>>5971681You watch as, snarling furiously, you begin overpowering the trap, eventually catching and shattering the assassin's technique when he goes for the finisher. But, before you can do anything else, you sense that you in the orb's power suddenly plummet dramatically. Yet you still don't stop, taking a step towards him, then another. Then a third, a fourth, even a fifth. The assassin continues backing up, too terrified to look away, to act as you keep going. Only to suddenly step back off the arena, the shock snapping him back to reality and catching himself. He turns back, only to see you still walking forward, snarl on your face. Until your now clearly-unconscious body walks right off, falling to the ground outside the ring before the assassin. The referee runs over, calling the match.
“Damn, I really lost.” you say, wishing you'd been able to take him out for your son. But as you keep watching, Meloka rushes to you, but something's wrong. You see her checking for your pulse, eyes going wide with fear. Oh, oh no. “Hold on.”
“Yes. For a minute there, you actually died.” Mechikabura says, a note of mirth in his tone as he says it. “But even dying didn't stop you, not for a few seconds. You were technically dead after the third step.”
“Does that mean-?” you start, Mechikabura shaking his head.
“No, you'll be fine, I reckon. Here comes your daughter now.” he says. “Although, when you come back to, everything is going to hurt quite a lot. Better brace yourself now.”
Then, as he says this you see Chaya in her mostly divine form fly down, gathering her energy into her right hand and slam it into your chest. Your body convulses as she sends that shock of power through your body, and as it does you <span class="mu-i">also</span> feel the shock here too! Your eyes snap open, instantly returning to the 'real' world and gasping for air as your entire body feels like there is fire in your lungs, magma in your veins and electricity coursing throughout your body.
“GAAAAAH!-Khhhh!” you scream, clenching your teeth and eyes back shut against the sudden pain. The agony is so intense you nearly pass out again, your muscles spasming uncontrollably. But Meloka holds your head in her lap, a soft, warm glow then enveloping you. The familiar magical energy of your daughter Caulifla's miracles floods through your body a moment later, easing the searing pain. The spasms stop, you taking your first full breath. Breathing hurts, everything still hurts, but the agony is bearable. You forcing your eyes to open, to look up to your worried wife. “H-Hey.”
“Karn!” she says, unable to stop the tears falling freely from her face. “I thought you were really gonna leave me alone.”
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