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Post by Liek on Jul 9, 2024 6:46:15 GMT
“Grandma brought me here every day to train since she adopted me.” Liek explained with a smile, recalling how simple the first lessons where, even if the memories where spotty at best. She had started him out doing simple strength and endurance training that his tiny body could barely handle. He didn’t know it yet, but by Saiyan standards his early training was considered soft and didn’t involve ki or even sparring until he was five years old, but that first year spent building him up served as a foundation for everything else he learned later.
He settled into his stance, hovering slightly off the ground without even being prompted, an easy grin crossing his face as he felt his heart pound with excitement. The look would have no doubt been a familiar one to Zaks, the look of a Saiyan ready for a fun fight. Unlike the typical Saiyan there wasn’t a hint of malice coming from the boy, just a pure excitement.
The young man pondered the older woman’s question, considering what would be the best way to explain the Orgone. Humming he replied, “It’s separate from ki, but a lot like it. They’re both a form of life energy that permeates all living things. But ki exists in the same space as us, while Orgone is a step away and needs either special technology or martial techniques to access.” He chuckled in embarrassment before admitting, “That said, I’d only be considered an entry level Squire by the standards of the Fury. Barely above the rank and file soldiers. So don’t expect too much from me yet!”
He may have been young and full of the bravado of that youth, but he wasn’t enough of a fool to think he was invincible. His Grandmother had gone to great pains to ensure he learned and maintained a certain level of humility and awareness that there is always a proverbial bigger fish. That assuming he had reached the pinnacle of what he could achieve would only ensure someone else would appear who would topple him and, potentially, bring all he loved and cared about to ruin.
At the invitation the young man launched himself at Zaks with all the speed he could muster, materialising his two Broken Arms crystals behind him as he rocketed at the older woman. As he reached her he feinted with a straight from his left hand but suddenly flipped over her instead, using the motion to hide the two crystals as they darted away, before throwing a ki blast at her, using the recoil to spin himself and throw a spinning kick at her while the two crystals raced in to strike at her sides.
WC: 450 TWC: 3,091
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Post by Zaks on Jul 9, 2024 7:24:13 GMT
"" Grandma huh??"" She spoke to herself mostly as he explained who had been the one to adopt and train him from childhood. It made her wonder what kinda people really were the furies as it seemed one of there old ladies had been able to train and from the sounds of it spare with him. What caught her attention even more and impressed her was the fact she had still been so devoted in her training of almost every day with the young Warrior. Many Saiyans themselves did not have the sort of dedication in there training and that is pretty much what they lived for on planet vegeta.
Slowly she settled herself into her combat stand with her feet firmly placed on the ground her back leg stretched back while her front knee was bent placing her main body closer to the ground. As she slowly got into combat stance with the youngling she listened to him explain the traits of orgone Energy and it honestly sounded like magic power to her. Slowly she raised her arms up to fight as she kept herself lower to the ground in order to cover more of her body. After all she was tall and some one shorter then her could easily get in and under her guard otherwise. "" Another state away huh? sounds like one of Rodgers Sci fi movies he always makes us Watch."" she said with a chuckle.
Suddenly her burst forth making her eyes widen in surprise! He was just as Strong as Opherla at the very least if his speed was anything to go by. She tensed she him throw a feint that she allowed herself to fall for as he spun around her and a wide grin appeared on her face as she turned to face him yet again. She was not making fun of him as she allowed herself to feign surprise at his actions but rather trying to stay just above his level in combat to challenge him. As he went to throw a Ki blast at her she reached up catching the Ki blast in her right tightly as she was forced to leap backwards to avoid the spin kick that was perfectly timed to strike her square in the jaw. while the Orgone crystals turning in mid air she reached with Ki barrier around her free hand and pushed off the Orgone Crystal to Turl Away from the young mans attacks.
He was very good at chaining his attacks and being sneaky with his attacks. Normally that was a learned trait of some one who was forced to fight in unfair match's and she could not help but throw his own blast back at him that she had caught earlier in the fight. "" You are very good... let me ask you a Question or see if i can guess correctly.... Your grandma could run circles around you in a fight could she not?
The moment she finished speaking Zaks would Slam her foot into the ground and use the force to project her self forward At the young man and went for one of the simples test attacks ever. It was A a straight Punch Aimed at striking Liek in the face and following it was another Straight fist from her other hand. She held Back the two blows about 15 WC544 TWC 3514
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Post by Liek on Jul 9, 2024 8:14:19 GMT
Her being stronger was something the young expected, but he’d opened the spar while holding back a little to get a feel for what she could do, after all raw power didn’t mean a skilled fighter. But the way she dealt with his attacks spoke more plainly of her experience then her words had. After all, anyone can say any old thing, but actions proved whether those words where honest more effectively then anything else.
“Yes, she could.” The boy replied while backing away from Zaks as she stomped her foot, twisting and twirling in the air to avoid the worst of the debris she kicked up, and dodging the first punch she threw before twisting and using his own arms to redirect the second, pushing so that he would be on the same side of her body as the arm that threw the second punch. Suddenly he grabbed at the arm and spun with all his might in an attempt throw the older woman.
“Even with just her training armour and old age…” He breathed while having the Broken Arms crystals fire a spray of ki blasts as they jinked through the air in different directions, “She would have been as strong as you, at least.”
“I never got to see her use the Val-keer armour, or her prime strength…” He threw a hail of small Orgone crystals at Zaks that would explode on impact, be it her or the ground, “But these crystals of mine are like toys compared to hers!”
WC: 253 TWC: 3,344
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Post by Zaks on Jul 9, 2024 8:59:17 GMT
Zaks watched her attacks miss the young fighter as he dodged the blows or redirected them so that so far she had not been able to land a clean blow on him. It showed an expertise in martials that Zaks herself lacked and to be honest as she watched him dart to her side using her size vs her"" Hmm I wish i could have been around to Fight her "" She replied As liek tried to use the advantage of the distance he had closed and gotten into her weak spot to throw her. It was not a bad Idea at all except Zaks knew her weakness pretty well and it was easy to use a very simple to technique to make sure she did not move.
She used her Flying Technique when he went to throw her and instead of pushing herself up she instead chose to push herself down counter acting the force of his throw by making herself effectively a dead weight. It was not perfect as it put pressure on herself and maybe that was why when she went to throw him instead by changing her stance to grab him instead he managed to slip away. "" Squirrelly little thing aren't you. "" she declared with a laugh until he did something she had not expected. His two orgone crystal hands or wings fired a few shards of crystal at her right as she was going to give chase to grab liek. it was enough to stop her in her tracks as it stopped as the crystal were barley deflected along with another one the young man shot at her by her barrier she hastily formed around herself. "" They can fire attacks as well?! that would be a neat trick to use in a fight! "" She declared happily.
Zaks then did something special she Jumped at him just as one of the Orgone creations passed behind and she fired two KI blast from the palm of her hands. The blast would strike the creation if it did not react in time but the side of effect of her using palm blast was it projected her forward very quickly right at Liek raising her right knee to nail him in the gut. If she managed to land the blow she would then Grab him and throw him straight up into the air and start firing a chain of none stop minor blasts. before turning to destroy the other oragon.
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Post by Liek on Jul 9, 2024 9:56:21 GMT
While the boy hadn’t ever seen the Var-Keel armour of his Grandmother in use, he had done maintenance work on it as part of his training, helping his patience and problem solving, and had seen it’s output during power up tests. Even if start up mode, without an operator, when it could only extract ambient Orgone from around it, the output was equal to his Grandmother’s output during sparing matches. With an operator the Var-Keel’s extractor could fully tap into the Orgone Layer and extract staggering levels of power.
“Well…” Liek grunted from effort while replying, “Maybe you’ll get to fight her in the afterlife in… I dunno… a hundred years?” He grunted again, “How long do Saiyan’s live anyway?”
It was pretty clear that Zaks’ combat style wasn’t very refined. In fact calling it a martial art would be an extremely inaccurate statement. What Zaks was doing was less a martial art and more simple brawling, there was no form or refinement to her moves, just raw stopping power and brute force. It was clear she didn’t have formal training and had simply learned to take the path of least resistance to victory. It was likely a hold over from her past, being sent out to conquer from a young age.
Liek was at least glad she desired to change and had left that way of life behind a long time ago. Even if that lifestyle had left a mark on how she fought he could sense through her attacks she carried none of the malice that lifestyle could foster.
The fact his throw failed didn’t really bother him. He even found the way she countered the attempt to be very interesting and definitely something he’d remember for the future, the grin and sparkle in his eye the only indication he’d noted the trick.
He laughed, “Furiemshinken Rad-fa style is all about defence and evasion.” His focus didn’t waver as she leapt for him, his Broken Arm changing directions on a dime without losing momentum to avoid her ki blast. That was one of the advantages of the crystals, they where very light during normal flight, allowing them to move a speeds greater then a living person could. It was only right before physical impact that they actually changed their properties to have enough weight to make the impact actually do anything.
That said, she was stronger then he was and able to move at speeds he could keep up with, but not overcome. So when she used the recoil to accelerate and throw her knee at him it was all he could do to use both hands to catch the blow before impact, using Orgone to absorb some of the impact. She then grabbed him while he was recovering from blocking the blow and threw him into the air before following up with a barrage of ki blasts, also sending one after the other Broken Arm.
Like the first the second Arm changed directions on a dime, darting around the ki blast as Liek quickly recovered control in the air and started wildly evading in the air, weaving through the balls of ki in an erratic dance, seemingly swinging his arms and legs about wildly. In reality each motion was calculated to keep his body away from the blasts, moving his limbs to not only keep them from being hit, but also to use the momentum to twist and turn his body, lessening the amount of ki he needed to use while doing so.
The two Broken Arms, meanwhile, continued to attack, one zooming in to strike at Zaks while the other fired ki blasts from multiple different angles. All the while serving as a distraction from the crystals left behind on Zaks’ knee when Liek blocked her attack, which exploded as the Broken Arm attempting to ram her was approaching.
WC: 643 TWC: 3,997
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Post by Zaks on Jul 9, 2024 17:20:00 GMT
Liek's cheeky comment about the after life made her smile and left a boiling question in the back of her mind. How long would she live for compared to that of Saiyan? Saiyans tended to live a little longer then humans do to being in better shape but not really since they were built to last longer but her? She was part Cerelian and they were know to live twice as long as humans did."" It might be closer to 200 for me unfortunately. But that just means she will have time to get stronger"" it also meant she would as well but that was not the important part at least not to the Giant warrior.
She could not really help but grin at the Vexxing nature of his fighting style as she tried to land any clear blows on the young man. She was always avoiding his attacks of his fuko shrima.. how ever you said it! She should learn it but she could not really focus on the name as the excitement built from the fight. he said it was defense and evasion and he was certainty doing those thing but it also seemed to be a style to keep the opponent off balance for the fight. Her attacks on the damn arms didn't have any real results.
with a feral smile she watched him closely as she dodged her attacks and an Idea came to her she dodged the arms attacks and as she prepared to do it a glow came from her knee that caused her to look down startled as the light from the crystals shined brightly "" Shit"" she barley muttered before the explosion erupted on her knee and she barley managed to channel her power to her knee to absorb as much of the blast as she could. thankfully she managed to do that just fine. "" You should add clever the style as well although i think I have a good idea how to deal with this"" Suddenly Zaks was covered in a silver barrier that would block all lower level attacks from the arms and she grinned at him as she suddenly straightened herself to stand. Slowly she began to advance on Liek each step in front of the last until she was roughly 15 feet from him. "" You ready?""
As she finished speaking she suddenly leaped at him at a high speed but still restricting her movement to his level as she delivered a kick straight over his head. She missed intentionally only to follow up the attack by bringing her heel down in an a powerful Axe Kick with enough force to cause a small explosion if she missed.
WC 448 TWC 4372
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Post by Liek on Jul 9, 2024 18:41:17 GMT
Zaks was right, it was quite likely that Fa Galswith was getting stronger in the afterlife, especially if all the other J Numbers where in the same place. The six of them each specialised in one of the forms of Furiemshinken, but had practised all of them to mastery, making them all absolutely terrifying when they got going. Especially when you consider that just six of them brought down the most elite members of the old Empire and the millions of warriors backing them up.
“I have no idea how long I’ll live.” Liek noted about his own life span, even this short spar had done a lot to tell Liek about this woman and he felt he could trust her enough to speak freely, “My mother’s side are known for being crazy long lived, so for all I know I won’t die unless I’m killed.” It was a genuine uncertainty for the young man, just how long did demons live? Where they functionally immortal? Did the concept of a lifespan even exist for normal demons?
Concerns for later.
The young man chuckled, “I suppose it is. It’s not easy to learn, you need to be constantly thinking ahead and in unconventional ways… otherwise you can’t use it to it’s fullest.” He grinned, “And if you think it’s trouble now, wait until I can use six of those Arms!”
As Zaks channelled her energy he observed and analysed, sensing out the flow of ki through her body and how it looked visually. It was clearly a defensive technique, one that was very similar in function to the Energy Cloud of the Furiemshinken, although the actual implementation appeared to be quite different. That said, Liek was pretty sure he could apply his knowledge of Energy Cloud to this technique. A few passes from the Broken Arms, both at range and ramming attempts, tested the barrier and gave the young man more of a firm grasp on how it worked before he decided on the best course of action.
His preferred Rad-Fa form wasn’t suited to countering this defensive technique, but to get the power he needed to break this shield he needed Zaks to be preoccupied for a brief moment. So he switched to one of his least favoured forms, Advi-Kree, and started focusing on drawing out the power hidden deep within, focusing it and sending it to the Broken Arms. And instead of evading when Zaks brought down her leg in an axe kick he set his feet firmly and crossed both his arms over his had to catch the kick before it landed. Of course, as soon as the leg impacted with his arms he cushioned the blow with Orgone, leaving layer of crystals behind on her leg that would blow up just like the batch before.
The Broken Arms zoomed in on this moment, both coming in for ramming attacks again. Only, this time they where coated in a sinister black and purple energy. Liek had pumped all the Makyo Power he could into the Arms to power them up for this strike, a single massive blow to shatter Zaks’ shield.
WC: 523 TWC: 4,520
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Post by Zaks on Jul 9, 2024 20:23:09 GMT
The fleeting thought of an eternal life span flashed through her mind for the briefest moments before she was dragged back into the fight with Liek. He was making damn sure he got her undivided attention in the fight and his defensive abilities were top notch if she was to take a guess. In a real fight she would just overpower him and plow through his abilities but on even ground? She thought she would still come out on top only due from her experience in life or death situations. Not that he was a slacker at all and it made her blood boil with how the fight was progressing. She wanted the fight to escalate even if she knew he could not do it...until he proved her Wrong.
Her reversal of his attacks did not last very long at all even once she landed a blow that he had to use both arms to defend himself from. It brought a savage grin to her face to have finally caught him. A grin that only lasted a moment as she felt and saw the Crystals form on the back of her foot."" Tricky lit..."" The Former Saiyan warrior exclaimed as suddenly two of Lieks arms slammed into her barrier with an unknown power on them giving them a boost she did not know think he could use. Like Shattering Glass the barrier gave way and would have slammed into her with enough force to even hurt her. Of course instincts honed from countless battles as her blood rose from the smallest hint of surprise and fear making her raise both her hands to catch each separate arm with a loud clash that sent a small sonic boom up through the arena.
"" That almost got me...but now your trapped in here with me....finally"" With her blood pumping Zaks applied more pressure on Liek by once again using the Technique of flight to add more force to her kick making sure to keep her crystals in Contact with Liek in case he got the idea to blow them up again. Zaks Barrier at the same time reformed around them tightly giving the young Saiyan no were to run away to or even dodge her attack.
Here they were both struggling as the applied pressure to each other trying to overpower the other. While Zaks could easily up the power she used but she refused to do so just so for the Sake of wining there little struggle. No this was the power she had chosen to use and she would win with it or call the Match in his favor... and that was probably why her arms were starting to buckle underneath the twin orgone arms that glowed with that dark Power she had never seen before.
"" What.... Is that... Purple power. Its Different? Looks not exactly..ahah Orgone... or your natural power"" As the arms pressed closer Zaks did one little final bid before she got sandwiched between the arms. Seeing no choice she removed focus from her left arm as it shot straight into her side drawing a growl from her even as she sent a small amount of kii into the Crystals on her foot hoping to set them off directly in Leiks Face...and her foot.
Through the pain of the damage she felt all she could think of was... what fun!
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Post by Liek on Jul 10, 2024 3:23:23 GMT
Up until now they young man may have been seeming to act nonchalant but in reality he had been feeling every fibre of his body burn with the amount of effort he had been putting in to the sparring session so far. He knew she was holding back, and in part that was why he had been pushing his limits so hard right from the start, he knew he wasn’t in the same league but he still wanted to give a good impression of what he was capable of. After all, his Grandmother had always told him that when sparring with someone who is your equal or stronger, giving anything less then your best would be an insult to his sparing partner.
That’s why Liek had been fighting at full output from the start. A part of him really hoped that Zaks realised that and didn’t escalate things too much further. There was only so long his Makyo Power, not that he knew to call it that, could only last so long.
He grunted and strained as he leg pressed down on him and as the silvery aura encapsulated him, the ground beneath his feat starting to crack and buckle even as the burning in his muscles intensified. But he stubbornly held his ground, knowing what was coming.
And then they worked perfectly, the Makyo infused Broken Arms crashing through the barrier and forcing Zaks back on the defensive. He knew that like this he couldn’t move out of the way again, so instead decided to use the Advi-Kree form how it was supposed to be used, in an all out offensive. “Who’se trapped with who?” he grunted as he shifted his weight to the side, redirecting himself out of the way of her leg, using that very leg to leverage his movement.
He also launched himself at Zaks, taking advantage of her being preoccupied with the Broken Arms to leap at her with a kick aimed at her gut. His timing was the thing of legends and comedy kung fu movies. Zaks forcing the premature detonation of the crystals on her leg catching Liek’s back in the black and, ironically, launching him towards Zaks even faster then he’d planned.
In all the chaos he didn’t manage to say anything about where the Makyo power came from, or what he knew of it. But a part of him did file away that he owed her an explanation about it.
WC: 409 TWC: 4,929
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Jul 10, 2024 16:43:57 GMT
Post by Zaks on Jul 10, 2024 16:43:57 GMT
Zaks could tell Liek was starting to sputter out a little bit even as she allowed the strange crystal arms to slam into her sides Completely her arms only acting like cushions. Heh she was in a predicament if she had to say so herself after he had put that purple Ki into his attacks but then again it was not unslavagable. She had managed to catch him inside of her barrier easy enough so all she had to do was get a good blow or two in and turn the tables. After all he was still being a little cheeky and redirecting her kick away from him so he could advance on her while she was stuck with his damn arms.
Her quick thinking allowed her to set off his crystals... which hurt a lot more this time then the last time from possibly more attached or that damn purple power of his. unfortunately the blast sent him flying at her even faster then ether of them were ready for and Zaks could not exactly move so with her own arms being held firmly to her sides she did the only thing she could do. She grabbed the young man with her legs by locking her ankles together and squeezing. "" Getting up close and personal huh?"" Zaks Joked for a second before her face went back to her being serious. Behind them the new barrier she had just put up suddnly shrunk back on itself and started to fly into Zaks mouth as she took in a big breath...well a breath as big as she could at the moment. The damn arms were making damn hard to take in a deep breath but she could use the attack still she had planned.
The Hybrid warriors mouth began to glow a soft red and Ki started to build up inside of it for her Lunar Roar. If The young warrior did not get out of her grasp then he was gonna take the blast to the face. "" Squirrely little shit"" Zaks muttered as she power up her attack although it was not understandable really with The blast forming in her mouth or with her lungs being squeezed tightly by the damn arms.
WC 373 TWC 5312
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Jul 10, 2024 17:24:10 GMT
Post by Liek on Jul 10, 2024 17:24:10 GMT
While he had indeed planned to get in close for Advi-Kree’s melee attacks the explosion had thrown him, both literally and metaphorically, flinging him forward in Zaks, making his kick hit with less power then intend and making him basically flop against her. Then she decided it was a great idea to grab hold of him with her legs and lock him in place.
While a part of him had always wanted to get leg locked by a woman, this was neither the time, place, nor age bracket, for that.
Then, to the young man’s shock, Zaks started to reabsorb her barrier and gather all the energy into her mouth of all things! Who even does that?! Even if it didn’t incinerate your tongue, or melt your teeth, that would have to taste terrible! Mouth beams just seemed like such a silly way to use a ki blast.
But it did present the youth with a dilemma; he was locked in place, and his brief attempts to test her grip and break free told him he was well and truly stuck in place with no way of getting loose before she fired her attack. But then, a ki blast from the mouth only had a limit arc from which it could fire, and Zaks was a very tall woman. “Sorry about this!” He shouted and moved to the only place he knew he could possibly avoid the blast; closer. He squished himself against her as best he could, locking his own legs around her and squeezing with his arms in a bear hug, pushing himself so close he couldn’t angle her mouth low enough without injuring herself in the process.
WC: 280 TWC: 5,209
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Jul 10, 2024 19:08:26 GMT
Post by Zaks on Jul 10, 2024 19:08:26 GMT
She had him right were she wanted him! The excitement of finally catching Liek was intoxicating enough that she would remember this moment for a long time to come. It was gonna be one of those memories that a warrior held on to and told at a bar one night with there friends. Except Zaks was both wrong and right at the very same time. She would remember it all right just not the way she envisioned it.
""SORRY ABOUT THIS!""
She had barely a moment to understand what he mean when he suddenly dug himself into her to hide himself from her blast and she could barely see him now as he gripped her tightly. Her mouth closed for a moment in stunned expression of confusion as she figured out what the young man had meant and did. One thing she was sure of... this is not what they meant when they said hiding behind a woman's bosom. Of course The warrior never have been in this situation found it...incredibly hilarious predicament.
She was gonna laugh as her shoulders started to shake and she started to loose control of herself. The Ki blast threatened to come up her nose making her laugh all that much harder and forced the warrior to act. Her power surged a she used her full might to lunch both arms away from herself with enough power to send them slamming into the ground with a loud crash. Just in time for her to look up into the air and lunch the now out of control blast into the sky.
""" HAHAHAHAHAH""
The giant Hybrid laughed as each note of her laughter disrupted the blast making it look like a series of small blast being lunched up at the clouds about. The poor clouds did not stand a chance as they were ripped apart by the Ki blast that left a burning sensation in her mouth from losing control.
Finally the blast ended and she just kept laughing even though the intensity decreased by a good margin before she looked down with tears still leaking from her eyes at the young man below her. With a arching of her back she bent backwards until she grabbed the ground behind her and flipped him up into the air no longer holding back anymore with her laughter controlling the moment. In the same movement she finished her flip and stood up looking to were she flung the young man a smile on her face.
"" Not gonna lie i think technically you got the one up on me. But really? Hiding behind the ta tas? That was dirty haha" Even though she accused him of being dirty she was still laughing about it. She honestly did not mind that he did that. In a life or death battle that might have saved his life. "" I am sure you need a little rest as it looks like your about out of power...definitely out of that purple shit. That would not happen to be more of this orgone would it? I have to say i do not think i have ever seen anything like that before. "" WC 528
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Post by Liek on Jul 11, 2024 5:47:00 GMT
As the old saying went, all was fair in love and war. While it was the code of the Fury Knights to conduct themselves with honour and integrity they where not so stupid as to think battle and conflict could, or should, be played by a rigid set of rules. While the Fury had rules for war, they extended mostly to conduct in regards to non-combatants and prohibitions on weapons of mass destruction. They may have implemented all kinds of tricks and tactics, but if you fought them you could rest assured that your civilian population would emerge out the other side none the worse for wear or that the Fury wouldn’t just blow up your planet from orbit.
Using your opponent’s own chest to shield you from their attacks would be considered by Liek’s Fury predecessors. It was exactly the kind of on the fly thinking many Knight Sergeants had tried to drill into Squires for millennia for only a few to ever grasp the concept and rise to full Knighthood.
If any had been watching from the beyond they where surely howling with laughter and cheering on Liek’s unorthodox problem solving. He was living up to the legacy in his own way. Something for which they also cheered, after all, times changed. And if Liek didn’t change the ways of the Fury to match the present then the Fury would truly die with him.
As Zaks released him the young man flopped back on the ground, feeling fairly spent for the time being. Breathing roughly he laughed before replying, “Hehe… It worked didn’t it? Haa… I wouldn’t have used someone else like that… and I knew trying to punch you to knock off your aim would have been a waste of time… so the only open was to get under the firing arc…”
He pushed himself up onto his elbows and thought about how to explain the Makyo power, which he still didn’t know was called that, “Well… that other power, it’s not Orgone. It comes from within… I’m not entirely sure what it is, but it’s definitely darker then normal ki. If I had to hazard a guess I’d say it was probably related to my mother…” He paused, briefly considering whether to explain further before deciding that he would, “She was… is… I don’t know if she’s still around or what but… well… she’s a Demon.” After a pause he added, “That’s not me being cute, or using a metaphor, I mean a full-fledged, honest to goodness Demon.”
WC: 433 TWC: 5,642
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Oozaru [x10]
Zeni
6,681
Hybrid
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Jul 11, 2024 16:42:42 GMT
Post by Zaks on Jul 11, 2024 16:42:42 GMT
Zaks while still coming down from her laughing episode as was Liek try to regain his breath that a took a moment for the two's banter to start again . "" Well your not wrong it probably was the best idea since i think you were a little bit to tired to actually try to blast me. Unfortunately I could have spun you instead if your little stunt didn't turn me into a giggling school girl."" Zaks could not help but shake her head at the thought of the warriors back at the caravan learning she had lost a spar when a young man hid behind the girls.
"" I have the idea you would like the guys at the caravan as they all are as squirrelly as you when it comes to a fight. just be carful the women can be a bit of a handful. It is kind of built into our genes that way. "" As she let him regain his breath she listened begin to explain about the other power he had used in the fight vs her. Apparently it belonged to a demon or those with there blood line and Liek had inherited it.
""OPHERLA!""
Zaks could not help but to mentally shout suddenly at his explanation of that dark power after there match! She HAD SEEN IT BEFORE! Opherla could use it and had many times during there spars with each other. She had grown so used to the power that she expected and could even feel it as her daughters. But that would mean that Opherla had some demon blood in her. More questions about her parents sprung up in her mind but she suddenly pushed them to the side so she could focus back on the boy in front of her.
"" I know one other that can do that although I admit we did not know how she could do it all this time. I can not be sure since i never got to meet her parents but it would explain why i could never learn to do it. It would seem it is a blood trait kind of like our tail or my Eye. "" holding out her hand to help the young man up she would then proceed to fly a little bit into the air as pointed back the way they had come. "" I am gonna be running out of time. I have an meeting with master Roshi that i have to get to in a few hours. I hate to cut this short already but if we are gonna be showing you to were the caravan is gonna have to show you there now.
She felt a little bad rushing the young man but she did not have a choice really. Not after the bastard threatened the damn bathing suit again. Of course she didn't think he meant it...or maybe he did. regardless she was not gonna chance it after how much he had shown her with just controlling her KI. soon he would practice the hand to hand with her and if her little spar with the boy indicated anything she needed it.
WC 522 TWC 6363
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POWER LEVEL
89,759
Tech Points
8/22
Forms
Great Demon Ape [x10]
Zeni
26,963
Hybrid
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Jul 11, 2024 17:21:45 GMT
Post by Liek on Jul 11, 2024 17:21:45 GMT
He had actually been counting of the fact his little hiding act was so unusual, so out of left field, that it would leave her too bewildered to effectively counter it. After all, it took some seriously unorthodox thinking to even consider the action, let alone even conceive of the possibility of your foe doing it. And, honestly, not a lot of people would be considering such actions seriously from either side of the battle. That said, he very much doubted that Zaks would fall for the same trick again making it a one time deal. Not that Liek was upset about not being able to do it again.
Then she made some statements that made Liek both excited to and dreading meeting the rest of Zaks’ crew. Others who where every bit as craft and unorthodox as he was? That sounded pretty awesome actually! Getting to brainstorm new ways to mess with, outwit, troll and bewilder foes was something he could certainly get behind. Just thinking of the possible shenanigans he could get up with others to build off his ideas, and him building off of theirs nearly had him cackling evilly. But the mention of the woman all being as fierce of Zaks was a little terrifying. If they where all as straight forward as she was he half expected them to be dragging the men back to their tents some nights, grooves carved into the ground as the men where dragged along crying that the spirit was willing but the body weak and tender.
His worrying about his physical well being and chastity made him completely miss when the puzzle pieces clicked together in Zaks’ mind about the connection between her adopted daughter and the dark power he wielded. Not that he really could have been of very much help since he knew hardly anything about it himself.
What he didn’t miss was her bringing up Opherla, even if not by name, “Seriously? Well, consider me interested in meeting them! If nothing else we can exchange notes, maybe she’s figured out something I haven’t?” Taking note of the older woman’s actions he realised she was eager to get going. He took her hand and pulled himself to his feet and took to the skies along with her. He then raised an eyebrow at the mention of Roshi.
“Roshi? I’ve heard of him before.” He explained, “Grandma used to talk about him some. He helped them out early on.”
“Alright, lead the way Zaks!” He said with a smile. Both nervous and eager to meet her crew.
WC: 434 TWC: 6,076
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