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[b]Word Count:[/b] 670
[b]Level 9 Ganondorf:[/b] 33/90
[b]Level 11 Roxas:[/b] 82/110
[b]Exp Gained:[/b] +1
[b]NEW EXP Balance---[/b] 34/90, 83/110

[h3][b][u]Moon Mountain[/u][/b][/h3][/center]

Things were going surprisingly well… at least at first. After his initial opening strikes, Roxas was quick to redirect himself back to the ground level to try and avoid retaliation that he guessed would come for him. It worked… mostly. A couple of eye projectiles managed to ping him as he had been focused on dodging the main body of the Man in the Moon. But he still had a second or two of Aeroga to help blunt that damage so while his landing may not have been perfect, it was at least successful.

The same wasn’t true of Ganondorf. In addition to losing the remainder of his Moblins to the Man in the Moon, the warlord himself was nowhere near as agile as his Keyblade-wielding ally and thus he suffered a worse reprisal from the boss as a result. A sweeping arm from the Dark smacked him back several feet and then he had to brace himself to endure some followup damage from eye projectiles.

[color=797979]”Let’s see how you do against my stronger servant!”[/color] The Gerudo bellowed as he hastily summoned Phantom Ganon to serve as back up reinforcements. The Phantom was quick to literally fly into the fray to strike at the Man in the Moon with his N Corp Nail to inflict Bleed. That would give the shadowy monstrosity a gradual loss of health over time to compound with the damage the Seekers as a whole were rapidly inflicting on him. As for Ganondorf himself, he shifted focus a bit and targeted the Dark with his Fae Spear strikes. It proved a bit more confusing to properly figure out where to aim at first since the Dark was not a traditional target like the Man in the Moon, but a sweeping fire breath or two helped Ganondorf figure things out quickly enough.

And it was at this point, when things were going suspiciously well, that the mask cracked. It was a welcome sign of progress for Roxas and Ganondorf, but one that was immediately followed by their enemies’ collective attacks growing faster and more intense. For them specifically this was most notable with the many eyes. Not only did they seem to become more numerous, but so did their projectiles. Roxas had to act quickly and cast another Aeroga on himself to avoid becoming overwhelmed. Once again, Ganondorf was less fortunate.

Just like the Moblins, Phantom Ganon was downed by the increased intensity of the attacks, but not before getting off one more N Corp Nail attack against the Dark, so that at least both adversaries would suffer from Bleed going forward. Ganondorf himself was forced to endure some hefty damage from a volley of eye projectiles before he managed a sweeping fire breath to get them off of him. His breathing was a bit more labored as he momentarily weighed his options. He was likely injured enough to transform if he wanted to, and that would certainly help put a swifter end to this enemy. But if he did that, then the form would no longer be available to him for the remainder of the day, and that could potentially rob the Seekers of having Ganon available during the inevitable fight against Baldr - the Guardian.

The warlord made his decision and pressed back onto the offensive without transforming. But he did swap to his Greatswords in order to build up Dark Explosions as a means of helping clear away the many eyes and their frustratingly numerous projectiles. Fortunately for both Ganondorf and Roxas, the fight didn’t last too much longer. In fact, both were brought to pause the bright spectacle of Mokou’s final flame and the dawn that it appeared to bring about.

[color=gold]”Does… does that mean we won?”[/color] Roxas asked, shakily. He had to use the remainder of his MP for a Curaga on himself and anyone else who wanted to benefit from it.

[color=797979]”...”[/color] Ganondorf merely grunted but didn’t actually say anything. But internally he was hoping that the Nobody’s guess was right.