He had to give them credit. The two canines didn't know when to quit.

Legionnaires turned to clouds of powder in droves as they fought them back, walls of rock appearing in an attempt to slow them to little avail. Not here. Not in the realm where there were always twenty legionnaires behind every one that fell. Even so, the two managed to hold out a lot longer than the Light Binder assumed. The fox especially. He couldn't help but watch her actions with intrigue.

"Can you hurry it up?" she called. "Getting kinda crowded out here!"

She punched the ground, creating spikes to impale several legionnaires.

"Working as fast as I can, kid," the human behind her said.

He'd been operating on the barrier ever since they'd realized how strong it was. Something a few of the soldiers tried before, their bodies lying as examples for the trio. Yet even despite the army on their backs and the barrier blocking them, the Light Binder found himself a little doubtful. Nay, hopeful even.

No one else had ever lasted so long against the White Legion. And no one else had ever been so fascinating to watch.

A chime rang out at the human's side.

"Alright!" he called. "Crack's in place! Do it now!"

Both canines immediately whipped around, the fox smashing her fists together while the wolf took aim with her rapier. The human dove out of the way, rolling over to blast the incoming hordes of legionnaires around them. A simple stalling game, it looked like. The Light Binder sat up as the two canines came leaping forward.

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And smashing right through the barrier.

What? Impossible!

He jumped out of his seat, watching as the rest of the barrier began to flicker. As the cracks began to form, pieces fading one by one. He barely heard Reginald returning with tea in all the commotion.

"Sir I-" He cut off as soon as he saw their ruined barrier.

The fox was beaming brightly below, her tail beating against the ground behind her. The wolf, on the other hand, sent a vicious glare in their direction.

Impossible. They actually broke through? They actually... He grabbed the edges of his monument's crown, an almost foreign feeling overcoming him. One that made a smile rise over his face. By the light of the universe. They're the ones. The strong forces I've been searching for. He had to fight back tears at that moment. How long had he waited? How many people had he killed? He grinned wider as the wolf came flying towards him. His first real battle in decades!

"Sir!"

Reginald stopped the girl's blow dead, his sword meeting hers as he'd leapt to intercept.

"Get out of my way!" she growled.

He struggled, but his second managed to push the girl off. Something that only made him more eager to meet her on the field of battle than before. Just where was that power the whole time she'd been stalking him? He chased the thought away, instead looking down at the red canine who hadn't moved. Her eyes never left him.

"Get down," she said, "or I make you get down."

Her hands glowed as she said this. The weapons of the spirits. Rings, hmm? He wasn't sure how versatile a weapon they'd make, but clearly the fox used them wisely. That was more than enough for him. He stepped onto the edge of the crown, drawing a hand in the air.

"Fox girl, please do me a favor."

The signals took form in front of him, a long metallic chain appearing, one end of which he let hang while the other got snatched out of the air. Oh, how missed the feel of his old steel again. He sighed in euphoria.

"Try not to die too fast," he said, holding up both the chain and sharpened sickle attached.

The fox girl braced herself, not backing down from the challenge. He liked that in a fighter.

The distance closed between them in seconds, his sickle slicing through the air.