44.03 Finely Sliced
“Finely Sliced” Early on we saw Nik’s whirlwind attack demonstrated, but I think this is the first time we see it hit a living target. We also get to see another demonstration of a troll’s regenerative capabilities.
Warning: Things will get more extreme/intense than usual from episode 42.08 through to episode 45.11.
Be careful out there.
↓ Transcript
Panel 1
In a zoomed in shot, Nik's face is a twisted mix of terrifying shock and wrathful outrage. The gobo's hands clench tightly on the two daggers...
Nik, shouting: "<Pōk!!!>"
Panel 2
...and in an instant, Nik is a blur of motion. By the time the view catches up, the gobo has both legs locked around Krak's wrist and is plunging the blades repeated into the troll's forearm. Krak shoots upright to glance at his arm in utter bewilderment at the sheer ferocity, reaching his free hand up to the hand axe that Rek left embedded in his skull. The abrasive hit by Bam to Krak's jaw is knitting...
Disembodied voice: "<I said I want them alive!>"
Panel 3
...the damage growing fainter with each moment. Nik's attacks shift from stabs to slices, cutting large trenches into the troll's rubbery hide, the blood congealing rapidly in the open wounds. Krak straightens the arm afflicted by the gobo, frees the hand axe from his head...
Krak: "<It's fine...>"
Panel 4
...and with the handle dwarfed between his thumb and finger makes a large arch towards and away from Nik, striking the gobo on right side of the face with enough force to knock the attacker loose.
Krak: "<It's still whimperin'.>"
In a zoomed in shot, Nik's face is a twisted mix of terrifying shock and wrathful outrage. The gobo's hands clench tightly on the two daggers...
Nik, shouting: "<Pōk!!!>"
Panel 2
...and in an instant, Nik is a blur of motion. By the time the view catches up, the gobo has both legs locked around Krak's wrist and is plunging the blades repeated into the troll's forearm. Krak shoots upright to glance at his arm in utter bewilderment at the sheer ferocity, reaching his free hand up to the hand axe that Rek left embedded in his skull. The abrasive hit by Bam to Krak's jaw is knitting...
Disembodied voice: "<I said I want them alive!>"
Panel 3
...the damage growing fainter with each moment. Nik's attacks shift from stabs to slices, cutting large trenches into the troll's rubbery hide, the blood congealing rapidly in the open wounds. Krak straightens the arm afflicted by the gobo, frees the hand axe from his head...
Krak: "<It's fine...>"
Panel 4
...and with the handle dwarfed between his thumb and finger makes a large arch towards and away from Nik, striking the gobo on right side of the face with enough force to knock the attacker loose.
Krak: "<It's still whimperin'.>"
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