King of Swords 2-17
“PATTRAM SWORD HAND
The school for this style is located in the Low Oak province. The school is always ruled by three monks who set its training, prayer schedule, and ceremonies. It does not engage in politics, defense, aiding the poor, or external meddling, as many other schools do, but solely focuses on perfecting martial arts. When the school goes to war, as it sometimes does, it is a terrible sight.
Its masters are incredibly disciplined but equally brutal, and they often train their students to the point of vomiting, collapsing, or ruining their body. I have heard that students occasionally die during its more unforgiving periods, though the masters would not elaborate any further.
The school of Sword Hand is a killing school. It is an external style that focuses on blows so precise and sharp that they turn the edge of the hand, foot, or finger into a cutting implement strong enough to part flesh, sunder armor, and cleave bone. It is widely considered one of the strongest external styles for a reason. Unarmed or empty-handed styles that do not strongly focus on internals have little regress against sword hand, and for that manner neither do many weapon styles. It’s one weakness is its incredible drain on stamina. If a practitioner does not kill his opponent in a few serious blows (and the style is rarely used seriously for anything other than killing intent), he will quickly find himself too weak to even drag one foot after the other.
I have seen masters of this school sever solid rock with a fingernail. Little more needs to be said on its brutal effectiveness on the human body. It is an evil school, and I am glad that my study of it has been rapid.”
-Manual of Hands and Feet
What are the odds this is going to end in a large orgy … ?
Aaah, the age old riddle; Whats more powerful? Steel or flesh?
The Flesh is weak!
…she just punched this guy so hard he probably went supersonic. Respect to the rest of the bunch for seeming actually more battle-ready now.
TIME TO INCREASE THE UPPITY! KICK THIER ASS YOU BAD ASS, YOU!
Never bring a knife to an empty palm fight
But… I thought he went *splat* on the ceiling? How is there still a body after that rocket-launch of an uppercut?!
holy Empty Palms & evil Sword Hand, the right and left hands of God
Their eagerness is going to seriously require explanation.
And in the last panel, we see a practitioner of the artful dodging style of NOPE
Brawlroom Blitz
ORCBOLG, BREADCUTTER, SIR GOBLIN SLAYER, THOSE ARE AN EXAMPLE OF THE MANY NAMES OF AL-YIS-UN
Fools are those who bring merely knives to a martial arts fight.
i really hope that this whole sequence of events is just allison daydreaming about how much of a badass she’s gonna be when she’s learned angel kungfu, and it’s really just a couple of days after the last time we saw her not a year later, coz that would be great lol
This is all well and good, and in deed the internal/external mental/physical discipline is necessary, but what does picking fights in bars do to prepare the Young Goddess for defeating the 7-fold emperors of rot and then ruling?
..and the man in the back said everyone attack and there was a
BALLROOM BLITZ!
Hrmm… They brought knives to a fist fight, when it is actually a God fight, and they are woefully outmatched.
These people, unlike anteater-face, clearly don’t know a real key of kings when they see one.
A situation where ignorance is very much not bliss.
Who the **** is Nimona? Inquiring mind, and all that
Nimona would be her: http://gingerhaze.com/NIMONA
And now the reference is all too clear. Many thanks!
I’ve been with this comic since the beginning, and it’s been really cool watching AL YS UN grow. It feels good that we’re finally here. W I D E Allison just laying waste to some goblin punks in a trashy space bar. I love it.
A literal god walks into the bar and starts a fight.
“Oh yeah we can take her.”
Criminals might be a superstitious and cowardly lot, but they are also stupid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBdnti4_UUg
And who is Nimona? I don’t recognize her
King of Swords? More like Queen of Blades =)
“Confidence is a muscle.
With time & patience, a good teacher, and routine, it will become stronger.
Humility is its tether.
Letting wild confidence roam will lead you astray.
Balance, as in all thing except life and death themselves, is key to walking the right path.
Too much confidence will veer you off the path. Too much humility will tie you still and standing.”
Seventh Student of Bagoret – FBC, 66
Not used to seeing pure color backgrounds, instead of detailed, is this to save some time?