Divine Form

The breathing behind the masked slasher grew heavy as he lunged at me with his knife. I effortlessly dodge the slash before bringing Dark Sister up in a diagonal slash that severs his other arm at the shoulder making the masked killer grunt in pain.

Deciding that I had prolonged it enough I stabbed him through the chest right over where his heart should be and raised my free hand over his face. 

"You guys might want to shield your eyes." I called back. 

I cast Falling Star first which erased the killer's head before twisting my sword and channeling HearthFire through the blade. Pure white flames erupted from the wound before consuming the rest of the body in a blinding display.

As the ashes scattered in the wind a roar could be heard from the sky as countless spider-like appendages shot out of the ground and tried to skewer me.

Tiamat jumped from my tattoo and quickly shielded everyone. She had sensed the attack and acted on her own. Seeing that everyone was safe I sent Tiamat a quick mental message. 

'I'm going to take my true form Tia, shield everyone and keep your eyes closed too. I don't want to risk anything.'  

Not waiting for confirmation and praying that Tiamat got my message I burst into my true form. Black flames and arcs of lightning tore up the ground around me.

I felt my body disappear and coalesce into pure energy. The Entity screeched as my power tore at it. Waves of energy stripped it down to its core. It began screaming in a language that I couldn't understand. I pushed more power into ripping the dark being into shreds.

Without warning, beams of light erupted from the darkness solidifying into human shapes that got sucked through me. It felt strange, almost like the light was the souls of humans long dead being sent to the afterlife. More lights burst from the darkness, some were pitch black. Those I felt pure evil radiating from.

Going on the assumption that these were in fact souls, I obliterated those lights and moved on to a third set of lights. These weren't as dark, I could feel the sorrow and pain in these 'souls'. I felt those souls seeking something out.

Not knowing what to do I pushed those lights to where I had felt the first 'souls' went hoping that I sent them somewhere they could find redemption. Finally the darkness began to break down. The screeching turned to whimpering.

Those eventually faded as well and I pulled my energy back into myself returning my human form. 

That had been the first time I actually took my divine form. I had taken my ten foot tall form before but shedding my human form had been a whole different experience. I had felt like I could connect to everything around me. From the air to the trees around me.

It was a little disorienting almost like I was in a sensory deprivation tank. I turned back around and spotted Tiamat still curled around everyone protectively. 

'It's alright now Tia, you can return.'  

'I felt your power father, it was both exhilarating and frightening at the same time.'  

I chuckled as she jumped back into my tattoo. Everyone gaped at the destruction I had caused. The houses were in ruin and the grass around me was burnt.

All around everything seemed to be falling apart as the being holding the place together had been destroyed. 

"What the hell just happened?" Asked the old man. 

"Just another day for me." I grinned.