Azur Lane | Atonement Rebirth

Chapter 9 | COLD-BLOODED: Hands cold to the touch - Hold on Tight

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[Linghun]: "So what's the plan?"

[Y/n]: "... Kill them."

[Andrian]: "Thought you'd never asked!"

Andrian let out a loud and powerful roar and charged forward, with Y/n and Linghun following behind. Andrian swung his hammer at the Shepard clone with the morningstar(Let's call this one Heavy Shepard). Y/n and Linghun lunged forward together and attacked the Shepard clone with the sword(Let's call this one Sharp Shepard).

With Y/n and Linghun, both attacked in synchronized intervals. Y/n focused on delivering swift strikes and slashes, whilst Ling would jump and dash in to block and parry Sharp Shepard's attacks. Having greater speed, flexibility, dexterity, reach, and unpredictability, Linghun made it difficult to keep focus as the Chinese sinner would sometimes land cheap shots on the clone. Getting whipped and lashed multiple times began to frustrate the clone...

[Sharp Shepard]: "You annoying little shit!"

When Ling went to block an attack, Sharp Shepard took advantage of the opportunity. The clone grabbed hold of the middle second of Ling's staff and threw him over, then followed up by blasting the sinner away using his red laser beam breath attack. Ling reacted quickly and used his staff to manipulate the ocean water around him, creating a shield to block the attack...

[Sharp Shepard]: "Good. No more interruptions. Now it's just you and me. Three is a crowd you know. Shall we continue?"

[Y/n]: "Better to have him as my sparring partner than you." He readied his sword.

[Sharp Shepard]: "Please, we don't pick the ballroom, we just dance! Raargh!"

Sharp Shepard swung his sword, Y/n parries and aims to counter attack, firing off a series of icy knife-like projectiles. The clone didn't dodge or evade. Instead, he stood his ground and swung his sword aggressively, destroying the ice...

[Sharp Shepard]: "Pathetic!"

[Y/n]: "Tsk..."

Sharp Shepard continued on attacking, swinging his sword with high levels of precision and explosive strength. All Y/n could do is continue to defend, parry, and evade. As to slow down his attacker, Y/n fired off a frost breath attack to create obstacles in his attacker's way. The clone also found his legs had become covered in ice...

[Y/n's Thoughts]: "Now's my chance!"