The Zombie Tournament

Act 49 : A Failure to Regret

The battle has been in the bearded man’s favor by the battle’s progress. With Damon in malfunction state and being disabled for awhile, nobody within Zeno Gunnar’s team that could flourish against God-reaper, one that was called as such by Haltein himself. Deino Gunnar’s axe has grown a bit smaller by the lesser subjects to be devoured. Most of them were resurrected to be a number of horrific creatures in advent of the rider’s power. A zombie could have neither fear nor being an embodiment of courage within. They were in hunger to eat and feast on human flesh for filling a space it has left down under by quick fat-burner of a living dead.

(tang)

Two more swings of the golden axe got halted by the horse-zombie’s jaw. Deino Gunnar’s unconscious mind will never feel any frustration and kept a constant strain of attempt regardless, but his human son will ponder on the results nonetheless.

“Hey, I’m talking on you, tubby boy. Where are all that confidence, now, huh?”

Haltein Jorgensen carried a tone of reminisce for insult. He was enraged, back then, but now is the time for the bearded man to dive deeper and indulge. No successful forthcoming of the man’s battle prowess, only considerable bashes to the twin black sword’s edge of his opponent. Zeno Gunnar, the bearded man’s target, has become none other than a mirror to his own uniqueness at some point. He could avenge one-and-a-half meter long axe without anything to be attached. His dexterity has overwhelmed Haltein to the extent of utmost failure.

Of course, the vividness from Zeno Gunnar’s white aura has made the man fell oblivious to his opponent’s potential. He was in distraught by many deaths amongst Sanza’s alliance during the battle. Nobody would think that God-reaper’s trump card has to be used after five minutes of clash. Indeed, such direct impact of their opponent has made the bearded man remembered of their streak in the first place. To be a winner in both segments of the premier elimination of survival game, for the department store’s alliance only to bite the crust of triumph that was left.

Even now, Zeno Gunnar stays calm and looking at him without hassle. It blasts infuriation to the bearded man’s heart, as too many form of taunt were released beforehand. A pair of suprise has reckoned to make him gone in struggle, but none of them were fruitful to finish the opponent’s spirit once and for all.

The young knight glanced to Tanya Rushdi’s direction, then returned back to meet his eyes with Haltein. He felt relieved for her split-second thought to deflect Obahn’s fire. A cunning move to make use of Rio the fist-fighter zombie’s regenerative properties for a shield.

“Now, I have to repair Roman, so it’s my time to get serious.” Zeno Gunnar clenched the twin even harder,”What say you, Haltein?”

The bearded man sighed. His axe shivers after receiving many instances of assault from the young knight, but still could withstand everything that Zeno Gunnar throws with ease,“I’m already being one. You’re just too stubborn to be dead,” He answered by the latest knockdown from the young knight,”Anyway, a zombie could never be fixed. That beast’s brain has been withered away, you know.” He added, putting a smirk to the face.

“If that’s about it, I will grab yours, then.”

Zeno Gunnar jumps to over fifty meters backwards for a narrow space to utilise. He needs an adjustment for Deino Gunnar’s ability, it seems, for himself to be engaged into the wristwatch as the room has provided. Zeno Gunnar has reworked on several shortcuts for easier use of the technology amidst intense warfare he was about to complete after a few close-call in the previous battle before this. He knows that it could be useful later on in practice. So, the young knight has placed some of the modes rightfully at the very first boot-up interface.

As the young knight plays with the augmented keyboard of the wristwatch, he grins to the bearded man’s immediate advance,”I have a trump card, too, Haltein, and it will vanquish you out of the game soon.” He said. Verily, the young knight still goes towards the rear to withdraw from the stalemate, and the bearded man of Sanza follows.

“What would you-“

“You’ll see.” Zeno Gunnar beamed.

(click-click)

Two seconds for a small bit of tune-up has been finished. Zeno Gunnar has turned on a white-tinted panel of shortcut above the wristwatch’s home panel bar. It was a present from Juno Rumondor within two weeks preparation of the second phase. He considered this moment is one of the kick-starter, for his father’s position as a fish in a barrel against more than four enemies before him at once.

(bam!)

To the northern axis of the battlefield, Deino Gunnar has to fend off various forms of assault that were approaching him in haste. For it to work out, the legendary warrior has been holding both of his weapon at this moment. Golden Greatsword on the left vibrates by the surge of newfound energy from Tonado members’ fear of death. It has extended to 140 centimeters in length by the limitless power of being close with demise. For the Golden axe on the right, it has shifted back to its common fifty centimeters stretch.

‘Bulwark mode activated.’

“Graaa!”

Deino Gunnar’s eyes gleamed in white for one new power to unfold. Juno Rumondor named it ‘Bulwark mode’ because of its manifestation of power installed within. Furthermore, the legendary warrior’s body has also been illuminated by similar tone of light, akin to Zeno Gunnar and the Numonian knight power at most.

(jab!)

An arrow was planted to the legendary warrior’s chest. Another flurry of steel-made projectile does another damage close to the heart. It pierced into the armor instantly because of the composite-steel head of the arrow. Needless to say, this is no ordinary middle-age alchemy, because the steel has a heat-capture mechanism to congregate its velocity as a source of melting-down composure against platinum-covered plate of armor.

Otherwise, being a zombie means one thing in this universe. For a well-trained warrior of a kingdom, they will become stronger and faster than ever before. While a regular bowman could do nothing against full-size armor, a zombified marksman will be proficient to release a burst of arrow in better accuracy and pace. One projectile sounds the same as a bullet in terms of speed.

(jab!jab!)

“Graaa!”

Indeed, some of the steel arrow made a number of hollow on the legendary warrior’s chest. None of them could reach the heart, luckily, because they were protected by the man’s burly arms as he moves forward in haste. Instead of running away and evade, Deino Gunnar’s mind is fixated to the delicate and tender part of the horse’s burly thigh. The legendary warrior received every instance of injury and working on his stance to lay down assault, solely to chew down the beast’s meat for a gift of triumph afterwards.

Nonetheless, God-Reaper goes up front and take one step forward to have a round against the legendary warrior’s glowing-in-light attribute. The horse’s fangs chomped and fastened Deino Gunnar’s stance by the raw strength of its jaw. At first, it could keep the monster at bay and protected the lance-rider from Deino Gunnar’s attempt to kill. Its rider does a thrust to the legendary warrior’s right chest, which was unsuccessful because of Deino Gunnar’s arm that protrudes ahead of his advance.

Of course, their opponent has been lodged in place by the horse’s powerful jaw, so one further strike has diving down to the chest once more.

(jab!)

More or less, God-reaper has unleashed a number of direct hit to the limbs. All of them went to the legendary warrior’s armor sleeve and brought it to be cracked open by the application of pressure from the lance’s composite steel. By the same feature embedded to the tip, the rider’s lance could graze on any metal solely in reliance to his own potency afterwards.

(crash!)

Meanwhile, the axeman was never intended to be a spectator of the battlefield. He was summoned to conquer their enemies and prevail. Thus, a rag-tag battle is announced and situated by the axeman’s blatant strike to the legendary warrior’s head from behind. Of course, all seemed to be the ultimatum of the legendary warrior’s sage by his advance. Whenever a living dead was struck deep into the brain, no other method would be feasible to revive them from fatality anyhow.

“Graa!”

By the course of white aura, the legendary warrior’s head was impenetrable to begin with. In every instance of attack that Deino Gunnar has attained, a prolific amount of growth hormone will be produced at the same time. It will harden many vital organs in prior to any follow-up assault shortly after.

“Graa!”

(clap!)

Suddenly, a burst of lightning emerges from Obahn’s palms and alighted deftly to the legendary warrior’s back. For an accomplishment of his mission, one petty attrition damage is imperative, or else Deino Gunnar will be impossible to defeat otherwise. Indeed, such powerful arcane magic could petrify the two of his own teammates immediately, but Deino Gunnar’s body was unscathed. The white glow around his body has absorbed most of the heat from Obahn’s array of lightning. It circulates any upcoming energy and stored it somewhere in the void.

(boom!)

After that, a blast of explosion occurred. It goes in spontaneous manner and fries everything in adjacent to the center of combustion. Over three thousand degrees of heat was produced around the legendary warrior’s position. Most of those flame were instilled by the imminent clash of lightning from Obahn, or else it would incinerate within a span of one thousand degrees celcius to burst them down in

Certainly, Deino Gunnar’s white aura were there to protect him from self-annihilation, as none of such flame could penetrate the legendary warrior’s body inside the semi-transparent cloak.

“That’s my captain, Juno. He’s the inventor of that one, and he made that in just two weeks.”

Zeno Gunnar boasted ahead of the bearded man’s grief. The horseman-and axeman zombie has been wholly decimated by incineration and burnt down to ashes. There are two other living dead on Sanza’s side currently, but it is only a matter of time for them to die.

And now, Haltein Jorgensen is the one that choose to run away. He pushed a button on the wristwatch and sulked,”Hey, send me reinforcements! Chop-chop!” He yelled directly to the device. The bearded man gradually goes clumsy and wobble on his own defensive stance, but still having himself trying to loom around Obahn for defending an asset from complete obliteration.

(tang)

“Hah, now you’re the one leaving. Where’s that passion, man-beard?” Zeno Gunnar taunted. Against the young knight’s sneer, Haltein could only wave a strike with his axe.

“Our team’s reinforcement will murder you, stranger! He’ll get the medal for me!”

Zeno Gunnar laid a cheerful smile to his retort,”Really? Who’s gonna get that medal if you’re already dead?”

The young knight will never let him to have a free rein on that one, apparently, as the man swiftly pressed Haltein on without giving him any liberation to consider. He could sense one’s pattern to anxiety, and harrassing him out will be a piece of cake to bargain.

(jump!)

On the other way around, Deino Gunnar prompted his assault towards the rest of Sanza’s living dead nearby. Firstly, the legendary warrior selected Sanza’s unknown bowman to be dismissed on the northern side of the battlefield. He is a lot faster than the marksman’s agility. Deino Gunnar needed only to spring across three times for reaching him out.

(s***h!)

Without anymore delay from his end, the legendary warrior separated the archer’s waist to the upper-torso in a single strike of the golden greatsword. Deino Gunnar left none of leftovers behind and proceeded to chop up the head and most of the body into small pieces with Golden axe, before eating them all as it minced.

(clap!)

Obahn tried to banish him out by the straight impact of the lightning strike. Yet again, most of the damage got dispersed and squandered due to the white aura’s impervious protection, only to trigger another blow of self-combustion from within. Of course, Deino Gunnar was still busy on munching a meat, so the legendary warrior neglected Obahn’s range attack and refused to kill him afterwards. He pretends none of the attack happened and concentrated himself mostly on gulping down the flesh.

(clap)

Another lightning strike occurred, and Deino Gunnar never budge to attack.

This is the exact time for Tanya Rushdi to show off one of her latest training with Damon, to throw a dagger from afar. She puts her finger-made scope to gauge how far would it be for her to do such feat. Tanya Rushdi stood in approximately five hundred meters from the target. The magician will never dodge out from her attempt, as he was more focused on keeping his hands occupied for blasting a strike of lightning towards Deino Gunnar.

“Bless me, Damon.”

Tanya Rushdi glanced towards her mentor for an essence of vigor from the man. He was leaning on the ground and fell unconscious after a hit of lightning happened to have him as a target. And now, it is her only chance to hit the magician zombie. If she missed, Obahn’s lightning will be aimed towards the one that actually tempted to kill him, so a sure jab will be needed.

She took a breath.

Put the dagger slightly upwards for momentum a couple of times.

And....

(jab!)

Her training was sufficient to land a point-blank headshot. The beast failed to fend off any of them due to his utmost attentiveness against Deino Gunnar and the beast’s lingering threat. He was unable to count on Tanya Rushdi’s possible danger by scrappy calculation that emerged from their latest encounter.

“So, it’s wrapped up, Haltein. You are lose.”

(stab!)

“Ugh!”

Zeno Gunnar’s black steel has the bearded man chest impaled. Haltein is tattered in disarray, so he was never truly focus on anything ahead, and his prize to the next stage has been pilfered from the survival game by a cold embrace of the dark.