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Blueblood simply smirked as his eyes turned white and he started hovering in the air, arcane magic forming a thick, purple, lightning-filled atmosphere around him. He knew very well that he was practically radiating with power and convinced that this would be a short, easy battle. So, naturally, he was also the one making the first move, shooting a purple beam right into the middle of the group. He made no efforts to actually hit any of them, only wanting to intimidate, so all in the group could easily jump out of range, only leaving a burning mark on the carpet. While Luna had to be held back this whole time, nothing was going to stop her anymore now. She came running right at the corrupt king, firing her own magical energy beam. But lacking the superior powers of an alicorn now, Blueblood didn’t even need to use magic to block it. Simply using his wing as a shield and flicking the beam away was enough, causing him to grin.

Luna still had rage written on her face. If magic would not be enough, her hooves would be. Blueblood waited for her to get close before, in a twisted sense of irony, he used the dark powers he stole from her to form a sword out of pure darkness, using levitation to swing it at her. Luna’s eyes widened and she ducked just in time to prevent her own reckless decapitation. With her sister being right in front of their arch enemy and completely unprotected now, Celestia immediately jumped into action in attempt to protect her from a second strike already in the making. She used a teleportation spell to make her switch places with her sister, quickly creating a magic shield to block the dark blade and fired her own beam straight at her nephew’s chest. Again opting for an ironic approach, he used Celestia’s bright magic to form a sword made out of pure light to block the beam. Though the white fallen alicorn was just about as furious as her sister, the many years of war made her more careful and strategic. She immediately jumped out of range before Blueblood even had a chance to swing at her.

All this happened just within the first five seconds of the battle and still, Blueblood did not move a muscle. He just hovered there, his front legs crossed, his mane floating softly in the air while he had the two blades of opposing elements hovering in front of him. His smirk reeked of confidence and the magic sparks forming around his body could barely contain themselves. Now, he was waiting. Waiting for an, in his eyes, actual challenger to make her move.

Celestia and Luna both stood next to each other again, both equally frustrated to not be able to deal any harm. Their eyes jumped over to Twilight. She stared at Blueblood with a grim visage. For once, Despair was telling them the truth. It all came down to her and Blueblood truly seemed to be completely oblivious to Slendermane’s presence inside of Shining Armor. All of Twilight’s friends were only support in this fight. Pawns and distractions at her disposal with the observant demon being the only exception, having to stay passive to prevent Blueblood from ordering him to assist. Twilight did not like looking at any of her dear friends this way. Yet, it was necessary right now. If they wanted to beat Blueblood, they had to work together.

Giving quick looks to her both sides, the purple mare silently gave both Derpy and Fluttershy a signal. They instantly readied their scythes while the purple mare’s eyes became white and arcane magic began to cluster around her as well. The entire room became flooded with an intense light coming from Twilight’s horn, aiming to blind Blueblood. Though he simply held the dark sword before his eyes, seeing her right through it. He watched as Twilight teleported both of her reaper friends away, the shift in magic making him feel as they rematerialized behind him. At the very least, they got him to turn around and block both scythes with his elemental swords, creating an arcane shield behind him to block the deadly beam Twilight was firing at him immediately after. A quick look back accompanied with a sly smirk confirmed to Twilight that this was far too easy for him and that he still didn’t take this fight any serious.

Fine then, Twilight thought to herself. If he wanted a dance, then she would give him one. With Twilight charging ahead, she gave the signal for all of them to go all out on him. Magic and kicks came flying at the corrupt king. Though he, again, did not even flinch. Casually floating in the air, he encased himself in an arcane sphere and let it take the blows for him while he let the two swords fly around him outside and swing at his enemies. Twilight was expecting this of him and still, she kept on firing bolt after bolt, even though they had no effect. Then suddenly, she issued a verbal command.

“Tripudium Messōrum!” she shouted.

Fluttershy and Derpy reacted immediately, hovering at opposing ends around Blueblood’s sphere. Integrating dodging the blades into their dance, they started to distract the corrupt king. He seemed both confused and amused that they would go for a dancing weapon demonstration in the middle of a battle like that. But as they started turning into black fog, both swords not able to land any more strikes on them and he felt how the storm circling around him began to pull on his shield, he suddenly became wide-eyed. This was what Twilight was hoping for. The shift in his magical focus was so subtle, no one else would be able to notice. But she could feel how the King of Corruption lessened his grip on his weapons to instead focus on holding the shield under control. Now, it was as simple as mentally disarming Blueblood for Twilight to take over control of the swords. Of course, Blueblood felt that. But the fraction of a second this all needed was already enough for Twilight to use the king’s weapons against himself, shattering his protective sphere with the swords.

Finally, Blueblood seemed to be genuinely shocked. Although the swords almost instantly dissipated as he stopped fueling them with his magic, it was enough time for Twilight to break through his barrier by using his stolen magic against him. His eyes shot to the side and he created a new sphere before Cadence and Shining Armor could land a hit on him.

Twilight simply gave a nod to both reapers, signaling them to go for the same strategy a second time. Blueblood was visibly more tense this time, but his approach had changed slightly. Twilight felt that he now was keeping a firm grip on the swords he conjured again, but in turn neglected to fully power his shield. Instantly, Twilight shot another beam at Blueblood, this time being able to shatter the sphere due to Blueblood’s lack of focus on it. The force was strong enough to launch the corrupt king against the wall behind him and for a brief moment, he lost his concentration, letting his eyes turn blue again, his aura disappear and making him stand on the ground.

The expression of disbelief on his face was incredibly satisfying to Twilight, causing her to smirk at him for a change. He actually believed himself to be unstoppable. But even though he easily had more magic power than Twilight, his inexperience in combat was equally easy for the purple mare to exploit. She would not allow him to create any more shields and every time he would try, she would just break it again immediately.

Blueblood seemed to understand Twilight’s intentions by reading her smirk and seemed pretty angered by her insolent demeanor. His eyes turned white again, but he remained on the ground this time. Finally getting serious, he lifted his head and let several beams shoot out of his horn, randomly letting them wander across the room. Twilight simply created a shield, the fallen alicorns, Shining Armor and Rarity immediately jumping behind their friend to take cover while Fluttershy and Derpy simply kept dodging the beams and approached Blueblood again for yet another strike. The beams occasionally found their way to the headless body of the Rarity clone, cutting it into large, uneven chunks like a hot knife running through butter and cauterizing the created wounds immediately. Blueblood, though, was only focusing on the reapers, trying his best to keep them at distance by swinging his levitating swords at them. But this lead to him neglecting Twilight. Seeing how much they had been occupying him so far, he really seemed to be struggling to handle the immortal messengers of death.

As an opening presented itself between the beams, Rarity decided to take the opportunity and jumped out of cover. Since she was already undead, she figured it wouldn’t matter much if she would get struck at this point. She came running at Blueblood, aiming to kick him and throw off his balance. With an almost panicky expression, the King of Corruption reacted, quickly swinging the sword made of darkness at her. Without a protective sphere to guard him, he just couldn’t keep a watch on so many enemies at once. While Rarity threw herself to the ground to dodge the blade, Derpy swung her scythe vertically upwards behind Blueblood. Although he could react just in time to avoid feeling the tool of death piercing through his chest, his garments gained a not so decorative slice through almost the entire length of the backside, just stopping short of the collar piece. Fluttershy realized that Blueblood wasn’t focusing her anymore, so she came flying in, ready to swing. Blueblood’s pupils shrunk visibly and he clenched his eyes shut in tension as he could barely block the strike in time with his sword of light.

The beams stopped as Blueblood was busy with the three mares attacking him, giving Twilight the chance to dispel her shield and start attacking again. As he opened his eyes again, he saw a purple lightning coming straight for him. At last, he was unable to react in time, the bolt striking him in the stomach area and launching him into a wall a second time. As the group of friends quickly clustered back together and readied themselves for another attack, they saw blood running down his belly. Moments later, Blueblood began to vomit in red as well. Twilight feared that she overdid it and actually dealt a lethal blow, breaking the pact she had with the demons. But the sinister king quickly let his weapons disappear to instead focus entirely on defending himself with a new sphere and casting healing spells on himself. The wound sealed up, but the blood loss and hideous scars in lightning pattern received due to this attack remained. Just trying to catch his breath for a moment and wiping the blood from his lips, Blueblood stared at the mares who dared to permanently mark him like this. Even through the barrier, the group could see the murderous intentions flaring up in his eyes now.

As soon as he dropped his protection, Blueblood recreated his two swords and came running at the group with a furious battle cry. He finally was going for the offense, but Twilight would not take any chances. She teleported all of them behind Blueblood, forcing him to turn back around and giving all of Twilight’s friends more time to react and adapt. As if the roles were reversed now, they all started dispersing in different directions, constantly dodging the wildly swinging swords circling all around the furious king. As he realized he wasn’t hitting anything, he created more weapons. Dozens of purple daggers made out of arcane magic were randomly flying around the room, most of them not even aiming for anything or getting stuck in the walls. Still, injuries were unavoidable at this point. Despite all the battle experience the members of the leadership circle gained over the years, cuts were quickly being received. Twilight could not allow this to go on, or he might actually manage to kill one of them. But before she could come up with any plan, Rarity once again showed the initiative. She decided to ignore the daggers and ran up to Blueblood from behind. Although she became stabbed several times, two of the daggers even ramming themselves into her neck and side, she simply kept running until she managed to jump onto Blueblood’s back and delivered a hard hind leg kick to the back of his head.

Immediately, all daggers disappeared as the King of Corruption was staggering. He really seemed dizzy for a moment, even lowering the two swords he used as his main weapons. Rarity was in pain from the new wounds, but grinned widely in satisfaction as she saw him in this state. Going for seconds, she came running again. But Blueblood could recover in time to retaliate. It truly was fortunate that Rarity was dead already, otherwise having her jump right into a dark blade and getting impaled on it would have been fatal. Still, she showed an expression of intense pain and the view still shocked her friends, causing them to start attacking now, too. After letting the undead mare drop to the ground, Blueblood’s blades came flying left and right, clashing against the scythes of the reapers and a spear Twilight formed out of her purple magic. But it was Shining Armor who proved that a unicorn horn is good for more than just casting spells. With all this wild, uncontrolled swinging, he still found an opening and simply leapt forward, ramming his horn into Blueblood’s side and causing him to scream out in pain.

Before Shining Armor could withdraw, Blueblood’s expression changed to pure fury, sending out a magical shockwave in all directions. The explosion tore the entire top of the tower asunder, bricks and furniture flying all over the castle in a wide radius as the members of the circle found themselves midair, risking to fall down from the entire mountain. Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Derpy and Fluttershy could quickly recover, catching Rarity and Shining Armor. Twilight didn’t need any help, using her magic to keep herself afloat. As soon as all were safe, eyes quickly returned to Blueblood, watching him as he flapped his wings, hovering above what was left of the tower and using another healing spell to seal the bleeding hole Shining Armor caused. The rage in his expression was defying any description. Pupils shrunken, eyes bloodshot, veins in his neck and forehead pulsing. He was so enraged, it allowed the curse of madness to affect him.

“You annoying little pests! I will not be beaten by worms! This is my world, my throne, my destiny! And you? You are but insects compared to me!” he screamed as loud as he could, even using something similar to the fabled Royal Canterlot Voice.

By now, all cultists in Canterlot City were aware of what was going on, fighting against the reapers on the streets and trying to get to the castle. But all ways were blocked and the air guarded by elder reapers. Twilight could also safely assume that Maud and her friends were still nearby, making sure nothing would be able to reach them. In his current state, Blueblood would not be able to think clearly anymore. The leadership circle simply needed to prevent him from running away or flying towards the city.

As for now, the King of Corruption had very different intentions. His eyes turned white again and he shot a massive beam of arcane magic at the group, too big to dodge in time and too strong for Twilight to block. So, once more, she simply teleported the entire circle out of danger. The arcane beam destroyed everything in its path, blasting a hole in the city wall, tearing up a cliff and annihilating several trees. He might be going all out now, but this proved to the purple mare that they were getting close to winning. He was desperate. If they managed to get him to exhaust himself, it would be over.

The battle continued in the air now, Twilight choosing to share a portion of her magical powers to Shining Armor and Rarity, allowing them to levitate at their own will. After a brief moment of adaptation to the sudden surge, they both resumed the fight. Rarity was still visibly in pain, covering the hole in her torso with both front legs. Yet, she kept on staring at Blueblood grimly, floating to a safe distance and planning her next move. The blood on Shining Armor’s horn was running down his forehead and towards his eye, but being the trained guard he is, he simply wiped it away and got ready to strike again.

Blueblood himself was baring his teeth in rage. His elemental swords were gone. Instead, he now let the dark and bright powers he had stolen flow freely. A thick purple cloud, wildly sparking with arcane lightnings made Blueblood nearly invisible. The air became filled with random specks of light and darkness, hovering as if they didn’t know why they were there either.

At last, the corrupt king started moving again, swinging his head from one side to another and aiming his front legs around randomly. Bolts of magic fired wherever he was pointing, beams of light pierced through everything in their path like the bullets of a mule musket. Dark orbs spontaneously exploded and compressed again. On top of all that, Blueblood kept on firing massive beams out of his horn, bright enough to make the night seem as the day with each shot. From the side of the mountain all the way high up into the sky, everything was filled with hostile magic, lashing out so crazily that none in the group could think of anything other than dodging. Shining Armor trying to protect Cadence. Cadence trying to protect Shining Armor. Luna staying closer to the dark magic, as she could handle it better. Celestia doing the same with the bright magic. Rarity forced to fly further and further away to avoid taking any more unneeded blows, although she continuously tried to reach Blueblood again. Fluttershy and Derpy skillfully dodging all attacks, trying their hardest to reach Twilight and the purple mare herself just hovering there, engulfed in the same arcane sphere she denied Blueblood from using. She chose to stick to the weaker magic attacks and letting her shield absorb the damage instead of exposing herself to the stronger ones. Bit by bit, she slipped between the blows, getting ever closer to the enraged alicorn.

He was screaming in fury and flailing around, letting his magic hit everything and nothing. Beneath them, the castle became shredded, entire walls and towers flying through the sky as the magical strikes ripped them out. The occasional stray magic bolt shot into the city, causing a purple detonation wherever it landed and dealing severe damage to the population as well. Twilight could watch as the cultists stopped trying to aid their king and instead fled in panic. Moments later, a good third of Canterlot City’s foundation suddenly broke off and fell down the mountain, making countless cultists drop to their deaths.

The sensation of a big wave of arcane magic rushing towards Twilight made her refocus their main target. Blueblood was staring straight at her as he unleashed a huge purple shockwave towards her. Certain she would not be able to block that attack, she quickly teleported out of range. Another wall of purple came flying at her immediately, forcing Twilight to teleport again. Over and over, she was now forced to avoid, visibly enraging Blueblood even more. Once again, he screamed out in fury, unleashing a purple detonation much bigger than anything Twilight had ever created.

A second time, the rebels found themselves being blasted through the air, but fortunately none of them were mortally injured, having been carefully watching all the attacks around them and being forced to stay at a distance. The castle and mountain were not so fortunate, though. The blast tore the entire peak away, shortening it by several miles and putting Canterlot Castle into an even much worse state than the castle ruins in Everfree Forest. But it seemed like this finally caused Blueblood to exhaust himself, as he was simply hovering now with barely any arcane aura around him, panting heavily.

Twilight saw her chance. It was time to finish this. With another teleportation, she landed right in front of the King of Corruption, firing a magic beam at him. Blueblood could block it, but he seemed to struggle. While still shooting, she levitated one of the still airborne chunks of mountain over and smashed it against him. Blueblood was hit with full force and started spinning through the air out of control. Twilight teleported once again, just short of where he was heading to launch another arcane beam at him, this time hitting him unblocked.

A trail of blood, the king and the rebellion leaders were now everything still flying through the air. Blueblood clenched his entire face in pain, already casting another healing spell on himself. But with nothing left to keep the rebels on a distance, they now came rushing in. Rarity delivered another kick, straight onto the wound he was trying to seal. He shouted out in pain and fury, aiming his horn at the undead mare. But by that time, Cadence arrived to harshly pull on his long mane, forcing his head back and making him fire into the sky. Before he could adapt, Shining Armor joined in, grabbing Blueblood by his tail and pulling him up, making him spin up and out of control once again. As the evil king tried to regain control, Derpy swiftly flew by with the scythe in her mouth, slicing his left wing clean off. Another scream of pain filled the air. Blueblood knew he could not regrow a wing by magic in time before he would fall to the ground, so he instead readied another huge arcane beam to hit the rebels while they were all clustered together. But as he raised his head, Fluttershy came flying by, her scythe slicing his horn clean off. While the yellow reaper mare was flying fast enough to escape the prematurely detonating spell, Blueblood’s face received the full blast, burning his fur and partially tearing his skin off. While he was busy covering his hurting face with his front hooves, Twilight teleported herself one last time. She was hovering above Blueblood, readying an arcane beam herself.

The King of Corruption looked back up. At this point, time seemed to slow down for him. He watched in terror as Twilight’s horn started glowing more and more, before her head slowly lowered down to him. With this view, he finally understood that he had lost.

The beam fired. Blueblood became launched down forcefully atop what was left of the mountain, leaving a small crater in it. All members came flying down to check on their opponent, landing in a circle around him and his crater. Blood was splattered all over the hole, countless bones were broken and some even piercing out of his body. Blood slowly came flowing out of his many wounds, mouth and nose. But amazingly, he was still alive, breathing and awake. Any other pony would have been torn to shreds by that kind of treatment, but it seemed like the large quantities of arcane magic inside of him made him far more resilient than they all anticipated. But it didn’t matter anymore at this point. Blueblood was severely crippled and incapable of fighting. To honor their pact with the demons, all magic casters in the group decided to cast healing spells on him, just enough to prevent his death. After so many years, Twilight and her friends finally accomplished their goal. The king has fallen.