King of Swords 8-83
Chapter: 8
“Ogam was the first to teach Metia the ways of violence.
‘Make a fist,’ he said, showing her how, ‘And marry it with your enemy’s jaw.’
-Psalms
Kill Six Billion Demons
Seeker of Thrones
“Ogam was the first to teach Metia the ways of violence.
‘Make a fist,’ he said, showing her how, ‘And marry it with your enemy’s jaw.’
-Psalms
mikiri counter incoming!
Allison just needs to git gud
Reach heaven through GIT GUD!
Although Alison left her home Earth years before Sekiro was developed, it’s not impossible that game hadn’t already existed in the Throne… and since she was a big nerd…
Step on swords, style on nerds, get the deathblows, win.
Bigger issue here:
Allison’s key is exposed
Yes, I’m sure she wanted to keep it hidden longer from the other opponents, but this one already knew about her key. He’s been chasing her for years because of it, after all.
He’s actually been chasing her because she escaped from Praman Nand with his wife, Cio. I don’t recall anything (directly) to do with her Key.
The very first thing he did was declare that he would take her key, soooo – it’s about the key.
The fight in that Hell broke out because the devil that White Chain busted on the bus overheard the exposition and told everyone in that Hell about the weak idiot with a key in her head. Eris declared intent to get that key first, then Layla responded with a warning shot, and the fight over the key broke out.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Solomon already knows that she’s there, and most non-contestants may not recognize that it’s not some random key that one of the Seven hand out.. It’s not like hiding her Key really would have made much of a difference.
Two things.
First, it might be just me, but Mr. Big’n’Hard does not seem to employ (and barely recognize the existence of) women. There is a case for his imhotep-ness there, how virile he is she will not register as a threat to him. Salami is not stupid, but smart people are often idiots in really stupid ways.
Second, I’ve been wanting to see Allie to just blip herself through the ring for the Horseceror to pierce himself out of it. That’s a losing condition, and I’d love to see it. True, it would not be as Aesma-like, but twice as fun.
Imhotep-ness: Typo, or a reference to the pharaoh vizier from the 27th century Bc?
If so, what do you mean by that?
Sounds like a job for the Skull of Ys Myra, no?
That’s using your head! Pound that key into his third eye!
Band name coming on!
The Door in The Eye
Is not merciful.
Well, Eris DID say he wanted the key. Maybe it’s time to give it to him.
Right in his stupid horse-face.
HEAD BUTT THING!
HEAD BUTT THING!
Parry with your eye, Alysun!
They never see it coming. [Pun not intended, but nonetheless appreciated]
UN-OGAM was a good bloke.
With that said; welcome back to the knife’s edge, Allison. We’re all looking forward to seeing how you dance out of it.
TRAMPLE THE SORCERER UNDER THE WHEELS OF THY CHARIOT, O YE RAISING KING
Ogam was always trying to be everyone’s big brother.
The Rising King must save herself without the use of arms. I pray we do not witness what I believe is about to take place! A forbidden martial technique, developed by a child of unimaginable power. Al-YISUN, I beg you, don’t unleash that terrible Art!
For the love of Creation, none may know of…
All For One, Shoot Style!
*One For All.
Shit.
Time for that California smash.
Gog-Agog, it’s not nice to sass Gog-Agog.
She’s obviously distressed that her new favorite isn’t doing well.
How does Gog-Agog put up with Gog-Agog? If I was me, I’d have driven me crazy by now.
The trick is let the sanity go gracefully. Once it is gone you won’t miss it.
HELMET
E
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YS-MY-RA!
YS-MY-RA!
YS-MY-RA!
I am also beggin for the Stinking Goddess
She’s got the power of every member of the Multiplicity, there’s no reason she’d ever have to reuse one.
Heck, you could make a madlib style random generator to match attack types to known gods of The Wheel.
Just a sampling of her options:
Hammer of Un-Koss
Rod of Ys-Het
Staff of Un-Medam
Drunken Rage of Akaroth
Breath of Ovis
Spear of Un-Sivran
Manhood of Ogam-Am
Iron Nail of Ys-Prim
Foul Smoke of Hansa’s Pipe
Sickle of Un-Fel
Hunger of Un-Kaon
Agony of Un-Selat
Dining Room of Un-Goran
Six-Wheeled Chariot of Boratus of the Silver Scales
Golden Claw of Namon
Ys-Voya of BIRDS (or is it the other way around?)
Beard of Pragma
Golden Claw of Namon
Plenty of options
I hope she uses the mighty power of the garden god she was doing one handed pull ups on earlier.
She’s finally learning.
If she drops, the old fool might just ring himself out with that leaping charge.
Quite right. Learn to outthink the enemy instead of going on trying to overwhelm his technique with power. Or the eyeball shield technique, which is just shuddersome to watch.
Jesus kek
Allison’s an uber noobtard
nah, she’s mid-tier that has grown so used to dealing with scrubs that she doesn’t know what to do when faced with competent opposition.
I’m starting to see why nobody studies palm styles anymore.
Sweep the leg, Daniel-san! #80sReference
She’s about to use the ancient technique of Kneetocrotch, first deployed against Preem Testi-Kal, the famous soprano.
Behold the Reddest Art: Transmute Plums into Plums
How Erogenous!
RETURN OF THE DIVINE HEADBUTT INCOMING
Forging Diamond / Champion
Forging Diamond
Apply INTENSE PRESSURE
til crystalline matrix complete.
Forging Allison into Badass
Take Darling Lunkhead
Add INTENSE Pressure
ADD MORE AND MORE AND MORE.
God Eris Lo-Kai needs to be nerfed. Who on the design team had the bright idea give him that vacus needle instant overhead, a 2f sword low jab animation cancel, AND a parry?
Not to mention that op counter special. Combined with his broken frame data, he can just whiff attacks all day and never get punished.
I think you about to see how completely he gets punished when he fails to keep his opponent off balance.
She’s going to step slightly to the side, and his leap attack will send him off the ring.
Description is Metal AF
Say does this mean we need to…?
DOOOOOOODGE!!!
Piccolo intensifies.
I predict a sidestep-fall down combo
gonna catch it with her teeth lol
Come on, Allison!!!
Use your teeth if you have to, haha
“We will fight, if we have to crawl from the wreaks of our ships and chew through their hulls.”
A banner with a crossed-out heart
The observer attempts to chart
How quickly you forget your art.
Allison’s thick skull is about to prove it’s worth!
Not the jewels… it’s going to be the jewels, right?
It may not be elegant, but its efective: Kick him in the family jewels. There will be time later to discuss if it was called for or not
Arm sick! Arm #2 sick as well!
ArmOk= 0.
We are the Slaves of Armok.
Kick him in the nuts. Worked for me.
Band? ( no article, definitive or otherwise)
That was supposed to go somewhere else.
“Third Eye Blind” is what you were perhaps looking for?
Curious Wandering Knight Obsessed With Time, is making a Band reference, above.
Is that an “I have an idea” “wait!”, or “oh shit too quick” “wait!”?
Just use our head. literally.
I’m probably in the minority, but I kinda hope Allison doesn’t win? If she somehow charges in and wins through a sudden new power or ability, it goes directly against everything she learned about not recklessly charging in every time.
That said, Gog-Agog’s comment about how Eris’ attack was “super obvious,” and how he just swings his sword into thin air (doesn’t even seem to be in range) at a stunned, practically defenseless Allison in panel 6, makes me wonder if he’s intentionally jobbing the fight. (He even explains his attacks to the enemy last page.)
I highly doubt she’s gonna use any magic here at all, nor any special move.
Instead, my bet is she will either trip her opponent….or kick him in the dick. He’s also committed to a lunge, so she might go for the “Dodge the lunge to cause a ringout” option. But I’m betting dick kick.
Allison has already been significantly harmed by her folly. By the look of that second-to-last panel, it seems like whatever she does will either be something she learned on Earth or something we’ve seen before.
Eh, I think Eris Lo-Kai is just feeling very complacent. Explaining the attack is a form of gloating to his opponent, I think, as is swinging at the air. Basically, he’s got enough time to dilly dally between attacks because she’s just powerless against him, is the message.
Nah, Eris wants the win, his problem has always been that he’s too busy being a showman to just win the bloody fight.
Two fighters will learn humility this day.
C’mon Allison, it was a move strong enough to beat you. The
KILL
BOSS
KICK
Improvise, Allison! You were kicking faces just fine back in the King of Swords chapter!
There are several ideas currently being postulated:
1. She’s gonna trip him, sending him over the edge of the arena.
2. She’s gonna knee/kick him in the dick.
3. She’s gonna catch his lunge with her teeth.
4. She’s gonna dodge, and let his momentum carry him off the arena.
5. She’s gonna head butt him.
In likelihood I order these: 4, 1, 2, 5, 3
While three is admittedly badass, it’s pretty unlikely and super risky.’
Five just logistically doesn’t really make sense as a counter to a lunge.
Two is in character, but there’s not much pointing to it other than it would be a kick.
One is possible, however it wouldn’t have the flare of four.
Four seems most likely due to the look of realization in the second to last panel, and how much Eris is over-extending himself with another jumping attack.
Allison has clearly just remembered something, so I’m expecting some kind of move. I can’t imagine her suddenly remembering to dodge.
There’s also “Block with eyeball”, but yeah I predict either a dodge or fancy legwork.
Not a dodge because in panel 4, Gog-Agog says “she almost dodged that one”, meaning she already tried to dodge. So whatever she just realized, it isn’t a dodge.
I’m not saying it is likely, but most fitting would be the Crane Kick from “The Karate Kid”. It was an unpracticed move that Daniel had to resort to after his opponent disabled him, similar to this situation although in the movie it was a leg that was injured.
I actually predict is still “Empty Palm strikes something”. I remember her teacher also used Empty Palm tecnique with his foot a while back, so why couldn’t she?
Maybe what she remembered was the fact that he said to her that every move she could do with hands could also be done with her feet or some other kung-fu mumbo jumbo.
Empty Palm Kicks Evil in the Face
Yeah, that would actually make sense, due to the fact her realization is in reaction to her thinking “I have to use a foot technique, but I don’t know any”
Fire the forehead lazer!
She can do that, right?
So, are those 2 banners by the ring in panel 4 symbolic of each fighter? And if so, which one is Allison? The one that looks like a gate, or the one that looks like a heart?
when one is most assured of victory is when one is weakest
So , about that “I set up matches” , promise of Gog-Agog .. it will totally work out , right ? We have nothing to fear , cause lady Gog-Agoga totally know what she is doing , right ?
*Looks like my comment that included a weblink didn’t make it past the approval process.
Hrmm… As a child of the 80’s, there is only one “foot technique” that everyone my age knows: Crane Kick. Well, either that or the David Lee Roth roundhouse kick.
“Only thing your foot’s ever been good for is getting stuck in your mouth,” says a zookeeper on a distant world under a binary star, speaking to a single-legged simian as it once again lodges its singular appendage in its maw. The creatures are actually capable of mimicking speech, but the voice of this particular mono-monkey has never been heard, as its bad habit manifests as a nervous tick when pressured to vocalize in front of a crowd. The previous zookeeper insisted vehemently that the creature would sing and dance, but whenever he ran to retrieve a witness, the creature still had its foot in its mouth. He was eventually taken away to be committed.
Heh… Reminds me of a fella that found a frog in box once.
“Hello my baby, hello my darlin’, hello my ragtime gal!”
This too was easily foretold by the loremaster of plots.
Not a wax head, but rhyming I shall try
Last moment, opponent jumping high
Memory fails, technique withers away
Intuition, craze, has to come into play
Think, disciple, think, what you can do
Wishing that you listened better now, don’t you?