3060 Top Gear (Part 2)
'The runt is bound to have regained even more energy than me so I must finish this quickly.' The Elemental Lord thought. 'I'll put every iota of energy I've left into- What the fuck is that?'
When Argantyr emerged from his makeshift fortress, he discovered that it was actually his prison. Between Twilight Storm and the barrier, Argantyr had blinded himself and failed to notice anything until it was too late.
The Engine had already turned emerald and its six wings burned like small suns.
The Elemental Lord threw his Tower Spirit Spells, Collapsed Sun and Shattered Land.
The former was the Spirit equivalent of a tier five Gravity spell that would lock the enemy in place and distort space to prevent them from escaping with dimensional magic.
The only difference with a Gravity spell was that Collapsed Sun could be cast by a non-dimensional mage thanks to Spirit Magic's ability to combine all elements without the need for keen dimensional awareness.
The latter was a destructive hepta-elemental spell capable of disrupting the elemental balance of its target, turning their own mana core against them. Combined with Collapsed Sun, it was supposed to be an anti-Guardian spell.
Based on the knowledge of the time of Argantyr's creation, of course.
Extinction, instead, was a spell derived from a true anti-Guardian spell, Silverwing's Annihilation. After putting into practice Yurial's theories, Lith and Solus had combined the final result with their respective Blade Spells, Ruin and Menadion's Wrath.
They didn't need a powerful swing or to cut through the air to release Extinction. It was just a slight flick of the wrists, as if they were performing a quick lunge.
The tip of the blade emitted a white spark that quickly grew in size until it engulfed Argantyr from head to toe. His two Spirit Spells clashed against Extinction for a moment before being overpowered into oblivion.
The roaring wave of white energy ravaged everything in its wake, ripping through the Elemental Lord like wet paper. His stone body collapsed first, the enchantments that gave it form burned out in the attempt to keep Argantyr together.
The Chronicler of the World Tree tasked to follow the lost city around stared at the events in show and awe. From the other side of the ocean, the Yggdrasill rejoiced. He could almost feel and taste the Engine's power through the body of their servant.
'That tower must belong to me. With it and my knowledge, only a Guardian in their turf will be able to stop me.' The World Tree thought yet the image of Tezka kept flashing in a corner of his mind.
Meanwhile, the Elemental Lord shrunk his form to become denser and resist the onslaught but to no avail. The defensive layers were peeled out with embarrassing ease until only his life vessel was left.
The nucleus of the lost city was a spherical white crystal mass the size of a car. It was encased in a Davross cube whose entire surface was engraved with runes of power.
'Son of a bastard!' Argantyr cursed as Extinction's output decreased in order to continue the attack without the risk of damaging his pseudo cores.
The Davross of the containment cube cracked and self-repaired at a pace controlled by the Engine. With each cycle, the metal's durability decreased and the Tower Blade Spell's intensity decreased.
Extinction peeled the protective layers surrounding the pseudo cores away one at a time like an onion. When the first crack on the white crystal appeared, Argantyr's enchantments sacrificed his host to gain a temporary boost in power that Lith and Solus instantly matched.
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