"Holy" Battle (Priest)

[jyo]

Jyo walked out into the training grounds once more. He had left his long coat behind this time and his sword was sheathed at his hip. Very odd for him as it normally was horizontal at the small of his back. But he was used to this as well to a point. The 9mm glock was in a holster at his left by the ribs were his right hand could easily draw it in less than a second.

His long hair was loose like when he had first started learning here. Ember the lagre fire-wold stood beside him.
"So my other half. Why are we here. You didn't mention anything about training today. You just up and left. Granted I am glad I was able to come out as well this time it is unsual for you to train today." Said the wolf.

"Well Ember. i just had one of those feelings. you might know about them. The one's where you just have to be somewhere because you are drawn. Thats kinda what I feel right now. Drawn here today." he said looking around wondering if it was the presence of another that drew him here. He had learned to start dectecting others. Mabey a sign of his minimal mental abilities coming to focus.

["The Priest"]

Soon, after Jyo had arrived, and started speaking to his animal, another being walked in. He wore entirely black, with a sash-like, appendage draped around him. It seemingly flowed, as if in a wind, although they were indeed inside.

Yet, the most gruesome part of his appearance, was the large, half crab, half bug, half blighted looking animal that walked in behind him. It cackled with glee at noticing the animal that Jyo had, but The Priest suppressed it with a simple mind command.

Although the Zerg were stupid, they were a small chore to control. Mental connection couldn't be broken, or else the entire animal could go berserk, and kill anything around it.

The Priest was carrying his totem, but both of his 9mm Beretta's were visible in their holsters, both at his chest, the same as Jyo... Except the Man's chest was about 2-3'' higher.

He hefted the club/staff like weapon, which was known to break a few bones here and there. Its jewel glowed slightly, as it helped control the beast, the Lurker, 'The Unclean One'....

He stood opposite Jyo, a good dozen feet away. With a snap of his finger, the Lurker began its tunneling behind him, almost too fast, as its claws ripped apart the ground it stood on. Within a half a minute, it was already down as far as it need. It collapsed its tunnel ontop of itself, and 'The Priest' just looked at Jyo...

[jyo]

Jyo watched with detached interest at the Lurker's movments. the thing was ugly as sin. Even though Jyo belived inthe "Beauty is releivant" idea. He still couldn't ever imagine even another thing finding that creature appealing. It went underground and Jyo reverted his eyes back to Priest.

"So we get to meet out in these fields at last. I've heard of your abilities. I am looking forward to this." he said. Not only had Jyo heard of his abilities he had seen some of the magic Priest used. it was inpressive. Jyo knew that even though he was a higer ranked person here this wouldn't be an easy battle. Possibly one he could lose.

"Well. Before we start may i inqure as to what you....Interestinf companion is. I have no doubt he'll provide a worhty amount of challenge to this fight." he said. He knew introductions were not needed. they had met before. They had never really talked but they knew each other by sight and reputation.

["The Priest"]

Jyo. His name is "The Unclean One", and he is what me and my colleagues refer to as a Lurker. He is an interesting character, and definately a challenge for you.... dog.

He is indeed a different species, and hell, a different universe. He lives alongside the Protoss. Well, more than likely, they are living, well, hell, even DEAD inside him, as he is their mortal enemy. My friend Hakfu summons those plague, and we have seen which one wins in the end.

Well. Then, you challenged I, so I shall let you, have the first maneuvar.

The Priest held the club, standing straight. His jacket was open, and he had an aura of death and destruction around him...

[jyo]

Ember snarled and spoke. Which would probably be a shock to Priest as he appeared to be a summon not a being with his own thoughts and personality.
"I am no dog foolish young man. Though I will let it pass as I am sure the comment was made of ignorance and not malice." He said. there was the overall contempt for the human race in the fire-wolf's voice that Priest would hear in his mind. But then Ember gave the impression of a grin.
"As for your Lurker..." He said trailing off. he raised a paw and with surprising force slammed it into the ground above the Lurker where Ember's acute senses had tracked it. The ground shattered under the impact surpriseing Jyo. Ember's strength had increased.

Jyo didn't waste time though. As Ember attack He himself leapt at Priest. his left hand drew his sword and lighting crackled over it. He also held his empty right hand out with the open palm facing Priest. He had charged the shield spell to defelct any attack besides a speel. Well mabey even that now.

["The Priest"]

With minimal effort, the Lurker shot spines toward the Fire dog, two trails of them, they pierced up out of the ground, causing a shrapnel effect of stones in every direction. They lashed out at the enemy wolf, and if it didn't take certain precautions next time, it'd be skewered.

As Jyo charged at the Priest, something fell out of his pocket. Without Priest's command, Loki, the Lich King that was Priests main summon, shot from Statuette. As it came into existance, an earsplitting screech, one that would probably debilitate the dog, was heard, causing even the Priest to cringe slightly.

As the being came into existance, of its own free will, a bolt of fire shot forth from his spear, seering straight toward the Fire Dog. It would collide with the dodging animal, the set up created by Loki, as he also lived in the Lurker's world...

Jyo's sword came striking down, only to meet the Totem, which was held with both of "The Priests'' hand's. As Jyo met it, the Priest pushed, his own strength outclassing that of Jyo's easily. As Jyo was repulsed, and pushed back, The Priest called upon Loki to finish his summoning routine.

Loki screeched again, as the Lurker's control was shifted to him, and the Priest focussed again. Whispering a single command, two small rifts appeared on either side of him. Stretching his hands outward, and thusly the club, a semi-transparent shield covered him, and two more beings rushed out of the rift.

They, were Zerglings. Using his own magic energy to control these two, and knowing Loki's allegiance was unwaverable, he allowed Loki to command the Lurker, and he himself control the two minions, the Zerglings.

Using his club, and the jewel attached, he stuck it into the leftmost rift, and pushed it to the wall. There, it stayed open, and upon the death of one Zergling, another would be replaced in exactly one minute, the time it took for the beings to transverse the nethergalaxy between the two universes. These two Zerglings had been prepped as soon as The Priest saw the wolf Dog, and they were to be his bane of existance.

[jyo]

Jyo winced at the shriek and though Ember's ears could hear at a level better than any human he showed no sign of being effected. And even grinned when the fire hit him.
"Why how generous." He said in Priest's mind witht the hint of a laugh. Fire had no effect on Ember at all as he was a creature based on such an element. He noticed the spines and gave a mental sigh. he would have to leave this creature until it came out of the ground later. After all it seemed like the thing had to burrow and stay there.

Jyo himself found he was launched upwards from Priest's attack. He had only been pushed back so easily as he didn't resist it. Priest was stronger than he was but not by THAT much. He saw the Zerglings come out and smiled using his levitation spell to drift back and get all the little buggers in his sight. he then spread the fingers of his right hand and the palm faced down. he leveled his fingers at the Zerglings and his firewave spell shot out as hot as motlen lava and incinerated the majority of them. Ember was taking the rest on blasting with fireballs and slashing powerfully shredding them the creatures were weak. But there were plenty of them.

Jyo landed softly on the ground with a smile. This was a true challenge. His right palm faced the Loki or whatever it was and a bright beam of light shot out to slam into the thing's face hopefully wipeing it out for now.
"You aren't bad. Seems you have plenty at your disposal. i might actully lose this one if I'm not careful." he said with a chuckle.

["The Priest"]

As fast as the two slaughtered the Zerglings, they cam out of the rift in pairs just as fast. The Priest didn't even both giving them mental cues, but set a mind loop, where the smallest portion of his energy was focused upon sending the zerglings to their doom, if but for no reason but to give him time.

Loki was a Lich King, and so, he threw up a defractive spell, and Jyo's attack caused him no harm. It splashed across the screen of protective energy, it splashed off to his left, which was away from all combatants. It collided with the ground, doing no harm to him.

Loki's eyes began to glow a bright green. As the Priest's totem began to glow similarly, a rift in the ceiling of the stadium ruptured open, and stood there. As the combatants looked up, The Priest ordered Loki to attack, as the rift was a fake, and could transport nothing.

As they looked, even the Zerglings stopping for but a moment, Loki shot a bolt of lightning towards Jyo, knowing fully well that if Jyo went down, the dog had no chance..


The Lurker shot out another two spike strips, and they tore through the Earth toward the Fire-dog. They rippled down on either side, neither actually aimed at him. The Priest then pulled out his left pistol, and fired three bullets in rapid succession, with minimal recoil as his strength held the pistol firm.

[jyo]

No effect eh? Next time I'll actually put something behind that. Jyo thought. he flung his sword at the Loki sending it spinning like a propeller and used his levitate spell to control it. He saw the Zerglings get replenished but they were doing nothing at the moment. A lightning bolt flew at Jyo. He grinned and sent his own blot to stop it. The bolts collided and dispersed.

Ember saw the spiked come at him and Jumped over them. He dove down to the ground slamming into it again shttering it and oncovering the Lurker. His claws tore at the beast as he landed and he jumped away spitting a fireball at it. he didn't see Priest level a gun though.

Jyo saw the gun and he pulled his own free. he fired his own shots and actually blasted the bullets out of the sky with his own shots and aimed a fourth at Priest's gun as his sword was now whirling back to him from his levitate spell and landed smoothly in his hand.

This was an insteresting battle. Priest had to be expending much more energy than Jyo though to keep all this under his control. That Jyo found was the problem with such a person. Keeping things under their control made them distracted and their attention and power was split constatly draining them. Where as Jyo could use his magic just as effectivly in small bursts.

["The Priest"]

Jyo wasn't a bad marksman, he was going to give it to him. But, as Ember tried to uncover the Lurker, it continued digging away from him, while sending spikes. It crept closer and closer to Loki, as though planning something...

Loki threw up another spell, but the sword broke through. It defracted off of it, and landed in the corner. Loki through a quick shielding spell, sealing it off from the battle.

With that, he turned again. Its eyes glowed green, and suddenly, the Luker exploded from the ground, shrapnel raining down. It was dead, for shit sure, as Loki had predicted. As its body quickly deteriorated the Skeleton screeched a final time, that popped the ears of all the combatants. The dogs especially high-frequency tuned ears would practically rupture from the sound.

Suddenly, the 35 or so dead Zerglings, that the enemy was methodically killing, rose from the ground. Loki seemingly levitated off the ground as he expended all of his efforts, raising the dead, using his most powerful move when applied right: Raising The Brothers.

As the Zerglings, who were dead, and no longer felt the mortal coils of pain and pleasure, rose, a sickly acidic sound was heard, as their bodies were tainted from the dark powers. Their skin sagged, their claws snapped, and overall, they seem to become horribly fetid. They launched themselves, their haphazardous bodies tripping over their falling skin, as they became animated Skeletons. This was Loki's final moments, trying to overwhelm his enemy, which bladed weapons and bullets no longer affected his minions, their skeletal bodies unwavering in their resolution to over run them.

The Priest, who no longer controlled Loki, grabbed his other pistol, and over the comotion of the attacking zerglings, summoned two more, his personal guardians, living ones, and set them in the etheral plain. He closed the rift, knowing that if this final attack, with Loki's true purpose shown, would decide the battle. He had no doubt in his mind, that Jyo would show his final maneauvar, and finish the hordes.

So, he planned on stopping Jyo before he started.

He took both pistols, one with 18 shots, the other with a full 21, and unloaded both towards Jyo, not bothering with the swarmed Ember. The entire two clips shot straight toward's Jyo, in such sporadic fashion that dodging would be nigh impossible, and deflection would be hard put. If nothing else, it was a distraction to a distraction, and only the Priest would know his final maneauvar.

(Phwew... Shouldn't've killed all those Zerglings, shouldja?)

[jyo]

Enough Jyo thought his eyes narrowing and turning a red almost as if lit aflame. He knew Priest had to be at the limits of his energy. he was dividing his abilities too much. Jyo put shields around both he and Ember defending them from the screech. It hurt their ears but they were now fine.

Ember cleared from the shrapnel from the Lurker. Jyo himself casted his levitate spell and rose into the air. Several bullets clipped his arms and legs lightly. Mostly grazes. he didn't even wince. He was now hovering in the air and held out both his hands to his side.

"Prepeare yourself." he said as two orbs of fire appeared in his hands. He then lobbed them. One at the little zergling horde. The other directly between Loki and Priest. The resulting explosions were of three grenades each.

The blast radius was fifty feet for each of the fire orbs as Jyo had charged the spell to it's max. Ember was not effected by the fire but even being out of the main range he was balsted back.

Jyo fell to the ground landing lightly on his feet. The shield over his sword would have been broken. With his levitate spell he brought it back to be in his left hand.
"You spread your abilities way too much my friend." He said knowing a person of Priest's spellcasting level shouldn't have been able to maintain what he had used. Jyo himself was surprised at the amount of power he had attained of late.

(You but with ALL those Zerglings Loki and the Lurker you'de be out of energy fast quick and in a hurry)

["The Priest"]

The Priest took the totem quickly, as soona s seeing Jyo begin his fire orb attack.

As he launched them, the Priest held the club like a bat, and swinging, it connected with the energy, and launched it right back at Jyo. It exploded soon afterwards, behind Jyo, raining a bit of shrapnel down on him.

The Lurker wasn't part of his energy anymore, nor was it before hand. It was his pet at the time, and his energy had already regenerated before coming into the battle.

The Zerglings weren't taxing, and as soon as they were dead, they were no longer connected to his energy supply, and at the rate that Jyo and Ember slaughtered them it didn't tax him that much.

Most of his energy was put into Loki, however, so when Loki had used his Dead Rush, it taxed the Priest a tad. Loki was nearly spent as well, but, well, The Priest wasn't that much of a spellcaster to begin with.


Holding the Totem in one hand, and a pistol in another, he fired shots at Jyo, the bullets aimed at each vital part on his body: Two at the head, two at the crotch, two in each lung, and two at each knee cap. Only eight bullets of the fresh clip wasted, he aimed it, firing in syncopation with Jyo's movement. He unfocused off of Loki, and onto Ember, who he steadily moved toward, and continued, dividing his attention between the two..

Jyo still didn't have his sword, so his melee attacks were minimal...

[jyo]

Jyo grinned. The fire orb was launched back. he held out his left hand and caught it. The explosion didn't come. He lobbed it right back at the lich down on the ground. It wouldn't land between the two. it would hit the lich directly. Jyo also used his mental power to befuddle the Lich's mind. The basterd was now going to be so confused it couldn't think strait much less move.

A fireball from Ember hit the Priest's gun disabling it. Jyo landed lightly and his sowrd was now in hand from his levitate spell bringing it back. He had an odd look on his face. The fire in his eyes had gone to a white glow.
"Fine. I am done playing." He said with a small grin.

His right hand came up and his palm faced Priest.
Not even his totme is going to withstand this one He thought as this was the same blast that he used to take down the Jackel. Ember stayed to the side this time. Jyo could handle this battle now. he had detected the young sorcerer's cgarge during the battle and was surprised he'd be using it at this power leve. he knew Jyo had some of Talbot's green candies that could replenish his energy. But still it could drain Jyo to use such a move. Ember wanted to conserve his own energy to help keep Priest off Jyo's back. That was if the man survived this attack.

["The Priest"]

Ember's fire ball was easily dodged, as a single hand movement upwards made it unnecessary, the bullets that the Priest fired collided effectively with the stationary Jyo (You never said anything about moving out of the way). Three crashed into two vital points, two in the leg, and one in his right arm, drilling through his palm into his arm. The pain seering through his body would be nearly unmerciful, no matter the endurance.

Loki' who had a fireball launched back at him, fell suddenly to the ground. It careened madly over his head, and splashed against the wall, effectively out of range against him. He was, afterall, just a bunch of bones connected together through magic. He escaped his mortal coils, and came back, in time enough to save himself. He was still out of the fight, until some of his energy was reabsorbed or rejuvinated.

The Priest got close enough, and took his totem, and swung it at the Wolf. It was large enough that it'd be hard to jump over at the height he swung it at, roughly neck for a dog, and big enough so that he couldn't effectively duck. The animal'd be forced back, unless Jyo could do something. Which he couldn't, since he was pretty much full of lead.

[jyo]

(Not dodgeing ;D)

The bullets crashed against Jyo's sheild again. He landed and grinned seeing E,ber dive out of the way of Priest's Totem. He also saw Loki was out.
"Ember back off. now it's even. he said. The fire-wolf went to the side out of combat range. Apparently Jyo had not been able to unleash his powerful blast of energy yet. That was fine. Ember wanted to see it. he saw Jyo wasn't standing correctly though.

"Well you're a good shot. one of those made it into my leg." Jyo said with a small grn. The white glow in his eyes stayed.
"But I am getting somewhat tired of this." He said and he focused his mental energies once more but this time drove into Priest's mind. There would be no damage but he activated parts of the man's brain that caused him such a terrible headache that the person wouldn't be able to move from it.