The giant with an arm as thick as a tree trunk connected with his clothesline against the balled-up maid. The sound he made when he contacted her echoed through the room like a gunshot.

Tibaut had started running when his fireballs failed and managed to place himself behind her as she flew through the air. The momentum had Tibaut sliding across the ground on his feet despite his best efforts.

Avis lay wide-eyed in his hands with her arms and legs shaking.

("Without my arms and legs to absorb the blow…")

"Can you stand!?" Tibaut asked while keeping his eyes on Cormac.

She left his arms and stumbled to the floor.

("Shit, she's already out!?")

Tibaut had no time to dawdle as Cormac started approaching. He shot another fireball at him but again, it just vanished and fizzled out. As he considered if he would have to take on this monster in hand-to-hand combat, he heard a loud thud and Cormac was pushed forward.

He turned back to see Albus behind with a bruised fist running away.

("The hell? What the hell happened to my magic when I touched him? Wait a minute my hand did feel weird after I touched his armour don't tell me!?")

He started running after him but Tibaut shot a fireball at his legs and it exploded like normal, tripping the giant. Albus and Jake moved around the giant, going over to Tibaut and Avis, who were still struggling to stand up.

"What the hell is he?" Tibaut asked.

"Hey, you two, you recognized the armour and said something about the King right?"

"Yeah, though I think this one might be different," Jake said while checking on Avis.

"Based on what I felt, that might just be the only reasonable possibility." Albus while the clattering of his teeth could be heard.

"What are we talking about? Is there something up with the armour?"

"Now, this may be an overestimation on my part but, that armour may be made out of Disiponium."

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The struggling Avis and Jake almost broke their necks turning towards him.

"Impossible!" the maid shouted.

"T-th-there's no way…" Jake said, looking on with dead eyes.

Cormac had already gotten back on his feet and started laughing.

"What'S WRONG YOU BASTARDS? I THOUGHT YOU RECOGNISED THIS ARMOUR?"

He continued his assault and started running straight towards them. Tibaut shot several more fireballs he had been preparing but he had already seen this trick. He lowered his upper body to touch them and they all disappeared within seconds.

With his attention briefly drawn away from Tibaut and his group, he used the opportunity to close the distance and deliver a kick to the hacked-out front of the helmet and jumped on his shoulder to go over him.

The giant reeled but not before taking off Tibaut's shoe as he grabbed at him.

Seeing Tibaut's attack Albus tried one of his own when Cormac turned around and jumped into the air to deliver a punch which sent the big man to the ground.

("Good job, Tibaut, now my magic can shine.")

He tried to capitalize on the opportunity but it seemed he got too greedy. In an act that defied common sense, Cormac brought his legs into the air and spun himself around, which reminded Tibaut of break dancing. Tibaut tried some sort of action to help Albus but it was too late and a leg slammed into him. The crushing of bones was audible to anyone in the room and Tibaut watched on in horror as the giant spun himself around. The momentum of the legs carried Albus around as if he were glued to it before Tibaut launched another fireball at the floor killing his momentum and sending Albus flying at the sudden stop.

Jake jumped in the air to catch him and they both fell to the ground. He could still stand after taking a kick like that but the giant welt across his stomach certainly wasn't pretty. He coughed up a bit of blood but that was it. He stood on his feet ready looking ready for another round but that was all he could do.

("Damnit, I can only keep parts of my body together with my magic, not heal them! It's taking all I have to ensure I don't fall apart. If that bastard hit another one of those, I'd be so preoccupied with keeping myself together I wouldn't be able to move.")

"How are you still standing after that, Lord Bradley?" Jake asked.

"With my magic, it's all I can do at the moment. I might have to sit this out for the time being. (This bastard broke most of my ribs, I think my lungs and heart would be out without my magic and even fractured my spine. Shit if I hadn't turned off my pain receptors as soon as I started flying I'd be on the floor in agony.)"

Cormac got up to his feet after his display and looked at his opponents. After getting a good look at Jake, he commented "It seems I have one left."

He turned around to Tibaut and it seemed his attention was solely focused on him.

After finding a newfound respect for Albus after taking that, he assumed there was a good reason he wasn't rushing back.

"Shit, I guess it's on me for the time being."

He looked down at his shoeless foot and wondered what would have happened to him if he grabbed a toe instead.

Cormac rushed towards him like a bull, and Tibaut readied himself for this one-on-one encounter.

("Is this what Ezekiel's parents fought against or was it an even greater monster?")

He aimed a fire lance at the giant's face but Cormac brought his head down and it dispersed at the top of his helmet.