Everything was chaos. This much power was suffocating and Nox wasn't even drawing much. The smoke and stench filled the tunnel. It was all chaos. The man beside him new to the power threw a single fireball before losing his control. At last he wouldn't die -- if only Raffe could have been taught so easy there would be one less worry on his plate -- one less person he'd have to watch die in front of him.
The misery almost overwhelmed him, the raging horde pushed against his will and they surged again, this time Nox watched Jay slip and fall. The small rat sized creatures swarmed over his body trying to find purchase -- thank fucking god for the rods uniform. But it was only a half thought as Nox dropped the fiery mess and threw up two pillars of air behind Marcus and the Ascendancy. Allan watched as Jay fell and yet he hadn't reacted to saving one of his own. Hesitation would get them all killed. In addition to the two pillars Nox wove a third weave, one he'd done thousands of times. He practiced the intricacies of the directed sound wave. He'd spent a year perfecting it's design and he knew it inside out backwards and forwards and he wove the intricate weave of sound just above Jay. He stood up and staggered on first step as he clapped his hands like he was squashing the weave in front of him. The crushing wave sent out a unidirectional blast over the top of Jay's body throwing all the creatures on top of him crashing into the walls. The pillars in front of the Ascendancy and Marcus caught most of the sonic back last as the beasts crushed against the walls.
There were a few remaining on the ground biting at Jay's uniform. Nox picked up one creature with his mechanical hand and Jay with his good one pulling him from the ground with the help of a weave to make the man stand. Nox stared into the eyes of the creature. The darkness in him pushed at him, pulled at the world around him, but Nox pushed back. Mine! he roared in his head sending the message across to the horde. Those that stood near looked at Nox and then fled down the halls to join the remainder of the horde -- they would only be useful as long as they didn't die. Nox had no intention of just killing horde to be done with it. No -- this was about making the tunnels safe with no monsters -- none. Not a single one would survive him if he lived through this.
The threat diminished and Nox dropped the power and turned his attention to Jay with a single ball of light hovering over his hand as he pushed at Jay's sleeves frantically, and tilting his head from side to side roughly. "Did you get bit? Are you okay?"
The misery almost overwhelmed him, the raging horde pushed against his will and they surged again, this time Nox watched Jay slip and fall. The small rat sized creatures swarmed over his body trying to find purchase -- thank fucking god for the rods uniform. But it was only a half thought as Nox dropped the fiery mess and threw up two pillars of air behind Marcus and the Ascendancy. Allan watched as Jay fell and yet he hadn't reacted to saving one of his own. Hesitation would get them all killed. In addition to the two pillars Nox wove a third weave, one he'd done thousands of times. He practiced the intricacies of the directed sound wave. He'd spent a year perfecting it's design and he knew it inside out backwards and forwards and he wove the intricate weave of sound just above Jay. He stood up and staggered on first step as he clapped his hands like he was squashing the weave in front of him. The crushing wave sent out a unidirectional blast over the top of Jay's body throwing all the creatures on top of him crashing into the walls. The pillars in front of the Ascendancy and Marcus caught most of the sonic back last as the beasts crushed against the walls.
There were a few remaining on the ground biting at Jay's uniform. Nox picked up one creature with his mechanical hand and Jay with his good one pulling him from the ground with the help of a weave to make the man stand. Nox stared into the eyes of the creature. The darkness in him pushed at him, pulled at the world around him, but Nox pushed back. Mine! he roared in his head sending the message across to the horde. Those that stood near looked at Nox and then fled down the halls to join the remainder of the horde -- they would only be useful as long as they didn't die. Nox had no intention of just killing horde to be done with it. No -- this was about making the tunnels safe with no monsters -- none. Not a single one would survive him if he lived through this.
The threat diminished and Nox dropped the power and turned his attention to Jay with a single ball of light hovering over his hand as he pushed at Jay's sleeves frantically, and tilting his head from side to side roughly. "Did you get bit? Are you okay?"
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