The Spire.

[DragonMasterX]

Glass-shattering sounds were heard as the tendrils reached Ryoji. The spikes simply burst in front of him, the energy around his force field was too strong, overly to the point of bouncing the lighting Ereth had shot right back at him, "Your foolish attempts only delay the inevitable," Ryoji uttered, holding his claw out and upwards again as if he was holding something again, "You delude yourselves into thinking summoning your greatest strengths will aid you in this staggering ordeal. You cannot be more blind to the truth. Allow me to demonstrate."

All of a sudden, Ryoji's empty hand was filled with a purple sphere that cackled dangerously with lighting, it seemed as if some sort of void was inside of it, a void so empty that it ironically could be said to be full of demise and oblivion. Ryoji wasn't going to waste his time attacking, he would end this quickly, "I must mend this rotten world. And you all, half-breeds, and human symphatizers, will not be in it!" he said, suddenly smashing the purple sphere against the floor, causing a jet-black shadow cast over the aerie's floor, making everyone step on it. The black ground suddenly started sporting dark-purple tentacles, all of them twitching and starting to orderly point at each of Ryoji's opponents. All of them were being targeted, and more and more tentacles were coming out.

A grunting voice could be heard not too far away, "Th-this wasn't... part of the deal!" another dragon, this one wearing fancy clothing, said from behind a large boulder where he had been hiding, the tentacles having wrapped him, "You...! You betrayed me!" he said, his glistening emerald scales being dusked by the strong tendrils coming from the floor, his red eyes were full of fury as he stared daggers and at the same time feared at Ryoji, who hadn't even turned to watch him, "Answer me! I gave you everything you needed! My organization dug up all your artifacts and relics, you... you were supposed to share the power!" he screamed as the tendrils squished his body.

Mar looked at his friends fight, but it seemed like this battle was one-sided. He wished he could assist, but now nothing seemed easy. He'd always been used to dealing with enemies on his own or at the most having a tandem partner but how was he supposed to fight to protect if he already was completely tied up? He at least figured he would be able to catch some useful information by listening to Ryoji talk with this newcomer, apparently they were related, and not only that, but this guy also seemed to have helped Ryoji. What if he could seize him and get him to tell him what they needed to know? Dot in his arms, no, it was impossible. He stood up as the shadowy floor covered their footing, he was unsure of what to do but to keep Dorothy safe. That's when a large tentacle sprouted from behind and shot itself over the huge dragon, not giving him a chance to react. The black tentacle didn't wrap around him, but instead it totally crashed on him as if it had been some sort of liquid, totally engulfing him, "Grrr! What the hell... is this?!" he said, trying to fight the goo off, only managing to get it all over his body, the goo was making him feel heavier, duller, and eventually he had to drop Dorothy. The tendrils were ignoring her, "D-Dot... ahhh!" he roared, trying to run over to her, but more tentacles shoot over on top of him, completely enveloping him, turning him into a black lump on the floor.

"Whhaaaa! Mister Terramoore, what's going on?!" This time a familiar voice could be heard as Mar was trapped. A rather irritatingly annoying young female chirp, "Lino! Are you okay?!" Lina helplessly screamed, both young whelps were being held by the tendrils as well, although Lino seemed unconscious, a nice bump on his head evidently suggesting he had been somehow hit, "You shouldn't have tried to protect me, dummy!" she cried, "Mr. Terramoore!"

"Shut up! He won't listen!" Terramoore roared, totally humiliated as Ryoji still hadn't answered him, "ANSWER ME, UZUMAKI!!" he finally shouted to the golden dragon.