Dragonball M, Chapter 3: In Blood, Bone, and Ash! The Way Forward Unlocked!

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

My aim was off ... damn. Though at the least he is bleeding ... a thing to make use of, later.

Rebounding, the Oni pivoted and fired off another torrent of electricity at Teshub, before responding to his comment with: "The difference between us Teshub, is that I have not sacrificed who I am in my pursuit of truth." Lied to ? Most certainly, but she had ever remained Ishtar.

Noting that the Oni was preparing to cast something however, she growled and with an influx of energy into the Katchin that coated her extremeties the Oni fashioned a spear ... and planting her foot she hurled it, not at Teshub, but the blade itself.

Teshub fades away, going intangible to avoid her attacks.

Then he seems to melt into the wall behind him.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

Once the assault ends, Dash drops her shield but stays vigilant. As she debates joining the attack on the hybred, she glances around to the others. Unless they were able to at least defend themselves, she had no choice but to stay close. To protect them.

The serpentine women looks at her and nods.

“Go. I will take care of the Promethean.”

She moves to the man, and then her scales pulse and a crystalline scaled sphere surrounds the two of them, acting as a shield.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

With the shadows of the facility acting more or less as a home turf, Karine was more or less in her element. She could use her own powers naturally to be sure, true, but it went without saying went up when in the dark where she could use her Shadow Stealth to a higher degree. Combine not being able to be heard, seen, and able to hide her energy it made her a perfect assassin or 'special ops' when it came to sneaking around for death strikes.

The mechanical creatures didn't seem as powerful as the others, never the less they were in the way and she wouldn't underestimate them.

Using her own shadows along with the natural ones occuring, she opted to crush and immobilize some of the others. It was best using this method instead of explosions and potentially harming her allies.

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It was a chaotic mess at the moment and while the situation wasn't one to be desired in Aleka's mind it was never the less something that needed to be dealt with. While they were(hopefully) not paying attention to them, she summoned two of her energy disk aiming at vital areas, if they could connect. The good part was, unlike others of the same 'type' they didn't make any noise that would make them obvious and give them away. In addition with her control she wasn't worried about hitting one of her allies. She remembered an..incident some time ago when someone had tried a similar technique without the practice; it hadn't ended well.

Even if it failed, if it made their attention slip it was all the more worth it so her allies could wrap this up as quickly as possible.

Aleka’s attack breaks against Sickle’s energy barrier.

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Karine, you manage to catch one of the hounds and crush it. The rest are very fast and agile.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

"That's it?" Blizzar asked. "Surely you've got more fight int you then that, old boy," stated, his fists still raised. He knew was Ken was now capable of thanks to his appearance at that accursed tournament.

The Arcosian had to wonder...he stood still not approaching Kenbo any further, but instead launching a piece of rubble at the swordsman. He had no doubt that his punches hurt, but he had a brief feeling that Ken had, for once in any if their duels, may be attempting a cheap trick of his own.

***

A Junjo cell operating in Namekian space. A dangerous precedent. Fortunately, the Galaxy Police were able to bust them before their first shipment would be sent out. Dozens of officers stood inside the cargo bay of the Junjo vessel. Some doing a full sweep of the ship, others interviewing victims before returning them home and others, such as Blizzar we're overseeing the entire operation.

"Blizzar, Kottage!" Ken greeted, approaching his fellow captains, who stood observing on the upper deck of the cargo bay. "Have you caught wind of who the Junjo' employers are."

"I have indeed!" Blizzar replied in a chipper tone. "An Arcosian duke. Meaning it's all the more fitting that I be the one to, ah, reappropriate the funds," the Arcosian captain chuckled, raising his palm to reveal a small device, with a holographic screen displaying an "87%," to indicate that how far along it was into hacking the Junjo mainframe.

"Oy, just make sure ya give 'ol Kottage hiscut eh," Kottage elbowed Blizzar with a wink.

"This....you can't do this," Ken shook his head. "There are better uses for-"

"I don't see why anyone would be too concerned if sime if the Junjo's ill gained funds happen to disappear. The Arcosian's payed quite a hefty sum and it would do the galaxy no favors to simply confiscate it," Blizzar countered. "The least we can do is redistribute the wealth!"

"It's blood money!" Ken retorted. "If this goes anywhere it should go to the victims and their families!"

"And as the ones who spilled Junjo blood, it's only fair that we take their money!" Blizzar argued. "As for their families....they're all safe. No casualties. They've already gotten more than they could ever asked for, have they not?"

"You are my friend...so know that I mean this when I say it,. This is vile," Ken frowned, his hands balled into fists as he shook with rage . "You are vile."

"No, my friend..." Blizzar shook his head as he glanced down at his hacking device. 100%. "I...am rich!" the Frost Demon smirked.

The rock phases through the false image, Kenbo suddenly appearing behind Blizzar. His sword slices down, cutting down and into Blizzar’s back, left shoulder to right hip. Not enough to kill, but a bad wound nonetheless.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

Catching sight of Parsleys follow up attack, Etrina decided on her course of action. Tapping into the magic she had shunted along the timeline to quickly merge into her own spellwork, the mage cast a powerful cryomantic spell at double its normal strength, coating and crystalizing a layer of ice around the oni's arms, legs and torso to prevent him from avoiding the incoming death beam.

The ice seems to melt off Marduk, as if the energy the arm absorbed channeled through his body and helped fend off Etrina’s attack.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

"Oh" Cthylla exclaimed as she was thrown, very hard, into hops.....and propelled through the nearby statis pod.

Upon emerging from the other side, but before they can make a hard impact against the wall of the chamber, Cthylla void steps ahead along the pat and quickly catches the still flying hops....swinging him around before placing him down on his feet. The Voidling lightly brushes the broken glass and dust off his shoulders, then turned her attention back to the enemy.

"Curious, Are you?" The Voiding shot forward, void energy gathering on the tip of her finger. "Then let me show you more..." She fired several controlled beams of energy, using void cuts to redirect their trajectory to attack the being from multiple angles.

Sickle’s barrier stops these, but the barrier seems to buckle in a few places.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

Following in the rush towards the Doctor, Ochazuke now had an unobstructed view of their enemy. Two down...thirty-seven await. The Doctor's appropriated guardians of this stellar forge seemed to creep out of the crevices of this metallic space without end.

As Erosa and Charco forged ahead along with the others, Ochazuke stopped for a moment and surveyed the downed mechanical sentries. The Id had specifically noted the damage their guns could inflict; The sizzling holes ruptured around the area tracing her hunter's path more than spoke to that.

With heave, he flipped one of them over, and with a sharp kick he dislodged the ammunition belt from the mech frame. Prying the cold metallic fingers off the weapon one by one, he then analyzed the functionality of the weapon.

It seems to function much like an earth based firearm, and low and behold, is still functional.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

Success! Whatever means this Oni had to absorb and repurpose the energy needed consummate focus. Zaofan was taken aback at first. Of all the Oni he had known - one - he'd never seen them take a step back without specific intentions-

Lightning. ...oh, that's why. Despite his early trepidition, even as that hand raised to his face, a small grin broke on Zaofan's face.

The Pressure Kicker still built up in his legs, the technique of his steps following in Mara the Wolf's guidance coursed through him, exhilarating. Before the fight he thought he was just some guy passing through, but now?

If he'd have to outrace a bolt of lightning, he'd welcome the challenge!





As soon as he heard her direction, the chef dipped out of the way for the Foci and Etrina to go to work. Leave it to the mistress to come up with something as brilliant as that! But oh, this was a problem.

The Oni started pushing forward!

If this keeps up, with Marduk in front and Teshub behind...

Of course, now that he had no barrier, he also betrayed that in some respects, he was quite vulnerable, and when Parsley pressed the attack, he saw the part he had to play clearly.





-and for Zaofan to kick his footwork into a higher gear than before!

I can't put this guy down by myself. Never been the hardest hitter. I know that better than anyone.



Moving in tandem with Etrina, Zaofan kicked off five times faster now* Zaofan's katchin staff blitzed, sheared against air friction, and slammed into the back of Marduk's legs, then his body, in a sequence of nineteen rapidfire blows that seemed to come from multiple directions at once, each fiercer in the momentum shift than the last.

But what I can do is help stop you from moving!

Wolf Fang Fist: Bo-staff Barrage!



*Zaofan's base PL 1.1 million + Wolf's's Prowl (x3) + Pressure Kicker & Wolf Fang Fixt (x2) = 5.5 million (speed only)

Marduk, preoccupied stealing Parsley’s attack, is utterly blitzed by Zaofan. Blow after blow reigns down and slams into the Oni, eventually blowing him through the back-wall and into a large open room. Marduk looks extremely wounded, breathing heavy as he slumps to one knee, arm pulsing as magic builds up and channels into the food around him.

[Tami]

The serpentine women looks at her and nods.

“Go. I will take care of the Promethean.”

She moves to the man, and then her scales pulse and a crystalline scaled sphere surrounds the two of them, acting as a shield.

With a nod and a slight smile, Dash turns her attention to Sickle. She needed an attack that would weaken that shield of hers, but which one? Most of her Ki attacks were as wild as a stampede, not well suited to fighting close quarters. And her close up attacks might be too weak to have an effect.

Summoning her Ki, boosts it using Accelerator. Moving in on the hybred with all the speed she can muster, she launches a kick at her. As she does, she channels her Sonic Blast through the kick, aiming it as precisely as she can at Sickle.

[Cthulhu_of_R'lyeh]

Teshub fades away, going intangible to avoid her attacks.

Then he seems to melt into the wall behind him.

Ishtar watched Teshub disappear, only to smirk.

Predictable.

Relying on what was his best ability, the Oni had disappeared -- through a mixture of intangibility and phasing -- while in the midst of preparing Bloodwrath's magic ... all while forgetting what she had said about using it on her.

More is the pity.

Moving quickly, the Oni returned to the site of Teshub's near goring, and was quick about making use of his blood. A suitable focus, and hopefully her magic would affect the intangible Oni ... there was only enough for a spell or two after all.

"A simple spell, from heart's desire,
set Teshub's blood alight ... on fire."

And while Ishtar cared little for the articulation -- the contractions something she found ... lazy -- and perhaps a thing to tinker with, later: the sigil triggered with a flare of arcane power.

Ishtar could only wait to see if it worked, now.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

Ishtar watched Teshub disappear, only to smirk.

Predictable.

Relying on what was his best ability, the Oni had disappeared -- through a mixture of intangibility and phasing -- while in the midst of preparing Bloodwrath's magic ... all while forgetting what she had said about using it on her.

More is the pity.

Moving quickly, the Oni returned to the site of Teshub's near goring, and was quick about making use of his blood. A suitable focus, and hopefully her magic would affect the intangible Oni ... there was only enough for a spell or two after all.

"A simple spell, from heart's desire,
set Teshub's blood alight ... on fire."

And while Ishtar cared little for the articulation -- the contractions something she found ... lazy -- and perhaps a thing to tinker with, later: the sigil triggered with a flare of arcane power.

Ishtar could only wait to see if it worked, now.

From above her, a curse and help as Teshub falls through the ceiling on top of her, blood on his wound alight with fire.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

With a nod and a slight smile, Dash turns her attention to Sickle. She needed an attack that would weaken that shield of hers, but which one? Most of her Ki attacks were as wild as a stampede, not well suited to fighting close quarters. And her close up attacks might be too weak to have an effect.

Summoning her Ki, boosts it using Accelerator. Moving in on the hybred with all the speed she can muster, she launches a kick at her. As she does, she channels her Sonic Blast through the kick, aiming it as precisely as she can at Sickle.

Already weakened, the barrier shatters like glass under Dash’s kick.

However, Sickle quickly reacts and grabs Dash’s foot, swinging her around and slamming her into the ground hard enough to crater it.

[Tami]

Already weakened, the barrier shatters like glass under Dash’s kick.

However, Sickle quickly reacts and grabs Dash’s foot, swinging her around and slamming her into the ground hard enough to crater it.

Unable to escape in time, she flairs up her aura as much as she can and uses it to cushion the impact. However, the shock nearly knocks her out. Dash knew she was not coming out of this unscathed. Bear’s Endurance and Healing Ki both kicked in as she struggled to escape Sickle's grasp.

[Cthulhu_of_R'lyeh]

From above her, a curse and help as Teshub falls through the ceiling on top of her, blood on his wound alight with fire.

Ishtar head the squeal, and was pleased to learn that her blood magic could effect the intangible, only to find herself bowled over when the now on fire Teshub dropped down from the ceiling on top of her.

"Oof."

On the plus side ... he was now tangible.

So planting her palms firmly on the floor beneath her, the Oni offered a sliver of Ki into it, only for it to erupt in jagged spires set on skewering Teshub.

"So what were you hoping to accomplish, binding yourself in service to Marduk ?" Ishtar couldn't help but ask.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

Unable to escape in time, she flairs up her aura as much as she can and uses it to cushion the impact. However, the shock nearly knocks her out. Dash knew she was not coming out of this unscathed. Bear’s Endurance and Healing Ki both kicked in as she struggled to escape Sickle's grasp.

She does so, only to watch as Sickle splits into three of herself.

All three raise their hands at Dash, light gathering at their finger tips to Death Beam her.