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Kanade pats Aoi on the shoulder comfortingly, as she looks towards Miji.
"Maybe we can check out the food market?"

"An undead armored demon? At last! A challenge worthy of the bards! Hit me with whatever you've got, monstrous wretch from beyond the veil of death! I will be an impenetrable wall against the tides of darkness!"
Move to 3,11, blocking off the spooky scary skeleton with my manliness. Equip Slim Lance too.

".....then we fool him into thinking we have fulfilled a sacrifice. Do we not have someone capable of creating powerful illusions with magic?"

"Precisely my point. That's why.....I believe either someone should assist me while I mount my plan. If they can keep their guards away while I save our ally, nobody needs to die."

".....if I find a place to fly this bird, perhaps that will be unnecessary."
Charlotte looks up at the pyramid, looking around for an angle of attack.

Turn 3
Battle Theme ~Flash Control~

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Seeking to press the advantage, Hiroaki goes in to finish what he started, a burst of sunlight flying from his palm, only for it to fizzle against the swirling maelstrom of Ocean Duke’s body, as it surrounds his Legion Master, repelling all attacks. Kotaro and Kazane’s attacks similarly meet with their attacks naught but scratch damage to Ocean Duke, protecting Steel Kestrel with his own body.

Steel Kestrel chuckles.
“Oh. You’re not going to like this next trick.”
His amber visor flickers briefly, as a target symbol forms itself on Kotaro’s head. Kotaro is unable to activate his Illusion Projector now!
The metal Avatar then crouches down, the swirling whirlpool of his Legion member surrounding him, before jumping up high in the sky with a mighty yell, disappearing from sight….

Steel Kestrel is untargetable!

Yuzuki falls back, coughing and wheezing as the gas continues ravaging her, weakening her to the point of helplessness. Raising her fist to the sky, a green light washes over herself, as her injuries are slightly restored. Though the gases are still having a debilitating effect on her, she can at least risk a bit more before having to fall back.

Ruy’s courageous cry of "¡Ganaremos!" is wasted as his swords simply meet with Ocean Duke’s body. This time, Ruy is not fast enough to avoid being swatted by a watery hand, as he is thrown backwards by the immense force, taking quite a bit of damage in return.

Makoto shifts into a giant bear, pouncing past Yuzuki and galloping straight at Carrot Bishop, attempting to swat at them with his claws. However, while this barely scratches his opponent, this puts Makoto right in range for Carrot Bishop to spurt a fume of gas in his face to counter, sending him reeling as the gas takes effect! Makoto’s Strength, Agility and Constitution are a Rank Down for two turns!

This seems to be the cue for Carrot Bishop to stop hiding, pulling themselves from the ground and extending their limbs again. This time, they surge straight for Midori, blasting a spurt of gas into her face. Blinded by the strike, Midori blindly swats her club and misses Bishop despite his size, feeling her body weaken as the gas takes hold. Midori’s Strength, Agility and Constitution are a Rank Down for two turns! They then attempt to turn to Ruy, extending another plume of gas towards him; however, the boy is too fast to be hit, dodging under the smoke and retaliating with a stab towards Carrot Bishop’s body, damaging them!

Midori and Hiroki’s attacks are useless, as Kestrel is no longer in range of attacks, even against Hiroki’s long guns, and Midori is too busy wiping the gas from her eyes as she attempts to fight the effects off.

Ocean Duke, no longer needing to protect his master for the foreseeable moment, instead takes this opportunity to attack their beset opponents. Firstly, he delivers a powerful uppercut to Midori’s head, throwing her backwards onto a nearby pile of sand and hurting her head quite a bit; this is not helped by the gas weakening her defences. Her clumsy attempt at a counterattack falls wide, but Ocean Duke isn’t finished. Turning suddenly to Kotaro, Ocean Duke releases a powerful roar, as the boy yells for help when the maelstrom surrounds him before he can retaliate! Kotaro is trapped by a whirlpool!

However, this doesn’t allow him to prepare for the roots grabbing at his feet, as Giallo roars his defiance! "Oh, no you don't! No you don't, you fuckers!" Enraged by Steel Kestrel being momentarily out of his range, Giallo instead settles for taunting, both verbally and mechanically, Ocean Duke, as the humongous Avatar turns towards him. Ocean Duke has been taunted!

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What if this aunt IS the 'ruthless doe'? It's been six years since that prophecy, we don't want to risk her biting us in the backside.