We were at another stalemate. None of my attacks could connect and I had made sure that her attacks became weaker by keeping her pissed off at all times. The only attacks that she didn’t seem to be able to properly react to are melee attacks so she had focused on sending me back to my starting point whenever I attempted this. This item, called a Dimsha, is quite annoying. I need a plan to counter it. I could lessen its impact with my own spatiotemporal magic but it was too strong for me to cancel out.
A wave of shadows swept over Biian and she screamed. It seems sneak attacks work. I made a water clone and made it hide by using the moisture in the air to bend light around it. I hope this goddess of light can be tricked by that.
“You! Why are you here? What did you do to my pet?!” Paula and Paul touched down. Paula looked ok. She had a few scratches here and there, Paul however seemed quite beat up.
“Heh! Do you mean that overgrown lizard? I banished it!”
“Banished… what? Shadow magic… why does everything exist to piss me off.” Biian flew at Paula and tried to attack her but a shadow pulled her to the ground. She reversed time on that attack but she was still falling. I threw an [Azure Spear] mixed with the tree's energy. She also reversed time on that.
“Paula! She has an item that puts duration-based skills to 0 seconds and she can also reverse time! “
“Oh! But that’s not the only thing I can do. Hat!” I wondered what she was on about but Paula and I turned into ugly hats. An attack instantly homed in to us. Paul picked up Paula and dodged. My water clone placed a strong [Ice Mirror] down to intercept the attack.
We turned back to normal.
“Wow, this bitch is annoying! What’s the plan Aya?”
“I don’t know, all I know is that we should protect that tree!” I pointed at the strange tree.
“You have something on your hat. What does ‘Boshi’ mean?” I took off my hat and saw ‘Boshi’ written in blood. I wanted to rub it off but I noticed that it was my own blood. I got the feeling that this is important. Is it a clue on how to defeat this bitch?
“I don’t know but I think it’s important!” Paul dashed at the bitch but got sent back to his original spot.
“Sword" Paul turned into a sword and Paula had to rescue him. I teleported to the bitch while she was distracted and gave her a backhand slap with my hat. Another ugly scream. She reached for her item and I used [Azure Chain] to tie myself to her.
I got sent back to where I stood before but she got pulled with me.
“Release me, you unsightly creature!” She tried to set [Azure Chain’s] time to 0 but it didn’t work for some reason.
“I hate spirit magic!”
“Oh, so that’s why you suddenly take damage?” I pulled her closer with the chain. I had put my hat back on, and gave her a headbutt.
She screamed as her skull cracked open. It didn’t hurt for me because a hat is protective headwear. She tried to reverse time on me but she just got pulled with me.
“Paula! Blast her! Don’t worry about me!” It seemed that I was physically stronger than this bitch with this broccoli energy boost. I kept slapping and headbutting her with my hat. I’m sure she can still fire off nasty attacks but she might not have the composure or time if we keep the assault up.
“Enough!” She grew in size and the [Azure Chain] broke. Her hair started to glow golden again. This made her an easy target and Paula assaulted her with shadow magic from all sides and with delays.
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I used [Mistflower Field]. We threw so many attacks around that she couldn’t keep track on what to reverse time on. She used [Biian] again but Paula made another big [Shadow Wave] and absorbed half of it.
“Heh, would you look at that Aya! I have a decent matchup against this bitch!” Paul whisked her away because she was about to get hit by a [Light Pillar].
“Stay focused please, I would rather not have you turned into a donut.”
“Aww thanks honey.”
“Can you guys do that another time? We’re fighting a goddess…” Biian used [Light pillar] again on the same spot.
“Guys watch out!” Paul and Paula got moved back in time, putting them in range of the attack and the [Light Pillar] fell down.
I wanted to go aid them but I saw Paula holding her hat up, making it act like an umbrella and Paul crouched below her.
“Ugh, some help please!” I smiled. I’m so glad that Paula caught on to the wonders of our hat.
“What is this nonsense? I thought those stupid hats were just a cosmetic!” I teleported to Biian’s face. Used [Enlarge] on my hat and smacked her in her face with it. Another ugly scream and she got sent flying. I wasted no time. I made 5 water clones and me and my clones all used [Tsunami] mixed with broccoli energy but staggered the timing.
2 clones used [Azure Chains] and bound her again in a sexy way. Me and the 3 other clones used [Gigantic Azure Spear]. Time got wound back on some attacks but enough got through. We all used [Mistflower Field] and [Azure Mist].
It did more than enough damage now that it was infused with broccoli energy.
“Ugh, did that do enough? I think I burnt my hand blocking that [Light Pillar].” Paul was bandaging Paula’s hand.
A burst of energy got released. She was back to her normal size again. She looked like she was one foot in the grave. She touched her item and the time rewound on her wounds.
“You can try all you want but you will never defeat me.”
“Well, this is unfair, Ayaru, do you mind if I take Paula and run away?” I nodded.
“Hey, what? Paul no!” He picked her up. “We can’t leave Aya here alone!”
“I brought this on to myself Paula, there is no need for you and Paul to die too.”
“Oh, you are naïve to think that I would let you leave.” The bitch reached her arm to the sky and spears of light rained down on the perimeter of the plateau. “You won’t be able to escape from this plateau. Nobody will be able to leave this place. But first!” She teleported behind me. “I need to do something about you!”
I felt a sharp pain as I got sent flying. I fell to the floor and kept rolling. I winced and felt something warm and wet on my back. I touched the spot and pulled my hand back because the wound hurt. My hand was covered in blood.
“So, you can bleed after all.” She teleported to me, kicked me, lifted me by my hair, and looked me in the eyes. “I will make sure…” The top of her head flew off as Paul had cut it off. I made a thick [Ice Cloak] around him as he took a kick and got sent flying. Her head regenerated in a bright flash and I grabbed my hat and slapped her with my hat. Her grip loosened as she let out an ugly scream.
I was running low on the energy that the broccoli tree had given me as this didn’t do as much damage as it did before. I tried to run to the tree but she moved me back to when I stood in front of her. I went for another hat smack but she blocked it so I put a knee in her stomach.’
“Ugh, insolent pest!” I made it to the tree this time and got another boost after touching it. She was too focused on me to see that Paula had prepared her ultimate skill [Dark Past].
An enormous black hand reached out and grabbed her. It squeezed her and did damage equal to the amount of damage she could remember from recent memory. Which was a lot. This was the ugliest scream yet. I sent out [Azure Flowers] and had them stand ready to intercept attacks aimed at Paula. An enormous [Laser] got shot at Paula. The petals combined and formed a mirror. Paula covered herself in a [Shadow Dome]. I made an [Ice Pillar] appear from under Biian and launched her in the air and bound her with [Azure chain] I sent the azure petals at her as she fell. She rewound time but it placed her inside the ice pillar. How stupid is this bitch? I threw an [Azure Spear] at her. She broke out of the pillar and caught the spear. I teleported to her and gave her another backhand slap with my hat. It was filled with the broccoli energy and it cleanly blew her head off. Her body did kick me away but it was a relatively weak kick.
“How obnoxious! In that case revel in another [Biian’s Radiance]!”
I covered my face with my hat to protect myself from the blinding light. Is this the end? A shockwave went through me but that was all. The light dimmed and I saw a strange purple barrier around me. Paula and Paul also had this strange purple barrier around them. The tree was glowing but its intensity dropped.
“I know now what the problem is. It’s this tree!” She flew to the tree and kept rewinding time on us so we couldn’t reach her. I could get closer with chain teleports but it would take a while.
She put her hand on the tree. “No more powerups or stupid barriers for you ground crawlers!”