King of Swords 8-86
Chapter: 8
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Kill Six Billion Demons
Seeker of Thrones
Perhaps Al-Yis-Un needs to take a good look at the proverbial “humble pie” that she is consuming. Sages have long regaled this recipe, which could “make or break a bitch”.
Psychic lance right to the snake-face.
Awwww. I was hoping for more of a My Hero Academia tournament arc with each fight getting more play than just a quick montage, and some focus on other key characters. Is Maya here kicking some ass? What about Layla Brimstone or INGVILD?
INGSVLD*
I call him InGeasValidus, easier to remember and pronounce heh
Nyave’s usual voice of reason being turned into the only argument for “stay in this Gog-Agog run deathmatch” only leads credence to the Wormified Bookworm theory.
DAMMIT, ABBADON, HOW DARE YE DESPOIL THE BEST GIRL!?!?!
Yeah, she doesn’t act all cooky like Gog_Agog, but she doesn’t act like normal Nyave either, that’s for sure.
We haven’t seen much of her since the timeskip and the heist.
Maybe she’s just changed a bit.
Maybe??
What a grand and intoxicating innocence! How could you be so naive?
Plan A: Get Al to eat the worm willingly
Plan B: Rig the matches against Al to make her think she *has* to eat the worm to get ahead
Plan C: A bottle of really good tequila
That’s one nope rope whose snoot I wouldn’t want to boop.
VULKAN LIVES! And he wants to boop that snoot! (because of course he does)
VULKAN LIVES!!!
*STOMP* *STOMP* *STOMP*
VULKAN LIVES!!!
*STOMP* *STOMP* *STOMP*
…sorry, what were we saying?
that he wants to boop THAT SOGGIN cute snoot
After getting booped with that Thunderbolt of Zoss, I’m not sure there’s any snoot left.
Brodda, I wish to pet this creature!
THIS IS STARTING TO GET SUSPICIOUS
Indeed. We should conspire together to develop a theory, being careful to only consider real olds in order to avoid being led astray by fake news.
Now, quickly before the sap freezes…
I see what you did there.
So she fought the Society for Creative Anachronism and Cascading Style Sheets?
What an odd tournament lineup.
I’ve fought plenty of CSS in my time. It can be one of the most deadly and arduous of life’s battles.
See, this kind of shit is why we stopped doing one day tournaments in my world, she’s better than the competition but her condition slowly deteriorates at every fight.
A few weeks of healing should be had between bouts for a fair shake
I suspect that testing ones endurance is part of the point, but it has the added side effect (intentionally or not) of wearing down those who really could land a hit.
Also, it’s a three day event, not one day.
Taking bets that Agog is actually giving her the hard match-ups.
This. But not out of malice. She just wants to see some cool fights
And because giving Allison easy fights is bad preparation for Solomon.
Need a quick solution? mmm…what about… A SHOTGUN ???
3208 Moultrie Ave
I forgot to say anything. You’re going to want depleted uranium slugs for that thing.
I forgot to say anything. Anyhoo, you’re going to want depleted uranium slugs for that thing.
Sandworms.
Nobody expects Sandworms.
Wow !
I’m really stoked by the enthusiastic response to Abbadon’s Original Character Tournament. I wonder if there is a KSBD fan-artist who wants to participate who doesn’t have a character concept. If you’re out there, I have a character idea. Maybe we can collaborate.
Abbadon, Sephara, the Naga fighter is really cool. Nice realization !
“Woah !” Nice dodging Allison ! Butcher Karkin tried to bludgeon you into the ring. Wonder how you dealt with him. I can imagine Gog-Agog’s play by play commentary.
Cheers !
I can’t overstate how much I love panel 1. Sephara is my kind of gal. At least I think she’s a gal.
Hrmm… Reckon it’d be an interesting twist if it ends up being White Chain that actually has to face Solomon David.
A ) White Chain is soon badass !
B) Nyave reaching into bag .. Hmm . Is it ” we can rebuild you , we have the technology ” ? “Six Million Dollar Women*”
*not adjusted for inflation.
Six Billion, more like.
Yeah. That inflation rate is crazy , rught ?
Hahaha, I love White Chain’s “Hmm, yes” face, here.
Six Billion Demon Woman
It appears I have mistakenly posted one below my intended target…
I have the same trouble with accuracy, which is why I am only a spectator and did not enter this tournament.
Sense of wonder or disgrace
leads all kinds of folks to place
their hands in front of mouth or face
That one somewhat better. Must be hard making poetry with empty skull , but you manage ! Kudos !
*honks*
lol white chain has barely broken a sweat XD
I wonder when WC will come up against an opponent that poses a true challenge.
Loving the character designs.
Only in KSBD can the main protagonist defeat a Marilith in one panel.
Thank the gods, Abbadon is keeping the fights fast and glossing over some of the stuff to keep the narrative flow going. I was a bit afraid that we might have to sit through one of those anime tournament arcs in which every single fight is absurdly stretched over whole episodes.
I see that one of the key things that AL-YS-UN has on her side is speed. Speed of thought, speed of decision, speed of action. Speed is one of the greatest powers in all combat, whether the clash of mighty armies or the most meagre of fist fights in the basement of a mean tavern, for speed robs the opponent of the time to counter what you do.
Sharp stabby weapons are useful too.
“Barely scraping through” is the time-honored, traditional method every hero uses to win anything, ever. It’s only the Bad Guys(tm) that breeze through challenges – only to lose out in the end.
Aye, but is Solomon genre savvy enough to realize that? I very much doubt it.
Got is just running Allison through the Monster Manual?
Is that guy in the bottom left of the last panel a shout out to Dresden Kodak?
Allison is not going to draw a drop of blood from Solomon David at this rate, even if she somehow makes that far, that’s for sure. White Chain vs. Solomon David… that might be a more equal fight, though Ihave my doubt even she could take him.
I wonder what kind of tricks Nyave has in that bag of hers? (I almost expect her to get another worm out, whether disguised or not.)
And does that person on the left in the last panel have a camera for a head?
About hanging to talk to you directly on Discord… don’t you fear that people will come out asking what will happen or suggesting things that THEY WANT to happen or even dismissing things that WILL happen as dumb or bad writing?
That is kinda my fear, of a writer being afraid of telling the story he wanted to tell to appease a parcel of its public that are too vocal on what they want to influence the author.
Why is White Chain’s head thing cockatieling during the fight?
Maybe there are rear mirrors on it?
Bitch Pwning mode is engaged.
She literally has eyes in the back of her head – and everywhere else. Open the helmet, all-round vision.
I didn’t even know Throne had an SCA branch, but in hindsight it makes total sense.
In the 777,777,777 Universes, at least one Mercedes Lackey was a demiurge.
Perhaps Solomon will enter a champion?
You don’t get better at something without a lot of experience- Allison might have trained with an angel, but I’d bet she’s had few actual fights (that really challenged her, anyway). This is valuable stuff.
Assuming she doesn’t die, of course.
What is the discord link? Apologies if I’m just missing it somewhere super obvious. (or is the ring of power discord also the general one? maybe I’m missing something?)
Time for some last minute shenanigans before Aly Shun has to be removed from the area using a broom and a bucket
Not a good sign when someone invokes the facepalming technique
That official passing by in the last panel looks familiar. We saw someone who looks just like that at Solomon’s council of advisers, and the clerk who checked Allison in to the tournament also looked the same. I guess Solomon has nepotism turned up to 11 and staffs his civil service with his offspring, but these three look like clones. Or is it the same man keeping an eye on Allison?
We know Solomon only sires sons, but we don’t know where he gets his wives. Maybe they’re all the daughters of his sons, to keep his bloodline ‘pure’? After many centuries of that, his family could almost be clones as far as variety was concerned. Does that sound like something he might do?
Is Alison actually quite weak, all the other competitors real strong or the matches somehow rigged so she only fights super strong opponents?
Dunno. I was surprised Eris Lo Kai was supposed one of the weakest combattants, but then, we’re talking about a tournament that draws in the most powerful fighters from many universes, so even the weakest participants would probably be extremely strong.
Is that look on white chain’s face her realizing that the matches are rigged against Allison, by Gog-Agog to try and preasure her into taking her “assistance”
Hrmm… Just had a thought – dangerous, of course, but hear me out…
A great many fighting arcs involve the death or maiming of the intrepid hero’s (or heroine in our case) friend or mentor. This gives them the resolve they need to overcome their self-imposed limitations and put on the fight of their life, in order to beat that unbeatable opponent. Makes me wonder if we should fear just a little bit for the safety of our favorite Angel. Don’t get cocky White Chain.
I envision Allison getting eliminated and White Chain ends up facing Solomon David. Solomon David breaks White Chain (returning her to the void, perhaps), and Alison enters the ring to stop him. Picture Bloodsport, where Frank Dux is crying “Stop! Noooo!” as he reaches out to save Ray Jackson. Makes for great viewing.
Hrmm… Where’s my popcorn?
That still wouldn’t make Allison a good enough fighter to take on Solomon himself. Anger isn’t a substitute for years of training, and Solomon David probably knows more about what her Key can do than she does.
Hrmm… doesn’t mean she would have to use anger. My whole premise is that it is a common motivational plot tool. Besides, if she doesn’t know what the key can do, then she also doesn’t know what it can’t do. She has no limits except self-imposed ones. Likewise, Solomon David’s power is a fraction of Allison’s, and we’ve already heard the lessons of the horrible swordsman defeating the master swordsman simply through the art of being bad.
I think the most important thing to take away from this page is that Princess thinks Alice’s ass is pretty.
Trib six billion devils
She needs to take the worm. Then no unreasonable offers will be left unfullfiled, after she makes peace with that sin.
P.S.: ICK