>>6178454“IMPUDENT BRAT!” He thrusts a hand forward and a blast of power filled with both Shadow and surprisingly Ice Magic nearly hits you, with you using all the agility and speed the Mahou Knight possesses to get out of the way. You… also get the feeling that it had an effect like the MP Buster, though not exactly it. He’s right in front of you again, hand near your mech’s head as he tries to crush its face, but his eye twitches and shifts as he hears another telepathic taunt, ending up focusing his other hand out in an anticipated intercept of one of Hearts’ cube things, Destroying it.
But that gives you a chance to slash at him with the Sword of Destruction, Yalbadoth backing away but gaining a nasty, painful gash across his chest. Genuine shock hits his face that you could even hit him, much less do damage like THAT. The gash also leaves a trail of purple particles coming off of it, and he flares out his aura to make them stop. It doesn’t heal his wound though, barely even causes it to scar. That’s there to stay. You can hear, even FEEL the civilians he so carefully curated call out in shock and despair, their exhalations of him fading as they see that him start to struggle.
Thoroughly fed up with all of this, he lifts his hands above his head and lets out a barrage of more normal Ki attacks aimed at all your allies, everyone needing to dodge them. An Explosive Wave also erupts from him in an attempt to push you further back.
But, that gives you an opportunity. ‘CHIAOTZU!’ you telepathically call out.
‘Hold your breath!’ he responds.
You do so, and suddenly, everything feels… still. Even light itself dulls, like it’s stopped as a photograph. But you, and presumably Chiaotzu as you sense him behind you, on the back of your mech, can still move. You both work fast, pushing into the Explosive Wave with the sword and even slowly breaking through it…!
(cont.)
