>>5171732"C'mon, hit me with your best shot!" you shout, planting your feet and crossing your arms. Your blazing aura begins drawing in around you, condensing tight to your body. As it draws in towards you, it begins glowing brighter and brighter emerald in this darker space as the creature pulls itself out of the wall with a grunt. "Towa! Do you have any idea what this thing is?"
“Karn, what are you-What is that?!” she says as her ki approaches, then stops several feet behind you.
“<span class="mu-s">GUUUUUUH</span>!” the beast bellows, thrusting at you with it's right-handed weapon. His attack slams square into your guard, and in that moment you realize that you'd underestimated it's power. The blow actually sends you flying backwards, crashing into someone as the two of you are sent back into the main room.
“Dammit!” you snarl, landing atop Towa and rolling immediately back up to your feet as she wheezes, caught by surprise. The instant your feet are underneath you, once more you charge forward and leap over Towa. You plant your feet, again crossing your arms but this time decide to go even bigger. You pour more and more energy into your Energy Body, it blazing as you condense that ki even further. Your ki continues hardening, condensing and brightening until it becomes fully unbreakable. Then through clenched teeth, because you can no longer move, seethe at the creature. “Is that it?!”
“<span class="mu-s">OOOOOOOOOOHHH.</span>” the creature calls, shoving it's weapon through the hole that's still too small for it, then ducking it's way into the room. You hear everyone behind you let out astonished noises as they see the creature for the first time, it looking around the room confused a moment by so many people. But then it's gaze settles on you, and it raises both weapons overhead.
“GET CLEAR!!” you shout through clenched teeth, and with a roar it slams both heavy weapons down onto you. But your Unmovable Energy Body doesn't yield, the heavy hammers glancing off your ki armored form and smash to the ground on either side of you with ground-breaking force. And despite not having a face, the creature's body language clearly expresses confusion at not flattening you.
“<span class="mu-s">OOHHHH?</span>” it asks, leaning down towards you as if looking you over. “<span class="mu-s">HMMMMM?</span>”
“That's a giant!” Caulifla calls out excitedly, rushing up to the creature. “I saw these guys before, they're super strong! Hey big guy, can you hear me?”
“That's impossible. The giants went extinct a long, long time ago.” Towa says, but to your ear she sounds uncertain. “Besides, they were living beings. We should all be able to sense one if it were standing here before us.”
“Nu-uh. They can go all zombie-like too, like people.” Caulifla says as you hear someone behind you gasp in surprise.
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