Night 59: Main Hallway, 1-West
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Kirk ran into the main hallway and found nothing there except more pink light coating everything. His gut feeling said that if something was happening, it should've happened already, but he was a loss to explain what was going on. The system (if he could call it that, vague as it was to describe the whole Landel's torture/ ( Read more... )
Kirk ran into the main hallway and found nothing there except more pink light coating everything. His gut feeling said that if something was happening, it should've happened already, but he was a loss to explain what was going on. The system (if he could call it that, vague as it was to describe the whole Landel's torture/ ( Read more... )
Sechs' second strike hit right on target with a satisfying smash, and he couldn't stop the victorious grin from growing on his face as he landed heavily to the floor with an excited growl hissing through his bared teeth.
Nobody he was allied with was going to die under his watch now! He was no longer slow, weak and vulnerable! Such empowerment charged the Replica like a surge of pure electricity, a potency that no shot of adrenaline could offer. Sechs took Aigis' words in stride, and he tore off towards the fallen monster. That creature was his all right!
Following his instinct's haunch, Sechs easily dodged the monster's charging head, his lanky body swiftly curving around the attack as he grabbed a fistful of hair growing from his foe's hulking shoulder. Using his grip as leverage, Sechs swung himself legs-first into the air before landing into a crouch posed for attack behind the lumbering ape's neck. Sechs knew from his last fight with this creature's kind that damaging its limbs was the least effective attack, and he didn't have time to bleed his foe out and have it fall down from a balcony; so he readied his right hand and tensed up his muscles for the perfect move for the job, a technique which had nearly broken that same limb the night he first woke up in the institute...
By now there was no need for hesitation, no time to think about the potential agony that violent choice could cause, yet for a risky millisecond Sechs did not strike. What if that power had not returned to him? He couldn't risk becoming a liability with a wrecked arm--
Suddenly there was another flash of blue, the same calm ambiance Sechs witnessed earlier. The bright aura had reemerged from Aigis and healed her arm in its enigmatic glow! In that fleeting moment, Sechs couldn't help but gaze at the blue power in awe. If Aigis could summon a power like that, so could he!
Before the monster could reach up to throw the Replica off its humped back, Sechs opened his right palm and struck it upon his enemy's skull, forcing immense power in the form of deadly vibrations to come charging down from his muscles and into his target.
"HERTZA HAEON!!"
Heart Hitting: A deadly attack exclusive to Panzer Kunst, a powerful assault that could easily render the toughest armor into dust and render any enemy with fatal organ damage. Sechs directed this dangerous kinetic surge into the ape's brain and heart, shattering apart every muscle, bone, tissue and vein connected between the two vital organs. The hairy bastard might as well go out with a bang, right?
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Utena had returned to the fray without missing a beat, and a moment later she watched out of the corner of her eye as Sechs' attack shattered the Lurcher into a bloody pile. Aigis felt her confidence in her friends soar. The redhead was also doing a number on the other dogs and creatures still tagging around, but the potency of their attacks must have started to get through to the creatures. What monsters remained mobile began to beat a retreat. With the Lurcher down, it seemed the smaller ones were less keen to attack.
"Is everyone all right?" Aigis asked. She glanced quickly between the three around her. Did she succeed in healing all that was necessary? Yes, it seemed so. The blood that covered them all did not seem to be their own any longer, at least.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Aigis moved towards Sechs with a smile. "Thank you for your support, Sechs-san. And to you as well." She addressed the stranger with a slight bow of her head.
Upon reaching her fellow android, she very lightly touched his arm with her fingers. The slight touch was her expression of gratitude. The warmth of her gaze was open and honest. They had fought together and bled together and won together. That kind of bond made their friendship with her all the more precious. But they had business, and her gaze turned from Sechs to Utena, ready for instruction. "Let us continue then."
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Utena let out a surprised shout, jumping back to avoid the outer spray of blood and tissue from the shattering remains of the monster's upper body. Whatever Sechs had done, it was more than she could have hoped to do on her own. Her eyes were wide, the flow of the prince's spirit within her quieted by what she had just seen. She just barely fumbled out a "thank you" to the wild-haired man, followed by "That was amazing... All of you."
It was the acrid stench of blood and guts that snapped Utena back to full attention. "Yeah, but we have to get out of here, and fast," she said after Aigis spoke. She didn't know if the basement ballroom would be any safer, but it was worth it to try. From what she remembered of it, that place had been completely empty, and with all those heavy doors, it was probably hard for monsters to get in. If it was still that way tonight, then the sooner they could all get down there, the better.
"Everyone, grab onto me! We're leaving!" she said to her three new companions. Shoving a hand into her jacket pocket, she withdrew the red ring and slipped it onto her right ring finger, making it a dark mirror of the Rose Seal on her left. She remembered how she was supposed to activate it, and moved back toward the wall for that reason. Once everyone had a hold of her, she punched the wall behind her hard, shattering the red gem like Sechs had shattered the creature.
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