Pillars to Paradise Arc: Flames of Competition

Ryder as well as Erika had made it their mission to isolate Agni from the rest of Miekkakala Isle's troops, be they are member of the Gates To Paradise themselves or a simple grunt. They landed on the ground, one after another, neither of them appearing to have obtained any damage in the slightest. Ryder and Erika looked forward with a silent anger while Agni only returned with a face of glee.

"Two on one huh? Am I that much of a challenge for you?" His face illuminated with pride as he posed enough of a threat to have two mages have to handle him, both of which were S-Class. "I'm flattered!" He erupted into laughter, giving off a playful vibe instead of psychotic. Quite the surprise to the pair.

"Shut your trap pal!" Erika shouted, her voice causing Agni to cut his laughter short and look at her with surprised eyes, lightning surged from her body from head to toe. "I'd be concerned if I were you."

"You fall here!" Ryder finished her sentence as he sprang forward as Betsalel, activating Dark Gravity to hold Agni in place as Erika followed up with her own attack.

Performing a series of jumps and flips, Erika used the final jump to get into the perfect position. Molding her Lightning-Make: Storm Bow, she fired an arrow made of lightning from her electrifying bow. It soared through the air with little effort, aimed for Agni's heart.

Agni simply smirked with a cheerful expression, using his Blue Flare, he summoned a harpoon of blue flames which fired forward against the lightning bow. The collision generated an explosion which canceled out Ryder's spell. Agni revealed himself from the smoke, laughing in an extremely maniacal fashion. "That's it baby!!" He made sounds of an explosion, although horribly so. "Boom, Pow KA-PLOW! Thats what I like to hear!" Agni ran forward with blue flames ignited on his palms. Once close enough, he attacked Ryder with a palm thrust.

Ryder utilized his Shadow Body, sinking to the ground before reemerging behind Agni. This allowed him to avoid the attack and get on his opponents blind side. Using his Shadow Animate to create a clone from Agni's shadow. The clone jumped back, forming a blue fire in it's hands before firing it at it's counterpart.

Erika ran towards Agni with a vengeance, she lunged forward with a kick directed at the Fire Mage's stomach. The very impact would leave him stunned for the attack coming from the shadow clone.

Agni reacted in time to catch Erika's leg as he spun around and threw Erika towards the attack meant for him, he jumped back and made a remark in the process. "It'll take more than that to handle me chumps!"