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[@floodtalon]; [@Gardevoiran]
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His words woke up the dazed dragon. Good. At least the brute is doing something productive. After all, she's the only character the Hell Knight can rely on this battle. If she falls, well, he'll have much more work to do. As they continue lobbing blows with the massive hydra, Mephilus notices Bonesword coming into view and firing upon the monster. Looks like everyone else will be coming nearly any second now. The Hell Knight considers eliminating the tiny skeleton, but at the same time he's providing help in killing the monster. As long as he fires on the hydra and not his partner, he's going to let him be for now. Once he's dead, Bonesword might as well be next on his hit list. 

He continues to fire from the monster from a safe distance, pausing only to load several new rounds. Electrical rounds should paralyze the beast upon contact with the water. Are they at a high voltage for them to succeed? Only one way to find out. And yet while slaying a beast is always a favorite for Mephilus...

At the same time perhaps he may continue onto the next area unnoticed as the others were distracted with the monster. It's rather tempting if he had to be honest...

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[@Gardevoiran]; [@Silvan Haven]; [@floodtalon]
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The Archangel's blast hit true, only to dissipate as soon as they touched Titania's shields. While it was unable to penetrate to her hull, it did thankfully alter the soldier's aim and succeed in her missing Saef altogether. She's going to be a hard nut to crack. He suddenly sees Bonesword fire off his miniguns at him, forcing the archangel to move and use his blades to fire several shots at the skeleton. But before Lucifus could counter-attack against Titania, in a blink of an eye he sees two mighty lasers heading straight towards him. They were going to hit him, weren't they? Yet instinct told him to issue his shield, even if it happens to not be erected in time. He shuts his eyes tight as he prepares for impact...

But nothing seemed to happen. 

Lucifus' shield is up successfully and he didn't feel like he was knocked back or feeling the impact of the lasers bouncing off his shield. But yet, he sees the lasers still in front of him, about a foot away from his shield, aimed directly at his chest. The archangel can feel the raw energy emiting from these lasers. They both felt unnatural and raw... a power he doesn't recall feeling. These bolts seem to do more than hit or stun, yet what they cause is unknown. Regardless, he refuses to put his shield down, not until the owner leaves. But the longer he keeps it up, the more energy he wastes. He can only hold this shield up for so long. The twin lasers' owner then begins to scold the archangel as if she knows everything, even mocking him by mimicking something he would say just before firing. Lucifus' simply scoffed at her response.

[color=fff79a][b]"I think you're confusing yourself at what you see in the movies compared to actual combat, sweetheart."[/b][/color] he replies back, still having his guard up.

Regardless, the opponent proceeds to fire with a gesture of her finger, as the lasers hit his shield and knocked him back considerably. He recollects his senses as he faces towards the machina warrior. As he attempts to strike with his swords, Titania seemed to act faster and fires off some missiles at him. Quickly his wings forced him to dodge out of the way as he feels the explosions behind him. Yet something seemed rather off.

[b][i][color=fff79a]"Is it me...?"[/color][/i][/b] he thinks to himself as he circles Titania again, [b][i][color=fff79a]"Or are these projectiles moving slightly faster than usual?[/color][/i][/b]

The archangel knows roughly how fast missiles can be fired, yet these seemed to be fired too fast. Already some of the shots nearly managed to hit him, by mere inches as he feels their force rushing below his feet. Maybe they had some kind of coating that makes them more resistant to drag force? He didn't know, yet that's not going to stop him. He makes a sharp turn upwards, just barely evading the missiles, as he opens his wings wide and releases a volley of stellar bolts towards the opponent in an attempt to stall her. 

He'll need to be on his way soon...