At Umi's signal Mortimer activated the mines,pulling the strings largely hidden from the enemies view and letting the bombs explode. The devistation they unleashed could be seen from Mortimers location. He wondered jjust what kind of damage they did to the others.

HoweverMortimer had more pressing matters at hand. Namely, the bikini-clad Ayra who was rapidly approaching him. Had this been any other time, Mortimer would have loved to ogle the girl but as things stood, this was war and war could not have distractions.

He had however come up with an appropriate counter to Ayras mind control abilities. Forming into a swarm of bats, Mortimer charged the incoming Ayra. With his mind seperated amongst various bodies, the affects of her mind control abilities would be greatly diminished and rendered near-inneffective. Mortimer couldn't do much damage in this form but he could try and harry her.

Flying as fast as his many wings could carry him, Mortimer planned to swarm wap, flap, bat, scratch and maybe even bite the incoming seductress.

As Umi threw the shadow box, Ryno rushed ahead of everyone. "Vicis inter is area , subsisto plene! Pause!" Ryno chants, closing his eyes as clock images begin to surround the shadow box and suspend it in mid-air. He most likely knew that Umi and group weren't expecting Ryno's magic to control and manipulate time, especially when it's an extremely rare magic.

"My magic is only working on the shadow box, someone needs to get rid of it, quickly." Ryno calmly states, knowing his magic will hold off for awhile.

"Sand intorqueo quod vultus quod attero meus hostilis! Sandstorm" Nina jumps next to Ayra, as she had been following the girl the entire time, knowing that she'd be in a huge amount of danger attacking one of those four mages by herself. Sand forms from Nina's hands as a swirling tornado of sand crashes through the sides of the halls, as the hall was too thin to contain the enormous sand blitz.

"Don't worry, I'm here Ayra. Adeat: Psamathia Metallum." She summons her artifact just in case the enemy had escaped from the sandstorm.

Tristen stood proudly on the wall, it took him forever to climb it, but with his demonic ki he could get a tight grip as he lunged his hands into the wall. Forcing himself up, if any clones came to him, he would simply use his demon slash to cut them in half. Though, of course he would think they're real.

Using his position advantage, "Demon Shot," He lips his licks hoping to splatter some blood as he shoots any clones he sees of William, Umi, Alberio and Yoko.

[Note: Ignore the fire sagitta magica I've summoned previously]
Ryno and Nina looks so cool! [In my imagination~] Happy New Year everyone! [From My Timezone To Yours]

As Ryno has saved everyone from that dangerous explosion, it was time for the plan to take action. As so, they went through the door as it was time to charge in. Daisuke quickly starts an incantation of 10 fire Sagitta Magica "Dop Pe Ru, 10 Spiritus Ignis Coentes Sagittet Inimicum" He then merged it with his claw arms though no one really saw the transformation as it was in a flash from a hammer, now his claws were in blazing flames. Daisuke didn't take the front lead leaving that to the others or maybe Nhieling since he is the one who planned well most of it probally.. He also told Ken not to waste arrows Daisuke has provided as it holds some importance for just about every doppel arrows especially the experience of getting fired and then crashing onto a roof..

As Ashraeh wandered through the halls, she noticed that there were a lot of traps that were sprung already. She must be going the right way! Deeper and deeper she went into the building, until the point where she could hear fighting and shouting.

"HYA!!!" Ashraeh shouted, casting Sagitta Aquarius' at every turn. "Take this, and that!"

Seing the ommobilisate box, Nhieling suddently got an idea. He just taked the box into his puppet claw, ans using the time stop rushed over the main hall.


hehehe, Boom?

(It still explodes.... Ryno cant stop shadows, the mine is made purely of shadows..)

Real Umi was deep within the castle, seeing as the roof was collapsing, he thought he might as well send Will out. The part of the fort Will was already starting to fall in.

"Sorry guys, but your assault just became our boon, Will, in particular, loves to fight close quarters, but the same cant be said about most of you...Will, you know our priority targets, take them out first. GeroGero, Jovis corpus, precari nos dare nostrum sociae cum confirmare, Dolere Confirmarus"

Umi placed the back of his hand on Will and Yoko and imbued him with magical enhancements, simply enough he sent white magic through every muscle and bone in the body, allowing for greater output of physical strength thanks to the muscular support of the magic.

"You really dont know your team do you? Will go wild..."

Meanwhile, the fake Umi, rather than leaving the mines where they were picked them up, he threw the fake mines at the invading crowd just as he did the real ones. They could not tell the difference, so he decided why not? He aimed most of them at Ryno, just because.

"If one didnt work, how about 10?"

Since Ryno still had his spell up, clocks began to form around the mines as they entered ten meters of his radius. However, he was completely focused on suspending the bombs in the air. Though it may not look it from the outside as he was holding it in, he was extremely tired. His magic did force him to exert himself. "Ngh... hurry." He grunts, holding up 10 mines and an explosive in the air.

"What a pain... they could have just come over to me directly." William sighs half-heartedly, looking up at the sky, he could see a demon shooting random shoots with some new found ki abilities. He inspected the area, a girl shooting water arrows crazily was also a problem. As he walks into the open, the mines seemed to be removed by the clones.

A demonic shot instantly vaporized one of the clones. That mans ki was nothing to bluff at. "Alright! Without the mines, I can travel safely!" He smiles nonchalantly, equipping his lightning gauntlets as electricity surges through, visible in the air. "Okay, ready!" William slams his fists together using his shundo to quickly close the distance as he aims for a surging flurry of punches at Ryno's stomach.

[I'll just make as if Ryno has stop the bomb since it would me logic if he could]

Dropping the bomb far from the group, into the already damaged building, Nhieling pulled back his puppet, but it was too late for him to stop William [totally broken :p] Shundo at Ryno. Instead he used his cripple curse on William, hoping to at least reducing the damage.

"L-Leave it to me! La la la! Vertatur Tempestas Veris! Nobis Protectionem Aerialem! Flans Paries Venti Vertentis!" Larita chants, causing a tornado to emerge from the ground, as the bombs Ryno was suspending in mid air are encased by wind, "Okay let them go! The explosion won't hurt us!" Larita nods as the bombs exlpode and the blast spirals upward trying to escape the massive tornado to no avail.

"Okay!" Larita cheers as she just then notices Ryno being in huge danger.

Mortimer was hit by Ninas sand attack. He had been...unprepared to say the least and so had crashed through several thin wooden walls. The inherent weight (or lack thereof) of the bat form had made it easy for him to be knocked back by such an attack. Rising from the wrekage as a human he addmitted "Okay... that hurt a little."

"Enter the Eternal; Phasmatis umbra , exorior in vultus quod EGO electus ut tutela quod vindex. Pareo meus quod evinco mei hostilis , umbra miles militis!" Calling forth two more shadow soldiers Mortimer sent them out as an advance guard aiming the two as attacks against Ayra. After that he would just have to gauge what his two opponents would do next and react appropriately.

(Damn. I'm the first one, I guess)

Ryno coughed up some blood as William's fist slammed into his ribs. The punch itself caused massive pain, but the broken rib was forgotten as Ryno felt a jolt of thunderous electricity roar through his body as he's sent flying backwards into unconsciousness. "Uggn..." He mutters, knocked out.

Tchh, one out. Using the opportunity of William hitting Ryno, Nhieling attempted to backstab William at the same moment, putting also himself closer to William, keeping his puppet between them.

He also sent a telepathy message to Ayra : You're needed ! We can't hold William without being heavily harmed !

"Orbis Flamma," William grins ready for more action as a giant orb of flames tackles down the doll as it even though of coming close to William. Of course, William didn't lose his current advantageous opportunity, as he dashes at Nhieling ready to knock him out is well with his surging gauntlets.

The doll, still flaming, appear right between them at the last second? You though it was the end? said Nhieling, renewing his cripple curse on William.
In term of speed at least, I can hold you.
Using the advantage of speed, and the firepower William gave him by setting the puppet ablaze, Nhieling kept on attacking William from everyside.
Keke, the same mistake as Kagami, everything about raw power...

"Son Ta Rik. Molten magma attero ferrum parietis pro nos! Magma Fist!" William began chanting as he then realizes that the puppeteer had a plan, as the flaming puppet came hurtling towards Will. William, though his speed is lessened was fast enough to slam his fist into the ground causing the earth to fling into the air from Will's amazing strength, especially when it's increased by Umi's magic.

William took the opportunity of the flying earth that separated William and the puppet to shundo himself towards Nhieling, aiming to punch him in the face with his magma-enhanced arm.

Nhieling had a grin : Too late, do you though that you were the only one able to make bomb?

Even through the puppet regeneration, the flame got to the core of the puppet, lighting the bomb Nhieling asotred into it, causing a large blast.
Nhieling got blast into the building, having placed himself into the good direction from the puppet. While flying he threw back his puppet to him and use this opportunity to hide behind remain of the roof, taking light damage in the process while landing.

William arrives from the explosion practically unarmed. "That was a good plan, but you forgot something. The first thing is, I have a barrier up, though it may look like one, it's faster than me and travels amazingly to defend me from any attack. Secondly, I manipulate fire, I can morph it away from me and all, the flames from an explosion won't hurt me. Lastly..." William smiles, as he was only a few meters from Nhieling. "Omne Flammans Flamma Purgatus, Domine Extinctionis et Signum Regenerationis, in Mea Manu Ens Inimicum Edat! Flagrantia Rubicans!... My magic is top notch to become a magister magi. I won't lose here." William smiles, as a blast of ferocious flames is sent flying at Nhieling.

"W-we don't have time to be fighting this guy!! Vertatur Tempestas Veris! Nobis Protectionem Aerialem! Flans Paries Venti Vertentis!" Larita falls on her knees from the previous exlposion, but summons a tornado, attempting to trap William inside.

"Everyone... go ahead, you have to take out Umi! Don't forget Yoko, too... I will take on this man. He's too strong for us, but I may be able to stop him from following you guys!" Larita mutters, sure of herself that she can do this.

William simply stares as walls of wind explode from the ground, surrounding him. He noticed the wind wasn't blowing at him at all, it was completely calm in the center of this raging tornado. "Err..." William simply mutters, thinking he could use his Shundo in the air to escape the tornado, or even try and destroy it with his magma fist, but there was something else he could have done.

He grinned, as he simply waited letting anyone who wanted to go past and into Umi's sanction. "Go for it," William grins, laughing hysterically at the fact that Umi may get defeated by these group of people, especially since unlike Will, Mortimer and Yoko, he had no shundo. Instead though, he had deadly spells and power ups for himself... so it'd be an interesting battle.

Leila rushed over to Ryno, worried for his well-being. He had some blood over his mouth, he most likely injured his stomach or ribs from first glance. "Tui Gratia Jovis Gratia Sit, Cura." She chants as a green aura surrounds Ryno slowly healing any bruises he may have and minor cuts.

She would need to maintain healing him for a while now to get him back into consciousness.

Raven nodded at Larita as she took the sacrifice to stay behind and try and stop one of the mages. She was right though, they had no time to work together just to stop one, they had to work together to stop the other two who seemed more or less, the masterminds. "Everyone, we have to go! Leave here to Larita and Leila! We have to continue fighting!" Raven pumps his fist into the air, holding his giant broadsword with only one arm as he rushes into the roofless building, soon seeing Yoko the swordsman, "Rift Wave!" Raven growls shooting a wave of ki at him.

"Adeat!" Ashraeh shouted, the crystal spraying water in a column directly in front of her. "Era of gelu, EGO queso vos. Complexo hostes hostium in vestri glacialis pectus. Gelidus Capulus!" The cooling mist surrounded the ice, freezing it into a sword-like shape. "Deflexio!" She cried once more. The shield of ice formed around her left hand, and she grasped the sword in her right.

"Miles militis of Gelu - Knight of the Frost!" Ashraeh screamed at the top of her lungs.