Banquet

[K2]

The seal had served its purpose. The crowd had been so busy dealing with it that they didn't even notice that, having been there all along, towards the back, signature extremely well cloaked and under non-Anrufe robes which hid his face, was Zere. He walked past Delta briefly, whispering in his ears, "We've got work to do," before walking outside the mansion into the night.

[Zero]

But some had noticed, specifically ones who had been watching from cameras. A van outside, white and unmarked would turn on and send a secure coded transmission about the presence of Zere on this world. The Defcon level would be paused, and attempts to reach Celso via tech would be made.

[Admiral Regis Hermitage]

Delta nodded. He followed closely behind Zere.

[K2]

"I hope you're treating my granddaughter well," he warned Delta, his voice unusually serious as the psychotic maniac's eyes stared in the distance. A red ball of energy appeared in his hand, red lightning surging around his arm as he started to walk towards the gates of the mansion.

[Zero]

Outside hidden in the darkness of the night and generally invisible clad in a plain black tunic and black jeans with combat boots was Zane. A mask of pure black also adorned his face and he had further made himself invisible via chameleon technique that he had learned. Now all he had to do was follow. So he also placed displacement to displace sound and visual of where he was.

[Admiral Regis Hermitage]

"Yes, sir." he looks back directly at Zane. "I've got something... We've got a visitor." He outstretches his arm and directs light onto him.

[K2]

"Yes, I sensed his magic signature," Zere replied as he turned towards Zane. "Well then... Aren't you going to come out and play?"

A wicked laugh spread across his face as he outstretched his hand towards Zane, his fingers pointing down, his long nails unnatural, his hand rotting with dead skin. He lifted the other hand, the one still with a red ball of energy lit on it, lightning running across the arm. He then moved both arms to be outstretched to his sides, took a good position, and began to sprint in a mad dash towards Zane.

[Zero]

But when he started the mad-dash Zane would simply push a button and he would be beamed to another location on the planet, away from the mad men.

[Admiral Regis Hermitage]

Delta laughed along with Zere. "Cowards!" He shouts. "What now, Sir?"

[K2]

Zere stopped, a look of anger on his face... He had wanted that one, but now, he couldn't get what he wanted. He sighed, reminding himself that there were plenty of others left. It was going to be a long night. Zere couldn't waste his energy chasing one guy. He turned back to his subordinate, a wicked smile on his face, before motioning to the city before them.

"Burn everything," he replied, as he started walking -- outside the mansion gates and down a city street, his explosive seals appearing on various buildings, causing destruction.

[Zero]

When they started to burn everything, an AM, AT, AP, AST, and AOW field would rise above them and cancel out those abilities. Tanks would drive up and begin firing plasma rounds as dozens of salvoes of lasers would also be fired. Civilians would be herded to safety and taken off planet by means of specially made devices. Beaming would be used to evacuate all the civilians to dozens of frigates kept in a pocket dimension for just this purpose. With the civilians gone the military did not need to worry about hurting anyone they did not want to. So twin bombs would be dropped near the position of AI Delta and Zere. Without their abilities neither would survive the bombs that had been dropped as these were enhanced nukes. Before the bombs could be dropped the soldiers and tanks would also be beamed up.

[Admiral Regis Hermitage]

Delta transformed his hologram around Zere, shielding him from the bombs and the tanks. These wouldn't affect delta in the first place, so he was fine as well. "Bitch move..." He said to the sky.

"Shall i invite my friends to the party?"

[K2]

An AMR field (Anrufe version of AAM) had also been deployed around the area, causing the AM generators to overload. They were going critical and would soon explode. Zere easily deactivated the bombs by sealing their thermal energy. His seals activated once more with his magic restored, and he again began his campaign. He smiled at Delta, nodding his head.

"Bring them in," he ordered, watching as buildings in the area went up in flames.

[Zero]

One of the soldiers on board the ships noticed that the bombs were not working and so a small hole in the AM was made, and an electromagnetic pulse bomb would be fired through it but the generators were shielded. Sadly nothing else was and everything was on a closed network so Delta could not find his way into any tech to hide in. And another nuke would be dropped this time near Zere directly as they had used a muramasa beam to open a Hyper Space window inside of the barrier Delta was using. The bomb had Am, AT, AP, AST and AOW properties. If it went off, it was curtains for Zere. The fields were redoubled in strength by the capital ships and the hole in the AM field would dissipate as well. But when Zere stopped that, Celso had a new plan. In case Delta should invite his friends to the party, Celso well he had a few friends of his own and so sent a distress signal as well to the Zarethian and to the K Empire. Both of their fleets should be able to handle the friends Delta was talking about bringing.   If not there was plan b and plan c which involved taking over or finding a world to call their home base.

"Heck with this."

With that Celso inserted and twisted his key after which an automated voice asked him for the password he had programmed in. Celso would vocally say the password and the security system around the button would disarm. Half a planet was preferable to it falling to the DAIS. If need be they could harvest meteors and stuff and use it to rebuild the planet. The bombs which had been situated in the planet would begin to detonate. Soon Setus would be no more but Celso knew he could biovac on a Zarethian world or something until such time as a planet could be found that could be suitable to the purposes of the Neo Narrikian Empire. So all the ships withdrew after he twisted the key all the way and pushed the button causing the entire planet and the ones on the planet still Delta and Zere to die in a horrible fiery explosion of death.

[K2]

Because of the AMR fields which were preventing the AM Fields from working, the attacks had no real effect. In fact, by further trying to use AM fields, the Narrakians were overloading their generators more. This caused mass explosions of their generators. The Electromagnetic Pulse and nuke all found themselves meeting Zere's seals, stopping them from doing any damage. But the bombs in the planet...

That would be a problem.

The moment Zere detected thermal activity underground, he drew upon the power of those very bombs. He absorbed it, absorbed the heat. Instead of blowing up the planet, the bombs would fuel the planet. Zere was absorbing their kinetic energy, his hands set on the ground of the planet, pulsing green, like they were the planet's heartbeat. Zere could feel himself getting stronger as he absorbed the heat which had enough power to destroy an entire planet.

...But just what was he going to do with such massive amounts of power?

[Zero]

But all of the ships had withdrawn and Setus was abandoned. Celso pushed one last button on his ship and all the structures on the planet which he had placed dozens of bombs under would all go up in smoke and all the technology on Setus would be irrevocably destroyed. It would not be that big of a set-back but now the Neo Narrikian Empire would be down a home for a while. 

[K2]

But the bombs meant to destroy the buildings and technology did not have any effect either, Zere absorbed the hear from those too. He seemed to be going crazy with power there on the ground now, his laughter like that of a maniac, his entire body pulsating green. Something was changing within him... Something that had not happened in years. The last time this had happened had been at the Excel Tournament... All that power... So. Much. Power.

He began to scream as he stood, his arms outstretched as he finished absorbing the energy. His magic signature seemed much higher than usual, his entire body seemed to be radiating. He glanced at a building nearby, pointed at it, and a green burst of energy left his finger, hitting the building, destroying it. He felt so alive. It was time to use this power. He grinned, nodding his head at Delta.

"Good job, soldier."

And then, he was gone, off to cause destruction somewhere else.

[Admiral Regis Hermitage]

Delta was off as well.."Look out Ol' Delta's back!" Echoed through the planet as he departed to his fleet.