[center][h1]Alain & Ari[/h1]
[sup][i]His Sword and Her Shield. Together their shining lights serve as the proof of their bond and their strength.[/i]
~ Dorian Justis[/sup][/center]
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The Austrian man drove a bit closer toward his intended targets. He noted that he hadn't actually left the confines of Ari's wall yet, and decided that he needed to use that fact to his advantage. There was eight craft in all. Six of them looked like gunboats and the other two looked like landing craft, probably carrying a tank and light vehicles. Those two landing craft needed to be the priority, sinking them would prevent the Chinese from getting any extra vehicles on the ground in this region and significantly weaken their advance, at least on this side of the river anyway.

But those Gunboats would pose a problem. In any other scenario Alain would just have tackled the enemy head on. But he didn't have the luxury of such grandiose recklessness. Not in actual warfare like this, anyway. If he charged head on those Gunboats would open fire and obliterate him. So he needed to strike from a distance, preferably from behind Ari's Wall of Light so he could stay guarded from the Gunboats' inevitable retaliation.

"Hmm, there we are..." he muttered as he spotted a bridge that crossed the river. As luck would have it, the bridge was covered by the Wall of Light. Not all of it, but enough for Alain to position himself in a safe zone to strike from. Of course, getting there would be a bit tricky. There was at least a decent chance his bike would be spotted and fired upon by the lead Gunboat. But as long only that one boat fired, Alain was confident he could maneuver around the lines of fire. He just had to be quick about this. And so he hit the gas of the bike and took off in a mad dash toward the protected side of the bridge.

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It opened fire, just as he thought it would. Alain had to swerve between lanes in a serpentine manner to avoid fire and even utilize the wide blade of his Claimh Solais to occasionally block incoming shots. But in a daring maneuver, the Arms Master drifted sharply into turning onto the bridge. That through off their shooting for at least a moment. And luckily for him that moment was just enough for him to floor it and reach his destination. That was when he hit the brakes and stared at the distant ships in confidence as their fire now only met with the seemingly impenetrable Wall of Light.

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Alain held the blade of Claimh Solais close to his face and closed his eyes as if giving a small prayer, "On my life and upon this Sword... I swear to [i]defeat[/i] them." he said aloud as the glowing light around his sword grew stronger, bigger, and more radiant. Then his eyes shot open with a fierce expression, "CLEANSING LIGHT!" he cried out with a deep baritone voice. He swung the blade forward, and in doing so a piercing blade beam shot forwards. It was an easy 30 meters wide in total, a little over half the length of any one of those incoming boats. And the beam was aimed for the lower hulls of one of the landing craft.

And after the first blade beam, Alain launched another. And another. Wide beam after wide beam from each swing of his mighty sword. The beams lancing toward the boats where they would hopefully slice deep into the hulls. His aim was simple. Cut holes and openings in the armored hulls, forcing the boats to take on water and hopefully sink. All the while he would remain safely guarded from their return fire behind his sister's shield. In some ways it was as if Ari - despite being a distance away - still very much had her brother's back. And moments like this, the old man had taught them, were the ones that proved just how strong the two were when their power was used together.