Marchiosas - Midway

With Lagi continuing his progression while riding on Longzufu, he took a look at the options that involved traveling down 20 meters to the rocky desert. This was probably the best-case scenario for Lagi to dominate this particular challenge, only because Longzufu was a land dragon. For what he couldn't do with flight, Longzufu was a master when it came to traveling in the ground and making his way through places that had difficult terrains, regardless of whether it was earth or sand.

"This is your time to make a hole and dig through the lower section. It does matter, just make your path!"

With his seismic sense and wing digger, Longzufu let out a great roar as the crystal dragon started to burrow into the ground, using his seismic sense and creating its own burrowing path at A-tier speeds to make it towards the lower sand area of where the lighthouse was located. If there was a more treacherous method of getting things done, it was probably the act of digging down alongside the wall and burrowing through to create his own safe path to the lower area. His sensory was up in case of any sort of obstacles or enemies in the ground as well.

If somehow Longzufu got to the sand, he would also continue to burrow up but have his head stick out so Lagi can also have a good look at the lighthouse.


Note: instead of taking the conventional paths, Longzufu made a hole.

Spoiler:

Bass walked from the gate of the main hall and was transported to another part of the Dungeon. His eyes scanned the area where he now found himself.  Looking around he noticed he was on some type of cliff with the light off in the distance about 20 meters away.   Tried from his travels and having to kill a few demons and the one within the cage, the young man removed the tent from his back and took the time to set it up. After all, was said and done, he sat within it and took out a small cake and bit into it. The cake was very good as he could feel it claiming his hunger and filling his belly with nutrients.  With a yawn, he stretches out his arms and felt the weight of his eyes get heavy.  He had come here hoping to find room and board for the night until he reached Helio as he had been suggested to do to find a strong warrior or a person with wisdom to help him find his path to power to return to Balbadd and restore the country to its rightful state.  He guessed the tent would have to do for now.  Placing his bow to his side he drew his dagger and gripped it firmly in case it would be needed.  His stamina would recover while he slept, and his magoi replenished from his cake.  Still wearing his costume he drifted off to sleep for some time.

Magoi: 85/100
Stamina:60/100

Weapons/Items:

Rest Items:

Consumed Onigirl gaining 25 magoi bringing Bass to 100/100 Magoi
Rested within Tent gaining 30 stamina bringing 90/100 Stamina

Morgan found herself on the ground. Flat on her back. The door she had unlocked with the key barfed up from the jailed demon hadn't opened so much as it had practically sucked her into it once the key she had placed it in the hole. The first breath she took she could tell she was someplace completely different. The air smelled fresher and fine particles of sand rode the wind into her throat, causing her to sit up suddenly and begin coughing. Her coughing fit finished the Sasan Knight turned her attention to studying her new, clearly external, location. There was an overwhelming sense of awe in the brutal woman for the first time in a good, long while that didn't involve brute strength and overwhelming cruelty.

The landscape was nothing like what it had been outside the initial gate she had passed through in order to enter the dungeon. Yet there was no way such a wide open sky could fill the confines of the castle like structure's walls. The entire ground was awash with a layer of fine sand, some which the statuesque woman had already inadvertently ingested upon her waking, with a steep drop ending the current area she stood upon at an obvious edge. Dusting herself off once she was on her feet yet again the azure haired woman made her way to the edge in order to gain a better view of her surroundings and attempt to find a hint of a path to her next destination. The cliff below her feet was steep indeed. From her estimate she believed it to be roughly twenty meters from where she stood to the bottom of the natural wall and yet another expanse of desert sand. She had the strongest sensation that she was going to add sand to her list of things that didn't have a right to exist by the time she had finished this little adventure.

From her vantage point there wasn't a whole lot more she'd be able to make out sans the rough shape of a colossal sculpture that simply had to be gigantic if she could make out as much of it from as far away and as high up as she currently was. Without taking even a second to think it over the woman gently lowered herself so that she was hanging from the edge of the cliff by her hands. Shifting her grip to her left hand she began to manipulate the structure of her right hand. She found times like this to be when her Leviathan's Talon came in most handy. With her entire hand now essentially a single hardened spike she dug her united nails into the surface of the cliff's face. With a single boot digging into the rocky surface to act as a brace she would release the hand holding on to the edge. If her hypothesis was correct she would be able to use her talon to hold her to the wall while gravity carried her down and allowed her to cut through the material like a blade gliding smoothly down through a sheet of paper.

Magoi: 70/70
Stamina: 120/130

Leviathan's Talon:

Unicorn Horn Lance:

Shard of Solomon:

The vampire lord would mount his trusty steed and descend easily with no problem through the rocky surface into the more malleable geology below. As tunnel approached, the land dragon would lose sense of the cliff above, but able to sense the sands below.

Lagi would emerge from the dunes, wading in the sand with his beast's head sticking out like a crocodile in the water. Right beside him would be a broken, uneven stone path to the sculpture. He would be also able to see a tiny bag that seemed to be filled coins inside should he choose to take it.

Having a few minutes to decide what to do with the satchel, sixteen paired flames, like will-o-wisps, would approach him. The paired flames seemed to wade through the air towards him at a walking pace, blocking off the stone road. As they got close enough, they would transform into their true forms in a burst of flames.

Lagi would now see eight cavalry units of pure flames. Their undetailed forms could be recognized as humans on horses. Each of the riders had a blade at their waist, holding the fiery reigns of their horses. They would stop and observe but still blocking the stone path beside the vampire lord.

Fire Elemental Cavalry x8:

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Bass would enjoy some gentle gusts of winds and cloud cover to keep the area cool and comfortable. He was able to relax for quite some time. He would be unsure of exactly how long has passed during his nap but he would feel exactly 90% refreshed. If he were to stay in the tent and relax for a bit longer, he would feel completely refreshed. The cliff wasn't going anywhere. If Bass were to look past the cliff once more, he could see nothing has changed. Not a sign of life nearby except for him.  

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Morgan would get to the edge of the cliff, maintaining her grip with her handle before rappelling down with a single, mutated arm clawing into the cliff surface. The claw and proper body control would be enough to fight gravity for a majority of the way down. As she grinded down the mountain face, the mountain would resist the slice, making her cut more and more shallow. As she was nearly five meters from the floor, the steepness of the cliff would cause her to have to take a leap of faith. Regardless of how she landed, she would take minor scrapes and scuffs from the sand, which also broke her fall, leaving her nearly unwounded

Once she got to her feet, she would catch sight of a knapsack whose silhouette seemed to reveal a full content of coins.

After having a minute to decide on whether or not to claim the bag, a pair of stacked fireballs would waddle through the air towards her. She would see the stony path before her to the sculpture. The orbs of fire would transform, slowly growing from the their shapes until they formed a cavalry soldier, Flaming horse and mounted knight, weapon and all. This soldier would seem to gaze at Morgan, waiting. Not offering a positive nor negative gesture to a fellow knight.

Fire Elemental Cavalry:

*Notes.

Lagi - You've made it to the floor safely. You see a bag. Eight Fire Elemental Cavalry approach you.

Bass - You've recovered your magoi and stamina, other than that it's been uneventful

Morgan - You've made it to the floor, with D-tier damage. You see a bag. A single Fire Elemental Cavalry approaches you.

After seeing the bag of coins, it actually made Lagi wonder if there was a hidden meaning to the coins actually being there? A number of things could result in it like there is a hidden meaning of some sort of claiming the bag and it becomes a penalty later on. In regards to the greed of humans, it would be easy for them to claim the bag for themselves. However, Lagi declined on doing so, leaving the bag where it was. At the very least, he would miss out on some Huang that he would have liked to convert into the Tartarus form of currency, but that would have been the most he would have used it for.

In the meantime, he was currently focusing on the group of enemies that he managed to sense ahead of him with his danger sense, as well as seeing them ahead with the vision that he had.

"Charge through....."

Giving a command to Longzufu, Lagi also summoned Orie to be positioned behind him to bring about a high concentration of lightning magic. The result of it was a negative charge that reacted to all forms of metal that weren't on Lagi's person, regardless of whether they were magical or not. Also with Longzufu halfway into the ground and charging through like a shart with only his head showing, the flame horseman would be met with an interesting predicament. They would be zoned out with an incredible magnetic force that would propel them afar away up to 25 meters from Lagi as he continued onto the rocky path, as well as using Lonzufu to destroy it behind him so they couldn't follow on their horses. At the very least, even if they managed to find a way to root themselves, they would have been forced back a considerable amount of distance before being able to counter Lagi and his plan.

For once, Lagi managed to solve an issue without fighting.

Spoiler:

Stamina 400/430
Magoi 380/400

Morgan found her attempt at rappelling down the face of the cliff had gone better than she expected. The bulk of the duration having proven smooth despite how the stone grew denser and caused her makeshift talon to cut deeper into it in order to keep her from coming unattached and simply plummeting to the sands below. It wasn't until she had hit that final five meters from the base of the wall, give or take, that she found herself having to make any kind of quick decisions. The stone had finally grown strong enough that she found her talon no longer able to remain submerged within the minerals, one final slice finally knocking it free from the wall all together, and that she would need to simply allow herself to fall the remainder of the way. Leaping from the rock wall she did her best to tumble as her fall ended, the sand helping to cushion the impact just enough that all she found herself coming away from the landing with was a few minor scrapes.

All in all she found that the possibly dumbest thing she had done so far, and also the most fun and "badass" as she felt, had ended up a rather successful endeavor. Dusting her uniform off the Sasan Knight would take notice of a bag filled with coins atop the sandy ground. She was fairly positive it was a trap of some sort. "As if I'd be stupid enough to fall for something as simple as that." She reassured herself. Yet the woman knew that money was a form of power in itself and certainly a sizable amount such as what was contained in the knapsack would be an aid to her own stockpile of strength. Even if it was a trap she knew full-well she'd be able to handle whatever it would spring and as such decided to scoop up the entire bag of coins just in time to take notice of two orbs of flames approach her.

The orbs shifted in form until the visage of a horse mounted knight formed of pure flames was staring right at her. In an attempt to be prepared for whatever might happen the woman made the subtlest motion she could muster in order to put the shaft of her lance within reach of her hand.

Magoi: 70/70
Stamina: 120/130

notes:

Waking up it seemed he had a peaceful rest, the young man smiled at the success at finally being able to rest. Feeling almost at 100 percent he'd stretched his arms and exited the tent to find a cloud over him which allowed him to feel a bit cooler. It was odd, but it made it clear this was not a dream nor was it a hotel of some sort. He needed to take this very seriously, as he would move further into whatever this place was. Bass gathered his things and took the tent down making sure everything would be secure for his travels. With great bow in hand Bass looked down at the edge of the cliff, the light still 20 meters away, look about judging the shot. Lifting the great bow Bass reached into the quiver grabbing his arrow with a spear head and a steel cord rope. Attaching the end of the cable to some near back large rocks Grapple Shot would then be fired for 10 stamina as his arrow would seek contact near the light source. Placing the great bow on his back he would draw his dagger once more, using the hook blade to catch the steel line he would descend downwards to his target location.

When he reached the end of the line he would swing the blade to remove it from the line as his boots touched down on the rocky layer of ground under him. Placing the dagger back into its compartment he'd look around once more from behind the mask and under the hood of his suit.

Magoi: 100/100
Stamina: 80/100

Grapple Shot
Tier: D
Class: Ranger
Type: Supplementary
Range: Long
Requirements/Drawbacks:Must draw and fix ammo onto the weapon and have a line of sight on target.
Scaling: Projectiles double per 10 stamina
Sustain:0
Cool Down: 1 post
Cost: 10 Stamina
Description:

Bass fires ammo attached with a spearhead and rope. The Spearhead is about .5 meters long and .2 meters wide while being .1 meters in thickness. The rope is of steel, giving it a black color and a length of 20 Meters. This would be limited to things that have less durablility than metals such as steel and iron.

Lagi
Danger Sense didn't sense any life forms, but did hear the crackling of flames.
No repulsion

As Jynx's thoughts were on the bag but then turned to face the enemies, his danger sense would only have picked up the crackle of flames but once they reached within ten meters of him, he would not be able to sense any life from them.

Once Orie appeared behind Lagi, the squadron of cavalry brought their swords of flames to the sky, as the flame horses would rear. While there were was no neighing or screams, the crackles of their flames would grow louder like a bonfire and the shapes of their silhouettes would disperse as the flames of their bodies would flare out.

As Lagi would dash past them on the sand. However, Lagi would be surprised a second time. The Fire Elemental Cavalry was completely unaffected by the negative charge. However, thanks to Longzufus speed there was still some distance gained by Lagi. However, the cavalry would march behind him nearly keeping up with Longzufu. As Lagi would keep riding, he could see the large 10 meter tall statue 50 meters up ahead, and something sparkling on a podium between its feet.


Morgan

Morgan would decide to grab the bag of huang, and she would see a stash of huang all for her for the taking. The bag didn't seem to have any tricks, nor did the huang seem fake or coated any poison.

The cavalry soldier who had witnessed her looting the bag would also just watch in silence. It merely would guard the road ahead. The horse would stand sideways to act as more of a blockade.

Bass

The 'lighthouse' would be over 100 meters away, still calling out to him. Bass would secure the rope to the rocks with ease, and even with a small tug, he could tell both the rope and rock would support his weight without a doubt. He would fire his arrow straight out, but it would be restrained by the anchor. As the arrow would swing down and barely touch the ground.

Bass would quickly descend the cliff face with his dagger to protect his hand with the bow on his back. As he landed, he would also see his own bag, but the bag would waver and then diminish into nothing as if it were a mirage. On the rocky road ahead, there was already a soldier of fire on a matching horse. As the horses nostrils would flare, tiny embers would spew out.

Fire Elemental Cavalry:

Note

Lagi
You sense these creatures are not alive
They are unaffected by Negative Charge and are chasing you at B-tier speed.
You are 50m from the statue

Morgan
You've earned 20,000 huang
The cavalry has not reacted.
You're 100m from the statue

Bass
You've descended.
You saw a mirage of a bag, and then met with 1 cavalry.
You're 100m from the statue

Looking around he could notice someone or something rather out in the distance about 100 meters or so away. With this information Bass would sigh, his easy-going lifestyle was starting to become dangerous! What was he to do? Why approach the horse back-mounted creature and find out if they too were a demon. He would walk up towards them but stop about 20 meters away. Keeping the great bow at the ready Bass looked up towards the horse's rider.

"Hey there, I hope you're not another one of those demons hell-bent on trying to get free hahaha." He would joke making a pun due to the hellish like terrain. "Listen I'm just looking to make it through here, if you would be so kind as to help me out I would be happy to receive it. Though honestly, I don't have much to offer you for the help if you were to offer it, it would the right thing to do. "

Bass would be nervous of course, he was not sure what the answer of what the man of flames would want truly, though if it was a fight Bass would hope they could come to terms peacefully as he had tried to do with the demon within the cage.

"Ah, it didn't work...." Canceling the ability after realizing the negative charge didn't affect the ghastly creatures that were chasing behind Lagi. But he still had to find a way to get rid of them somehow if he didn't want to be chased by them anymore.  As he thought long and hard, he figured that he can use his lightning tractor again. With orie behind him and Lagi using his perfect balance on top of the speeding dragon and his A tier grip of strength on the crystal pieces that make up it's body, Lagi used lighting tracor and blasted a wave of lightning at the ongoing pursers in order to thin their numbers as Longzufu continued towards the tower.  The attack did A-tier lightning magic and  reached as far as 40 meters behind lagi. The blast its self was 15 meters in size.

"It's not in your best interest to follow me around!"

Spoiler:

Stamina 400/430
Magoi 360/400

The Sasan knight smirked as she took the bag of huang from its resting point in the sands. No traps had actually sprung when she removed it from its spot but it was as she was counting it out that she realized that, despite claiming she was anything but an idiot, she had made the stupid mistake of using her bare hands to retrieve the knapsack. If she had truly been smart about it she'd have used her lance to spike the bag or even pick it up by one of its straps and use the extra reach to keep a distance just in case something would have been triggered. As far as Morgan was concerned she had simply gotten stupidly lucky.

Turning her attention to the cavalry soldier of flames atop his blazing steed Morgan would remove her lance from her back, casually and in the least threatening manner she could muster. Instead she would stab it into the sands and lean on it like she would a pillar or a wall. "So "hot stuff"," She resisted the urge to chuckle at her own horrendous joke, "Are you here to escort me or to keep me away? Cause I got to get to that little beacon out there and you're in my way."

Bass

Each flaming hoof would trot silently towards the archer. The single rider matching the intent by holding onto the blade of flames. The winds would blow across the arid terrain, carrying wisps of flames off of the burning elemental who was unaffected and unemotional. A hearty rumble coming from the statue would distract Bass temporarily. Following this commotion, the cavalry soldier would run towards the statue.

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Lagi could see the stampede of Fire Elemental Calvary chasing behind him. Orie would pivot from her host as it fed from Lagi's pool of magoi to send off the electric blast. The cavalry would split their formation, blitzing dashes as they separated on the road, some pulling back. But even as they took evasive maneuvers, three managed to just barely evade the cone of death.

Longzufu would encroach on the situation, and Lagi would finally see the statue up close, and there was a sudden rumbling of the earth that would stop even Longzufu in his tracks.

The trio of cavalry would be finally be able to catch up to Lagi, but before him something else was happening. The violent shaking would cause chips to break off the stonework. The rubble would guide his eyes to the floor between the statues legs. On a pedestal was a skull-sized marble, and within the orb. With a gradual shift of its footing, it was evident that it was targetting Lagi and protecting the gate beneath.



The statue would awaken, revealing itself as the source of the tremors. It's orifices were like smoldering coals, whose flames were stoked by the desert winds. The ten meter tall golem, had a stone stave equal to it in size. The cap of the staff was that of a street lamp, but housing a chaotic flame.

Golem Fire Magician:

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Morgan

There was no reaction to the woman's words. She would only hear the whistling winds of the desert in reply. The soldier hadn't reached for its blade. In the middle of the stand-still, tremor make it way here from the statue that would distract Morgan temporarily. Following this commotion, the cavalry soldier would run towards the statue.

With the burning horseman moving out of the way to try to dodge the lightning cannon, Lagi decided to sustain the ability and even scale it. The lightning tractor, which might have seemed predictable since it wasn't moving erratically before, would change its movements all of a sudden due to Lagi's scaling. But now that the lighting tractor has access to its erratic movements swinging about, it would be something surprising as the tractor whipped to the sides to follow the horseman around to try to destroy and engulfs the flaming horseman with its power, attempting to do A-tier lightning ability damage once more.

However, that was the least of Lahgi's problems as he saw the giant heat like rock golem get out of its position of comfort to face him. Looking at the being and realizing this might be a problematic foe, Lagi sucked his teeth as he descended off Longzufu in his vampire lord form.

"Since I don't know your capabilities, I'll start with one of  my best moves!"

Building the muscles in his legs, he descended upon the ground as he vibrated his legs and gave off a mighty stomp towards the direction of the heat golem magician.  That resulted in a scaled shockwave stomp towards the direction of the golem magician that was scaled three times.  The powerful layered vibration shockwave contained 4 A's worth of A-tier ability damage, with every intention of Lagi simply obliterating the golem with an overpowering force and using the drugs to overcome the burden of overexerting himself.  Overwhelming power, when complex strategies seem fruitless against a prospected obstacle, was Lagi's main choice in actions.  The attack for the stomp is a cone that's 20 meters in width, and 15 meters in length, traveling as far as 15 meters from then. It was big enough to engulf the golem completely. Not only that, but the size of the attack would also be able to engulf the staff of the golem magician in order to equally deal as much damage to the golem and what it had in its possession.

The spread should have been fine, even if the golem tried to contest the attack with a clash to no avail. The main target of the attack was the lighthouse. Even if the recently awakened creature was just apart of the pair since the attack was big enough to engulf it, the lighthouse taking 4 A-tier ability damage should have been enough to break it.

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Spoiler:

Stamina 330/430
Magoi 340/400

His words were no met with words, they were no met with anything which made him, even more, stand offish taking a single half step back. He could see they too were on guard and neither seemed to want to make the first move. A rumble came from the statue, his eyes focusing on it for a mere moment. As the young hero's eyes would shift, the flaming elemental and its horse would start moving towards it. With his eyes under his good looking back to the cavalier watched it move. In suit Bass would follow behind the horsemen, steady with his speed and hoping the two would maybe be able to work things out or perhaps be able to find some common ground of the sense of what is going on here. Perhaps the two could figure this out? Bass would walk up to the statue, staying about 20 meters from the statue though, making sure if anything were to happen he had to ground to handle it properly.

Despite her questioning of the flaming soldier Morgan received no answer. It made no movement save from the flickering of the flames that it and its steed were formed from. The Sasan Knight's attention was taken from the flaming entity as the ground under their feet, the vibrations originating in the direction of the statue beyond the flaming horseman. The tremors seemed to take its attention as well causing the blazing warrior to turn about face and race off on its steed towards the location of the statue and the source. Following the warrior's lead Morgan charged on after him.

Phobos
The latest challenger would be greeted by desolation. There was only a ledge ahead of him and sandy barrens as far as the eye could see behind him. The sapphire sky and cooling breeze were a welcome change to his brief stint as a prisoner. Looking forward past the cliff, there was a ten meter tall golem with an equally sized staff, with roaring flames coming from the core of the creature as well as the cap of the staff, all about 100 meters away. But if Phobos wanted to progress, he'd have to make it down this 20 meter drop.

Suddenly, from the golems staff escaped a flare, rising to the sky. Eventually exploding several meters into the air, as the entire atmosphere changed. From a tranquil sapphire to apocalyptic hues of orange, and the few clouds scattering. Is it getting hotter here?

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Jynx
The flaming cavalry behind Jynx would come together once again during their pursuit, but Ories enhanced blast would completely wipe them away as the electrical charge pierce through the flames. The split embers would fade into nothingness.

The heat golem magician would eye down Jynx, lifting the advanced staff into the air as the muscles in Lagi's leg tensed up. Jynx would manage a seismic stomp that rattled rocks right off of the Golems armor.

After the stomp the golem would cast the updraft, launching Jynx into the air. The golem would take a total of two A-tiers of damage from the single stomp, but the reverberations would reach all the way to the advanced staff. The damage would cause the magic weapon to crack. From the glass of the Lighthouse staff, an orb of heat magic would shoot through the sky like a firework. Detonating almost a hundred meters over head. The sky would be filled by the sunburst turning the colors of the atmosphere to a copper crimson, as the intensity of heat hit everyone in the 100 meter radius.

While Lagi was knocked into the air, the Golem magician would follow up with another spell, Firebolt aimed directly at him at the peak of the knock up. Two more Cavalry Units appear from the North and South, ready for Lagi to land.

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Bass & Morgan
Bass and Morgan would approach and see each other from opposite direction, with their cavalry now in hot pursuit of Jynx. They would see the exchange between two monsters. As they fought, a large ball of heat magic would fly into the sky, then exploding. The air would become arid, almost too dry and hot to breathe as their bodies would no longer be able to cool themselves off. The Golem magician would only give a quick glance to the other two intruders before surrounding the gate between its legs in a dome of flame, preventing Bass and Morgan from reaching it.


Combat Notes
Heatburst -Lagi is interrupted after one stomp and launched 5 meters upward
Shockwave - The shockwave damage had hit the golem and the staff for reduced damage, reduced to Two A-Tiers ability damage to both.
??? - A spell came from within the Lighthouse Staff when it was damaged. A-tier damage reduced to C-tier.
Firebolt - Another spell aimed at Jynx. A-tier reduced to C-tier.
Firedome - A spell encircles the gate. B-tier damage reduced to D-tier damage.

"I'm the strongest..."


Danger sense was quite the terrifying and useful ability, Lagi was constantly aware of his surroundings. Humans were approaching, much likely to be greenhorns of some kind. If they couldn't handle themselves, they would die.  That's as much as there was to it, people were on their own in here.

With the updraft ability being applied, Lagi ended up doing something unique in order to counter it. Not only did his superior danger sense heard the concentration buildup of heat and picked up on the increase of its smell of the burst of magic being prepared below him, but he also had a specific took to keep him in place. Channeling magoi into his Chrous belt magic tool, governed how Lagi controlled his weight.  While in his vampire lord form with the added muscular frame and beastly appearance, this was even more important with how it interacted with the overdraft.  Once king of the titans was activated, Lagi in his vampire lord form became as heavy as gold and withstood the draft. While keeping himself in place, Lagi sustained his Shockwave stomp in order to obliterate the golem with absolute power with another wave of 4 a-tiers of ability damage packed into one. The golem would have to deal with that, but it was more or less completely destroyed if that was the case. Since Lagi was not in the air, the only thing facing the golem was it's own possible destruction. This was as much as a targeted attack to the lighthouse as it was the golem holding it, the same act as before.

As for the 100-meter blast,  Lagi would simply yell out a command to his dragon to protect him.

"Crystal Barrier!"

With all of his limbs touching the ground, Longzufu grew over a 16-meter crystal barrier in length and width to protect himself and his master, weathering the storm of the fiery blast that was caused by the leak of the tower advanced wands. The barrier could defend against A-tier damage per layer, but one was enough. As for the other humans, they would have to find a way to deal with that damage themselves.

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Spoiler:

Stamina 295/430
Magoi 320/400

The Suited man would walk up and notice another humanoid, a ridiculously tall woman stood across from him, she was over a foot taller than him from what he could tell from this distance. He would then notice his traveling buddy increase speeds and head away from him, The woman's horsemen would do the same which questioned why were they lead here and what was going on? With Bow still at the ready, he scanned the woman's body language for hostile intent, if he did not read any he would then get into position to get a good view of the horsemen who were heading towards the combat between the large golem and some strange beast. The battle was intense as he stood 20 meters away watching the horsemen go in.

Unsurer what the two monsters were fighting over, the young Hero watched to figure out what the objective of the two was exactly. It seemed the golem's body language showed it was guarding something, perhaps another gate like he had seen before when he slew the demon. It seemed as the horsemen of flames were perhaps allied with the Golem as its actions allowed that much of an assumption. Bass would look back to the overly tall woman who sort of made him feel threatened by her height alone.

"Greetings Ma'am I wish we had more time to really speak but I think there are more important things to handle. I think we should try to stop the fighting, I don't want the horsemen to die for no need. "

As he would speak his words the battle would rage onwards, looking back down a Dragon of all things would be making some sort of wall. Things seemed to happen fast and Bass was unsure what happened. It was a rookie error for taking his eyes off the battle for even a second. He'd start to make his way down towards the battle perhaps he could stop unneeded death from occurring if he was indeed fast enough.

The warrior of flame turned its attention away from Morgan, almost as if alarmed, and broke into a fierce stride in the direction of the very statue Morgan herself had been heading for herself. The Sasan Knight simply shrugged at the creature's actions, her question unanswered in any other way. For all she knew the entity of flames was doing exactly ask she asked and escorting her to where she next needed to go. However if she were forced to put two and two together she'd guess that wasn't the case. The cavalryman had been formed of flames and that made reading its body language a tad tougher than it would have for anyone else but Morgan had to gather it was rushing off to intercept a threat. Much like a cavalryman would be expected to do. Or at least one under her command. Their advantage of being horse mounted allowed for quicker relocation after all.

The Sasan Knight would break into a brisk rush, careful to avoid burning herself out so soon into the dungeon's trials, following the dirt and dust kicked up by its horse's hooves and trailing in its wake. In the sky she would notice a massive orb of flames exploded with the heat of the desert increasing heavily. The sweat began to cover her fair skin rapidly as she found herself panting heavily while she continued on towards the golem growing in size as she closed the distance to the gate between its legs. The golem seemed to take notice of not only her approach but that of another individual appearing off from her right. While it fought against an actual dragon soaring through the sky it seemed to still be able to take the moment to protect the gate below it. A dome of fire erupted around its legs as it turned its attention back to the dragon.

The comparatively gargantuan woman found herself coming to a halt roughly twenty meters away from the newly erected dome. Her breathing was labored and her clothes soaked through with her own sweat. Normally heat wasn't something that tended to bother Morgan given Sasan's relation to the temperate nation of Reim, in addition to her hard upbringing of heavy labor and her intense knightly training, yet she was well aware that this heat had been forcibly made less than tolerable. Silently she found herself resigning to removing the jacket of her uniform, unbuttoning it before allowing it to remain open over her tight, and sweat soaked, undershirt in hopes that would be good enough. The last thing she needed was to return to Sasan once she left the dungeon and needing to explain why she needed a replacement uniform.

Phobos

Last to the room, watching the events unfold from a distance. His mothers words rang in his ears as they ushered him forward. Phobos' careful approach would take sometime to get a feel for keystones to traverse the way down, but his hereditary strength would prove useful past a few close calls and slips. By the time Phobos made it to the ground, the large statue was no more but there was a second orb within the sky. The temperature was more bearable, but somehow the flames now seemed even more intense and concentrated than before.

Before the fanalis was a craggy road leading directly to the aftermath of the battle between two titans with large fragments of rocks being the only thing remaining of the golem.

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Lagi Bass Morgan

Lagi would match each of the golems moves. As the Golem attempted to send, it would begin to send him upwards. However, the vampire would infuse magoi into his belt, multiplying his weight several times. With the body of a greek god, he would stomp once more. The weight amplifying the stomp several fold. The vibrations from this attack would create, large fissures through the golems body tracing the edges of the rocky facets. The golem would start to fall like a perfectly controlled demolition. From the core of the body, a ruby-like gemstone would shoot out in the general direction of it's slayer.  

As the 'Lighthouse', shattered as well, even with its enhanced durability. The light from the glass cap would remain floating in the air as the stones that formed the statue-size staff would fall away. The glass cube would start to crack. The arena would cool down, eerily similar to the calm before a storm. The flame circle around the gate would fade with the golems crumbling. The fallen rocks would make a small temple with archways around the gate for access.

Bass and Morgan have watched everything unfold as tremors from the rocks falling shook them to their core. Was this the sort of level to be expected going forth? Maybe it was time to leave while they still could...  if only they could figure out how.

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Notes
Danger Sense doesn't pick up on the smell or sound of heat IMO.
The glass portion of the 'Lighthouse' is floating in the air with a concentrated heat and light.
Lagi, you can get the jewel if you'd like. If not, Morgan and Bass can go for it.

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Enemy Tier: Ω
Damage Required to Defeat: A Tier (x4)
Description: Light trapped in a glass cube? Danger.
Traits:
Glass Cell: The cell is breaking. A-tier durability.
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With the golem defeated, it was about time that Lagi went on his way. He already wasted quite a bit of energy and had no real interest in continuing with this farce of showing off his strength. He already knew that he was strong, and he had no more reason to prove it. In addition to that, when the gem from the defeated golem shot in Lagi's direction, he flew up to catch it and claim it as his own. The further inspection of the item would have to wait until later, it seemed as if the gate had revealed itself upon the defeat of the golem. Or better yet, Longzufu noticed it first with his eyes and seismic sense. Lagi would follow suit, landing on his dragon and giving the signal for Longzufu to move forward at A-tier speeds in order to cross the makeshift temple archway in order to make it to the gate and proceed to the next room.

With the ruby in hand, it was a good chance that it could be either a useful item or a secret that Lagi can use in the other room.

"Let's go, Longzufu!"

Stamina 295/430
Magoi 320/400

The ground rumbled and shook as each piece of the gargantuan golem fell to the ground. Whoever, or whatever, had been facing off against the titan had triumphed and dealt with the gate's guardian appropriately enough. It seemed as if the increase in heat throughout the sands had been tied to the golem as well as Morgan found herself growing less and less hot until she was once more in a tolerable state. Or at least as tolerable as she could be with her only set of clothes soaked through from her excess sweat.

Where the golem had stood, the beacon that had attracted the group like moths to a flame now shattered, remained what seemed to be the light's core. Not that Morgan herself quite cared about it. She was able to regulate her breathing once more, which meant she would be able to make a mad dash for the newly formed archways that had landed by the next gate. The woman showed no fear. This was actually, quite possibly, the most fun she had gotten to experience since she could remember. Even her own torture sessions back in Sasan had began to grow dull for the twisted knight. It was an enjoyable change of pace for sure. Paying no mind to the others she would make that very dash for the gate at full speed.