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"What are you suggesting?"

The tree that had collapsed atop Ellaria suddenly exploded into a whirling tornado of flame that burned everything down to the dirt leaving a pile of ash. Standing in the ash was Ellaria, completely stark naked, her clothes burned away, her eyes burning like hot coals, smoke billowing from the sockets, her skin awash with flame.

"She's saying you picked the wrong band to mess with. Limit BREAK!!"

Ellaria thrust her arms forward and a tidal wave of fire rolled outward, the goblins who had remained behind were incinerated screaming, turning from green and alive to shriveled black shells curling up on themselves, their flesh disintegrating revealing blackened bone beneath.

The hobgoblin's eyes widened and he thrust his staff into the air, the eye sockets of the skull exploded with light and an incredible roaring rushing sound filled the air. The Hobgoblin swiftly stepped in front of a large oak tree and braced himself against it as behind him the entire contents of a broad river came falling sideways between the trees, taking branches and trunks and whole trees with it, a wall of rushing frothing death.

Ellaria had only a moment to scream as her wave of fire was obliterated by the much larger wave which then hit her, instantly extinguishing her body and sending her falling sideways through the forest along with the displaced river.

Flora desperately thrust her hands into the air raising herself up as the tearing falling tsunami rushed by underneath. She watched as both Ellaria and Fey were picked up and sent falling through the trees, there was nothing she could do, by the time she realised what was happening they were already out of her range. She grit her teeth and closed her eyes. She couldn't worry, she had no choice but to hope they had survived. This hobgoblin, this fucking hobgoblin. She was going to make him pay.

At last the water stopped, the forest drenched in water, the ground soggy.

Flora floated herself down and eyed the hobgoblin. The hob stepped from the tree and brushed a little dirt from his shoulder.

"Elves. It's no wonder they lost their empire. Tsk tsk."

"You monster, I don't give a fuck about what or who you are, I'm going to fucking end you."

Flora flicked out a hand and as Vivi came falling through the canopy she caught the vulpine with her ability, slowing her fall to nothing. She lowered the unconscious fox girl to the ground very carefully, arranging her so she was comfortable.

She turned her eyes back on the goblin.

"You sent my friend into the sky to fall to her death. Hi, I'm Flora, my ability lets me float things up into the air. Let's see if I can take you higher than her hmm?"

The hobgoblin flashed her a shark toothed grin.

"Arrogance. Delicious."

"You'll see, you haven't seen anything yet!" Flora held out a hand and took hold of the hobgoblin. His brow rose as he began to lift into the air.

"Did your little plan hinge on me not being able to use my ability on myself? How foolish."

The hobgoblin suddenly doubled, then tripled in weight and sunk back down the ground.

"Is that the best you can do?"

Flora grit her teeth and the hobgoblin lifted back into the air.

"You are truly naive, I suppose that is to be expected as one of the dim-witted shorter lived species. You struggle against magics you do not understand gnome."

The hobgoblin's weight doubled once more and he began to sink down.

"You think I'm even beginning to reach my limit? I'm carrying my own weight as well you know. A two bit shithead fake mage like you knows nothing of true magic."

The hobgoblin's eyes widened slightly as he jerked back up into the air, an annoyed expression appearing on his face for the first time.

"Futility."

His weight doubled then tripled then quadrupled and he rapidly sunk downward before Flora could arrest his motion.

Her own body was starting to sink by this point as she redirected all her ability into lifting the immensely heavy hobgoblin.

"You are limited, inexperienced, pathetic."

"Still stronger than you, cunt."

The hobgoblin jerked up in the air a foot. He scowled, his face starting to redden as he exerted himself to prevent himself from being rocketed into the sky. His weight doubled.

"You are,"

His weight doubled.

"A nothing little gnome,"

His weight doubled.

"Magically, a bug under my foot."

His weight doubled.

By this point Flora was resting on the ground atop her belly, her limbs shook and sweat rolled down her skin in rivulets as she fought against the hobgoblin in a battle of pure raw magical brute strength.

The hobgoblin was struggling too, his teeth gritted and veins bulging on his forehead. He slowly sunk back to the ground despite Flora's desperate efforts, his feet alighting on the dirt.

"Gods how are you so strong, I c-can't, I'm reaching my limit!" groaned out Flora.

The hobgoblin sneered, sheer gleeful contempt twisting his face.

"You worm, you maggot, you could never defeat me, you are nothing, you are-

"Just fuckin with yah! I was lying about my ability!" A big fat shit eating grin appeared on Flora's face and she reversed the direction she was moving the hobgoblin.

The hobgoblin only had a moment for sheer unadulterated horror to cross his face and the first syllable of a scream before the combined force of Flora's ability and his own gravity magic hit him.

The stressing straining hobgoblin, standing braced with his legs apart, instantaneously turned into a one centimeter thick green and red four meter wide pancake on the ground.

Only the drip drip of water falling from leaves filled the destroyed forest, that and Flora's breathing.

She suddenly seemed to recall something and turned her head, looking around frantically.

The water had done a number on everything and trees and trunks were strewn haphazardly around the immediate forest, blocking the way for anyone let alone a ten foot wide gnome.

That wasn't going to stop Flora however and she thrust her arms out and then rolled them to the side. Branches and trunks lifted into the air and filtered away through the trees, clearing the ground. She curled her hands into fists and trees were ripped aside making room for her voluminous body.