Mordankell looked out across the clearing, taking in the approaching demons, appraising with his eyes. As he watched, Several things happened relatively at once.<br/><br/>Boundary suddenly launched himself into the clearing, flying with incredible speed at the giant stone formation. Mordankell could sense the power of an impact spell building around Boundary as he flew, then as he approached the goliath, Mordankell noticed that the Shadowy figure drew closer. An instant before Boundary hit, the bulk of the spell was absorbed into the shadowy figure, vanishing without effect. Boundary struck the golliath with an incredible concussion, but unaided by magic as he'd expected to.<br/><br/>Before Mordankell could notice the effect of the impact, his attention was caught by the man next to him. Sain began chanting in a dark tongue. As the spell was wrought, Mordankell could again feel the power of his casting being absorbed by the Shade. Finally, the summoning portal spewed forth a demon of ice. Sain quickly sent the demon toward the Fire demon. Fire and ice collided with incredible power, which Mordankell could tell was unable to be absorbed by the demon. Before long, the Fire Demon would be reduced to a shell of its former self, but he didn't have the time to watch this happen.<br/><br/>Mordankell gasped as Sain launched himself at the Shade. He didn't know what, but he felt sure that something terrible would happen if Sain came into contact with the shade. Without thinking, he sent a concussive bolt of shadow flying toward Sain, hoping to send him flying off course, away from the Shade. Most of the energy of his effort was absorbed by the Shade, but he could tell that some of it made its mark.<br/><br/>Colin came flying into the clearing at the same time that Mordankell turned to face the Shade. Mordankell barely registered the fact that Colin's spell of trajectory was absorbed like everything else had been so far. He landed in a collision with one of the feline twins, killing it. Mordankell faced off with the Shade, which had drawn toward him. He felt a great pull on his very being, as if his own energy were being absorbed. Gritting his teeth, he squinted his eyes in concentration, and squared off against the Shade, entering into a magical tug-of-war. He felt more and more of his energy being absorbed. He shuddered to think what would be done with all of the power that had been consumed.<br/><br/>Blocking out all thought, Mordankell focused entirely on the Shade. With great effort, he began drawing power from the shade, tugging with all his might to counter the Shades vaccuming void