The pursuers don’t seem to have heard the phrase “eyes on the prize” before. The may have heard the phrase “eyes on the death machine” though, unfortunately for them.
If you are trapped in a room with an angry tiger your choice of actions is severely constrained; Do you fight the tiger, or do you allow the tiger to kill you?
It looks as though they are simply in the way, though they might (rightly) assume that the Thorn is intent on murdering their prize. Greed may be overpowering their common sense, or perhaps they fear a worse repercussion than instant, violent death should it be learned by their masters that they did not do everything they could to secure the key for their faction.
Uther "Chaos Angel", Least of Jagganoth's Foreservants
The pursuers are defined, in the same way as the least worthy fish slip through the net, by their willingness to defy forces far more powerful than themselves for inadequate recompense.
Thorn nights might be Bad Fucking News, but these are people who saw a brawl for The Most Valuable Object In The Multiverse and went “yeah, I’ve got a shot at that.” The merely deluded did not make it through this whole brawl. Those that remain are Bad Fucking News themselves. Its not their fault that this PARTICULAR throne night is Bad Fucking News Even Among Bad Fucking News.
They’re all skilled warriors. They likely decided either their numbers would be enough of an advantage to slay the angel with at least some of them surviving or that fleeing would be the less successful outcome and so decided to hold ground.
Of course one does not permit oneself to develop such disgusting feelings as “love” and “admiration”. But if I did, ah, all mine would be for Murder The Gods And Topple Their Thrones.
Your compliment to my wares is much appreciated, friend! But rest assured, had the Maybe Sword entered my possession at any stage, it would be the work of many hands indeed to part me from it.
No. Fucking. Way.
Nah-ah. I can’t believe my eyes.
Impossible.
Maya wants to take 6 Jugernaut Star on a duel?
No. I don’t want to witness this story anymore. I see only death in the outcome of this duel.
Jhorne the Murderous Vagrant Slays Monsters And Steals Their Loot
I don’t think she wants to so much as she’s resigned to do what needs to be done for reasons she only knows at the moment.
Which would be more upsetting, Maya getting killed, 6 Juggernaut Star getting killed or them both killing each other? Either one is quite distressing.
If it is indeed true that “She who strikes without thought may cut God”, as Maya’s own mentor wrote, then it is possible that a mere Thorn would pose little difficulty, even if one happened to think slightly about it.
I too foresee death, but angels don’t stay dead. I’m sure 7 Juggernaut Star will have plenty of time for more Scouring the Universe.
The Master of Cutting needs no physical edge at all. Did not the first Master begin by cutting with their thumb? not the nail, mind you, but the thumb itself. For the Master, to breath is to Cut, to think is to Cut, every motion, physical, mental, or spiritual, is to Cut. It would be a poor master in deed, to no longer be able to cut simply by being disarmed.
A curtain of gore clouds your vision, Angel. The cutting has separated the biological components of all that stand between Meti’s apprentice and the Prime’s insubordinate servant.
Truly, a battle for the ages: Murder the Gods and Topple Their Thrones versus 6 Juggernaut Star Scours the Universe. Give me a few moments, and I shall conjure some refreshments.
Children these days. The Forging Of The Throne In Twofold Annihilation far outdid this battle in spectacle, and the Massacre of the Concordance in sheer number of matched combatants.
It may, however, rise to the level of Meti and the Speaker of Thorns’ predecessor, 4 Through Holocaust Veneration.
They may not beget, but driving an elbow through their hip-plates remarkably reduces their mobilty. Losing your arm at the shoulder is a small price to pay for that advantage, it turns out.
I’m not sure who is more terrifying; the Thorn Knight consumed by all his bloodthirsty rage, or the beggar so assured she willing to fight him with half a sword.
Although admittedly, the one splattered with the blood of his victims does get a slight edge in terms of initial shock value.
I dunno, Maya’s expression does not seem to me to say “I will fight you, although my armaments are poor,” but rather “Your existence offends me and you will die in a moment.” In the face of her confidence, I wonder if we’re about to see 7 Juggernaut Star Scours the Heavens.
.. the blade’s there, it’s just been ground so fine you can only see it “edge on”…
What need of a sword has one who’s mastered the art of Cutting?
When one is about to completely ruin an angel’s millennium, one should at least be honorable enough to use part of a blade.
Indeed! I see know reason to believe that she did not just just attempt to stop a thorn knight using a hair pin!
Or is it a tuning fork.
Truly a sword is a weapon for a fool
A man thinks that one should not be so hasty to cast judgement lest they themselves be judged…
“She who strikes without thought can cut God.” I guess we’re going to test that axiom of her mentor’s, albeit on a smaller scale.
Is that an instruction to strike without thought or a condemnation of luck?
Yes.
Its clearly a sound blade.
Look she has a tuning fork in her hand
“Beware the swordsman who carries no blade.” -Proverb
A swordsman who needs a sword is a poor swordsman indeed.
who needs a sword, those eyes are enough to kill anything
actually i would day that sword has an eye
It would appear that my earlier prediction was true; things are, indeed, “going down.”
Why is anyone running towards him. I mean really Allison is in the other direction.
The pursuers don’t seem to have heard the phrase “eyes on the prize” before. The may have heard the phrase “eyes on the death machine” though, unfortunately for them.
If you are trapped in a room with an angry tiger your choice of actions is severely constrained; Do you fight the tiger, or do you allow the tiger to kill you?
If you run towards your prize, you are easily stabbed in the back. Eagerness will always victim to patience.
It looks as though they are simply in the way, though they might (rightly) assume that the Thorn is intent on murdering their prize. Greed may be overpowering their common sense, or perhaps they fear a worse repercussion than instant, violent death should it be learned by their masters that they did not do everything they could to secure the key for their faction.
The pursuers are defined, in the same way as the least worthy fish slip through the net, by their willingness to defy forces far more powerful than themselves for inadequate recompense.
They’re invading a Demiurge’s palace to steal the Key of Kings from the head of its wielder. Anyone who isn’t suicidally brave stayed home.
(Except the guards, I don’t know what their deal is. Maybe they just realize that being disemboweled is better than disappointing Mottom.)
Would you turn your back to an enraged Thorn Knight, let alone one as frightful as 6 Juggernaut Star?
“You want some of this? You want some of the glowing?”
Did those people not know what a Thorn Knight is, not care or think they actually had a chance?
They are trying to get a Key of Kings. So they either are themselves strong enough to try, or they think they are strong enough to try.
Thorn nights might be Bad Fucking News, but these are people who saw a brawl for The Most Valuable Object In The Multiverse and went “yeah, I’ve got a shot at that.” The merely deluded did not make it through this whole brawl. Those that remain are Bad Fucking News themselves. Its not their fault that this PARTICULAR throne night is Bad Fucking News Even Among Bad Fucking News.
They’re all skilled warriors. They likely decided either their numbers would be enough of an advantage to slay the angel with at least some of them surviving or that fleeing would be the less successful outcome and so decided to hold ground.
Well, they can have their armors damaged so there is always a chance
Once the blade is discarded what remains is the idea of the blade itself.
The student discards a little more of the blade each day until it is all gone. She is declared master, takes a student and goes and plants a garden.
Of course one does not permit oneself to develop such disgusting feelings as “love” and “admiration”. But if I did, ah, all mine would be for Murder The Gods And Topple Their Thrones.
Mendicant knight’s sword, embodying the mantra of “you get what you paid for”
Indeed. I suspect that No Reasonable Offer was Refused at some point in that sword’s history.
Your compliment to my wares is much appreciated, friend! But rest assured, had the Maybe Sword entered my possession at any stage, it would be the work of many hands indeed to part me from it.
The collector’s value alone!
Humble be the not, Crazy Ulurhad, for I, Jawis-Tel, of course know thy tale. BWAHAHAHA. For anyone well known is known by me of course.
Isn’t this sword Meti’s legacy to her apprentice?
Alice-Un is never going to answer The Mendicant Knight…
“And what do we say to the weirdo who asks questions about death?”
“Not this chapter.”
No. Fucking. Way.
Nah-ah. I can’t believe my eyes.
Impossible.
Maya wants to take 6 Jugernaut Star on a duel?
No. I don’t want to witness this story anymore. I see only death in the outcome of this duel.
Death for everyone in a fifty mile radius, perhaps. These two are among the baddest of asses short of the demiurges themselves.
I don’t think she wants to so much as she’s resigned to do what needs to be done for reasons she only knows at the moment.
Which would be more upsetting, Maya getting killed, 6 Juggernaut Star getting killed or them both killing each other? Either one is quite distressing.
If it is indeed true that “She who strikes without thought may cut God”, as Maya’s own mentor wrote, then it is possible that a mere Thorn would pose little difficulty, even if one happened to think slightly about it.
I too foresee death, but angels don’t stay dead. I’m sure 7 Juggernaut Star will have plenty of time for more Scouring the Universe.
Soon to be {Null Set} Juggernaut Star.
Ah, but whose death?
Exactly.
[Starts playing hard metal riffs as the two clash]
Death is the only Escape
A master of cutting only needs the barest of edges.
The Master of Cutting needs no physical edge at all. Did not the first Master begin by cutting with their thumb? not the nail, mind you, but the thumb itself. For the Master, to breath is to Cut, to think is to Cut, every motion, physical, mental, or spiritual, is to Cut. It would be a poor master in deed, to no longer be able to cut simply by being disarmed.
…I see a bunny miss. Hop away little bunny girl. :<
Alas Bunny miss managed to actually stab 6 Juggernaut Star with her spear, but that meant been near him when he just whirlwind attacked.
Hmmn, perhaps Juggernaut is about to earn another number? We can only hope so.
So let us see if Maya and The Maybe Sword are a match for the fury and blades of a Thorn Knight
Correct me, but is Juggernaut Star not missing his legs in panel 5?
It seemed to me that he had already been disabled; whether by our Medicant Knight or one of the Brigade is a thought to be pondered.
A curtain of gore clouds your vision, Angel. The cutting has separated the biological components of all that stand between Meti’s apprentice and the Prime’s insubordinate servant.
One of them is just bent, the other has just been struck by the startled-looking woman with the now broken sword.
There are many ways angels can be separated.
There are many ways for angels to be separated.
This one suspects that their will not be much left of the palace after this battle.
His battle or no, the palace will not last much longer. Mottom’s Will has been broken, and it was that alone which kept the palace aloft.
Truly, a battle for the ages: Murder the Gods and Topple Their Thrones versus 6 Juggernaut Star Scours the Universe. Give me a few moments, and I shall conjure some refreshments.
Truly, the fight of the kalpa!
Children these days. The Forging Of The Throne In Twofold Annihilation far outdid this battle in spectacle, and the Massacre of the Concordance in sheer number of matched combatants.
It may, however, rise to the level of Meti and the Speaker of Thorns’ predecessor, 4 Through Holocaust Veneration.
They may not beget, but driving an elbow through their hip-plates remarkably reduces their mobilty. Losing your arm at the shoulder is a small price to pay for that advantage, it turns out.
Oh shit, son.
I’m not sure who is more terrifying; the Thorn Knight consumed by all his bloodthirsty rage, or the beggar so assured she willing to fight him with half a sword.
Although admittedly, the one splattered with the blood of his victims does get a slight edge in terms of initial shock value.
I dunno, Maya’s expression does not seem to me to say “I will fight you, although my armaments are poor,” but rather “Your existence offends me and you will die in a moment.” In the face of her confidence, I wonder if we’re about to see 7 Juggernaut Star Scours the Heavens.
I believe that Maya can cut God.
I read it more as Maya viewing all the furious cutting, and thinking “ametuer.”
I suspect that using half a sword is, at worst, only a slightly bigger handicap than using a whole one.
The blade is in her hand.
The blade is in your head.
She has the most INCREDIBLY threatening eyes
Wow, I can’t believe she was Aragorn all along :v
aragorn? more like meliodas…
Does that mean the Maybe Sword is Anduril?
Maybe!
“Juggernaut Star, huh. *sigh* I guess I actually have to use the ugly piece of metal now.” – The Thought-Record of Auntie Maya, probably.
“It can be translated as Sword of Might in one fashion, but the more fascinating interpretation is Sword that Might.”
“Might what?”
“Might anything.”
DOUL!
Ah! The Possible Sword!
A most apt and astute citation of a relevant text. I salute thee, scholar.