(http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/209/kdgr.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Ralena Tharin</span><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Shadow Crow Headquarters<br/><strong>With:</strong>Lyuk, Alice, and Luca<br/><strong>VS:</strong>Orpheaus<br/><hr/><br/>Considering the fact that Ralena's face was blocked by a gigantic shield, she was entirely oblivious to the fact that the fire had let up in a certain area for Lyuk to let his friends in. However, as Death was soon to discover, the black haired creation mage didn't even need it. Ralena, still in her own little world and thinking that she was saving the day, pushed forward when she sensed the strongest attack coming out of Lyuk yet. "Okay you two, NOW!!!" With all of her might, Ralena let out a fierce cry and pushed on the wheels of her shield in order to get it rolling. As she pushed forward with all of her might, she'd shove the glorious aegis into the face of the white flames, and potentially much to Death's surprise, it was the flames that would give way. If anybody in the group took the time to pay attention, they'd realize that there was no way that any normal creation mage could push past white flames of that caliber. Ralena's power, if it could even be classified as magic anymore, was something different. Not even she could explain it, but with her creation abilities, she was able to break commonly accepted rules of magic.<br/><br/>If any of the group were particularly analytic, they could potentially come to the conclusion that the white flames weren't absorbing Ralena's magic because<em>there was no magic to absorb</em>. Then what fueled Ralena's power? Either way, that question wasn't relevant at the moment as Ralena was able to force a hole of her own through the white flames, swinging it open. "Alright you two, do it!!!" Ralena, despite breaking the rules of magic and opening a hole, was clearly exhausted from her endeavor, so it would fall on Luca and Alice to take over.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, Orpheaus' eyes widened in panic when he saw the power of the attack that Death was sending his way.<strong>"Damned fool! And you would still defend the world of magic!!!"</strong>Orpheaus put both of his hands up, letting out a pained grunt as he absorbed the full brunt of the magic ball, though this time  he would focus all of his attention into absorbing some of it at a time, and then channeling it back out into a barrier to protect him. Effectively, he was 'laming out' the oppressively powerful attack so that he neither had to absorb the entirety of it at once, nor allow it to decimate an entire country as Death had so proudly boasted that it could. Orpheaus was protecting the land, while Death wanted nothing but destruction and mayhem, who was the real villain in this battle again?<br/><br/>Either way, Alice and Luca would have all the time in the world to strike Orpheaus while all of his attention was diverted towards the overwhelming force of Death's final gambit, and he wouldn't be able to retaliate in the same way that he had against Death.