[i][u]Nightmare Unitia - Hakurei Shrine[/u][/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/2c60S5L.png[/img] Rayla: I have to agree with Auror there. I'm not really comfortable with the idea of Kiragi fighting with us...But it's for the best that he keeps that pact up. (At the moment, they seem harmless.) [i][u]Spring Zone - Streets Near the Hakurei Shrine[/u][/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/Dkuyx5h.png[/img] Kaori: (I didn't even notice him until he appeared...) [img]https://i.imgur.com/m6s3U90.png[/img] Tiane: For the record, I also don't like his face... [img]https://i.imgur.com/f1G3RNI.png[/img] Tiane: Wait...AAAAAH! It's you! [img]https://i.imgur.com/1N4hCFv.png[/img] Theo: You know him? [img]https://i.imgur.com/pAR5wdw.png[/img] Tiane: He's that super suspicious guy that showed up at the orphanage this morning. His name was...um... [img]https://i.imgur.com/BgbNcoY.png[/img] Kaori: Azrel. [img]https://i.imgur.com/P27XGqf.png[/img] Tiane: That's right! That's the name. [img]https://i.imgur.com/VXwyd1A.png[/img] Theo: I see. So it's not by pure chance that he's here. He knows that Lucent is at the shrine right now. [img]https://i.imgur.com/XnqpyVP.png[/img] Tiane: Okay Kaori, keep your aim at his legs if he runs during the interrogation... [img]https://i.imgur.com/hw72kIj.png[/img] Kaori: N-No need to go that far. [img]https://i.imgur.com/ahg7ogS.png[/img] Tiane: Now then...spit it out right now! What do you want with Lucent? [i][u]Underground DUST Base - Destroyed Incubation Room[/u][/i] Music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtdKzbPK2T4]Choir of Curse[/url] The battle raged one, both Tatsuna and Hinata kept pressuring Kenneth with their attacks, not letting him retaliate, nor run in order to bite one of the nearby bodies. Berserk Kenneth: GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! [img]https://i.imgur.com/AHxReeO.png[/img] Tatsuna: Kurgh...He isn't going down that easy huh? [img]https://i.imgur.com/P5ISF4B.png[/img] Hinata: He's doing good for someone that was exausted a while ago. Berserk Kenneth: HAAAAA!!! Then, Kenneth managed to land a blow on Hinata, pushing her away a few meters. Tatsuna took this opportunity to punch Kenneth towards a wall with a fist enveloped in a red-dragon shaped aura. In mid-flight however, he fired bat-shaped energy projectiles, who flew really fast towards the girl. Saika decided to intervene and cut both shots with her sword, saving Tatsuna. [img]https://i.imgur.com/FFOIaw4.png[/img] Saika: Alright, you two have been doing good so far in not letting him bite one of these guys. He wouldn't like to know that he did that when he comes back. [img]https://i.imgur.com/7HQSnto.png[/img] Hinata: This happened before...right? [img]https://i.imgur.com/uizlDqj.png[/img] Saika: According to him, yes. It was back when he didn't know me yet. He said that he attacked two guys that he met when he went berserk. As Saika said that, the three noticed that Kenneth had conjured two dark spheres. He let them fall to the ground. Said spheres then, morphed into two human shapes. [img]https://i.imgur.com/4HlXzNP.png[/img] Tatsuna: Let me guess...he can enslave the people he bites? [img]https://i.imgur.com/vFP7w7b.png[/img] Hinata: Seems like it... [img]https://i.imgur.com/83VD2Iv.png[/img] Saika: Though knowing his mental state right now, those "slaves" are seemingly in a berserk state as well. [img]https://i.imgur.com/2MiQvvc.png[/img] Hinata: Just great... [img]https://i.imgur.com/x4zFP1O.png[/img] Tatsuna: Don't worry. We'll bring Mr.Kenneth back. [img]https://i.imgur.com/7ObgQXy.png[/img] Saika: That's the spirt. Tatsuna, make sure you knock him down. I have a feeling the longer that if we prolong this, the hungrier he'll get...and more savage as well. Then, the spheres finished their shape-shifting. The appeacences of the human forms were that of common and normal passerbies who had the misfortune to meet with Kenneth in such a state. He never wanted to use them as his ghouls, so he tried his best to forget they even existed, since he wasn't aware of a way to undo their curse, which was something a vampire hunter would be able to do. With his eye at his prey, he lunged foward, even faster than before, with his ghouls following right behind. Tatsuna focused on Kenneth as instructed, not pulling her punches, she kept taking advantage of the fact that he didn't had any strategy other than just attack and kept avoiding his strikes with ease. Saika and Hinata were handling the Ghouls. Normally, they would be more than enough to handle them, but Hinata's fatigue was becoming more aparent and her movements were becoming slower, having her to rely on her explosive punches more than her speed. Saika meanwhile, could only use enhancement magic, so her a great part of her destructive power was gone. [i][u]Underground DUST Base - Corridors[/u][/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/6nzNJ8I.png[/img] Sheila: Hey...Are we there yet? [img]https://i.imgur.com/azQZj1L.png[/img] Gillia: Almost...though I have some bad news...We only have 10 minutes left. [img]https://i.imgur.com/WJW7QYd.png[/img] Sheila: In this situation, it doesn't sound so long. [img]https://i.imgur.com/TXBhTNw.png[/img] Gillia: Don't give up just yet. This keycard will allow me to stop sequence. Ametatsu was luckly a high enough ranking member to give access to such permission. [img]https://i.imgur.com/oWqvCyF.png[/img] Sheila: I can't help it...It's a countdown to my certain death after all. Soldier: Miss Gillia! Over here! [img]https://i.imgur.com/A2xPNNW.png[/img] Gillia: Ah! I'm coming! [img]https://i.imgur.com/0iBZro0.png[/img] Sheila: (Guess not everyone was ready to literally go out with a bang either.) [i][u]Underground DUST Base - Main Lab's Control Room[/u][/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/fZcLYt1.png[/img] Gillia: Alright, leave the rest to me. [img]https://i.imgur.com/EbK54dO.png[/img] Sheila: I'm counting on you... Sheila slumped over a nearby chair while Gillia headed over the computer where countdown was visible in the screen. [img]https://i.imgur.com/kGSfilZ.png[/img] Sheila: (9 minutes left...) [img]https://i.imgur.com/A2xPNNW.png[/img] Gillia: Alright...first, I put the ID Card here... Soldiers: Oh boy...Why must they do this to us? [img]https://i.imgur.com/O3Bxz8m.png[/img] Gillia: I don't have the answer to that my friend. Soldiers: Seriously...If this was the Leader's idea, then I'm not trusting people like Tamari ever again... [img]https://i.imgur.com/ECOlbE1.png[/img] Gillia: (Lady Tamari...is this how you really feel about us?) [img]https://i.imgur.com/zSV6Qfu.png[/img] Sheila: (So that's the name of their leader...) Then, they heard a gun firing near them. The Soldier near them fell on the ground, cluching the wound in his stomach. [img]https://i.imgur.com/0iBZro0.png[/img] Sheila: !!! Sheila immidietaly slowed time, then looked towards the direction the shot came from and saw a group that was entering the room. She threw a knife at the shooter, who got his hand stabbed once time went back to normal. [img]https://i.imgur.com/qT6P9qh.png[/img] Sheila: And now, we have a room full of suicidal guys... [img]https://i.imgur.com/yTDIUuk.png[/img] Soldier: Open Fire! [img]https://i.imgur.com/YqwsmQT.png[/img] Gillia: !!! [img]https://i.imgur.com/QPdwCbS.png[/img] Sheila: Don't look back! [img]https://i.imgur.com/YA4WBvg.png[/img] Gillia: Eh? The soldiers opened fire, Sheila was then, engulfed by a bright light, which quickly moved closer to Gillia, receiving all the bullets. [img]https://i.imgur.com/HvhNoIv.png[/img] Gillia: Sheila!!! Music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK5-DiAgs8Q]Einsatz[/url] [img]https://i.imgur.com/y3Gb2G2.png[/img] Sheila: I said to not look back...We have no time to lose. Don't worry, I'll make sure to deal with these guys. Soldier: T-That's a Compact Glaive? Tch...Not wonder our bullets didn't work... [img]https://i.imgur.com/myzJn4u.png[/img] Gillia: (Say what? She had a compact glaive all along?) Gillia did as Sheila instructed and continued to search for a way to disable the self-destruction command. [img]https://i.imgur.com/EldKAx7.png[/img] Sheila: Now then, time for you guys to have a taste of my wrath. Soldier: Kurgh...Focus fire on her...As long as she's here, won't be able to attack Gillia. [img]https://i.imgur.com/unxS4JC.png[/img] Sheila: [b][i]BRING IT!!![/i][/b] When Sheila has her Compact Glaive activated, she has permanent access to a strong version of the strenght enhancement, making her strenght comparable to an Ancestor Mage and even a Chi Master. She was also able to use the Time Slow ability together with the enhancement. However The time slow ability can still be only done in short bursts. [img]https://i.imgur.com/ehRvhgG.png[/img] Sheila: Haaa!!! She ran foward, dodging enemy fire while also throwing the knife strapped to her armor towards the soldiers. The strap would extend without hindering the knife's speed, hitting the soldiers one-by-one as she kept dodging and blocking the bullets. [url=https://youtu.be/_zWbVpfxSWw?t=220]Then, as she closed-in on the group, she dealt a powerful sliding dash that lifted three of them in the air. Right after, she kicked them while still on the air[/url] towards the others. Soldiers: ARGH! [img]https://i.imgur.com/C3gOUBr.png[/img] Sheila: I'm not done yet! TAKE THIS! She continued the battle, meanwhile, Gillia was still trying desperatly to stop the sequence. [img]https://i.imgur.com/azQZj1L.png[/img] Gillia: (Six minutes left...No...Don't pay attention to the time...That will make you more nervous...)