KOS 9-108
Chapter: 9
Arhan was a mighty lord with powerful atum, born as he was during a storm from the kayb tree, fully grown and crowned in golden twine.
He was a sorcerer lord of some repute, and wielded many names of power. He had mastery over secret flame, animals, and deep water. His kingdoms were five and one, prosperous and orderly. He had a court of two hundred eunuch warriors, each clad in silvered mail and the equal of any army of earthly men.
Even he, Arhan the Unbreakable, stood aside for Angels.
– Song of Many
I’m getting some Pearl vs Sugilite vibes here. It’s possible the power high Aliicio is experiencing is leading them to make decisions they’re going to regret. And when they’re holding the cosmic win button on their forehead, that’s a dangerous risk.
I want to go back to the days where I’d have found that sort of development exciting instead of predictable.
I think White Chain is going to hit our double-babe so hard that they separate back into their individual selves. But what will Cio be when that happens? Her body dissolved when it took off the mask, does she get another one?
Ah yes, The unbeatable attack that the empty palms is famous for. What was the name of it again?
Acting without thinking? Hm? Seeking power without restraint? Hm?
First of all, are those heavily intertwined with seeking power, as all practitioners of the Spiraling Drunken Fist know.
Secondly, how could one blame her? Hm? She is a human, after all, and the humans are notorious brainless-seekers of power, history repeatedly showed that, the prime example mentioned above me being Zoss.
White Chain shouldn’t have even considered the possibility of our human Allison seeking power slowly and, moreover, succeeding.
Am I correct? Hm?
And now, back to the booze.
#teamwhitechain
Is it too much to ask for Aliicio to just “One Punch Man” White Chain (ideally non-lethally, but it seems like Angel types can respawn later, so…) and deal with the consequences later? Feels like every time she gets some forward momentum, someone pumps the breaks. >:T
You want unbraked Aesma? (O_o)
Does anyone else get the impression, given the coughing angel’s little “…wait.” bubble, that he’s actually trying to shame White Chain about her whole gender thing? And/or becoming “too human” in general, against what angels are ‘expected’ to be. But instead, White Chain is interpreting this as being shamed for giving support to Allison? Hence White Chain seemingly jumping to conclusions and deciding to fight Allison after all…
Granted, maybe I’m jumping to conclusions myself. Will have to wait and see what the next pages bring us!
And that’s how she loses her eye
Why do I hear boss music?
“Sudden omnious music heard across arena, nondescript participants panicking.” – The leek
I wonder if the angels are going to both attack her, or whether that would be considered Bad Form.
I mean, it’d be two on two, right?
Well, it’s a good thing I bet on both of them! What joy! I think this means… I’ve won! Yes! I’ve won the prize money! I’m fabulously wealthy again! At long last! I actually can’t believe this all went according to plan.
Well, Headhunters, you’re all about to be wealthy as well. Alchemical salts beyond your wildest dreams, and as many skulls as you can crush, it’s all yours! A planet for each of you, and upon its northern pole a rotating palace! As for me, I’m going to buy my way back into the Bank of the Grand Dragon and make the Bank of the Degraded Thief into a subsidiary of it. Perhaps I can be a Regional Manager again too.
I love how small White Chain looks in that last panel.
Hrmm… I love how “Bruce Lee” White Chain looks!
I’m suddenly reminded how Cio tried to kill Allison, injuring her rather badly as a prelude to creating a more perfect union between them. Could it be that White Chain is about to do something similar? It would be agony to watch it happen, but if it led to the ultimate human/demon/angel triumvirate, it might just be worth it. Have mercy on us, Abbadon!
Never does the cycle of birth and death tire me more than when a student and teacher come to blows because the teacher failed to listen.
While I understand White Chain’s concerns and frustrations with Alison, it’d be nice if they didn’t have these moments when they are in the middle of getting something important done. Timing is something this whole squad kinda sucks at, yeah?
You said it.
“Even he, Arhan the Unbreakable, stood aside for Angels.”
Somehow, that doesn’t make me all that optimistic about Allicio’s chances…
Alicio is clearly unbalanced. Half human (ideally, chaos and order in balance), half demon (pure chaos). There is an obvious solution, however:
A THREE-WAY!
Three-way fusion, that is. Get White Chain in there for maximum fusion power!
But Humans are not a balance of Order and Chaos. They are of the hot black flame, same as Devils. The only difference being that Devils are the destroyers, while humanity are simply the precievers (and inheritors). Both Allison and Cio posses black souls.
Angels on the other side are of the cold white flame. They are energy incarnate shrouded in stone, who only exist to preserve what is/was/will be. To merge an Angel and a Devil together would be to put matter and antimatter in the same space – the resulting contact would utterly destroy both and likely everything around them.
Devilskin warriors likely only work because Devils and Humans are so similar. The devil gets access to our deep well of hidden power (only made possible due to our greatest gift: mortality) while the Human gains a shield to protect their fragile hearts from destruction.
Humans are of the warm black flame, not the hot one. Their nature has the seed of chaos, but is not chaotic itself. (Similarly, servants are not angels, being of the cool white flame instead of the cold one.)
Ah yes. I thought this might happen.
*grabs popcorn*
“His kingdoms were five and one”; invariably the supporters of what must be considered an angelic aristocracy make statements of this sort. His kingdoms were six. The dull, literalist language is left to us who are opposed to the angels, as though the poetry of their speech in some way supports their rights. Why not say that he, Arhan (until the angels deposed him) ruled six provinces, one of which was weakly ruled or not firmly attached to the union? Because it would be unbeautiful to say it that way. This is how the angels, self-proclaimed holders of the truth and envoys of Yisun, trivialise their opposition. To describe a situation in the best way we know how, the best way we mere beings have to share information between us with greatest clarity and least chance of miscommunication, is unfortunately unbeautiful: because the circumstances we are describing are unbeautiful. We don’t deny beauty, it simply isn’t omnipresent. Under the tone the angels adopt, all that isn’t beautiful is simply lost in translation – Arhan’s real situation is reduced to a poetic statement in which everything not suited for assimilation into the grand melodrama vanishes between the lines. Devils for parliament! At least they have more in common with us than the angelic pretenders.
Finally. White Chain has badly needed her goals and ideals realigned.
A few right hooks and a boot to the face should work nicely.
Oh , wait. That coughing angel says “wait” in 4th panel. In small font . I totally missed that. Only come here to check after his speech after Allicio and White Chain battle. Like , why he suddenly says something seemingly different to what he meant earlier. So all this Allicio vs WC battle is miscommunication result. Huh.
How many more like me , missed that little “wait” in 4th panel ?
“Listen well student. A lesson must be taught and in that most universal of languages.”
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who could have predicted that being a raging asshole to your ally would in fact turn them against you. i feel like allison’s final upgrade will be ‘the ability to communicate with people’