KING OF SWORDS 10-147
Chapter: 10
“The moment the first prince of the world tore apart an angel, we must have known we were proper fucked.”
– Mars Pallatrix, Belligerent Knight
Kill Six Billion Demons
BREAKER OF INFINITIES
“The moment the first prince of the world tore apart an angel, we must have known we were proper fucked.”
– Mars Pallatrix, Belligerent Knight
Is angel armour to protect the angel, or everyone else? Solomon’s going to find out…
“and by my empty palm shall ye know me”
Can’t end the fight empty-handed, I assume
Not if you use my all time favorite palm technique:
“Monkey Steals Peaches”
Supposedly, if the blood loss doesn’t kill you, the pain alone will.
Are you a member of the Black Dragon Society?
*sharpens wit*
I am 100% here for Allison being the Speedwagon of this fight
Here’s hoping that White Chain doesn’t become the Zeppeli
Unless there’s some sort of difference between how liquid angels and igneous angels react to losing structural integrity in their shell. The other problem is that we haven’t seen any other angel’s shell become as damaged in battle as White Chain’s did and there’s a big difference between completely losing all integrity (Juggernaut Star’s previous humanoid shell was split clean in half) and just having a massive hole in the chest.
TL;DR: We don’t know if Juggernaut Star, an igneous angel, can perform the same controlled explosion and hiding trick if they got a massive hole blasted through the chest. Plus there are unknowns on whether there are any differences in how it works for various angel stages.
Oh man, I sure hope not the Zeppeli! I don’t think I could take a 10 minute monologue from the top half of White Chain, without the rest of her attached. I could barely take Zeppeli’s.
OOOOHHHH MY GAAAAAAD
SpeeedowagooO O OOO HN
Okay, now, who’s the oreo?
Okay, the smugness is a little TOO overbearing in that last panel there.
Smugolon Dave
Pride cometh… sometime or other, I forget.
I believe it’s “Pride cometh before doing something awesome”, right? Right. Definitely.
Pride comeths before the entrée but after the hors d’oeuvres. However, this can vary from universe to universe. One particular Earth maintains that the pride fork is placed left of the dinner plate, between the fish and salad forks. Also, it is proper to position the tines of the fork down when consuming your pride, and balance the handle between your thumb and index finger.
Most importantly: chew your pride slowly and thoughtfully. This is less a rule and more of a friendly suggestion.
Whatever your universe, it is wise to swallow your pride while it is still warm.
Was…was that banter from you Un-Fel?
Your change in name has indeed brought other changes with it.
I am not certain I take your meaning.
Though I have many faces, I must always be myself.
Pride cometh in June, I believe.
There are some who train to endure pain and make themselves stronger by punching stone until their hands are shriveled and black with scars. And yet, through untold millennia of smashing the stone shells of angels… David’s hand is as soft as a babe. Is this strength, immunity to suffering? Is it weakness? Or perhaps, beneath the veil, it is his hand which is the blackest and most shriveled of all…
Dunno, those hands look pretty black to me.
Solomon David the hipster. “It’s great that you know all the lyrics of 47 Empty Palms’ songs, but I was listening to them before they were cool.”
“Oh, you read Kill Six Billion Demons? What are the nine hundred and ninety nine thousand names of God?”
Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine names of God
Take one down and pass it around,
Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine names of God!
“I see you know empty palm. I know a little empty palm myself!”
“Do unto the others as the others unto you.”
But do it first, and harder.
Clearly White Chain’s mistake was in not using the forbidden 50th empty palm, “Empty Palm Shatters The Status Quo.”
Other forbidden techniques:
Empty Palm Strikes the Snooze Button
Empty Palm Chokes the Chicken
Empty Palm Facepalms Face
how about Empty Palm Milks the Serpent?
Empty Palm Makes the Bald Man Cry
34: Empty palm draws fanfiction.
Empty Palm meets Rosy Palm and Her Five Sisters in Stiff Competition
Empty palm needs a beer.
Reverse palm strikes the falm!
Solomon looking Lush
Ah, pride. One day the emperor is going to be too busy showboating against an opponent he really shouldn’t be showboating against. I am not sure that White Chain, wounded as she is, is that opponent, though.
She is no longer lnjured, in order to make the battle even slightly fair Solomon had her repaired. In addition she had at least a night to rest her spirit. Still I doubt she has any real chance
White Chain’s screws are loose. The repair job isn’t holding up to the punishment if you look at the 2nd to last panel.
As White Chain said a bunch of pages ago, ‘THIS. SHELL. IS. NOT. MY. BODY!’ Her physical true body is uninjured.
@ shanri and ds: On top of it being a rush job, it would appear that the two men were carpenters as someone noted a few pages ago rather than stonemasons who at least would have had a better idea of how to repair and use the right kind of nails.
Mirror mirror of this match,
How many hand can you catch?
It was once said that the only thing that can defeat an angel is another angel. It seems Solomon believes that it is the aeons’ weapons that would make that true, and decided to hedge his bets a touch. And he manages to put on a show while doing it!
He needs a teddy bear and a pillow to rest his head on in panel three. So relaxed.
Someone needs to ratchet up this boy’s tension a few notches.
I take solace in this fact: we know, as Al-ys-un and Cio know, but Solly Dave does NOT, that this is _an unpredictable angel._
Bhuddist Palm Falls from the Heavens… wait… no…
I Wonder How much xianxia abadon reqds.
Somebody’s poppin’ rivets…
I was just thinking… Those are clearly flathead screws, but the artisans from a few pages back were using hammers to drive them in?
Someone (with a really long name that I’m not gonna bother typing on iPad) said on that page that they are ring nails, apparently a type of nail used in carpentry that has ridges and could certainly be mistaken for screws.
That’d make sense, but the portrayed nails seem to have flat tips, so they’re still weird…
To the unguarded foot, a flathead screw is nearly indistinguishable from a Lego.
Drive it into philip’s head.
Women’s prison, folded head
Ollar animated.
Diamond-tipped and magnetised
Flat head, cross head, multi-sized
David’s screws get pulverised
I’m reminded of the story of Intra. I think an idiot’s blow may be what is called for.
MEDIOCRE, WHITE CHAIN
MEDIOCRE
Grab that beard grenade, White Chain!
But the only way White Chain stands a chance is if Solomon’s beard is not at 100% power. Unleashing it is suicide.
But wouldn’t it be the ultimate insult to Daddy Sol and his bigbeardonomics?
All Solomon actually wants is for someone to cover his shift as Demiurge. He is as much a prisoner of the law as anyone.
No, no he’s not. I mean, he is but not in the way you say. He is the epitome of pride because he believes himself humble. He is the epitome of want because he believes himself selfless. He is the epitome of falsehood because he believes himself the only one who’s fair and he has made himself the only judge of others’ worth.
Under that judgement none shall ever match him in fairness, selflessness and humility, none shall ever be worthy and thus he enslaves you like a father locks a child in a crib. Behold the weight he must carry and sing praise!
But if someone ever threatens to prove themselves his equal, oh yes, that’s when that mask will be off.
Well thought out and well spoken! He may have been dipping into his own supply so much over the countless centuries that he actually believes his own propaganda.
But even if he believes it, you’re right, it is a mask.
We all have need of personas, but pouring too much of yourself into just one can be dangerous.
One day, you can wake up and find that there’s nothing left inside the shell.
ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA
MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA
Immortal angel who fought since the dawn of time…
“Gee, you are pretty good a doing a thing you were doing longer than I existed…”
To be fair to Solstice Dan, even other angels have been impressed with White Chain’s abilities.
It’s not how long you’ve been doing it, it’s the heat of your flame. And angels burn cold.
It would make sense for somebody as long lived and powerful as Solomon to also learn the martial art of the angels.
Also it will be super satisfying when Allison defeats him after he beat White Chain. Yeah, I don´t expect her to win this one.
First Allison has to realize the competition is only a formality and that the right of the conquering sovereign has no condition and no rules.
Did he learn it years ago, or did he learn yesterday, by watching the tournament? He’s certainly learnt how to dodge the big punch that comes after the hail of small blows. For a prideful man, Solomon is surprisingly observant.
A hail of blows and then a big punch is basically exactly what WC tried on Allison before pulling the bluff.
Also, a wise fighter always observes their enemy’s moves.
No fucking quite like a proper fucking.
No fucking quite like an improper fucking, either.
They both are unique in their propriety.
Also their fuckaciousness.
This is at least the third time a charging haymaker opener fails in this chapter (on Killboss and Eris Lo-Kai in Ally’s first fight).
The Rule of three makes me wonder if this is but a feint by White Chain to tempt Solomon into prideful posturing, and opening himself for a real attack.
Narratively speaking, that probably means someone’s going to fall for a bait-and-switch. And it ain’t White Chain.
“SHOCKING !”
– Jonson the Bug, DOROHEDORO !
*opens a box of gyoza*
Clatter!