Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5

[Oldmansour]

>At this point, without taking additional time to check, can we tell if the screaming and carrying on in the stables is due to another thing in there, or is it more of a Benny Hill scene of everyone else freaking out over what just happened?

>You don't sense anything else amiss in there other than the obvious monstrosity clomping its way out, nor can you see anything from where you are. Your best guess is that the remaining horses are, understandably, panicked by the transpiring events.

[Hello Purvis]

>It worked. Get back here as soon as you can, I'm about to try something.
>"I'm impressed, in a kind of twisted way. You must have really put some work into this."
>Let us say we wished to take Ourself, Rin, The Champion of Air, and the Youma, and teleport us all into a kind of prison space, would this be possible. Something akin to what we did to the Champion of Water, but rather than a long term prison that exists without us, a short term one that can only exist while we are there. Essentially, trying to create a battlefield outside of our world, where they cannot harm anyone but us. Is this a thing we could do?

[Oldmansour]

>Let us say we wished to take Ourself, Rin, The Champion of Air, and the Youma, and teleport us all into a kind of prison space, would this be possible. Something akin to what we did to the Champion of Water, but rather than a long term prison that exists without us, a short term one that can only exist while we are there. Essentially, trying to create a battlefield outside of our world, where they cannot harm anyone but us. Is this a thing we could do?

You mean a closed barrier space, sort of like in X or Shakugan no Shana, correct?

[Hello Purvis]

I don't know what those are, but sure.

[Oldmansour]

I don't know what those are, but sure.

Animes, my good man, animes.

>It worked. Get back here as soon as you can, I'm about to try something.
>"I'm impressed, in a kind of twisted way. You must have really put some work into this."

>"You'll be the first one to see it, too." the demon replies, floating upwards a little. "That one first." it commands.
>At that order, the twisted equine form bellows its resonant war cry and charges directly at you, its broad shoulder knocking out a hunk of the door frame at its passing.

>Let us say we wished to take Ourself, Rin, The Champion of Air, and the Youma, and teleport us all into a kind of prison space, would this be possible. Something akin to what we did to the Champion of Water, but rather than a long term prison that exists without us, a short term one that can only exist while we are there. Essentially, trying to create a battlefield outside of our world, where they cannot harm anyone but us. Is this a thing we could do?

>You think it just might be possible. However, a move like that will almost certainly drain a significant amount of energy from you in the process. When you created the Oubliette to contain Water you had Lily and Chrysanthemum to assist you and draw power from, and even then it took nearly all the power the three of you had left at the time. Even though you wouldn't be creating a pocket world as detailed or long lasting as that in this case, you'd still be taking yourself, and several other lifeforms, out of your own dimension, if only slightly, while consciously excluding other beings. In the face of both an upgraded youma as this seems to be and the Air Champion on top of it, such a drain on power would leave you very vulnerable. You would not want to make this attempt until you were sure you could do it and still be able to defend yourself and whatever allies you brought with you afterwards.

[Hello Purvis]

>Could we set up a Renunciation to block the oncoming charge, and drain away the force from it to provide the oomph necessary for such a spell, or at least some of it?

[Oldmansour]

>Could we set up a Renunciation to block the oncoming charge, and drain away the force from it to provide the oomph necessary for such a spell, or at least some of it?

>You doubt it. And the effort would probably result in you absorbing more damage in the process of trying to absorb the energy of the impact.

[Hello Purvis]

>Let us move out of the way as quickly as possible, then.  If needs be, bring up Renunciation, but focus on dodging primarily.
>Once it has passed, we can begin.

[Oldmansour]

>Let us move out of the way as quickly as possible, then.  If needs be, bring up Renunciation, but focus on dodging primarily.
>Once it has passed, we can begin.

>Tensing yourself, you dodge quickly to your left, and while the hulking monster swings its right arm out at you as it passes, this also fails to connect with your body, though not by a wide margin. The youma has rather long arms.
>And a long tail as well. The beast stops very shortly not too far past you, and lashes out with its club-like tail. At this range, all you have time to bring up is a lesser barrier of blue energy, which shatters under the impact of the heavy bone and muscle of the youma's tail. But at least it slows the thing enough to allow you to jump backwards out of its range, for the moment.

>As it returns its gaze to you and starts to turn around, one of White Roses' flying disc flies in from its side, striking the hulking youma in the human part of its torso. Unfortunately, your othersight shows this attack to have almost no effect on the youma's mystical barrier, nor does the beast react outwardly.

[Hello Purvis]

>There's a shield on it. We will have to be a bit more subtle.
>Let's form a new spell. Similar to some of the things we did against the Champion of Water, let us create a a small mote that latches onto the target, and begins to drain power from it, both kinetic force and more mystical kinds of energy. They more they struggle or channel, the more it feeds; as is representative of the blind struggle against suffering leading only to further suffering. It will then use that energy to feed itself, and direct anything leftover toward a purpose we might have in mind at the time. For instance, drilling a hole in this barrier.
>But before that, let's try to hit the Youma with Rin!

[Oldmansour]

>But before that, let's try to hit the Youma with Rin!

>Just to see what'll happen, you grab Rin by her tails and attempt to hurl her at the brute of a youkai. This plan comes up a bit short, however, when Rin's tails simply fall off. The assembled monsters and humanoids simply stare, stunned. "Extensions." Rin explains. "I tore them off in a doujinshi once. It was either that or ravish Okuu."
>"Wimp!" Okuu yells as she shanks the both of you. Somehow.