King of Swords 10-131
Chapter: 10
“The ruling king must know the lay of his law as the lines on the back of his thumb. He must know it like a path he walks every day, like the house he grew up in. It is a beast he must nurture without fear of being consumed by it, as he surely will be some day if he is not attentive.”
– Au Vam
I do so hope White Chain invokes ancient law to settle this final round as a rap battle.
White Chain, I fear you may soon slumber next to our sister Liminal Blossom, if you are lucky.
Dang, if only there were an angel shell that’s intact–
*turns to look in Vigilante Gaze’s direction*
I wonder if that kind of switcheroo is possible. Seeing big manly VG in WC’s dainty little bod would be worth a giggle.
Everybody railing on the Tyrant.
I am going to laugh so hard if the ‘as it stands’ means that when he lands, he’s going to take a few moments to repair White Chain so that the situation stands differently and she can give him a proper fight worth seeing.
Solomon simply doesn’t strike me as someone to simply pimpslap a noble opponent because they’re already weekend.
That’s certainly the question, isn’t it? Was Solomon trying to be gallant and give White Chain an easy way out by disqualifying her? Or was he reluctant to be seen crushing an exhausted and badly injured opponent? The third possibility, and seemingly the least likely, is that he is actually afraid to fight her.
Repairing White Chain’s armor before fighting her would earn Solomon many points in my book.
Given the deadliness of the contest (and Salami Dave’s smugness) I’d expected the winner to get one day to recover from their wounds before facing the Big Cheese, or something like that.
As the demiurge with the second best defensive abilities, not that he’d admit that, he likely desires an heir with a similarly unbreakable vessel, one who could endure the entire tournament without being worn down. Such is his pride to think that only his own traits can lead to victory.
At least my shrine is outside his domain. I deeply fear the destruction to come from a shattered diamond.
But, Honourable Beast, isn’t it so that as with Angels that only an Angel can beat Another one, that alone Diamond can cut another Diamond? It seems the -likely deserved – fate of this peculiar Diamond to be yearning for an equal and yet remaining alone and uncut.
But if this Diamond, full of pride and power, actually gets Cut, the wave of upheaval might indeed reach wide and far.
All of this to say, wouldst thou allow this Angel refuge in thy shrine?
Ahh, it is so, diamonds are only cut by other diamonds. But they can shatter entirely , without being cut, if one is forceful enough.
You are welcomed, Reddened Eyes. So long as you refrain from harming others on the premises. You may even be the first such guest not to walk the path of Petals.
Thank thee for thine courtesy shown to this one. It is great to witness the Law has not been forgotten entirely in this accursed realm.
Might it be so that cracks appear in the well-constructed façade of the Bearer of the Fragment Diamond, I will be on my way.
And I certainly will refrain from doing unwarranted harm. To do so would be to forsake the Law burning in me after all.
Heaven or Hell. Final round, Let´s Rock!
Now it is time to wait and see if White Chain´s confidence is just bravado or if she actually has an ace up her slieve to show Dave that he is maybe not that allmighty.
Is Nagel right, or maybe mindless?
His heart’s allergic to the pine, he says
you don’t know ’bout his blindness.
Brother 999, as the last tyrantbreaker, do you have any advice for our sister, as she challenges the Violet Demiurge?
Hrrm… the best advice I can offer, in this particular situation, is not to aim for the face, but to aim through the face.
Also, funnel your entire being into a single point no wider across than one’s own knuckles, then throw your entire self at your foe as forcefully and as swiftly as you can. But that’s second nature for any practitioner of Tyrant-Shattering Fist.
One is reminded of the parable of the master of the tea ceremony who a warrior challenged to a duel.
That is a helluva insult right there.
What? “Tyrant”?
Preem Fool Appreciator here is probably referring to Preem David’s last remark upon the match’s likely outcome due to Pree Chain’s sorry state
More like a boast, I’d say. One that he seems quite capable to make good on.
White Chain going to change name to Purple Grain. Solomon is just the spoon that will stir it.
strictly speaking he *did* abandon the ring for a moment there
Did not “set foot” outside of it, though.
(We’re talking about White Chain, right?)
Hear the
Captain
Coming
Riding
Won’t be
No more
Running
And hiding.
This is plot armor abuse, White Chain. If you keep pushing it, you won’t like where this goes.
WHITE CHAIN WHAT ARE YOU DOING
WHITE CHAIN STAHP
Giving them doctor doom vibes right there.
I think Aretha said it best:
Chain chain chain, chain of fools!
My dear ones rattle and roll, the precipice between victory and defeat. Let us see the result.
“Tryant!”
It seems my sister has a fine talent for the production of great and terrible proclamations. Roiling words indeed.
In truth, it remembers me of another, far-reaching sound:
“Then Leothric smote upon the Porte Resonant with Sacnoth, and the echo of Sacnoth went ringing through the halls, and all the dragons in the fortress barked. And when the baying of the remotest dragon has faintly joined in the tumult, a window opened far up among the clouds below the twolit gables, and a woman screamed, and faraway in Hell her father heard her and knew that her doom was come.”
But I fear less respect and fear will be shown to White Chain than Leothric’ foes did to his sword. May Aesma guide your fury and Prim your mind, sister.
“Fiery the Angels rose..”
[raises eyebrow]
Well, good thing the popcorn is ready.
Really loving the purples and blues
Choose your destiny!
Some might see this as White Chain having a hole through their chest, but I see it as a newly gained immunity to chest punches!
’tis but a flesh wound
Get his ass
Methinks this shall go… poorly.
But some good may come of it yet. A conflicted Aasimon may see true growth and a young claimant may be rid of a stifling influence. A learning experience shall unfold in any case.
How interesting!
9/10 dentists agree that y’all should talk regular before you wake up without tongues in your heads.
No need to be the OC that you wanna see in the world. 😉
So hostile! Perhaps before telling your fellow being to stop doing things for their own entertainment, which harms nobody, you should look to the sea, and to the sky, and to the mountains and remind yourself of the smallness of such concerns.
What strange vernacular you use to criticise that of others.