The six avatars moved in perfect unison with their aura red like a terrifying wave of power surging toward Erend and ar.


    The navy-blue-coated avatar led the charge on Erend''s side, sending a torrent of razor-sharp water des toward Erend in quick session. The air shimmered with moisture as the slicing waves of water moved with impossible speed.


    Behind him, the crimson-coated avatar hurled fireballs with heat that seems distorting the air. The emerald-green-coated avatar unleashed jagged tendrils of energy that grew into thorny vines from the ground, twisting and snapping toward Erend.


    Erend stood firm in his ce with zing eyes. The ground around him cracked and hissed as his fire shed with the navy-blue avatar''s water. Sparks of electricity rippled across his body and countering the emerald tendrils as they neared him, turning them to ash before they could reach him. Then Erend summoned a massive vortex of fire and lightning, scattering the iing fireballs and forcing his attackers to regroup.


    But the avatars were relentless, their teamwork tightening like a noose around Erend. They already know that Erend have more than one power. It shook them at first but now there''s no time to be shocked anymore.


    Erend grinned and unleashing a surge of water power to douse the mes and surprise the navy-blue avatar.


    "Come on!" Erend shouted, his voice a thunderp as he charged through the chaos andnding a devastating punch on the crimson avatar with terrible speed and sending him sprawling.


    The emerald-green-coated avatar retaliated, vines snaking toward Erend''s legs but he leaped into the air creating a streak of fire and lightning and came crashing down with an incredible impact that shake the ground.


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    On the other side of the battlefield, ar faced the silver-coated woman, Krevak, and jet-ck-coated avatars. They surrounded him with an intimidating aura of oppressive energy.


    The silver-coated avatar attacked first. She unleashing piercing beams of light that burned through the air. Then Krevak followed, summoning radiant golden fire in the form of orbs that hovered ominously before streaking toward ar like falling stars.


    Meanwhile, the jet-ck-coated avatar moved with eerie calm, shadowy tendrils forming massive, serrated weapons thatshed out toward ar.


    ar mmed his fists into the ground, summoning massive earthen walls to intercept the iing projectiles. The light beams scorched the walls while the golden orbs shattered them, sending chunks of stone flying in all directions.


    But ar was already moving, his mastery of earth power allowing him to navigate the battlefield with unparalleled agility.


    With a wave of his hand, jagged pirs of rock erupted from the ground, forcing the avatars to dodge.


    He followed up with a devastating punch to Krevak that sending him flying. The silver-coated avatar retaliated with a barrage of light once more but ar absorbed the brunt of it because he thought that he couldn''t dondge this one. His hardened scales glowing faintly from the heat, but its not cracked anywhere.


    But then, the jet-ck-coated avatar moved silently behind him with shadowy weapons poised. But ar spun around just in time and grabbing the weapon then shattering it with his bare hands.


    His counterattack came quick after that. He send an enormous boulder summoned from the earth then crashing it into the avatar from the side and sending him reeling.


    The battlefield was be a huge chaos in an instant. Each blow shook the earth, the sheer power of the Dragonborn and the avatars tearing apart the ancient battleground.


    A thunderous crack echoed through the air as Erend''s lightning-charged fist collided with the crimson avatar, the impact sending shockwaves that toppled one of the massive Dragon bones nearby.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    The giant bone fell with a deafening crash,nding mere feet from Erend. He froze for a moment, his eyes narrowing as he realized the truth.


    "These bones..."


    he thought. It was unscathed its surface unmarred by the incredible force of the battle that ring everywhere.


    "They might be unbreakable."


    But there was no time to ponder. Another wave of attacks came and forcing Erend and ar to fight with even greater ferocity. The bones continued to fall around them, shifting from their positions but never shattering.


    After few minutester of the intense battle a new sound pierced through the battlefield. It was a grating metallic screech so loud it seems to made the air vibrate. Everyone froze for a moment and their gazes snapping toward the source: the ck door.


    The door had moved. A faint crack of light now shone from its edges and illuminating the battlefield with a strange glow from inside. The light was little yet it carried an intensity that made even the six avatars hesitate.


    Erend and ar exchanged nces from their position. The battlefield grew silent, the faint hum of the light from the ck door filling the void.


    The battlefield''s eerie silence was broken only by the faint hum emanating from the crack of light behind the ck door. Erend''s gaze was locked on the door, his mind start to thinking of a lot possibilities.


    "Why is it suddenly opening?"


    he thought with a deep frown. The ck door was supposed to be their destination, the ce ar had been dragged toward before regaining his senses and fighting back. And now without warning it was responding to something they don''t know.


    His eyes swept over the six avatars standing amidst the rubble and fallen bones, their coats billowing faintly in the lingering energy of the battle.


    "What''s your game?" Erend asked. "Why were you trying to drag ar to that door? And what exactly is your intention?"


    The avatars stood motionless, their faces unreadable. Then, after an agonizing pause, the silver-coated woman start to say something.


    "We will take our power back," she said. "The power that your kind stole."


    Erend''s mind clicked into ce.


    "So, that''s it," he said. "You think your powers are behind that door? That''s why you brought ar here to clear the way?"


    The silver-coated woman''s lips curved in a faint, humorless smile, but she said nothing more. The other avatars remained silent, their expressions as cold and unreadable as ever.


    Erend clenched his fists, the realization sending a surge of urgency through him. If these avatars already have power like this, what would they be if they regained whatever strength was locked behind that door? It would be disastrous, not just for him and ar.


    His eyes darted to ar who stood on the far side of the battlefield watching the interaction. Erend reached out with his mind, projecting a telepathic message.


    "ar, we can''t let them get to that door."


    ar frowned, his gaze flicking to the door and then back to the avatars. " Continue reading stories on empire


    What''s in there?"


    "One of them said that they think their real power is hidden behind it. They already hit pretty hard now. Imagine if they get their full strength back."


    ar''s response came almost instantly, tinged with dry humor.


    "Oh. Okay. That''s bad."


    "Yeah, so let''s make sure they don''t get in."


    ar''s fists tightened, the ground beneath him rumbling slightly.


    "Understood."


    The brief moment of calm shattered as Erend and ar suddenly moved in tandem to cut off the avatars from the door. Erend unleashed a torrent of lightning and the arcs forked toward the silver-coated woman and the other avatars.


    ar followed up with a massive wave of earth spikes that erupted in a deadly arc, aimed at forcing the avatars further away from the door.


    The avatars reacted instantly, their movements still looked fluid and synchronized.


    "Not so fast!" Erend roared, channeling his fire and water powers simultaneously. A spiraling torrent of steam burst from his hands, scalding the vines from the emerald coated woman and creating a temporary smokescreen. He dashed through it and aimed for the navy-blue avatar.


    ar, on the other hand, dug his heels into the ground and raised a massive b of earth. With a guttural roar he hurled it at Krevak who leaped to avoid it only to be met by ar''s fist driving into his chest midair.


    Krevak hit the ground with a heavy thud but before ar could press his advantage the jet-ck-coated avatar appeared behind him again, shadows coiling around his arms like deadly des.


    ar summoning a dome of hardened rock around him just as the shadowy des struck. The attack rebounded harmlessly and ar burst from his earthen shell with a counterstrike, sending shards of rock flying in all directions.


    Even as the battle raged on, the ck door continued to shift. The light spilling from its edges grew brighter, pulsating with a strange rhythm that seemed to resonate with the avatars and the two Dragonborn as well. They all feeling it and immediately moved with new urgency, their attacks growing fiercer and more desperate.


    Erend noticed it too, his heart sinking. "


    The door is reacting to them."


    But whatever was happening, Erend knew one thing: they couldn''t let it open any further or the avatars reach it. He and ar would have to hold the line.


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