Strange Vulcans Part 1 (TacticalFallacy and Riohorse)

Freya cringed at the sound of the Troll Kings voice, it assulted her sensitive ears leaving a ringing sensation. Freya gave a tiny grin at Purgatory's arrogance. She could hear all of their conversation as she sped towards Purgatory under the ground hearing the cries of vulcans as they succumbed the rain. She gave a shudder glad she was protected under the earth.
As Freya surfaced above the earth she watch as Purgatory clapped mocking the ape, she breached the surface just as he clapped. Freya's expression turned slightly horrified her thought it was all a game, even after the gruesome end to the vulcans.

Freya watch the Troll King raising his fists letting rip her rawr, she grinned as it stopped his attack on Purgatory. It may be Purgatory the Troll King was going to hit, but Aldous also occupied that body and she wasn't going to stand for her friend being attack even if he was currently possessed by a physicotic maniac. Freya could feel Purgatory's gaze turn to her gulping and shaking a little as she turned to look up at him, trying not to look afraid as he giggled rather menacingly down at her. Freya frowned as Purgatory spoke, confused "Meredy?" she whispered to herself, one of the seven kin of purgatory she realised looking at Purgatory so Aldous was telling the truth about them. Freya turned her attention back to the Troll King as he advance towards them, an image of whack a mole coming into her mind but with her as the mole instead. Freya balked sinking a little lower in her hole. Freya squeaked as Purgatory winked at her a blush rising to her cheeks. But she returned to normal as the Troll king launched himself at Purgatory. Freya watched worried her eyes widening as the Troll King got a blow in clearly hearing Aldous "You idiot, thats Aldous' body your using don't let yourself get injured!" she yelled.

Purgatory seemed to take no notice and continue to attack. Freyas face paled as the apes shoulder dislocated with a crunch. Her eyes widening as Purgatory roared. She clenched her jaw a spurt of bravery causing her to tunneling straight under neath the vulcan bursting up behind him her eyes focused "Earth dragons MAW!" her voice rose as she slashed widly at the vulcans back her arms blurring as her rock like claws sliced at the vulcans flesh, flaying it to it was in ribbons, she started to tire as the vulcan sidled out of her last few attacks. She jumped back puffing her eyes cold as she stared at Purgatory, she didn't want to imagine the amount of pain aldous was in she heard him scream before she knew it. The Troll King turned on her "Puny women, you've made me angry" Freya narrowed her eyes the Troll Kings tone irritating her. The ape swung on arm towards her missing as she dodged nimbly, but the Troll King gave a small chuckle as her slapped her sending her flying. She slid along the ground wincing the boss was much stronger than she expected, she winced staring up at Purgatory and the ape. Freya didn't how Purgatory would react but she was tired of watching and waiting, she took the job with Aldous and would finish it with Aldous and not Purgatory.

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"Oi oi, seriously?" Purgatory rubs the back of his head as he watches Freya take on the ape, cracking his neck to test whether he had gotten any bones broken from the Troll Kong's attacks. Even if the pain was taken away through the Maguilty Sense, his body is still vulnerable to such impedance. It would a real nuisance if he had to fight with a physical handicap. Blame it on that stupid Aldous to focus on long ranged fighting instead of indulging himself in the thrill of up-close and personal brawling, which was Purgatory's preferred choice of fighting and forte as well, if his exchange of equal blows against the Troll Kong was not enough of a demonstration.

Hmm, looks like nothing broken. Maybe this body ain't so atrophied after all. And now, to deal with the girl. Purgatory gave a smooth whistle as he watched Freya assault the Troll Kong's back with claws made out of stone and earth. Earth Dragon Slayer, huh? Purgatory whistled in rising respect when Freya dodged the Troll Kong's pathetic attempt in a counter-attack. Yes, yes, up-close and personal brawling. His type of girl. A hostile presence within him, no doubt Aldous, endeavored to rise, but Purgatory pushed it back in with a snake-like hiss. He can't have that jerk take his perfect moment in the spotlight. Not yet. Not bloody yet.

"Not bad, for a Rune Knight." Purgatory said when Freya skidded across the ground beside him after the Troll Kong managed to get in a blow, not bothering to pick her up as he started to stroll up towards the Troll Kong, whose nostrils flared as rageful steam billowed out. The clouds poured over his face when Purgatory stopped a meter away from the Troll Kong, prompting him to smirk as he fanned away the fumes from his wrinkling nose. "Pee-ooo, you stink. Surely you know that brushing is good for your health right?"

"I'll show you what you mean by 'good for-ARGH!!" The Troll Kong tried to speak back, but before he knew it, Purgatory stepped in, reached his arm out, and with a powerful grip, grabbed the Troll Kong's tongue and almost ripped it right off, where it not for the Troll Kong's attempt to pull back as his three usable arms slammed against the ground in an attempt to keep himself steady. Even then, Purgatory had got his tongue and thus he was at his mercy, evident in his cruel smile as he slightly twisted the large mound of flesh, much to agonizing cries of the Kong. Maintaining his grin while he edged closer towards the Kong's ear, Purgatory whispered,"I'll let you off. I got someone that you have to meet."

-Back in Aldous' consciousness-

"OI! IDIOT BODY MASTER!" Aldous blinked blankly at the all-too-familiar voice calling to him. This is a first, Purgatory talking to him. And being a first, means that he is up to something. "What is it you want? And my name is Aldous!"

"Yeah, yeah whatever. Look, I'm feeling a little tired out."

"You? Tired out? You've been looking forward to taking over so much and you say you are TIRED OUT?!"


"Oh, I'll be back alright. When your body has, how shall I say this, built itself a bit more, then I will take it over. For now, I'm letting you have control. So how about it?" Okay, he is definitely up to something.


Aldous sucked in his breath and let it out in a heavy sigh. There is nothing he could really do against Purgatory anyway. "Not that I really have much of a choice. Can't have my body standing dumbly like a statue." He will just have to deal with whatever horribly ridiculous scheme Purgatory has set up for him.

"THEN IT'S SETTLED!" The sheer triumph in Purgatory's voice was a dead giveaway. Aldous steeled himself to be prepared for what he is about to see when he regains the reins of his body. What Purgatory is up to could be anyone's guess. One thing for sure though, it's definitely not gonna be good for Aldous. "HOPE YOU HAVE FUN!!!"


"FUN?! WHAT FUN?!" Aldous hurriedly questioned the fading presence of Purgatory, but before he could get an answer, his eyes were once again seeing through the physical eyes of his body. And right in his view, was a massive furry front of a vessel-ridden fist heading straight towards him. "Well, shit...." Aldous ground his teeth furiously as he ducked down, his legs spreading wide to give him more room downwards. It was a move, just in time for his hair to just brush the underside of the fist sailing over him in a straight miss. Knowing he was in a dangerous position being so close to the Troll Kong, Aldous pushed back on the balls of his feet in a quick leap back, his person returning back to where Freya had skidded to a few moments ago. Eyes briefly turning towards his partner, the man wasted a chance to counter as he instead chose to try to help Freya up. "Are you alright, Ms. Freya?"

At the same time, the Troll Kong did not take the opportunity to attack. Instead, it spoke, quite civilly as well, much to Aldous' surprise. "You seem....a little different, human? I presume you are the friend that that powerful man stated to be."


Powerful man. Aldous cringed at the delighted snickers in his head upon hearing the unnecessary praise of a cruel lord. "Yeah, I am. My name is Aldous Focusine."


"The man says you will lose to me. Is that so?" Aldous' left eye twitched, the edges of his eyelid betraying his growing loss of tolerance at his inhabitant's acts of fatal mischief. Lose to the Troll Kong and lose out on the mission reward?! What a preposterous statement. "I cannot confirm or deny that, Mr. Kong. I take it that you are a very powerful individual. I'm sure that you are one worthy enough that can attempt to take my most powerful Combination spell. So let me take this rare opportunity to demonstrate to you just how powerful I really am." Aldous muttered under his breath a swear at Purgatory for forcing him to do this, as he stared up towards the Heavy Rain seal levitating in the sky in its ever ominous fashion of bringing death down upon others. Opening both of his palms to full, Aldous grinned as he swiped them around in a circular motion, a seal forming up in front of him. This particular seal consisted of two circles with one inside the other and between their circumferences four triangles. "Amaterasu Formula 13, Four-Spiked Shield!!" Aldous pronounced as the seal suddenly lit up, with the circles becoming denser and more filled up and the four triangles forming three-dimensional prongs, pointing towards the Troll Kong menacingly. "I will explain how this works, Mr. Kong, so listen up." Aldous smirked under his breath as he raised an arm towards the Heavy Rain seal. At his cue, a tiny rain droplet from the seal fell into his hand, not touching it directly, but floating within it like a magical jewel. "Four-Spiked Shield is a defensive spell that upon contact with it, consumes any D-ranked spell." Aldous explained on as he now thrusted the Heavy Rain droplet into the Shield. "Even my own spells. But it does not just stop there. It consumes the spell, but through running its effect via the magical linkages inherent in all of that spell's entities, it absorbs the entire spell. Such as having a multi-projectile spell. Even touching one projectile would absorb all of the rest." Upon seeing that the Troll Kong was now backing away, Aldous knew that he was getting it. At the same time, the Heavy Rain seal was now falling apart, being sucked straight into the Four-Spiked Shield. "And the same can apply to my Heavy Rain spell. Tell me, Mr. Kong, if you can take twenty minutes worth of Heavy Rain, each droplet enough to smash a person into two, over an area as wide as thirty meters, all condensed into a single massive droplet of destruction. And I can tell from your movements, that you cannot." Aldous grinned, keeping up his strong face even when he was feeling the effects of the incoming combination spell. It was to be expected from this spell. After all, he has used it time and time again and it has killed him time and time again. But now it is the end, evident as the Four-Spiked Shield begun to bulge, cracks appearing on its surface as it now failed to keep the accumulated mass of arcane energy within. 

"So, face your worst nightmare, Mr. Kong! AMATERASU COMBINATION SPELL: INFINITE DARKNESS!!!"

And with a roar like a thunderous mob running away from the end of the world, a pitch-black tear-shaped ball of screaming energy the size of a three-story house burst forth out of the Four-Spiked Shield, shattering the spell while the earth shook under its gargantuan wake, the very air in its way hissing high-pitched as it was vaporized by the sheer density of the energy. The ground crumbled into cracked debris as the ball rumbled over in its ever-lasting charge. The Troll Kong could only stood there in shock as the ball neared him, getting closer and closer, his mind too frightened to attempt evasive action or even a futile desperate attempt to block the energy ball that easily dwarfed him. Had he been hit, he would have vanished off the face of the Land of Magic, poofed out of existence. His very atoms would never see the light of day nor the darkness of night. He should have died at that moment, but he did not.
For, as he stood where he was, frozen by fear, the ball zoomed right past his right, a clear miss, instead going for as long as it could, even right towards a shocked Abraxis as he quickly pushed himself out of the way. Every tree, every slight rise in the ground and every poor animal in the way of the monstrous sphere of destruction was eradicated, none of them having the durability to stop it. Eventually though, the sphere met its match when it smashed straight into the local mountain miles away from the battleground, drilling into its rocky shell for a few moments of challenge, before exploding dramatically, the circular radius easily as wide as an entire village, sending winds hurtling through the forest, even blowing up the combatants as they stared in awe of the blindingly white explosion, its colour unexpected from a ball of pure black. By the time it cleared, a small chunk of the mountain was gone.

"I missed...........Ain't that....anti-climatic.....?" Aldous could not stop the pants rising up his throat, as he exhaustedly fell to his knees, the effects of the Combination Spell having drained huge amounts of his stamina and magic power in return for such alas wasted power. His heart felt like it was burning from the inside and his skin was practically steaming as perspiration evaporated instantly from his hot touch. Infinite Darkness had killed him outright before when he was under Hades' tutelage and even with more experience and endurance, it is still that devastating. He's gonna have to take a while to recover. And much to his annoyance, he could hear the erratic laughter of Purgatory mocking him for his inadequate aim.

Damage Dice 1: Purgatory tongue-pulling.
Block Dice 2: Troll Kong's attempt to block tongue-pull
Damage Dice 3: Troll Kong Counter-attacks Aldous
Block Dice 4: Aldous Blocks
Damage Dice 5: Aldous uses Combination Spell: Infinite Darkness against Troll Kong
Block Dice 6: Troll Kong (Attempts to) Block

Remaining Enemies:
Normal Vulcans 2/5
Strong Vulcans 3/3, 1 near death (1 more hit), 1 halfway(3 more hits)
Troll Kong (Damage: 4 D-rank spell hits, 5 D-rank physical blows)

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"Idiot! What are you doing?!" Abraxis felt his brass jaw drop as he watched the Infinite Darkness form from his position on a rise thirty meters away. The fact that it has appeared meant that Purgatory had likely retreated back into Aldous' mind. However, it was also extremely rare to see Aldous push himself so much and Abraxis knew that that particular combination spell had an extreme backlash on Aldous' body. The last time he used it a few months ago, he could barely stand and Abraxis had to deal with pulling him back to a hospital, where Aldous subsequently was forced to stay for a week. So there was no question about it. When Aldous is using this combination spell, he would be unable to move his body for the rest of that battle in exchange for that huge power. Perhaps, if the Troll Kong was defeated by such a awesome spell, his subordinates might get the message and get scared off.

Yet...... "NO!" Abraxis felt his mechanical heart stop in utter horror in the background roar of the spell hurtling through the forest, cleanly missing the Troll Kong. All that power, wasted. A little misalignment in trajectory and it missed. Now fully aware of the dangers Aldous and Freya were now in, Abraxis barely felt his wheels gripping the ground as he soared over it, speeding his way desperately towards the battlefield. "MAX SPEED!"

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Back at the battlefield, the Troll Kong was both half shocked and half angry. Right now he was trying to focus on the little green-haired girl fighting him with her brutal attacks. He had no experience dealing with Dragon Slayers before, so he had little awareness of their supremely enhanced physical attributes, especially to his surprise when a swing of his arm managed to land on her leg, yet had not that much of an effect. Granted, though, he was severely weakened by Purgatory's onslaught and his resolve has almost fallen into a wreck when Aldous had nearly obliterated him off the face of Earthland. Mages......since when were mages so powerful? And in his current physical state, he was less than confident of him being able to hold up against the insultingly little girl.

Thus in desperation, Troll Kong howled to his still shocked subordinates, especially to his right-hand men. "YOU USELESS IDIOTS, GET YOUR ASSES MOVING AND HELP ME OUT HERE!!"

The stronger Vulcans, being the ones who have been with their four-armed king since his inception, were apt to react as they prepared to advance upon Freya, their attention focusing on her as their legs reared back to pounce. "DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!"

Aldous' voice suddenly reverberated through the air, as a black bullet caught the near dead Vulcan straight between the eyes, prompting its irises to roll up as its bloodied body fell into the depths of the underworld. It, and its comrades, had not expected Aldous to be able to continue fighting in his condition, so it had gotten careless and forgot about the prospect, nor did any of them try to counter-attack.

Almost immediately after, two more black bullets came from Aldous, now fallen from his knees and fully lying down on the ground, one for each strong Vulcan, being almost too fast to perceive as one bullet drove itself into the uninjured Vulcan's left shoulder, completely fragmenting the left shoulder blade as the Vulcan's left arm fell limp in its rendered uselessness. The other Vulcan would have died had it not been for Aldous' vision and in turn aim being sorely limited by his lack of magic power and the pain running through his nerves, causing the second shot to go wide and into a tree, ripping it from its roots as it collapsed, sending up a cloud of dust.

With the action over, the source of the bullets was finally clear within Aldous' hands, two large demonic black revolvers, their 0.3-metre-long barrels smoking from the recent shots. He had hidden them carefully beneath his cloak and now he is glad he had them. Aldous had found these guns from an antique store a while ago and now he still winced at the immense recoil of the two revolvers, one of the three Amaterasu Regalia, Magatama. "ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS HER AND YOU WILL LOSE YOUR HEADS!"

This sudden show of killing one of the stronger Vulcans further shocked the last two weaker Vulcans into standing still in even more shock, as they even started to step back a little at the sight of Aldous' relentless tenacity. And at that moment, Abraxis suddenly came charging in, crashing through the forest trees, screaming, "COME AT ME, BITCHES!!"


Aldous could only feel a dramatic sweat-drop over his forehead as he gave a small grin. "Great, now I have someone else to babysit."

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Remaining Enemies:
Normal Vulcans 2/5
Strong Vulcans 2/3, One with a useless left arm, Another being half-dead
Troll Kong (Damage: Has taken 5 D-rank spell hits, 5 D-rank physical blows. Lost use of one arm and is very tired.)

Aldous Status: 
Unable to move without assistance 
Has 0% Magic Power(10 posts).
Now using Amaterasu Regalia: Magatama.

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