The battle had taken a drastic turn, with the Mental Bomb technique reducing the 5-vs-3 advantage to a more precarious 3-vs-3. This was failure of the team leader. Vincent's situation had become more dire, but he was far from defeated.
As a Captain, Vincent's Mythical Profession granted him unique abilities that didn't necessarily rely on flashy, dashing moves. His first ability, Times Two, passive abilities that allowed him to enhance his overall capabilities by two times, effectively doubling his intelligent, strength, and all his base stats. This boost also extended to his abilities from both his Neuron Core and Flesh Core.
Vincent's second ability, Command, granted him the power to buff his teammates through his commands. However, this ability came at a significant cost, draining his energy reserves substantially. Given the current state of the battle, Vincent had refrained from using Command, knowing that he couldn't sustain the energy drain.
His third ability, Last Stand, allowed Vincent to buff himself, doubling all his stats, but at the cost of rapidly draining his energy reserves every second the ability was active. While this ability could be a game-changer, Vincent was unable to use it, knowing that he couldn't maintain it for an extended period.
Despite these abilities, Vincent was still wary of the current situation. The enemy had managed to even the playing field, and Vincent's teammates were struggling to recover from the Mental Bomb's effects.
With the passive enhancement from his Times Two ability, Vincent was confident that he could hold his own against the three enemies, even without using his other abilities. In fact, he was certain that he could fight them to a stalemate for an entire day, relying solely on his enhanced strength, speed, and agility.
However, Vincent knew that simply tying the battle for a day was not an option. His mission was to neutralize the enemy, not just to engage in a prolonged skirmish. He needed to find a way to gain the upper hand and defeat the enemies quickly, before the situation escalated further.
The buff guy, his skin still smoldering from the earlier fireball, charged towards Vincent with a fierce battle cry. His massive fists swung wildly, aiming to crush Vincent beneath his blows.
Vincent, with his enhanced strength and speed courtesy of his Times Two ability, easily dodged and weaved around the buff guy's attacks. With a few swift and precise strikes, Vincent sent the buff guy crashing to the ground, his burnt skin now battered and bruised.
However, despite Vincent's best efforts, he couldn't seem to land a finishing blow. The buff guy's regenerative abilities allowed him to recover from even the most devastating attacks, making it impossible for Vincent to neutralize him. He have hard time to target the buff guy heart because the preacher and the woman distracting him.
As the battle raged on, the preacher and the woman provided supporting attacks from behind, trying to whittle down Vincent's defenses. The preacher's fists of light and the woman's telepathic attacks kept Vincent on his toes, forcing him to divide his attention between the three opponents.
The fight had entered a stalemate, with neither side able to gain a decisive advantage. Vincent's superior strength and speed were matched by the buff guy's regenerative abilities and the preacher's and woman's supporting attacks.
Vincent express what he think, taunting them while keep exchange blow with the buff guy. " I can do this all day long ."
Preacher who at back is little free, he immediately response. "Oh yeah!? For Our Lord I can Last whole millennium pin you down here!!"
Vincent rebuke."No your not! Guess what, your Lord is DEAD!! dead like LOG!! Dry Log!!!"
Vincent word really got into Preacher nerves. "Tackles him! I want Stomp his face to earth!!"
Trash talk contests wins by Vincent. The prize? Angry Preacher stomping on his face?
The buff guy, immediately grabbed both of Vincent's legs, pulling them out from under him. Vincent's balance faltered, and he crashed to the floor, his vision blurring for a moment.
Before he could even attempt to rise, the preacher was beside him, his face twisted in anger. With a swift and merciless motion, the preacher stomped on Vincent's face, the impact sending a shockwave through Vincent's entire body. Preacher blinded by anger, repeatly do leg work on his face, alternating between stomp and kick while trash talking him.
"You can't do all day huh!! All day eat my feet!! You wretched heretics!! Your mother's is dead! You're father is dead!! Your grandparents are died!!! Try talked big now huh!!! What you know about deity's heretics! You bunches of ungrateful heretics who only knows abusing God power know what about our Lord!!! What you say earlier!? All day? I give you all day date with my foot! On my feet! You heretics!! Breathing in same room with you is sin! Your motherf*ker! Insulting Lord right that!! You think you big and strong huh!?? Eat this feet you wretches! Your mother didn't teach manners to you huh!? Lord has mistaken when he let you born! I am his branch will fix Lord mistakes!!!"
Preacher finally stopped his trash talk and start to taking breath. People will hard to believe the preacher that kind looking and polite are the same person with the preacher who brutally Stomp on Vincent are same person. But he is. Don't make people angry if you can't over power them.
The buff guy for a while already, taking advantage of Vincent's momentary stunned state, wrapped his massive arms around Vincent's torso, to the locking him in a tight wrestler's hold. Vincent struggled to break free, but the buff guy's grip was like a vice. Even though Vincent strength stronger than the buff guy, the buff somehow become stronger now.
The buff guy got buff from the preacher. One of preacher core are emotion core. He uses abilities called Emotion buff, more emotional someone, more his stat got enhanced.
To further immobilize Vincent, the preacher conjured ropes of light that bound Vincent's arms and legs, rendering him completely helpless. The woman, meanwhile, focused her mental energies on Vincent, occupying his mind with a barrage of distracting thoughts and images.
Vincent's vision began to blur, his consciousness wavering under the combined physical and mental assault.
The preacher didn't care about the buff guy position, continue to stomp on Vincent face while he already neutralize. This time he does it silently. The buff isn't budge and still hold Vincent in place. Seems unbothered with occasionally gotten hit by preacher.
Despite appearing to have the upper hand, the Theocratic spies had actually failed to inflict any significant damage on Vincent.
Vincent Times Two enhanced his defense, between Vincent and Proto-Armor, he only little less durable. He's regenerative power isn't even triggered. His Strength now already bigger than the buff guy, preacher energy reserve can't keep enhance buff guy strength. Vincent can anytime freeing, but with his mind occupied, he can't effectively control his body. Also, He didn't fight back yet because he's waiting. Waiting his companion to help him. Hoping either Jacob and Syal recovered or Mark and Riski comeback.
Suddenly the woman infused his mind with more garbage information, information that contain even some theocratic secret, she didn't have much time to filter it this time. The information is so much even his brain overwhelmed, Vincent lose his consciousness. The woman panting heavily after this move. They had, successfully immobilized him.
Mark and Riski, having comeback from the earlier fled from Mental Bomb range, returned to the room stealthy, only to be met with a shocking sigh, their leader, Vincent, was being humiliated by the preacher and the buff guy.
The preacher and the buff guy were so focused on Vincent that they hadn't even noticed Mark and Riski's return. The woman are resting, however, she's had been cautious, keeping a an eye on the direction two of them fled. The moment they reappeared, she attempted to connect with them, trying to assert her mental corruption.
Riski, anticipating this move, he was prepared. With a swift gesture, he cast a Flash spell, unleashing a blindingly bright light that overwhelmed the woman's sight. The preacher and the buff guy, still busy subduing Vincent, didn't notice the flash and remained unaffected, keep violated unconscious Vincent.
The woman, however, was caught off guard. Her telepathic link with Vincent was severed, freeing him from her mental grasp. Vincent don't awaken though, he already fall into deep slumber. Seizing the opportunity, Mark took aim and fired his gun, striking the woman with a fatal shot, the bullet strike into that woman head making her brain juice squirt. Instantly unallive her. She crumpled to the ground, her ability to distract and disrupt the group eliminated.
With the woman neutralized, Mark and Riski turned their attention to the preacher and the buff guy, who were still violating unconscious Vincent. What have Vincent done to make them this angry to him, they both wondering.
Syal, he still on sleep paralyzed state, but his spirit keep watching the fight. He really want to help Vincent from earlier, but he can't move so he's just enjoyed Vincent got gank up. It's not because he want little revenge when he got violated at the sparing season. Of course syal isn't that petty. Is it?