His body was starting to be overwhelmed by the sugar-like land again, his hands twitching, as he'd try to toss the blade, his eyes forced to close due to the pain.
6. 9.
A miss, one that Faya capitalized by catching the blade through the House, pulling it out through the yard and tossing it towards her foot, stomping on it to preserve for later use, just as confused what was going on with Brunono. That was when she saw the sigil on the plates, just shy around the end of his spine, right where a tail would've been: Kimaris. "You really thought you were immune to it after a while?? Man, you must be dumb." Harvard remarked, getting himself up, showing the massive jaw that caught the blade as well, blood dribbled down, spilling out, an act that he was injured by cutting up such a wound and letting it be the only thing visible for the man to see.
"What...? How...? When did you...?" He'd try to ask, his words beginning to slur itself as his mind is overwhelmed by the effects.
"When we got close." Zazel would reply, showing how he dodged his own death, his own version of Kimaris on the armor, mummifying and rotting the head of the Demon, making him much less a necrotic corpse than a child, slowly regaining his nutrients once he pulled the sword out of his head, letting the wound seal itself with the help of Neko and Yata's magic. "When I slipped under and grabbed you, I casted Kimaris on your body. Rotting your body enough to not take in enough energy was what Harvard and I needed. If you were just going to keep spending as much energy as possible, we figured we just need to stockpile the excess until it can breach through. Think of it like a battering ram against a door. It keeps you away, but not for a long time."
"Whu..Hbwhu... Buh... Tuh Ikkohs..." Leon was foaming from his pyramid-like mouth, the steel building itself up as if had a balloon jabbed in its throat.
"Oh those?" Harvard asked, as he'd get himself up, petting the Nuckelavee's head, letting the bandages from Pharaoh swirl around his arm to tie back what was lost. "Oh yeah, it would've revealed the trick we were planting, huh? It's a good thing then that I had Pharaoh act as a decoy." A wide grin was on his face, letting Leon piece together the strategy. To ensure the trick was hidden, he lunged his secondary monster's attack not as an actual offense, but a defense. A utility. A Layer of protection to preserve the Devil's deceit.
"Yu... Yu lid tu muh..." He couldn't believe it. He had everything set, check and mate, and all it took to topple it down as a mere feint from a monster to catch his attention away. "An thu.... Thu bwlaes..."
"Had to handle chocolate on my own time when I was repairing the House. It was pretty easy to manipulate my body around in order to evade the treat. Zazel, though? Kimaris can just rot his brain enough to cease direct function, making whatever energy nullification you have be useless. Can't keep it up TOO much so, if you had a third blade in hand right now, you can try it again! He can probably die to this! Though that's depending on if your mind can keep itself afloat after the overdose you have." Harvard would laugh like a maniac as he'd watch the Debt Collector try to swing towards the child, letting him weave under and take aim for his head.
10. 8. 9.
Natural 20.
The Debt Collector lost his opportunity, his eyes were beginning to be faulty, some barely keeping themselves up, forcing the energy to overcharge them in order to trigger Puzzlmina's guarantee. Harvard only needed one to take back what was his. "NOW GIVE ME BACK MY EYE!!!"
SHIKK!!!!
Ripped clean from the Collector's socket, the shock of the pain non-existent, as the beast's metallic screech echoed across the hillside, with Zazel slipping by and slashing at the two Hunters using the Chocolate Sword, with Harvard passing his own to let him double wield and cut off the energy output they have for those precious seconds. Leon would try to reach out again, but Harvard swats away his arm, letting him grab the new Beldam by the jaw and slamming him onto the ground. Faya took aim and shot a cannon onto the beast's belly, preventing him from getting up, just enough for Harvard and Zazel to strike through. In those brief spurs, the Debt Collector can see it.
A cross in one.
A Pentagram in another.
Slowly merging each other as the two got closer and closer, with Stolas' stars, mingled with Kimaris' rot, spiraling into a cone around the two javelins, an aim directly for the man's heart.
14. 19.
Harvard's newly gained eye glows bright, as well as Zazel's energy, as the two blasted a beam of light and fire, impaling Leon through, burning off the metal in the process.
"Card..."
"Sigil...!"
"MAGIIIIIC!!!"
"BLACK! HELL!! DRRRRRRRRRRRRRRILLLLLL!!!!"
A Drill that reached the sky, blasting through the candies before them, boring the Debt Collector away to mere scrap. The figure disperses, the energy left behind as mere rain of such sweets, watching as the toys fall to the ground, unable to move. Harvard and Zazel smiled once more as they collapsed, disabling their magic entirely, the former losing feeling in his legs again. They looked against each other, catching their breath.
During this reprieve, they'd smile, ear to ear, as they'd weakly give each other a fist bump, before promptly passing out. The Card Magician's eyes were weak, but still open, just enough to see the others be relieved they bested such a man, with Envy keeping watch and ready to catch whatever was about to rain down and hit the children as they'd relax. "I.... I did it. I did it, Criollo..." He'd think to himself. He never thought he'd be rid of the monster that haunted his mind in such a manner.