*Serenda, The Blue Amor*
Inside of the hotel, the situation was growing more dire due to the blazing fire.
Akio wasn't enjoying the way things were heading now, getting burned was not a pleasant feeling. Cuts would heal sooner but the burn could linger for days. He began to speak as he began to carefully make his escape as he focused his energy and gained a boost of speed.
"Ok...Okaaaay...I can see someone's burning down the house. I'm not one to cut and run but...Sometimes gotta do what you gotta do. You're on a whole another level of crazy! It was fun until you turned the crazy switch onto eleven."
Being a thunder beast did allow him to move quickly past the flames. Eventually he reached the end and saw the finest piece of brisket he'd seen in years. He reached to tear off one piece of it and then saw as it soon caught on fire forcing him to abandon the rest of it.
"Look at this, Heavy Brisk but...Bite siiize."
He took a bite out of it as he ran, glancing over at Noe confused as to why she wasn't moving or reacting to him.
"You might want to get out of here too, just some friendly advice even if you kicked me where the sun don't shine. It's too hot in here for me so I'm out! I just ain't the type of guy to enjoy a girl unleashing her burning hell upon me you know?"
He then sped away from Noe, noticing she wasn't chasing. Thus he did not make anymore aggressive moves toward her. That and the burns he suffered made it far more painful to move now.
He realized he had to get out. He had to see if he could find his mother. He then glanced to the left and saw Nacim and Samy fighting off OOA members. He carefully unleashed a bolt of thunder energy at an OOA member.
"Ah...Glad to see you're ok Mom! Sorry I wasn't there....Crazy girl came at me and left me choice. She was a super freak, well the kick you down below and set you on fire type."
"I don't want to even know but I escaped just fine by myself, I can handle fighting still Akio. Liron is dead. Let's just get out of here before the place collapses!" Akio nodded and the two of them followed Nacim was he lead them back towards the entrance.
Moments after that, Sheena came in along with a few other wind beasts, horrified at the orders Lucia had given them. They were to literally fan the flames in the hotel. She became quite troubled when she saw Noe looking psychotic and delighting in the flames instead of fleeing.
"NOE! We have to go! Snap out of it and come with me! What in the name of Arlon has that orb done to you?!!! I'll get her out, the rest of you find any survivors before we hasten the burning of the Blue Amor!! We don't want to leave our brothers and sisters in arms to die like that! I do not care what Lady Lucia says!"
*Serenda, Outside of the Blue Amor*
Lucia used her light energy and blasted a hole on the other side of the hotel. She and most of her followers whom were not helping set the hotel ablaze followed. She was making her way to an OOA boat.
"Finally, they surrender. They realize they cannot hope to vanquish us...It is all over for them. I will gather all three orbs. There is no stopping my ascension!"
However, she was quickly proven wrong once Carla gave everything she had left for one final chance. She first tossed out a series of dark energy grenades that took out most of Lucia's guard. Lowe backed her up as he created a fist of stone and hurled it down near Lucia. Lucette charged up her light energy cannon and unleashed a huge blast from above near the port, destroying the boat Lucia was attempting to board. They were now all outside as well.
Carla then unleashed one penetrating beam of dark energy, it tore through several of Lucia's OOA escorts, bashing through their skulls with ease and even breaking through he barrier. It got so close to Lucia that it was mere inches away from penetrating her head as well. However it was only stopped by an Arabella construct who jumped into it in time. The construct was rendered headless and fell to the ground but not before launching off some sort of signal beam into the sky. Lucia now only had the terrified Sienna with her.
"Oh no...Please stop!!!" She cried and covered her eyes at the carnage that unfolded, making sure to avoid looking at the corpses of her dead comrades.
"All that effort..And still, nothing to show for it. I pity you all..I love this world....Why can't you see that??! I will shape it's future and you cannot stop me! This is OOA territory! Let me show you...What I created!!!!The largest and most unified army in the world, all united to create the perfect world, a future with hope for EVERYONE!!!Where I rule it...as a pure hearted Goddess with love for all!"
Reinforcements began to pour out of several neighboring buildings and structures. There were now more than two hundred this time!
The force that had taken Serenda remained to occupy it! The forces included heavily armored OOA Knights with immense shields, Elite Elven Mages whom had knowledge of the most devastating elemental spells and to top it all off, Thunder and Earth Beast infantry for a good combination of offense and defense. This was Lucia's real escort force. They quickly all bowed in unison to Lucia while they awaited orders.
Lucia smiled when she a new boat coming in.
"Protect it with your lives! Push them back into the fire!!! Show them the power of the Gods is on our side!!!"
They all rose to the call and began to form up in ranks. Luckily such a huge force required time to organize. But after a few moments, all the SDF heard were footsteps in unison, the clanking of armor and shields. The sound of weapons being unsheathed and spells being prepared to unleash.
"That's...We've done everything we can...We have to pull back. This objective has failed....Do not waste your lives...We will reunite with the others there." Carla sighed as she gave the order to retreat. She could not hide the exhaustion and disappointment in her voice. Lowe and Lucette did not hesitate and they began to leave as well, heading to the assigned extraction point near the outskirts of Serenda.
"NO! This simply cannot be...How did the intelligence reports not take this into account??! I do so believe someone has to be held accountable for this....If they were hidden, they were hidden too well!!!! Perhaps....Magic was involved....Oh dear...This does not bode well. I hope the others make it because we cannot turn back to assist them now!"
Lowe took it upon himself to cover the others, seeing how tired they both were. Carla was out of energy entirely it seemed.
"I don't know..But Carla...You need to go now, you've pushed yourself to the limit!!! This one's mine!"
Lowe charged up his earth energy into his fists and then unleashed it, slamming the ground and causing a huge spire to rise up and block the advancement of the OOA forces in hopes they had enough time to get away. Surley enough, he had bought them the time. He then began to follow while the OOA forces had to destroy the massive spire he had created.
Lucia laughed and taunted them all as she yelled out.
"THIS is the power of the Order of Aeagle! Of the Great Goddess of Light and Life, Lucia Aeagle!!!!! The ALF..The SDF..NONE OF them have this, they all dream of such a large fighting force but I live it. I make miracles!!! Never doubt a Goddess!!!! All you can do is run and cower!!!"