Divine Intervention [Conquest AT]

Even as everything happened, as dark electricity exploded, earth shattered, and powerful techniques were unleashed, the figure stood still, its gaze not leaving Erebos. Even as his sword came down, piercing into its shoulder and digging in deep, dark lightning crackling around them as the earth was torn up through stray bolts, its only response was to raise a hand to his face, tilting its head. Ą̷̡̛̬̜̟͍͕̩̎́̑̃̀͌̏̑͊̅͒̆̐̕ ̸͎͓̮̱̞̺̫̜̠͊̒́͑͊̌͒̅͋̈̊͘ͅc̶̡̬̦̙̪̼̞̗̪͇̜̩̳̻̔͊̒́̑̓̾̑̕͝͝h̸̼̙̥̜̖́̾͐i̶̧̞̙̖̦̘͔̜̣̒̂̓̃ͅl̷̲̥͙̝̟̱̜̲̜̅̉͂̾͆̌̆̃̄͌̆͜d̷̘̭̠̃͆̾̑͐̓͝͝. It whispers, form flickering as the orb behind it vibrates, a part of it detatching to hurl itself in a beam towards Crotona. Erebos would begin to feel something... change. The power he had been absorbing, utilising against Phakk... despite his skill, and natural aptitude, in the end what was hers was hers, as he would begin to hear whispers in his mind. Not of the primal tongue. Something far more... personal. As if he himself was the one talking. 

Slowly, the shadowy figure turned to move Erebos' head, to look about the area around him. It murmured, and whispered similarly like a mother to a babe. He was fighting them, but why? What did he care about this land? Poor little princeling, so far from home. Doesn't he know that she was trying to help him? He absorbed her power, he knew what it could do for him. If he was with them, he could show those that wronged him just how wrong they were. He could make real change, establish a legacy that would last long after all his enemies were crushed, and his doubters silenced. And speaking of doubters... just who was he fighting with? A Shinjin, and a would be hero? Did he honestly believe, after the way they've acted, the blindness that they so proudly display, they would support him? No. But she would. She understood, and had much to offer. Anything he wants. Everything he wants. In this realm or the other. 

Phakk uses Corruptive Touch on Crotona! This attacks for 104400! This has the Exhausting trait!
Phakk takes Erebos' Decisive Slice! This brings her up to 188%!
KP: 4/6
MP: 6/6
%: 188/250
PL: 348000

Now that they were all standing near each other, Tiamat felt a little better on their chances of winning this battle to the death. Of course, it was anything but in the bag, Phakk AND Ward still surely had plenty of tricks up their sleeves, but at this point, the shinjin would take any kind of hope they could have and keep it close to her heart. This ideological battle was not clean-cut, far from it even, but her side had been chosen by her heart, and she could only push forward and end it, then she could look back and understand fully what happened here.

The first to act at this moment was Erebos, charging up some technique he had and shouting that he could spot the difference between the two identical 'Phakk'. She had no idea how he could tell, honestly, but would have to believe him on his words. As he launched forward, on his offensive, Tiamat worried that they were falling into a trap... if she was their enemy right now, she would want them to exhaust themselves and then attack back... hopefully, she was not the only one to notice this, and Crotona and her would keep their energy for...

And then Crotona attacked as well, unleashing an impressive amount of power towards... Ward? Why did she attack Ward? They almost had Phakk down now. This was bad, she was now left with herself as her their only defense, and even if she was good at it, the fact that two Shinjins, stronger than herself, stood in front of them with almost all of their energy while her teammates just emptied theirs... well... it was terrifying.

And both attacked connected! While they surely did a fair amount of damage, now it was time for Phakk and Ward to counter-attack. No, it was Tiamat's time to protect her comrades and draw some attention to her! She quickly drew a sigil of protection in front of her, and right then, a barrier would form between Phakk and Crotona, preventing the Konatsian from taking further damage. Maybe healing Crotona would be an idea in the short term, but right now, they were not in a position to do this at all.

The spellcaster then formed another spell, aimed towards Phakk again. An offensive one this time. She clearly is not the best to do these things, but she would not shy away from trying some tricks of herself!

'' Raigeki!''

She shouted as a lightning bolt would shoot towards Phakk. She still had energy left, a low margin, but hopefully, Phakk's attention would be drawn to her now, or things might be sour for Crotona.

Then, Ward began a monologue about this whole situation, and about them in particular. Tiamat was forced to listen because she kept an eye on the defensive one. It became clear to her that they were similar in a way, both of them were conflicted by this situation but in a much different way.

'' I did not start this 'entire' fight Ward. Phakk did this by corrupting the land and attempting to force her will unto the people of Namek. I merely failed to see what Erebos did once he got here. I was sent down there with a mission, to make sure mortals would follow the path of good, to guide the right people into power, and to defend them if necessary. Until today, I thought I could trust my kin above anything else, and proving me wrong has you and Phakk putting me in a difficult position. I won't pretend I'm not enjoying a little action, but I would have rather solved this thing with words. ''

As for the 'racism' comment... well... she was told the same, and even though to her, demons are not a race, and she was just stating facts, she had learned today that her 'facts' might need some double-checking after all this time.

---

Crotona finished fully swinging her blade it cutting into Ward. He didn’t even put up a shield to protect himself. Crotona glanced to see Erebros had attakced and also landed a strong blow on Phakk. If she had aimed for Phakk she would of gone down! Then again then Ward could of defended her. She didn’t know if she made the right choice but at least it had beena good choice. They had wounded both the kais quite well. Phakk didn’t seem to look good at all. And Ward was not in the best shape. Crotona would point her sword towards him as he got to a knee. She didn’t attack him as he was a downed foe. And while she didn’t like Ward, he was not the one she needed to stop. He was not the one she might have little choice but to kill.

Despite being cut open, Ward had a lot to say. She listened carefully, allowing him to speak the words. She did sense the attack coming from Phakk when he began though. A trick by him to make her lose focus. She didn’t have any energy but before she could even brace, Tiamat was there to protect her and stop the attack. She even fired her own attack back at Phakk. Now all of them were low of energy, and it seemed there foes had a lot of energy to spare. This was not good at all. They had done a lot of damage but they were gonna have to go on the defensive. One of them could potentially be defeated or even outright killed in less than a few minutes.

Crotna turned back to listen to Ward, allowing him to speak. Crotona could not say she agreed with most of it. To her it sounded like now that he was losing he wanted to explain to her why she should back down to stop fighting. Eventually in the middle of his speech Crotona just sighed,

“Shut up.”

Crotona looked down with no remorse in her eyes. Not any pity. “Who am I protecting? Why am I protecting people? Why am I working with Erebros despite him attacking Phakk first? Why am I willing to kill her? I don’t know why I have to explain this. Phakk came here to twist people and tell people how they were living. Not by asking, not by teaching. But by using dark magics to twist the land and force to make them bend or die. That is what I saw. The same thing Erebros saw when he arrived. Now, is he some saint. Hell no. But we are on the same side of this fight. But life is more complex than good and evil. There's your and Phakk’s evil then their Erebros’s evil. But you like breaking it down to a digestible glass that you can see through. That is one of our differences. You are a god and I’m a mortal.” Crotona sighed looking down at Ward.

“I do all the things I do because I believe it is the duty of the strong to protect the weak. Not to force them to change. To compel them to change yes. If someone is flawed we teach them. We don’t force them. Like how your friend corrupted one of my Pankaa. You act as if you wanted to protect us, shield us. You wanted to separate us. Break us down so we could be easier to defeat. And in your headspace, that was your way to digest the evil you're committing here. I am honestly starting to a feel a bit of pity for you because of it. I don’t know if your trying to convince me I’m evil, or convince yourself that your doing nothing wrong. That is what needs to be done. I don’t know much about gods though. Maybe that's just how things are done. If that is the case.” Crotona raised her fist upward into the air as if pointing to the heavens.

“I’ll cave all their faces in with this fist. I won’t allow people so evil that they dilluted themselves to be heros run around and tell people how to live their lives. I will go around and help these Mazoku. And maybe one day I'll find you were correct, that maybe force was needed. But if that day comes, I won't use dark magices to twist them or beat down all of their kind and rip away their entire culture. I’ll only cut out the evil. That is what my sword does. That is why I do. I help people. If you feel your on the good side, then help us stuff Phakk. To stop what she is doing, what she has become. Maybe then learn from the world instead of assuming it is wrong. Just because your high in the sky does not mean you will exactly know what is like low on the ground.”

Crotona shook herself that was all she had to say. She shouldn’t keep engaging with the kai. But maybe she could break through to him. Or maybe it would not work. He already taken many steps over the line but guess she had no choice. Anyway, she glanced back Erebros had been talking with Phakk. Something about changing sides? But he didn’t buy it. That was good, it would of made her speech less impactful if he just swapped sides cause he could. Erebros did raise a good point. If they stopped them what stopped them from doing this again in three months or so. Crotona didn’t know what to do about that but she let her monstrous power lower slightly and focus on regaining some ki. She was going to need it when she was attacked by either Ward or Phakk. Maybe both she could not be too surprised if that happened.


Wc:998

Damage Meter:99/250
Kp:2/6
Mp:3/6

Well, at least he tried.

His attempt at diplomacy, however false it may have been, fell on deaf ears. Ward gave no visible reaction, but Phakk got all scary! Her body contorted, and as she swung out at him all he could do was wheel back. His body pulled itself away instinctively, but it wasn’t fast enough. Rather than being disemboweled, however, he was left with a nasty gash across his shoulder.

Tumbling backwards, he landed on his butt next to Tiamat. Shaking his head, he scrambled around for his blade, but came up short. Lost in the chaos, he’d have to go without it for the foreseeable future.

But something kept bothering him. A stinging sensation that wouldn’t go away. He could feel it, even now; something throbbing in his shoulder. Like Phakk had planted something there. Whatever it was, she surely didn’t intend to, and its effects were… Well, he wasn’t in SERIOUS pain, so he’d ignore it for now.

Something that was harder to ignore, though, was the unending wave of power emanating from Phakk, and soon after, Ward. They were finally pulling out all the stops, unleashing some sort of devastating ability. Erebos stumbled to his feet, an arm hovering across his eyes to shield him from the ceaseless discharge.

Erebos reached out to Crotona, and a thin bubble shimmered around her. It was a display of Erebos' light magic, however rudimentary it may have been. It was pure reflex that fueled the technique, and considering that it was actually a rather competent spell! Try as he might to shield the girl, though, his attack was nothing in the face of their awesome power. Without so much as a thought, Phakk tore through the barrier, and the rest? Well, he wasn't quite sure what occurred after that. The swirling of energies gave him extreme pause...

His ears, slightly numb, picked out the sound of Tiamat’s call to action. With Crotona's fate in the air, Erebos was hesitant to strike out, but he knew she was right. His fingers twitched, trying to summon shadows, but decided against it. Shaking his head, he called out to her.

”Really? We’re gonna attack now that I did my emotional thing and can’t use my magic? You two are so TYPICAL!”

Cracking his knuckles, Erebos took a runner’s stance, hunching low to the ground as he braced himself. It wasn’t often that he did something so bold, let alone without his magic. ”Fine. Whatever.” His feet flexed, waiting for the proverbial gunshot. ”I’ll just save the day I guess.”

Thunder cracked in the distance, and Erebos took off running. He sprinted across the expanse, vaulting over rubble and debris, his eyes locked firmly on the disgusting thing Phakk had become.

He slid toward her, rolling to a stop mere feet away from her, before leaping up! His goal was to perform a jumping uppercut, the kind you might see as a finishing move in a video game. Should it hit, Phakk would surely be splayed out across the floor, maybe even sporting little cartoon stars floating around her head!

”Don’t bother getting up.”

---

As Phakk's titanic, clawed hand came down towards Crotona, it found itself meeting little resistance. A shield appeared between it and her. It shattered, the hand piercing through with enough force to send shards of the magic flying through the air. A Z-sword itself came up. A powerful item, and one on par with ancient relics. But in the face of the the eons themselves, even that wasn't enough, as the hand forces the sword back and lands squarely upon Crotona's face. Following through, the Konatsian would have her head and body slammed into the earth with a ground shattering impact. A colossal 
THOOM
rings out throughout the battlefield as the force ripples out from the impact, a crater forming from the power. Wind howled and rock flew back, buffetting those around them as the twin attacks from Erebos and Tiamat slammed into Phakk's form, knocking the beast off of Crotona before it was able to properly finish her off. 

All around them the flesh and maws screeched in bloodthirsty victory at one of the trio being taken down, mountains and hills turning their titanic gazes down towards the battle as tendrils snaked through the air. Although... this rapidly began to fade, the cawing and chattering becoming a concerned quiet as something... new happened. The Beast struggled. From where it lay in the dirt, tossed to the side from the combined blows, it... quivered. A tremble ran through those grossly overgrown limbs. Those flickers in its form grew lesser in their intensity, and less frequent as slowly... gradually... colour began to return to its form. A small screech of rage could be heard from it as the Darkness tried angrily, furiously, desperately to hold on. To keep going, and wreak the havoc it wished.

But time was up. It has used all the energy it had stored, and with the damage done to it, the battery had run dry. So, with a sound indrescribable and heard only once before in all of existence, it disappeared. Sucked back through Phakk's eyes, mouth, and ears in a shadowy smoke as she lets out a hacking gasp. "N-" She tries to stand, but can't get more than a step before stumbling back to the ground, clutching her stomach. "N... No more." She swallows, voice weak and barely even audible, her veins pulsing with black light as she struggles to contain the Darkness. 

Phakk takes Erebos and Tiamat's combined attacks, for a total of 33%!
Old Phakk can no longer sustain itself! New Phakk reemerges!
KP: 2/6
MP: 2/6 (+1 from taking damage)
%: 221/250
PL: 348000