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Aspax, Basin: Desolate Ash: Arclop Palace: Main Area, Time: 5:30 PM
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"Ah, there he is, all in his glory." Tumri admired Cauli's new form; he liked the new clothing. "Honestly, I thought you would be ugly as hell after I bashed your head in."
"Well, you know what they say, you can't ruin perfection," Cauli smirked with everyone looking at him awkwardly. "Okay, you could stop staring now."
"Well then, don't disappoint me now!" Tumri lunged toward him, he flung his chain first so he could get more area to breathe.
The chain wrapped around Cauli's arm as Tumri prepared to launch his attack.
"Dragon Link!" Tumri's chain sent a wave of energy, trying to scorch Cauli's arm, but it somehow made Cauli's arm glow. "Oh, what the hell?!" Tumri tried to pull the chain back.
Cauli slowly moved his hand down, opening his palm. "I don't know how much power I could unleash, but here goes." Cauli started to emit a white flame from his palm.
"Oh shit, we gotta duck!" Don quickly grabbed Layla and threw her and himself out of the way.
"White Burst!"
A burst of white flame came out of his palm, scorching anything that was in front of it. The flame was so intense that it burned down one of the towers into ash.
"Holy shit, I almost got smoked." Tumri was glad he knew how to use his power to fly because he would be ash in the wind if he didn't move.
Before Tumri could make a move, he was drop-kicked from above by Cauli to the ground.
Tumri hit the ground hard, the impact knocking the wind from his lungs. He gasped for air as Cauli landed deftly nearby, eyes blazing with fiery power.
"Not so pretty now, are you?" Cauli taunted. He grabbed Tumri by the front of his tunic. "I think it's time I mess up that nice face of yours."
Cauli reared back a flaming fist, but Tumri reacted quickly. "Shield of the Dragon!" he yelled. A shimmering blue dome of energy enveloped him, protecting him from the punch. The shield sizzled from the contact but held firm.
Tumri kicked out hard, catching Cauli in the gut. As Cauli staggered back, Tumri leaped to his feet, the shield fading. His chain lashed out once more, slashing across Cauli's chest, drawing an arc of red.
Cauli grimaced but he recovered from his wound instantly. "You'll have to do better than that," he growled.
"I don't get it. How could you even put an Eldritch into a bottle?" Layla asked; she didn't know how Eldritch and Reborn form even work.
"Well, this thing is man-made actually," Don stated as he decided to explain how it works.
"Mostly we extract some energy either from an Eldritch or people who could use Reborn." Don drank some water as he continued explaining, "After that, we just put those samples into the machine and some custom construction on runes later, and we get the man-made runes."
Cauli pulled the katana out of Custodiae, and the blade seemed to paint the sakura pattern red with a kitsune fox running. "Alright, time to get serious this time."
Cauli lunged toward Tumri, this time. He swung his katana to the left side of Tumri. Tumri blocked the attack before Cauli spun around and kicked him across the face.
Tumri crashed into the wall, he is fine but his face is imprinted with the wooden sandals. "Alright, maybe I should be too."
Tumri peeled himself from the cracked wall, spitting blood. His handsome face was swelling with a large shoe print.
"No more games," he growled. Blue energy crackled down his arms as ghostly dragon wings unfurled behind him. "Time to you show my true power!"
Tumri gathered glowing energy between his palms. With a roar, he flung the pulsating sphere at Cauli.
Cauli batted the attack aside with his sword, the orb exploding harmlessly against a ruined tower. Stone rained down.
"True power?" Cauli raised a mocking eyebrow, flames wreathing his body. "I'm just getting warmed up."
Howling with rage, Tumri fired a rapid barrage of energy blasts. Cauli deflected them all in a dazzling display of swordsmanship, the air thick with debris and smoke. Tumri didn't let up, face twisted in determination.
Suddenly, one of Tumri's shots slipped past Cauli's guard, catching him full in the chest. Cauli crashed upside down into a crumbling wall. Before he could recover, Tumri was on him - pummeling him relentlessly with glowing fists. "Dragon Rush!"
The bombardment finally halted, Tumri leaping away. The wall gave way, burying Cauli in a pile of rubble. A tense silence fell, only Tumri's heavy breaths echoing across the courtyard.
Then the debris exploded outwards in a volcano of white flames. Cauli strode forth, eyes blazing, skin shimmering like molten metal. The very air around him shimmered with heat. "Alright, my turn."
Cauli dashed toward Tumri, leaving a bunch of afterimages to confuse him. Before he hit Tumri's chin with his katana bottom.
"Kitsune Sakura Waterfall!" Cauli cut Tumri once before a million cuts followed. The cuts were burning as Tumri blocked the impact of the attack.
"Ay, look at him. Holding his own now," Don smirked, Cauli turning the tide around, and now he could handle face-to-face.
"Wow, the power increase on him is insane..." Layla was astonished before Don handed her a popcorn bucket. She took it and slowly ate.
"Well, get ready. The show is about to end." Don stated, looking at Cauli who nodded at Don.
Cauli put his katana back into his Custodiae before cranking it one more time.
"Chemical Overflow!" The Custodiae announced, his leg was set ablaze.
"Flash Fire! Kitsune Impact!"
Cauli leaped forward and faced Tumri while performing multiple front kicks.
Tumri slowly got up to see the attack he was about to face, "Well, darn..."
Cauli, with one leg tucked in a bicycle fashion. His back started showing a blue nine-tail as he landed the attack on Tumri's chest, kicking him to the wall.
Cauli landed as he turned his back before Tumri exploded, knocking him away into a wall.
"He...he did it..." Layla muttered; Cauli won the battle.
Don's instinct kicked in as he quickly ran to Cauli, who was about to fall flat onto his face, but he caught him in time.
"Alright, I got ya," Don reassured him, causing a blush on Cauli's face.
"I'm fine! You don't have to take care of me like a baby- Hey!" Cauli was quickly lifted onto Don's shoulder in embarrassment.
Don helped him out by taking the katana out of his Custodiae, detransforming in the process.
"Heyyyyyy, y'all. What's going on?" A voice spoke out.
It was Harlot, carrying Sandy in her arms.
She looked on to see the disaster that just happened in the main area, but she quickly spotted the new faces.
She looked back and forth between them and Tumri before somehow appearing in front of them instantly.
"Oh my god! You guys are the strong intruders they were talking about! How about a match, we could-" Harlot was about to pull something before Tumri quickly tackled her down.
"Quick! Run away! The more you guys stay here, the more fired up she gonna be!" Tumri yelled out, holding her back as she bit on his hand.
Don quickly booked it as Layla found an unused motorcycle outside for them to drive off. Don placed Cauli into the sidecar while lifting the cargo above his head.
"Quick! We gonna go!" Don commanded, bonking Layla in the process.
"Stop hitting me!" Layla started the engine before they drove off into the sunset.
"Aw, you make them leave!" Harlot whined, pouting and turning away from Tumri.
"Well, either that or this entire desert will be gone in an instant," Tumri stated, lying down on the ground, exhausted.
"Whatever, man," Harlot didn't turn to him; she didn't get to fight them at all.
Tumri realized that his entire base got wrecked, "Shit! How am I going to tell her about this?" He was panicking; she would kill him if she found out The Purified base had been destroyed.
"Nah, I'll cover it up. My treat," Harlot simply stated, causing a surprised expression on Tumri's face.
"You will?!" Tumri yelled out; he was grateful for this and ready to bow at her.
"Yeah, we are family after all. I am her sister, so I would get it pretty easy," Harlot was petting Sandy, "Also, I could relocate us to Heathermere so our supplies wouldn't be cut off just like this."
Tumri chuckled as he lay there on the sand, "Thank god..." He realized something, "Wait, how are you even going to transport us?" Tumri asked, not sure if they could even transport them without time being wasted.
"I will call an airship, so it's all good," Harlot stated, enjoying the silence between both of them. "God, my pay cuts gonna be ruined."
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