The Zombie Tournament

Act 23 : A Cloak of Blood

Other than weapon summoning, a blood sage of Numonia was renowned for one other issue that Zeno Gunnar can anticipate. A sole imagination could re-animate fallen armies out of thin air for another chance of assuring victory on the battlefield. Likewise, they could recite many forms of spells without a need of long-period incantation, just a few seconds of speed-phrasing within their lips.

As long as there are pools of blood around them, they could manifest mystical abilities straight away, so limitless possibilities of their ability is imminent to the man.

(click-click)

‘Speed burst initiated.’

The young knight switched on Sanna Gunnar’s piston-powered agility for the battle ahead. His little brother’s might and prowess amplified significantly under red-eyed mechanism of adrenaline rush. In Zeno Gunnar’s consideration, this mode of power would provide a punch against blood sage’s rapid incantation, as the speedster zombie could occupy most of Valentino Rosta’s concentration throughout their clash.

(tap-tap-tap)

After completing entire instructions for the living dead beside him, Zeno Gunnar drifts in linear path towards his opponent with black sword on the front side. To the different axis, however, Valentino Rosta stood idle. He seemed waiting for the young knight to laid out the first charge of attack. Both of bloody-red axes were obstructing Zeno Gunnar’s vision of his opponent’s upcoming magic spell. Indeed, the young knight has never acquired such old magic’s knowledge beforehand, yet a hunch of it could still assist him a little in the battle nonetheless.

‘illusion.’

A tiny murmur was present under Valentino Rosta’s mouth. He knows of no blood exists within radius, hence an outrageous resolution to the lack. The blood sage torn the left wrist for immediate surge of resource with his axe. Due to mounting pressure on his muscles, it launches a massive spurt of the vital fluid to be used onwards.

(tang!)

In swelling streams of the man’s blood from the lacerated vein, Valentino Rosta could apprehend both of his opponent’s advance with ease. He blocks Zeno Gunnar’s vertical strike by utilizing bloody-red axe’s handle, while prompting the sharpened bit of the right to counter-act with Sanna Gunnar’s overhead assault.

“Small trivia from me! Did you know that a blood sage has twenty times more blood than regular people?“

(zoom)

In a short time, Liters of blood from Valentino Rosta animated his own figure to comprehend against unfair arrangement of their enemies’ ranks. It forms a solid duplication of his whole body and weapon. Even more, it moves on his own demands to react, and it has chosen Sanna Gunnar to be rivals for battling against.

(tang!)

The blood image of Valentino Rosta pushed Sanna Gunnar’s attack out of its master’s contention. It drags him across the weapon cache for bringing the battle back into regular two-on-two stand-off. Regardless of the pressure it has brought, Sanna Gunnar’s lifeless tone of expression never shown a glint of frightness within. The speedster zombie keeps on pushing towards faceless-red beast and trying to pursue on damage to the blobs of blood.

For now, Sanna Gunnar’s mechanical mind finds a blockade of his attack is rather perturbing. His system configures many formations and analyzed on his very own standard list of moves to load. As its evaluation has deemed, one instance of horizontal sweep attack could decimate him out from the battle in an instant, so the speedster zombie does such order accordingly and proceed to do as the system had requested.

(s***h)

Another shot of Sanna Gunnar’s s***h, and a brand of ice instantly pierced across bloody image’s waist at once. To avoid being pummelled by Sanna Gunnar’s assault in a rush of friendly fire, Juno Rumondor has reworked on the beast’s identification machine beforehand. His automated system would release pre-determined mystical properties of attack whenever none of their own allies got detected within range in about 2 minutes or so.

(tang!tang!)

“Whoa! Your zombie is elemental? I’ve never thought of that...” Valentino Rosta praised. For the answer, Zeno Gunnar laid a slight grin to his face.

“Concentrate on your battle, sweetheart, or I’ll crush you out in time.”

Either of them governs on the brawl’s flow. Zeno Gunnar’s white aura has yielded extra capabilities in swordplay to gain a considerable upperhand towards Valentino Rosta’s double axe assault. However, his opponent is literally in the same league to his father’s undeniable feat, for him to manage on withstanding flurry of Zeno Gunnar’s speed effortlessly. In less than a second, Zeno Gunnar could accomplish about 7 slashes of attack, yet Valentino Rosta coped all of them without extra support from any mystical power in his hand.

“Huh, you’re truly a remarkable swordsman, herr Gunnar. I wonder how could your father be dead in the process, though.” Valentino Rosta taunted, ”Oh, right, Minopia.”

“What?”

“Ugh, darn it. That censoring mechanism prevents me to say it.” He replied needlessly,” Now, it’s my turn to do it like what you did.”

(clang!)

Valentino Rosta wards off one last attempt from Zeno Gunnar in full might. In just two seconds interval of the gap, his healed laceration opened up for one more time to provide a wrap on the man’s entire figure.

A cloak of blood, in a glance, due to its complete jacket-form of shape on his torso.

"A good chance for me to entertain you with this, son of a damned beast."

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Deino Gunnar and the gigantic zombie has now fighting on the roof of neighboring skyscrapers to the west. It stands 10 stories lower than Welodge industries’ building of 46th floor. They have been migrated to the other field of battle, with regards on the constant combustion energy from Gigantic Zombie’s flow of assault that eventually staves them off the grid of Welodge’s building. Deino Gunnar was there firsthand due to the impact of the sycthe had caused, before gigantic zombie’s own figure follows the lead afterwards.

For additional power to bolster, the legendary warrior has now utilized both of his weapons at the same time. Indeed, a surge of power has carried him to perform in much force than its ever does, but having none of instantaneous effect against his opponent’s strength. The gigantic zombie, on the opposite direction, plays with his scythe to unleash variety of range assault against Deino Gunnar’s double-edged onslaught. He sometimes used the weapon’s heel to knock away Deino Gunnar’s body before it reached him at certain point, hence the legendary warrior’s useless potency at the moment.

(boom!)

“Graaa!”

Regardless of Deino Gunnar’s agility, The gigantic zombie’s scythe could circumvent everything within distance of their constant clash. His 1,5 meters long weapon has better prominence than a spear for mitigating most of Deino Gunnar’s axe and sword assault. Furthermore, its wielder’s dexterity to use such lengthy steel was also extraordinary ever since their battle started, and it becomes unfavorable for the man to struggle against in the meantime.

(boom!)

One jab of the scythe’s entire surface carried a load of combustion from the beast’s knuckle. A thrust of its heel thrashes away Deino Gunnar in every hit. Eventually, the legendary warrior had himself crashed to the edge of the building after being swept away by the scythe’s enormous chine. He was rescued, yet humiliated against such control of his opponent’s advantage in an instant.

(beep-beep)

Deino Gunnar’s nail-coffin was deeply insinuating on ways to apprehend the gigantic zombie’s uttermost dominance. Its storage loaded million forms of scenario based on his past to calculate circumstances that could become an example for his upcoming attack. Unfortunately, there had been no enemies of Numonia that regularly convened a battle with oversized scythe in his previous life.

Yet, there is one of his engagement method that could be practical for Deino Gunnar to utilize. A winning factor for most of their distress and a single-handed technique, to add.

(beep-beep)

Deino Gunnar bounces up from its leaning position, then sprints towards the gigantic zombie’s direction in straight-forward manner. Of course, his opponent has prepared to joust, but the legendary warrior has something else in mind. He throws the Golden axe in hope of a direct hit to the beast’s guts, while keeping in tabs of constant dash to the gigantic zombie’s front.

(dodge)

As estimated, The gigantic zombie could feint his golden axe with ease, but it does comply with Deino Gunnar’s automated mind’s recollection of the past. Within spans of seconds, Deino Gunnar has been in close contact to the beast’s front and assembled his uttermost prowess on the right.

(jab!)

He thrusts the tip of Golden Greatsword to the gigantic zombie’s stomach. It penetrates through silver armor of the beast in clean and concise way. No obstruction was situated, just a spotless incision in the first time of Deino Gunnar’s attack. Following up on his succession, regardless, the legendary warrior was never meant to halt his advance in mid-way fashion. The Golden Greatsword glides down the gigantic zombie’s waist for further damage across the center of its balance.

(boom!)

Nonetheless, the gigantic zombie could still lingers down an explosive strike towards Deino Gunnar’s chest. It implies a burn to the beast’s skin and fries them down within. Yet, an objective has been done for the legendary warrior’s situation, so a mere feedback is no longer substantial to him at the time.

“Graaa!”

In the daunting scream of power of Deino Gunnar’s might, he is ready to assemble the prize. It was none other than gigantic zombie’s meat delicacy ahead of the man. His opponent is no longer able to run, let alone walking in proper means. The beast’s crotch was wounded heavily by Golden Greatsword’s attack. A gush of blood were pouring down and splashes against the rooftop’s floor, despite living dead’s fast-paced regeneration rate across the skin.

Until a glimpse of red cloak emerges. It recovers most of gigantic zombie’s limbs in an immediate fashion. Spills of blood below his genitalia were winded back into the beast’s circulations before it shuttered up within foils of rejuvenated membranes.

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(boom!)

“How many are they, for real? I can’t-“

(boom!)

Tony Simmons and the pair of zombie gunners are in seemingly no-end rumble against small-posture speedster zombies across many rooms of the 46th floor. They have been running beyond the blue-tinted door and rolling in half-an hour straight, but still found no finale that he wanted for so long. In each part of the blue ones, there are more of them in the next room, with lesser amount of brown-colored forms at the same time.

(bam!)

The captain’s fist are starting to get sore. He has to apprehend hordes of exploding beasts without breaks in between. Their movement patterns was a piece of cake to read, indeed, but increased gradually in total zombies involved.

(boom!)

“What is that noise?” Tony Simmons mumbled. He puts one of his palms to the ear,”It comes from the eastern side-“

“Graaa!”

One gigantic zombie has blasted out the entire maze for Tony Simmons as he brushed away from above. Before the captain could reach on him to find out of his opponent, He perceives a sudden appearance of red-blood scythe on its hand.

“Whoa, look at that bastard’s weapon! An artifact, could be.” He expressed in amazement.

(tap-tap-tap)

When Deino Gunnar could inspect on the gigantic zombie’s fallen location close, he fails to take a look on the beast’s current enemy. All that the captain could manage to observe is their next track, as the gigantic zombie springs towards the other skyscraper of the west.