All 32.0 - Freeing Maopingzhen

With Totality destroyed and the rift sealed, the group needed to find their stray members. The wind elemental had been destroyed by Totality, so they needed another way to travel. Pierce, using his Rod of the Dragon from the Dragon King's tomb, turned himself into a great red dragon; the others piled onto his back, and he began to scout about.
They managed to spot two points of interest: a bulging area in Component’s walls, likely where the others were trapped, and the focal point where the walls converged. They decided to save the others first.
Attacking the walls from above, they managed to make a gap and rescue the others with various flight magic, letting them escape from the hole. Now free, they went to the focal point of the walls, where they found a large stone slab, carved with a relief of an alien creature, almost spider-like in form. They recognized it as the same sort of creature that tried to come through the breach in Duvallon while they spoke to Xander. Attacking the creature yielded no response from it, though after a few seconds, new All stepped out of the nearby walls.
Victor ran at a large, polygonal, rhino-shaped being. He jumped on its back, enraging it and provoking it to run away from the others. Pierce, still in the form of a dragon, grabbed a skinny, ashy creature cloaked in fire. He flew up and proceeded to drop it from a great height, repeating this until it died. Cohen attacked a slimy, poisonous being from a distance, while the others focused their efforts on the heart of Component. With an incredible blow from Cress, the stone-like All shattered to powder. The others dealt with their targets with similar ease and strength.
After this assault, it appeared that there was nothing left in the city except for Shares and Completes; small fare for them at this point. Clover and Tarragon offered to stay to keep the rift closed and to clean the town of the minor remaining threats. Heartfelt goodbyes were traded between Clover and those who had befriended the Arroyitan changeling in their short time together, particularly Cress.
Wanting to push their offensive, they instructed Gemini to immediately teleport the group to the closest safe inn beyond the All’s influence at the Seat of the Firehawk: the last open rift on this continent. When they arrived, they were shocked to find themselves a huge distance from their intended target. Gemini informed them that everything closer was "on fire". True to their word, ravaged earth could be seen from where they stood, at an intact but definitely abandoned inn. The scorched land, punctuated by the pillar of fire that could be seen on the horizon, could mean only one thing: the Firehawk still lived.Category:Advent of the All