xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Near Shirotsume Town, 3:01 p.m. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Stepping outside of Alfana's caravan was Warwick with a smug look on his face as he held his dark green sword over his shoulder as the disgruntled group of fellow wizards followed behind him, Anatoli hopping on top of his Stellanium ball, Marlene checking her utility belt for vials and elixirs and Pietro stretching his arms and legs. Joining them, Camilla glowed with a yellow aura as she moved her arms through the air, a large yellow barrier box appearing around them to give them a place to fight without hitting the caravan that Alfana, Bernard and his beastly allies were inside.
"This should be good..." Camilla thought as she looked at her barrier box around herself and the other members of Psycho Circus as Warwick turned to face Anatoli, Marlene and Pietro.
"This almost seems unfair." Warwick said with a cocky voice. "One of you isn't a fighter, the other has trouble with his magic when he isn't sitting on a ball and one of you is a bit on the "old" side. I feel like I should be wearing a blindfold or putting one of my arms around my back but if you all insist, I'm always game for a tussle." He continued as the trio looked on with offended expressions.
"The attitude isn't getting you anywhere, you obnoxious skirt chaser." Pietro said as his magic wrestling championship belt started to activate, expanding his body to the point his upper and bottom clothing ripped and revealing his strongman's singlet underneath with knee pads and black boots as he stood between Marlene and Anatoli with bulging muscles.
"Like anyone here is letting you become the guild master!" Anatoli shouted as his arms begun to generate wind, tornados forming around his forearms. "...I just gotta stay on my ball and this little runt is all mine." He thought as Marlene looked at her teammates.
"Hate to admit it but he's right, I'm not good at combat. What's the plan?" Marlene questioned with a worried tone but a serious look on her face. "Even if I turn invisible with my Camouflage Magic, he can probably track me down easily inside this barrier... He probably also has been smelling me since I came here so he knows my scent so I can't hide at all! Uggghh!" She thought, mentally groaning.
"You stay back for support." Anatoli said as he turned towards Marlene. "Throw those weird toxins or whatever you've been making if you need to defend yourself." He said.
"Leave the frontline to us." Pietro said as he started to crack his knuckles, Marlene nodding in agreement.
"Sound strategy... Good luck you guys." Camilla thought a few feet behind the trio as she listened to their plan before Anatoli flew into the air on his ball.
"Blah-blah-blah." Warwick said as he was picking his right ear with his right pinkie. "Take all the time you need to plan, so long as the fight is entertaining." He said with a nonchalant tone before beginning to remove his black leather jacket, revealing his small yet muscular arms as he tossed it onto the ground.
"When in doubt, strike first!" Anatoli exclaimed as he extended his arms forward, the pair of tornados around his arms launching in the direction of Warwick as projectiles.
With one swing of his sword in only his left hand, the tornado attacks dissipated on contact with Warwick's blade. Jumping into the air, the S-rank swordsman extended his blade in an attempt to stab the chimp-like wizard as Anatoli shifted to the side, dodging the strike.
"Guh!" Anatoli grunted as Warwick smiled in excitement in midair.
"Hah!" Warwick muttered as he swung his sword back, forcing Anatoli to dodge and subsequently lose his balance on his ball, making him plummet towards the ground.
"Tornado!" Anatoli said as he spun his arms, using his Wind Magic to slow his descent and landing on his feet. "Damn it!" He thought as he looked up as Warwick sat on Anatoli's ball as it hit the ground with the short swordsman on it.
"Comfy thing you got here. Better than that old rubber thing you used to sit on." Warwick said as he looked at Anatoli before backflipping off the ball and landing on his feet.
Raising his leg, Warwick proceeded to front kick the soft metal ball of Anatoli in his direction, hurling towards the chimp-like wizard with immense force and speed. As Anatoli put his arms up defensively, Pietro shifted himself to be in front of the shirtless young man as he caught the ball with his arms, blocking the attack attempt.
"Th-thanks..." Anatoli said as Pietro put his ball down.
"Thank me after we beat this jerk." Pietro said as he looked at Warwick, who was now holding his sword in both hands.
Running at Pietro with Anatoli floating up into the air, Pietro made a fighting stance with his fists raised as Warwick swung his sword with the flat end of the blade hitting the muscular wizards left forearm as Anatoli took flight on top of his ball once more.
"Grh!" Pietro muttered from the force of the hit.
Cocking back his right arm, Pietro attempted to punch Warwick while he was still midair in front of him but to no avail as Warwick shifted his weight and landed on the ground, dodging Pietro's swing. Following up, Pietro attempted to strike Warwick yet again by raising his left arm overhead and tried to hit him with the bottom of his left fist with Warwick dodge rolling to the side, the strongman leaving a noticeable indent in the ground upon impact. Using the flat end of his sword, Warwick took an opportunity to hit Pietro by slamming his blade into Pietro's knee.
"Argh!" Pietro grunted in pain as he took a knee. "What's that sword made of!?" He thought as Warwick shifted back to being in front of Pietro.
"You're wide open!" Warwick exclaimed with intent in his voice as he pulled back his sword for another swing. "Huh?" He muttered when he sensed something was heading straight for him, prompting him to jump backwards, away from Pietro.
Shattering on the ground was a glass vial containing a purple liquid of some kind that was generating smoke, Warwick and Pietro looking over to notice Marlene.
"Darn... I missed..." Marlene said with sweat on her face.
"Love me a feisty lady." Warwick said as he scratched his chin as he looked at Marlene, pulling out another vial of mysterious fluids and chucking it in his direction.
Ducking, Warwick rushed at her as he proceeded to slide on the ground, going directly between Marlene's legs to her shock. Looking up her skirt, Marlene made an embarrassed expression as she tried to cover herself as Warwick got to his feet behind her.
"Blue stripes, niiiiice." Warwick said with a smirk as Marlene glared at him with fury in her eyes.
"I knew I shouldn't have worn a skirt before I came here!" Marlene thought with tears in her eyes as Anatoli rushed at Warwick from the air, using the distraction in an attempt to gain an advantage.
Riding on his ball, Anatoli attempted to strike Warwick with it as Warwick saw the incoming shirtless young man, the short swordsman putting his sword up to block as the blade collided against the ball. Jumping over his opponent, Anatoli proceeded to downward stomp Warwick on the head, managing to finally get a hit in as he hopped over him.
"Ow!" Warwick exclaimed as he fell onto his chest, one hand on the back of his head and the other still holding his sword.
"Ha!" Anatoli said with a boastful tone as Warwick looked at the shirtless wizard with annoyance. "That's the first time I've ever managed to kick him!" He thought, impressed with himself.
"Lucky shot, you punk." Warwick commented as Anatoli rushed at him. "Try dodging this!" He exclaimed as the shirtless chimp-like wizard jumped over him, landing on his ball and channeling his magic to fly back into the air on it.
"Heads up!" Marlene said as she threw another vial containing fluid at Warwick, the short swordsman taking his sword and swatting it away with it shattering on the ground to avoid getting hit again.
Looking on, Camilla stood against the wall with her arms folded as she watched her friends battle her fellow S-class wizard in Psycho Circus with a serious expression on her face. Putting his hand on his head where Anatoli stomped him again, Warwick checked to see if his head was bleeding.
"He's not taking us seriously..." Marlene said quietly as Pietro rubbed the back of his knee where he was struck earlier.
"That's normal for him..." Pietro replied. "That blade..." He thought as he looked at his sword.
"Yaaaah!" Anatoli screamed as he spun his arms to generate tornados around them again as he lunged at Warwick once more.
Noticing his incoming attack, Warwick put his sword up as he slashed at Anatoli's arm, the shirtless wizard's tornados blocking the hit. Shifting his arms left and right for wind enhanced strikes, Warwick and Anatoli proceeded to clash with one another with the combatants having a back and forth between Anatoli's tornado arms and Warwick's dark green blade as Marlene approached Pietro to check on his condition.
"Looks like someone is excited..." Marlene said next to Pietro as the mustachioed man and the reptilian-like girl watched on.
"...Glass..." Pietro said as Marlene looked up at him.
"Huh?" Marlene replied in confusion.
"The blade he's using. It's not metal or steel... It's made of some kind of glass." Pietro said as Anatoli fell to the ground, getting knocked off his ball.
"Grugh!" Anatoli muttered in pain; his body now covered in superficial cuts from his back and forth with Warwick.
"Shit..." Camilla thought as she bit her lip.
"Hiyah!" Warwick said as he swatted away Anatoli's ball with his sword.
"Anatoli!" Marlene exclaimed as Pietro rushed at Warwick, extending his foot for a front kick as Warwick spotted the muscular wizard approaching, putting up his sword to block the attack.
"Hoshaw!" Pietro grunted as he struck Warwick with his foot, sending him flying back as Marlene reached into her utility belt, pulling out a salve and cloth and started to patch Anatoli's cuts.
"Ow! Watch where you place that crap!" Anatoli said as he sat up.
"Don't whine about me helping you!" Marlene shouted in the shirtless wizard's ear.
While the reptilian-like girl treated her friends' wounds, Pietro raised his leg into the air and stomped the ground, the resulting shockwave causing the earth below his feet to make the rocks stick out of the ground as they headed straight for Warwick. Jumping high into the air to dodge the attack and putting both of his hands on his sword, Warwick proceeded to throw his dark green glass blade directly at Pietro, the strongman shifting slightly to dodge it but getting sliced in the left side as the sword was embedded in the ground.
"Arugh!" Pietro grunted in pain.
"Yeahahah!" Warwick exclaimed, showing enjoyment at the state of the battle as he landed on the ground and sprinted at Pietro while he was still reeling from the cut.
Jumping once again, Warwick thrust both of his legs forward and proceeded to dropkick Pietro in the chest, knocking him onto his back. While down, Pietro tried to rush up to a seated position, but Warwick followed through on his previous attack by roundhouse kicking Pietro in the left side of his head, causing him to roll along the ground onto his front.
"Argh!" Pietro grunted in pain as the magic from his belt started to dissipate, reverting his body back to its original roundish form. "This ringing in my ear!" He thought as he clutched at his ear.
'"Pietro!"' Marlene and Anatoli exclaimed in surprise as Camilla looked on, shocked by the amount of damage against one of her fellow wizards.
"Looks like that's one down." Warwick said as he grabbed his sword and held it over his left shoulder in his left hand.
"You little bastard!" Anatoli shouted as he got back to his feet, running at Warwick for a punch as a tornado attempted to form around his right arm again.
"Wait, Anatoli! You don't have your ball!" Marlene exclaimed.
Ducking under the punch, Warwick jumped and headbutted Anatoli directly in the face with the top of his skull, causing Anatoli to stumble back slightly as Warwick put his sword in the ground. Using his right hand, Warwick then proceeded to punch Anatoli directly in the sternum, causing him to fall to his knees in front of the S-class wizard.
"Here comes the "Warwick Flurry!"' Warwick shouted as he formed fists with both hands and started punching Anatoli in the face with left and right alternating strikes.
"Blargh! Gah! Gur! Trug!" Anatoli sputtered.
"Ah!" Marlene exclaimed as Camilla stood up straight, becoming more and more worried for her friends.
"Prguh!" Anatoli said as he fell back, joining Pietro on the ground as the pair of male wizards groaned in pain.
"Shit! I have to do something!" Marlene thought as she reached for her belt to try and help Pietro and Anatoli.
Before she could grab another vial, Marlene froze in place as she suddenly noticed something was thrown directly at her, an object now in front of her. Turning her attention forward, she spotted Warwick had thrown his glass sword at her and it had landed in front of her with the blade stuck in the ground once more.
"Now for you." Warwick said with a smug look on his face. "Considering I got a good glimpse earlier of your stripes; I'll be polite and say this might be a good time to forfeit." He said with his hands on his hips as Marlene clutched at her skirt again.
"I-I'm not just going to quit after what you just did!" Marlene said while putting up a tough front to hide her fear of the short swordsman.
"Marlene..." Camilla thought with growing concern as she listened to what Marlene said.
"Much as I would like to get more than a glimpse, she and Cami over there are taken. It'd reflect poorly on me if I roughed her up too badly... Ah, but that might work." Warwick thought as he looked at Camilla briefly as Marlene slowly shifted her hand towards one of her vials in her belt.
"I just need to get one lucky hit on him. The acidic chemical mixture on my side... If I can dowse this on him, he's going to be reeling for days..." Marlene thought with sweat beginning to form on her face. "I just need to take it off my belt and then throw it at- huh?" She continued to think until she got so lost in her thoughts, she lost track of Warwick as he was no longer in her sightline. "Wh-where did he!?" Marlene said.
"Ah! Marlene, behind you!" Camilla shouted as the reptilian-like girl turned her head in the direction of the S-class head of security.
"Wha- ahhh!" Marlene said as she turned around and spotted Warwick directly behind her.
"Boo." Warwick said with a comical tone with his hands up, startling Marlene.
Stepping back from the scare, Marlene proceeded to trip over Warwick's sword that was still embedded in the ground near her. Falling down, the back of Marlene's skull impacted against one of the rocks on the ground and knocked her out, her hat also falling off of her head.
"Mar-Marlene!" Camilla said as she ran over to check on her downed friend, picking her up to a seated position. "Speak to me! Wake up!" She said as the back of Marlene's head started to bleed slightly.
"And that makes three." Warwick said with a shrug as he walked over. "Looks like you and me are the only S-class wizards in the guild still." He said as he walked over to his sword and picked it up. "Bit of a shame really, thought the fight would have been more intense." Warwick continued.
"You scumbag..." Camilla said with anger slowly rising in her voice as she begun to glow with yellow energy while looking at her motionless friend.
"Oh?" Warwick muttered as he noticed Camilla stood up after placing Marlene back down on the ground, now eyeing him an angry glare. "Someone's pissy and smooth legged." He thought as he locked eyes with his fellow S-class wizard.
"I am going to rip your head off and shove it so far up your ass, you'll look normal..." Camilla said as she stepped forward, putting her hands up and barrier orbs forming around her fists.
"Sounds sexy. Sadly, Alfana doesn't let me get much action around the caravan, so I guess you'll just have to settle for my "other" blade." Warwick said, joking while pointing his sword at her.
"Grrrrr..." Camilla grumbled in response. "Every single time I fought him, I tried to put him in a box to try and stop him quickly, but it never worked... The only way I was able to win was to go all in on a hand-to-hand fight." She thought as she mentally prepared himself.
Rushing at Camilla with his sword in his left hand, Warwick jumped into the air to try and slash her with Camilla shifting herself left and right to dodge before swinging her right fist to attack him as he ducked. Twisting his left leg on the ground, Warwick tried to leg sweep Camilla, but head of security for Psycho Circus countered by doing a spinning jump and extending her right leg for a back kick.
"Nrgh!" Camilla grunted as both her and Warwick missed their respective kicks as Camilla landed back on her feet.
"Hiyah!" Warwick said as he also jumped with a spin into the air and tried to back swipe Camilla with his sword.
Countering with her forearm, Camilla struck Warwick in the elbow, knocking him back to his feet and blocking his attack. Attempting to hit him, Camilla raised her left leg for a roundhouse kick until Warwick dodged by sliding on the ground between Camilla's legs.
"Tch..." Camilla muttered in response to the dodge.
"Would've preferred a skirt like the other one." Warwick thought as he looked up at Camilla's shorts as he got behind her.
Bending backwards, Warwick attempted to hit Camilla with his sword once more by sticking his sword outward as Camilla spotted his action. Dispelling the barrier orbs around her hands and forming a magical layer around them to act as a shield, Camilla caught the blade by grabbing the area around the tip with both of her palms, using the momentum to pull Warwick back and catching him off-guard.
"Whoa!" Warwick muttered in surprise.
"Got him!" Camilla thought as she swung her leg back for another attempt at a kick as Warwick pivoted to Camilla's left side to dodge another attempt to hit him.
Swinging his own left leg for a kick, Warwick attempt to strike Camilla in the knee until she blocked it with her left shin, also covered in a layer of yellow shielded energy. Putting her left leg down, Camilla swung her right leg for another roundhouse kick, but Warwick dodged by arching his back slightly, the bottom of Camilla's boot narrowly missing connecting with his face.
"Woop!" Warwick exclaimed as he jumped a few feet back to a standing position as Camilla put her barrier orbs back around her fists.
"Grugh!" Camilla grunted as she put her fists up again in a combat pose.
"Hehe... Hahahahah!" Warwick chuckled as he looked at Camilla, a wide grin forming on his face. "Now that's more like it!" He exclaimed loudly as he held his glass blade in his left hand.
Jumping at Camilla, Warwick attempted to extend his sword for a stabbing attack on the young woman, however, she was prepared for his attack as she pivoted to the left and struck him in the elbow of the arm holding the sword with her right fist.
"Gaurhg- prugh!" Warwick grunted in pain as he grabbed his arm after landing on his feet until Camilla cocked back her left fist and struck him straight in the eye, sending him back a few feet and onto his butt.
"Finally got something substantial..." Camilla thought with sweat dripping on her face as Warwick got back to his feet.
"Urgh... Nice shot." Warwick said, giving Camilla a compliment as Pietro and Anatoli managed to catch sight of their battle. "Looks like I gotta dig deep..." He thought before turning his attention to his sword, staring at the blade.
"...She's doing well..." Pietro commented. "However, something doesn't seem right..." He thought as Anatoli looked at his fellow downed wizard.
"Really hope she rips his balls off..." Anatoli thought as he shifted his attention back to the two battling S-class wizards.
"I might have to go on the offensive here... Or else he- huh?" Camilla thought until she, Anatoli and Pietro saw a peculiar sight that they were not expecting.
Holding his sword up to his face, Warwick opened his mouth and proceeded to bite down on the glass that the blade was made from, shocking and confusing his fellow S-class wizard. Munching on the broken shards, Warwick swallowed the mouthful as everyone looked on with bewilderment as they noticed his mouth wasn't bleeding from such a bizarre action.
"Why did you-" Camilla said in response to Warwick's action until stopping to notice he was giving off an unusual amount of magical energy.
"What the hell?!" Anatoli thought as Warwick suddenly begun to glow with a dark green aura.
Removing his shirt, revealing his muscular definition and Psycho Circus guild logo on his right pectoral, Warwick's glowing body started to change in front of everyone as markings begun to appear on him. His body formed dark green diamond-like symbols all over his right side that went all the up to his face and a tribal tattoo-like design appeared on his right arm.
"Time for the big guns!" Warwick exclaimed as he breathed in, his cheeks swelling up as Camilla put her hands up, preparing for the attack.
"I-I need all the power I can muster to block!" Camilla thought as she charged up all the energy she could. "Hah!" She exclaimed as multiple Barrier Magic panels formed in front of her to protect herself.
"Glass Devil's Rage!" Warwick screamed out.
Emerging from deep within him and shooting out of his mouth was a gigantic torrent of green glass shards heading directly for Camilla. As the massive magical glass attack collided with her barriers, the force caused cracks to form within the multitude of shields that was protecting Camilla until the force sent her flying backwards, causing her to impact with the wall of the barrier box the battle was taking place within.
"Argh!" Camilla grunted as her slamming against the wall caused the barrier box around everyone to shatter and disappear, the S-class head of security falling down onto her knees while clutching her back in pain. "Egshh! Arghh..." She groaned.
"Cam-Camilla!" Pietro exclaimed as he tried to get up to no avail from his injuries as Anatoli tried to do the same.
"J-just stay down!" Camilla said as she got back to her feet while breathing heavily. "The hell was that?!" She thought in shock and confusion as Marlene stirred, waking up while clutching her head.
"Ahhh..." Marlene moaned as she looked on. "Wha-what's..." She said,
"Welcome back- ow..." Anatoli said towards Marlene while also suffering from his wounds.
"Phew..." Warwick muttered as he wiped his mouth.
"What the hell was that Warwick!?" Camilla said towards Warwick.
"Just a little magic." Warwick said with a smug voice.
"I don't remember you ever pulling out a trick like that when I beat you..." Camilla said while slightly hunched over.
"Long story short, I learned some fancy new spells and became a... What's it called? Oh, yeah. A "Devil Slayer."' Warwick explained while pointing at the green marks all over his body. "That's not all I can do either. Check this out." He continued as he picked up the sword handle of the blade he ingested from the ground. "Glass Devil's Reformation!" Warwick exclaimed before placing the handle against his lips.
As his body glowed with a dark green aura once again, Warwick proceeded to slowly pull the sword hilt away from his lips as the blade from his sword begun to reform, turning back into a usable weapon once more. Bewildered, Camilla could only stare in shock at Warwick as the trio of downed Psycho Circus watched on.
"Tha-that's..." Pietro said in a surprised voice.
"My god..." Marlene commented.
"He's even more powerful now..." Anatoli said while clutching at the grass in frustration.
"I was always "powerful."' Warwick replied as he looked Anatoli, Marlene and Pietro. "But enough time passed, and I got even stronger. Bit of advice for you guys: keep training, work your way up and come at me again when you're up for it but for now, stay down." He said as he grabbed his sword with both hands and was readying to fight Camilla again.
"S-shit." Camilla thought as she readied herself for another round against Warwick, her body glowing with a yellow aura once again.
However, before the battle between the two S-class wizards could continue, something emerged from the caravan that prompted Camilla and Warwick to turn their heads. A mass of slime of black, red and blue colors with bone spikes scattered along it that towered over everyone and roared as it formed a head with two small glowing green eyes and a pair of thin, three-fingered arms.
"That's a biggun." Warwick said a casual tone as Camilla looked over by the door of the caravan as Corvus and Vulp rushed in the direction of the downed Psycho Circus members, her aura dissipating.
"Whoa!" Corvus muttered as he looked at everyone. "That half-pint really messed you guys up." He said as he locked eyes with Anatoli.
"Don't remind me!" Anatoli angrily replied as Vulp approached Marlene.
"You're a sight for sore eyes- ow..." Marlene said as she got to her knees as Vulp positioned himself to act as a stand for her to lean on as Bernard followed the Celestial Spirits out of the caravan.
"Holy..." Bernard said quietly to himself as he looked at all the damage before glancing over at his fellow guildmembers. "Guys!" He shouted as he ran over to Pietro, reaching down to his belt and calling out his cat plush servants with the three of them forming. "You three, help move everyone!" Bernard commanded as the cat plush men saluted Bernard briefly before reached down and helping Pietro to a seated position.
"Thank you, Lil' Bern..." Pietro said in a grateful tone as he put his arm around one of Bernard's plushie helpers, the other two moving over to Marlene and Anatoli to assist them as well.
"Thank goodness he's here." Camilla thought as she watched Bernard and his pets check on the others before glancing over at Warwick, who was staring at Formosa and sniffing the air in the direction of the slime monster.
"Huuuuh... I smell some powerful demon energy coming off that thing." Warwick said aloud to himself before looking over at his sword. "Wonder if that thing is tough..." He commented as a smirk started to form on his face.
"Devil Slayer... And he's looking at... Oh no!" Camilla thought as she felt something bad was going to happen. "Be-Bernard! Tell Formosa to move!" She shouted as Bernard turned his head.
"Huh?" Bernard grunted in confusion.
"Hey, big guy!" Warwick shouted in Formosa's direction. "Want to have a tussle with a guy who can screw up your kind easily?" He said while readying his sword.
"Bernie!" Anatoli screamed out in Bernard's direction. "The half-pint is a Devil Slayer! He can destroy your slime!" He continued as Bernard's eyes widened.
"What?!" Bernard replied as he looked in Warwick's direction. "I didn't give Formosa an order so it's just going to stand completely still!" He thought.
With a running start, Warwick smiled widely as he readied his sword to attack Bernard's giant demon slime. With her raising her hands up, Camilla put her hands up and formed a barrier panel in front of Warwick, slowing his momentum and forcing him back down to the ground.
"Hey!" Warwick shouted with a bothered tone at Camilla.
"Haaa... Haaaa..." Camilla breathed heavily as she took a knee, tired from using so much of her magic.
"Ca-Camilla!" Bernard said as he saw his girlfriend in an exhausted state. "Cr-crap, everyone is in a bad spot and if he has magical powers that can destroy Formosa then... Shit, I don't have much of a choice. I need to fight." He thought as he reached for Zaphkiel's coins around his neck. "You three, keep them safe. Corvus, Vulp, get over here." Bernard ordered.
"Got it!" Corvus said as he and Vulp rushed away from the Psycho Circus trio and got in front of Bernard.
"Bernie wants to battle now too?" Warwick muttered as he smirked at the beanie sporting wizard. "Man, today must be my lucky da- whoa!" He said with an excited tone before he felt something approaching him from behind and bent forward.
"Hargh!" Camilla shouted as she had come from behind and tried to hit Warwick with a swinging kick before stumbling forward and fell onto the ground.
"I-I got'cha!" Bernard said as he ran past his pets and helped Camilla back to her feet.
"Ow..." Camilla mumbled in pain as Bernard had his hands on her upper arms. "Thank you..." She said towards Bernard.
"Let me get you over here..." Bernard said as he led her over to where the others were, guarded by the cat plush men. "Marlene, you good enough to-" He asked before Marlene cut him off.
"Already- ugh... On it." Marlene replied while clutching at her head before checking her belt for medical supplies to treat everyone.
"What're you going to do?" Camilla asked towards Bernard as she looked at him before he turned around to look at Warwick, looking at him as Formosa continued to cast a shadow over the space in front of the caravan.
"...What I can..." Bernard thought nervously as Warwick struck another combative pose.
Jeeeez... Who knew a sex obsessed shrimp with a sword could be such a curbstomper? In an attempt to become S-class for one and in an attempt to get some much-desired payback for his behavior for the rest, the guild wizards of Psycho Circus fought their strongest member but one by one, they all fell. Anatoli, Pietro and Marlene suffered significant damage and Camilla, the only one to handle most of Warwick's offense, was brought down by the shocking reveal of Warwick's "other" set of skills. No board games outside to play with, just his friends on the ground and a guy who can't hold back very well towering over them in spite of his size, Bernard and his pets are now the only one left to clash with Warwick. Will the pacemaker sporting show manager handle the Glass Devil Slayer? You can only find out by waiting for the next chapter of Menagerie II!
Author's Note: (Suffice to say... This is the end of the REVAMPED chapters because from here on out, we're stepping into brand new territory. Some minor tweaks to the battles between the members and Warwick. Camilla isn't knocked down so quickly like before either and Bernard is now attempting to step in. And most notably, I decided NOT to kill off Formosa this time around. Originally, I did that because I thought it could add some character development and tension but in retrospect, I don't think it helped the original direction I had for Menagerie II. I also removed Anatoli's depressed moments because, just like with Formosa's original demise, I thought it could add some character development, but I don't think it helped with the flow and direction. Sooooo... Who's ready for the new stuff? :P)