Raid#48 [Plot]

Barret Wallace[Leader]

The corruption and leveling of Agrabah had gone successfully for the Evil Lord, despite interference from a former ally of Chaos turned traitor. Jecht had failed his attempt to stop the powerful warlock, and Exdeath had continued on to the next world he set his sights on. Twilight Town had sadly fallen in the sights of the armored powerhouse, as well as the moon world that revolved around it, known to most as the Mysterious Tower. The Town itself was in the process of contention between Dark forces attempting to turn the rock, and had overlooked a minor entry point into the sunset paradise by train. There were many rumors that surrounded this location, of a sorcerer with great power and his mythic sanctum.

The power of this wizard is what he sought, as well as another world under his command, and Exdeath had made his way through the stars here to obtain both. Upon a beaten, dirt path before the steps to the interior of the Tower appeared a teal circle that hummed and glowed brightly. The gun-armed man would have no trouble seeing such a thing, as it was clearly noticeable to anyone with working eyes or ears. From this circle came a bright sudden shower of light before the great, armored form of Exdeath appeared within the boundaries of the circle, which as if on cue to his arrival, dispersed into nothing.

There was not as much resistance, as expected for a nearly isolated area. It would turn out to be a bit of a bore, as there seemed to be only one man with a tin hand present. The number of the opposition never mattered to Exdeath, for he would sweep them all aside as if they were never there. He stood poised, observing the features of the area before him as his hand remained firmly placed upon his sword like a cane. The light that danced in a glare off of Barret's arm, also played with Exdeath's armored features as well. His many beads, tassels and cloth barely moved, as there was hardly any wind within the vicinity that the two found themselves. The many trees, grass patches and bushes were things that simply reminded him of the Great Forest of Moore, a reminder of a prison where he was bound. Such things would prove to be a benefit for his opponent, providing whoever this was with a soft place to land should they choose to dodge or roll. He would not let this be easy for anyone but himself.

With a clench of his left, white clawed fist, a wall of Firaga burst to life behind Exdeath as he stood there silently watching the darkly pigmented individual. The fire raged, and sought to consume all flammable objects within it's path. After a moment of silence, Exdeath pointed Enuo's Scourge towards Mr. Wallace with his right hand. "Your efforts to stop my press onward are futile human." began Exdeath, his voice booming in echo and his aura's power growing. "Even now the odds are stacked against you. For Death is our spectator, and your waiting guide into the afterlife. Soon you shall be one with The Void." On the last syllable, five golden orbs erupted out of his left palm in Barret's direction. They soared above their designated target and would soon explode into a brief, minor electrical storm each in the form of Exdeath's Thundaga.

A loud, and evil laugh escaped Exdeath as he watched for Barret's retaliation, and his cue to act accordingly.

His moment to move came quicker than expected as the man with the metallic arm, now a gun, rolled forward to dodge the Thundaga. As he did so, Exdeath jumped backwards into a slight hover over the ground as he outstretched his arms, all while the warlock's sword levitated in front of it's master. The Mind Blow collided against the golden shield of Omni Block as it increased in size around the armored combatant, negating Barret's technique as well as the barrage of gunfire that soon followed. Through the semi transparent golden defense that now began to dissipate, Exdeath eyed his target as it ran for cover and let out another deep, evil laugh.

"Pitiful worm" he boomed as the Omni Block came to an end. With a barely noticeable twitch of his right hand, Exdeath's sword sailed forward at the bush Barret now attempted to hide behind, and attempted to slash at him several times. "Your endeavor is futile. Victory does not exist for you here." While the sword made it's sweep on the hero from The Planet, Exdeath formed another Reverse Polarity underneath his own feet and quickly relocated himself. The bright light came again as a bright aqua ring appeared behind Barret in the air, well enough out of point blank range. Soon Exdeath appeared within it's vicinity, and fired a Dispel down upon the one armed gunman. If the spell was fortunate enough to hit the Light warrior, then his MBarrier would be negated.

The warlock did not stop there however, for as soon as the Dispel left his left hand, he followed it up with Meteor from his right. The sky contorted behind the warlock in mid-air as a quadruple barrage of meteorites came hurling from what appeared as outer space. Down on the ground, Enuo's Scourge made another sweeping pass at Barret as the many meteorites sped through the air toward their collision. The bladed weapon was then called back to it's master with an effortless wave of his left hand, sailing upward through the air as it weaved in between many meteorites.

His grasp became firmly wrapped around the hilt of the weapon in synchronization with the many, timely collisions of the Meteor spell as it collided with the earth below. This all happened in several short moments after Exdeath's tactical relocation to the air behind Wallace, and was followed by another evil laugh. "Mwa-hahahaha!" boomed the warlock as he continued to hover effortlessly above the opposition. This was already shaping up to be quite an annoyance to the Lord of the Void, however from the way he had been speaking so far to the man with cornrows, it was highly unlikely Barret would be able to tell.

He would not be stopped here by someone so insignificant to himself, no. Exdeath would not be turned around, but rather continue his relentless drive to corrupt and destroy all in his path. What warrior could hope to stop this inhuman tyrant that possessed more power and force than a freight train? Soon this Tower would be nothing more than rubble, and the power of the sorcerer within it's confines would belong to Exdeath.

The evil warlock glided forward and pushed his blade forward in a defensive guard, which collided with the Hammerblow as a bright seal formed around Exdeath's weapon in front of him. The impact from the blow was mighty, however only managed to push the warlock back a few feet within the air as he retained his flight. It was not as far back as the attacker had predicted, which was quite unfortunate for the warrior representing the Light. The gunfire unleashed upon the Entropic Adversary was met with a timely Aeroga sent forth from the warlock's outstretched left hand, which met the projectiles with a violent flurry that cut the bullets apart. A low chuckle emitted from the helm of the evil entity as the remains of Barret's strike fell to the grass harmlessly before him.

However the ground soon began to quake as the human's summon was called forth, a sign of desperation within the views of the aqua armored powerhouse. Once it began to charge, and Barret took his aim upon the warlock, Exdeath held his hands out before him as Enuo's Scourge began to revolve around him. The brightly colored glyphs of Delta Attack came to life around his white claws just as the man open fired on his position. The summon's attacks, as well as the many bullets fired from it's master, were blocked upon contact with the glyph. Unfortunately for Ifrit, the beast was blasted at point blank range from the powerful blast of magic that erupted from the glyph's center. The damage received would be severe, regardless if it had managed to land beside it's materia's possessor or not.

As the glyphs subsided faded from view, a hot ball of fire collided with the armored shoulder of Exdeath. He yelled at the sudden explosion of heat as smoke seethed off of the metallic plating, causing the warlock to clench his white claws tightly. Exdeath watched in annoyance as the man taunted him, then unleashed another hail of gunfire, which he refused to take notice of. There were many pings and sparks as the bullets danced off of his armor, leaving minor scrapes and scars on the fine metal. After the attack subsided, Exdeath glanced briefly to his shoulder which was now blackened and then to his sword as it came around his right side before reaching out suddenly and snatching it from the air. Exdeath performed a quick twirl with the sword before bringing it down to his side, then returned his glance to the man on the ground below him.

His distraction had proved to be useful, as the flames from the Firaga spell unleashed earlier had already spread to the foot of the tower. The many bushes, grass and trees that had been around its base were now burning testaments to the evil lord's arrival. "Imbecile," he began as he observed the metallic arm giving off a warm glow from the light of the fire. "You are powerless before the might of The Void. Soon your hopes will shatter like this Tower, and rest within it's ruins as your tomb." Exdeath then raised his hand high above his two pronged helmet and outstretched his white claws. "Prepare for the afterlife!" he boomed before holding out his palm to Barret's location.

Several orbs, if one has to be specific: five, of dark energy burst forth from the white palm of the warlock. They flew towards Barret's direction and began to circle around his location some feet above the gunman. Some seconds passed as they continued their rotation, then without warning converged on the human's exact spot. Exdeath remained up in the air watching to see whether or not the Grand Cross had removed his bothersome opponent.

The powerful Grand Cross was somewhat successful as the evil lord watched on from above, awaiting whatever counter measures his opposition would proceed to make to avoid their own destruction. All of these pawns were the same, no matter what abilities or appearances separated them. They would all seek to stand in the way of the rightful ruler of all dimensions, seek to preserve this false salvation of theirs that was everything. Who were they to lay claim to the greatest mistake of all, and deny creation's inevitable purpose of returning to the nothing that spawned it? No being had the right to forestall the ultimate destiny, and any that thought otherwise would find themselves returned to The Void.

This Barret Wallace that fought on against him was no exception, foolish throwing everything he had against the warlock in blind hopes that his meaningless existence would continue for just another day. Exdeath charged at the summon when it began moving for him in it's Hellfire attack, and collided dead on with the beast as the flames engulfed them both in a giant fireball. The sounds of the flames roaring, from both the fireball and around the tower would surely give any normal being the impression that they were in hell, however it had been apparent that intimidation was not a siding factor to the warlock's efforts from the start of this battle.

The burning sphere was soon fired upon by Barret's Grenade Bomb and an Ungarmax that added to the explosion's radius and temperature. It was several moments before the sphere began to dissipate, and as it did, Exdeath slowly lowered himself to the ground with there being no sight of Ifrit. The impact of his sudden drop created a small, muddy crater beneath his armored knee as it took all of his weight. While Exdeath remained hunched over, the warlock's sword timely pierced the ground near his right claw with a mere 'snikt'. A deep chuckle then came from the great hulk of armor as it began to slow rise to a standing position once more. Taking grasp upon his sword once more, Exdeath rose to his full height and began walking towards the man with the gun arm laughing.

He held out his left hand towards Barret and tightly clenched it. A loud hummed rose from the ground near the human's feet; the temperature began to quickly rise, and was soon followed by a powerful explosion in the form of a Level 3 Flare. Whether Barret managed to dodge the unexpected technique remained to be unseen. Immediately after he heard the hum of his spell, Exdeath then pointed his hand at the Tower itself and unleashed another Grand Cross. Five black spheres created a shower of stone and debris as they slammed into the side of the building, which left a smoking gap in place of the impact. Cracks soon began to fracture around the great wound of the Tower, and soon with several more spells it would give in to collapsing.

Exdeath then charged at Barret in a full speed glide just above the grass, eclipsing himself within a giant sphere of black and cyan energy. Exdeath gave out a loud roar as he came within several feet of his opponent, then detonated the incomprehensible power of Almagest. The colors spread outward as the power was released as quickly as gunfire, resulting in a cataclysmic explosion as the sphere combusted in all directions. The warlock then came at Wallace with three slashes from his sword, and followed up with his Blizzaga spell; a brief hurricane of violent, chilled winds and razor sharp ice. Exdeath's battle skirt and cape flapped violently at the sudden increase of wind speed, while their master let out another triumphant laugh.

He floated high above the opposition as the spell continued until it's end, accompanied by his sword which continued to revolve around him in a fashion greatly resemblant of a moon. The warlock pointed his white claws down at Barret's position and unleashed a devastating Holy spell on the same position he had performed his ice technique. Bright spheres encircled a ray of holy energy as it fired down upon the earth, then slammed down upon the ground to inflict damage upon their target. Exdeath lowered his arms and crossed them as he examined the remains of his assault as he remained airborne above the field of battle. He remained curious to see if the pitiful worm had survived his actions, only for reassurance that he could now continue what he had come here to do.