Arc 1: Canon 25: Deicide [Complete]

[Raion Souretsu]

Shingai’s attack would easily pierce the bubble, the shield breaking through Raion’s Bankai and rising in several directions, but it wouldn’t destroy it; far from it. While water tension seemed to hold the orb together, it was actually the Captain’s Reiatsu that bound it in its spherical form, meaning it could be pierced, exited and entered so long as one possessed the proper spiritual strength, but it would not break. As a result, Shingai would still be trapped within the orb, but so would the Game Master, unless he was simply not present; all the Zero Division member’s Kido would do would be to divide them off from one another. Raion could not be sure of what was going on, however; his senses were dulled already by his normal drunkenness, and the effect was only getting worse as he stayed submerged in the orb of alcohol.

Raion didn’t know all of this, though; naturally a bit slow of thinking, even if he was brilliant in his unusual leaps of logic, and besides which his senses were cut horribly in the darkness. Unable to see and feeling only the ripples of his sake sphere as something cut through it, the lion’s first reaction was to believe that the Game Master had torn through the barrier off his Bankai. Reflexively, the Captain turned and raised one hand, summoning up his impressive Reiatsu Strength into a Kido that crackled at his fingertips, lightning sparkling in his grasp. Raion was no slouch when it came to his Kido, despite his natural goofiness and muzzy-headed nature; this Kido was going to hit hard.

To add to it, Raion quickly added the chant, further increasing the spell’s power. “Sprinkled on the bones of the beast! Sharp tower, red crystal, steel ring. Move and become the wind, stop and become the calm. The sound of warring spears fills the empty castle! Hado 63: Raikōhō!”

Electricity lanced out from Raion’s outstretched palm; he couldn’t see the flowing energy due to the supernatural darkness around him, but he could feel the impact sending shockwaves through the liquid environment as it blasted its way forward. Though the attack was electricity flowing through an liquid medium, it wasn’t conducted due to the liquid being made from Raion’s Reiatsu, allowing him to suppress the spread of his spell to an extent that it wouldn’t electrify everyone within the sake sphere. The Kido would blast along in a straight line before impacting something solid, judging by the shockwaves of force that rippled through the sphere, and then all was silent aside from the residual motion of the sake orb.

Raion couldn’t tell if his attack was successful or not, but he could hear more vibrations as someone started yelling. It didn’t sound like Kubi, nor did it sound like the Game Master from what little he spoke… it had to be that last guy, the newcomer that Raion hadn’t recognized. He was shouting at the Game Master to come out, as if that would help at all. However, the yelling did give him an idea of where that third person was, or at least it would have were there not a wall deflecting sound and making it hard to determine where the echoes came from. Still, Raion had the impression that the man was somewhere in front of him; for a moment he hoped that he hadn’t hit the guy with his Kido—he had more than enough experience being hit by lightning, and it wasn’t fun—but that worry was overwritten by another; where was the Game Master in all of this?

Reiatsu: 2900/4000 (-150 for Raikōhō)

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Speed - [(300 x 0.90) = 270] Points

Instinct - [(50 x 0.90) = 45] Points

Senses [(50 x 0.90) = 45] Points

[Zou ۞]

OOC: Skip Nomad since he isn't posting right now. Let's have Shingai go again before I do!

[Axis Recio]

Shingai found him. As soon as the Game Master's voice sounded, he knew that the target was within the darkness. It may be echoing throughout the darkness, but he could manipulate the sound waves as they reached him. Right back to their source. As soon as the sounds began to reach Shingai, they moved backwards, going in their exact trajectory back to where they had originated from, as Shingai could control these sounds. And as they moved back, Shingai sent his own sound waves from his own voice along with them. He focused his own sound waves for attack.

Shingai's focused on the origin point of the Game Master's voice, and he maximized the volume as well as focused it all on one specific spacial location. This would mean that while no one else would hear the loud sound of Shingai's vibrations attacking, the Game Master would hear it redoubled several times over because of the enclosed space and the powerful force of the vibrations. Shingai focused it all on the Game Master in that enclosed space, so that it would rebound and hit him over and over and over, shattering his eardrums, destroying his body, pulverizing his bones and turning him into mush and dust. If he moved away, he could escape.

What he may not know was that Shingai had already found where he was, and a Kido was on its way. As well as the Kido, he used a technique of his Zanpakuto: Vocal Nudge. "WAIT!" Shingai yelled, activating Vocal Nudge. This power of suggestion was directed at the Game Master, who would all of a sudden feel the intense urge to wait as a result of suggestion. He did not need to wait for very long. All that Shingai needed was a moment of hesitation for the sound to disrupt the Game Master's eardrums and destroy them. This would offbalance him and buy the remaining precious seconds for the Game Master to be pulverized by the sound and Kido.

"Hado #4: Byakurai!" The huge surge of lightning was so hot and had so much powerful reiatsu that it vaporized the alcohol around it when it was fired. It came out so hot that it caused evaporation within that small area, so that it would not be conducted by the alcohol. The lightning traveled and may even have left the bubble anyway on its way to the Game Master, who, disoriented, would be able to do nothing to stop the approaching and enormous blast of reiatsu and power. In a few moments, the fight should be guaranteed to be more or less over, for the Game Master would be not only pulverized by sound waves, but would also be destroyed by a huge Byakurai.

That had been Shingai's strategy all along. Even if for some stupid reason the Byakurai did conduct, Shingai had ways to protect himself. He also had that giant wall between him and his allies, so any conducting wouldn't reach them. The Raikoho did not seem to be going in Shingai's direction, but if it did come to attack him he would have a defense for that as well. Everything was pointing toward the end of the Game Master and the demise of the final threat from the Ogatago. Everything was finally reaching its conclusion. Shingai wanted it all to end so that he could just go home and be done with it.

Shingai's Remaining Reiatsu: 3025/4800 Reiatsu

Shikai Post Count: 4/10

Stamina Post Count: 3/25

[Zou ۞]

When all had cleared, the blackness tore itself asunder and vanished away from all of the three Shinigami. And for the three of them would be a putrid sight. A mangled body of flesh that was more pulp than humanoid and had been reduced to something less than truly living. It was no longer recognizable as a living body that had once been human in shape, nor was it any more discernible from the feces of a horse than was the vomit of a donkey. It had become nothing but mush. And that was the Game Master. His body had been destroyed. But his soul. His soul was everything. And his soul had survived, for those who were true denizens of Hell could never be killed. They could only ever be banished back to the fiery depths from which they had first emerged.

Ghastly. Ghostly. Gray. The spirit emerged from a wispy cord of transparent white reiatsu that was hovering like a chain from the bloody mush. From there, it took the form of a horned skull of gray color. The horned skull had glowing blue eyes, and was vaguely translucent. It appeared to be around the size of a full human body. It was no ordinarily sized skull. The aura of menace from it was overwhelming. It was an even more sinister aura than had been held by the Game Master himself in a physical state. This spiritual state revealed his true nature as a demon. A monster. A horrifying beast. An evil spirit that went by the name not of "Game Master," but by the more commonly known name of the demon Berith.

"Beautiful....!" Berith hissed. "Absolutely beautiful! The looks in all of your eyes as you attacked me! As you defeated me! It was wonderful! I have enjoyed this battle, Shinigami. You have attacked me with this idea that you will all survive to see another era. But this era is the end. Chaos will be your next story! I will look forward to seeing it. Your eyes extinguished. Your hope extinguished. Mark my words, Shinigami! The end of all your hopes will arrive. You are beautiful in your desperation. And soon your desperation will fail to pay off, and you will all be destroyed. And that is just what I desire of you all. THAT IS THE FINAL RESULT OF ALL OF HELL'S EFFORTS. We will make you suffer and die like animals."

Suddenly, enormous gates erupted into existence behind him. Huge metal gates, spiked, black, and covered in rusty iron chains and skeletal guardians made of steel formed before them all, behind Berith. The gates began to open up, revealing only the ultimate feeling of dread, and a red light behind Berith. Chains shot outwards, grabbing a hold of him. He was ripped from what had once been his physical container, and pulled slowly back towards Hell. The eyes of the skull widened as he was dragged backwards. He grinned and his eyes lit up magically. Malevolently. With intent. "THISIS NOT THE END, SHINIGAMI! I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN BEFORE ALL OF THIS HAS ENDED. I WILL SEE ALL OF YOU AGAIN IN HELL."

Canon Terminated. +1500 TP to all participants.