72 General Acharya (1/2)
Rahz and his teammates heard the information and their faces turned solemn, not only was the General a level 47 before her demised but she could divide into 3 people so they were going to fight not 1 but 3 generals.
The team walked towards the room where General Acharya was located and took a look. It was a very simple set up, the room was the size of a Basketball stadium and it had four columns located in each of the corners where a basketball court should be, everything else was empty s.p.a.ce.
The general was smacked right in the middle of the room, it was so precise a computer would be jealous. Acharya was standing on her right leg with her right feet looking to the right side of the room while the left leg was raise and bent at the knee forming like a figure 4. Her torso was looking forward and her hands were chest high with the right hand doing the Pathakam gesture and the left arm went across her chest with her hand bending down in a 45 degree angle.
If it wasn't for the fact that the royal guard told them that she was General Acharya they would have mistaken it for a very well crafted piece of art.
”Let's go” said Rahz
The team entered the room and immediately saw the statue's hand move as she returned to a stand up position. It had been a long time since she left the s.h.i.+va pose so the moment she started moving all the dust on her fell to the floor. General Acharya did not fit the mold of the typical western mage with a long robe and a staff with a giant gem on it. The only race that would use those props were definitely the humans but right now they were in front of a very powerful Dark Elf.
She wore genie pants and a silk blouse which looked pretty out of place in the bony body of an undead.
Acharya did another pose and an Elementium Gem in the shape of a lotus flower resting in what it look like a Mirthil (third tier ore) plate appeared on her right hand. Other than that there were golden bracers in each of her wrist.
”Our way of life can never be destroy by the likes of you!!! Death to the Dragonkin”
The moment those words were spoken a strong surge of mana explode it from Acharya as she started to duplicate and then duplicate once more leaving three copies of herself standing in front of the team. The Acharya on the right had a green aura around her and gusts of wind seem to dance in her vicinity and if you look closely her feet were not touching the ground.
On the left stood a much colder Acharya with a blue aura around her, the floor 3 ft around her had a small layer of Ice on top of it. In the back stood the third Acharya with little purple snakes made out of lightning playing around her body.
The moment she divided herself, was the moment she started attacking. The team was already prepare and spread out so that even if they used area of effect skills they could only hit their enemy one Acharya at a time.
The first spell that came their way was Typhoon, three wind tornados came chasing Ridd.i.c.k, Rahz, and Midori as 3 ice lances came attacking them as well. In the meantime, the third Acharya didn't attack but instead it moved to the back and started casting a long spell with a vast series of poses.
”O Great Nue, please accept my mental wors.h.i.+p of you, I offer the elements of wind and rain for you to play, I bathe you in cool waters from the divine planes; and with Divine Clothes decorated with various Gems, I adorn your mighty form, O Deva, You who wield the strongest lightning, Please accept my prayer made within my heart, obliterate my enemies..”
Rahz saw what was happening and panic, this was it, the forbidden spell the Old guard warned them about.
”Ridd.i.c.k!! try to stop it with your Chaos Rain, don't let her finis.h.!.+”
The way a Val'gun cast their spells was extremely similar to the way a dragon cast theirs. The dragonkin used their will to control and shape the elements in the realm to achieve a desired effect. In a similar way, the Val'gun used their desire to destroy to mold phenomena into manifesting their prowess with the intent to annihilate their target.
Ridd.i.c.k could also feel the urgent need to stop the General from finis.h.i.+ng her chant. Every time Acharya changed her pose, the energy of the spell increased and they all started to feel a tingling sensation on their skin.
Ridd.i.c.k stop evading the incoming spells and started channeling his favorite skill Chaos Rain, there was no doubt in his mind that Elune had his back. This was trust develop through constant teamwork and as predicted a series of Edolic Wards appeared and stop all the Ice lances and Wind Blades coming his way.
”Destroy!! Destroy!! ” Chaos Fire rained down but it was countered by the Ice Acharya who cast an Ice Dome and protected Lightning Acharya so it could continue her cast.
The whole team panic!!!
Seeing the situation about to turn for the worst, Rahz did a forward roll toward the Ice mage and use his Chaos Blade with the hope of interrupting the Ice Clone's dome spell and allowing the chaos fire to disrupt the chanting.
Whoos.h.!.+ Whoos.h.!.+