18 To Wreck (1/2)
For those following along this absurd journey up until this point expected an epic, drawn-out battle between these Yakuza Lieutenants and the Vanguard Commanders, you'd be mistaken. Perhaps not disappointed, but definitely mistaken.
You see, the Five Crime Syndicates of Zephyria were powerful. Extremely powerful. Each possessed a neo-military so potent that if they were to join to combine one mega-gang, they could almost rival the Zephyrian Royal Family's own official forces. Of course, that'd never happen, they're too busy fighting amongst themselves for underworld supremecy. But one sadistic moron could dream.
Anway, their might wasn't entirely based upon fodder. Within their ranks were pretty decent fighters. Their mid level members had the combat ability similar to 5-Star Knights (mastery over Rare sOr), whilst their upper echelon (à la Graudus and Lâche) were on par with 6-Stars (mastery over Super-Rare sOr). Some would even compare the mafia heads to 7-Star Knights.
That's the thing though. Graudus \u0026 Lache vs Amber \u0026 Elektra was a mismatch. A huge one. The disparity between the two duos' skillset was so large, and all four knew it. All four knew that they were to partake in the most lopsided beatdowns of their entire life, and they all were fully aware of which side of that beatdown they'd be on.
”What the heck are we going to do?!” Lache cried, staring into the four beady eyes of the Zephyrian manifestation of death. ”We really are no match for them.”
”Relax,” Graudus assured him. ”They won't be able to break this shield. ”
”So we're just gonna sit here all day until our fleet arrives?”
”Seems like it.”
”But what if they fall to those other knights?”
Graudus looked behind at the chaotic battleground in the sky, then shivered. They were getting abosultely destroyed, no survivors.
”You're.. you're right. Call for backup just in case. Might actually need Madame Oyabun to help us out.”
Lâche fumbled for his phone and immediately dialed their boss, whilst Amber \u0026 Elektra watched intimidatingly. If I were on the phone and saw them stare at me in such fashion I would hang up, hand it over and run away. But of course, Lâche did not have such luxury.
It rang.
It rang some more.
Then it went voicemail.
Their hearts sunk, 1cm from their current position to be precise.
Amber gave a smile of satisfaction.
”You're gonna have to fight for yourselves for once.” she scoffed as she watched their cockiness slowly turn into desperation then hopelessness.
”She's right, no one's coming for you. ” Elektra said, before dashing right up to them and striking their forcefield with one of her tonfa blades. ”And if they did-”
[LIGHTNING SLASH: 100 HITS]
Elektra speedily slashed the forcefield in all directions, weakening the shield's structural integrity.
”there'll be no one here to save. Just as before.”
She somersaulted backwards, revealing Amber's cannon which had charged up to a bright red.
[BLASTER: INFERNO BURNO]
Amber yet again fired a rapidly growing fireball that destroyed their forcefield upon impact, causing for another large explosion and resulting smoke.
[OPAL CENTURAL]