Sirius stood on his knees, his eyes closed.

The moment one person entered the area of his senses, he began casting.

A small pull of mana under the foot - and the attacker stumbled. The push - stone column hit his head, knocking him out. Infuse the rock with more energy, and it began melting, making others move to the side to avoid being hit. Fast and cold touch of mana from the sides, and the column shattered, showering the attackers in pebbles and dust. Sirius got up, supporting himself on his staff, and looked over the shield. He condensed the small plate of ice to shield himself from the leader's fireball, and evaluated the surroundings. He made his old stone shield slide down the river bank, taking one attacker to the right with itself into the river, and crushing the foot of another. Sirius launched two more ice projectiles, making them meet boulders that flew in his direction, changing their path. For a solid second he was condensing the biggest ice pillar above his head and launched it into the leader. Just as the man from the Church raised the stone pole to defend himself, the pillar exploded and covered exposed parts in thin needles, riddling his cape in holes.

Sirius had almost no mana, and to stall for time he tried reasoning once again, trying to ignore the pained wails of the mage with crushed foot.

"Leave me alone, and I will let you live!" He shouted, looking over his shield at the scene below.

"You are the spawn of the devil!" Screamed one of the lower-rank mages, while gathering his might to launch another ice spear.

"I was not talking to you!" Sirius once again pushed some ground up under the man's foot, making him roll down the hill into the river.

"You do not deserve to wield Their divine gift, you sinner!" Roared the leader while leaning on the stone pillar, both riddled with tiny holes.

"Oh, sorry, it was not me who decided to kill me first!" Sirius was almost ready to attack them again, but the rage from all their spells was too distracting. The mana around Sirius began swirling, as he could not contain the anger. "You are too zealous to see the world for what it is! There are more capable people being born, but you live as if you are the only special ones! Look at me! I am not even an adult! Precisely because I am the Child of the Prophecy I saw beyond your teachings!"

At this moment the only standing woman out of the five mages opened her eyes widely and fell to her knees with a yelp.

"Please forgive us, oh the Divine Child! This lowly one knew not for who you are!"

"Lift your head, Daughter, he is a traitor, nothing more!" The leader roared at his subordinate. "He rejected the rule of Divine Twins!"

The crazy idea came to Sirius' mind. He used some stone to wrap around his wounded leg, and stood high, spreading his arms, as if trying to embrace.

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"Lies! I tried bringing the truth to people, but was cast away! I was treated like a mere Pupil, but I had no Astral Body, for I did not need it."

"You delved into the divine!"

"Then why can Bishops spellweave freely? What makes you more worthy than us? I wanted to share the Gods' Gift to common folk, but was prosecuted for that!"

"The Gift of Magic must be used carefully. One can die if they bring the anger of Mythos upon themselves."

"Then teach people magic, don't hide it away, like its a secret art. I learned it myself, and so can you." Sirius looked at the kneeling woman. Behind her a man was dragging his unconscious comrade up the hill. "Let me show you myself."

Sirius began waddling down with the help of the staff, the stone cast weighing down his leg. He walked to the woman with the crushed foot and used his belt to stop the flowing blood. He then walked to the unconscious man, dragged out of the river. Before doing anything, he looked at the leader, and with a wave of his hand clamped the earth around his feet.

"Kneel." With a turn of the stone shackles, the man was forced to his knees.

Then Sirius focused on the lying person. A series of mana pulses revealed the water in his lungs. Sirius lowered on one knee, and touched his chest. He turned the water into mana and pushed it out of his body, making a puddle form under his patient's upper body. When the lungs were clear, Sirius forced a gust of air inside a couple of times, making the man's face lose its bluish hue.

"He will live. Now do you believe me? Could any of you use the magic to heal?"

"No, your holiness!" Screamed the woman, and hit the ground with her forehead.

"You lying demon! Listen to me! His talks are a test of our faith! Don't stand like that! Kill him now!"

The standing man tried condensing the ice once again, but Sirius reduced it into nothing with a wave of his hand. He had a lot of rather hot mana stored in his Mana Pool, so he was not afraid to stand in the middle of the enemies, especially considering that one of them submitted to his 'authority', and two were lying barely conscious, leaving only a leader, one unable to stand woman, and one extremely confused fellow, who failed to manifest yet another ice needle.

"You should try something different. Manifesting won't work." Said Sirius smugly, while looking at the futile attempts to harm him.

The sudden pull of mana from behind him attracted Sirius' attention. Without looking back, he lowered the ground under the leader's knees, making him lose concentration due to the fall. As soon as hi hands touched the earth they sunk into the mud, and stuck there, as Sirius pulled away the water. Now that he was stuck, he could no longer swing his arms to spellweave.

Seeing his all-powerful superior stuck, like a fly in a honey made something snap in the man. He began heavily breathing and sweating, as mana was getting pulled towards him.

"The Gods' embrace waits me!" Suddenly he screamed and, with his eyes filled with fear, threw himself towards Sirius.

Sirius felt great danger and terror. He tried making the man fall, but whatever the mage did, could no longer be stopped. The mana was rushing towards his abdomen, like a flood. Then Sirius saw the palm of the man explode.