((Just so you know, Neo: 5Ks of damage will be met with 'Did you leave off, like, 10-11 zeroes?' Yeah...Don't try to record this stuff. It won't end well. For that matter, breaking multiple universes is the standard for attacks that are actually effective at this stage. Just know that collateral damage is irrelevant! It all just comes back together afterwards! Except the target(s).))

*Neo Emolga's powerful spell blocks the SWORDNADO, but breaks instantly when hit with it; everything else manages to just keep out of the way.*

*BAAL's SWORDNADO immediately disperses as BAAL instead goes into a BLADE ORBITER! The swords from before, breifly groundbound, resume animation and fly up around BAAL as BAAL himself ascends into the sky, creating a large orbiting sword array, kind of like a swarm of Unown-sphereical and following weird patterns, but not nearly as good of a defensive structure as the SWORDNADO. BAAL is clearly in the middle and can be targeted and damaged, but his array of swords is also offensively mighty and will kill you just as quickly as the SWORDNADO, if not even faster-and they're going to seek you out. ECRIVAIN's method of dodging won't work against these either, as they suddenly coat themselves with NIGHTMARE's shadow energies, drawn out against his will. You can't really tell what's going on in there.*

Tazz: Multi-task! Damage-dealers hit BAAL, everyone else keep those Swords from murdering us! OK?

*OMINOUS uses EARTHWALL, creating a massive shield hewn from the very rocks beneath you to shield NEO, HIMSELF and TAZZ!*

*TAZZ uses DYING OF THE LIGHT! The light of the area suddenly but totally vanishes, and a WITHERING ARUA can be (harmlessly) felt in the area, swarming to BAAL! No-one but TAZZ can really see what's going on-it's all swarming just around BAAL! TAZZ snaps his fingers-and suddenly the whole horde of shadows and the WITHER POWER slams into BAAL. His resistant rear end barely takes damage, but it's a start!*

*REBECCA creates MORE AEGISes, though those are merely precautions if you can't keep all the swords away.*

*MEANWHILE, NIGHTMARE is still trapped inside the perfect cage that is BAAL's sword. Of course, this does not make him helpless, and the aforementioned draining wasn't too bad on him. He doesn't seem able to escape, but can theoretically relay information from the sword to others...But as he's not really investigated the area, he doesn't have anything useful yet!*