[h1][center]The 13th Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi- The Battle Continues![/center][/h1]

The giant man shooting a demonic fireball was, in all honesty, quite unexpected for Relius. After all, for one with such giant statue, he expected less... Arcane methods of fighting. To say nothing of his build...

"Hrmph. Well, I'd rather not dally here much longer, but if you insist, I'll stay for a moment. Besides, my other... 'Tool' has yet to finish, so I might as well."

Relius snapped his fingers and, as usual Ignis popped out of seemingly nowhere to take the fireball head on. Getting into a defensive stance, Relius commanded the puppet to redirect the ball of energy into the air, a feat which it managed to perform regardless of the wounds on its lower body.

"On second thought, though... Maybe it might prove wiser to just wait for you to tire yourself out. Much less work for me."

While all of this was going on, Arakune was, as expected, firmly plastered against Hibiki's fist, its mass seemingly engulfing the entire thing before it promptly went 'splat' against the wall that Miku had launched it into. The mass of black sludge quivered for a moment before laying still for a few moments before grabbing a hold of the girl's arm and attempting to engulf her with its mass. As it did so, another flurry of insects began to pour out of Arakune's body in an attempt to keep any other attackers at bay long enough to complete his job. It... Probably wouldn't hold for long, given what had happened to the last wave, but even the semi-sapient mass of seithr knew that every second mattered in a situation like this.