1.15 Brimstone Part 4

As Tar’garieth swings his sword at Gears, the superhero flies over Tar’garieth’s shoulder, the blade scraping against his armour with a horrible screeching sound.

Gears spins around, opening fire with whatever bullets he has currently loaded into his two custom-built pistols, four from each one.

As the Gardium bullets tear the black back plates of Tar’garieth’s armour, Gears notes they are Render Bullets, each with a full Gardium jacket with delayed explosive core.

Tar’garieth yowls with pain as eight bullets explode inside the flesh of his back, mangling the flesh and armour of his upper back.

A bonus effect of the Renders tearing Tar’garieth’s back apart is that they also blow off his wings. Tar’garieth goes tumbling to the ground as Gears aims and unloads the rest of his mags into Tar’garieth.

The remaining sixteen bullets fly at Tar’garieth, but Demon Prince reacts swiftly. He turns around 
with a pain expression, swiping his sword at the incoming bullets. The large blade of the broadsword catches five of the bullets and knocks another three off course so they miss him completely.

But the remaining eight bullets tear through Tar’garieth’s breastplate and ripping apart the flesh beneath with explosion.

Tar’garieth staggers slightly, his entire upper body a mangled mess. But to his credit, Tar’garieth refuses to fall.

He is tough, I’ll give him that.

He is also a skilled and determined warrior.

Definitely.

As Gears reloads his handguns with Ripper bullets, Gardium hollow points, Tar’garieth aims two of his black-blood splattered hands at the superhero, palms outstretched. In the hands of Tar’garieth, orbs of black fire form.

Magic?

Magic.

Freaking magic.

I hate magic.

The fiery orbs bursts into several bolts of misty black firebolts that stream towards Gears through at the air. He fires at them with both of his pistols, unloading both mags into the firebolts.

Initially Gears only hits and takes out two of the eight firebolts, but as they grow near, he nails another four. He blasts himself to the side and forward at the last two come at him and both of his pistols click and eject empty.

One of the pair misses, but the final firebolt scrapes against the side of Gears’ right armour. It burns away a decent portion of the Gardium outer armour plating, but none of the inner armour is damaged.

We don’t want to get hit by those.

I figured that one out for myself.

I am you.

Don’t forget about the magnetic recall for your halberd.

Oh yeah.

Gears sheathes the handgun in his left hand back in its holster while he uses the autoloader on the other to put one of his two remaining Render mags into it.

Tar’garieth grips his broadsword in two hands again and Gears summons his Gardium halberd back to his hand. As the halberd zooms through the air to Gears’ outstretched left hand, the massive blade of Tar’garieth’s sword glows with rippling black energy.

Gears snatches his halberd out of the air as a beam of crackling black energy is unleashes from the tip of Tar’garieth’s blade. Gears twists out the way as the beam sears through the air towards him before firing his pistol at Tar’garieth’s head.

Gears gets off three shots when Tar’garieth swings his sword and the beam along with it towards Gears. As the energy beam smashes into him, Gears flinches as the light blinds him and fires his KEPs up at full power, sending him flying away from the black energy beam.

Damn it! My armour show have filtered that light out!

It was too strong for the armour to completely neutralise. In fact, if it weren’t for your armour, it would have permanently blinded you if you weren’t out right killed.

Speaking of which, I need to check the damage.

Gears checks his armour and weapons. All of his weaponry has been damaged, but are all still working. Not only that, but practically all of the forward facing outer armour plating been burned away.

I need to end this fight soon. I just hope I can last longer than Tar’garieth can.

Do not fret, we are on our way.

Wait, what?

We are currently in the process of making our way to you.

With much violence and destruction.

Gears notes the amusement that comes from Star with that last sentence.

Taking aim at Tar’garieth with his pistol, Gears drops his halberd and draws one of his two remaining flashbangs.

As Tar’garieth charges up with his sword for another energy beam attack, Gears tosses the flashbang as he closes with the Demon Prince.

Having experienced two already, Tar’garieth shields his face with his two empty arms, but is still slightly dazed when the flashbang goes off. Gears opens fire, unloading his remaining mag into Tar’garieth’s face while summoning his halberd back to him again.

He gets off six shots before his damaged handgun jams on the seventh shot.

Honestly, I’m surprised it work at all.

Tar’garieth yowls in pain as half his face is blown away by a series of explosions.

Why won’t he just die already?

With a wild battlecry, Gears swings his halberd at Tar’garieth.

The blade doesn’t make contact with the Demon Price.