Season 36, Week 3
Albert Simon
(Shadow Hearts)
 
By the power of divine grace, Cardinal Albert Simon has reached the second round! The refined and dapper English gentleman is ready to fight his way back into Godlike using his deadly arcane magics. After having already turned the vampiric Marivel into dust, his sights now set into the savage Gau. Luckily, with his initiative and his ability to knock Gau down to 1 HP in a single hit - alongside Gau needing his first turn to use a Rage - Simon all but has this match gift-wrapped for him - and with a shining ribbon. Nothing will stop Albert from returning to his rightful division!

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Using Leap on a badly beaten Margulis may not have netted Gau any new Rages, but it was certainly more fun than listening to him babble about Uzuki for the freaking upteenth time. The boy from the Veldt has no time for that nonsense - he has a dirty old man to beat up! Cardinal Simon's not gonna catch Gau off-guard with his filthy tricks. !!! is Simon's only hope of landing any sort of decent damage, and that can be evaded. With many healing Rages to counter any anemic attempts at offense, Gau's ready to turn the former Godlike into fine dirt... and another attempt to learn a useful Rage in the process!


SnowFire
A sorcerer vs. a wild kid? Pah. Still, Cardinal Simon was going to cover all his bases. He was already well versed in dark magic, of course. His pact with Amon gave him some neutralish type powers, since he always seemed to be a bit between Asmodeus and Astaroth. And with his newly formed alliance with Destin against annoying yet somehow powerful kids, the sacred sword Brunhilde gave him some holy punch to his attack. What could Gau possibly counter with?

Gau did his best charming seduction routine, and he definitely tried. Unfortunately, the Cardinal came into the battle quite prepared; he'd already read some of the real Roger Bacon's magazines, knew about Gepetto's friends habits, and had personally observed some of Veronica Vera's work in Sapientes Gladio. By Shadow Hearts standards, this was not really shocking at all.

Albert did his best to stifle a yawn; "is this the best you can do, good sir? I grow tired with this game." Rather than use !!! or Demon Rays, Albert decided to simply fight while in cutscene form instead. The judges surely wouldn't mind a good explosion of half the landscape to clean up for this little debacle.

Albert Simon: 54
Gau: 26