Road Fighter: Mediocrity even in this corner

“Idiots… its out to kill..” D warned both Wyvern and Tagas, D is very familiar of hostile and blood thirsty presences, he can never mistake it for he was similar yet still different from the enemy that stands before the two fighters. “I have no time…FOR WEAKLINGS!” A battle between two of the former champions to defend the third, naturally it would be a proud and warm moment but not before the face of a powerful adversary at his full strength.

“Wake up… Dubh..”

D woke up on his bed, he was back in Mirai and if one were to ask what this leads to, he’s simply reliving his memory. “I can’t believe you’d do something stupid, don’t you know how worried I was?” complained a familiar voice.

“I’m a soldier, your safety is my priority Ma’am, and I’d be useless if I ever lost you.”  D panted as he stands, up, leaving his bed and putting on a fresh shirt. The voice kept complaining and it has very good reason to complain as D carried the weight of battle protecting not only her but his comrades from danger. IF a mistake were to happen he would have been killed which is the reason why the voice was so angry about. “Even in the face of adversary, I’ll gamble my life it that’s what it takes to keep you safe.” He was rewarded with a slap on the face and a hug and was told not to try and be a hero ever again but that’s just it, it’s the only order he keeps on ignoring.

D woke up to reality as both Tagas and Wyvern were thrown pass him across the arena’s edge. “You…are the winner of this tournament? YOU!? A WEAKLING LIKE YOU? THEN THIS TOURNAMENT SERVES NO CHALLENGE FOR ME, ONLY THE STRONG CAN SURVIVE!!!”

The spectators were told to evacuate as the crowd makes a run for it, Hibiki found Masters once again unconscious, Chun limping and Cammy crawling out from the stairs and aided them up the floor. “H-he made a clone of… Akuma..” were Cam’s last words before she passed out.

“Mediocrity even in this corner from a demon such as you” D’s body began to shake, he was riddled with anger and rage, he grumbles more loudly than ever before, only the powerless would utter such nonsense would only value and harbor that ridiculous concept.  As the demon Roared so does D as his armor refurnishes, the shades were searing like the intense and molten flame, red veins were seared and embedded as it course throughout the armor frame.


“▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▅▄▄▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅!”

A Fight between the Devil and the monster, it’s a shame a crowd would have to miss such lovely spectacle or perhaps they ought to, an outcome is no longer certain as the safety of all those in Talonia are in the balance. Such power from the demon caused him to create a burst of shots from the wave motion Cannon Technique. D stepped hard on the ground, cracking out a fragment of the arena and used it as a giant shield. As it was about to crack, two projectiles, metal pipes were launched as the Demon used the Demon flip to teleport to a short distance to dodge it. The Demon dives down to the ground in order to hit D but D immediately dodged right after, the moment the Demon dropped to the ground, it fired another set of projectiles from the wave motion cannon.

Because of such suppression, D was forced to jump out of the Arena and grab a huge metal pole which seemed more durable than most of the short metal pipes around here. D carries a huge Metal pole on one hand and a chair on the other. As D jumped back into the arena, the Demon unleashed a Helicopter Kick that caused him to spin around like a tornado to which D hit him off with the Hard Metal Pole. However the hit didn’t land as the Demon was expecting him to swing it, the Demon pulled the pole right off D’s hands and starts swinging it around. D had only but a chair to defend against him. He fights to kill but perhaps D must do the same as well, with more killing intent. The Demon snapped the Metal pole in half and launched them as projectiles at D only for them to be caught easily, up followed another projectile of the motion wave cannon. To dodge that he had to use the pole to jump over it but the Demon blinked underneath in order to execute the Dragon Fist Uppercut from below him, while D is in midair, he cannot dodge but can parry it with another pole as he did. D used the force of the Demon’s fist to bounce off and land to safety from a distance, D charged in and smite his pole on the demon as the Demon once against spammed a motion cannon upon his approach, the Demon blinked behind D again to execute the Helicopter blade again only for D to make a sharp turn and hit it with an Iron pole to the abdomen hard.

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Dubhlainn

79Hp recovery

1 C rank hit landed

The sharp hit of the pole did quite some damage but to a powerful entity like that of a demon, it was unbelievable that it actually hurt him. Now D recognizes his enemy and has nothing to fear, the opponent maybe strong but the enemy’s endurance has weakened significantly. As the result of that, D lost the half of the Durable pole and only one remains along with a steel chair that he separated from.

“YOU USE WEAPONS IN A DUEL, WHY DON’T YOU USE FISTS INSTEAD!?” It sounds rich coming from him, using a malevolent power that he was granted for a fist fight and the fact that D has been put under such a heavy handicap, the battle did not earn his favor but perhaps D preferred that after all.

He’s used to fighting in Handicap battles like this. The Mad Faceless Berserker roared once more as he grabbed both the pole and the Steel chair and charged right in and began his assault, the Demon blink to a location this time from D’s right side as it fired another barrage of Wave motion canon shells. D had no choice but to sacrifice the chair to shield him from such unexpected attack as he made a sharp turn and made a beeline for the Demon. The Demon blinked once more as he descended down to the ground as a form of attack. D rolled over and swung the pole as the Demon blocked it, firing yet another Motion Wave Cannon projectile at him with his free hand. D slid under to the side of the pole to dodge it only to quickly slid 360 degrees to damage the Demon’s Leg with another pole hit but this had angered the demon greatly so as response the Demon quickly blinked right above D giving him no chance to dodge whatsoever and strike down a powerful fist right at the abdominal, driving D down to the ground and forcing the floor beneath them to collapse down to the same facility where the Demon itself has been born. It was thought that this would have been the end for D as such a heavy attack could even heavily injure a fighter.

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Total Defense bonus: 57% +6hp
Total Damage bonus: 45% (14hp per strike)
Total Defense bonus against Special spells or techniques: 72% (Target is under the category of Demi-human)
Total Weapon Attack: 17hp (Exceeds B rank basic attacks)
Armor HP - 120HP (Provides 12% +6hp bonus)


Dubhlainn

79HP – 33HP = 46HP

Armor HP – 120 – 80 = 40HP

2 C ranks landed

As the Floor collapsed, both the Faceless Knight and the Demon fell down only to be both buried in rubble. D wasn’t exactly buried in rubble as he can be seen from the hole the demon made. The Demon emerged from debri and roared out to the heavens, thinking that he had defeated his foe. The Hybrid demon decided to walk up closer to his fallen foe clad in armor and pulled D’s body up by the neck. Exhausted by the fight and force he had put into putting the knight down a final blow to the head would secure his victory, however just as he thought D was done, D landed an uppercut that knocked the demon back a few distance and when the Demon let go of the Faceless man, D was standing up and made haste as he charged in for one final striking aiming for the Demon’s Chest.

The Demon had enough of this faceless man who has been giving him nothing but trouble as he charged for a powerful Wave Motion Canon strike. Purple energy was being emitted and as the soon as D was getting close the Demon unleashed the Ultra Wave Motion Cannon.

It was a direct hit and after having been hit by two of the Demon’s special moves D would have already been put down for good.

The Demon underestimated him as D was in a fit of rage with every intention to kill his opponent. He emerged from the smog generated by such a powerful attack from the Demon but it didn’t stop D from delivering a heavy blow to the Demon’s chest, as D’s fist sink in, he twists his fist so that the demon’s chest muscles would be contracted then he turns 180 degrees to the side to punish the back of the demon’s head with his elbow, knocking him down and unconscious. Because of the chest pain the demon reverted back to human form.

In the end he did not kill the demonized man; he just couldn’t because his conscience was a hard chain that prevented him from ending his life. He showed some sympathy for the demonized man he defeated, a victim of Vega used for his evil experiments.

D’s armor shatters like glass, the dark shades that concealed him and his face withered away, he overdid the effort of winning the tournament and completing all its labors, he couldn’t move even if he wanted to as the gravity of the pain was as heavy as carrying a huge boulder the size of a hut. Both his knees hit the ground as he faced down on the rubble and falls into darkness.

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Dubhlainn

46HP - 39Hp = 7HP remaining

Armor broken

4 C ranks hit in total.

Mission complete

D woke up, lying down in the infirmary where all the injured fighters were tended to, paramedics were a bit surprised that a Dark mage like him participated in the tournament, before anyone notices D has already left and gone.

Vega recovered as he was put immediately under arrest by officials for using Talonia’s Underground facility as a site for his experiments without the official’s permission. Balrog came out of the hospital but it seems it would take more time for his limbs to heal. Bison had the same punishment as Vega, Chun and Cam both returned to the agency and became Vega’s personal Jailors. Tagas went back to his homeland to train even harder, Wyvern, Masters and Kouken returned to the mountains to train. Hibiki on the other hand made a full recovery which was indeed quite a miracle.

As D was about to leave Talonia, Chun called him out to thank him for saving everyone in Talonia Arena. D nodded as he began his journey back to his guild. Kouken commented that D was indeed in fact one of the strongest fighters around. If he had used his abilities earlier, he would have no trouble of fighting his opponents in the finals, hearing this, Wyvern and Masters were quite astonished and decided to train harder than ever before.

As Dubhlainn travels back he recalls another memory:

“Dubh, you have to go again?” Asked the voice

“I’m assigned to a new mission and swore to serve the flag.” D said as he starts packing up his inventory for the upcoming mission.

“When will you be back?” the voice asked as she seemed to be too concerned for the soldier.

“I don’t know, I’ve been lucky so far but who knows? Its war and eventually there will be casualities.” D picked up his pack and opened the door to leave as an airship awaits him for his departure.

“Could you at least promise me something?” Asked the voice again as he grabbed D by the hand, connecting her pinky to his.

“Promise me that you will return to come see me…ok?” D gave her a warm smile and a nod, agreed to keeping the promise.

“I will milady, don’t worry I’m not a target that can be taken down so easily. Since I promised, I will come back, all you have to do is just wait for my return.”