forum The Soul Labyrinth

Started April 14, 2019 by @CasiCasino group

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Cassius stopped for a bit before…
“Can you do me a favor?”

Sure, what is it? She paused for a moment, but kept painting.

“The Chariot Master’s not here yet, and I don’t sense the hunters around here. Could you find a way to go outside without making it suspicious? I need to see what’s going on…” Cassius was true to his words, he will not let anyone know that his soul is still around the Labyrinth.

Sure! Hinata thought for a moment, thinking of how she would do it. Finally, she thought she had an idea.
"Hey," She said, turning to Selik.
"It good if I take a smoke break outside?"

“Uh, sure. Just close the doors on your way out as well, some people aren’t so fond of cigarettes” Selik replied and turned back to painting the wall.

(Smart~)

(Thanks!)
"Cool." Hinata set her brush down, heading out. She closed the doors quietly behind her, pulling out her cigar.

Cassius came out and started looking around.
“No signs of breaking in. That would mean that they were probably escaping something from up above or…” Cassius was unable to finish his sentence when he spotted a giant figure in the distance. The figure was approximately seven stories tall and was walking through the streets, sending a loud thump every now and then. Though humanoid, the figure was not human nor was it a Phantom like Cassius.

"That's… that's really tall. It's bad, isn't it." She said it as a statement, lowering her cigar.

“Uh… yeah… I would think so” Cassius commented.

The giant figure looked around the Labyrinth, left and right, left and right. It knelt down and picked up a house that was beside it. It looked at the house it picked up for a moment before tossing it at a ridiculous speed at Cassius and Hinata.

Cassius’ eyes widened and immediately pushed Hinata out of the way while guarding himself with his red strings like usual. When the house hit, Cassius was safe.
“Okay! Definitely not nice!”

Hinata landed on her feet, looking up at the figure.
"Is it weird to say this isn't the first time this happened to me?" She drew a sword, moving to stand by Cassius.

“No. You’ve been alive since the multiverse started, of course this wouldn’t be the first time that this kind of situation has happened to you” Cassius turned to the door.
“Can you go get people who can fight here? We might need back up” Cassius was aware that he can’t let anyone know he’s alive but he already thought of a plan.

"Sure thing." Hinata ducked inside the hall, still holding one of her swords.
"Hey guys," she called, slightly disgruntled.
"Think I could get some help fighting?"

Alvin, Kurt, Alan and Jackal all stood up and walked towards the door.
Alvin and Kurt as said, wore only yukatas, it was right to assume at they might not be the best at fighting. But as they stood up, their yukatas turned into samurai outfits that looked extremely menacing.
Jackal had the glowing pumpkin head on his head now and Alan went back to his aggressive and animalistic form.

When Cassius heard the movement from inside the hall, his soul went back in Hinata’s body.

"Thanks." Hinata stepped back out the door, a serious look on her face as she turned back to the giant.

When Jackal saw the giant, he grinned under his mask.
“Now now, this will be interesting…” he said as a pumpkin shaped bomb appeared in his hands.
Alan’s body started going up in flames.
Alvin and Kurt both unsheathed their blades.
Jackal took a step back and launched the pumpkin bomb at the giant. Though his body was human size, the force he used to throw the bomb was not one a human could possibly achieve. The bomb exploded on the giant’s shoulder and the giant let out a cry before picking up two houses near it and threw them at the group.

“Interesting,” Adara mused. “She’s the Balance Keeper?”

Hinata lept up, easily clearing the houses. Focusing on her sword, he started to glow brightly. When the light faded, Hinata was now holding a crossbow.

Aisen turned to the door when the four Knights left.
“Apparently yes”

Jackal took position right beside Hinata while the three other Knights rushed the giant figure in different directions. Alan charged the figure straight down the middle while Alvin and Kurt took the left and right respectively.

As Alan rushed towards the giant, he turned into what appears to be a hellhound on purple flames. He jumped up using the figure’s leg to his advantage and bit the figure’s neck with his flame coated set of teeth.

Kurt and Alvin had the same idea in mind. They both attacked the figure’s arms, attempting to disable the figure’s arms.

When they attacked, they were all sent back towards the Celestial Hall with a level of cruel force. Alan landed beside Hinata while Alvin and Kurt got stuck on the Hall’s external walls.

Hinata had loaded three arrows.
"You guys good?" She called, aiming.

Alan nodded while Alvin and Kurt got out of the walls.
Jackal turned to the giant and summoned a bigger pumpkin bomb. He was going to throw it at the giant but Alvin insisted that he’d rushed and use it on the giant’s leg.
Jackal nodded and Alvin went flying towards the figure using his ability.

Hinata reajusted as Alvin rushed, the tips of her arrows pointed at the figure's head. She fired, and the tips flamed as they went flying.

(The Fricking Director spoke for an hour?!)

Alvin arrived in front of the figure and placed the pumpkin bomb on the giant’s foot. When it exploded, the giant let out a loud cry.

(OOF)
Hinata reloaded quickly, waiting for a moment.

When the giant opened its mouth to let out the cry, the arrows Hinata fired entered its mouth and burned the inside of it.

As the figure’s esophagus was hurting like hell, Alvin took the chance to attempt to cut off the giant’s leg. When Alvin’s blade hit the giant’s leg, he was sent back towards the hall.

He got struck to the wall… again. When he came out he turned to the group.
“Something I learnt, physical attacks don’t work on this guy’s external body”

Hinata nodded.
"Seems like it." She watched how her arrows burned the giant.

(I’m back~)

Jackal thought about this.
“Alvin, Kurt, you two stand back and use your passives instead. Alan and I will take care of this junk…” he said as several small pumpkin bombs appear in his hands.
Alan, who was in his inhuman form, went up in flames once more, but this time the flames were much brighter and hotter.

Alvin and Kurt understood what the two former Knights were trying to achieve and followed their instruction.
“Do you know anyone who can run at a high speed, is around here and is willing to help?” Alvin asked as he and Kurt were preparing for something by themselves.