Draiss grumbled and nodded, again reflexively.<em>Unless they willingly make contact and invite the taint after disabling the defenses built in, including one that would destroy them if they turned it off, yes. Mortals can be tainted with a touch, a glance, even a thought. The tainter has to be on the same plane, but other than that, power is the only restriction.</em><br/><br/>Draiss swore as the Reaper did, its fury at the target escaping making him laugh, before it phased out, and resumed the chase. The other death sqaud units withdrew now that the leader was in retreat, leaving the followers to their fate, though their retreat made it damn clear they were leaving because they were done, not because they were driven back, taking their time and keeping their weapons holstered, though they did kill any foolish enough to attack them.<br/><br/>The attack on the divine beyonder tainted stalled, at least until Draiss ordered the two stations to put a single round into a Beyonder each, both targets evaporating as they had forgot to put enough strength to stop a mythantine pellet the size of an adult human's large toe slamming into it at a fraction of the speed of light, shattering the shield and the backlash of the spell collapse allowed the attackers to cut them down. The third and fourth target had enough power to spare, and Draiss sent his avatars to assist, before abruptly collapsing as avatar seven was obliterated outright by a single attack, its target having been given enough of a chance to recoup and begin a counter attack. Draiss picked himself up, his expression one of pure rage, as the other Beyonder drove its attackers back, though only for a moment.