Just before Ronz, Asrea, and Ray feel a disturbance, Contal leaps forward with his arms to the side, he then clenches his hands, manifesting a long black broadsword and a large dark red shield. Contal swings the blade toward Veris's neck, but Veris casually ducks under it.
"This is pretty embarrassing for the 'god' of war, Mike." Veris mocks as he then quickly teleports away, dodging a dense beam of magical energy from Marrin.
"Why are you doing this, you bastard!" Marrin yells causing thousands of magical bolts of energy to form throughout the sky above the palace.
"Really? You don't know?" Veris questions, "Oh right, how could I have forgotten! The rest of the gods were delighted with their newfound power, so you probably wouldn't know, would you?"
"Are you kidding me?!" Contal screams as he charges forward again, "It has been thousands of years and you are still hung up over your old life?!"