Nico laughed at the answer, though his eyes kept returning to the bodies around Caelus.
"Fair enough. I didn't expect to meet you while fighting for first place."
"Neither did I. What did you do to those things?"
Caelus pointed toward the ashes beside Nico. He hadn't left a single piece large enough to form a new body.
"My Authority of Lightning. They can't multiply if I burn away every bit of them."
A creature stretched its neck out of the portal behind him. Nico lifted two fingers and sent a golden bolt through its open mouth.
[Authority Activated: Lightning.]
Lightning spread through the creature's body and burned it from inside. When its back burst open Nico struck the falling pieces with smaller bolts until nothing remained.
Caelus could see why he had climbed so quickly. Nico had a power well suited to dealing with these things.
"I suppose you're here to take first place back?"
"Would you believe me if I said I was just passing through?"
"No."
"Then why ask?"
