Illa had been forced away from her elated position by the continous stream of soldiers when all of a sudden there was a magical explosion and all magic activity suddenly ceased... Illa took the chance to mow down some of the soldiers with her gunblade, clearing a path for her to retreat when some Big-shot guy came from the fortress and claimed to be the leader...

Things definately looked grim to say the least. The enemy general seemed to pen up the channel of surrrender. The enemies forces stopping for just a moment. It was around the appearance of the general that Aliidans magical EMP blast rocked across the battlefield, effectively dissolving his shadowstuff armors into black piles of goop, still tangible but by and large useless.

As the encroaching army streamed across the planes rawing ever nearer with the brawny general at their head Mortimer raised both his arms in the air and spoke with a voice much louder and deeper than might have been humanly possible. Carrying his voice across the battlefield. "My name is Mortimer C. Graves. I am the captain of this assault squad. I request to discuss terms of surrender and parley with you general of might and flame"

He finished his throat raw at the expenditure. He was aware that all mages could amplify their muscles and increase their speed with magic but that was the first time he tried it with his vocal cords.

Looking around he spied his troops in various states of combat and distress. His arms staying high,he waited for the enemies response. If the general was as honorable as his initial declaration indicated, Mortimer would be brought before the general and allowed to negotiate the state of his troops and their surrender. If not...well he had other ideas....not good ones but ideas nontheless.

Riak was happy that the enemy decided to negotiate. Much unneeded bloodshed was just avoided.

He turned to a high-ranking subordinate. "Tell the troops not to attack."

"Yes, sire." And the man scrambled away to do just that.

"I accept your offer to negotiate! Trust me, your squadron will not be harmed!"

(Umi will be taking over Riak's control as Kyle forfeited his control on Riak)

Mortimer was soon led to and stood before Riak, the other members of his squadron were each steadily surrounded by a myriad of soldiers. Unless they could fight their way through the wall of infantrymen, it seemed as if they were good and stuck.

"General!" Mortimer said with a warm smile his hands still raised above his head. "It is a PLEASURE to meet you" he continued with his warm tone nodding in deference to the physically strongest of the generals. "You seem like an honorable man... so please, let us speak plainly about our terms of surrender yes?"

Mortimer continued his sunny smile and friendly disposition, ensuring to make eye contact with the general. Simply gazing at his muscles and stance Mortimer could tell that the general was a man of many battles, seasoned and four times as strong as himself... then again strength had never factored into Mortimers calculations. The man carried an oversized sword, a further testament to his strength. From the faint smell of ash upon it in addition to the apparent glaze caused by continual heatings, Mortimer assumed the man to be a fire magic user. And from his ability to sense souls, the mans was undoubtedly dark, speaking of years of death and destruction wrought by his actions.

From what he could tell Mortimers troops could handle themselves well enough....even if they were largely isolated and surrounded... they knew the risks and their "leader" was unfortunately, too preoccupied with his own situation. Ensuring he made eye contact and smiling, Mortimer grinned inwardly to himself, somewhat pleased and feeling a twinge of deranged excitement as his plan fell into place...and boy was it stupid.

(Taking over)

Never letting go of his sword, Riak sat down to listen to the terms of surrender the enemy commander had in mind. He did not even mull the idea over in his head. He had two firm ideas about the enemy commander, and saw right through his garish display, it was obviously a disguised attempt at an attack.

"Well one thing you must know about us, sir, is that we call this situation a set-up, and ambushes do not sit well with me"

Gripping his sword tighter, he unleashed his attack in a single strike, a powerful swing of his sword meant to bisect him clean in two. If he was anywhere near his level, he could dodge it easily.

"And the other thing is we're assassins, we do not accept surrender!"

Illa had silently taken out most of the soldiers surrounding her, with her supperior training and was mostly free to flee, or take a shot at the big general person, as the situation needed... And seeing the General making a swing at her commanding officer she wasted no time in hesitation, taking aim with her railgun and firing on the general. With his size she doubted he would be able to dodge the incoming 20mm tungsten shot coming at him at blinding speeds...

After sheathing his swords and the soldiers "escorting" him to where his leader Mortimer was positioned. Drake was still wounded and bleeding from the continuous onslaught of enemy troops, but still managed to stand upright he judged he had about 30 more minutes until he became unconscious from blood lost...and 40 minutes until he died. But until then he watched the general closely, looking for any sings of vulnerability or weakness when the general attacked and a gunshot he heard close to him. Drake went on the offensive, ducking before any soldiers got to him flipping out his swords in one clean move and becoming a distraction for the soldiers, attacking the closest one.

(Stupid Will, gave Riak the same move twice, but didnt bother to give him a shundo...)

Hearing the shot coming from a short distance, Riak reacted quickly, spinning his sword so that it caught on the side of the blade and bounced off the titanium that laced the side of the sword. With the position of the sniper girl already given to him, all he need to do was move in a single moment with all his might at her.

"Shundo"

With an instant movement, he was already on top of her, swinging his sword down on her, with the added effect of his spell, she would not be able to escape. The spell would create a huge arc of flames out from the blade.

Tenebrae Annuntiat Profundo Cordis Mei! Egredimini Et Consumat Inimicus Meus! Aeternus Calamitas! Ignis Arcus!

Illa, while surprised, reacted instantly to the enemy general suddenly appearing on top of her, flipping out of the way (and leaving her trusted ID locked Railgun behind), sending a hailstorm of shots from her gunblade at him. This was BAD. She didn't have the raining needed to take this guy on alone and at once... Still firing continously she flipped and dodged to avoid any damage.

Rie had managed to avoid detection so far, taking out some soldiers silently... They weren't dead, per se, they had just been turned into moss by Rie's Shoryoutensei... Rie wasn't too sure what she thought of that but right now she needed to help her 'allies'... Standing in plain sight on top of a hill she held her hand out, feeling the gentle breeze on her skin, time seemed to move slower for her right now, the red haired womans frantic fighting against the general, the wounded young mans fight against the troopers... It all seemed to move in slow motion... Rie decided that she had dawdled long enough, while she might not enjoy it she would do her best to help. "Meikyō Shisui..." she whispered, the familiar globes of water surrounding and healing all of her allies: there, now their injuries would not bother them for a while. And they wouldn't bleed out or anything. What to do next?

As the sword swung at him, Mortimers form was blurred as the slash cut between two swarms of bats which promptly flew away, unable to be cut by single strikes or attacks. It was his perfect defense against melee combatants...unfortunately he couldn't attack in this state either. Flying over to the now empty gatehouse, Mortimer sliently alighted on top of it. It was only then that he saw what was happening.

The general had traversed the open plain in the blink of an eye coming before the woman from the guardian core...Illa Loren. As the massive and devistating attack was unleashed, Rie's own healing spell was sent out. The cooling sphere of water reached Illa first, but was soon cut through by the horizontal arc of flame. Illa hadn't the time to be healed by it but it did save her from the worst of the damage. The cut was shallower and didn't seem to have pierced any vital organs though she would still be in tremendous pain from it, perhaps even fatally wounded if it was left to go unchecked. However she did manage to avoid the worst of the burns.

Mortimer in the meanwhile finished his partial incantation of Nocturna Nigredinis, forming the ribbon like arrows which the shadow familiar normally fired. Raising the arc of ribbons before him like a bow Mortimer took aim at the general seeking to score a sneak attack from behind.... It all came down to what the general had learned of Mortimers fighting style and if he knew that attacks made to target a single individual were ineffective against him.

"Lets see what you're made of commander! Power Rise!"

With another shundo, Riak traversed the area between the shadow user and the knight in a moment, and was already on top of him, with his superior strength, his sword came down in a huge arc, swinging at the mans center line, bisection was his specialty. Around him he noticed the group his troops were attacking appear from the hill below them. But Riak was no fool, he had been in this situation numerous times before, and knew the perfect counter to the numerical advantage the enemy had. He wields his sword with one, a unique style for someone with a blade as tall as they were. His superhuman strength compensated for the use of one hand, with the other, he was able to perform magic. His favorite spell was an anti-army spell from the wartime, a specific one only used by the most powerful members of his organization.

"Pareo pactum quod servo. coentes, spiritus flamma…"

At the end of his incantation, his hand exploded with energy, a bright orange flare appeared around his arm, covering it in a destructive red flame. Smalls lights grew within the palm of his hand, in seconds, his hand was lit up by white hot glowing balls.

"Apes Igniferae"

From his hand, hundreds of bees sparked to life, covered if a flaming aura, the buzzed bast Riak and aimed themselves at the group behind him.

(Hello! I'm joining this one!)

Satoko arrived on the battlefield slowly and seemingly innocent. Skipping towards the fight, she saw a woman blasting out shots from a strange, large gun. As well as a beautiful woman with white-hair healing one. At the advantage, a man was taking them all on. The enemy. "Ugu..." She mutters as she makes her way to the battlefield with utmost speed. She got tired from the running and wanted to rest, but couldn't do that.

"Hostes circum Aura! Tele Ingressus!" Satoko chants as the bees are created by Riak, each one of them is held down by her telekinesis. This was good considering how light and easy to control they are. "I-I'm sorry for being late, nii-chan! I'll fight!" She says to Mortimer, Rie and her other allies.