"We obey!" Malkonen and Noresuga replied without hesitation.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
In the blink of an eye, the two skounae Dukes began their rapid descent from the skies toward the entrance of the Night Lord's Crypt.
"Do you think I will permit you to leave this place?!" Caius roared as the aura around him surged.
The next moment, a fierce crimson wave of flames exploded from Caius as he swept his sword outward.
BOOM!
A powerful series of explosions rained down with the two skounae Dukes as its targets. However, just as the flames were about to engulf the Dukes, it was intercepted by the dark cloud of smoke.
Zeeeeut!
The dark cloud of smoke twisted several times like a vortex as it pulled in the flames just as it had done before, completely extinguishing it in the process.
Seeing as how his attacks were not working against the mysterious smoke, Caius decided to take a more direct approach as he rushed downward to stop the skounae Dukes from descending.
