[Salvos] 727. Only Purpose (Removed for KU)
Added 2024-10-11 22:29:21 +0000 UTC(Removed for KU)
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If this actually turns into a fight (and it's possible that they all just collectively defect when they see Manos and Salvos coming from a resounding victory over Jofis), let's see what it might look like. Salvos still has [Divine Essence...] on. [Flames...] should have a short cooldown so it's probably usable again. She has +50 to all stats compared to before. This means she's a match for a Primordial. One could look at her levels and then at Manos', but she's much stronger. She needs to level for Regnorex, so I'd like Manos to just watch her back against someone who might want to surprise her or take advantage of the fact that she's alone and can be surrounded, or attacked from behind while focusing on her current person of interest. She also lost some clones to Jofis, and she can re-create those, and hopefully those will have increased stats too; are her clones still at lvl 150, or they grow with her? This will be a different fight, because they are now facing an actual army, not just a single legion that can be freed by killing the slavemaster, or a Death Squad that doesn't know what they are up against. These guys are numerous enough that they can strike from different sides, and have enough common soldiers to make tactics complicated. However, most common soldiers are less than Archdemons, it's questionable if the Legion heads even have grand skills (because that wasn't the problem before, other than with Jofis), and the only possible problem would be if someone had some kind of a fractal shield, like Hartia or those two Death Squad members the clones had to kill with the [Claw]. Fortunately, she can rift those away to the [Prison of Isolation] to be killed later. Also, combined casting by multiple lvl 185 can be a problem; not in a sense that they can break through her [Flames], but in a sense that something could actually hurt Manos. Basically, defensive skills such as what Archarachne had could be a problem to break through, combined casting can be a problem, but I would expect Salvos to very quickly break their formations using chaos tactics - clones flying all over the place and lighting them up, herself starting with the Armageddon thingy, and unless someone has incredibly hard protection, none of them, including Chordus, would last more than a few seconds against her as she is now.
Danijel Turina
2024-10-13 10:35:57 +0000 UTCWell all know that demons are chaotic, while the devils are resonable and lawful
Użytkownik Przeciętny
2024-10-12 18:22:48 +0000 UTCAlso, i'm pretty sure Beast is a shapeshifter, and if he can shift to a humanoid form, with only a hint of nuclear fire in his eyes, that would be something to see. :)
Danijel Turina
2024-10-12 17:56:51 +0000 UTCWeird as that might sound, I don't think it's actually impossible. :) But there's a semantic thing with dangerous/harmless. Everybody powerful is potentially dangerous, but a dangerous person can be benevolent/good/friendly. A lvl 1 larva is harmless, because it can't do anything even if it wants to. However, a super powerful benevolent person that is friendly can be perfectly safe to be around, and that's the part where people need convincing.
Danijel Turina
2024-10-12 17:53:28 +0000 UTCI'm sitting here imagining Salvos befriending The Beast, bringing him to the mortal realm and trying to convince Daniel, Edithe, and Saffron that he's harmless.
Crashdevil
2024-10-12 17:48:09 +0000 UTCYeah, that's always the funny part in all the versions I imagine: when Salvos comes to deal with the Centinel infestation, the force she arrives with is always so incredibly powerful that everybody will be in complete shock, and then they basically sit down with Clayton and whomever he invites, and that's a conversation I want to see. :)
Danijel Turina
2024-10-12 17:46:56 +0000 UTC"And btw, they are level 250 and can basically wipe the mortal realm if they want! ... Why don't you introduce yourselves?! They're nice!"
Dragonmaster_42
2024-10-12 16:24:41 +0000 UTCNow that I think of it... "Hi Clayton, hello Marie and others, this is my dad, whom you already know as Sal, and this is uncle Belphegor." :)
Danijel Turina
2024-10-12 12:01:37 +0000 UTCI'm thinking about something. Those other demons seem to be in a constant fear of anyone stronger than themselves, the implicit assumption is that they can just decide to kill you for any/no reason at any moment. They seem to be at peace only with their long time companions/siblings, who are their peers, but they just can't deal with the concept of someone being much stronger and yet friendly. And it's not just a Demon thing, the Humans also treat those much stronger than themselves with a combination of fear and reverence. Salvos, however, doesn't really give a shit. She just goes through that intimidation wall that separates the high-level ones from the rest, for instance Clayton, Helena, Orgaf etc.; she just introduces herself and starts chatting them up, and after the high-level one gets past the surprise and shock, they really appreciate someone treating them like a normal person. The only exception is when her danger sense is blaring, because the high-level person is obviously dangerous/malevolent. I think that's why Salvos has a problem explaining that someone isn't dangerous despite being high level. They have a really hard time getting over the danger instinct, and they are all mostly cowards, unlike her, who is incredibly brave, in a sense that fear and caution exist only in the very narrow spectrum of immediate danger, but if something lvl 250 isn't trying to kill her, and her danger sense isn't blaring, she'll be chatting it up in no time and introducing it to her friends who will be shitting bricks.
Danijel Turina
2024-10-12 11:43:47 +0000 UTCAlso, "He's strong and very nice." :)
Danijel Turina
2024-10-12 11:33:42 +0000 UTCI can completely see that. :)
Danijel Turina
2024-10-12 09:44:31 +0000 UTCThats true, I was just confused that there was no mention of it anywhere
Angworu
2024-10-12 09:43:47 +0000 UTCImagine she brings him to the mortal realm and indroduces her new best friend, "Manos the evil Demon King's Executioner" to everyone
Angworu
2024-10-12 09:42:40 +0000 UTCThis must be an interesting experience for Manos, because having someone who is so obviously too powerful to be scared of him must be refreshing. He must be bored/annoyed by all those weak demons shitting themselves at the mere sight of him. She was initially defensive, in a completely reasonable way: "is this another enemy i will have to fight?" but never in a sense "OMG I'm going to die", more like "ok, Jofis v.2, so a hard fight, but I win". However, not only does she have some kind of a unique skill for figuring out one's true motives, she's also completely at ease with him, and not at all intimidated by his strength, unlike that weakling Haec. Manos must be like "oh, is that what having friends feels like?"
Danijel Turina
2024-10-12 09:30:46 +0000 UTCNah, it's just an imprint, like a magnet imprinting sound upon a ferrite tape.
Danijel Turina
2024-10-12 08:04:38 +0000 UTCHe died, but his hatred lives on. :)
Danijel Turina
2024-10-12 08:03:10 +0000 UTCIt did look weird, but Salvos could levitate objects since the Bloodied Gulf or something, she just had to use a flying platform to levitate people. At this point in her space magic, I wouldn't be particularly surprised if [The World of Her Mind] produced edible food, let alone levitating a person, or an army.
Danijel Turina
2024-10-12 08:02:13 +0000 UTCFocalor, not Folcanor. But I don't see anything good resulting from this, at least not until Salvos starts cleaning up after herself. When she first killed a Hellabomination with the [Claw], she was scared of corrupting the world and spent an hour or so ironing it up with divinity. Now, she just leaves her radioactive trash and it mutates and spreads. In this case, the corrupted Jofis managed to imprint his strongest desires upon the corruption, and now it will act independently and unpredictably. We've seen this before, in fact - with the Mistress of the Remnants, who imprinted her last conscious thought/desire, "save my kin", upon the corruption. What it will do - it will go around as corruption does and occasionally say "Focalor" or "kill Focalor". The corrupted Wyvern didn't go around saving her kin, either. Also, it's good Rakin is dead, because he was a pest and a criminal. Salvos needs to vet the high-level defectors on an individual basis, because it could have very bad consequences if one or multiple bad guys managed to switch sides; they can create another evil demon kingdom quite easily, by just doing what they always did, and that's a common problem with revolutions. Also2, what if Chordus wants to switch sides, and Manos committed himself publicly to killing her? I don't like the idea of tailoring strategy to appease a barely-conscious shell-shocked mob that doesn't even fully believe they are awake. They should be treated like a protected entity, and not active participants.
Danijel Turina
2024-10-12 07:59:22 +0000 UTCSicar is Manos' winged backpack. But Salvos got that covered with either her own wings or space magic or any combination.
Dragonmaster_42
2024-10-12 06:12:47 +0000 UTCWow! That's unexpected! But that might be a good thing for Salvos, right? The corruption itself uncorrupts the world to focus itself into a corrupted entity that might head straight for Folcanor (and Reggie). So... A lot of plans are about to get detailed. I wonder if it benefits or hinders Soli. I think If what we assume is true, it would be better if the corruption stayed non-sentient but like this, it might disturb Reggie's ritual, which might stop the Netherworld from completely collapsing into corruption. But I'm sure the timing will be problematic and it will show up early or late or it attacks Salvos before attacking Folcanor...
Dragonmaster_42
2024-10-12 06:09:58 +0000 UTCI am not sure, but wasn't it Sicar who could not fly?
Tim
2024-10-12 05:50:53 +0000 UTCI’m less human than I let on
Zuuuuuri
2024-10-12 04:49:54 +0000 UTCI like how your comment implies that you arent human either xD
Angworu
2024-10-12 04:37:18 +0000 UTCYou know sometimes I wonder if Azrie is the only human being here
Zuuuuuri
2024-10-12 03:49:18 +0000 UTCNext thing you know we’re going to get a reincarnation story about this freak who just. Won’t. die!
Zuuuuuri
2024-10-12 03:48:02 +0000 UTCWhen did Manos learn to fly? Or did Salvos carry him during her speech. If so, I dunno if that makes it more or less likely for the legion to believe her. Also, sentient corruption sounds like a very bad thing
Angworu
2024-10-12 02:46:19 +0000 UTCAt least with what corruption means in this series. Some fantasy settings it doesn't imply mindlessness, and then there's the normal definition relating to self serving criminal conduct subverting your official responsibilities, like a politician taking bribes.
Walter Kowalski
2024-10-12 02:39:18 +0000 UTCJofis was to angry to rest in peace
Travis Brown
2024-10-12 00:37:01 +0000 UTCMan really outlasted a death notification. That's dedication.
WingedIkaros
2024-10-12 00:10:51 +0000 UTCI guess some people really can be just too angry to die.
The Broken one
2024-10-11 23:05:52 +0000 UTCThe words sentient and corruption, don’t belong in the same sentence…
Zuuuuuri
2024-10-11 23:00:24 +0000 UTCThat’s… mildly concerning
Zuuuuuri
2024-10-11 22:58:24 +0000 UTCJofis really hates Focalor too much to die damn. Me when I'm in a hating competition but my opponent is Jofis 😔
Azrie
2024-10-11 22:53:06 +0000 UTCThis chapter really drives home, how scary it is to have hope. Also seems like Jofis disembodied ego is corrupted and will also become a problem
Travis Brown
2024-10-11 22:43:51 +0000 UTCI guess he isn't called immortal for nothing.
Wensber
2024-10-11 22:42:38 +0000 UTC
