He'd have liked to make a sharp comment and perhaps get this group of rather burly (and, unfortunately, unintelligent) men to hold of their attack. He didn't WANT to kill them. But he would, if they attacked him. Trying to belay them and get them to reconsider was about the best he could, for once the blood quickened, there was little resistance to the power that boiled and flowed out of him.
Sadly for them, the men attacked a breath later, and Nagendra could only clench his jaw in frustration. There was nothing he could do now. This was not a situation to take lightly, especially with his unwanted companion standing behind him.
Both arms lifted skyward even as he barked an order that he hoped Kota would obey.
"
Do not step in front of me!!"
Pain lanced through his face, radiating from his right eye, but he was already accustomed to it. His muscles coiled and bunched, as if alive of their own will beneath his skin. There was a screech somewhere above even as a reddish miasma sprung up in front of him, and then the huge lich bird dove into the closest attacker to buy Nagendra just enough time to complete the spell.
The miasma rippled, and then bubbled and boiled larger and larger still, forming tendrils and ropes of red smoke. And then with a hiss it took a form - that of a dragon, blood red, with eyes nothing more than glowing pits of white-hot flame. It screamed with such otherworldly rage that any animal within range bolted away, from bird to deer to insect.
And then it fell upon the group of men in a fit of fury, and being little more than a wraith, their weapons and attacks were futile. It's cries blended in with their own screams of pain and death.
Soon enough, each man had been relieved of his various limbs and organs, leaving a swath of red carnage.
Nagendra trembled as he brought his spell to a close, dispelling the apparition despite the bubbling lust for blood and destruction. How easy it would be to tear apart this forest, to set it ablaze! To go and memorize the fear in the faces of those villagers-
He growled and dropped his hands, the dragon evaporating into reddish smoke. His body remained a tense, livid thing for a moment longer, before he finally began to relax and take in deep breaths. It was done. There was no need for any more, despite the throbbing in his eye.
@Rhi-Rhi