When Things Don't Go Their Way... Grow in Size!
When Things Don't Go Their Way... Grow in Size!
Their combined attack was breathtaking to watch. Three beautiful ladies switching in and out of the Divine Leathersuit in split seconds when the situation called for it. Their beauty perfectly complemented their exquisite techniques. This scene was good enough that any spectator would not hesitate to hit the replay button over and over again.
The only fault this string of attacks had was how practical — therefore, a little boring — its effects were. The attacks visually lacked oomph, and the Huffing Piggies had on conservative outfits, not skintight latex bodysuits or swimsuits, which would reveal large swathes of fair, supple skin. Many would call this unfortunate.
The concept was pragmatic and incredibly helpful, and the three Huffing Piggies quickly developed their art of fighting. It took them years to create tactics, techniques, and set-moves, and it took them a longer period of training to ensure that these combination moves could be executed perfectly, without openings that enemies could exploit. These moves took full advantage of the Divine Leathersuit's features and abilities.
The Huffing Piggies practiced really hard for many years. A lot of times, tensions between the three would reach boiling point, causing a huge fight to break out. [1]
After ten years of bitter training, the trio finally developed enough synergy between themselves, causing the execution of their combination moves to reach perfection. The only thing they lacked was a platform to show off the results of their training. The man that they shared was eventually sent to another universe by the Grandruler of Forgiveness, leaving them the chance of a lifetime to finally show off!
When the Grandruler saw his guards get decimated in seconds by the dazzling feat, his expression turned serious. He raised the Law Fragment, but he seemed to hesitate; and moments later, the Fragment vanished.
The war of conquest on Isythre had begun, and Duat was superimposing itself onto the realm. The Grandruler's undead legions had already invaded Isythre and were capturing cities. All of these had happened because the Grandruler had utilized the power in the Law Fragment — a lot of power. He had already expended a lot of its power to banish Baiyi to another world.
There was not enough power left in the Law Fragment to use wantonly. If he banished the strange women with his Law Fragment, it might break, leaving him without his most important trump card.
With that thought in mind, the Grandruler chose to keep the Fragment. Undead energy surged out of him, and a heavy armor appeared on his body, coupled with a large, green broadsword, which appeared in his hand.
He had decided to fight the Huffing Piggies himself.
"Hmph! Ran out of ideas already?" Lady Assassin Walker sneered before vanishing. Barely a moment later, she had reappeared beside the Grandruler. This time, she forwent attacking him with her dagger and switched places with the Warrior Walker, instead.
Icy-blue combat chi flames erupted on the black-haired beauty's hand, which she then balled into a fist and swung at the Grandruler's back. A millisecond after, she somersaulted backward gracefully and dodged the large broadsword that had been swung at her.
After creating some distance, the Warrior Walker switched places with the Fairy Walker, who proceeded to fire a thick combat chi arrow at the Grandruler's helmet.
The Grandruler swung its broadsword at the nick of time, chopping the arrow into two. Both halves of the arrow exploded into smaller, sharper arrows, which were deflected by a wave of undead energy that had suddenly surged out of the Grandruler. After deflecting the arrows, the Grandruler charged towards the Fairy Walker and swung its sword at her.
The Fairy Walker switched places with Lady Assassin Walker, who proceeded to stand still. Moments before the tip of the broadsword was to make contact with the Assassin Walker's face, she performed Coup de Grace and vanished. Almost immediately, she appeared behind the Grandruler and switched places with the Warrior Walker.
The Warrior did not attack, though. Blue combat chi burst out from her hand and condensed into a bow. The Fairy Walker, who had just retain possession of the Divine Leathersuit, placed an arrow on the bow before drawing its string, aiming at her target from point-blank range.
An icy blue arrow pierced through the Grandruler's left chest and exploded violently.
"Whooh! Critical hit!" The Fairy Walker traded places with Lady Assassin Walker, who exclaimed in delight. She believed they had won the fight, and a second later, her figure exploded into a cloud of black fog. This black fog enveloped the Grandruler. Her figure could be seen flashing multiple times within the black fog, dancing around the Grandruler. This was another one of Umbra's Ultimate moves —the Dance of the Shadow.
Baiyi was of the opinion that this move was more of a performance because its attack power was just too weak. It was a technique that required the assassin to fight their enemy head-on, and although a qualified Umbra assassin would need to use high speed for cover, in order to gain an advantage, a sufficiently seasoned enemy would be able to easily keep up with the assassin. This would reduce the advantage that assassins get in stealth, and also, it would allow the enemy to take advantage of assassins' weak physiques, as they would be unable to hide in the shadows. Seeing as this move did not favor assassination, most assassins did not bother to learn it.
Lady Assassin Walker always heeded Baiyi's words, so she knew about this problem. However, it was a long time since she had taken notes and inspiration from the fight between Baiyi and the magekiller. Furthermore, with support from the Fairy Walker and the Warrior Walker, her Dance of the Shadow was no longer the worthless distraction Baiyi once knew it as.
Every time Lady Assassin Walker appeared within the black fog, she would leave a single Chi Blade connected with a wispy strand of Chi Thread in the air. After taking a few seconds to circumambulate the opponent, the air around the Grandruler was filled with hovering arrows made from these Chi Blades.
She then switched places with the Fairy Walker for the finale. Pulling the string of the Combat Chi bow in her hand, the enchanting Fairy Walker grinned and promptly released an arrow. As though it had been linked to the other arrows on the same Chi Thread that surrounded the Grandruler, the arrows careened towards the Grandruler, who was the center of the black fog.
All this had happened in seconds, but in that time, the Assassin Walker and the Fairy Walker had switched places more than a hundred times. The synergy between these two had gone way beyond what normal teams could conceive.
The Grandruler, due to being undead, paled in comparison to the trio in terms of speed. He had barely reacted to the appearance of the Dance of the Shadow when the onslaught of arrows began.
Even energy beings like himself could not possibly remain unharmed by such devastating attacks. Although he managed to pull his undead energy back towards himself for protection, he was still too late.
The ensuing explosion caused the towering black castle to tremble. The hall shook violently, and the ceiling turned to rubble and rained downward.
Lady Assassin Walker deftly maneuvered her way around the perilous environment and murmured, "Don't think he's been taken out yet, Big Sister Warrior. Your turn."
In a bright flash caused by surging icy-blue flames, the Warrior Walker switched places with Lady Assassin Walker. She cried out as the surging icy-blue flames rushed to her right fist.
This was not a flashy move or technique. After momentarily switching places with the Assassin Walker, who vanished from the spot and reappeared elsewhere before giving up her control of the Divine Leathersuit, the Warrior Walker swung her right fist, relying on her instincts to locate the position of her target — the heavily injured Grandruler. This attack was direct and rudimentary; it was a simple punch that even a kid could throw. Such a simple punch ended up generating a heart-wrenching blast, though!
When her fist collided with the undead energy surrounding the Grandruler, a huge shockwave spread out from the point of contact, and a storm of dust and dirt blasted the walls of the hall apart. What was supposed to be a harmless airwave had turned into a formless blade, which had been sharp enough to cleave through walls.
From outside, it looked as though a giant sword had cleaved through the entire castle. The castle had been cut into two, and the top part had become large debris and rubble.
Lady Assassin Walker bobbed and weaved through the falling rubbles and leaped atop a large stone pillar, which had previously been a watchtower, but now, it was rubble.
"Whoaaa whoa whoa! Now that's Big Sister Warrior to you. Her concentrated punch is cray-cray! That green goblin is gone now, I bet," Lady Assassin Walker exclaimed, watching the scene below.
The aftershocks of the explosion rocked the area, causing her miniskirt to flutter wildly, revealing her supple, bare thighs.
Baiyi stopped watching at this point and glanced at Lady Assassin Walker, who was already grinning like an idiot. He was just about to say something when she quickly said, "Yes, yes, no more mini-skirts next time; whatev... Pssh! I wore it for your eyes only, you Doofus. No one was there at the time and saw me! Also, are you telling me that these thighs are not pretty enough for you? Don't you wanna lick them? Or should I wear over-knee socks next time?"
Baiyi was speechless. No, he did not nurse thoughts of lapping up those thighs; after all, no matter how bodacious they were, she was just a suit of armor — a sentiment he was sure the comment section would no doubt dispute.
"What I really meant to ask was... Why did you even think that this was the time for you to let your guard down and act cute?" Baiyi voiced his thoughts.
"Well…" Lady Assassin Walker lowered her head in mild embarrassment. "I mean, I have never met an opponent this troublesome…"
That was true, Despite ending up battered and broken from the Warrior Walker's powerful punch, the Grandruler was far from dead. Its durability had exceeded the trio's expectation.
As the trio was preparing to leave, a sudden growl of rage rang out from underneath a pile of rubble. This roar reverberated through the entire realm, causing every undead, including those doing battle with human soldiers, to stop.
They all turned in the direction the roar had come from before rushing towards the black castle. From above, it was as though a black tsunami was rushing towards the Huffing Piggies from all sides!
This sudden development allowed the humans of Isythre some breathing room to assess the damage they had suffered. If this had not happened, the number of casualties would have been much greater, and humans may have lost their freedom.
The trio's actions had created a huge distraction at a critical moment, giving humans their much-needed breathing room. Using this opening, humans in Isythre were able to regroup and adjust their defensive strategies. When the undead army resumed their attacks on Isythre, the humans were more than ready to take them down.
Baiyi silently complimented the Huffing Piggies for the incredible hand they had in the humans' victory.
Lady Assassin Walker had no idea that they had turned the tables; instead, she was panicking at the sight of a black sea of undead creatures swarming towards her. She was so frightened that she screamed, "Ohhhhhh nooooo! What do we do now?"
"These numbers are too much for us to take on. We need help from the mages," the Warrior Walker replied calmly.
"This means we have to retreat for now!" The Fairy Walker added, audibly bummed out. "Goddamn it; I'm so pissed! I thought I could heroically save my darling like a badass, but this jerk just doesn't wanna stay dead!"
The Grandruler knew that the Huffing Piggies were planning to flee, and he had no plans of letting them go. The moment Lady Assassin Walker was about to beat a hasty retreat, another roar of fury rang out from beneath a large pile of rubble.
All the rubble in the pile slowly soared into the air; it was as though gravity had vanished from the area around it. Underneath the floating rubble was a bright mass of green energy.
This mass began to expand as though air was being pumped into it. It grew from the size of an average man to a giant at ten-odd yards tall!
Although Lady Assassin Walker had long since concealed herself, the gigantic Grandruler located her almost immediately. It slammed his gigantic fist down into the ground, creating a crater several yards wide.
"Geez! Do all guys just grow in size when things don't go their way?" Lady Assassin Walker grumbled as she somersaulted, canceling her concealment technique. A moment later, she had somersaulted again, evading another attack.
"Damn! I can't believe he turned into a giant. This is really annoying! If only I still have the Caudillo Butterfly… Any ideas, girls?" The Fairy Walker exclaimed in dismay.
It was that moment that a low, croak-like voice rang out from a distance. "Excuse me."
Another gigantic being appeared; it was as green as the Grandruler. It was the gigantic hammerhead shark reaper from before. It had on a ragged cloak; baring its teeth, it swung its gigantic scythe at the Grandruler, who had just performed a Dynamax.
Following the huge hammerhead shark reaper closely was the Lich Walker, who had emerged from a dune with its Saint Quartz staff raised high. It looked at the trio and urged, "Go now! This thing is only a distraction."
"Ew! I never thought that a day would come when I would be saved by a bag of stinky bones," Lady Assassin Walker exclaimed as she rushed past the Lich Walker, fleeing as fast as she could. There was a hint of appreciation in her voice, though.
The Lich Walker put away its staff and fled in a different direction. In the distance, the gigantic Grandruler had huge hammerhead shark reaper in a chokehold, causing it to jerk like a fish out of water. After struggling for a while, the hammerhead shark reaper disappeared. It was no match for the Grandruler.
The Lich Walker was not wrong; it had only been a distraction.