]“You call that a work out?”[/b][/color] Jaakuna laughed, [color=ed1c24][b]“no disrespect,, but come back to me when you have tussled with the Espers. The Sahagins might be annoying as all hell, but those Espers were no joke.”[/b][/color] Jaakuna said, laughing.

Jaakuna heard the sound of an insulted grunt in his mind. [color=ed1c24][b]“Yeah sorry bout that Belias. But hey, you should take it as a compliment. At least I didn’t call you weak.”[/b][/color] Jaakuna heard another grunt, thus ending the conversation he was having with Belias.  To Lorenzo, Jaakuna would appear to be talking to himself, no doubt.

Whatever, Jaakuna touched land, and he saw Emiri wander off. [color=ed1c24][b]“Hey, Emiri!”[/b][/color] Jaakuna called out. She didn’t answer. She just kept on walking. Jaakuna followed her until she came to a stop. She knelt down and picked up something. [color=ed1c24][b]“What’cha have there? A seashell?”[/b][/color] Jaakuna asked, looking at Emiri. She looked at the stone in her hand quite seriously, as if bothered by it.

When she would mention Archadia, Jaakuna couldn’t hold in his chuckle. [color=ed1c24][b]“Yeah, that’s for damn sure. Say what you will about my homeland’s old, misguided ways. When we wanted to blast a bitch, we did it with good ole’, progressive weaponry. What happened here - well, it’s like Nabudis.”[/b][/color] Jaakuna might have been brushing it off, but he was right. Archadia never did anything half-measure. If they wanted to wipe a place out, they would do it with little error. 

Emiri kept on talking, and it was then, when she revealed what was in her hand, that Jaakuna realized the true severity of the situation. [color=ed1c24][b]“You wanna say that again?”[/b][/color] Jaakuna felt like he misheard her. [color=ed1c24][b]“I could have sworn I heard you say that, what’s in your hand, was the Midnight Shard.”[/b][/color]

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[color=lightblue][b]“Isn’t that dangerous? She could get hurt!  Or worse, she could die!”[/b][/color] Savayna said, feeling genuinely worried for  Nadeline.

Wesley knew she had a point, but so did Grant. [color=fff79a][b]“We simply will have to trust her strength, and know that she has it in her to do this.”[/b][/color] Wesley said. [color=fff79a][i]Oh if only you could believe it, Wesley. Well, you do, but  Ultima is quite the formidable opponent. Just use caution, Nadeline. That’s all I ask.[/I][/color] Wesley was praying that she would be able to find that weak spot that he knew Ultima had.

Ultima watched Nadeline’s movements carefully. Blocking when needed, dodging when needed. Still, she couldn’t help but smirk a bit as Nadeline sliced through just about every single Holaga. Obviously using the same spell wouldn’t work anymore. Ultima would have to try something different. She would obviously have to up her game, perhaps use something far more powerful than simply Holaga. It couldn’t be helped, it seemed.

As Nadeline would take aim at Ultima, drawing a Scathe magickal glyph, Ultima did the same. Instead, Ultima’s wasn’t of Scathe, it was of reflect. When the blast came at Ultima, it was reflected, and shot upwards, piercing through the thunderclouds, and exploding about several feet above it. After that had been done away with, Ultima and her five copies herself, surrounded Nadeline. Each pointed their spear at Nadeline Long, thick beams of light shot at Nadeline. And even if the girl was somehow able to dodge some of them, one of them would make contact, binding the girl in nearly-unbreakable magick. When one of did do that, the other Ultima’s disappeared, leaving the original, who was above, floating. 

Using her spear to control the beam, Ultima came closer to Nadeline. [b]“You should be honored, Nadeline Lenore Roselia. Only those who have proven themselves to be worthy of fighting me get to be this close to me. As skilled as you are, and as loyal as your friends have been, you made the dire mistake of challenging me by yourself.”[/b] Ultima got close to Nadeline, looking right into her eyes. [b]“I will admit that you impressed me greatly. You are one of the few humes who have tried to claim me that made me actually try, but you are still, far too young, and far too inexperienced to hope to defeat me on your own.”[/b] Ultima said, [b]“I shall give you one final chance to end this foolish crusade fighting me by yourself. Let your Hume companions help you.”[/b]