"You two focus on the brutes, but make sure to target the flesh part of their limbs. And Mercury, don't underestimate their strength. They're most likely stronger than they appear to be."
Dean started giving out orders while Ha-eun and her consort were slowly marching towards them uncaring of the arrows Freddie was launching towards them. He even threw some makeshift grenades that Bob made, but it had no effect on the brutes and Ha-eun simply kicked the ones thrown at her in mid-air. She completely ignored the two and focused only on Dean since he was the only real opponent in her eyes.
Then.
Dean charged forward sending random projectiles at the brutes, it didn't damage them much but it did push them away from Ha-eun, who was still arrogantly smirking at him.
"Seems you're pretty assertive McLovin but..."
Ha-eun then swung her enlarge left sword arm diagonally at Dean not minding the heavy weight on the blade. Dean then swerve to his right avoiding the blade and her right arm in case she decided to go for a punch.
"...I'm currently engaged, but it's not like you're attractive or anything."
Clank Clank
Sounds of clashing could be heard behind him indicating that Freddie and Mercury were engaging with the brutes. Dean wanted to look behind him to see if the two were holding up well but Ha-eun swung again, horizontally this time, prompting him to duck then back away.
"Keep your focus on me McLovin unless you want to lose a few pieces."
He intentionally baited Ha-eun towards Pleasantville's town center to avoid clashing with the brutes and keep Ha-eun focused on him. Ha-eun continued attacking while Dean was avoiding them. Some attacks felt as if the air itself was cut due to how fast her attacks were while some were slow enough for Dean to counter. He could've parried a few of them, but the openings felt too obvious as if she was baiting him to go for it, something that she commonly do whenever the fought in the past. Then there was the cryo weapon that Dean was controlling above where they were fighting. He needed to create an opening since Ha-eun's back seems to have healed.
So, Dean decided to bite the bullet and go for the parry that Ha-eun has been purposely creating. As Ha-eun swung a little slowly, Dean went to deflect her attack with his sword. Then...
Xiu
A spike rapidly grew out of the blade that Dean was parrying, he immediately tried to move but his attention was split so the spike left a gash on his right shoulder.
This was the first major wound that he received today. The pain was familiar to him as he's done a lot of training and fighting in this academy. Still, the pain left his right arm feeling a weaker due to muscle damage and blood dripping down his arm.
At least Ha-eun was distracted enough for...
"AHHHH FUCK....YOU FUCKING UGLY FREAK."
...for the cryo gun to fire into her face. For her, it felt like a cold but hot feeling on her face that stung really bad. Originally, he wanted to aim at her main body, but the awkward angle when she swung the blade left only her head exposed by where the cryo gun was located up above.
Now, Ha-eun's metal face was covered in frosty ice, vulnerable to blunt attacks which was what Dean started doing. Immediately, he telekinetically sent various objects towards her face at high speed to break her face plating. Then Dean aimed at her chest with the cryo gun's final shot while objects were sent towards her.
Clank
The cryo beam travelled rapidly amongst the random debris sent towards Ha-eun, but she blocked the beam with her blade arm then used her other arm to protect her vulnerable face. Of course, now her line of sight was blocked and the clashing noises of random objects masked Dean's approach.
Dean sprinted towards Ha-eun as he sent everything he could muster at her while planning for the most optimize path towards hitting her face with a random hammer he picked up. The spikes all over Ha-eun's body made it difficult to approach her, but...he could always heal his wounds as long as they weren't fatal.
So that's what Dean did as he risked his left hand grabbing Ha-eun's regular right arm away then swung his hammer into her shocked face.
Crunch
"AHHHHH!"
Her scream felt like music to Dean's ear, but he couldn't revel in it as Dean tried to go for another hit, but Ha-eun tried to push her weight onto him with the spikes still protruding out of her body. This forced Dean to back away then she started swinging wildly which pushed Dean even further back. At least he did some damage to Ha-eun and her arrogance, but now the fight was going to get even more intense once she calmed down a little.
Dean then immediately grabbed the med-spray in his pack and applied them to his wounded right shoulder and bleeding left hand. Then Ha-eun calmed herself down and faced Dean again, this time with her face exposed...but the skin was severely damaged leaving her flesh exposed.
"Haa...haaa..."
Ha-eun touched her once beautiful face with her right hand -the metal skin removed along with the spikes- and felt extreme pain along with blood on her fingers. Her anger boiled at the same arrogance that caused this despite being stronger and faster than Dean, but she refuses to acknowledge her fault.
"MY BEAUTFIUL FACE, HOW WILL MARK STILL LOVE ME IF I LOOK LIKE THIS. COME HERE DEAN AND LET ME SMASH YOUR UGLY MUG"
Then she charged right at Dean, this time with her full attention on him.
***
Meanwhile
"Hey bro, I can't really damage them with these arrows and not even the grenades that Bob made seem to do much."
"Haa...yeah same here...haa...my hammer isn't putting much of a dent on their armor plus I can't hit their flesh with the others protecting each other."
Both Freddie and Mercury were exhausted from fighting the brutes. Some time has passed but not a single brute has 'died' yet and Dean seems to be progressing well against Ha-eun since her screams could be heard from the center of town.
"How are we supposed to beat them?"
"One step at a time Mercury, at least that's what Mister Phil would say."
Right now the two young muscular men could only stall the brutes until a solution came...or an extra hand.