Eldritches had no Life Vision so she only noticed the thick layer of darkness magic when it was too late. The radiance of the light element masked the presence of its counterpart but it was still there.
It was the massive amount of darkness magic that was hurting Orulm beyond what even an Eldritch could take. Abthot tried to Chaos Blink away, but the elemental imbalance near Auros distorted the spell just like it had done to Orulm's.
["Bug off, bug."] The lost city slapped the Ogre-Abomination hybrid away with his free hand that was now white hot.
She tried to use the plant nature of her monster half to split her body into vines and dodge the attack, but a sudden cold wave froze her in place. Turning into smaller pieces made her water-rich body more vulnerable to the cold and when the open palm hit her, she felt herself burning with the heat of a small sun.
Eldritches were resistant to all elements but darkness yet the same couldn't be said for Abthot's monster half. The thermal shock broke her into shreds that caught fire the moment the ice trapping her thawed.
Her screams of pain didn't join Orulm's solely because she had no mouth left.
'Is the lost city turning one element into another?' She wondered in shock as she consumed a good chunk of her energy to reassemble her form. 'How can someone on Jiera have mastered Void Magic?
'Verhen personally taught Vastor and he has yet to master it. This doesn't make sense.'
And yet it did.
What Auros used wasn't Void Magic. He had simply weaponized an extreme elemental imbalance. By draining the world energy of one element via his pseudo cores and hosts, the counterpart became over-abundant.
It caused spells of both elements to fail and inflicted great damage simply by proximity. Orulm could have drained the light element and fueled his powers if not for the thick layer of Origin Flames enveloping him.
They ate at his body from inside the fist while the darkness magic attacked him from the outside.
The Eldritch kept screaming yet he refused to die. The lost city tightened his grip until there was almost no space between his fingers but death seemed to be running late that day.
["Wait a second."] Auros stared in shock at Orulm with Life Vision.
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["Shit. You noticed."] The screams of pain turned into laughter as Orulm pried the fist open with brute strength. ["I was hoping that my little act and your ego would keep you from using Life Vision. Oh, well. All good things come to an end."]
"Language!" Abthot yelled in annoyance after getting far away enough to regain her strength by sucking a patch of trees dry.
"Sorry." Orulm said. "Thanks for your patience. I'm done with my preparations."
"And so am I. Let's take down this arrogant brat." Abthot injected one of her tendrils inside each of the dead trees.
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