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[h2][b]Arena >>>> Ravine[/b][/h2]
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Rose giggled as Lucifus ducked and weaved through her volley of light, the confusion evident in his body movement as he tried to figure out why the lasers were going faster than normal. The laser cannons on her shoulder finished charging once again and Rose aimed directly at Lucifus, but not before he could fire off his own heavenly beams in an attempt to stall her. Her shields were running a bit low from the concentrated fire she took on her shoulder cannons, so she elected dodge out of the way of the slowed down artillery, having a much easier time dodgin then Lucifus was used to. It would appear as if Rose was moving slightly faster too as she jetted upwards and aimed her cannons below her, releasing her shots directly towards the ground. 

This time it was not two giant lasers that emerged from her artillery but instead 8 smaller lasers. They all bounced off the ground in different trajectories, freezing in place in various spots around Lucifus. Rose winked at him and stuck out her tongue, before jetting off towards the Ravine to chase after her comrade.

Muramasa would find his forward push supported from the air, any scorpions that might have gotten in his way vaporized by Rose's aerial artillery. This of course brought a fair amount of attention to her, as scorpions attempted to leap upon her from above to impale her upon their massive stingers. Their attempts were quickly foiled by a massive beam that emerged from the cannon upon her arm, acting as a beam broadsword that cleaved their pathetic chitin armor in twain with but a single swing. Every now and then a laser would discharge from her shoulder cannons, firing at the ground and exploding, leaving behind a swathe of scorpions that just weren't moving. It would appear as if weaker creatures' time signatures were altered much more easily, possibly permanently. Regardless, Lucifus would find the world returning to normal for him, leaving him with the problem of the unmoving beams of chronological energy that hovered around him. Perhaps the resident mage Saef could help him out of this bind.
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[h2][b]Ravine >>>> Oasis[/b][/h2]
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Chen's job was made significantly easier was Bonesword stopped firing upon them, leaving him to focus on forward progression and stopping the scorpions. This in turn was made even easier as Amaterasu halved the number of scorpions that Chen had to deal with, speeding up their forwrd progression immensely. A shower of blood and guts rained upon Chen, but he didn't even blink as he brushed a spare meat giblet off his left shoulder. She commented that this was a good plan and Chen merely shook his head, flicking his wrist outward as several branches erupted from the platform of rock they stood upon to impale a larger scorpion. [color=springgreen]"This isn't a plan."[/color] They finally made their way to the Oasis and Chen focused on the air around them, breathing in the paralyzing toxins with little difficulty. His regenerative abilities made short work of any attempts to put him to sleep, but Amaterasu was still vulnerable. They would need to go through the Oasis quickly.

[color=springgreen]"This is just me brute forcing my way through something I'd rather not do."[/color] Chen pointed his rapier towards the Hydra, his eyes glowing a bright green as the Relic engraved into his very soul began to put in some real work for once. Several large trees erupted from the ground, shooting towards the monster like arrows from the very earth itself.
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[h2][b]Oasis[/b][/h2]
[@Lmpkio][/center]

As the battle raged on, with more and more combatants entering the frey, Nina had to dodge more and more projectiles being shot at the Hydra and her subsequently. It was really starting to piss her off actually, at one point the Hell Knight even tagged her with an electrical round in his haste. It was truly infuriating, she could feel the darkness bubbling in response to her rage as she snarled in the face of the beast. Then finally it happened, an Angel decided to fire upon the Hydra with no regards to her. She was clipped by a giant wooden tree, which was just enough for one of the Hydra heads to snap her up as if she was a snack. 

The whole area was practically silent as the Hydra swallowed Nina down, a mighty gulp echoing through the Oasis as everyone continued to fire upon the Hydra. She was just another casualty right, should've been more careful. Mephilus would certainly have trouble by himself, but if he played it smart he might just make it with just his squad... Suddenly all of the Hydra's heads froze at once. Their faces contorted in pain and they roared in unison, sending everyone to their knees from the combined sound. It's veins began to protrude as it continued roaring, it's faces turning a strange sort of green color as it began thrashing about and screaming. Then those protruding veins began to blacken, slowly reaching up towards the faces as they too began to blacken. Then it froze once more. No more sound, just the heavy breathing of the Hydra.

Then it exploded. A shower of meat, scales, and green blood rained upon everyone in the area, soaking them with viscera and covering them with guts. Where the Hydra once stood, Nina floated in place, roaring just as loudly as the Hydra had with darkness dripping out of every pore in her body, falling down to the ground below and melting anything it touched. The path was now clear as Nina finally stopped her roar of fury and began flying towards the mighty obelisks in the distance.