There was little time to be distracted by the burst of sheer cold coming from Fey’s direction, the twins could only assume that was the phoenix’s doing (as counter-intuitive as it may be to assume a phoenix was responsible for ice) while they dealt with their two Moonbeasts.
What followed was a very fortunately timed series of events, as Korrie dived from the air and landed a mighty kick straight to the blinded beast’s noggin; to her great dismay, it was insufficient to throw it off, but that turned out to not be a problem, as the blind beast lashed out in rage, completely whiffing against the wyvern who had already kicked off back into the air, and instead striking its own ally, distracting the third beast long enough for the invisible Kuroi to dash in and slice her target in relative safety. The effect was immediate, and Shiroi barely had time to register the monster’s rapid liquefaction before she launched her own, at this point excessive attack.
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Holy shit?!” Shiroi exclaimed and recoiled in disgust as the monster rapidly rotted from the inside out for seemingly no reason, and Korrie nearly averted her gaze from how nasty the sight was, though at the same time she was transfixed by morbid curiosity. “
Kuroi?? Did you-”
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Yeah. I used the knife.” The catgirl answered, actually having to look away from her own handiwork as she immediately sheathed the weapon back into wherever it came from. A monster so powerful, ended just like that. Just like that gigantic monster back in the arena, though messier this time. This was just one aspect of what she could now do. The kind of power she now possessed… it was both terrifying… and exhilarating.
With the third beast’s sudden death, the twins and Korrie could confirm at a glance that Fey had also successfully dispatched hers, the ice-fire killing the beast just as effectively, having turned the amphibian’s slimy defenses against it. Though blinded and maimed, the last survivor had realized its allies have been successfully slain, and made an attempt to escape a lost battle. Shiroi charged up another bolt, intent on finishing it off, but the beast had already vaulted off into the water by the time she was ready. Sighing, the white-haired girl allowed the energy to disperse, her wings fading into wisps as she powered down. Kuroi also deactivated her invisiblity prompt, wiping the sweat from her brow, while Korrie cautiously landed back on the deck. The battle was over.
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Well, we made it. We should be out by the time reinforcements get called, I just hope they don’t send hunting parties.” Shiroi remarked, looking about at the sheer mess on the deck. “
So, how are we gonna clean this up?”
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We should at least get rid of this one…” Kuroi said, gesturing at the pus-covered rotted heap. She would still like to get rid of the evidence she went anywhere near her Mask powers, just in case. How they were going to throw it away though was a good question, as Korrie quickly backed away.
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Korrie is NOT touching that.”
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Is there a clean spot for you to write something on it? Maybe you can make it disintegrate or something. Though that won’t clean the pus still. Ugh, it reeks!” Shiroi decided to keep her distance too, while Kuroi had no choice but to go inspect the thing herself and hopefully find a way to get rid of it. An idea did strike her after a moment of thought, and she drew a spear on the ground that she manifested.
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Korrie, I’ll owe you later but please give me a hand here. Just stab it and use the spear to throw it overboard. You’re the only one strong enough to do it.”
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...Fine. But you owe Korrie.” The wyvern girl furrowed her brow, but relented, attempting to do as much without actually coming in contact with any of the gunk. She had to try to hold her breath too. Just what the hell happened to it? She was too far away to hear when it happened, but she could only guess the twins did something. What she couldn’t understand was what they did. Was it Kuroi with those weird new powers she apparently got? This is just scary.
Shiroi meanwhile inspected Fey’s handiwork as well, starting to feel the cold now that the adrenaline’s no longer pumping. “
Kinda ironic that you’re the one that did this, but hey, good job. A flash freeze would work pretty good against slimy toadmen, huh. …Wait, don’t these things live on the moon? But they’re weak to freezing… Eh, not gonna think about it.” She shook her head.
While Korrie busied herself getting rid of the rotted corpse, Kuroi went to check on Erfek as well. “
Hey, you okay, Erfek? Any injuries?” She asked, letting the little critter climb on if he wanted, “
So, about just now… Can you keep what happened to that Moonbeast a secret? I’d rather less people know if possible…”