Here it is, the 139th full chapter of Miraculous Quirks released on time as always. The raid on the Gunga Mountain Villa may now be all but over barring the cleanup of the defeated villains there and Gigantomachia has been removed from the area but there is still another front in the Paranormal Liberation War that was ongoing during the struggles with Gigantomachia so its time to switch back to Jaku and see what was going on there during the last few chapters as Shigaraki makes his presence in Jaku known. That is all the administrative stuff that I have for you, however, and there are no guest reviews to respond to or questions to answer so I will end this note here. Do keep the reviews coming as I enjoy hearing from y'all. That is all I have for this pre chapter note so that means that it is time to sit back, relax, and enjoy the 139th full chapter of Miraculous Quirks.
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Chapter 139: Containing Destruction
"What now?" Marinette asked as she flew down to the ground and deactivated her costume's space mode to land next to Adrien on the undamaged street as he recovered from the intense usage of his Quirk to block at least part of Shigaraki's Decay. "What do we do after that? There's no doubt that something's gone horribly wrong with this mission so what's the next course of action?"
"I, I don't know." Adrien said as he looked out over the large swath of destruction before them and swallowed at what he saw. "That was beyond anything we've ever seen. Really drives home how different this era is compared to the one we were born into."
All Marinette could do was nod in agreement at that as even the fight in Kamino wasn't as devastating as this. Before them was just a flat area that was dotted with the occasional collapsed upper portion of a building that hadn't been fully destroyed that had once been a good portion of Jaku. Now it was nothing but dust and debris that hung in the air that caused a haze before them so they couldn't see too far and thus didn't know where the epicenter was but as it had come from the hospital that was no doubt where the Decay wave had originated.
Both teens shuddered to think of implications of what they were seeing and how many had been saved by Adrien's actions in blocking a portion of it. They'd have to deal with that later, for now they had to figure out what was going on and what they should do next as they were separated from the rest of the Guardian Agency. Worse, their main point person was Fei who wasn't here as she was part of the Gunga Mountain Villa Raid team so she wasn't pretty much on their own until they got word from either one of the other Guardian sidekicks or someone in general command like Burnin or Endeavor.
That really wasn't good because after the chaos that Shigaraki had just wrought with his Decay Quirk they needed some stability so Adrien just reached up to his support item and began to work the controls so that he could tune into the radios here for an update on what was going on here as well as at the villa as neither doubted that Shigaraki being awake wouldn't affect that as well. However, just as Adrien reached for his earpiece they saw it, a massive blast of intense fire that cut through the dust and haze and burned a portion of it away. There was no doubt what that was as the teens turned to each other.
"Endeavor." Marinette said. "I saw his fire trail so I'm not surprised he survived and now he's gone after Shigaraki."
"Makes sense." Adrien said. "He's one of the few with the raw power to stop that monster and Shigaraki was classified as an S-Rank threat so lethal force has been authorized against him."
"Will it be enough?" Marinette asked. "I know as heroes we shouldn't kill but after what we just saw, is there any way to stop someone like that without killing him?"
"I don't…" Adrien said before a priority call came in over the radio, one that was also over the radio in Marinette's ear as well so she got it as well. "Wait, it's Endeavor. We've got an update."
"Does anyone copy, are our comms still working?" Endeavor's voice roared over the radio they focused on him as the sounds of fire could be heard in the background of it as Burnin took charge with the response so no one else would thus keeping the lines clear for Endeavor to provide them an update on the situation. "Good, I've engaged Shigaraki where the hospital and part of Jaku once stood. If you can move without touching the ground form a perimeter to contain this bastard before he gets…hey, hands to yourself asshole!"
There was a boom at the end and the couple looked to where the hospital once stood and saw the fiery explosion there that cleared away even more of dust. It was still too far to make out what was precisely going on without Marinette creating an item for that purpose but they'd heard Endeavor and would act, Marinette already deactivating her costume to reactivate it and reenable space mode when she needed its flight capabilities again and not caring that for a moment she was in just her underwear as it wasn't like there was anyone around to see her in that state. As that was happening Burnin's voice came over.
"You heard the boss man but, er, can someone explain how part of that destruction was contained?" Burnin asked. "Whoever has the power to block Shigaraki's Quirk needs to be on hand but I have no idea who did it."
"It was a hero in the evacuation team who can create a black wall of energy." A new voice, one that none of them could identify, said. "I saw it, it cut through buildings and destroyed rubble hitting it but the Decay didn't get past it, just about saved me and few other sidekicks as we were about to be hit by it. What Quirk can do that? Which hero has it?"
"That would be me." Adrien said instantly jumping into the chat to quickly cut off any useless chatter knowing that he had to speak up as soon as possible. "My Cataclysm Quirk allows me to create a black energy that is pure destruction. It destroys inorganic material at a molecular level so it's enough to Shigaraki's Decay that it can block it but it won't be lethal to people."
"Wait, you're one of the U.A. first years, aren't you, Shoto told us about you as he considers you a friend." Burnin said her tone making it clear that while you could listen she was the only one talking. "Cat Noir, right? You're a work study student at the Guardian Agency with that girl in your class who spat in Shoto's face in the Sports Festival."
"That would be me." Adrien said as Marinette activated space mode again and rolled her eyes at that. "What do you need from me?"
"We need your power to contain any future attacks like that so we'll need to you to create a perimeter but as you're only a student if you falter fall back so bring someone who can get you to safety right away." Burnin said as she quickly took charge of the forces that were mobilizing to aid Endeavor. "Eraser Head, get to Endeavor and use Erasure as that's our best bet. If anyone can aid Eraser in that regard to make his life easier and allow him to focus on Shigaraki do so because we'll need his Quirk most of all. Cat Noir, is there anything you need?"
"Yes, I can't keep my Quirk up indefinitely, it requires my own personal energy reserves to create and what I just did was taxing so I've already exhausted a lot of it." Adrien said. "I've recharged as best I can but if anyone has food that is high in protein, bring it to me and Ladybug, she's my partner and in the air above me right now and can get me to safety if need be so I've got that covered but if I'm going to need a near constant source of food to keep my Quirk active in the kind of scale needed to contain Shigaraki. Sorry to ask this but someone's going to have to hand feed me when I run out of my reserves."
"I don't care who it is, someone do that!" Burnin said. "Now go! We…huh? Endeavor, are you there? What the hell is a One for All? Look we've got backup and containment coming so hang tight. We won't let that monster get out of Jaku!"
"Did, did I just hear that right?" Marinette asked her eyes wide as she looked down at Adrien and switched to French and making sure that they couldn't be heard over the comms. "Did Burnin just ask Endeavor about One for All? Which means that she heard it from him so he knows as well?"
"Yes she did and neither of them should know about that." Adrien said worry in his voice as he too switched to French. "That's not good, how'd they…"
Before Adrien could finish there was another boom from the epicenter of destruction that got their attention. They looked to where that was but couldn't see anything other than smoke that had been caused by whatever was going on. Regardless, it didn't sound good and that was confirmed a moment later when Endeavor's voice came over the radio again.
"That was Shigaraki, he has multiple Quirks and just leapt from the epicenter towards the evacuees!" Endeavor roared the sound coming over the radio indicating that he was flying after Shigaraki. "The battle zone has just expanded so clear the area around the city as well. Cat Noir, Eraser Head, as soon as I've locked down and contained Shigaraki I need you two at the very least to help set up the containment area while anyone else who can fly and fight in the air aids me in fighting Shigaraki. This asshole can regenerate like a High End and that jump had to be a Quirk as well so he's got multiple Quirks. We need to erase them."
"Ladybug." Adrien said as Marinette was about to fly up higher into the air. "Wait up, we can't move until we know where Shigaraki is going."
"I know where." Marinette said, she'd figured it out the moment that Endeavor had said that Shigaraki was heading towards the evacuees. "Activate space mode Cat Noir, we need to move and soon."
"Got it but how do you know where he's going?" Adrien said and as he held his ring up to his mouth and added. "Space mode, activate."
"Remember what Ragdoll said to us, that Search was stolen by All for One and she didn't let him give it back to her as he's in prison so she's remaining Quirkless and serving as logistical support for the Pussycats." Marinette said as Adrien took to the sky to hover next to her. "What are the chances that that Quirk has been implanted into Shigaraki?"
"Pretty high given what I heard from that doctor say while he was taunting Present Mic after he was captured." Adrien said as it hit him. "Wait, doesn't Search allow the user to monitor and observe up to 100 people at once? Ragdoll said that she could know their locations and weaknesses from it as well. That's what made her so great as a rescue focused hero I believe though I'm not sure how it actually works."
"I have a feeling that it works by storing something that makes us unique, our Quirks." Marinette said. "If she sees that Quirk in action then that's how she tracks the user. Quirks are a part of us so that would explain how it works. How that works in search and rescue I don't know though other than keeping track of her comrades but that's a question for another time."
"Merde." Adrien said realizing it. "That's why they took her when they attacked the camp, there was a deeper reason to go after Search than just taking a strong and interesting Quirk. Even if Shigaraki doesn't know what One for All is, All for One does and he had Search before he somehow gave it to Shigaraki via his original Quirk, if what that doctor said was true."
"And if that is the case then there's no way that Ragdoll didn't see that Quirk in action." Marinette said. "I think that whatever was done to Shigaraki, the goal was to eliminate One for All as it's the one thing that can stop All for One, which makes sense given how many of the previous holders died at All for One's hands, according to Mage and All Might's research."
"One for All is a powerful Quirk." Adrien said. "Made more so by how Deku as access to Blackwhip now showing that its stockpiled multiple Quirks. There can't be much that can beat it in direct combat, after all, All Might was basically unbeatable in his prime from what we've heard."
"There's one thing that can stand up to it." Marinette said. "I saw, well more felt but it was the same thing, All Might and All for One's final duel, it, it was terrifying but it also showed the only power that could actually stand up One for All was the accumulated powers that All for One allows. I bet that Search was implanted into Shigaraki so that he could use Decay to kill the holder of One for All without the holder passing it on like the others who died did."
"That would explain a lot." Adrien said as he fully grasped their interpretation of the situation. "And we know that if Shigaraki is after One for All to destroy it, which can be deduced, then Deku will know that Shigaraki is after him."
"So he'll leave where he is and go to an abandoned area to get Shigaraki away from the evacuees and other heroes and make his stand there while they escape." Marinette said. "So we need to go there and aid him. Secrets be damned, this is too serious to care about them. We can deal with the fallout afterwards."
"I think the cat's out of the bag regardless, the term One for All has been used and that will raise questions." Adrien said. "At the very least Deku needs to communicate with Endeavor so there's no way that the number 1 hero doesn't find out after this, if they both survive that is. We…huh well looks like today is a day for the end of a few secrets."
"What do you mean?" Marinette asked worry in her voice. "What else is happening?"
"My other earpiece is still tied into the villa raid team to see if there's anything going on there to not and, well, there's an issue there as well that has broken out and it seems like our year is all that's left to stop it." Adrien said as he heard moved his hand to his helmet in his space mode to toggle to Momo's earpiece and hear what's going on there and that's when he got the confirmation he'd expected. "Yeah, it's an issue that has caused Fei to use her dragon form and it seems like that's failed. Our year is all that's left and it appears that Momo has no choice, she's going to use the Horse Miraculous."
"Oh." Marinette said as it hit her. "Yeah let's just not think about that for the moment, this is kinda a bigger problem. We'll deal with that fallout later."
"Agreed, we…" Adrien began before he was cut off by another update over the Jaku focused radio so Marinette got it as well.
"Shigaraki's changed course." Endeavor's voice said suddenly coming over the radio and interrupting their chat and the realization that Momo would be using a Miraculous in front of basically their entire year, not that they would blame her if she had to as they trusted her to only use that power if need be, and the ramifications that would come from Momo using it as Endeavor's words were much more pertinent at the moment. "He's now heading to the southwest of Jaku. He has super regeneration at the very least and likely some kind of strength enhancing Quirk as well as his Decay Quirk so no one underestimate him."
"We need to head there." Adrien said flying higher to get a good view and grimacing at the utter destruction he could see from his new vantage point while in flight mode as it was worse than he'd expected when he's seen it from street level. "And help them."
From this height Adrien could see the fire trail of Endeavor. He was heading in the direction that he said he was heading and away from them so Adrien flew towards him to catch up while Marinette quickly flew up to fly by his side and remind him of their role right now.
"You need to get there to form a…" Marinette began before there was a sudden blast of strange yellow waves of some sort was suddenly sent in their direction with odd black flashes and electrical discharges that coursed through the waves that were mainly aimed at Endeavor but it washed over them as well as a good portion of the city. "Gah, what is this, I can't…"
Adrien just groaned as the blast came with a high powered blast of air that seemed to increase the range of the yellow waves and they were tossed back from the unexpected attack to fall to the ground as their comms suddenly flared up and sparked out. This wasn't good as there was now no sound coming from the comm devices the couple had in their ears.
"That was some kind of EMP blast I think, coupled with an air blast attack." Adrien said as he grimaced on the ground. "Both the radios I have are out. I think that was done to cut off any coordination."
"Good thing that we already know the direction then." Marinette said as she got off the ground still in her space mode, that wasn't affected thankfully, and quickly floated into the air with Adrien doing the same. "Come on, let's go and see the situation so that you can create a perimeter. I'll feed you my love, I've got my own reserves and emergency food as do you. That should give you what, 20 minutes?"
"Depending on the area and if I have to cut it through buildings which would require more control to keep the spread at bay, I'd say that 15 to 20 minutes is about all I can manage." Adrien said. "So long as Mr. Aizawa is there as well though that should be plenty of time. Come on, let's get moving and back up Deku and Endeavor."
Marinette nodded and they took off flying upwards to get a better picture. Without comms they had a general area and that was it so this was best to see where they were needed on the battlefield. It was thanks to this that they got a visual in time to see a flash of yellow traveling at high speed that had to be Gran Torino shoot through the air and grab two people right as they approached another figure that was almost certainly Shigaraki. He'd saved them and showed that the other pro heroes weren't out of it just yet.
That was confirmed a moment later when there was a sudden gust of wind and Shigaraki, at least they presumed it was him as they were still a little too far out to confirm it, was tossed into the air. That gust came from Ryukyu's wings as she joined the fight and charged at the villain, smacking him further away and into the air. A moment later there was a flash of fire that shot up and at Shigaraki showing that Endeavor had reached the fight as well. That was good and with Shigaraki in the air they had a chance.
"Let's move." Marinette said as the fire erupted from the number 1 hero. "We need to get there so you can set up a perimeter just in case."
"Agreed." Adrien said as he shot forward, Marinette right behind him. "Let's lend our aid but we should aim to keep far enough back to avoid getting in their way while also being within the range I can manage with Cataclysm."
Marinette understood so with that factored into their plans it didn't take them long to reach a good spot for Adrien, space mode was pretty fast, though as they did they noticed that Shigaraki seemed to be using raw strength to stay in the air as he avoided attacks from Endeavor and Ryukyu. It was an intense airborne battle that they couldn't get involved in as they'd just be in the way so they flew down to the ground to be a good distance away while allowing Adrien to make the barrier they needed.
As they came down they saw why Shigaraki was dodging the attacks rather than relying on super regeneration, on the ground looking up at him with his hair standing on end was their homeroom teacher Mr. Aizawa. He was being held up by Rock Lock while the Normal Hero: Manual tricked just enough water from his finger into Mr. Aizawa's eyes to keep them hydrated while allowing him to see and not have to blink.
It was a clever strategy that only these three could pull off. Rock Lock's stability allowed for Mr. Aizawa to just lean on him as the other man held him up to look at Shigaraki while Manual provided the power to keep his eyes open. Between the three of them they could keep Shigaraki's Quirks at bay.
Of course they still needed some insurance so Marinette and Adrien set down on the outskirts of the destroyed area and Adrien fell to his knees. Comms were out so the only way he'd let them all know what was going on was to activate Cataclysm and he did the moment his hands were on the ground.
"Cataclysmic Wall!"
This time there were no buildings in the way, well there were some collapsed ones but Adrien looked out over the area to see where to channel his Quirk as the black energy of Cataclysm shot off him. The moment that Cataclysm took form Adrien took mental hold of it and forging it into a wall that stood as high as the buildings he remembered and shot out from either side.
As he was doing this Adrien made sure that he controlled it to avoid any of the building remains that were still there as he created the rough circle that would be the perimeter if Shigaraki managed to us Decay on the ground again. As he did he flicked the switch in his mask with his tongue to start the recharging process.
The heroes were a bit stunned by this but most were already within the wall of black energy that went up and encircled the area so they were fine. As for those who weren't they could still get over it as only those capable of flight or prolonged fighting in the air were allowed to be here right now.
In addition, Izuku and Bakugo, who were with Gran Torino in as safe a place they could be with how Shigaraki was after the former, were within it as well. Gran Torino noted it to them as part of the good job they'd done getting Shigaraki away from the civilians while also ensuring that he was in both Aizawa's line of sight and Adrien's perimeter range.
They'd done their best to contain Shigaraki but as he could take Quirks now due to having the All for One Quirk they needed to keep him from One for All as with that he may be truly unstoppable. Right now he was just one man who couldn't use his Quirks so he was using his raw strength, which was close to but not fully at All Might's level in his prime, to hold off Endeavor and Ryukyu as he battled the number 1 and 10 heroes in the air.
However, as they were fighting and the heroes were gathering within Adrien's barrier ready to lend their aid if needed there was an inhuman howling sound and parts of the earth burst up and dark purple Nomus, the color associated with the ones that could regenerate burst onto the battlefield. Most of them came from beneath it but there had been ones who'd appeared outside the perimeter so they just charged through the Cataclysm barrier as they were organic beings to aid Shigaraki at his call, though any clothes on them were destroyed which wasn't a pretty sight.
To make matters worse, these weren't just the humanoid ones but various kinds of monstrosities that had not been destroyed with the lab and had been woken up by that radio wave blast that had fried their comms though the heroes weren't aware that that had been how the Nomus had been woken up. It only added to the situation and made the fight harder.
"This isn't good." Marinette said from in front of Adrien where she'd set herself, deactivating space mode in the process as it was easier to fight on the ground in her normal costume, and ready to protect him as he held it. "They're all over the place so the ones that are close to us will be coming at us any moment."
"Then put the food before me on the ground." Adrien grunted out as he held the Cataclysmic Wall while ingesting another recharge shot. "When I run out of recharges I'll use a spark of Cataclysm to destroy my mask and eat it off the ground. You can't get distracted feeding me bugaboo, not with those things and health and safety with food products is kinda pointless at the moment."
"Yeah, you're right, now's not the time to focus on things like eating off the ground." Marinette said as she turned and ripped two pouches off her belt and knelt down in front of Adrien pouring out a mound of protein cubes and her emergency food source, specially made small macaroons that where made with high protein dairy products, in front of him so that he could just lean forward and grab them in his mouth. "Alright, now your food as well, you need to eat as much of it as possible after all."
Adrien just nodded as he focused on his own task and Marinette leant over him, tossing her empty pouches away in the process before grabbing the two on Adrien's belt that held his emergency cubes and last resort camembert. She repeated the process so that Adrien now had a mound of food before him. It wasn't going to be pleasant to eat the mixed together items but that wasn't the purpose of it, Adrien needed it to recharge and hold the barrier if it came to it so the taste was irrelevant to him.
"Behind you!" Adrien yelled as he glanced behind Marinette and saw that the first Nomu abomination to sniff them out was turning to face them. "It's coming!"
Marinette turned on her heel, her right hand out as she activated her Quirk, her goal an item that could cut down a Nomu with super regeneration, as she saw a yellow eyed Nomu that looked like it had been made from a wolf's carcass that was at least twice the size of any wolves that Marinette had seen pictures of snarling as it got ready to charge them. Likely it had smelt them, no doubt a sense enhancing Quirk, and thought that they'd make a nice snack but Marinette wasn't going to let that happen as the sparkles appeared before her hand and suddenly a katana in a Ladybug pattern appeared there.
The moment that Marinette grabbed it in her hand she felt the hum in the handle that told her something was within it and saw the heat haze from the blade. That hum was a special device that heated blade to the point that anything it cut though would be instantly cauterized from the heat thus preventing regeneration. It was just what she needed and her vision grayed showing the blade of the katana and then the Nomu in ladybug print flashes before her vision returned from showing her what she needed to do. As it did the Nomu charged.
Marinette wasn't going to let that happen and she rushed at it, her left hand going to the handle as well as she held the katana out to her side and closed the gap between her and the Nomu. Then, as soon as she could, she slashed upwards taking the wolf Nomu's right foreleg, part of its chest, and half its face and skull off as she cut through it with a yell.
The heated katana cut through the abomination, what allowed Marinette to do this was that she couldn't see the thing as a living creature anymore but rather a monstrosity that was an affront to life itself so she was ending its suffering not killing it, like a knife through butter. As she cut through it the acrid scent of burnt skin as the Nomu's body was cauterized so it couldn't regrow filled the air.
She wasn't done there, though, because as Marinette cut the beast she spun and twisted the sword in her hand before slashing down and bisecting it in the middle of the body. It let out a yelp as it fell away now in three parts and unable to regenerate the missing parts of its body so it was finally put back to rest a moment later.
Marinette panted at that but she didn't look at her work as she turned, katana in both hands and out in front of her to survey the battlefield. Heroes and Nomus were now duking it out and several Nomus were heading towards her as well so she was ready for them as she set her feet to stand her ground and protect Adrien as he continued to hold the wall, his mask now gone having run out of protein but holding it before he went for the food before him.
As this was happening, Shigaraki suddenly got the upper hand on Endeavor and Ryukyu by evading one of his moves that was a series of concentrated beams of fire, and getting behind Endeavor and away from Ryukyu who'd been sneaking up on him as the heroes tried to pin the villain between them. That had failed and as Endeavor turned he looked up at Shigaraki, the villain pushed down through the air to slam into Endeavor and blast him back and into Ryukyu's chest as she was behind him which sent both heroes through one of the few buildings not fully destroyed and into the ground.
With a triumphant smirk, Shigaraki landed on them, standing on Endeavor's chest with his right fist clenched and raised in the air in triumph as he looked down on the number 1 hero under his feet. He was gloating at his victory which was suddenly interrupted by a cry as one of the heroes fighting in the air saw the portal that opened high above the battlefield and the giant thing run out of it before it began to fall towards the battlefield that the destroyed part of Jaku had become.
"Something's incoming from above!"
No one knew who had yelled but everyone looked up in time to see a strange portal that was about as high in the sky as Endeavor had taken the High End in Kyushu close. That wasn't the main thing though, that was reserved for what had run out of it as the thing was now falling as it continued to move forward, its trajectory such that it would land on the destroyed area that had become the battlefield between the heroes and Shigaraki and his Nomu allies while also being within Adrien's Cataclysmic Wall.
Said thing was a 25 meter tall brown skinned monstrosity with large claws, fangs, a stone-like visor and spikes on its back that was smiling and clearly unaware that it was in the air as it began to fall, or it just didn't care that it was falling to the earth it was hard to tell. Soon it stopped going forward as gravity took full effect and it plunged down to the ground.
It hit the ground a few moments later with a boom that shook the earth, knocked several Nomus and heroes off their feet from the force of its landing. It was also so heavy that its impact with the ground kicked up a plume of dust only slightly smaller than what had risen in the aftermath of Shigaraki's Decay wave.
Some of the heroes were fine as Rock Lock had locked down himself, Aizawa and Manual the moment it became clear that an impact would happen so that Eraser Head could continue to look at Shigaraki to keep his Quirks erased as Shigaraki was forced to leap off Endeavor and into the air to avoid the shockwave. That gave Ryukyu the opportunity to throw Endeavor off her and into the air, which he blasted into and after Shigaraki once again to take the fight back to him, as she rolled onto her side and extended her wings to protect who she could with a special focus on Aizawa and his supporters.
That didn't included Adrien and Marinette as they were too far away to be protected by anyone. Marinette was more just annoyed by it as she'd been gearing up to deal with the Nomus that were about to charge at her but now she was on her ass, though at least the Nomus were on the ground as well and she stull had the katana in hands having held it up to not touch the heated blade herself, but it was worse for Adrien.
He held on for as long as he could, and lasted longer than most thanks to his position on the ground to begin with, but in the end he couldn't do it and maintain the Cataclysmic Wall as well so he was knocked over by the shaking. However, before he fell he lunged down and ate as much of the food from the ground as he could so that he could recharge but the shockwave had rattled him so between that and the large usage of his Quirk it would take a moment for Adrien to get back into the fight.
That was seen as the Cataclysmic Wall fell as he did though it had destroyed a good portion of the dust that had been kicked up which had helped clear it a little. For the moment, though, Adrien was spent as he lay on his side gasping from the exertion but thankfully still conscious.
Finally, as the blackness of Cataclysm flickered out and the heroes got to their feet, some using that moment to quickly end a nearby Nomus that were also momentarily stunned, they saw the monstrosity for what it was. It was the beast known as Gigantomachia who'd somehow been sent here, Marinette had a very good idea who'd managed that as there was really only one power that could though she didn't know why, as the claws retracted, the spikes shrank, and the vizor lowered to go back over his chin.
However, Gigantomachia didn't move, neither did the villains on its back who were recovering from their own ordeal in compression balls courtesy of Mr. Compress that saved them from any injury, though when they did recover Toga would slip away to find Ochaco without anyone noticing. That didn't bother Gigantomachia of course as he just stood there buried up to his thighs in the ground from landing on it and panting hard.
He had no noticeable injuries but he also seemed exhausted and out of focus as the heroes processed his sudden appearance on the battlefield. One thing was clear though as everyone recovered and the fighting resumed, the battlefield had once again changed and no one knew what would come next as the following the unexpected arrival of Gigantomachia and the surviving members of the League of Villains. Whatever it was, there was no way that what was about to come would be good as the Paranormal Liberation War entered its final stage in the ruined portion of Jaku.
A slight cliffhanger, this arc is too good for them so they're going to keep coming before it ends I feel, but a good place to end it on I feel given what is still to come in the war. This is the big change caused by the Miraculous duo though between the sudden fall and all that tranquilizer it may be a bit before Gigantomachia can play a role in what's going on in Jaku. Course there's still plenty of fighting to go around even with the sudden arrival so stay tuned as the next stage of the Jaku front of the Paranormal Liberation War starts. That is all that I have for y'all, however, so I will leave this chapter off here. As always, if you like it or have any questions please let me know in reviews or PMs, I will try to answer them as best I could and post any questions asked between uploads at the start of the next chapter and do follow and favorite this, so you are alerted to future uploads. Do keep the reviews coming as I like hearing from y'all as you enjoy my work, it motivates me to keep producing the best work I can for y'all to enjoy. Until next time.
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