Chapter 266: Turn 5

"Kagome....Kagome. I think I might know what that game is about. It's like 7 Up....if you think about it. Loved that game..." The boy spurted, laying on his stomach, letting the ice sit on itself, as Harvard kept talking. "Your eyes are covered....and someone does something. You need to call out who was the person that did it, right...? In 7 Up...it's if they touch you, and you need to say the name of whoever did it. In Kagome....It should be the same thing, right? Someone is behind you....and you have to call out their name to win the game....Right?!" A wide grin was being made on his face, his confidence brimming, despite his sad state. Calico would look on in shock at not only how quick he figured out such a game, but also on telling the Demon without being able to see or hear properly. He would attempt to open his mouth, to ask how he was able to figure it out, yet Harvard merely stopped him from talking by showing one of his spells, a Card. "You didn't said anything.....about touch....right???!"

Calico stood there in shock. When grabbing him by the shoulder, he must've had him touch the card and let him take a guess as to who wielded it. He'd snap out of it, however, as he'd try to pose a rebuttal. "Well hang on! Don' be forgettin' 'ere we are, yah Swab! Wi'h me magic, almost e'ryon' has ye cards, aye?! How's he be figurin' out who done what, aye??" He'd ask, yet Harvard merely smiled as he said this.

"It's not just the cards....that's a tell-tale sign. Its how I hold them." Calico was curious at such a response, looking towards the card again, slowly understanding what he meant once he saw everyone else's hand. Most of them would hold it against their thumb and index finger, as if someone was getting ready to sprinkle some sand. Harvard, however, was holding them in two ways: One of which was his open palm, allowing him to feel the fingers specifically, but also the card itself. As he'd figure this out, Zazel would begin to sing the tune, quickly having Calico try to roll his dice and move out of the way. Before he was given the chance, however...

KRACC!!

His arm was twisted, bones snapping and curving like a spiral. The Pirate would howl from such pain as he'd frantically look around, seeing Fibonacci being within clear view towards him, its sights directly on towards the Player. Harvard spent his remaining movement to angle the Spiral right where it can stunt his next role, the damage being carried through via his second health bar. It was too late for him to do another roll, as Zazel would begin to draw his new blade.

"Ka...go...me..."

"Ka...go...me...."

"Kago no naka no to...ri wa..."

"Itsu itsu deya...ru..."

"Yoake no ban ni..."

"Tsuru to kame ga subetta...."

"Ushirono shoumen daaaaa...are?"

"The person behind me is..."

SHIKK!!

"HARVARD!!" A Slash was made in Harvard's direction, an arc of fire that would carve across Calico's body. Because of Harvard's injuries, he was completely safe from Zazel's attack, being able to watch the steel that he used now housing the spell itself, implying that Teach enhanced such steel with a property that allows such storage. He, and most likely Anne, were training just as much as they were in the hopes they would've been able to fight each other again, a weak smile came onto his face when his plan paid off. Amidst the smoke and ash, he would still stand, yet his health bar was drastically dropped from where it once was, being a mere fourth of what it was, with the burns still slowly diminishing his life. Calico's body was nearly split down the middle, a red-hot scar being visible to signal his damage, with small parts of his skull now on fire, his hat flown off, his arm still twisted. Despite this, he'd do his next roll, letting the die fall, watching as the others would roll their dice in order to do enough damage to destroy the next bar.

19.

5.

7.

1.

2.

9.

9.

The group winced at such low rolls, watching Calico use his nineteen paces to make enough space for himself, snagging and immediately casting a spell, aiming to steal one of Solomon's through one of Harvard's cards, one that depicts a joker switching into a king. Said spell would take the Jack and Jill spell, as the group were forced to keep moving along, gathering their own respective artillery: Garden of Eden, Pachinko, A spell that depicts a singular star, A monster in the form of a plush tiger, Darkness, and Explosives. Once the turn order switched, however, the barrier around Gabriel would begin to break. One by one, the dancing lights would slowly disappear, vanishing away, freeing the Angel, allowing it to see on its side the Ice Age itself, Marianna. Calico would roll his die to signify the start of turn six, already having its eye on a certain space, needing at least a roll higher than twelve to reach it.

16.

Perfect, once again. Jackawok would go twelve paces to land on the spell, right on the same trajectory as Gabriel, snagging the spell and casting it: Evolution. He'd then move Gabriel forwards with the remaining four spaces, being just within reach to be given the blessing, the spell tossed towards the Angel of Yesod, snagging it as it arrived, a turquoise color coming out from his body, slowly changing in shape. Such a slender build quickly became a suit of armor, a blue linework made across the steel depicting a blue, eight pointed star. The arms became bulkier, its shoulder blades now spilling down like a waterfall, as it gained a helm with a humanoid face. Said face had a detailed expression of tranquility, from its cheek bones to its detailed lips. The monster would prepare another attack, prompting Marianna to retort with its beams, a charge of blue light, the water around the island pulled towards the Angel once more, before the two clashed their attacks, an explosion of soft rain and snow falling down upon the terrain, a rainbow made above them. The health bars displayed the damages caused, with Marianna's monster being struck down almost instantly, a one shot kill, whilst Gabriel was barely grazed.

Evolution, the ability to evolve a monster, empowering them, drastically increasing their strength, speed, durability, and magic overall. The ability that allowed it to be superior than the current monsters on the board. The group looked on in worry at knowing the threat still lives.