Raschen shook with anger and his own growing fatigue. Surging his own power at this level for so long without rest was destroying him beneath the support of his earthen armor. No matter the self cost he would survive this. He would persevere. He would stand victorious. As the Cotl lost his balance to the shakings of the ground beneath him, Raschen's instinct was swiftly at work giving him streams information. Split seconds created plans of attack and defense and brought about a revelation as Rachen imagined the beast's minions, bursting from the ground. His eyes fell to his feet, to the rubble covered ground beneath them. A faint smile spread. Sturdy flesh or not, pressure was forever a factor, gravity forever a mighty foe.<br/><br/>His head reared up, the feline flicking back his long dreads in a spray of shards, his eyes watching the massive beast draw closer. He spread his stance and bared his fangs, spreading his paws wide. The serpent roared in clouds of embers and smoke, thinking the gesture a taunt until Raschens paws came together in a mighty clap, thunderous vibrations echoing the grounds, dust and earth flailing up as it loosened beneath them. The Cotl lord must have thught the feline mad until he leaped into the air, the serpent's fiery gaze following the feline up and back down, going wide at the erupting BOOM as he landed.<br/><br/>All at once, the kingdom the ruler had been so proud of was becoming his tomb, the tunnels beneath collapsing under the pressure of Raschen's magick, caving in hundreds of feet below. The serpent had drawn close enough to look the Kuguar in the eye before his gaze was nothing but the spraying fluids of his flesh and then, darkness. Raschen stood, stalwart as the crumbling city fell down atop the towering god king, crushing him beneath his own kingdom.<br/><br/>Lilly's ears perked as she looked up from her herbal treatments she'd applied to Taryn's wounds, still working to slow her toxin. She'd felt something rumble before their was a blast of force echoing across them, spraying dust and waters from the river even at their distance, the echos of the Cotl's screams and pained roars before there was simply silence. For several long moments the group stared into the mushroom cloud of dust and smoke, curious as to the outcome. heir answer came in a second puff of sand and dust, Raschen erupting from the canyon floor before them, still standing for the moment, shaking as he approached the fallen Taryn. His steps wobbled and his armor cracked, falling away in thick heavy plates, dissolving to dust when they met the ground until he walked naked toward them, his flesh visible beneath his thinned fur, long cracks spread over muscles as if he were a ruined terracotta statue trying to move. He let out a weak huff as he fell at Taryn's side, looking up at her weakly, hi soft green gaze returned, though clouded. He could only manage to reach up, looking into his dying lover's eyes as his paw ran through her hair, the strands draining slowly of their colour as he did so, swiftly turning snow white. the paleness swiftly spread to the rest of her as her lover's familiar touch took its toll. He could only smile faintly before laying his head into the wonderfully cool sand of the river bank, swiftly succumbing to sleep.