73 General Acharya Part 2 (2/2)

The following days the team strategist and didn't ignore the fact that the columns were still fine after the ma.s.sive spell , this could provide them with an opportunity in case they failed to stop the chant in time. Acharya's clones teamwork was incredible and after careful consideration it was clear to the team that attacking the one casting the forbidden spell was a no go. The defenses came on time and were very tricky, but the main deterrent was the casting speed of that forbidden spell, it was ridiculous. If anybody got caught close to that spell they would die without a doubt.

The strategy the team settle on was to attack the last clone in the defensive chain. This meant that if they call the one casting the forbidden spell as A, the first to defend it from attacks would be label as B and the one that defended B would be the target of the team label as C. If everything failed, they would hide behind the pillars and exit the hall.

With a plan carefully crafted and everyone healthy once more, the team marched towards the room and got ready to fight. General Acharya didn't give anybody a chance, once she divided the fight was on and there was no way to hit her before the split.

The lotus flower appeared once again on her hand and triplication took place. This time the clones were completely different from before, Darkness, Light and Earth presented themselves and immediately the gravity in the room was double while the darkness move backwards to chant and the light clone shot Light bolts left and right. Wherever the bolts. .h.i.t, burn marks appear and deter Rahz and the other from approaching.

The team didn't get fl.u.s.ter and also put in motion their own strategy, Ridd.i.c.k cast Rain of Chaos on the Darkness clone and this force the Earth clone to immediately encase him in a very thick earth dome. Rahz then move to attack Earth Element clone to force the third clone to defend as in the previous fight, but his speed was considerably slower thanks to the increase in gravity. Before Rahz was able to swing his axe the Light Element clone took action and cast Mirage Screen which made 6 illusions of each and everyone of the clones. 18 Acharyas appeared in the room and even if 15 were just illusions it was the perfect defense to buy time.

”Do it Midori!!”

The team hid behind the pillar as gray energy move upwards along Midori's body and she invoke her strongest move, Petrifying Gaze.

Anything that was looking at Midori disappear or was turn to stone, it was the perfect counter to Acharyas clones. Rahz and Ridd.i.c.k pop out of the pillar to attack the one chanting, but was it that easy… The Chaos Rain hit the General but the Elementium Lotus Flower shone and created a magic ward that stop the fire from hitting Acharya and interrupting the chant. Rahz also sent some chaos blades but while the s.h.i.+eld was in play nothing could stop her.

It was a failed attempt, Acharya finished the cast and instead of a ball full of energy floating in the air, a magic circle appear on the floor and four shadows rush towards each member of the team and merged with each of their shadows.

Shadow Possession!!

One second later their shadows started to distort and a figure started to rise from the floor and take shape. It was the shadow image of each of the members of the team. Even Rahz Axe was copied to the tee before the shadows started attacking.

To make matters worse, Acharya triplicated once more and new clones came out and threw spells one after another. The team planned to step out of the room from the moment the Forbidden spell went off and move together towards the exit. Ridd.i.c.k landed his chains of chaos on the shadows to give his team the opportunity to escape and was successful in doing so. Midori and Elune where the first out the door, followed by Rahz and Ridd.i.c.k brought up the rear.

Ridd.i.c.k took a couple of wind blades to his back before getting into the hallway and was lucky to made it out before shadow chains from his own shadow copy encase him and he couldn't move one bit. Two seconds earlier and he would have been trap inside the hall and mauled to death.

The shadows inside the room disappear and General Acharya once again became a statue in the middle of the room.

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