Episode 48: Truth and Tribulation

[Tracy White]

As the primary healer - Lydia being the second - Tracy was watching four separate battles going on. As she looked, she was cycling through the conversation her and Maria had prior to departing from the rest of the survivors.

Maria decided that the both of them would have to fight in a certain way to preserve the team, as they were essentially the backbones of the squad. Tracy was actually the most important person in the squad, because if she falls, then there was going to be a huge problem. For that reason, Maria advised her to stay close to her, and to observe the battlefield for any sudden changes that warrants their attention. She did not want Tracy to overexert herself trying to constantly heal all of them, because it will cause Kyuki to want to bombard her with force if they see her as a credible threat. She recommended that Tracy moves when she feels it is the right time to, and she will follow.

Picking up on what Markus and Gargulion got out of Kyuki, Tracy saw this as the right time to act. Skystar gripped her staff in anticipation of her entry into battle.

"Sky, I need you now," Tracy called out. "This is about to get ugly."

"I'm here. What will it be this time?" Skystar waited.

"Relinquish." Skystar's staff glowed as this spell was being cast. Bright stars came out of the entire party, considering that there was a lot of debuffing going on. All of those stars appeared around the scepter and revolved quickly, forming a band of light when traveling together that quickly. It dispersed into a light wave that extended across all directions. All of their enemies were shoved backwards by this force while only incurring moderate damage. A key bonus for the good side was that the enemy force will suffer the same debilitating debuffs that were inflicted upon each of them, but at a significantly more serious capacity.

"Illumina: Blessing!" This Illumina spell was very precious. Skystar can consciously lock on to her allies using her scepter, and then the magic happens. All of them - including the brawlers themselves - are bathed in a heavenly light. Thin strands of blue light emanate from them all. While active, a good portion of their health is regenerated, their overall health is boosted, their health regeneration increases, and to top it all off, any attacks made or received by them will be increased or decreased by 25% respectively.

Of course, Maria did not need one, since she hasn't been damaged, but she was given one anyway along with Hydra for the sake of inclusion. It also makes Hydra more dangerous than she already was. Who wouldn't like that?

"You weren't messing around, Maria. Those guys are nasty," Tracy acknowledged after seeing it for herself. "Do you have any idea on what Kyuki just did to himself? That wasn't normal..."

[Maria Zenovia]

Maria and Hydra have been patiently waiting for drastic changes in this large-scale battle. It is not very often that she has to see that monster, Traqdrach, being so close to her- last time it was it nearly blew up Washington several months ago. She expected Daniel to be an opponent here- Virus and Kyuki have not left him alone since that 'Monster Maker' tragedy thirteen years ago. This is one of the reason Maria felt very sad for Daniel- he was always in pain and she could never do anything to make him feel better and always being in his presence, talking to him, understanding him and seeing how much he had helped her she developed a romantic feeling for him. Him, being an idiot (Keto said it many times) he could never learn how to actually respond to all her help- perhaps being ruined so much destroyed his emotions as well? And last thing she would expect was for legendary Admiral of Balance (like Asuka) be one of the opponents here along with his wife, famed biologist and coach for Eden brawlers. Kyuki was to be expected here... If he runs away this time all this will be pointless.

"Thank you." Hydra says to the duo. "Good girl." Maria commends.

"Hydra, your charge done?" Maria asks her partner.

"All done. Four charges." Hydra replies.

"In that case- Quadruple ability activate! Abyssal Breath, Howling Moon Hydra, Subzero Hellfire and Wrath of the Abyss!" Maria activates four cards at once by simultaneously rising them up in the air. Two first are normal abilities, followed by a special and a fusion. Abyssal Breath and Howling Moon Hydra are attacks that can be united into one and hit multiple targets in Hydra's vision, so being a Hydranoid with three heads does pay off. First she begins quick-charging Abyssal Breath; red energy forming inside all three mouths. Second it is Howling Moon Hydra; blue energy from her mouth becomes one with red energy and, as result, forms three giant purple orbs. "Dodge this!!" Hydra shouts and begins to fire multiple beams from three orbs that catch enemies off-guard. First one to suffer is Virus ('Daniel') who is pushed back and eventually reaches a wall where he is cornered for bombardment. Second is Jennifer who suffers the most due to her lack in defense against sheer forces as this; if she had seen it the outcome would not have been the same. Third is Andrew who got knocked down by the attack. Finally, Traqdrach got hit in the head multiple times which disoriented it greatly.

"Let me see you stop me now, old man!" Maria says as the special ability begins. Hydra slams her fists against the ground and summons blue flames around all five enemies at once and begins to burn them and freeze them all at the same time; while they suffer damage from burning their bodies become stiffer and stiffer under the freezing effect. This combination of element is quite rare to see as mixing ice and fire is normally impossible. "Now witness the darkness harnessed within me! Wrath of the Abyss!" Hydra shouts. Dark energy harnessed directly from Doom Dimension begins to surround her and her eyes glow red. Only a few Bakugans are able to make such severe contact with Doom Dimension and stay alive for long, but Hydra not only survived- she controls the darkness now. Even for a Hydranoid it is impressive. She fires three beams from her mouth; they are darker than night itself and cursed feeling can be felt coming from them- Hydra constantly changes direction of the beams hitting all five enemies constantly and burning them with the power of darkness. 

Hydra used all four quick-charges. Now she prepares for loading more and waits if anyone will attack her or Tracy after witnessing this.

Once Maria plays her cards she returns attention to Tracy. 

Even in a moment like this she cannot help herself, but to make some commentary. Maybe it will get some of the negative thoughts out of Tracy's head. "You are doing such a good job, sweetie. I'll make sure I tell Master Blaze all about it. He'll be so proud!" Maria says in a tone that is cheerful enough to let people think it is a joke, but also serious enough for them to not be able to confirm. Maria's attention returns to the battlefield again. "Hydra?" She says. "I can sense... Daniel... within Kyuki's power..." Hydra informs as she concentrates on what Kyuki just did to himself. "So he harnessed Achron power as well...? We must be cautious. Very cautious." Maria says. She knows a lot more of Achron power inside the Andersen family than they know themselves- after all, Maria's race is a good ally with Achron. She knows what Daniel's type of power makes him so different than Alex and Lydia and how it can be used- it is all in the Advent books describing Achron. 'Infernal Overseer' should be Daniel's unique power, as far as books say. "Sweetie, would you mind keeping a close eye on Markus and Gargulion? I am not comfortable with them being alone with that now." Maria asks. If Kyuki begins to show Daniel's power, which is most-likely the case, Maria will have to jump in to assist Markus.

[Daniel Andersen]

'Daniel' received heavy damage from those attacks.

It was not entertaining at all. Hit by such force at first, frozen and burning and then tainted with darkness from Doom Dimension. "Stupid wench!" He says angrily considering how much this disrupted some of the abilities he planned to activate. "Come here and fight, cowardly worms!!" He yells at Tracy and Maria who were standing in the back for this entire time. It was obvious they were not just there to wait and swap when someone gets in critical state. Other ones posed a good distraction for that woman to get her lizard to shoot him. And annoying thing is- her base form can do so much damage without Misfortune 13 when she gets a good and accurate shot. Someone needs to take care of her before she makes another move like that.

"Just stand back, fool!" Kuzuha tells him. "You have been stopped by a single human twice in the past- what chance do you have against an elite army? Now, leave my master's body at once!" Kuzuha angrily yells at 'Daniel'.

"And what if I say 'no'? What are you going to do about it? Hit me with that stick of yours? You are as useless as ever- you were useless to me back then against Resistors and now you are useless to THEM against ME!" 'Daniel' replies to Kuzuha's demands and begins to form the red mist around his body just like before. From experience, his opponents should know the mist is not just a decoration- it can legit negate an ability and screw someone over.

"Hmph... me in your control was a sword in control of an ant. If you are going to deny my demands then you leave me no other choice. Double Ability!" Kuzuha declares and different energy levels begin to surround her and odd feeling to everyone around her. Tank and Gladion should recognize this feeling very well because they are part of it. "Embodiment plus Eternal Memory!" Kuzuha declares and slams the bottom of her staff against the ground forming a wide magic circle below her and then one blue circle on the right and one red on the left. Her own circle disappears and makes her entire body flash and soak in blue light before it turns into a brown color revealing a completely new shape for Kuzuha- Juggernaut. This is the result of Embodiment- ability that not only merges power of another being into Kuzuha (which is Allen's Gorem in this case), but also allows her to make abilities that are entirely combined forms of Kuzuha's and Gorem's.

After this two other circles disappear. Blue one disappears and releases blue stream of light that goes upwards and begins to change it shape. Ultimately, it finishes and creates something that someone here should definitely recognize- it is Gladion himself. Or, at least, a very good embodiment of Gladion with the power Kuzuha embedded into her memory after witnessing Gladion's power. She could merge with it like she did with Gorem's power, but instead she choose Gladion. Perhaps because of quickness of his movements. Red circle disappears and releases an orb of flames that explodes releasing Noland's Drago out of it. These are not merely clones, but embodiments of power and memory lying within Kuzuha- their power indeed will come in handy. 

"You can't be serious..." 'Daniel' says as he now watches four enemies fighting him at once. Two Gladions, Dragonoid and a unison of Kuzuha and Gorem. "Be silent. You have hurt my master and many people around him- now it is my turn to hurt YOU." Kuzuha threatens. Her muscles are way stronger now with Gorem's power. She leaps towards 'Daniel' and grabs him after which she proceeds to hit him against the floor and toss him into the air. While he is still stunned Kuzuha gives signal to Gladion, Tank and two embodiments. "NOW! Give him hell!" She loudly commands. 

[Tank Stryker]

"Oh, I'm all about that!" Tank excitedly celebrated upon seeing Drago and another Gladion pop up. Getting healed and seeing their enemies get blown away like that was satisfying. Anything that blows these creeps away faster is a-okay in his eyes. "Gladion, fuck him up!"

"Got it!" Gladion accepted. He snapped his fingers and pointed in Daniel's direction. As if it were by order, the Gladion and Drago embodiments sprung into action.

The embodiment Gladion jumped to meet Daniel in the air. He grabbed onto Daniel, turned him upside-down, and wrapped his legs around his waist. He was preparing to drop Daniel onto the floor headfirst. Before that occurred, a blue portal was opened up underneath their position to place a bear trap. When Gladion finally dropped Daniel, the bear trap clamped down on his neck, holding him in that broken position.

The embodiment Drago showed up next to Daniel. He ignited his fists via his Rage Fire ability. This led to an unrelenting assault from Drago where he continuously pummeled Daniel's upper and lower body with punches that made the entire atmosphere around them feel uncomfortable from his power. The bear trap itself was breaking down from Drago's impacts.

Gladion was also preparing an attack of his own, which he would use to Drago's benefit. Markus was looking like he was going to need someone to step in if he decides to not use the DNA Stimulus right away. This attack should shake things up a little.

"Try this one. Ability activate! Force of the Gods!" Gladion clasped his hands together to focus divine energy into the palms of his hands. This energy developed into a sphere of crackling energy that had a certain spark to it, one that could emanate power throughout the area to ensure that whoever was in its way was in for a hell of a time. Gladion threw this sphere at Drago, who managed to catch the blast using his Pyre Might ability. The sphere itself became larger as a result of Drago's power. He then dispersed this mighty ability into a giant beam that encompassed all of their enemies.

[Daniel Andersen]

'Daniel' roars madly as his body begins to release massive amounts of dark energy. He had enough bullshit already and then they begin spawning an entire Vestroia population on him- even he knows that is too much for him. Even though Kuzuha has obvious weakness there going for her with that combo it is still to risky to fight that amount of enemies all at once; especially in this form. Since has already has plenty of darkness stored within this body he can take his true form and let the true nightmares begin. "That is unfortunate..." 'Daniel' says as he turns into red mist and then reforms a few meters away from the position where he got caught. "...I find this to be a good exercise for power, but patience is not included in the package... Now, RELEASE!" 'Daniel' says as the darkness around his body becomes unbearable to stand close to. Ridiculous power-level kicks in and black smoke begins to come out of 'Daniel's' mouth, nose, ears and eyes- smoke goes up and begins to form into a figure above 'Daniel's' body.

"Free, at last!" Thunderous and horrifying voice says. 

Daniel's skin goes pale and his eyes go dark. He simply collapses on the ground as the monster within him has awakened. "I have use for this husk no more." Voices says as the dark smoke comes together forming a massive monster. At least five times bigger than Bakugans fighting him combined (embodiments included). "Your luck has served you all for long enough, but this is where it stops. You cannot infinitely spawn these things and they cannot last for a long time with your weak body- your inevitable fate has only been slightly postponed, wench." Virus says. He specifically threatens Kuzuha since she did prove him wrong about calling her weak and useless before. She appears to be able to kick his ass well enough and help others kick his ass. "Unholy!" He says and clenches his left fist causing Gladion, Kuzuha and two embodiments to be caught in some forcefield that begins to drain their energy and replace it with tainted energy of Virus's true form. If this continues to happen they will all become tainted and turn into what Virus is. He then charges at them, begins to punch and slash in all directions madly destroying the pillars, floor, ceiling, panels and everything in his way; with this size, strength and speed it is like a living, breathing hurricane.

"Titan's Blessing!" Kuzuha declares. It is an AoE support ability that affects only her allies. It is a mixture of Gorem's defensive abilities and her purifier abilities that come from Juggernaut mode she is in. She releases waves of air that affect her, Gladion and embodiments adding damage reduction effect that becomes stronger with every ally affected giving high survivability to them. This is Gorem's side of the ability that Kuzuha enhanced and now comes her own part. Blessing reduces severity of the taint significantly, but does not remove it- it is more economic and useful when enemy's ability is not too severe. However... Virus manages to punch her and send her flying as she was in the front line. Next ones will be Drago embodiment and original Gladion.

[Tank Stryker]

Tank glared at this battle form of Virus. At long last, he finally lays eyes on the one responsible for John's death. The monster had a presence that needed to be terminated, not just for the sake of vengeance, but for closure to what was a very long time of agony and suffering. There's no better time to defeat Virus than now. This was it.

"Badass over here," Gladion announced, being somewhat sarcastic with his description of Virus. Even though he was about to be attacked, he wasn't immediately concerned. "Let's take him out."

"Right with you," Tank supported. Seeing as how the other opponents may be too fast to get properly damaged by this technique, Tank saw no harm in cutting loose with his power by calling on a certain beast... "Quickly, release the Kraken!"

"Heard." Gladion took his gladius from his waist and stuck it into the ground, allowing his power to course through it. Rumbling could be felt and heard. The fabled beast was here.

"Ability activate! Conquest of the Kraken!" Tentacles came through the floor via dimensional portals, rather than going through the facility itself and sinking all of them. A tentacle whipped Virus underneath his mouth, stunning it greatly. More tentacles came out to batter him into oblivion. Virus was surprised to get backsmacked by one of the tentacles that came from his blind spot.

"You want her? You're going to have to go through me," Tank declared to Virus.

[Daniel Andersen]

Virus breathes in deeply and then suddenly releases after pressuring his own body. "Demon's Well!" Virus says as he releases the darkness in form of multiple waves. Waves do not only hit the enemies, but the summoned tentacles as well. Darkness not only damage the bodies by pushing enemies around- it damages the mind as well. Mind becomes more and more tainted with time eventually going blank and causing person to go berserk. "Belphegor's Well!" Virus says again and does the same process, but this time along with the darkness comes dark-infused thunderbolt that gives everyone a nice little shocker over the bodies additionally damaging them and slowing their movements for the next shot. "Single Reality!" He calls in again ready to screw them even more- this is a dangerous ability because it can nullify buffs and other things enemies have used. Dark-purple ripples go across the area causing reality-shaping to make embodiment Drago and Gladion to shatter into glass-pieces and all buffs on original Gladion and Kuzuha to disappear. This reverts Kuzuha to her base form as Juggernaut form is not present anymore.

"Damn..." Kuzuha says as she uses her staff to support herself and stand up.

She stares at the monster that is preparing to attack again. She thinks of possible ways out of this situation... "So he can use reality-shape abilities..." She mumbles and then there she thinks of a possibility. She turns towards Gladion and Tank. "I have an idea... hold him off a little longer." Kuzuha says and slams her staff against the ground causing teleportation. She disappears from the battlefield leaving only Gladion versus Virus. Considering so much bullshit this giant thing can come up with Kuzuha should better have a good plan. "Coward..." Virus mocks Kuzuha. He then turns his full attention to Gladion and does a powerful hellfire breath attack from his mouth towards the enemy burning everything to cinders in his path. "Challenge accepted." He says.

[Tank Stryker]

Gladion shook off Virus' attacks, pumping himself up for the next big showing. Virus was a tricky bastard. Had this happened back then when Virus revealed himself to the Resistors the first time, Tank would have secretly wished that he stayed in Daniel's body, as his arsenal and confidence wasn't as good as it is now. With everything that Tank has mustered through the past year, Virus was going to wish he came out sooner.

"Stand your ground, Gladion. We've gone through too much to come up short now," Tank uplifted. "Ability activate! Burning Cold!"

The powers of Aquos and Pyrus formed on Gladion's hands. He combined the two powers to disperse an expansive wave of energy down range. The wave's appearance closely resembled a giant beam, one that had a sky-blue interior with a red outline around it like a raging flame. The flames of this attack were said to be so cold that the ice burns this attack inflicts are more severe than the average burns from fire-based attacks.

Why is this important? The properties from this ability gave it an edge against the breath attack from Virus. Its flames were progressively eroding from the icy-fire's blaze until nothing was left. Virus was getting ready to receive a mouthful of these flames. If he didn't know about Gladion's ability to combat any opponent - no matter how strong they were - then he's about to find out the hard way.

[Daniel Andersen]

"Little worm! You think you can surpass me my flame!? TRY THIS!" Virus wildly yells at Gladion who continues to fight while Kuzuha is nowhere to be seen. "Unholy Judgement!" Virus calls and then his entire body releases flames everywhere around him and then breathes out full-force releasing even more flaming beams out of his mouth. Gladion and Tank become surrounded by raging hellfire all around their bodies and their stamina and resistance began coming down quickly because of the tainted force within Virus's attacks. Without that they sure will lose their ability to fight altogether and succumb to the darkness. "You have been a nuisance for long enough! Know your place, worm!" Virus tells the duo as he begins to incinerate everything around him. Flames spread all across the room and begin threatening others inside it- including his own allies and Kyuki's equipment. 

"You are one to talk..." Kuzuha's voice echoes. She then appears right in front of Gladion and Tank. "A piece of metal inside a human body. Your flame does not belong to you either... nothing you have belongs to you. Not even your life. You do not deserve to live- to exist. And I will put YOU in your place." Kuzuha threatens. With her threat comes powerful force that surrounds her and her power-level begins to rise uncontrollably causing disruptions around the room which makes some of the equipment malfunction and those around the building can feel it as well as those inside. Kuzuha's body becomes trapped inside an orb of flame and darkness which creates powerful purple light which appears to shield Gladion and Tank from Virus's fire. "Behold! Forbidden Ability, activate! Forbidden Memory!" Kuzuha speaks from inside the orb and her voice echoes all across the room as the tone changes into a deeper and more devilish one.

Orb explodes and reveals Kuzuha. Her appearance has changed once more. This time, into something that could not have been expected. It makes her look as if she escaped hell itself- this mode for her now is known as- Virus. Her body breathes with darkness and flames as she sets her sights on Virus, whose power she had stolen using Forbidden Memory. Ability that forces her to overcome her limits and steal power from those far beyond her capabilities and then use that power in same level of skill as them; this would include Virus, Traqdrach, Six Legendary Soldiers, Misfortune 13 and others... With this power comes a severe cost that Kuzuha is ready to take- insanity. The more she exposes herself to such form of forbidden power she will progressively lose sanity- this is how much she cares about her brawler; ready to expose herself to such darkness and consequence. Tank might be strong, but the best he could do was to kill Daniel in order to kill Virus as well since Virus will never be gone without its host dying as well or having chip removed which not even Kyuki could do. "Obscure Reality!" Kuzuha declares and clams her palms together as if she was clapping. Forceful ripple goes through the room causing complete malfunctions in equipment and make flames Virus put disappear. At the same time Virus's buffs disappear altogether leaving him exposed to a severe attack.

"This... is NOT real..." Virus says as he watches all his strength being sapped away by an inferior creature. In an instant she did what Valiant Strive and Phoenix Drive could not do together back in the Power Cell. "What sorcery is this... no, I will not allow it!!" Virus shouts and swings his left fist right into Kuzuha, but it gets blocked by Kuzuha simply putting her palm in front and is not pushed back by an inch. "You've kept me and master Daniel prisoners for thirteen years... You've killed so many innocents. THIS is where it ends." Kuzuha shouts and the sheer force of her voice pushes Virus back. 

"You two... this is it. Give it EVERYTHING you've got!" Kuzuha says and her fist meets Virus's several times creating overwhelming waves of- walls and pillars begin to crack severely and threaten to crumble. Now they are in for the final phase of this fight- all they have is going to put at test here.

[Tank Stryker]

Tank was far from amused by Virus' attacks. He began looking around him as if he was confused. He expected far better, if he were to be completely honest.

"Is that really it?" Tank confusingly wondered to their beastly opponent, seemingly resisting the effects of the fire just fine without any debilitating reactions. This can be attributed to his abnormally high willpower. Even against Niko's hypnosis that was capable of putting down an Admiral in one shot, Tank recovered quickly. Gladion shared this same ability. He saw no reason to divert from his allegiance, no matter what enemy was in front of him. This was too important to give up now. "What a shame. I thought avenging John's death was going to be more exhilarating than this terrible display! I was more afraid of the cheaters in the pro league! You ain't shit! We're not even in our final form!"

Tank got serious now. He was about to call on one of his most prized weapons. Virus won't even know what hit him.

"Let's finish this! Ability activate! Remnants of the Titans - Scythe of Kronos!" One of Tank's more powerful weapons, this scythe was imbued with the power to time-skip his opponents.

Time stopped for everyone, except for Tank and Gladion. A portal opened in front of Gladion. The scythe was tossed at him. When he caught it, time resumed, making it known to the battlefield that a fabled weapon was on the battlefield and was about to cut someone's dreams of absolution into pieces.

"Pick whatever devil you worship and pray. That's the only power you have left," Gladion spat. He initiated the time-skip, freezing everyone else in time. Gladion charged towards Virus and slashed him in carefully selected places, such as: the neck, the eyes, the arms, the hands, and across his mouth. Gladion then went back to his original positioned and sliced the air, resuming time. All of the places Gladion sliced during the time-skip occurred in unison with each other, brutalizing the demon in an instant.

"There's plenty more where that came from, that's if you can handle it," Tank taunted Virus.

[Vince Hardy]

Frosch was staring at Virus going out of control a little bit. His power didn't concern him all that much, but the nature of his abilities stood out as threatening. He was glad to see that he wasn't wasting his time with Tank. He turned to be a menace on the field and an invaluable asset when it comes to adapting his style to the environment.

That should be old news though, as no one should be surprised at what's going on right now. Frosch is there for one particular enemy: Traqdrach, a menace to society. It was still staying still, even after all of what just went down. What was it doing?

"Hey...um...is that thing okay? It hasn't moved for a while..." Frosch wondered. It was also included in the barrage Hydra sent out. Was that enough to do it in? He didn't know. He did well to stay away though, because he could feel a resurgence of some kind inside that freak.

"Oh... That's bad, right?"

[Prof.Dr.Kyuki]

Voices begin to speak from Traqdrach's body.

Shouts, cries, begging... are those sounds of the Bakugan souls weeping inside it? They become louder and mortifying since it is almost like listening tortured people in real life. Large magic circle forms below Traqdrach; left half is red, right half is snow-white. Both sides release beams in their respective colors and wrap Traqdrach up. Monster roars and it echoes so badly it could break solid matter if being close to it. All of a sudden circle is gone and Traqdrach has unleashed its new power- power stolen from two demigods. Despite the fact that it is not able to unleash an inch of what their true forms can do it does not exclude the danger it might cause- after all it is forbidden power and might leave scars on reality itself.

This is why Kyuki wants Triad to be killed- their sheer presence will break the balance and dimensional pillars among the worlds possibly causing collision of Earth and Vestroia. Small nuisance like Traqdrach cannot pose such threat, but signs can be felt... like pressure of the air changing, colors of the plants, behavior of animals, powers of Bakugans- it is like the nature itself is mutating in its presence during usage of these powers. 

Without announcement Frosch is suddenly thrown into the ceiling by an invisible force. Then he is slammed against the ground. And then Frosch himself is teleported right in front of Traqdrach who already had that expected- a blast of blinding light escapes its mouth and burns Frosch. As if that was not enough Traqdrach's body enlarges and temporarily its jaw grows bigger for the purpose of bitting Frosch and tossing him around. This happens at such speed that many cannot comprehend. One would think this creature cannot move so quickly, but it keeps on attacking and moving at such pace it gets annoying- it is like a fly you want to hit, but can't. Would not be so annoying if that fly was not going to kill you if you cannot catch up. With a finisher something unusual happens- a demonic hand appears wielding a rapier and it goes to slash at Frosch. Behind Frosch appears a pure-white jaw and lodges its teeth into Frosch's back. It is like a bloodfest now for some reason- it does not even show if this thing activated more than one ability. But it sure got quicker and amplified the damage. However, this is not close to Traqdrach actually using forbidden abilities- this is just a warmup. 

[Vince Hardy]

Frosch was bisected by the rapier that came to slice him. The upper half of his body was frowning at Traqdrach for its flagrant use of its power. Frosch was minding his own business, and this is what he got.

"Thanks a lot. It's not like I needed to use the lower half of my body," Frosch complained. "Fine then. You want a piece of a Legendary Soldier's power? You're about to get it, punk."

Frosch taking something seriously was a wondrous occasion. He was highly agitated by the constant throwing around and mishandling of his body. Despite it being far from being able to kill him, Frosch was pissed, VERY PISSED. He felt the two super-powered energies coming from the creature. He might not have the luxury of going easy anymore, especially when it is immune to Frosch's toxins.

The entire facility began to rumble at the presence of Frosch bumping his power level up a little bit. He was about to in.

"Crushing Danger!" Both halves of Frosch's bodies internally built up enough water pressure to violently explode. This rocked the foundation of the entire building, much less Traqdrach itself getting blasted by this maneuver. Rather than the water falling to the floor, they turned into ice particles after bursting, specifically sharp icicles.

"Formless!" This was an ability for Frosch to either manipulate himself or any form of attack into any of the states of matter. In this case, Frosch was turned into a solid, which spread throughout the entire area, indiscriminately cutting through Traqdrach without any consideration for its well-being. Of course, all of the icicles didn't strike Traqdrach, so for the ones that didn't...

They turned back into liquids and rained down on it, pelting with surprising power, enough for its body to move in accordance to a slam to its back. Unfortunately for it, the liquid underneath Traqdrach formed back into Frosch who gave it a nice, clean headbutt to send Traqdrach back so it could come back to try again later. The water that fell on top of Frosch steadily reformed his original shape. He stayed ready for whatever Traqdrach comes up with next.

"External power sources are overrated. Do you really need that for little old me?"

[Prof.Dr.Kyuki]

Traqdrach quickly begins to wiggle and set itself in its normal position.

One can notice its movements are way more aggressive than before. 

This time its two floating arms flash and disappear only to appear near Frosch; one on his left and one on right. Arms instantly enlarge and become surrounded in dark-blue energy that appears to be some sort of electric charge. Both arms go for a slap and trap Frosch in between and begin to squeeze him tightly making him look like a giant balloon that is about to pop when pressure is put on it. At the same time monster begins to launch (but thanks to gorgeous graphics it looks like it's throwing up green liquid) ball-like objects that appeared to be made of something organic. Those look like some moss-covered orbs made of oddly-looking flesh. 

Five of those fall on top of Frosch and stick to his skin and then explode releasing spores all over Frosch. He can sense that disgusting, tingling feeling from them despite being focused on two arms squeezing him. These spores are similar to ones Clade of Admiral Amagi was using; they begin to settle on/inside someone's body and quickly spreading 'zombie' gene which will turn enemy into one if not removed quickly. And while doing that process victim will feel enormous pain and will have wounds open all over their body, which will cause infection to accelerate even more. Frosch might be a Legendary Soldier, but he definitely does not want to stay in that situation for long- either he'll be popped like a meat balloon or turned into a mindless undead. And while that is happening Traqdrach descends to a good angle and begins to charge a powerful lighting breath-attack.

[Vince Hardy]

This was a rather comedic form for Frosch to be in. He looked hilarious, but his situation wasn't so amusing, because Traqdrach could potentially kill him IF Frosch doesn't do anything to alter the situation. This would be a first for him, as it has been a very long time since he was placed in a position where someone could potentially end his life, and it was the first time where Frosch felt threatened by this monster.

"Uh oh," Frosch gurgled. His eyes were fixated on Traqdrach rather than himself, because he wanted to see what it was going to do while he's mixed up. The attack it was getting ready to unleash would be fearsome; however, Frosch could care less about that. If he gets hit by that or popped, that's whatever. He can recover from that. As for the zombie gene, he couldn't claim to do that. That's where his tactical mindset comes in handy. He's able to consciously think of what the current situation means for him without having to get antsy nor wasting precious time thinking about trivial matters such as getting blown up or bursted.

"Amorphous!" Frosch activated. This ability was a variation of the Formless ability used earlier. It bestows upon him the power to alter the viscosity of either himself or another fluid. In layman's terms - as Frosch could not explain it properly due to his present condition - he was going to alter his body's viscous to make himself slimier.

Slipping through the hands was laughably easy for him by doing that. When he hit the floor, his body splatted. The zombie gene itself was separated from this slime when this happened. All it took for Frosch was to shoot a glob of slime to Traqdrach's mouth to literally shut its mouth. A huge glob was formed closer to Traqdrach, which was none other than Frosch reforming his body back to the way it was supposed to be.

"Acid Suppression!" Frosch slammed his tongue into Traqdrach in an uppercut-like motion. This spread a sticky substance across Traqdrach that acted as an inhibitor to all of its attributes. Its ability activation would be noticeably less effective than it was before, if not slower overall.

"I'd congratulate you for getting me concerned, but I'd rather not disrespect you with a consolation prize," Frosch told the monster. "But look on the bright side. You're still alive. That counts for something."