Message #624190

[BlueAnnihilator]

Jawo': He can still fight after an attack like that...?

Blue: Stay diligent, Jawo'. It's not over yet.

Jawo': Right. Let's take him down.

Deke: You, take me down? No. I cannot be beaten by the likes of you! Haaaaaaaaaaaaah!!

*Deke releases his energy, generating a blast of intense heat that blows past Blue and Jawo'*

Blue: Ugh! What...what is this?!

Jawo': Such...heat... It's like I'm in an oven!

*The heat wave fades, managing to force the two off their feet and onto the ground*

Blue: That was a lot of energy he just released. There was more energy in that attack than in most of my body...

Jawo': What? Are you serious!? Man, just how powerful is this guy!?

Deke: I'll show you!

*Deke rushes in on the two and slams down his axe between them*

Deke: Aaargh!!

Blue: Ah! Jawo', look out!

Jawo': Alright! Split!

*The two evade the attack by leaping in opposite directions*

Deke: You won't get away that easy! Burst Fall!!

*Deke slams his fist onto the ground, generating a sudden burst of flame energy that spreads outwards and strikes Blue and Jawo'*

Blue/Jawo': Uugh!!

*The two manage to flip backwards and perform a safe landing*

Blue: That was too close...

Jawo': Yeah. If we had gotten hit by the full blunt of that attack, well, it wouldn't have been pretty...

Deke: Drat. My aim was a little off.

Jawo': So Blue, how are we going to nail him this time?

Blue: Hmm...maybe...I could cast another spell. But I'll need you to set him up for me, Jawo'.

Jawo': Ah, the ol' fixer-upper, eh? Alright, just leave it to me!

*Jawo' steps forward to meet Deke in battle alone*

Deke: Hm, it's you again. Didn't you learn anything from our last encounter?

Jawo': Yeah. I learned that you're a moron who doesn't realize how pathetic he is!

Deke: What!?

*a vein comically pops out from Deke's head*

Deke: (Calm yourself, Deke. Don't let your enemy lead break your focus with taunts) *cough* Insults will get you nowhere...

Jawo': Maybe so, but this sure will!

*Jawo' prepares a technique*

Jawo': Crystal Art: Ground Spikes!

*Jawo' swings his sword horizontally, unleashing a mass of miniature crystal spikes around Deke's feet*

Jawo': Let's see you get out of that!

Deke: Hmph. Trying to trap me again? Well it won't work!

*Deke kneels down and places his hands on the ground*

Deke: Super Heat!

*Deke increases his body temperature to several hundred degrees, placing his hands on the floor allows him to transfer the heat through the ground, which heats it up enough to melt the spikes surrounding him*

Deke: Hahaha, you should've known that this would happen. It's useless to try and fight with me with that crystal.

Jawo': Heh, yeah, you're right. I did know you would try that. And that's why I'm doing this!

*Jawo' uses his hand to guide the molten crystal up Deke's body*

Deke: What!? You can control it still!?

Jawo': Haha, I gotcha now! Harden!

*The molten crystal hardens around Deke's body, leaving everything but his head encased in a crystallized cast*

Jawo': And now you're trapped again! That was a piece of cake!

Deke: Ergh, if you think this is going to hold me, you're wrong...

Jawo': It'll hold you long enough for this.

*Jawo' looks towards Blue and addresses him*

Jawo': Alright, Blue! He's all yours now!

Blue: Got it.

*Blue begins preparing a spell*

Jawo': Heh, now it's only a matter of time before you'r--Uh!?

*Jawo' turns around to see nothing but a puddle of liquid crystal where Deke once stood*

Jawo': What!? But how...where did--!?

Deke: Hell Hound!

Jawo': Ah!

*Deke stands behind Jawo' with a Hell Hound attack aimed directly at his back. The fireball explodes, sending Jawo' flying forwards*

Jawo': Gyaaaaaaaagh! Not again!!

*The attack renders Jawo' unconscious and unable to fight*

Lilia: Ah! Jawo'! Hang on!

Blue: Lilia, don't!

Deke: Where do you think you're going...?

*As Lilia runs towards Jawo', Deke intercepts by hurling his battle axe like a boomerang, striking her dead on*

Lilia: Uaaagh!!

Blue: Lilia!!

*Like Jawo', Lilia is left unconscious by the attack*

Lilia: *softly* Ungh...Blue...

Blue: No!!

Deke: And now...

*Deke gears up his axe for another attack*

Deke: For you, Blue. ...Arch Wind!!!

*Deke spins around with his axe, tearing at the sky. This time generating a flaming whirlwind that spins towards Blue*

Blue: Urgh!

Deke: It's no use trying to resist.

*Blue tries to resist being pulled up into the whirlwind, but it's too powerful for him to handle. Blue is pulled in, and his body is tossed about and burned by the searing gales*

Blue: Guaaaaaaaaagggh!!

*The Arch Wind disperses, dropping a mortally wounded Blue to the ground*

Blue: Ungh...no...I-I failed...*panting* Hah...ha...

Deke: Hmhmhm. So this is how it ends. In the end, there was no way that you could best me.

*Deke walks towards Blue to deal the finishing blow, but stops in his tracks once he suffers a sudden jolt of pain*

Deke: Gyah!!

Blue: Hunh...?

Deke: *hyperventilates* Hah...I...I used too much power...ha...

*Deke falls to one knee*

Deke: *continues hyperventilating*

Blue: W-what's he...?

Deke: *to himself* If...if I use any more mana...I could deplete my supply, and...lose my life. I can't allow that to happen. I must live. I must restore Kovah to his true self...

*Deke addresses Blue*

Deke: Blue...

Blue: Hm?

Deke: ...It appears I've run low on mana, and can no longer fight. And I see that you too cannot continue.

Blue: Mmn...

Deke: So I think it'd be in both our best interests if I take my leave.

Blue: What?

Deke: I'd hate to leave our battle unfinished, but at any rate, my task is fulfilled, so it is of little consequence. Farewell, Blue...

Blue: Deke! Stop!

*Blue tries to stop Deke from fleeing, but he too is held back by his wounds*

Blue: Ergh! Ugh...*grasps wounds*

Deke: For your sake, I may we never meet again.

*Deke disappears*

Blue: He...got away...

*Safe from further harm, Blue collapses to the floor*

Blue: I guess...I should be glad. But...what do we do from here...?

Blue's battle with the flame-wielding powerhouse Deke ends in a stalemate, as he flees the scene to live and fight another day. Though despite managing to drive their foe away, the group has failed in protecting the final Guardian Statue from being destroyed. Now that the forbidden island has arisen from the ocean, and the way to the Lunar Monolith is uncovered, will Blue and his friends be able to stop Kovah from unlocking the monolith? Or will the evil be brought into the world, plunging it into eternal darkness forever?

End Vs. Deke Arc