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Walking a bloody path's easy for any mere Heavy. Doing so with the raw brutality that Admiral Galcian's done isn't. Slaughtering Rydia and Ursula without so much as a batted eyebrow and tormenting anyone in his way? Well, that's what people have come to expect from him. Raquel's just another stupid girl with a stupid dream- to be the one to take down Valua's greatest soldier in combat. What a pathetic pipe dream! Galcian's one of the few in Heavy who can match swords and magical attacks with this drifter girl. With his usual array of deadly magic to support him- including Eternum, his favorite Instant Death spell- he has every advantage as far as combat goes. What Raquel can't hope to combat or withstand is Galcian's mind. Savagery for the fun of it? Tormenting your lessers because you can? Galcian's reputation is enough to have even a proven fighter quaking in her boots, and Raquel's no exception. A few doses of Terminal and Eternum should show this girl the fuliteness of trying to stop this former Godlike. |
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What a beautiful yet fearsome battle that was! Kary's skills in battle had proven to be as legendary as the rumors had said. Pushing her technique to its very limits, the end result of the match was never clear until the final blow had landed. Unfortunately, the Fiend of Fire was the last remotely challenging duelist in Raquel's path to a Championship. Galcian, for example, is practically fodder against Raquel's blade. The Lord Admiral's PC killing Eternum will be of no use in this match when Raquel puts on ID protection in the form of a Holy Grail. His much vaunted Terminal is smacking right into the swordswoman's tank-like physical defense, and any damage he inflicts will be wiped away by the life draining Dragon Edge. Meanwhile, while he's trying his hardest to make a dent on her armor, Raquel will be stocking up on FP for her much feared Intrude. With his speed not even all that far from Raquel's own, Galcian has no chance in this match, and the Valuan will be the one kneeling before Raquel by the end of this battle. |
superaielman Raquel knew the man who was striding towards her. Who didn't know the face of Cidolfas Orlandu, Holy Swordsman and one of the Godlike Champions? It had to be quick one way or the other, as Raquel's fight was on in a few minutes. Orlandu bowed to the drifted. "Ah, Raquel is it? A pleasure to meet you, my dear. While I'd normally be delighted to spend some time catching up with such a promising young fighter, I'm afraid I don't have time. What I do want you to have is this." Orlandu withdrew a large sword at his side. Excalibur. Sword of the real king. One of the strongest weapons in the multiverse, with raw power that surpasses even that of the Princess Saber. More to the point, holding it grants the wearer with a limitless Haste spell. Raquel's one flaw was her speed. With Excalibur, that was no longer a factor. "Why are you offering me such a powerful weapon? How is it legal?" "Simply put, Galcian must pay for his crimes." "Crimes?" "..He did what to Rydia? That slime." Raquel's face was a mask of outrage. "Abusing a poor girl, on top of his other foul acts? Cheating? That can't be allowed to stand. But.. won't using that weapon get me DQed?" "Don't worry about that. Galcian wishes to play games with rigging the judges? He's about to learn that not everyone is as much of a pushover as Teodora." Orlandu reached into his pocket and pulled out a small engraved ring. "This will take care of his Eternum spell as well. Also.." Even more surprising was Orlandu reaching into his cloak and pulling out a pair of rubberized boots, made to look and fit exactly like her normal ones. "This should also take care of Terminal." "Thank you, I suppose. You're sure this will work?" "I give you my word. Now go and avenge all of those who were oppressed by Galcian's cheating ways!" --- When Raquel walked into the arena, she saw exactly what Orlandu meant. The judge's box was not friendly to Galcian, to say the least. The lead judge was Cecil Harvey. His wife Rosa stood at his side. Both shot most unpleasant looks at Galcian. Flanking them both stood Fuse. Everyone knew that he had thrown his lot in with Edge. Speaking of whom.. A grinning Edge stood by the judge's box, with a rather large crate of Phoenix Downs, and an even larger crate of Elixirs. Shrugging, Raquel hefted Excalibur and ran straight at Galcian. The first swing from Excalibur knocked Galcian off his feet. Raquel sprinted over, prepared to finish him off cleanly with a second b low before he could react. Galcian however popped right back up. Yet.. Edge had just tossed a Elixir on him! What manner of trickery was this!? Raquel then noticed that Galcian wasn't grinning or even gloating about popping up. He in fact looked worried. That didn't stop him from executing Terminal on Raquel, aiming at her with the intent of ending the fight fast. The thunderous energies of Terminal crackled throughout Raquel's body.. and harmlessly discharged to the arena floor thanks to her Rubber Boots. Galcian caught Raquel off guard by firing off Eternum before Raquel could react. Everyone knew that the spell's Instant Death effect couldn't miss.. unless it was blocked. Raquel's ring glowed slightly from the spell. From the stunned look on Valua's former head Admiral, Raquel knew the attack had failed. More surprising was Excalibur gloating with a faint white sheen. Raquel blinked. The slight shock from the physical impact of Terminal was gone. Eternum had healed the damage. Raquel swung Excalibur again, this time connecting the flat of the blade to Galcian's face. He crumpled to the ground in pain.. and popped right back up when Edge threw another Elixir his way. This was going to be a long fight. Raquel, smiling and enjoying using such a fine weapon, didn't mind a bit. ---- Edge sighed. He supposed the fight had to end sometime. Who knew that you could actually go through 99 Elixirs and 99 Phoenix Downs in one sitting? The crowd had already long since emptied out of the arena, once it was obvious that Galcian was going to literally get beaten until Edge ran out of supplies. After the last few full healings, Galcian couldn't even lift his sword or cast a spell to defend himself. He was truly helpless. Raquel had left the arena as soon as Edge tossed the last Phoenix Down on Galcian, who was twitching and not even bothering to defend himself after the last three dozen or so full Intrude chains. Cecil had awarded the fight to the Drifter. It hadn't taken long for her to give her (tired) thanks to Edge for the assistance, and to hand Excalibur back to Orlandu. Cecil and Rosa had even drifted off, while Fuse and Orlandu went to go clear up the paperwork and pay off the required people to put such an all emcompassing ass beating together. Galcian was ever so slowly crawling to his feet. A boot to the back of the neck from Edge fixed that. So he thought that minor lesson was enough punishment, did he? "You went too far, Galcian. You messed with Rydia and worked with that wench Piastol. Costing you the heavy title was just the start of the fun." The sound of a pair of swords being drawn got Galcian to ever so slowly look upward at Edge. "From the look on your face, you thought that what Raquel did was it, didn't you?" Edge gestured to a second pair of crates.. and a third.. and a fourth.. all marked the same as the ones he just emptied in that joke of a fight. "You're not going to be hurting anyone else for a long, long time." Galcian couldn't even find the energy to whimper. Galcian: 28 |
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