Dang Convergence Vol. 1

Chapter Thirty-one Doppelgangers Vs Calta, Part Two

Chapter Thirty-one

Doppelgangers Vs Calta, Part Two

It was rather easy for Daedalus to tell that Calta was much stronger than he'd been during their first encounter. He and the others had raced toward the fight under the assumption that any single one of them would be more than enough to take down the monster but it'd started to look rather different than they'd expected, with Calta showing himself capable of handling attacks from Dante and Dang, although, in both their defenses, they were still a little rough after the encounter with Arkanis.

Daedalus, on the other hand, hadn't been part of the fight with Arkanis and that meant all of his systems were running at full power, which poised him as the greatest threat to Calta, which was exactly how he wanted it.

All three of them went at Calta simultaneously. Dang surged forward with his incredible speed, having gotten faster in the past few weeks, and struck Calta in the chest with a powerful blow that staggered him backwards a few steps. Dante attacked from the back, hitting Calta with a blast of intense heat.

Daedalus fired off a quantum cannon from his chest, the blast hitting Calta right in one of his exposed spots, an opening that had been made possible by Dang and Dante's attacks. The blast caused Calta to produce a roar of agony, and a moment later, the monster came down to one knee, and held one hand over the spot where Daedalus had attacked him.

Dang and Dante sought to attack while Calta looked to have been momentarily weakened but Daedalus knew his supposed moment of weakness to be bait. He yelled out warning to his doppelgangers but it'd been far too late.

Just when they'd charged at him, Calta had spun around with speed to catch Dante with a powerful blow that sent him flying through the air, a trail of flame in his wake. Dang, on the other hand, was on the receiving end of a purple pulse blast, one that blasted him into the ground, leaving a small crater.

Calta grunted, and stomped on Dang's chest a few times before kicking him with incredible strength, launching him through the air like a football. Dang flipped uncontrollably through the air but managed to regain his balance and come to a sliding stop just next to Daedalus.

He grunted as he stopped and spat blood from his mouth. "Ouch," he growled.

Dante joined the two of them a moment later, rubbing his head as he landed, having clearly been dazed by the blow from Calta. "Crap, he hits hard."

"We can hit harder," Daedalus declared. "But we need to do it together. We can't just all go at him without strategy. See those revealed areas of his skin? Those are his weak spots, but he tries to cover them. We can expose him by creating openings if we all work together."

"So, we distract him and let you hit the openings?" Dante asked.

"Yes," Daedalus nodded. "But if you get any openings of yours, be sure to strike too. He's dangerous, we need to make sure we take him down, right here, right now."

"Wouldn't have it any other way," Dang grinned. "Ready?"

"Ready," Dante and Daedalus said in unison.

The three doppelgangers exchanged nods and then they all surged forward in unison, colorful, intersecting trails of orange and blue in their wake. Dante materialized a whip made of flame and struck Calta across the face with it.

The monster roared and turned in Dante's direction, leaving himself open to a flurry of critical blows from Dang, who moved at incredible speed such that the entire thing looked a blur. Calta made to attack Dang but Dante wielded the whip once more, wrapping it around Calta's right arm in one clever throw, and pulling with all of his strength in order to restrain the towering brute.