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Holly was glad that her Guildmates were putting their all into the fight, and took her time to quickly look over the situation while the others kept the pressure up on the dragon. Some of her Guildmates were fighting, whilst others - mainly the supportive mages - were helping the civilians and the general populace. That was a positive, Holly would not have been happy if in all the fighting they had forgotten to actually help people. She knew that [i]she[/i] would not have liked to be left in the rubble, even if she was watching a band of mages take on a dragon before her. 

She had definitely done more damage than she thought, as that wing was not looking healthy. She released the lockdown, both to conserve her own energy and because it wasn't worth it to hold the broken thing down any more - if anything, it could just get used to the pain that she was giving it by dragging the thing down. What the Guild was doing though was clearly not enough - the dragon continued to spit out fire, scorching the ground. As she began to re-strategize, she heard (and quickly spotted) something that disappointed her greatly: Felix, going straight for the dragon. She did not try to help him however, as he made his choice, and she could do more just by continuing her attacks on the dragon. [color=red][i]Felix better hope he perishes within the dragon's flames, because it's nothing compared to the dragon I'll become when we get home,[/i][/color] she thought to herself, gripping Shadowbane tightly in her hand. She thankfully was not forced to think too much about Felix, as Zenith took him away to a nearby building.

Things definitely went south from there. Holly moved her hands to her ears to cover them, despite the fact that her helmet did so and she wasn't able to really cover them - but even through her helmet the screech was just such a terribly loud thing to behold. It was a blessing when it finally ended. The armoured mage quickly cast her gaze back to the dragon, and it took her a few moments to realise that the thing was growing more spikes. She wondered if it was some kind of ability of the dragon, or if this was just some kind of young dragon and it was actually just growing up before her. She settled on the former, because the dragon definitely seemed like it knew what it was doing, which made her question all the more why it was deciding to stand on it's back legs.

Holly's confidence lowered immediately as she realised that the thing was actually regenerating it's wounds - mostly she cared about the significant damage that she had done to the wing, which all seemed pointless now. She began to shake her head clear, trying to rebuild her confidence, before a wall of thorns came up before her; one of Grasidia's spells. Knowing that Grasidia had picked up on something that she hadn't, she remained behind the wall, but readied herself for what was to come, which she presumed was an attack directed at her: She was partially right, but the dragon let loose a torrent of flames [i]everywhere[/i]. The heat was so intense, and even though the wall was holding up against the flames the heat alone was starting to get to Holly. She was thankful when it stopped, and was about to act before she was sent to the ground in horrible agony from another yet much louder screech. She felt a headache coming on quickly from the sound alone. She had not recovered by the time the dragon crashed down and the building Holly was positioned upon, already weakened, crumbled beneath her and she quickly began to fall to the ground. [color=red]"Thrust, pou-"[/color]

Too late, Holly hit the ground, still holding Shadowbane tightly. She knew better than to stand there though, and despite the sudden pain that she felt she stood just in time to see the dragon starting to run it's tail through the ground. This time, there was plenty of time to say the words that she needed to avoid getting hurt (or at least, more hurt): [color=red]"Thrust, pounce!"[/color] She yelled, propelling herself airborne at rapid velocity - high enough so she didn't get hit by the tail. She spun in the air, falling to the ground and landing like a metallic cat. The dragon was [i]really[/i] starting to annoy her now. The tail swipe meant that any remaining cover was destroyed as the dragon's tail plowed through it.

If the dragon was regenerating any damage they did to it, they had to make sure it died as fast as they could, to do as much damage as possible. Maybe they wouldn't be able to kill it at all, but Holly knew one thing for certain: If she could regenerate infinitely, she wouldn't like feeling pain over, and over, and over again. If all she got was pain, it wasn't worth it to keep going, and instead she would flee. She hoped it thought in a similar fashion - because right now, she wanted to give it all the pain it could get, more than getting cooked inside her armour, more than falling off a roof. Holly slipped Shadowbane back into it's sheath, this time without any theatrical twirls.

[color=red]"I'll show you, you scalie, gigantic, horrible creature!"[/color] Holly roars, slowly spreading her arms wide upwards and downwards, like a jaw. [color=red]"You've destroyed the homes of many, ended the lives of many more. And now, I'll take you on, with everything you've just given me! You won't hurt anyone else, and you won't hurt this Guild!"[/color] She focused hard, pouring herself into this attack. Usually when doing something like this, there wouldn't be too many objects to grab, too many to propel, but the dragon had just given her [i]a lot[/i] of ammunition from the debris all around it, which it had created. [color=red]"Thrust: Guardian's Implosion!"[/color] She yelled at the top of her lungs, slamming her hands down together, making a singular [i]clap[/i].

If she had done a Guardian's Throw, Holly would still have launched a sizeable chunk of debris at the dragon. However, the Guardian's Implosion took all of the debris from around the dragon, and threw them all at speed, causing it to be peppered from everything to dropped swords, a few stalls, and even debris from the buildings it had swept through with it's tail. Not only that, but the air around the dragon changed course, pummelling the dragon with strikes from the sudden wind. It's eyes, it's head, it's wings, it's tail, everything was assaulted by a hail of debris as small as bricks and buckets to large chunks of debris that had fallen off of buildings. Holly had never affected so many objects before with a Guardian's Throw let alone a Guardian's Implosion, and it was a massive display of the S-Class mage's power. Even so, Holly doubted that it would kill the dragon, it was much too strong for that, and had she been fighting alone she would not have risked such a powerful spell. With her Guildmates there, she knew that doing as much damage to the dragon in the shortest amount of time was the goal, so that she could let them finish it off or drive it off before it regenerated whatever damage they did to it again.

[color=red]"Don't let up, hit it with everything you have! Do it before it regenerates everything all over again!"[/color] Holly yells - mostly because she wanted them to pay attention to it, rather than the fact that she was now stumbling. She began to retreat, making distance from the dragon. She had never effected so many objects before in an Implosion, and it took a lot out of her. Just as it occurred to her that perhaps throwing several blocks worth of debris all at once might not have been a good idea, she collapsed onto the ground, taking heavy breaths. She didn't even bother trying to get back to her feet, wanting to conserve what strength she had, and grit her teeth, refusing to let out a cry at the pain that overwhelmed her as the spell and the amount of objects she had effected with it took it's toll on her.