I saw that, but it doesn’t seem to be bleeding and looks more like a welt. The “my eyes can take anything” trope is often used to display extreme physical resilience. As I said, for the purposes of this fight, she appears functionally invulnerable.
In the panel before the eye attack, her key is flashing, on the other panels it is not. I’m thinking a surprise instant attack on her eye would work, but she can strengthen body parts at will.
Also, you should know the real challenge is not the horde of minions, but the boss who comes after
I don’t think her eye is flashing. I think it’s just a matter of the lighting. Prior to the attack, her attacker is not blocking the light, while after the stab, she is. Thus the attacked eye appears brighter in that panel.
As to a possible boss, unless we quickly establish that the boss can hurt her, there still won’t be any drama.
It’s not her eye flashing, it’s her Key of Kings. I reacted pretty much the same way you did until I noticed that; in the next to last panel her Key is very clearly flashing.
If you look through the preceding pages, it’s been doing that, and a small flame effect, with some regularity throughout the fight. I don’t see anything special about this instance.
Okay, this Empty Palm style must be ridiculously overpowered. Alison used to be no tougher than any normal human, and after training for what, two years tops, she suddenly fights like some martial arts master from a Jackie Chan movie, has developed near-nvulnerability and apparently a healing factor that would make Wolverine green with envy. Frankly, I don’t see what would pose a serious challenge to her after such a huge jump in power level. Good thing she met Mottom before she began training seriously, or she would have crushed the poor demiurge as easily as she destroyed that husband/tree thing.
There is a scene at the end of the first book where she thumps the wall in a shower leaving a serious impact on it, so she was considerably stronger than any normal human just by possessing the key. Now she seems to understand how to use it to at least further increase her strength.
If she was fighting like some martial arts master from a kung fu movie she wouldn’t be twice dead now without some cheat codes :p. I bet in her current state Solomon would give her a proper ass kicking. That tree was just a tree in the end anyway.
Don’t forget that near the end of the heist arc when Cio partial reverted to Yab she threw Allison into a stone pillar hard enough to leave an impact crater. Allison immediately stood back up.
The Hegemon Prince of Moths, SAVALA THŪN, Grand Duke of the Night District, Guild Lord of the Opaline, Blood Royal of house Thūn and Sovereign of the Endless Dream
Imagine if this level of protection, obtained so easily, resulted in her opponents having effectively the same invincibility against her attacks, turning any fight against her into ridiculous yet entirely non-lethal bouts of slapstick.
The proper counter to the rare Blade-Shattering Eyeball defense is the Forgive Me O Mistress My Queen I Did Not Recognize Thee How May I Serve Thee defense.
It remains to be seen how many of these folks are familiar with that move.
I believe the Thoughtmachine was referring to her key flashing right before she is *almost* stabbed in the eye. There’s also a similar flash of white light at the end of the shattering knife in the next panel. Perhaps she was simply skilled enough to block the blade with her key…
Despite it being repelled, that blow reminded me of how glad I am that I don’t have eyes. I don’t get how mortals can stand to walk around with how terribly exposed and fleshy they are.
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Way to be overpowered Allison, it’s a little cheating. It seems she still has a few things to learn.
Hmm. Fighting style needs work and improvement.
Magical invulnerable bullshit working okay though.
God Mode.
And so Allison’s functional invulnerability ruined any drama or tension remaining in the scene.
If you look closely in panel five there’s what appears to be a cut on her neck, so she’s not invulnerable (yet). Just very tough, apparently.
I saw that, but it doesn’t seem to be bleeding and looks more like a welt. The “my eyes can take anything” trope is often used to display extreme physical resilience. As I said, for the purposes of this fight, she appears functionally invulnerable.
In the panel before the eye attack, her key is flashing, on the other panels it is not. I’m thinking a surprise instant attack on her eye would work, but she can strengthen body parts at will.
Also, you should know the real challenge is not the horde of minions, but the boss who comes after
I don’t think her eye is flashing. I think it’s just a matter of the lighting. Prior to the attack, her attacker is not blocking the light, while after the stab, she is. Thus the attacked eye appears brighter in that panel.
As to a possible boss, unless we quickly establish that the boss can hurt her, there still won’t be any drama.
It’s not her eye flashing, it’s her Key of Kings. I reacted pretty much the same way you did until I noticed that; in the next to last panel her Key is very clearly flashing.
If you look through the preceding pages, it’s been doing that, and a small flame effect, with some regularity throughout the fight. I don’t see anything special about this instance.
TBH her eye safety is probably because of the internal alignment of ATUM or something like that, which is what Empty Palms is all about
Okay, this Empty Palm style must be ridiculously overpowered. Alison used to be no tougher than any normal human, and after training for what, two years tops, she suddenly fights like some martial arts master from a Jackie Chan movie, has developed near-nvulnerability and apparently a healing factor that would make Wolverine green with envy. Frankly, I don’t see what would pose a serious challenge to her after such a huge jump in power level. Good thing she met Mottom before she began training seriously, or she would have crushed the poor demiurge as easily as she destroyed that husband/tree thing.
There is a scene at the end of the first book where she thumps the wall in a shower leaving a serious impact on it, so she was considerably stronger than any normal human just by possessing the key. Now she seems to understand how to use it to at least further increase her strength.
If she was fighting like some martial arts master from a kung fu movie she wouldn’t be twice dead now without some cheat codes :p. I bet in her current state Solomon would give her a proper ass kicking. That tree was just a tree in the end anyway.
Don’t forget that near the end of the heist arc when Cio partial reverted to Yab she threw Allison into a stone pillar hard enough to leave an impact crater. Allison immediately stood back up.
As if a mere blade could cut or pierce Royalty.
Messy messy…
nice name
Ma’am. Again – this is an Arby’s.
Your name, Sir or Madam (whichever the case may be) is truly inspired. Thank you.
its not an arbys, actually the “gilded cage” is just a fancy term for Golden Corral
“Even a knife can shatter / Even a strong man can fall.”
That red devil must be thinking “Oh shit” right about now.
It was at exact this moment the demon realized it had fucked up.
Imagine if this level of protection, obtained so easily, resulted in her opponents having effectively the same invincibility against her attacks, turning any fight against her into ridiculous yet entirely non-lethal bouts of slapstick.
The proper counter to the rare Blade-Shattering Eyeball defense is the Forgive Me O Mistress My Queen I Did Not Recognize Thee How May I Serve Thee defense.
It remains to be seen how many of these folks are familiar with that move.
I believe the Thoughtmachine was referring to her key flashing right before she is *almost* stabbed in the eye. There’s also a similar flash of white light at the end of the shattering knife in the next panel. Perhaps she was simply skilled enough to block the blade with her key…
“Know thy self, know thy place.
I know my limits, and can be no greater.
I weep daily when I see my face,
For it was better not to know.”
Ninth Student of Bagoret – FBC, 08
God mode.
Heh… “Ow, my eye! The doctor told me not to get any daggers stuck in it!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRslzYZxC2I
Despite it being repelled, that blow reminded me of how glad I am that I don’t have eyes. I don’t get how mortals can stand to walk around with how terribly exposed and fleshy they are.
So…passive invulnerability, or channeling her power to stop it?
At moments like this I recall the wise counsel of my own instructors so freely given after one or another incarnation. “You should have blocked that.”
Armor of Will is great against knives
Corneal Mass Rejection
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