[center][B][U]Raelis Vaerkturian[/B] – [I]Champion of Rhay[/U][/I][/center]

The beast reacted, but the blade of Rhay had already reached a piping 80 degrees before it managed to spew the caustic liquid in the knight's direction. Transferring this heat to his armor, Raelis began his reaction. Following this his wings moved from their half furled position to fully unfurled, this process was sped up by the magnetic draw and pull of Maelstrom's plates, as well as the wind that it controlled, to thrum through the air and blast Raelis upwards and back into the air where he escaped the acid's cone. Small bits of the acid hit, but the layer of light and heat on his armor caused it to slip off uselessly, though tiny scars formed on the surface of the metal where the acid touched. [B]"Always with a trick up their sleeve, especially when cornered,"[/B] Raelis practically shouted as his wings kept him aloft. The Blade continued to increase in temperature and in a few moments it would hit 160 degrees. Considering his options, the Asaraen circled the beast, maintaining an altitude of 50 or so meters above the ground as he did so. Then, deciding on an interesting tactic, the knight began to emanate the Light from his body and allow it to drift downwards in a cone to surround the beast. He had noted that it had shrugged off a heat based attack before, but how well could it handle being heated from all directions at once. Thus, as he circled and increased his speed, the knight guided Maelstrom's ability, along with that of the Light, to form alternating pressures in the air, some cold, and some hot. A miniature tornado quickly formed. This only took Raelis roughly 8 seconds, surprisingly, and after those elapsed he soared off and away to await the beast's reaction.

However, if the beast were to attack during those 8 seconds, as unlikely as that was due to his altitude and the beast's injury, the knight would break the pattern and react as best he could.