Zhāng had nodded as he heard Sara’s remark about the possible difficulty of the situation they were in at present and unfortunately for them, she didn’t have any fire magic they could use to take the snow/ice scorpions out en masse. However, all was not lost just as he did have a fire type ability he could use, albeit only in his Underworld King take over mode. So, he was not too worried and thus, had focused on the issue at hand urging her to go on ahead
“
Understood. You can go ahead of me and be the vanguard for our team again, Sara. It’s more efficient that way and since I have some niche spells we can use in a pinch, I will be in the rearguard position.”
No sooner than he had said that, Sara had dashed off to fight the scorpions and had managed to take out most of the scorpions save a few stragglers that were out of her line of fire at present time.
Alright, time for me to leap into the fray as well. This should be interesting, and I will get to test out some potential spell ideas and combo techniques too, presuming these enemies are durable enough to last, of course…we shall see, I guess.Musing about the situation thus, he prepared for the impending confrontation by bringing forth his claw and talon spell which he had shown to Sara, but of course this time it was the full version instead of just the demo. As he channeled his mana through his upper limbs and concentrated it in his hands and fingers, and even more so in his fingernails and then on his feet and toes, ending with his toenails; they transformed in quite the flashy manner, bubbling, twisting, and contorting until his fingers and toes were now covered by what looked like long, thick, and razor sharp dragon claws and talons as a result of which the talons had ripped right through his boots and his surgeon’s gloves were shredded by the claws. Then, he went into the battle stance associated with the claw and talon spell after which he murmured
“
You’re within range, and you cannot escape your impending fate…here I come.”
A split second after that, he seemingly vanished, but really he just moved at blinding speeds towards their enemies, first the scorpions of which he took out the first of the two remaining in a single move thanks to the multiple striking ability of this particular spell. The other he had seemingly absorbed into his hand after incapacitating it with his multi hit claw and talon spell. After that was done, he looked about for the only other scorpion which he had surmised was remaining and frowned as he saw it stinging Sara and causing her to suffer frostbite. As if that was not bad enough, she had been fighting what seemed like ice elemental humanoid beings armed with ice spears. She had managed to take out two of them, but one was still remaining so he was thankful that Sara had left it for him.
“
Please make this easy for me and you and just surrender yourself to me. I promise I won’t treat you too roughly in my lab experiments. It will only be something along the lines of about five mechanical manipulation experiment types and about seven or so of the chemical and magical manipulation experiment types. So, what do you say, my little future guinea pig?”
He asked the ice being while having a rather manic smile on his thin lips and with his eyes wide, glinting with the fierce light of his insatiable curiosity. His fingers were wiggling in a rather disturbing manner as well, and the overall effect it had on the ice being was making it step back a little with what seemed like fear written all over its pale blue, translucent visage. He sighed as yet another future guinea pig seemed to be afraid of him for some unfathomable reason.
“
Fine, as you wish. I shall take you by force now since you have left me with no choice. Please don’t say I didn’t warn you after this.”
With that, he took his stance and rushed at the ice being, engaging in melee combat with his spell, striking at what would be its vital spots one after another until he had brought it to a near death state. Then, once again like he had with the scorpions, he knelt down over the incapacitated ice being and placed his right hand over it while closing his eyes and focusing again. A split second after that, the ice being was seemingly absorbed into his hand and not a trace of it remained for anyone to see. Now that the ice beings were dealt with, he arose and rushed to Sara’s location which was only few paces away from where he had found the ice elemental. She was currently being attacked by what looked like a large, white gorilla like creature, so he wasted no time in moving on to his next few spells. He closed his eyes and started to murmur the incantation to invoke the spirit of the Underworld King, Ankhseram while channeling his mana first to his four limbs, then to his body, and lastly to his head. This caused him to be surrounded by a raging vortex of hellfire and darkness magic energy as his body transformed in stages into that of the Underworld King.
After that, he opened his eyes again and called out to Sara, but this time his voice was a lot deeper, and far more gruff like that of a man who was a jaded, middle aged man.
“
Please hang on, Sara. I am on my way right now and shall be at your side in a flash!!”
His transformed features only served to lend credence to that, what with his long, coarse looking, waist length jet black hair; his incredibly tanned, weather beaten looking skin; and the various signs of male aging that could be seen on the exposed parts of his body. That said, in his opinion anyway, this form still had its perks. One of those was the snazzy black tuxedo and edgy looking trenchcoat that came with this particular take over form. However, now was not the time for indulging in his usual narcissism. So, he crouched low and within the next few moments, he had seemingly disappeared again, and suddenly reappeared at Sara’s side as if he had teleported, but really it was just ultra high speed movement. Once there, he knelt down, scooped her up gently, and moved back several paces from the snow beast, temporarily out of its sight range as they were now hiding behind one of the buildings in the vicinity. This, of course, caused it to unleash another one of its thunderous roars again as it looked for the two of them. Then, he set Sara down and apologized again for doing the thing she had told him not to
“
My apologies once again, Sara. However, this time you’ll have to bear with me since it was a necessary evil. I felt that we had to retreat and regroup to plan our strategy as well as to get that ice scorpion off you before healing you.”
He said in that same baritone, but gruff middle aged male voice as before
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OOC: Post WC: 1239
Personal Total WC: 8268/1500
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Spells Used: - Claw & Talon Close Combat (
C rank, 34 MP due to Lost Magic, 1/7 posts used)
- Musculoskeletal Mastery (
C rank, 34 MP due to Lost Magic: +25% to user's speed for 7 posts, 1/7 posts used)
- Limbs of Ankhseram (
C rank, 30 MP, Partial TO, 1/5 posts used)
- Torso of Ankhseram (
C rank, 30 MP, Partial TO, 1/5 posts used)
- Head of Ankseram (
C rank, 30 MP, Partial TO, 1/5 posts used)
- Avatar of Ankseram (
C+ rank, 45 MP, Full TO, , 1/6 posts used)
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Stats: Zhang's HP: 460/460
Zhang's MP: 197/455 left