Raschen visibly shook as he watched her go, his keen eyes following the flood of serpents and the effectiveness of their formation and efficiency of their bodies in battle. No....entering in silence was no longer an option, his voice reaching her before she could leave the group completely, calling her back to his side. The city was being over run with the creatures, their numbers far exceeding any calculations they had. The Cotl had been skilled in concealing their ability from their enemies. The serpents were well aware of their guests, having broke through the ground form their tunnels underneath the streets, surrounding the party with confident hisses, their wings flicking, spears and blades in their scaled three prong hands.<br/><br/>The Kuguar eyed them, his flesh shuddering, fur standing high. His eye fell slowly on Taryn, one look to her, his mate being all he needed. His eyes were swiftly dilated. long ears flicked back. The Cotl's eyes all moved to him as they felt the pulses of energy from his flesh which trembled, flaking amber diamond shards as he bared hsi fangs and growled. the asphalt beneath him cracked under pressure of his energy.<br/><br/>"i would have rathered a much more silent visit among your kind..." He hissed as he stepped toward the surrounding party of Cotl. "But it seems.." he began as diamond encased his paws and forearms, clicking and scraping like stone as he clenched his paws into fists before opening them, raising slowly. "You were expecting us.."<br/><br/>A more brazen member of their troop smirks, hissing. "Yesss...sssilly kitty...and you will pay for your insolence" before slythering forward at high speed, his spear jutting forward toward the unmoving Kuguar. Raschen only stared the serpent in his slit eyes as the metal spear crumbled against the felines chest, diamond shards falling from the fur where he'd struck. The energy coming from Raschen has shifted, a wide grin spreading across his muzzle and in a single blink of the eye from his comrades, he had buried his gauntlets into the serpents chest with a surprised hiss from surrounding cotl. the victim of Raschen's diamond claws gasped and gargled green blood from his lips before screaming for one last instant as he was ripped in half down the center of his tail, his torn halves thrown at the feet of his fellow Cotl. Raschen's eyes slowly moved up from the corpse to the others, blood spattered across his face and chest. The ground around him was trembling, energies and raw materials from everything earthen seeming to dissolve away as fuel, diamond plates covering his paws in clawed diamond boots, crossing in a vest of armor over his chest and hips and flowing down his muzzle in a streamline helmet. He raised his paws, his energy so thick in its pulsation it was visible to the naked eye of his party, thick, liquid green light seeping from him as he eyed their enemies with an antagonizing smirk. He wanted this, something primal within him was thirsty for the battle.