[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/RtXc4l2.png[/img][/center][indent]The battle raged fiercely under the waters of Lenuria, or so one would imagine it to be. Nevertheless, despite all the time that transpired since the beginning of the sub-aquatic skirmish, it seemed that the reunited combatants refused to let Death's cold grasp bring them peace.

Cydone's departure from the battlefield would deal a blow to the Angel's already weakened crippled forces, right at the time when the Monster was intensifying its aggression towards all of them.

The first ones to suffer from the offensive would be Khaine, Saef, and Bonesword. A literal barrage of spawns, hurled like high-speed torpedoes, rained down upon them and immediately began to assault the trio while they were distracted by one another.

Back in the city properly said, Unit-T and Anteus would be the ones in the line of fire for Utada's shots; the Monster was long gone from the last place it occupied, leaving a straight line of sight for the nanomachine bullets to hit the closest largest targets. This apparently impossible nimbleness didn't mean that it ran away, though, as the immense jaws and spiny tentacles chomping Lucifus from behind would make evident.

How was it that the immense leviathan got there without being noticed? And, how was it that all that anyone within the fog could feel was the beast's unsettling, foreign presence all around them? the secret to victory, or at least survival, probably was in the reply to these questions.
[center][b]• • •[/b][/center]Back at the throne room, Cassiopeia's recently risen minion informed her, in a shaky, vacant voice that this was the royal chamber where one should bring the Proof of Rulership, in order to claim their rights over Lenuria. Given its ancient origins, the necromancer would have to be more specific if she wanted to acquire more information from the skeleton.

Jubilee's analysis would yield another set of results.

First, the circle was undoubtedly of Celestial making. In fact, this whole ruin was constructed in an ancient Angelic style. The effects of a demon meddling with such magics would be left to her own conclusions, just as the function of this ancient Celestial city.

Second, the slot in the middle of it was certainly the place where the staff should be inserted to achieve this battle's objective, by reigniting the magic circle.

What they would do with this knowledge was yet to be seen.[/indent][hr]