Return of the Fallen Volume 3 Chapter 55
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Author: Blue_Rat
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Kazuki grabbed Nunully by the waist and ran towards Zetsu. Jumping onto his back, Kazuki pointed at his fresh wound on his back.
“Nunully aim there!”
Kazuki jumped down from Zetsu and ran towards his front. Bringing out his sword from his storage ring, Kazuki began to hack away as many legs as he could.
Zetsu didn’t sit still during this and attempted a roll. He would crush Nunully and Kazuki at the same time. Retsu roared out.
“YOU THINK I’LL LET YOU!!”
Retsu stabbed hundreds of his feet into the ground and leveraged his weight. Using everything he could to prevent Zetsu from rolling over he pulled in the opposite direction, barely halting Zetsu.
If Zetsu had eyes right now they’d be glaring at Retsu.
“YOU OVERSIZED WORM FUCK OFF!”
Zetsu tore deeper into Retsu’s neck tearing a chunk of flesh out with his mandibles. Retsu winced in pain but would not let up in the least. Zetsu couldn’t see but he dove right back in with his mandibles tearing out more and more flesh from Retsu’s neck. This back and forth struggle, loosened Retsu’s grip and Zetsu began rotating once more. Nunully lost her balance and began to fall off the Zetsu’s back before Asuna eyes flashed purple.
Gripping at the air, Asuna locked Nunully in place and prevented her from falling. At the same time, Kazuki built up speed and with his small shield taut against his shoulder, Kazuki rammed into the side of Zetsu with everything he had.
*Bam!*
Zetsu’s turning body fell back into place. Asuna released Nunully and Nunully remained on Zetsu’s back. Cold sweat poured from Nunully’s face. She didn’t have the same constitution and durability as the others. Were she to fall underneath Zetsu’s large body, she wouldn’t walk away with a few broken ribs like Sam. No, once Zetsu crushed her, she would only end up dead.
Nunully felt disgusted for what she was about to do but she knew she had to do it. Taking her staff, she found the open wound where Sam and Kazuki had hammered her ice spike in and jammed her staff into Zetsu’s thrashing back. As soon as Zetsu felt the staff wedge into his back, a sense of fear scratched at the back of his mind. Learning from the first ice spike that nailed him to the ground, he couldn’t allow himself to be nailed down again. He had to get to the cave, once he was inside, no one could touch him as he took control of the fog. Another spike however and he knew he would be on his last legs.
The segments of his armor tensed up like a spring. Retsu tore his legs from the ground and once again wrapped them around Zetsu, preparing for the consequent impact.
“YOU WON’T SHAKE LOOSE FROM ME THAT EASILY ZETSU!”
Zetsu ignored Retsu’s mouth and released his built-up energy. Every single one of his armored segments snapped back like a rubber band. At the same time, Zetsu kicked off the ground with his feet.
*Swoosh*
It had happened so fast that it was almost unbelievable. Zetsu didn’t slam into Retsu like usual, nor did he attempt a barrel roll or something else predictable. No, instead, Zetsu did what many thought was impossible for such a large frame. With a powerful kick from the ground combined with his armored segments snapping like a rubberband, Zetsu leaped vertically. His body which weighed at least 20,000 pounds ascended 50 feet up, 100, 300, 600, 800 feet.
Zetsu was over 800 feet in the air. That wasn’t the most shocking part though, no. Not the fact that he drug Nunully along with him as she was on his back but that he brought Retsu’s large body up into the air as well. Retsu’s eyes widened in shock, not even he could have foreseen this. To him, this showcase of power was something he could never have imagined. He felt a deep sense of fear but at the same time, he was elated.
(Hehehe, Zetsu you fool. Had you not underestimated these mortals and used your full strength from the beginning, you would have crushed us all. Even after the first time you fought them, you reevaluated their strength and didn’t hesitate to use your soul attack but still, you held some of your strength back. Never did you imagine these mortals could push you to the limit. Because of that, I will be the one to capture you and drag your ass back to the clan.)
Retsu felt joy. Although this display of strength from Zetsu was impressive, it could do little to him. As a matter of fact, this move was obviously one of desperation. It was clear to Retsu that this move was intended to shake not only he, but also the mortal, loose from Zetsu’s back. Once on the ground, Zetsu would surely try and make a mad dash for the cave. Retsu though would not give him the chance.
Retsu roared out to Kazuki and the others.
“Don’t let up, once he lands he’ll try and flee. No matter what, stop him.”
Retsu released Zetsu’s body while in the air and curled himself into a large ball of flesh. Flexing his armored segments, he coiled himself to help take damage from the fall. Though he knew he wouldn’t die from the fall, he knew he would suffer greatly at the very least. At the same time, he was surprised to see Nunully not trying to leap away.
(This girl, what is she doing? Surely she can get away, right?)
As a sudden sense of weightlessness overtook Nunully, and her stomach seemed to tingle, she wanted to scream in terror but she knew what she had to do. Not only that, Nunully found this the perfect opportunity to counter. She grit her teeth and stared at Asuna far down below on the ground. A sense of trust between them.
(Asuna will save me, she won’t let me die.)
With her staff still in Zetsu’s back, Nunully drew on the magic within her and filled her staff with power.
700 feet.
Like a dam unleashed, Nunully materialized as much water as she could within Zetsu’s wound.
600 feet.
Water pervaded deep within his body, filling away into every crack and every crevice as though the water were sentient and in search of something profound. The only thing it discovered, however, was a mesh of guts, blood, and flesh.
500 feet.
As Nunully continued pouring water in, soon there was nowhere left for the water to go but the force of her water was great and the inside of Zetsu began to swell slightly.
400 feet.
Zetsu could feel a thickening inside his body. he found it difficult to maneuver but still, he managed just enough power and snapped his segments launching Nunully away from him, sending her 50 feet up. Nunully flailed her arms grasping at the empty air, trying to do anything to gain any semblance of balance but nothing worked. Just as she was about to panic, the scenery in front of her changed and she was once again on Zetsu’s back.
She didn’t have to see the purple glow of Asuna’s eyes to know what had just happened. This brought her all the confidence she needed and helped her solidify her purpose. Once more she dug her arm into the nasty purple gunk that was Zetsu’s back. By now though it was clear that her water had filled most of him up as the dark purple blood that gurgled up from the wound was diluted in color and was thinned greatly.
300 feet.
Nunully reached around not finding her staff. She prayed it didn’t go too far but it was only until her entire arm was inside of Zetsu’s back that her hand grasped her staff. She felt a churn in her stomach feeling chunks of meat squeeze around her arm but she powered through it all.
200 feet.
Filling Zetsu’s body with water was for one goal and one goal only. Nunully wielded her staff, once again she drew from deep within her and pulled at her mana. Her magic swelled up as it flowed through her and into her staff.
100 feet.
Even though the wind rushed past her face at a high speed and whipped against her eardrums, Nunully locked it all out. She concentrated on one word, picturing the meaning of the word added with her magic brought the word physicality. Her mind echoed the word again and again and again focusing it into this one word materialized into the world.
(FREEZE!!)
At first, drops of water began to condense at terrifying speed before tiny crystals formed and spread. Like a ripple in the void, the crystals of ice seemed to multiple by the millions. Hardening and crashing into one another before fusing into larger and larger chunks. Nunully’s power spread within and had an added effect. Not only was her water freezing at a rapid rate but Zetsu’s blood was starting to freeze over as well.
30 feet.
Ice punctured out from many places in Zetsu’s body like armored spikes. Some of the spikes were a dull purple indicating frozen spears of blood.
10 feet.
Nunully saw the ground shrink before her and slammed her eyes shut in terror. She knew Asuna would save her, she knew for a fact but still, the fear of death wrapped around her.
*Flash*
*BOOOOOOOM!*
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