Fantasy Hunter's Moon: The Sin & Sentence [IC] [CLOSED]

[K0mori]

With everyone leaping into action, Mariette decided that it would be best to commit to the sword for now. While others remained on the ground, she used her supernatural ability to take a running jump, flying over her comrades to deliver a piercing strike from the air.

 

[KRIY]

Wesley was amazed by the demon prince’s reflexes of catching the bullet with no effort whatsoever. It takes a Ninja years of practice to be able to catch something like a speeding bullet. And the demon did it like it was nothing to him. his train of thought was immediately broken when he sees that one of his long time friends in the Inquiry, Jakob was now fighting against Wallace. but before he could manage to join the fight proper, A wall of Demons came to block his path. He followed Hudson’s example and charged beside him. His blade out and ready to cut the demons down, one by one.

“Ima shinu!” Wesley let out a war cry as he jumps up and swings his sword in a horizontal slash, hoping to decapitate the nearest demon he will be facing.

 

[Infab]

The Land of Dead Kings - Vucrox - Boss Battle (Wallace) - TURN 2

Wallace Battle
FLIP #1 = HEADS
FLIP #2 = TAILS
FLIP #3 = HEADS

Jakob wins the second turn.

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As Jakob's shoulder rapidly started to repair itself, the muscle and bone visibly shifting beneath the skin in almost a sickening manner, he launched another attack against Wallace as Wallace dropped to a knee due to the damage to his leg. He dug his claws in again, but launched himself up into the air, landing on Wallace's back. From there, he began to viciously slash and carve away at Wallace's spine with his claws. Wallace swatted at him a few times, and even tried to grab him, before simply falling backwards onto his back to crush Jakob. Jakob didn't move in time, and soon was pinned under Wallace. He struggled to get out for a few moments, before Wallace stood back up and attempted to stomp him.

He'd miss, as Jakob moved quickly out of the way as his foot came down. Back up his leg he went, onto his back yet again. This time, however, he went for one of the sharp horns on Wallace's head. He slammed into the horn, kicking at the base of it in an attempt to break it off as Wallace struggled to get him off. And soon enough, there was a loud crack. The horn broke off, sending Jakob sailing off onto the ground with the horn in hand as Wallace clutched at the side of his head. It apparently had broken off at the base, where it was attached to his skull. Blood poured down the side of Wallace's head, seeping into his eye as he tried to get it to stop bleeding. Jakob soon tossed the horn aside, and prepared himself once more.

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Hudson = 10. CH Roll = 2. Does 14 DMG (14, Heavenly Weapon) to Pride Demon #1. Pride Demon #1 HP = 36.
Leakhena = 2. Misses Pride Demon #2.
Henderson = 7. Does 14 DMG (Hellish Gauntlets, Abyssal Weapon) to Pride Demon #3. Pride Demon #3 HP = 36.
Venextos = 5 + 1 (6. Sorcerer Supreme.) Does 15 DMG (Sorcerer Supreme, Abyssal Weapon) to Pride Demon #4. Pride Demon #4 HP = 35.
Gwen attempts to trip one of the Pride Demons. D6 used. Chance Roll = 3. Chance Failed.
Takato = 8. Does 3 DMG to all Pride Demons (Like Water.) Pride Demon #1 & #3 HP = 33, Pride Demon #4 HP = 32, Pride Demon #2/#5/#6/#7/#8/#9/#10/#11 HP = 47.
Mariette = 10. CH Roll = 9. Does 9 DMG to Pride Demon #5. Pride Demon #5 HP = 38.
Wesley = 6. Does 3 DMG to Pride Demon #6. Pride Demon #6 HP = 44.
Seriphine = 6. Does 3 DMG to Pride Demon #7. Pride Demon #7 HP = 44.
Cassandra = 7. Does 13 DMG (Abyssal Weapon) to Pride Demon #8. Pride Demon #8 HP = 34.
Riberta = 8. Does 13 DMG (Abyssal Weapon) to Pride Demon #9. Pride Demon #9 HP = 34.
Vincent = 8 + 2 (10, The Huntsman.) CH Roll = 4. Does 15 DMG (Abyssal Weapon) to Pride Demon #10. Pride Demon #10 HP = 32.

The Land of Dead Kings - Vucrox - Boss Battle (Wallace) - TURN 2 (ENEMY)
Pride Demon #1 = 7. Does 5 DMG to Hudson. Hudson HP = 10.
Pride Demon #2 = 7. Does 5 DMG to Leakhena. Leakhena HP = 20 (Abyssal Armor.)
Pride Demon #3 = 2. Misses Henderson.
Pride Demon #4 = 6. Does 5 DMG to Venextos. Venextos HP = 10.
Pride Demon #5 = 3. Misses Mariette.
Pride Demon #6 = 1. Misses Takato.
Pride Demon #7 = 4. Misses Seriphine.
Pride Demon #8 = 8. Does 5 DMG to Cassandra. Cassandra HP = 10.
Pride Demon #9 = 10. CH Roll = 9. Does 8 DMG to Riberta. Riberta HP = 7.
Pride Demon #10 = 8. Does 5 DMG to Vincent. Vincent HP = 10.
Pride Demon #11= 2. Misses Gwen.

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As Jakob and Wallace continued to do battle, the group began to clash with the pride demons sent in by Kellea. Immediately, Takato delivered a qi blast which seemed to stumble or knock down the demons, but it didn't seem to affect them all that much as they climbed right back to their feet. Hudson struck first in melee, delivering a vicious slice to the demon's plated arm. The demon yelped, before counterattacking with his own slice. Catching Hudson across the side.

Leakhena swung at her target with her sword, but the pride demon was slightly quicker. Moving out the way and delivering a slice of his own across Leakhena's shoulder. The armor of Adriel protected her, the sword making a loud clang as it bounced off the plating. The impact still stung, however. Meanwhile, the upswing that Henderson delivered connected, sending the pride demon into a flip...which it landed gracefully from. It attempted to stab Henderson in response, but barely missed.

Venextos' charged blast from his shadow's staff connected, knocking the pride demon for a loop. It quickly recovered, turning about and pitching what appeared to be its own magical attack. A golden fireball, which collided and knocked Venextos down onto the ground. His robe smoldering across his chest. Elsewhere, Gwen attempted to put to use what she had learned from reading the tome she had gathered. She attempted to cast a spell which would trip one of the demons up, but it backfired...instead, tripping her. It forced an incoming demon to miss her, his swing forcing him to twirl a bit in place.

Mariette judged her timing and jump correctly, sailing through the air over her allies then landing hard onto a pride demon. Forcing them straight into the ground where she would deliver a vicious stab into the demon's chest plate. The demon attempted to stab her back with his own weapon, but his swing missed as she simply flipped backwards off of him. Wesley's swing was a little lower than he had hoped, cutting through the pride demon's chest plate. Which seemed to irritate the demon more than anything. The demon shoved him away, before moving towards Takato. And a moment later, he would strike at the Oni...and would miss, thanks to Takato's reflexes.

Seriphine would engage in a sword battle with her foe, in which only Seriphine would deliver a blow, before breaking off to seek potential openings in each other's defenses. Meanwhile, Cassandra darted in and delivered a nasty stab through the torso plating of her target. He yelled out in pain, before stabbing Cassandra in the stomach. She simply grinned, before jerking her blade back out and backing off.

Riberta twirled the trident around, before delivering a sharp jab towards her pride demon foe, catching the demon at the waist with one of the pronged points of the trident. The demon groaned, before grabbing onto the trident's shaft and jerking Riberta towards him. Right into a stab, shoving his sword through her side. She growled lowly at the demon, before planting her boot in his stomach and knocking him away.

Vincent, deciding to focus on melee combat this time, used his newly acquired sword to fight off a demon that had moved rather close to where Valeria was standing. Their swords clashed twice, before Vincent carved a gash through the demon's chest plating. The demon responded with a slash of his own, cutting a horizontal slice in Vincent's chest.

 

[Dmaster]

He gave a shout once he had been cut, unable to celebrate his decisive blow against his opponent for too long. The slash inflicted upon the hunter was deep, but not nearly deep enough to do him in. "Alright then..." Hudson growled as he clashed swords with the demon, glancing over his shoulder to peer at how Jakob was faring. "If you won't move, I'll make you wish that you had! Come on you bastard!" As he sounded off he broke their mutual chambering of blades to deliver of flurry of calculated swipes to break the demon's guard.

 

[ANIMAL MOTHER]

Enraged further by the strike, Leakhena bends her whip back before cracking it viciously towards the same pride demon that evaded her.

 

[joshuadim]

The blow of retaliatory magic sent Venextos skidding across the ground for a few feet before he quickly used a burst of air to flip himself back up onto his feet. He patted a few embers off the chest area of his robes as he grunted in pain. It certainly hurt, but it was nothing he couldn't handle in the meantime. Storing his staff on his back he went back to the basics and formed an orange disk in his hands and sent it flying to the demon that had hurt him in the first place.

 

[Damian0358]

After having dealt some rather minor damage to all the grunts, Takato observed the initial fights to see which one to join, when he noted one of the demons shoving Wesley to the side and trying to attack him. Seeing through the sloppy technique, Takato dodged out of the way, feeling the residual aura of Zazriel's belongings on his back. As such, he found himself in a 1v1, or so the demon thought at least.

Takato would oblige their misconception by attacking the demon, before attempting to disarm them.

 

[K0mori]

The moment her side sword pierced the enemy, Mariette felt a powerful hunger surge through her body, an anticipation as if she had just sunk her teeth into the demon's neck. It was only momentary, but afterwards a tingling sensation rippled through her arm. She barely flipped out of the way of the following attack, she was so preoccupied by these sensations. Nonetheless, the fight was still far from over, and this was not the time to be distracted. As she locked eyes with her next opponent, she took up a defensive stance with her cloak, preparing to parry with her next strike.

 

[Breadman]

"You're terrible." Henderson mocked as he swung the hammer toward's the demon's head again.

 

[SniperComZero]

Gwen had... definitely meant to do that. The demon standing right above her, disoriented from their twirl was... intentional? Either way, she gripped tight of the demonic blade in her hand, thrusting upwards to give them a good stabbing as she got herself up.

 

[EdwardDewey98]

Jakob grunted over the pain in his shoulder but he didn't care at the moment. All he wanted was for this bastard to die. The deeper he thought about it, the more Jakob blamed Wallace for everything that has happened to him. It was him who cursed him with this uncontrollable anger. The anger that almost got him killed when fighting Archer, the wounds that prevented him from being able to help Valeria during the fight with the Duke. "You... you cursed me with this!" shouted Jakob at the top of his lungs, but his shouts were barely understandable by the rest of the group. They came as words hidden beneath grunting and breathing. "I wasn't there with my friends when they needed me the most! This is your fault!" he said while the rest of his companions continued battling the pride demons. Unaware of Hudson's attempts to reach to him.

 

[Infab]

He couldn't lie. The violent attacks from that little constable had taken Wallace by surprise. He remembered how easily he threw him around that destroyed town before that damn witch set him on fire, but now he was bleeding profusely and only managed to hit Jakob a handful of times. The werewolf was gaining up on him. "Y-you... little... FUCKER!" screamed the demonic beast with it's deep, beastly voice. While pressing his hand against the wound on his head, he only became angrier as the stupid mutt whined about "his curse". "Quit your damn bitching! Look at you, constable. You consider yourself CURSED?! I gave you a longer life! Health! POWER! And you blame me because you were such a stupid fuck that got injured?!" Wallace could feel the wound on his head slowly regenerating. "You think I give a damn about your stupid problems?! I'm an Icon's general in Hell! A title far greater than anything I could have achieved under Ashwood, that stupid prick!" With an insane laugh, he turned to look around for Mariette. "H-hehe! Maybe I shouldn't kill you... I could bring you back to Sazak. Maybe then I'll get his respect too... Oh the things he'll do to you for escaping! But before that..." he looked at Jakob again, his smile growing wide once more. "...I took you for granted, pup! Not anymore! I'm gutting you, and then taking off your damn head to make a trophy out of it!"

 

[KRIY]

The Ninja stabbed his sword at the ground to stop himself from skidding from the force of the demon’s push. Once he comes to a full stop, the ninja stands up and goes through his kunai belt to retrieve one of the unique kunais with a fire tag attached to the bottom.

“Focus on me, you ugly bitch!” He shouts at the demon before igniting the tag from his metal gauntlets and throwing it at the demon’s head.

 

[Infab]

The Land of Dead Kings - Vucrox - Boss Battle (Wallace) - TURN 3

Wallace Battle
FLIP #1 = TAILS
FLIP #2 = TAILS
FLIP #3 = HEADS

Wallace wins the third turn.

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The pair of werewolves clashed again, Jakob moving in quickly to try and strike Wallace once more using just his speed. But Wallace had learned from the previous two attacks. As soon as Jakob closed within range, Wallace counter-attacked. He delivered a vicious slash at Jakob's face, catching him just across his cheek, before grabbing his arm and sharply jerking it. Throwing Jakob to the ground in one swift motion. Once down, he pressed a foot down on Jakob's chest, before delivering a punishing series of stomps to Jakob's left arm. There were several cracks, signifying that he had broken the limb in several places. Jakob let out several screams of pain from the injuries, before mustering up the strength to drive his right hand's claws deep into the already wounded thigh of Wallace. Wallace yelped himself, stumbling off of Jakob and allowing him to get up.

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Hudson = 4 + 1 (5, Velin's Tears.) Does 14 DMG (Heavenly Weapon, What I Fight For) to Pride Demon #1. Pride Demon #1 HP = 19.
Leakhena = 7. Does 6 DMG (Irin's Hellish Whip) to Pride Demon #2. Pride Demon #2 HP = 41.
Venextos = 6 + 1 (7, Sorcerer Supreme.) Does 15 DMG (Sorcerer Supreme, Abyssal Weapon) to Pride Demon #4. Pride Demon #4 HP = 17.
Takato = 10. CH Roll = 8. Does 6 DMG to Pride Demon #6. Pride Demon #6 HP = 38.
Takato attempts to disarm Pride Demon #6 (Like Water.) D6 used. Chance Roll = 6. Chance Successful. Pride Demon #6's sword has been broken. DMG has decreased to 3.
Mariette = 6. Does 6 DMG (Hellish Weapon) to Pride Demon #5. Pride Demon #5 HP = 32.
Henderson = 5. Does 14 DMG (Hellish Gauntlets, Abyssal Weapon) to Pride Demon #3. Pride Demon #3 HP = 19.
Gwen = 7 + 2 (9, Spiteful Survivalist.) Does 6 DMG (Shadow's Sword) to Pride Demon #11. Pride Demon #11 HP = 41.
Wesley = 10 (True Shot V2.) CH Roll = 7. Does 5 DMG to Pride Demon #6. Pride Demon #6 HP = 33.
Seriphine = 2. Misses Pride Demon #7.
Cassandra = 9 + 1 (10, The Crimson.) CH Roll = 4. Does 18 DMG (The Crimson) to Pride Demon #8. Pride Demon #8 HP = 16.
Riberta = 7. Does 13 DMG (Abyssal Weapon) to Pride Demon #9. Pride Demon #9 HP = 20.
Vincent = 4 + 3 (7, The Huntsman.) Does 13 DMG (Abyssal Weapon) to Pride Demon #10. Pride Demon #10 HP = 19.


The Land of Dead Kings - Vucrox - Boss Battle (Wallace) - TURN 3 (ENEMY)
Pride Demon #1 = 9. Does 5 DMG to Hudson. Hudson HP = 5.
Pride Demon #2 = 2. Misses Leakhena.
Pride Demon #3 = 8. Does 5 DMG to Henderson. Henderson HP = 10.
Pride Demon #4 = 5. Does 5 DMG to Venextos. Venextos HP = 5.
Pride Demon #5 = 3. Misses Mariette.
Pride Demon #6 = 2. Misses Wesley.
Pride Demon #7 = 7. Does 5 DMG to Seriphine. Seriphine HP = 20 (Abyssal Armor.)
Pride Demon #8 = 4. Misses Cassandra.
Pride Demon #9 = 9. Does 5 DMG to Riberta. Riberta HP = 2. Riberta's Seizure of Power has activated.
Pride Demon #10 = 5. Does 5 DMG to Vincent. Vincent HP = 5.
Pride Demon #11 = 9 - 4 (5. Spiteful Survivalist.) Does 5 DMG to Gwen. Gwen HP = 10.

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Hudson and the pride demon clashed again, Hudson clanging his sword against the Pride Demon's till he found an opening. He would carve another gash across the demon's torso, but the Pride Demon would retaliate quickly. Driving his own sword through Hudson's shoulder. Meanwhile, Leakhena would viciously slash at the Pride Demon she was fighting with her whip, taking flesh off the demon's hide as she moved around him. He would attempt to counter attack, charging her and swinging, but she easily avoided it as she moved away. Venextos would attempt to strike at the Pride Demon whom had hit him with a fireball with an orange disc, intending to slice the demon in half if possible. It would connect, but not as intended, instead slicing off one of the demon's arms. It yelled out in pain, clutching at the wound, before growing furious and grabbing its sword back up. A moment later, it would charge and carve a chunk out of Venextos' flesh on his torso.

Takato and Wesley moved to engage the same demon, with Takato delivering several blows before attempting to disarm the demon. He would do so, as the sword easily slipped out of the demon's hands and into Takato's. And a moment later, Takato simply broke the weapon over his knee before moving back in to engage the demon once more. The demon moved to engage in melee but was stopped, however, as Wesley's kunai impacted the demon's back. And exploded. It turned out Wesley had accidentally grabbed an explosive kunai instead of a flame one. The armor on the demon's torso burst off, turning into shrapnel which Takato avoided. Angry that his fancy armor had been destroyed, the demon turned his attention to Wesley and attempted to strike him with his fists. But Wesley would avoid it rather easily.

Mariette put Cassandra's training to good use, engaging and parrying the Pride Demon's attacks with ease using her cloak. And soon, she saw an opening. She drove her sword through the demon's side, jerking it out sideways to tear flesh. The demon yelped in pain, attempting to hold the wound as it counter-attacked. He missed, however, as she parried the attack once more with her cloak. Henderson delivered another blow with his hammer, hitting the Pride Demon he was fighting in the chest as it tried to avoid the blow. The armor made a loud clang from the impact, and crumpled a bit under the force. But the demon would take the chance afterwards to drive his sword completely through Henderson's thigh.

Gwen's sharp sword thrust would prove successful, stabbing the Demon in the gut, and she would move to get out from beneath the demon rather quickly. However, the demon would deliver a sharp slash which caught Gwen across the back as she moved. Seriphine would miss her foe, both swords swinging a bit wide as the Pride Demon she engaged moved to the side. But the demon would strike back, punching Seriphine in the head. His fist would hit the helmet she was wearing, which seemed to oddly dull the impact.

The bloodlust in Cassandra's eyes seemed to grow by the minute, as she rapidly moved about. Looking for another weak point to exploit in the Pride Demon's defenses. And soon, she found it. As he swung and missed her with an overhead swing, she darted to the side before shoving her estoc into the demon. The point pierced his armor, plunging deep into flesh and potentially piercing some internal organs. She grinned wildly as she jerked it back out, the demon attempting to backswing but failing due to his wound.

Riberta struck her own Pride Demon once more with the trident, driving the points of the trident's fork into the demon's chest plating. It would find itself getting stuck in the armor, providing the demon the chance to drive his sword into Riberta's chest. She groaned in pain, jerking the trident out finally before dropping to her knees. This was just pissing her off. Why was she fighting so clumsy? She had used a spear before. She had even used a pitchfork. This should be easy, and she was fucking losing! She spat blood through the mouth opening in her helmet, before clenching her teeth tightly. Her grip on the trident's shaft tightened as well...and the trident seemed to react to it. The rage inside was burning like a roaring flame. And a moment later, she stood back up. Her eyes glowing a piercing red as she bared her fangs at the demon before her. She ripped her helmet off, smashing it into the white sand next to her, before yelling a string of obscenities at her foe in her native tongue.

Vincent's duel with his foe started to wear both of them down, as Vincent struck the Pride Demon yet again with his gladius. Driving it deep into the demon's shoulder. However, the Demon also got a hit in, stabbing Vincent in the shoulder as well. He was starting to slow...and that was bad. The Pride Demon was getting the upper hand.

 

[K0mori]

As the fight went on and Mariette fell into a rhythm, she witnessed Wallace's brutality against Jakob and only became more focused. Spinning away from her previous opponent to gain space, she suddenly produced her grimoire out from under her cloak, and, within moments had spiked a particular page with blood.

A blade in every shadow, death at every turn... Let eyes betray and ears mislead... Let the murder become a conspiracy of one...

To onlookers, Mariette appeared to jitter, first at the tip of her sword, but then all the way down her arm, until at once there were several arms and several swords. Her head and body flickered, and as she stepped forward, an afterimage remained behind, which took a step in a different direction. Although none of the ghostly apperitions appeared real, Mariette was, in fact, one of them, and as she weaved back into battle, more ghosts appeared as others were dissipated by enemy swipes.

 

[Breadman]

Henderson gritted his teeth as the sword went through his thigh. It hurt, but it wouldn't be enough. One hand gripped the demon's shoulder and the other moved up the hammer's shaft just right under the head. He was going to slam it right in the demon's face.

 

[Damian0358]

After breaking the demon's sword over his knee, Takato prepared himself for the demon's incoming attack, only for Wesley to rejoin as anticipated. With that, Takato took a moment to survey the current physical standing of the group, and found that a number of folks were getting sluggish for various reasons, blood loss included.

With the opportunity Wesley provided him, Takato moved back to a position where it'd be inconvenient for the enemy to strike him, and concentrated his sight on the group instead, opting to heal those in need in an AoE fashion.

 

[Dmaster]

Hudson cried out as the sword dug through his shoulder, bloodied and cut as his clothes were once again soaked crimson. To add insult to the literal injury, the hunter was sure that the demon stabbed right into the bullet wound he suffered from his shadow. Opening that hole up again got Hudson to refocus, even if his vision was blurred and he was losing more blood by the second. Once more he glanced to Jakob, arms shaking before becoming steady as he took up his stance again.

"I'm not dying here... And he isn't either." Hudson grunted, taking a sharp inhale. Raising his sword, he dragged one foot back and pivoted the ankle before attacking yet again. "We've come too far to die to you pride demon fucks!"

 

[ANIMAL MOTHER]

With the whip connecting, Leakhena backs off and finds another pride demon to strike with her whip.

 

[EdwardDewey98]

Jakob grunted and whimpered as he stumbled backwards, away from the demonic beast. His shattered arm was bringing an immeasurable amount of pain that even surpassed his blind rage. He wanted to insult Wallace with every single imaginable swear that came to his mind, but that wouldn't help him at all. He could feel his arm healing, the blood pumping back. Clenching his clawed fist, Jakob charged towards Wallace with the intent to end it all.

 

[Infab]

The Land of Dead Kings - Vucrox - Boss Battle (Wallace) - TURN 4

Wallace Battle
FLIP #1 = HEADS
FLIP #2 = HEADS
FLIP #3 = HEADS

Jakob wins the fourth turn, and the battle.

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He rushed Wallace once more, determined to end the battle once and for all. And he'd do so. As Wallace swiped at him, he managed to duck under the swing before driving his claws into Wallace's stomach. He'd rip them back out, before yet again driving them in in a different spot. Wallace yelled out, as Jakob jerked them back out once more, before swiping at him one more time. With a quick hop backwards, he dodged, before rushing in and driving his claws into his chest once more. This time, he hit Wallace in just the right spot, breaking ribs as his claws shoved their way through into one of Wallace's lungs.

Jakob ripped his claws back out, as Wallace started to collapse, gasping for air. He slowly started to heal, but he was spent from exerting so much energy in such a short time. An issue when you have to deal with a smaller, faster opponent. He began to panic, but the rage in him flowed forth ever stronger. "T-this... n-no... NO! NO!" he spat, gasping yet again, before blurting out another statement. "F-FUCK YOU! Y-...you can't do this again!" He clutched at the deep wound as he dropped to his knees. "That witch... that inquiry, y-you bastards! THE LOT OF YOU! I was DESTINED to rule, to be the new leader of the South... and now I c-could... I CAN be a powerful demon, you CANT TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ME! NOT AGAIN!"

He turned about, attempting to crawl away towards his stronger ally. Kellea. She gazed down at him, a smile adorning her face as she crossed her arms. "Yet again, Wallace...you've proven yourself to be worthless." she stated, tilting her head. He looked upon Kellea with shock, before rolling over and looking back to Jakob. Whom was fast approaching him to finish the job. "Y-you... fucking bastard... You were nothing! You were nothing back then and you are nothing now! Y-You think I cursed you j-just for laughs?! You were supposed to die in that swamp!" he spat, blood oozing from his maw. As Jakob closed in, looming over him, he barked a final statement. "Y-You... can't kill me... Not now! I... I was so close...!"

Jakob paused only for a brief moment. All the rage inside made him want to gore him. To shred him, scattering his parts to the wind...but he just couldn't do it. He wasn't that kind of person...he even pitied Wallace. And so, he did what he felt was right. End it quickly. He swatted Wallace's arms out of the way as he moved in, wrapped his arms around Wallace's throat, and with a quick jerk...he snapped the demonic werewolf's neck. Wallace was finally dead...for good.

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Mariette = 10 (Bladewitch.) CH Roll = 9. Does 9 + 5 DMG (14 DMG, Bladewitch) to Pride Demon #5. Pride Demon #5 HP = 18.
Henderson = 1. Misses Pride Demon #3.
Takato attempts to heal all the wounded members of the group (Like Water.) D6 used. Chance Roll = 5. Chance Successful. Hudson, Leakhena, Venextos, Henderson, Seriphine, Gwen, Cassandra, Riberta, and Vincent regain 6 HP. Hudson HP = 11, Leakhena HP = 25, Venextos HP = 11, Henderson HP = 15, Seriphine HP= 25, Gwen HP = 15, Cassandra HP = 15, Riberta HP = 8, Vincent HP = 11.
Hudson = 4 + 1 (5, Velin's Tears.) Does 13 DMG (Heavenly Weapon) to Pride Demon #1. Pride Demon #1 HP = 6. Chance for Execution. Execution Rolls = 3, 2. Chance Successful. Pride Demon #1 Executed.
Leakhena = 7. Does 6 DMG (Irin's Hellish Whip) to Pride Demon #2. Bleeding Inflicted. Pride Demon #2 suffers 3 DMG over three turns. Pride Demon #2 HP = 32.
Venextos = 3 + 1 (4, Sorcerer Supreme.) Misses Pride Demon #4.
Gwen = 9 + 1 (10, Spiteful Survivalist.) CH Roll = 5. Does 8 DMG (Shadow's Sword) to Pride Demon #11. Pride Demon #11 HP = 33.
Seriphine = 7. Does 6 DMG (Shadow's Sword) to Pride Demon #7. Pride Demon #7 HP = 38.
Wesley = 9. Does 6 DMG (Shadow's Sword) to Pride Demon #6. Pride Demon #6 HP = 27.
Cassandra = 7 + 2 (9, The Crimson.) Does 13 + 6 DMG (19, The Crimson) to Pride Demon #8. Automatic Execution. Pride Demon #8 dead.
Riberta = 6. Does 23 DMG (Seizure of Power) to Pride Demon #9. Automatic Execution. Pride Demon #9 dead. Riberta regains 5 HP (Seizure of Power.) Riberta HP = 13.
Vincent = 5 + 3 (8, The Huntsman.) Does 13 DMG to (Abyssal Weapon) to Pride Demon #10. Pride Demon #10 HP = 6. Chance for Execution. Execution Rolls = 6, 3. Chance Successful. Pride Demon #10 executed.

The Land of Dead Kings - Vucrox - Boss Battle (Wallace) - TURN 4 (ENEMY)
Pride Demon #2 = 9. Does 5 DMG to Leakhena. Leakhena HP = 20 (Abyssal Armor.)
Pride Demon #3 = 6. Does 5 DMG to Henderson. Henderson HP = 10.
Pride Demon #4 = 6. Does 5 DMG to Venextos. Venextos HP = 6.
Pride Demon #5 = 5. Does 5 DMG to Mariette. Mariette HP = 20 (Abyssal Armor.)
Pride Demon #6 = 10. CH Roll = 7. Does 6 DMG to Wesley. Wesley HP = 9.
Pride Demon #7 = 7. Does 5 DMG to Seriphine. Seriphine HP = 20 (Abyssal Armor.)
Pride Demon #11 = 1. Misses Gwen.

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Takato moved to a safe location, back near where Valeria was standing (protected by Ser Edmond), and began to channel energies in order to heal the wounded members of the group. And soon enough, he released what he had channeled in a vast flow of energy. One by one, the group could feel themselves regaining some of their strength. Their movements were quicker, they felt less tired...and they could hit as hard as ever.

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The Pride Demon seemed to panic almost, as multiple Mariette's began to appear and move towards him. He then began to swing at each, striking them to find that they were but illusions manifested using Mariette's magic. Where was she then? Where was the real one? Soon enough, the Pride Demon felt something drive deep into his back. She had circled around behind him, finding an opening to drive her hellish blade into his flesh. He yelled out, before spinning about and delivering an upward arcing slash across Mariette's torso armor...which did nothing but rattle her and make a stream of sparks. Elsewhere, Henderson attempted to make a final blow to the Pride Demon he was fighting, bringing the hammer down to try and smash the head of the creature. But it moved out of the way rather swiftly, and delivered another stab. This time, into Henderson's side.

Hudson charged forth once more, determined to end this Pride Demon's life as quickly as possible. Both swung at the same time, but Hudson's heavenly blade would shatter the hellish sword that the Pride Demon was using. The demon tossed it aside, before attempting to punch Hudson. He'd block it, using his blade which he jerked up near his head. The Demon's fist connected, the blade catching his gauntlet, which Hudson used to his advantage. He swung the blade under, driving it deep into the demon's torso until the point forced itself out its back. He then spun about, shoving the demon off his sword and into a roll across the ground. And as the demon attempted to get up, it cast a gaze up to Hudson just as Hudson's blade met its neck. With one clean slice, Hudson beheaded the demon, sending its head rolling backwards off its shoulders. One demon down.

Leakhena flicked her whip once more, before casting it back at the demon she had been fighting. This time, catching it across bare flesh. The razor sharp barbs at the end of the ropes shredded skin and muscle, tearing it from the demon and casting it across the group. Blood poured forth, running down its back and staining the white sand beneath them. He yelped in pain, before turning about and casting his sword at Leakhena. The sword collided with her helmet, bouncing off and stunning her briefly. Meanwhile, Venextos reading himself once more, and cast another disc of magic at his foe. But the disc would miss this time, the demon avoiding it and delivered another slash to Venextos's arm.

Gwen would retaliate angrily, slashing at the demon as she recoiled from the blow it had given her. It would connect, shredding the demon's chest plate. The demon attempted to attack again, but Gwen easily dodged it by simply sidestepping out of the way. Meanwhile, Seriphine would strike her foe once more, slashing it across the side of the face, before being shoulder bashed by the demon in retaliation. Wesley continued to engage the demon he had hit with the exploding kunai, drawing out his shadow's ninjato to use against the demon. After deflecting the demon's slashes, he managed to deliver a horizontal slash across the demon's stomach. The demon, after crying out in pain, drove his sword into Wesley's shoulder.

Cassandra's grin grew wilder and wilder, as she struck at the Pride Demon with her estoc, her movements growing more rapid as she darted about. The demon, beginning to panic, started swinging wildly. Which proved effective at defending from her strikes...only for a few strikes. Cassandra soon caught him from the side, driving the estoc through the armor. She shoved it all the way through, all the way till the cross guard of the weapon touched against his armor. Holding him up, as his life quickly drained from his body, she simply whispered "Aww, too bad..." into his ear before slowly sliding her sword back out of his body. As his body crumpled to the ground, she took a moment to lick the blood from the blade. Her red eyes shifting between the other potential targets as she savored the moment.

The Pride Demon engaging Riberta grew more furious as Riberta spat insults at him. And soon, he reached the point where he'd retaliate. He rushed towards her, and delivered a vicious punch which caught her across the side of the face. It snapped her head around...but she remained standing. She simply turned it back around, her teeth clenched tightly. The Pride Demon looked rather shocked, then terrified as she started to march towards him. Trident gripped firmly in hand. He turned to run, and managed to get a few steps away before the trident's forks drove into his back, knocking him to the ground. He soon made a pitiful attempt to crawl, before Riberta arrived and snatched the trident back out of his back. A simple kick rolled him over, and she drove the trident into his chest twice more.

But she didn't stop. She stabbed the trident into the ground next to her, before reaching down and grabbing his armor by the collar. And with a shark jerk in opposing directions, ripped his armor in half. The demon gurgled for a moment, before gagging as Riberta stopped down onto his chest. Bones cracked and shattered. As she held him in place, she reached down, clasped onto his neck, and gave a sharp jerk upwards. More cracks. Another jerk. Bones shattered, and flesh tore. And soon she held up his head, and what remained of his spinal column. She spat in his face, before tossing it all aside and fetching the trident. She needed another target. She muttered under her breath, teeth still clenched, as she stormed towards the foe that Henderson was currently fighting.

Vincent, with renewed vigor, prepared himself to engage the Pride Demon once more. And soon, it would begin. As the Pride Demon swung at him, Vincent quickly swung the gladius...and chopped off the demon's arm at the elbow. He rushed in afterwards, grabbing the collar of the demon before bashing its face in with the pommel of his gladius. And with one final move, he shoved the blade of the weapon through the demon's neck. Afterwards, he shoved it away with his boot, twirling the gladius around as the demon hit the ground and rolled.

Kellea seemed a bit surprised by the shows of force that the group was now putting up. She had expected a few of them to have gone down now due to the efforts of her strong, but stupid, pride demon underlings. It seemed that the opposite was happening now. "Very interesting." she murmured, nodding as she rubbed her chin.

 

[Breadman]

Henderson eyed the demon with increasing annoyance. The mutant didn't even pay attention to his wound from before healing as he took a step back and swung the hammer again intending to break through the armour.

 

[Dmaster]

Hudson said nothing as he decapitated his foe, flicking a good amount of the blood off of his nearly weightless blade while he surveyed the battlefield. The hunter was relieved to see that Jakob had managed to kill Wallace in that moment, though he still could not condone how he did it alone. His head swiveled to Kallea as she stood off to the side, looking quite pleased with herself even though the group had been dispatching her soldiers. This prompted a chuckle out of Hudson. Cockier demons always tended to be easier to kill than the raving senseless ones.

Yet with soldiers still on the field he saw no reason to agitate her and get her to join the fight early. It was best to exploit her stupidity for as long as they could. Hudson could see Mariette doing battle with her demon, and while she had just made a confusingly executed yet devastating blow he decided that would be where he focused his efforts. Starting with a jog that progressed into a sprint, the hunter rushed up behind the pride demon, intent on driving the angelic sword through its back.

 

[K0mori]

Once again, driving the tip of her sword through a demon gave Mariette a surge of hunger, so powerful that she nearly lunged for the demon's neck. Only when her foe managed to strike her breastplate did she break free from the temptation. It was surreal; she didn't want to reach for the blood vials she was carrying, she wanted his blood. Was this another effect of the armor she was wearing? Her illusion now broken, the Countess sensed that Hudson was closing in from the opposite side of the same demon, and so she took a step backwards, preparing another attack so that she would keep all of its attention on her. She would wait for Hudson's attack to land before allowing her own to spring, hopefully finishing off the brute.

 

[Damian0358]

Feeling the others' qi, and seeing them well and able enough, Takato briefly looked over at Valeria and Edmond, giving them a smile, before jumping back into the fight.

Sensing that Venextos wasn't doing so good again, and seeing the slash after turning towards him, Takato rushed in to distract the pride demon fighting him, delivering a flurry of punches. If an opening shows itself, he might even consider grabbing the demon and tossing it at the demon Wesley is fighting.