Turn 5~Battle Theme (Kagutsuchi)~Libra Vertex:Player Turn:As Yuki crouches to prepare for her strategy, Alanis gets behind her, blasting the Vertex for
9 damage.
Ian
slams into the face of the Vertex, after not being able to locate a specific area on the orb of fire that comprises the Libra Vertex to clog up. His headbutt, however, does deal some damage, dealing
17 damage! He clings on to the crystal face, pounding at it with his gauntlets as much as he can.
”I protect thy soul, and with my shield, stand with thee. Mankai.”A swirl of golden peony petals surrounds the crouched Hero as she enters Mankai form. Her unprotected hand’s gauntlet grows in size, a ring of metal with several glowing golden plates floats behind it, her shield thickens and her light chestplate and tunic change into a flowy priestess’ robe, as a corona of golden light surrounds her.
With one nod, she glares at the Vertex,
directing all of its attacks to her for one turn, a fact she proves when the Vertex attempts to blast the unprotected Sandra with a laser, only to have the laser bend in midair to strike at Yuki’s shield with no visible effect.
”Everyone, attack now. Hikari, use your Mankai to soften the opponent up so our allies can finish it off.”Sandra remains cocooned still.
”Alright! MANKAI!”Petals swirl around Hikari as her own Mankai form is revealed, her bow changing to gain gems in the handle and golden hydrangeas at the nocks. Her chestplate gains several golden pauldrons, and her shoes transform into greaves, and a stylised hydrangea in the form of a metal ring and floating ‘petal’ plates appears behind her.
Hikari exhales deeply and aims another shot at the Libra Vertex, gaining a
critical hit! Her attack ignores
armour as it deals
86 damage,
breaking the Vertex’s defenses! It lets out a loud screech as the crystal, weakened by Ian and Hikari’s assaults, begins to crack.
Hikari nods to Anna.
”All yours now!”The Huntress leaps upwards, preparing to finish it all off!
THEME OVERRIDE: Red Like Roses Part IIAnna rises upwards, propelling herself with the recoil of Vindicator and the lowered gravity of the Jukai. Swallowing for a moment her uncertainties, her fears and her worries about being a mere novice, she simply decides to let what little training she has speak for itself.
With a mighty yell, Anna transforms her weapon back into halberd form before slashing it straight into the cracked crystal, driving the head of Vindicator through with as much force as she could muster!
For humanity, for the world, for all of existence. The weight of all these relied upon this final attack.
And so it ended.
The Vertex lets out one last pained screech before imploding on itself, the orbs surrounding its body fizzling into cinders, the crystal shattering with enough force to throw Ian and Anna back onto the ground. The vast orb of flame that comprised the main body fades into nothingness, leaving only a floating core, which Hikari disposes of by firing a single arrow into it, cracking it into pieces and allowing the Shinju to absorb the energy that went into forming the once mighty Vertex.
Anna has defeated the Libra Vertex.
Everyone in the battle, even the unconscious, has gained one level.However, the battle is not over yet. The party turns to see their allies fighting the Trespasser, realising that their troubles are not over just yet.
Motya tends to Hikari’s wounds, healing her for
34 health.
The Big Daddy manages to ensure that Garnt, at least, won’t die for now.
It will take
1 turn before this party can arrive at the Trespasser fight to assist in destroying it.
Motya takes 3 damage from burns. Ian takes 3 damage from the Deflector.
Motya heals 11 HP. Sandra regenerates 10 HP.
Alanis gains 1 extra SYN.
~Surgam Identidem (Walpurgisnacht Theme)~Trespasser:Player Turn:”For it is not in passing, but perseverance, that a true Hero protects mankind! Mankai!”The familiar alterations of priestess robes and large rings of metal form around Sora as her naginata extends, with the other end gaining a curved blade of its own.
With one powerful slash, Sora
cleaves through the defenses of the Trespasser, dealing
30 damage despite its
huge defenses and
reducing its defense to 0.
Mio holds up her fists to defend her face as her Fairy Masakado
forms a barrier in front of her defending her.
While the veteran Hero defends herself, It that Embraces
embraces Mio, allowing her to regain
20 HP, no longer being in
critical status.
Ayane scoffs.
”I won’t bore you with some boring and cliched incantation. I’ll get right to the point.
Activate Mankai!”Of course, she too gains the familiar metal ring and plate ‘petals’ behind her, as her censer becomes more ornate and her robe gains several prayer scrolls, crying the praises of the Shinju in ancient script upon them.
Ayane burns hallowed herbs in her censer, infusing it with magic as the whole party is healed for
20%(+28) of their health. However, she herself looks
visibly drained, now standing in
critical status.
Eirika and Lynch are
no longer in critical status, while Aesford, Boxwood and It that Embraces are now at
full health. ENG is
stable, as is
Dackly.
Tourmaline enters the fray! Two of her summoned robots go to heal Mio further, healing her for
12 health and back to
full. Another heals Ayane for
6 health, lifting her
out of critical status. The last heals the Ship for
1 health.
Lynch snaps out of his confusion upon seeing his teammate trapped in by the Trespasser! He charges at it, butting the Trespasser and dealing
21 damage! However, it does
not help him escape just yet! The beast screeches as it enters
critical status!
Eirika feels the power of the Fell Dragon rush over her as it closes up what wounds the magic of the Shinju did not,
healing her to full health.
The ship continues emptying its guns on the Trespasser, dealing
12 damage.
Aesford pulls out his sword and stabs it into the Trespasser’s tentacle, attempting to
free himself. Not only does it do enough to
allow him to escape, allowing him to use it to untighten the tentacle enough for him to clamber out and step away from it, but it also does
10 damage.
Gozer retreats with his unconscious ally and back to the ship, where he attempts to rejuvenate her to no avail. It seems the stress of the fight is getting to her.
Boxwood manages to
advise on the Trespasser’s power,
reducing its SYN by 9.
Enemy Turn:However, the Trespasser refuses to die. With a vast, loud screech, it seems to sweep off the
debuffs it seems to have gained as black energy washes over its body completely.
It then blasts the party with another wave of black, penetrating energy for
22 damage!
All of the Small Robonoids are utterly destroyed! Ayane is
unconscious, shifting out of Hero form as she is sent backwards by the force of the blast.
It then swats at Mio and Tourmaline again,
ignoring their defenses!To Mio, it deals
20 damage and reduces her
RES to 0.
Tourmaline similarly suffers, taking
20 damage and reducing
her RES to 0.
Finally, it unleashes a powerful sphere of darkness from within it, hitting everyone for
15% of their health. It that Embraces is in
critical status.
It that Embraces heals 6 HP. She is no longer in Critical status.
You have four turns to kill the Trespasser before the Shinju fades and is devoured.
Libra Vertex:
Alanis: [31/65] [Untapped Potential: 5]
Chizuru: [0/52] [Stable]
Ian: [43/66] [Deflector Active]
Yuki: [36/55] [Mankai] [Heroic Defense]
Sandra: [44/44] [Cocoon]
Hikari: [48/50] [Mankai]
Anna: [40/80]
Garnt: [0/66] [Stable]
Motya: [112/115] [Burned]
Chryssa: [0/83] [Stable]
Big Daddy: [34/40]
Trespasser:
Party:
Sora: [21/50] [Mankai]
Mio: [29/84] [RES Nulled]
It that Embraces: [20/42]
Ayane: [0!/53] [Unconscious]
Tourmaline: [30/85] [RES Nulled]
Lynch: [19/50]
Eirika: [28/58]
Aesford: [28/72] [Field Strategy]
Dackly: [0/34] [Stable]
Boxwood: [46/80]
ENG: [0/48] [Stable]
Ship: [46/120] [RES Nulled]
Enemy:
Trespasser: [??!/??] [Devouring][Critical]
Libra Vertex Party:
Party:
Alanis: Untapped Potential (5)
Ian: Deflector Active
Chryssa: Stabilised
Chizuru: Stabilised
Garnt: Stabilised
Yuki: Heroic Defense (0 turns remaining), Mankai (4 turns remaining)
Hikari: Mankai (4 turns remaining)
Motya: Burned (1 turn remaining)
Sandra: Cocoon
Trespasser:
Party:
Sora: Mankai (4 turns remaining)
Ayane: Unconscious (3 turns remaining)
Mio: RES Nulled (2 turns remaining)
Tourmaline: RES Nulled (2 turns remaining)
Aesford: Field Strategy (+5 to RES/CON/DEX/STR)
ENG: Stabilised
Dackly: Stabilised
Ship: RES Nulled (1 turn remaining)
Enemy:
Trespasser: Devouring (3 turns remaining)
One more, lads, and we can end this fight!
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