Spectral Regalia

Ch 21: Ready... Set... Battle

Syrana wasted no time preparing a dark arrow as she waited for him to make the first move as it would justify her retaliating. Myra still wanted to resolve this matter without combat however Syrana had forgotten that this type of battle would destroy this area and endanger the sylph. She didn't want Abbadon to realise this and put them in a difficult position.

Abbadon then gave them a choice. "If you truly want to avoid conflict, I am not without fairness." Though Abbadon said those words, he was reluctant to start battle as Neriel would be caught up in the crossfire but at the same time he couldn't let this go since he was interested in the shield and what it held sealed. Myra cautiously eyed him without lowering her guard while taking in his words and deciding on a course of action.

It seemed that she was slowly starting to regret taking Avrin in as it brought bad luck quickly. How could she have foreseen a force capable of combating a dragon, better than anyone else, would come to the slyphs.

"What is it you want Abbadon? ... Surely you aren't thinking we will give up the Etilith shield so freely to you. Since it is made by Lenaya it is rightfully ours." Myra fastened her grip onto moonwing as if preparing for a violent response.

"That is true." Abbadon calmly spoke "Although to my knowledge, I am not aware of something like this existing. So it must be a hidden gift, possibly under the noses of the other gods." Abbadon like the elves wanted order and peace but not for the forest but the entirety of Seleria.

So a god favouring a race was something he could not allow as it was not fair and tended to ruin the balance. "But i can see that is doing no harm. In fact I'm more interested in what is inside."

Abbadon was possibly the most careful and cautious humanoid on Seleria. The way he pointed out facts in such intense moments was something to be jealous of. One would think that it was no wonder that he was appointed leader of the angels and tasked by septim often.

"That is none of your business!" Syrana blurted out angrily. "That's quite rude of you to talk in such a manner, my dear maiden." Abbadon responded to her. "She is right however, you angels have no reason to go snooping around. We are doing no harm and have no intention of doing so." Myra followed.

"Well then you won't mind if I take a look?" Abbadon placed his hand against the shield trying to disarm it, but it was indeed much too powerful for him to do so in an instant. "I see, truly a powerful object of a deity. I would have no hope of trying to turn it off without spending months fiddling with it." He complimented Lenaya in a tone that would suggest he is capable of still doing so to the goddess he did not follow.

"How dare you!!" Syrana called out in anger. She was quite smart herself as she understood his compliment was also a comment to how he could undo the goddess' work. "Syrana wait!!" Myra called out but it was too late the dark arrow bolt had fired with a fierce precision.

Even if Abadon was an angel wielding a sigil it would still hurt if he did not counter. He used his angelic speed imbued with some of his own sigil weapons strength and managed to tilt his body to the side as the arrow shot straight past him. As he turned to dodge his hair swayed in the air but the arrow had cut a few strands which made him widen his eyes in surprise.

Even if the sigil's power was half the strength it was no doubt still strong enough to injure or even kill him if he underestimated either of the two.

The arrow struck the Etilith shield as it was quite strong causing the shield to shake violently but it still held strong. Afterall, it was capable of sustaining much more as well as drawing its energy from the forest.

Abbadon noticed the shield was quite durable and smiled. "I see it's quite powerful. I wonder ..." He slashed across the air sending a mana blade wave towards the shield that seemed to block the main portion of the attack but the part of the wave that hadn't hit the shield went on and hit the walls of the ruin, causing it to tremor greatly as debris fell down around them the remnant wave continued to pass through, causing a slight tremor around the area.