How have we never met, brother? My recently passed previous incarnation 17 Lectures the Informed Blue Flame and you would have gotten along swimmingly. I was extremely long-winded when I was this one.
A teacher once told me that when lecturing, I should say things twice or thrice, using different words each time, so that my listeners would understand my meaning.
And I was too verbose by half even before that point.
It is helpful sometimes, but not always, and I know that now. So I wield my name as a reminder to at least think about *why* I’m being verbose.
And I’d prefer “sibling”, over “brother”, my brother.
18 Excruciating Patience Earned Through Many Lectures of the Blue Flame
Ahh, hmm, yes.. wise words, sibling. This is a truth I know as well, as my own name doth mantle such a concept. Forgiveness, sibling! In my new body, my connection to this realm can be hazy at times and I did not see that portrait floating by you.
Well, looking back, 6 Juggernaut Star’s fighting style is just using his sharp armor and brute strength to hack, slash, and stab his way through, calling it berserker style would be pretty accurate. Doesn’t mean that they don’t know other styles.
Given Vigilant Gaze’s activity during the devil slaying days, we might see more of the Krayu Mat stuff, but we’ll just have to wait and see.
The coming angel fight will probably be excellent but I wonder if Solomon will step in at this point seeing as White Chain is technically the winner of all the registered combatants, maybe Alison will throw herself out of the ring to make the result more official or Juggernaut throws White Chain out causing the fight to end.
The rules and stacks of forms are there only so they can be twisted to support the outcome desired by royalty. If a technical victory comports with Solomon’s wish then so it will be. Yet is the ruler’s true desire for a worthy successor who will relieve him of the burden of rulership? Or is it a weakened and easily beatable victor that which Solomon desires? Or is this all aimed at testing the bearer of the key to destruction?
Bets are yet being taken on the concourse. Many shards of black glass will change hands this day. Myself, would rather bet on the random outcomes of water bug races than on the whim of such a ruler.
18 Excruciating Patience Earned Through Many Lectures of the Blue Flame
Articulation as fine as lace, dear brother. Personally I am still of the mind that the outcome has long since been decided and all of these so called surprise entrants are tolerated – if not enjoyed – as mere bonus entertainment. I’ll keep my own predictions close to my chest for the nonce, but I rather strongly agree on your sentiments about the water bugs.
√0 Absence of Being Stares Vacantly at You From The Void
Vigilant was there for the tourney entry, seen sneakypeeking at White Chain an Allison round corners (king-of-swords-8-76). Said he had to deal with a few ruffians himself, in the earlier rounds and the royale.
Cio and brother Jug are impromptu illegal ‘entrants’ though.
Hopefully Allison can crawl to Cio and maybe they can jumpstart each other’s mojo, er, atum, and grab the disabled White Chain and make good an escape while Vigilant gives brother Juggernaut what for (he’s never liked that Thorn – the look just in his narrowing front eye in wielder-of-names-1-10 is wonderful).
Solomon’ll be content to let it play out most likely; he has win-wins from his Tournament.
– let unseemly types rid each other from his lovely peaceful ordered Rayuba
– may find him a champion worthy enough to take on his role as Paternum and free him from tedium (like Mottom was craving also)
– gets to enjoy angels fighting each other (surely the highest practitioners of the finest martial arts) while knowing he can easily deal with them (as experienced Demiurges with mastery of the Art(s) have been shown to be able)
– and he gets to watch and assess Allison, to let things play out, in a somewhat controlled fashion in his own arena and be able to see any threat to/from her that might destroy his beloved Pact of the Seven Part World.
Wary of stepping into the ring himself as yet also while it would still contain Allison, again in case he upset the Pact, and should precipitate another Universal War.
On one hand, Juggernaut Star, as the most Thorny of Thorns, is probably the victor of countless actual battles and can take most other angels in a straight fight, and it’s possibly been centuries or even millennia since Vigilant Gaze even has fought a battle.
On the other hand, Vigilant Gaze is the angel that the other angels apparently trust to watch over their resurrections.
It is very possible that Vigilant Gaze is simply not to be fucked with. I guess we’re about to see.
18 Excruciating Patience Earned Through Many Lectures of the Blue Flame
You bring up a very interesting point I had not thought of; since 10 Vigilant Gaze Purges the Horizon is rather much of a guide and chaperone of our resurrection so to speak, perhaps he is also there to serve the secondary purpose of expediting reincarnations? By that I mean he could potentially provide the impetus for 82 White Chain to leave and rapidly return as 83?
It could also explain why I was able to return to the same time as my previous incarnation in spite of it seeming like over a century passed in the void for me… But that’s not necessarily connected.
Still, a fascinating idea you presented..
√0 Absence of Being Stares Vacantly at You From The Void
Welcome back brother. We trust your sojourn was restorative and grey.
We spotted some apposite alt-text.
“The watcher’s name is 10 Vigilant Gaze Purges the Horizon. Though among the most powerful angels, he is well known to his kin for being mild-mannered and extremely long winded. He has far too much free time.”
Expediting anything we think maybe not.
Slow to rouse, slow to animate, difficult to rile. It may take millennia, but boy o boy beware when the dust is blown off and the blue-white flame crackles. Zhangar’s last turn of phrase becomes most colourfully apt.
18 Excruciating Patience Earned Through Many Lectures of the Blue Flame
It was. The temporal anomaly has been a little disorienting since I just watched this one finish crumbling and evaporating, but I am feeling much more pragmatic in this new body.
I had forgotten and thus not considered that information, but I feel you have put your manipulation digit on the center of the point. If I could feel the throbbing that the races call emotions I rather think I would be..eh…”boiling with excitement and anticipation” I think is an apropos description.
Ahh such glorious moments to see a brother return to walk the ways of mortals after a long while. Is this a literal example of that popular phrase ” kick into gear”? This is a match I excites me as the occassional tea house fight. I’m definitely ROOTING for our gazing brother.
ANGEL FIGHT! ANGEL FIGHT! ANGEL FIGHT!
How have we never met, brother? My recently passed previous incarnation 17 Lectures the Informed Blue Flame and you would have gotten along swimmingly. I was extremely long-winded when I was this one.
A teacher once told me that when lecturing, I should say things twice or thrice, using different words each time, so that my listeners would understand my meaning.
And I was too verbose by half even before that point.
It is helpful sometimes, but not always, and I know that now. So I wield my name as a reminder to at least think about *why* I’m being verbose.
And I’d prefer “sibling”, over “brother”, my brother.
Ahh, hmm, yes.. wise words, sibling. This is a truth I know as well, as my own name doth mantle such a concept. Forgiveness, sibling! In my new body, my connection to this realm can be hazy at times and I did not see that portrait floating by you.
My connection has likewise been hazy, as I see your reply only now.
In any case, thank you. Have a good one, Exruciating Patience. Or is it Blue Flame? Ah, the names of angels…
Much can be said againstn the Thorns, but one advantage they do have for certain: stylish as hell. Just contemplate the first panel.
Last panel: ehehe, I knew this :3
HO THERE SMALL FRY!
Did Juggernaut actually kickstart him…?
Literally so.
Kuggur is observant
HO! Me wonder what the differences in their fighting styles are. Considering one has paws and hooves in their true form…
Thinks me thus liken like. Ponder us’s, clobberstomp Spikeyarse or sparkle shocks, me?
(That’s an interesting thought. Maybe he’ll just pummel 6 Juggernaut Star, but maybe he’ll pull some fancy surprise?)
Well, looking back, 6 Juggernaut Star’s fighting style is just using his sharp armor and brute strength to hack, slash, and stab his way through, calling it berserker style would be pretty accurate. Doesn’t mean that they don’t know other styles.
Given Vigilant Gaze’s activity during the devil slaying days, we might see more of the Krayu Mat stuff, but we’ll just have to wait and see.
LET US ALL JOIN IN JOLLY COOPERATION
\o/
Looks like someone’s about to engage in JOLLY COOPERATION
(aaah shucks, you guys beat me to it. never mind)
The coming angel fight will probably be excellent but I wonder if Solomon will step in at this point seeing as White Chain is technically the winner of all the registered combatants, maybe Alison will throw herself out of the ring to make the result more official or Juggernaut throws White Chain out causing the fight to end.
The rules and stacks of forms are there only so they can be twisted to support the outcome desired by royalty. If a technical victory comports with Solomon’s wish then so it will be. Yet is the ruler’s true desire for a worthy successor who will relieve him of the burden of rulership? Or is it a weakened and easily beatable victor that which Solomon desires? Or is this all aimed at testing the bearer of the key to destruction?
Bets are yet being taken on the concourse. Many shards of black glass will change hands this day. Myself, would rather bet on the random outcomes of water bug races than on the whim of such a ruler.
Articulation as fine as lace, dear brother. Personally I am still of the mind that the outcome has long since been decided and all of these so called surprise entrants are tolerated – if not enjoyed – as mere bonus entertainment. I’ll keep my own predictions close to my chest for the nonce, but I rather strongly agree on your sentiments about the water bugs.
Vigilant was there for the tourney entry, seen sneakypeeking at White Chain an Allison round corners (king-of-swords-8-76). Said he had to deal with a few ruffians himself, in the earlier rounds and the royale.
Cio and brother Jug are impromptu illegal ‘entrants’ though.
Hopefully Allison can crawl to Cio and maybe they can jumpstart each other’s mojo, er, atum, and grab the disabled White Chain and make good an escape while Vigilant gives brother Juggernaut what for (he’s never liked that Thorn – the look just in his narrowing front eye in wielder-of-names-1-10 is wonderful).
Solomon’ll be content to let it play out most likely; he has win-wins from his Tournament.
– let unseemly types rid each other from his lovely peaceful ordered Rayuba
– may find him a champion worthy enough to take on his role as Paternum and free him from tedium (like Mottom was craving also)
– gets to enjoy angels fighting each other (surely the highest practitioners of the finest martial arts) while knowing he can easily deal with them (as experienced Demiurges with mastery of the Art(s) have been shown to be able)
– and he gets to watch and assess Allison, to let things play out, in a somewhat controlled fashion in his own arena and be able to see any threat to/from her that might destroy his beloved Pact of the Seven Part World.
Wary of stepping into the ring himself as yet also while it would still contain Allison, again in case he upset the Pact, and should precipitate another Universal War.
On one hand, Juggernaut Star, as the most Thorny of Thorns, is probably the victor of countless actual battles and can take most other angels in a straight fight, and it’s possibly been centuries or even millennia since Vigilant Gaze even has fought a battle.
On the other hand, Vigilant Gaze is the angel that the other angels apparently trust to watch over their resurrections.
It is very possible that Vigilant Gaze is simply not to be fucked with. I guess we’re about to see.
You bring up a very interesting point I had not thought of; since 10 Vigilant Gaze Purges the Horizon is rather much of a guide and chaperone of our resurrection so to speak, perhaps he is also there to serve the secondary purpose of expediting reincarnations? By that I mean he could potentially provide the impetus for 82 White Chain to leave and rapidly return as 83?
It could also explain why I was able to return to the same time as my previous incarnation in spite of it seeming like over a century passed in the void for me… But that’s not necessarily connected.
Still, a fascinating idea you presented..
Welcome back brother. We trust your sojourn was restorative and grey.
We spotted some apposite alt-text.
“The watcher’s name is 10 Vigilant Gaze Purges the Horizon. Though among the most powerful angels, he is well known to his kin for being mild-mannered and extremely long winded. He has far too much free time.”
Expediting anything we think maybe not.
Slow to rouse, slow to animate, difficult to rile. It may take millennia, but boy o boy beware when the dust is blown off and the blue-white flame crackles. Zhangar’s last turn of phrase becomes most colourfully apt.
It was. The temporal anomaly has been a little disorienting since I just watched this one finish crumbling and evaporating, but I am feeling much more pragmatic in this new body.
I had forgotten and thus not considered that information, but I feel you have put your manipulation digit on the center of the point. If I could feel the throbbing that the races call emotions I rather think I would be..eh…”boiling with excitement and anticipation” I think is an apropos description.
His current incarnation seems to be older than Jugg’s, which seems to play a role in angel power level.
If one should (mistake!) try to use a tea bag more than once, then each successive cuppa from the same source teabag would be weaker.
Once for the flavor, twice for the color, and the third time’s for the smell.
IS 10 VIGILANT GAZE PURGES THE HORIZON GONNA HAVE TO SMACK A BITCH?
10 Vigilant Gaze Purges the Horizon has returned to the corporeal realm to ENACT JUSTICE
Ho there indeed, Vigilant Gaze.
I quite like that one. I daresay he’s a pleasant, well-intentioned fellow.
You know what they say about good intentions.
Et Listenbum dannae lookun, dannae wantin, but us’s catch-like wot wot toasty path.
(This angel with all those ears would probably not like to think about it too hard, but that hot road is something we know about rather well.)
Vigilant Gaze’s Kickstarter campaign was successful.
THE WORK IS NEVER FINISHED
THE WORK IS NEVER BEGUN
THE WORK IS ETERNAL
THE WORK IS A LIE
The work is cake.
So, I guess it’s not Vengeful Iron after all.
Ahh such glorious moments to see a brother return to walk the ways of mortals after a long while. Is this a literal example of that popular phrase ” kick into gear”? This is a match I excites me as the occassional tea house fight. I’m definitely ROOTING for our gazing brother.
Zoss?
Hark! That sound… like revving a chainsaw on a long pike!
Thank you for the content, Abbadon.
Q: Will there be a pre-order for book 4 on Amazon like the last few volumes? Will that happen soon?
My friend only reads comics in graphic novel form (the coward!) but I have been dying to talk to him about recent events.
I believe brother, that this one is going.
go off grandpa
Now that he is unclogged of ash its time for another fierce battle
COMING OR GOING, UPPITY SPIKY CHILD ?
It’s not exactly the horizon what is going to be purged here.
Are we about to “Engage in Jolly Co-Operation?”
There, I said it.
Ready the sunlight spears!