The battle was in full swing when the demoness returned. Spells were being thrown while Talia desperately tried to avoid them while slowly weakening the witch with various artifacts. The witch was not strong compared to others, the spell she used was self-amplified because of the casting circle. With the ring disrupted and the sacrifice gone, the spell would inevitably collapse. Which would stop the portal mid-creation and send whatever she planned on summoning back from whence it came. The issue was keeping her occupied long enough to allow that to occur safely, which the redhead had more than enough experience doing.<br/><br/>At some point, she lost her advantage and found herself on the defensive and that was when Vivian returned. Talia watched as the demoness dashed forwards and managed actually to strike at the witch fatally. She heard the flesh tearing and saw just the barest glimpse of bone before the witch collapsed. There was no time to really thank or congratulate her because the sudden death of the caster sent the circle into a dangerous tailspin. “We need to leave now,” she said as she turned away and began running towards where the sacrifice was hiding.<br/><br/>“Quick! Behind me!” reaching into the pouch on her side she pulled out several rune stones and tossed them down, creating a barrier to bounce back the ambient spell energy without hurting anyone near her. The ripple of magic expanded out in a violent neon blue ring flattening trees and bushes. When it hit her barrier several of the stones shattered but not enough for the energy to get to them. Once it began to calm the three of them were left in the center of a crater that had not been there before. “Well…shit I need to call headquarters,” she muttered. “Can you make yourself scarce demoness and also make sure our friend here doesn’t remember what precisely saved her? I will be killed if they know I worked with a denizen of hell.”