[IC] Myriad Reality

[Legend Begins]

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If you would give me the time to prove my worth—

@Etcetera

Go on. If you have something to show, show it. Otherwise, you're wasting both of our time.

[Etcetera]

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Go on. If you have something to show, show it. Otherwise, you're wasting both of our time.

@Legend Begins

*Nods*
Very well.
*A swirling black cloud emerges from within you and coats my fist*

[Legend Begins]

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*Nods*
Very well.
*A swirling black cloud emerges from within you and coats my fist*

@Etcetera

Oh?

[Etcetera]

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Oh?

@Legend Begins

I have the ability to gain strength from the souls of those around me. And I imagine yours is quite resilient.

[Legend Begins]

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I have the ability to gain strength from the souls of those around me. And I imagine yours is quite resilient.

@Etcetera

I'm sure it is. If you're that confident in your own strength
*Spreads my arms out*
Go on. Hit me with your full power.

[Etcetera]

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I'm sure it is. If you're that confident in your own strength
*Spreads my arms out*
Go on. Hit me with your full power.

@Legend Begins

*Looks at my fist*
I don't want to hurt y—
*Stops myself*
...Very well.
*Plunges my fist into your chest, generating a shockwave that crumbles the terrain around us*

[Legend Begins]

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*Looks at my fist*
I don't want to hurt y—
*Stops myself*
...Very well.
*Plunges my fist into your chest, generating a shockwave that crumbles the terrain around us*

@Etcetera

*Has the butt of my knife where your fist lands before you begin, intercepting the punch and absorbing any shockwave that would reach me*
Is that all the strength my soul gives you? Honestly, I expected more than that.

[Etcetera]

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*Has the butt of my knife where your fist lands before you begin, intercepting the punch and absorbing any shockwave that would reach me*
Is that all the strength my soul gives you? Honestly, I expected more than that.

@Legend Begins

I expected nothing less from The Legend.
*Inhales*
My ability dramatically increases in strength with the variety of souls that I add, as well as their individual strength. Given the size of Tier Five and its capabilities, surely you can see how it would be useful!

[Legend Begins]

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I expected nothing less from The Legend.
*Inhales*
My ability dramatically increases in strength with the variety of souls that I add, as well as their individual strength. Given the size of Tier Five and its capabilities, surely you can see how it would be useful!

@Etcetera

Someone so familiar with Tier Five who is unaware of the destruction of the Tier System?

[Etcetera]

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Someone so familiar with Tier Five who is unaware of the destruction of the Tier System?

@Legend Begins

Yes, but... I also know that it is returning. Stronger. And I want to be a part of that.

[Legend Begins]

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Yes, but... I also know that it is returning. Stronger. And I want to be a part of that.

@Etcetera

*Chuckles*
You do keep your nose in our business. Show me the greatest limit of your power here. Where the only souls to feed you are mine and your own.

[Etcetera]

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*Chuckles*
You do keep your nose in our business. Show me the greatest limit of your power here. Where the only souls to feed you are mine and your own.

@Legend Begins

I know that you're the Great Strategist. I aspire to have that same kind of forethought. As for my ability, I do want to make a point that it becomes much stronger with additional souls. But even on its own, I believe its formidably approaches even Tier Five standards. And with the Tier Five power boost—

[Legend Begins]

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I know that you're the Great Strategist. I aspire to have that same kind of forethought. As for my ability, I do want to make a point that it becomes much stronger with additional souls. But even on its own, I believe its formidably approaches even Tier Five standards. And with the Tier Five power boost—

@Etcetera

Mmm, but even the Tier Five power boost would fail to show me what your ability is capable of when you insist on chatting.

[Etcetera]

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Mmm, but even the Tier Five power boost would fail to show me what your ability is capable of when you insist on chatting.

@Legend Begins

...Very well.
*Blackness coats me from within and streams out from your abdomen*
I won't hold back!
*Rifles into you with enough speed and force to begin cracking the dimensional boundary around me, aiming my hand into your heart*

[Legend Begins]

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...Very well.
*Blackness coats me from within and streams out from your abdomen*
I won't hold back!
*Rifles into you with enough speed and force to begin cracking the dimensional boundary around me, aiming my hand into your heart*

@Etcetera

*Bends backwards with speed much slower than yours, early enough to allow me to avoid your attack entirely and plunges the tip of my knife into your check, forming a deep gash as you propel yourself forward*

[Etcetera]

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*Bends backwards with speed much slower than yours, early enough to allow me to avoid your attack entirely and plunges the tip of my knife into your check, forming a deep gash as you propel yourself forward*

@Legend Begins

*Stops myself a few meters away*
What just...
*Looks down*

[Legend Begins]

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*Stops myself a few meters away*
What just...
*Looks down*

@Etcetera

*Your shirt rips open, revealing a dripping red wound*
For an aspiring Tier Five, you are quite idealistic in the naive sense. While there are a range of personalities, from reckless to hypercritical, each is able to properly evaluate risk.

[Etcetera]

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*Your shirt rips open, revealing a dripping red wound*
For an aspiring Tier Five, you are quite idealistic in the naive sense. While there are a range of personalities, from reckless to hypercritical, each is able to properly evaluate risk.

@Legend Begins

I... I mean, of course it would turn out like this. You're part of the Top Five! Surely I've proven my strength, and risk I can learn quickly!

[Legend Begins]

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I... I mean, of course it would turn out like this. You're part of the Top Five! Surely I've proven my strength, and risk I can learn quickly!

@Etcetera

*Sighs*
You would not have even found me had this not advanced my own goals and intentions.

[Etcetera]

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*Sighs*
You would not have even found me had this not advanced my own goals and intentions.

@Legend Begins

Huh..?