>Deflecting these hasn't been all that effective. Use some wind leverage to propel ourselves out of the shadowflame's trajectory.
>"I've had enough of this."
>Position ourselves above the drake.
>"No worries, this is a strictly non-lethal attack."
>Call off the Meteoric Onbashira spellcard!
>Casting a burst of wind downwards, you use this added momentum to jet yourself up and forward, out of the path of the shadowflame bolt. At least, very nearly, as your proximity to the dragon, and the speed of its attack, evading it completely is not possible. The missile nicks your feet, sending a feeling of cold heat shooting up to your knees, leaving your feet smoking but otherwise unharmed.
>Time to show these people, dragon and otherwise, how fights are settled in Gensokyo. Producing one of your spellcards, column-like shots of danmaku propel themselves through the air. Considering the size of the dragon, you doubt he could dodge your shots even if he wasn't beaten half to death, but you do wonder something, before the first onbashira impacts upon the dragon's flank, as it's about to. Although you established earlier that danmaku does indeed work here, Yukari didn't mention if it functioned like it does in Gensokyo, or even if the people here would be affected by it at all. Knowing that gap youkai, it'd be just like her not to be entirely forward with details of that kind.
>Judging from the dragon's grunt as your column-maku strikes his right side, danmaku does indeed affect the people on this world. And it seems that danmaku is indeed still non-lethal, considering the lack of new visible damage after your shot connects.
>And dealing non-lethal damage in the form of flying column-maku coupled with expanding cones of rice-shaped danmaku, not only proves effective against Pyremaw, but it also keeps his attention on you, as the male paladin raises his shield up over his head. "Death shall not be thy fate, Wyrm. Thy fate shall be the light." His partner, however, is watching your danmaku fly, keeping a watch for any stray rice-shot or incoming column-maku that might impact upon the male. They'd both be safe from your spellcard- probably, anyway- but she doesn't know that yet.
>Pyremaw endures another impact from a coulmn-shot, then raises his head and sends out a cone of flame breath in intercept your rice-shaped come coming in. The flames negate the danmaku and press on towards you, but you handle this threat by raising a shield of wind in front of you, diverting the dragon's flame to either side of you.
>The male paladin takes advantage of this and yells, "Be cleansed, evil doer! I, Alexandros, take thy sins upon myself!" At his proud declaration, a coruscating beam of blindingly white divine energy bursts forth from his shield, striking the dragon where his sinuous neck meets the trunk of his body, and the dragon screams, louder than he did under the impact of any of your spells, as the holy power blasts through his body. Rather than disintegrate him, however, the white light begins to pull back towards the paladin's shield, taking Pyremaw's body with it, the dragon's physical form twisting and warping as it is drawn towards the paladin's shield, the young man straining and sweating under the strain of the power he channels. The dragon's body shrinks and contorts further, both Pyremaw and humanoid screaming as the dragon's tail makes contact with the glowing shield and disappears into it. The dragon tries to turn his head, unleash his breath upon the paladin, but all that comes from his contorted snout is a gout of light, and with one more howl, Pyremaw slides fully into the glowing shield of the paladin.
>The male sinks to his knees, his armor clattering, his body exhausted, and his fellow paladin has to catch him before he slumps over, dropping her ranseur to do so.
