Pyrrhic Victory
Previously, Vinnie thought long and hard and now the decision comes.
Vinnie: ["woke up" from thinking] Thank you.
All: Huh?
Vinnie: [referring to his siblings] For everything you have done for me.
Dmitri: What were you thinking, Vin?
Vinnie: Trust me... Dmitri, you go there [leftmost corridor]. Sheamus, that way [middle left corridor]. Ilana, go this way [middle right corridor] and Hansel, run over there [rightmost corridor]. Finn and Jake were [cough] weak in Huntsland standards.
F & J: Hey!
Vinnie: So the three of us will go to the middle.
Hansel: Are you insane?
Vinnie: I knew you'll react that way but you have to understand! You are as strong or maybe stronger than me so I believe you can make it out just fine.
Dmitri: I know what you're going through but remember this, you are vital for this mission so don't die.
Sheamus: Don't worry about us. We can tackle those traps like nothing.
Ilana: Besides, you are lucky to be not alone anymore. Unlike us, you have friends like them. Promise me to protect them with your life.
Hansel: Go Vin. Ready to destroy King.
Vinnie: [looks down smiling and sniffs] Thanks. Please, make it out alive, alright?
Vin's Siblings: Promise!
So they ran to their respective corridor and it's either a hit or miss. Vinnie starts to feel doubt on his plan but Finn was confident that they'll make it out alive.
Finn: Don't worry about them. Judging from what I have seen, I believe they can overpower anything.
Vinnie: Do you really think so?
Jake: Once we make it out, I'm sure they'll catch up. I'm sure of it.
Everyone went to their respective corridors. The trapped ones are rigged to bring the victim to a pocket dimension with the beast and its chosen environment. Dmitri went to the first one and then he felt something hot while he's on his way then out from nowhere, flames start to surround him and the Fire Elemental rises from those flames. Dmitri readies his sword with a swords dance.
Dmitri: The heat?
Fire Elemental: [screeches]
Dmitri: [RUSSIAN] Prepare to be extinguished!
As Sheamus moves further, he felt heavier and heavier as he run through then the Gravity Golem rises from the ground and it puts on a lot of weight on him that gave him a hard time running and lifting his sword to the golem. It got too heavy so he made a desperate move, he readied his sword for the blow and jumped hard.
[After noticing the Gravity Golem]
Sheamus: Heavyweight huh, fella! Even gravity won't stop me!
Ilana noticed the nature surrounding the corridor and then she encountered the Vine Treant. Ilana wastes no time on blocking and slashing through vines and then once she reaches to it, she slashed it.
Ilana: [GREEK] Child's play!
Hansel ran with flailing arms to the last corridor and he notice that the water is rising. He then saw a Water Dragon that savagely attacks him. He was under a disadvantage due to him not learning to swim well but as he sensed that the dragon is going to swallow him.
Hansel: Wa~wa?
Water Dragon: [growls]
Finn, Jake and Vinnie ran through the corridors and then Vinnie noticed a mural so he stopped to analyze.
Finn: Why did you stop?
Jake: We have a king to fight. Remember?
Vinnie: I know this mural.
Vinnie remembered something from a long time ago. He vandalized on the walls and then Dmitri witnessed what he did and got so mad that he calls his dad to spank him afterwards. Back then, Dmitri was a top choice to be the heir and he was meticulous about the conditions of his castle.
[Flashback (354 years ago)]
Vinnie: [humming]
Dmitri: Oh my Glob! What have you done!? What's wrong with you?
Vinnie: But~but
Dmitri: Father! FATHER!
After remembering, he soon realizes that the chalk he used was magic retardant which means that this mural can't be magically copied by any means. They felt joy as they crossed to the right corridor but he later realizes that his siblings are in grave danger.
Vinnie: Wait a minute, this chalk... This is magic retardant chalk and once it's drawn to anything like this, the illusions will not take it with it so that means, YES!
Finn: What?
Jake: Finn, I think he went instantly bonkers.
Vinnie: Don't you see, we're in the right corridor!
Finn: Really!? That's great!
Jake: Doom King, get ready to have your butt kicked.
Vinnie: Yes and I have to tell my siblings for~ wait, my siblings.
Jake: What about them?
Vinnie: If I found the right one then that must mean that~ Oh Glob! Nii-san! Nee-san!
Vinnie's joy turns to fear as he realized that his siblings haven't come really fast and as soon as he tried to return back, he got knocked out by Death Prince then he knocked out Finn which leaves Jake, the last to be awake until he got fainted by Death Prince's scary face.
After being knocked out by Death Prince, Vin woke up first before waking Finn and Jake up. Now the first thing they saw was a staircase being shined by an aurora behind it, and then they saw Doom King.
Vinnie: Ugh. What happened? Finn, Jake, wake up.
Jake: Where are we?
Finn: My head hurts. A staircase?
Vinnie: Looks like we made it.
Doom King: Hahahahah! At last you made it.
Vinnie: [looks up until he saw Doom King] Doom King! [throws a shiv]
Doom King: Do you think I would go out, empty handed?
Vinnie: Doom King! You've been the bane of my homeland for far too long. I've come here to end your reign.
Doom King: End, my reign? You peons entertain me. A hero teaming up with a little boy and his dog, you must be a joke trying to thwart me.
Finn: We're not just a boy and a dog!
Jake: We're heroes from the Land of Ooo.
Doom King: The Land of Ooo? When was the last time I have heard of that name. But you can't still defeat me. Come to the throne room. I'll be waiting. [fades out]
Jake: Uh, are you sure about this?
Finn: Why?
Jake: Vinnie, your siblings aren't here yet.
Vinnie: Don't worry about it. They'll come soon. Well? This is now or never. Let's finish this.
F & J: Right!
So the trio climbed the long stairs to the Throne Room. Once they made it, they opened the huge doors and saw Doom King sitting down on his throne relaxed and then Death Prince appeared which spooked Finn and Jake a bit.
Doom King: So, you made it.
Death Prince: Hahahah! [appeared from above]
F & J: Waah!
Vinnie: Who are you?
Death Prince: I am the Death Prince, son of Doom King and the harbinger of all that dies.
Vinnie: (annoyed grunt).
Death Prince: You two behind the so called heir, I heard from my father that you came from the Land of Ooo, right?
Jake: What's it to you?
Death Prince: Ah, such attitude you got there and once I'm done with you, I'm going to rule your land and make all of the princesses my slaves!
Finn: We won't let you get away with it!
Jake: What makes you the prince? You don't even have a crown.
Death Prince: Oh really? (Removes hood, revealing a crown growing out of his brain and it's pulsating)
Finn: Aughh! That's gross.
Jake: (sounds of disgust) Put it back, put it back.
Death Prince: (returns hood back) Now then. (Flies to Doom King)
Doom King: Make your move.
Vinnie: Here's the plan, we go all out on Doom King and ignore the prince. He's the least of our concerns now. Simple?
Finn: I don't know. He looks scarier than what he made.
Doom King: Well?
Vinnie: [stand properly, unsheathes his sword, aims his sword at Death Prince then Doom King] Attack!
The trio charged to Doom King until Death Prince isolated Vinnie which leaves to Finn and Jake to fight the Doom King.
Death Prince: Try to ignore me?
Vinnie: Curses! Finn! Jake!
Finn: Don't worry!
Jake: We got this.
Doom King: The boy and his dog? You'll make a good appetite for me.
Finn: Then eat this!
Doom King: (blocks)
Doom King: (smiles) Your swordplay is not bad but not good and wise! (shoots energy wave)
Going back to the Death Prince, they don't seem to exchange blows yet but they exchanged words.
Death Prince: C'mon, fight already.
Vinnie: I have nothing against you so step aside.
Death Prince: Oh? I'm very sure that you have something against me.
Vinnie: ?
Death Prince: You see, I have a story to tell you.
Vinnie: You're wasting my time.
Death Prince: Erhem! Once upon a time,
Death Prince told Vinnie a story what took place a week before his homecoming to Earth. As his story progress, he became enraged.
Death Prince: I came across an old house. It was a very fine house so I went inside and checked it out until I found two people sleeping in their room. I saw them sleeping soundly like a baby and do you know what I DID?! (slashes back and forth). The sheets covering them are now dyed in crimson and I could have killed more inside if it weren't poor old Dmitri witnessed the whole thing.
[Vinnie's heartbeat rapidly increases]
Vinnie: You WHAT?!
Death Prince: Ahahahahah! They were none other than your mother and father but there's more!
Vinnie: You… YOU!
Death Prince: Behold! [magically shows him his siblings' weapons]
Vinnie: It can't be!
Death Prince: Oo! Oo! There's one more! [shows him projection of his siblings' executions and each were done differently]
Vinnie: [eyes dilated as he witness the death of his siblings]
[His heartbeat starts to decrease]
Death Prince: Yes, hahah. Now you have the reason to hate me! Oh look, their souls have finally come to me. There there little ones, I'll keep you safe [sucks all of their souls]. Delicious! Hey! Are you just gonna stand there and wallow? Are you gonna fight me? YOU WANNA FIGHT ME?
[Lightbulb break sfx]
Vinnie: [Rage] SHUT UP!
Vinnie flashed furiously to Death Prince as his blade and Death Prince's scythe crossed. Death Prince smiled that he finally snapped to even kill him. Vinnie hacked and slashed in a fast pace but Death Prince blocked all of it because his focus was so lost that his attacks weren't very precise.
[Transitioning back to Doom King's fight]
Doom King: Distracted? Face me! Hyahh!
Finn then lunged to Doom King and as he dodged, Jake extends his arms to trip him but Doom King maneuvered after the trip then sends out a dark blast from his left hand then charged to them.
Going back to Death Prince, Vinnie tirelessly strikes him and Death Prince blocked all of his blows. Death Prince eventually found an opening to stun him and now he's making the flurry of attacks with his dual scythes!
Vinnie: [continuous strikes] Die! Die! Die!
Death Prince: You've been a nuisance for long enough. [kicks him] My turn!
Now it is his turn to block the prince's attacks. His blows were heavier but as soon as he hit the wall, he immediately sidesteps from his attack and made six strikes in honor of his family. Death Prince tries to counter attack him but he was faster.
Death Prince: Hyaahahaha! Are you really the avenger we fear of?
Vinnie: [hits the wall] Guh!
Death Prince: This is the end!
Vinnie: [sidesteps and spins around to go behind him]
Death Prince: Huh!
Vinnie: That's where you're wrong! [Four Slashes]
Death Prince: [In screaming pain]
Vinnie: This is for my siblings!
Death Prince: How dare you! [scythe swept sideways]
Vinnie: This is for my mother! [dismantles his crown]
Death Prince: NO!
Vinnie: This is for my~
Death Prince: ENOUGH!
His last strike however, was stopped by a kick to the jaw that sent him flying for a short time. His scythe began to glow red and creates a red wave as he slash. The wave hit him while being airborne thus sends him to the opposing wall but as it hits the wall, the blast turned white. Death Prince rushes and strikes him so hard that he almost went through the thick wall. He then finishes him off with 3 energy blasts with the last one the strongest. The duo were shocked at Death Prince's final attack that gave Doom King the opportunity to strike which led the two to be knocked out by the blast.
Vinnie: [superkicked] Gyack.
Death Prince: [holds the scythe blade] Time to end this. [slashes his scythe to projects a red wave] Catch!
Vinnie: Oomph! [begins to suck the red]
Death Prince: [dashes to Vinnie] It's over! Requiscat! [swings heavily in fury] In! [attacks with two lesser energy blasts] Pace! [one greater energy blast]
Finn: Vin!
Jake: No.
Doom King: [shot out from his left hand to the ground where the duo stands]
Finn and Jake: Wah!
Death Prince is happy that he thought that he finally killed him until a blade pierced out from him. He can't believe his eyes that Vinnie still survived from his all-out attack. A quick timed flashback was shown that Vinnie caught the wave while falling down and began to suck all the red until he hits the wall to full health. Vinnie then slashed him upward for the death of Death Prince.
Death Prince: That was easy~ Augh!
Vinnie: (smiled) And that is for my father.
Death Prince: No, it can't be. But how?
Vinnie: I thank you for feeding me red.
Death Prince: Red!? Of course! (flashback) I forgot you're a vampire as well. Then~
Vinnie: Like I said, you're a waste of time.
Death Prince: Nooooo. (his voice fades to silence)
Vinnie: You are all avenged...
Doom King noticed that Vinnie is now putting certain souls in his vials attached on his belt. Upon seeing it, he can't believe that Death Prince, his own son, died by his hands. He became enraged and now he's all eyes on him.
Doom King: Huh?! (his eyes dilate as he witness his son's death). How dare you! (runs and strikes him)
Vinnie: Hmmph!
Vinnie quick-drew his sword to block Doom King's attack and then they both fight. Both have their swords crossed, dodged slashes and exchanged words while Vinnie seems to have the advantage until his sword, Tenshisame, broke into pieces by Doom King's left hand.
Doom King: You will pay for killing my son!
Vinnie: No! You'll pay for killing my family! [strong slash and crossed swords]
Doom King: [smiled] Perhaps. [moves back]
Vinnie: Hyaah!
Doom King: [grabs Vin's sword and grin] Unfortunately, [breaks sword in half] I won't.
Vinnie: Oh you have got to be kid~ Uwaah!
Doom King then kicked him flying to the wall. As he's about to get hit, he readied his Shadow Blades, lands with his feet to the wall and bounced back to the king in high speed. Doom King was too late to notice him as he flew and slash through him, ripping a part of his cape, chipped off his armor and even injuring his right hand. This turns the tide as he is now hurting the king as the battle goes on.
Vinnie: [maneuvers his body to land on the wall with his feet, projects Shadow Blades and jumps]
Doom King: Now for the boys! Heh?
Vinnie: Hyaah!
[Slash marks on the cape, armor breaks and slash marks on the right hand]
Doom King: Gyaaah!
Doom King tried to attack but he's slow to counter attack his Shadow Blade dance and when the king charged his blast from his left hand, he teleported from behind and stabbed his back which makes him kneel down. Vinnie made the decisive blow by spinning around to where he's facing, stopped and the spin force amplifies the damage of his slash which led him to fall flat.
Doom King: [slashed] It can't be...
Vinnie claimed that it's finished and wakes Finn and Jake up. Later on, they notices a purple light emanating through his cracked armor.
Vinnie: It is done. [Looks at unconscious Finn and Jake] Hey, wake up. [shakes them]
Finn: Ugh. Hey, what's~
Jake: Uh. Hwah! Did we win?
Both: Whoa!
Finn: You killed him?
Vinnie: He really is. Phew...
[purple light]
Jake: Huh? [shines brighter] Vinnie? Finn? Look!
Doom King: Do you think I can be defeated easily? Heheheheheheh!
Vinnie: Stay back!
Doom King: [ROAR]
The boom of his roar was strong enough to break the thick walls of the throne room and send Finn and Jake flying out of the room. Vinnie runs and jumps to save them by partially transforming himself to have Enlightenment's wings and lucky for him, he manage to take control of the beast.
Jake: Whoa!
Finn: Waa!
Vinnie: No! [runs, jumps off and partially transform to gain Enlightenment's wings]
Jake: Finn! [stretches and grabs Finn]
Vinnie: [grabs the duo] Gotcha! [lands down]
Soon, the throne room breaks down and debris fall on to them. As they land, he used his Shadow Blades to slice the fallen debris cleanly but afterwards, he ends up being in pain due to the transformation so he advised Finn to cut off his wings and he did thus ending it
Vinnie: [pain sounds]
Finn: Vin!
Vinnie: The sword! Cut my wings off!
Finn: But~
Vinnie: Do it! [sliced] Gyaaah! [pain eases a bit] Thanks.
Doom King is surrounded with dark purple aura that emanates from his face and the cracks of the armor. He descends slowly and exclaimed his perseverance.
Doom King: Fwahahahahah! Do you think I would fall down easily. It was all but a bide!
Vinnie: We got one shot at this boys [looks at Finn's bloodied sword and Jake]... That sword of yours can now harm the King so you're fighting with me. Jake! Use your shapeshift and your wits to trick the King. Let's go!
The trio charged in after the plan. Finn and Vinnie melee him with what they've got. Doom King quickly blocked their attacks and presses forward with an array of blasts from his left hand while they fall back and later runs around him. Jake tried to stretch his way to outsmart him like punches from behind, manipulating either Finn or Vinnie to strike in unusual ways of attacking and eventually taking off the crown. Doom King then blasted the two away from him then suddenly he falls down from above and stabs him.
Doom King: [crown was taken] My Crown!
Vinnie: Now! [backflip kicks his head, grabs his hair, lands on his head and jumps to the platform and climbs high]
Finn: Eat this! [multiple slashes]
Doom King: [painful grunts and groans as his arm and back were slashed and the slash in the knee made him kneel down]
Jake: [tries to knock him down]
Doom King: Away from me! [left hand blast to the ground which sends Finn and Jake flying again]
Vinnie: [jumps from above, cannonballs and spins forward then spreads out with two hands holding a knife and stabs his heart while he lands]
Doom King screamed in such amount of intolerable pain from the stab. The knife he used was Doom King's knife which was given to his grandfather then it ends up on his hands.
Doom King: [demonic screams]
Vinnie: [Deep breathing] You know what the old saying, you live by the sword, you die by your own sword.
The King still writhes in pain until he made his sinister laugh because he noticed a piece of his katana beside him.
Doom King: Grrrahhah~hahahahahahah!
Vinnie: Laughing at your own demise?
Doom King: No. I'm laughing, at yours!
Doom King quickly grabbed the piece, rose up and stabbed him to the heart at the same time. He laughed as he saw his eyes dilate and his eye rolled upward to know that he's dying.
Doom King: You never learned do you. I'm am nothing like you. In the end, I win~
-{simultaneous}-
Doom King: ~and your grandfather will be ashamed of you in the afterlife!
Mysterious Voice: Vin. Vin. Vin!
He heard his name multiple times then as he "wake" up in a white environment and looked around, he saw his father standing there. He was surprised but he didn't forget the grudge he had for his father. He explained lots about his intention.
Vinnie: [looks around and was shocked] Dad?
Father: You can't give up now boy! Don't you dare lose to him. (the mother and his siblings appeared)
Vinnie: Why should I? You hated me ever since I was born for being weak.
Father: I'm doing this to get you become stronger as you grow older.
Vinnie: What?
Father: It's all in the Psychology, Vin or should I originally call you, Shin. You gave me a kick to the head while I was naming you which led me to accidentally name you Vin. I was so mad at you that I spend 5 years of your life in total misery. I was the one who orchestrated everything on your miserable life. I thought you would die a dependent loser but I never knew that you would have the simple spark that will lead to who you are right now. Look at you sunny boy, you're not only independent but you exceed our expectations.
Vinnie: So all this time is just~
Father: Making you feel the worst then later on become your determination to be stronger. Yes! I actually cared for you. Before my father died, you've become his last living legacy. Seeing you naturally weak like this makes me sick so I had to do it. Now go out there and avenge us but if you die, I'm glad that~
Vinnie: ... (punches Jackie)
Father: What did I do?
Vinnie: This is 350 years of pain building up from you (grabs the vials)!
Father: What are you doing?
Vinnie: Ending my torment.
[they panic]
Jackie: Our souls? Wait! You can't be serious!
Sheamus: You're not going to use us!
Ilana: Think of the people who died here. You can't waste it for yourself!
Hansel: No. Don't!
Mother: Vin, we're sorry that we made you like this.
Dmitri: You fool! The key was your soul! If you use us, you'll fail to revive the hu~
Vinnie: Screw your plan! I'm done being your tool!
Vinnie woke up from the NDE and he starts feeling the pain from the stab. While Doom King is talking, he woke Finn up telepathically and he made a last resort plan of defeating Doom King and eventually completing his mission.
Vinnie: Gasp! [pain sounds]
Doom King: [laughs] Not bad. Not bad especially for a Tribrid such as you! No matter what you are, (voice faded for Vinnie and Finn's lines) I will always prevail. Don't you see, I've ascended from humanity long ago thus I lived for a thousand years. Do you think you can kill a god? It's [cough] Impossible!
[Vinnie's hand reaches to the vial's corks]
Vinnie: [telepathy] Finn!
Finn: [communicating through telepathy] What? Oh my Glob!
Vinnie: Calm down. I bet you can conjure a portal right?
Finn: Yeah but why?
Vinnie: No time! Conjure a portal based on what you have like I don't know, know how to draw a happy face, bug milk and an incantation but, trust me on this.
[Vinnie looks at Doom King directly]
Doom King: Hahaha [cough cough] hahahh. What will you do now?
Vinnie: [smiles] [removes corks]
The ghosts of his family wailed angrily upon the king. While he's at it, Finn is drawing the Phil Face then threw bug milk on the face and then both chanted their magic.
Doom King: What!? [ghost screeched at him] What is this?
Vinnie: You took my family away and now, I will get my revenge.
Doom King: Grrr!
Vinnie: Now!
Finn: [spills bug milk] Maloso Vobiscum Et Cum Spirito!
{simultaneous}
Vinnie: Reiuvenatio Maximus!
The dual conjuration is a success. Vinnie's spell starts when the 6 souls formed into one concentrated ball of light. It then explodes and inside the expanding blast range is a white area that dissipates when the distance of the blast reaches at a maximum. The Nightosphere portal appears under Doom King. Vinnie managed to manipulate the portal to only suck him in. Doom King refused so he grabbed on to the Katana piece stabbed on Vinnie's chest but the pull was strong enough to slide the Katana piece off him.
Doom King: What is this sorcery?
Vinnie: [smiles] One will bring you to your prison and the other one will heal what you destroy!
Doom King: You're bluffing!
[Doom King's spilled "blood" made the flowers grow due to the effect]
Doom King: Impossible! Then~then my masterpiece will be~ I don't accept this! [tightens the stab]
Vinnie: Gyak!
Finn: Vin!
Doom King: If that's the case, suffer with me!
[The light's effect formed doomed beings around the Nightosphere portal to pull Doom King in]
Vinnie: [off screen stab removed from the pull] I'm not going anywhere.
Doom King: What!? [desperately tries to grab on to something] No!
Vinnie: I'll see you in the Nightosphere, dreadful one.
Doom King: [doomed beings reaches out] NOOOO! [grabs Doom King's head to pull down]
Vinnie: At last, it's over.
[White Light]
Vinnie stood his ground, witnessing the downfall of the king and the rejuvenation of Huntsland as the ball exploded into an intense flash of light. The light crashes in like a tidal wave which passes through desolate areas into nature. The light enveloped all of the land with no sign of desolation. An hour later, Finn woke up first and noticed something unusual. The environment of Huntsland has changed drastically from a desolate wasteland to a bountiful grassfield full of forests and trees.
[Light starts to diminish]
Finn: Uh. What? No way. Jake, Jake, wake up.
Jake: Unnngh!? What happened?
Finn: The sky's clear, everything is green. It's almost as if it's pure again.
Jake: Wait, so that means?
Finn: Vin did it!
Jake: We finally saved Huntsland! Wait a minute, where is he?
Finn: Oh yeah, he's~ Huh? Vin!
Jake: Vinnie!?
Vinnie: I'm right here.
Both: Vin!
Vinnie: We finally did it... Not only I avenge my family but Huntsland is no longer a desolate wasteland.
Finn: It's beautiful...
Jake: Yeah. What are we gonna do now?
Vinnie: I'll bring you home but if you want to stay, you can help me gather what you can find here.
Finn: Great! Where do we start?
Vinnie: You can help me find my sword fragments~
Finn: Already covered.
Vinnie: Oh. I see then the next one is finding my siblings' corpses.
Finn & Jake: What!?
The battle between the Seven and Doom King ends in a Pyrrhic victory for Vinnie, Finn and Jake as his siblings died fighting for the reclamation of their castle and the rejuvenation of Huntsland but it felt like it's not over for Doom King as he was sent to the Nightosphere. He witnessed the demonic dystopia in front of his cold dead eyes which drives him to have the ambition to rule the Nightosphere.
Doom King: Ugh. What is this place? Huh?
[Nightosphere landscape and metal music]
Doom King: This chaos, the ruination, the demons. [laughs heavily] Listen all to me you demonic scum! Your new king of all doom has arrived! I shall liberate all of you by killing your ruler and I will take whoever's place to become, Demon King!
Hunson: What is all the racket?
Doom King: You dare come near to your new ruler?
Hunson: Excuse me, did you say ruler? That's an odd way to address me.
Doom King: You dare mock me? I shall have your head, you scoundrel!
Doom King fought Hunson but he's absolutely no match against him. He took the crown and used his demonic powers to transmute the crown and his entire body into a special amulet made for someone.
Hunson: [blocks left hook] Deflect!
Doom King: Hah?
Hunson: Karate Sweep!
Doom King: Uwahh. (crown swiped) My crown!
Hunson: [Transmute spell]
Doom King: What's, happening to me?
Hunson: You'll play an important role soon.
Doom King: Gaaarrhh! You'll pay for this, I SWEAR!
Hunson: [picks up the amulet and laughs] Now for part two.
[END]
Trivia
- The title name "Pyrrhic Victory" refers to a victory with heavy losses. For instance, Vinnie, Finn and Jake won with the death of his siblings.
- Huntsland's desolate environment has been restored back to life due to Reiuvenatio Maximus's effects.
- Dmitri mentioned to him about his soul being the key. It means that their plan was to use Vinnie's soul to be the catalyst for Reiuvenatio Maximus.
* Actually, his soul is capable of reviving humanity in Huntsland but he decided to go against their plan and used their souls in the process which in turn doesn't revive humanity but at least it rejuvenated 100% of the continent.
- The design of Doom King's crown is based on Conquest of the original Four Horsemen's crown. It can be possible that they came to Earth during the Mushroom War which led to Conquest's death.
- Hunson transmuted Doom King and his crown into a new Nightosphere Amulet. The new Nightosphere amulet is green and octagonal in shape but hexagonal in the middle part.
Cultural References
- Reiuvenatio Maximus works like the Dominus Glyphs from Castlevania Order of Ecclesia. The two worked the same as it requires one or more souls to make it work but the only difference is that the Reiuvenatio Maximus rejuvenates while Dominus Glyphs destroys.
* Reiuvenatio Maximus's power is variable. A few number of souls can regenerate as small as a state to an entire country while a massive amount of souls can theoretically revive the people who had died. Vinnie used six souls but the amount incapable of reviving not even one human. That is not the case when Vinnie's soul was added and if that ever happened, all the living beings who died in Huntsland will be revived.
- Death Prince's supposed decisive strike is loosely based from the Igniz's Super Desperation Attack "Brutal God Project" from King of Fighters 2001 and 2002 UM. watch?v=8fswTm_ziw4
* Instead of a whip and manipulating cloth with blades, Death Prince performs a flurry of deceivingly swift but heavy Scythe blows.
Storyline Analysis
- The desolate Huntsland has become rejuvenated from the water to the entire landscape. It is also unknown whether the others like the Brawlers would adapt to the serene environment.
- If Vinnie's soul was used for Reiuvenatio Maximus, a minimal amount of humanity will be brought back in Huntsland and in turn will make Finn's status as the "Only Human on Earth" null and void. His self-centered attitude made it impossible.