BOOOMM!
That is the sound of Baku falling to the ground once again. The teddy bear is somehow overpowering him. How is that bear so strong?!
"My brother's soul is embedded inside my teddy bear. He is neither dead nor alive, which makes him the perfect person to fight Baku as he is not affected by sleep," said Moi.
"H… how do you know all this?" I asked her.
"Who knows? Only time will tell, Zen Hawthorn," she answered.
Baku began to retaliate and deliver a punch of his own that rumbled the entire world. But the teddy bear was skilled and parried the incoming attack to deliver a blow of his own. Two giant kaijus are duking out, and all we can do is watch?
"Moi, is there anything that we can do to help the teddy bear?" I asked.
"Hmm, let's wait until Baku absorbs all these black fluids first," she answered.
I had stopped questioning whatever Moi said now. For all I know, she might be capable of seeing the future. Definitely not your average little naive girl when she knows things that neither Rose nor I are familiar with. And as Moi said, Baku extended his hand towards the ground and began absorbing all the black fluids up. Teddy did not sit around and waited for him to absorb and began giving a flurry of jabs towards Baku, which he avoided. Seems like Baku is regaining his powers by absorbing the black fluids.
After absorbing all the fluids, Baku roared and began his counterattack. Teddy got ready in his fighting stance and blocked or countered Baku's attacks. Moi asked us to head closer to support Teddy should the need arise.
Their battle went on with both sides delivering blows to each other. What can we, small insects, even do in the face of such massive kaijus?
"Never ever say that you are helpless against impossible odds. Especially when it comes to you two. Even the smallest beings are capable of inflicting harm on a larger host. Just because we are small does not mean that we are helpless. Always remember that, both of you," said Moi.
W… woah. Why does it feel as though Moi is much more mature and knowledgeable than what her age shows? There is certainly something more to her than meets the eye. I am sure Rose had also noticed this as well, and we better keep an eye on her for safety.
As the brawling raged on, it was clear that Baku had the upper hand. Teddy is being overpowered by the numerous tricks that he uses. Blocking Baku's attack would end up having an additional arm appearing from the forearm to punch Teddy or suddenly changing his fist into a spiked fist to deliver more damage. We can literally see the cotton flying out of Teddy's body now.
We seriously need to do something as Teddy is starting to pant right now. Hold up, teddy bears need to breathe?!
"We need to do something to help him. Is there nothing that we can do at all?" asked Rose as we approached closer to both monsters.
"Agreed. Be on standby, you two. Get ready to act at a moment's notice," said Moi as all of us looked up and watched them fighting.
Teddy got on the offensive and raised both of his fist while starting to hop. Moi's brother was a boxer? Baku also got himself ready for Teddy's attack. He started with a right jab, which Baku reacted to immediately. But Teddy stopped his jab as quickly as his left jab made contact with Baku's face. It seemed that Teddy was fed up with Baku's tricks by now. He was going to show Baku that having skills is better than tricks.
Baku was not pleased and retaliated with a few punches, but Teddy avoided all of them by weaving through them and delivered an uppercut to Baku's jaw that sent him flying backwards. Way to go, Teddy!
Baku was not having it as he roared while pushing himself up. He raised his hand towards Teddy, and shadowy sticky ropes started wrapping around Teddy's limbs, immobilising him. Baku started laughing as he moved in to deliver a punch to Teddy's face. Blow after blow, he started to punch Teddy as he continued to laugh. We seriously need to help Teddy! He is our only hope!
"Not yet. Hold your ground, you two," said Moi.
"What do you mean not yet?! Are we just going to watch your brother die before our very eyes?!" I shouted at her.
"Be calm, Zen Hawthorn. Live up to your name at the very least. I will let you two know when it is the right time to act," said Moi calmly.
How can she remain so calm when seeing her brother getting punched while being tied up like that? I turned to look at Rose, and I can see that she is uncomfortable with the situation but remains at the ready. She seems to trust Moi to make the right call.
Baku stopped punching and gripped both of his hands on Teddy's neck. Oh my goodness, he is choking the life out of Teddy! He won't be able to breathe! Wait a minute…
"Now! Zen, go for the spot that I had marked. Stab your blade as deep as you can. Rose, fly above and aim for Baku's weak point. Extend your blade as far as you can and hang on. You will need a lot of strength for that," explained Moi.
"Spot that you had marked? What do you…" I stopped as I saw a large red X on Baku's body where his ankle was.
"His… weak point? What do you… ohhh," Rose stopped as she seemed like she had figured it out.
"Go you two, before it is too late!" shouted Moi.
"Onii-chan, toss me your strength potion. I'm gonna need it," asked Rose as the two of us dashed towards our assigned objective.
I tossed her my strength potion that I had brewed. No doubt I would have preferred to use my all-stats potion during combat, but I always keep one strength, skill, and agility-specific potion just for emergencies. Before I made it to my objective, Rose had already cast Light Blessings and Sacred Wings simultaneously, which boosted my stats.
I unsheathed Inazuma and called upon a bolt of lightning with my left hand. I quickly coated Inazuma with Lightning Charge and waited for Rose to be ready before I jabbed Inazuma into the red X.
***
I drank the strength potion, which tasted kind of sweet. I know very well that buff potions are supposed to taste nice, but did Zen add sugar or something to make it this delicious? I might get addicted to this strength potion because of the taste. I just hope it is not some weird ingredients he used for this potion. I hate to be addicted to something weird.
I had already cast Light Blessings for both of us and Sacred Wings for me to fly up. I hope I'm able to halt the movements of such a large figure while flying. Alright, no time for me to dilly-dally; Teddy needs our help right now, or he is going to choke to death.
I flew up and finally reached the point where their faces are. I must have looked like a fly to both of them. I flew close to Baku's right eye and waved at him while he was still busy choking Teddy. He seems to ignore me, but his eye widens as I readied my rapier to stab him. He tried to avoid my stab, but he started roaring in pain before I even attempted to stab him. I took a quick peek, and Onii-chan had already stabbed Baku in the ankle, giving me an opportunity to deliver a blow on his weak point.
I twisted my rapier as I stabbed him from range. My blade grew longer and thicker as it extended forward and pierced through Baku's right eye. This is where I am going to need to hang on for dear life. I gripped my rapier two-handed and steadied myself. Baku roared even louder as he tried to free himself from my rapier, but he could not as both of his hands were still gripping on Teddy's neck. We will force him to release his grip for sure. Let us test his pain tolerance then.
I made a quick glance at Onii-chan, and somehow he noticed me and did a quick nod. I guess he had the same idea as me then. Despite holding on for dear life to prevent Baku from moving backwards to free himself from my rapier's blade, I retracted my blade. I have to time this right, or Baku will make use of that opportunity to free himself. C'mon, my trusty legendary rapier, I am counting on you, almost there now.
There! I stopped the blade from retracting further as I estimated that the blade was right in the middle of his eyeball now. All Baku needed to do was to move his head backwards, and he could free himself from my rapier's blade. I know this is going to be cruel, but you can only blame yourself for not releasing your grip on Teddy. I changed my blade's tip with a twist of my rapier and changed it into a morningstar. I roared a little as I extended the spikes of the morningstar inside Baku's eyeball.
***
I hung on for dear life as Baku suddenly raised his right foot. I glanced upwards and saw lots of spikes extending out of the right side of Baku's head. Holy! Did Rose seriously do something so cruel? I better brace for impact as Baku is going to slam his foot down now!
BOOOMM!!
Fuck! Almost got squashed by his foot! I had to let go of Inazuma and grabbed onto the top of his foot. No more moving for you, you damn foot.
I unsheathed Tengu-kaze and stabbed both of my legendary weapons after I resummoned Inazuma into the right toe of Baku's foot. Both of my blades should be able to pierce through his flesh and embed into the ground. Now I just have to hang on to make sure he doesn't lift his foot again. C'mon you giant ass shadow, release your grip on Teddy already!
***
I started yanking my rapier to cause more pain on Baku. Bloody hell, how does he have such a massive pain tolerance? No matter what we do, he just won't release his grip. Is Teddy going to die if Baku doesn't release him? What else can we do to help him? C'mon, think Rose. You're the prodigy, there must be something else that we can do to help!
SMASH!
Something hit Baku's right arm, which came from below. I looked downwards and saw Onii-chan gathering wind energy and swinging it at Baku's arm. It is going to take some time for him to be able to cut through his arm, but it is better than what we are doing now, I suppose.
I started twisting my body while gripping onto my rapier. It won't be easy, but I have to concentrate on making the spikes' edges sharper. I am going to push all the spikes in a different direction as hard as I can. Let's see if you can hold out on this!
Baku started roaring even more as more black blood was spewing out of his wounds as I used all my strength and concentration on my rapier. I instinctively shouted as I poured more strength into twisting my rapier. It was like pulling a sword out of a stone where you don't even know whether you are even doing anything. I know that Baku is feeling it as his face started contorting in pain. Both of us must be doing something for sure.
All of a sudden, a bolt of lightning slammed into Baku's arm. The lightning continuously struck his arm as it tried to pierce through to fortify Onii-chan's precious gauntlets. I continued to twist as much as I might be granted.
Baku's arm tore apart when another bolt of lightning slammed into it. Onii-chan must be using both of his gauntlets' spells to summon these two lightnings. Finally, his damn right arm got dismembered; now I just need to make sure that Baku doesn't escape!
Teddy punched Baku's other arm away and moved a few distances back, trying to catch his breath. I didn't even know that teddy bears needed to breathe! I can see red glares in his eyes as Baku was still roaring in pain from losing his arm. I am extremely certain that Teddy is going to get his revenge after this.