| Starscourge Radahn vs Lu Bu | |
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| Season 2, Episode 5 | |
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Starscourge Radahn vs Lu Bu is a What-If?Death Battle by LakuitaBro01.2
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Elden Ring vs Record of Ragnarok! The Mightiest Demigod fights the Strongest Warrior! Will the Starscourge and his trusted steed halt the movement of not only the stars but Lu Bu as well? Or will History's Strongest Warrior prove Radahn's victory to be a Red Hare-ing?
Interlude:[]
Wiz: The vehicles of war have always been trustworthy for the average soldier to use, whether it be animals or vehicles of mass destruction.
Boomstick: Horses, specifically, have always been there for us since the earliest of times for our ancestors. Alongside dogs, they've become the most trusted of companions for your average horse girl or cowboy.
Wiz: Starscourge Radahn, the Mightiest Demigod of the Erdtree.
Boomstick: and Lu Bu, History's Strongest Warrior. he's Wiz and I'm Boomstick.
Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to see who would win a Death Battle.
Starscourge Radahn:[]
Wiz: Long ago the Lands Between was untamed by governing forces until a vessel of the Greater Will touched down upon the planet, creating a massive beacon in the middle of the continent. This allowed a Numen woman named Marika to establish an Order to rule over the land, crushing all opposition with her consort: Godfrey.
Boomstick: Marika and Godfrey would have three children: Godwyn, Morgott, and Mohg. The first born Godwyn was cherished by his parents while the other two were unfortunate enough to be cursed and left to rot in the capitol's sewers, which lead to one taking his place as the rightful ruler and the other to make some... questionable relationship choices.
Wiz: Marika would soon turn the Golden Order on its head, declaring that blind belief in the Greater Will had long past, and after Godfrey had slain the last great foe, banished the Elden Lord from the Lands Between in hopes that he and his soldiers would grow stronger. That's where things get... interesting.
Boomstick: Yeah so Marika can swap genders at will or something along the lines and knocked herself up. Her male half was named Radagon, and he was a champion in his own right. Having the twins Miquella and Malenia with himself, he also had relations with the ruler of the Raya Lucaria Academy Queen Rennala. Rennala was part of the Carrian Royal Family, the medieval version of astrology girls.
Wiz: Together, Radagon and Rennala had three children: Rykard, Ranni, and Radahn.
Boomstick: The main member of the Rackson 5 we're focusing on today is Radahn. From a young age, Radahn idolized his father's lineage, specifically the old Elden Lord Godfrey, adorning his armor with imagery of lions and naming his castle and forces after him as well.
Wiz: Growing to a massive size, Radahn quickly became physically stronger and imposing than all of his siblings, eventually reaching near the height of a building! His appearance would terrify his enemies, but on the inside he would have a large soft spot for his horse: Leonard.
Boomstick: Wanting to ride his steed until his death, Radahn travelled to the city of Sellia to learn Gravity sorceries from an Alabastor Lord to make himself light enough to not crush the poor guy. Eventually he ended up learning more than he originally planned and became a master of his craft, eventually becoming strong enough to stop the ORBIT OF THE STARS.
Wiz: Radahn would halt the movements of the stars themselves and prevent any interstellar threats from crashing down onto the town that helped him continue to ride his trusted steed. Due to his sheer mastery of gravity magic, he should be able to use all the other known sorceries on top of the gravity rocks he's been known to use.
Boomstick: Aside from gravity magic, Radahn is just as skilled in swordsmanship. Preferring to use his two massive Starscourge Greatswords, Radahn's already immense physical strength is put to good use with the sharp slashes these babies are capable of dishing out and can amplify them even more by using his magic abilities to attach stones to them.
Wiz: And from afar Radahn can use his Lion Greatbow with deadly accuracy, using gravity magic to power up his shots and make his ammo home in on his target, as well as cause a unnaturally large amount of arrows to trail down and follow his foes as well.
Boomstick: What Wiz fails to mention is that due to his large size he DOESN'T use arrows, he uses SPEARS. Despite his large size, Radahn is very acrobatic, like how he can turn into a living drill AND enter orbit to become a meteor and crash down onto the battle field!
Wiz: However the general's downfall came in the battle of Caelid where he came across his half sister Malenia. Malenia was inflicted with a terrible disease that bordered on being a bio weapon and threatened the land that Radahn protected. Having already been slightly weakened by her troops, he had gained the upperhand on her, which then prompted her to release the blight from her body, transforming all of Caelid into what it is now.
Boomstick: Yet he STILL survived this, albeit a mindless husk of what he once was. It was only after his eventual death at the hands of the Tarnished that the stars began their orbit, meaning that Radahn, even when bordering on death as a zombie for potentially a decades worth of time, was STILL holding back interstellar objects and creatures from the Lands Between.
Wiz: Truly an impressive general, one of the falling stars that he was holding back crashed into Limgrave, creating a massive hole that violently fragmented hundreds of tons of rocks, meaning one single "meteor" had 1.5 kilotons of TNT worth of power behind it.
Boomstick: And that's not counting the stars he was holding back. If we go frame by frame counting each star, there's about 643 stars, not counting the ones that're potentially off screen! Radahn's also capable of keeping up with the tarnished in his weakened state, and Malenia in his prime, the former of which being able to fight dragons that use actual lightning to attack!
Wiz: Radahn is a frightening beast to find yourself up against, but he does have one issue that can be considered a flaw: his love for his horse Leonard. As ridiculous as it sounds, he values his horse a ton and takes care in making sure he's out of harm's way.
Boomstick: But you know you're a beast of a man when the only flaw you have is your attachments to your animal companion, and maybe he'll treat his opponent like the astrology girls: frozen with telekinesis.
Lu Bu:[]
Wiz: From birth, Lu Bu was considered to be a threat to China's existence. From his village being burned to the ground shortly after he was born to him being birthed under a red moon, he was considered to be taboo and sure to be a demon that would slaughter hundreds, if not thousands.
Boomstick: Luckily a nearby village discovered him and decided the best course of action was to kill him before he could do any damage. Naturally thinking that the Ancient Chinese Art of the Minority Report wasn't the best chance to go with a newborn, a man named Lu Shang begged his fellow villagers to let the baby live.
Wiz: It luckily worked and Lu Bu was allowed to live, so as long as Lu Shang lived up to his promise of taking full fault for whatever atrocity the child may cause. While Lu Bu grew, it became apparent he was "cursed" with absolutely monstrous strength and felt the need to not have any friends as everyone was weaker than him.
Boomstick: Luckily for Bad End Goku, he did have a father that he did love. Loved him enough to rob the county magistrate of all of his medicine when ol' Pa was sick. Of course there were repercussions, like when the magistrate returned with an army and killed Lu Bu's dad.
Wiz: Lu Shang told his son to travel the world and find someone who could match his strength; to make a friend. Unfortunately for Lu Bu that would never happen, but he would find many opponents to test his might and hone his techniques against.
Boomstick: Who knows how many halberds he broke but for one he was able to eventually perfect his Sky Eater technique, a technique where he swings his halberd fast and hard enough to split storm clouds in to two! And that's only from the shockwave of the swing!
Wiz: Assuming the clouds that Lu Bu swung were cumulonimbus clouds, as it was storming and the entire environment was dark, assuming it took about 5 seconds for the entire cloud to split, it must've required an energy of 79 MEGAtons of TNT.
Boomstick: No wonder this guy couldn't make any friends, simply walking would generate enough wind pressure to knock people over! Clearly I'm overexaggerating, he did have ONE loyal friend in the end: his mighty stallion Red Hare.
Wiz: A horse with just as much anti-weak people attitude as its rider, Red Hare followed Lu Bu into the afterlife upon the end of his life, where he begged for his execution to come quicker because he was so bored that no one could match him, but his legacy echoed throughout China as the strongest man alive.
Boomstick: Aaaand it was a legacy that followed him to the afterlife, army and everything as well! See, the Gods were trying to figure out what way they should destroy humankind and one Valkyrie named Brunhilde took the side of the humans, challenging the god's pride in Ragnarok.
Wiz: Now Ragnarok in the world of Record of Ragnarok is a competition between humans and gods where they fight to the death, and as the idea of a human killing a god was laughable, Brunhilde sought out Buddha to teach her about the Samahadvana, or in English: "Common Destiny."
Boomstick: Or, as it's more commonly known as, Volundr! She taught her sisters how to perform a Volundr, allowing for the humans to reach the strength of the gods themselves! Brunhilde soon gathered the 13 humans she wished to have fight against the gods with the first being Lu Bu himself.
Wiz: Lu Bu gained Volundr with Randgriz, the Shield Breaker. With their Volundr, Lu Bu became capable of "piercing any defense" as well as gaining a substantial power boost to put him on the same level as the gods he found himself against. With it granted him his mighty weapon: the Sky Piercer
Boomstick: Like Thor, the physically strongest God at their disposal! Though Lu Bu lost the battle, he was able to go toe to toe with the vanguard, who was stated multiple times to be able to destroy the entire planet with his strongest blows! Granted he's able to do it when his power limiters are removed, but that's exactly what happened and Lu Bu survived a couple blows!
Wiz: And having clashed weapons and dodged several of his attacks, that should mean he can also react at speeds faster than light, such as when the gods were able to observe Adam and Zeus' fight at one hundred millionth of a second, a feat that would be roughly 2 times the speed of light.
Boomstick: Being a frighteningly strong general has its merits, but also its downfall. Having lived a life where everyone was weak to him means that finding a match can get to his head, and while Shield Breaker was able to cut through Thor's gauntlets, it was incapable of getting through Thor's other strikes.
Wiz: Yet with his high flying strength, deadly techniques, and godlike powers, Lu Bu has more than what it takes to crush his competition.
Death Battle:[]
Valhalla Arena
The arena of Valhalla sat comfortably above the world, floating aimlessly as a diverse audience of humans and god-like entities gathered around a massive ring in the center of the coliseum to watch the end days of humanity unfold in a competition against the gods themselves. It was the start of the entire tournament with 13 matches planned, each resulting in the death of either a human or, well, almost 100% a human. The thought of a god being killed by the hands of a mortal was viewed as impossible, and as such the entire audience knew that the tournament wouldn't be anything short of a "clean sweep" by them, but they still sat and watched regardless in great interest to see how humanity would handle this horrible situation. Thanks to a clause in the system, however, a Valkyrie named Brunhilde had achieved Volundr, the act of uniting a human's soul with that of a Valkyrie's, effectively giving humanity a fighting chance against the gods.
The first match of the contest was going to be Thor, heavily considered to be the physically Strongest Warrior and God among the Nordic mythology up against the man who was considered to be the strongest warrior in the Human's history: Lu Bu. Lu Bu had lived a long life as a general whose blood thirsty and violent tactics earned him a spot in the most valued individual during the Three Kingdoms period of history, and his ability to split the sky with his halberd was feared by even the most unshaken warriors. His status as a god amongst humans was to be respected, but compared to a god he was looked down upon. With his Volundr with Randgriz, he had the power to split any defense, something that would surely be tested in the upcoming match. As the two warriors entered the arena, the battle was on the edge of starting at any moment as the men eyed each other up and down, one sure he'd win and the other unsure of what he'd be able to do.
Just before the match could start, a loud trumpet blared as a new faction of "gods and goddesses" entered the Valhalla arena. They were from a land that was torn asunder by war and claims for god hood, but for the moment their differences were put aside to attend this great festival of humans against gods. Oh these... monsters was Praetor Rykard. a massive serpentine beast, Mohg, the Lord of Blood, Morgott, the King of the Omens, Godrick, a Man who had Grafted others upon his body, Malenia, the Goddess of the Scarlett Rot, and Starscourge Radahn, the mightiest of them all. His status was only rivaled by his stature as he stood nearly as tall as Rykard, who he himself was the size of a building! The entire tournament paused as they made their entrance, followed by their armies and followers, and the rest of the gods from the Nordic, Egyptian, Greek, and other pantheons sat confused at just who they were.
Luckily there was some left over spots for the "groupies" to sit in, but the rest of the demigods walked right up to where the gods sat, sitting down in the empty seats leftover. Zeus said nothing as they sat down, but the curious Hades spoke up.
"...And you all are?" he questioned.
"Weeeeee are the demigoooodssssssss of the Erdtreeeeeeeee. Togethheeeerrrr we arrrreee familyyyyyyy." Rykard hissed, drawing out every word to a snail's pace.
Erdtree? What a peculiar pantheon not heard of before, and demigods no less? The word made all of the gods laugh in unison at the group who attempted to take up roots next to their seats. Odin, Poseidon, Anubis, and Hades were quite frankly insulted by them thinking that the in-between of a human and god had any right to sit down next to them. Zeus shook his and looked to the six demigods that took up space in his seating area, curious, but also annoyed at their presence as well.
"Demi-gods? What business do you have placing yourselves amongst us?" he questioned.
"You arrogance is misplaced, Lord Zeus," Malenia boldly challenged, "We demigods are fit enough to fight the stars themselves."
The stars? The gods laughed even harder than before. The match was put on pause so that the gods themselves could focus of the show in front of them, much to Thor and Lu Bu's chagrin. Clearly these six fools were sent here to put on a show for the ACTUAL gods in the room, but they were now overstaying their welcome with two bad jokes under their belts. Zeus rose up from his throne, staring down, and up, at the pests in his presence. A furious frown was implanted on his face as he readied to cast them all out of the arena, but a flash of golden light touched down in the middle of the king of the gods and the demigods. The figure that emerged from the light had flowing, long red hair and a frame that matched that of a muscular man that also retained a slim physique. The hammer he held in his hand looked slightly decayed, but the aura coming off of him made several of the actual gods themselves shudder in fear at him. This was the Elden Lord Radagon.
"Dear Zeus, why must you look down upon my children due to status?" he questioned, looking up at the father of the Gods himself.
Zeus was taken aback by the sudden appearance, but quickly calmed down once he realized that this must be their "ring leader."
"And you are?" he asked.
"My name is Radagon. I am the Elden Lord of the Lands Between." he stated, the entire arena now focusing on what was happening in the God's seating.
Zeus laughed, "I've never heard of the Lands Between. What makes you think these 'demigods' have the power to sit among us?" he questioned.
Radagon pointed towards Thor. "Allow my son to take the place of your vanguard and I shall show you what exactly we're capable of."
The gods let out an uproar of laughter and anger at the suggestion, but Zeus quickly silenced them all with a wave of his hand. He was intrigued by the suggestion, but he was still cautious due to the circumstances of the tournament. The chances of losing were low, but not low enough for him to feel comfortable.
"You do understand the stakes of this contest, right?" Zeus said, placing a hand on Radagon's shoulder in an attempt to intimidate him enough to sway his wants.
"Should my son lose, you may send all of us to Niflheim." Radagon stated, placing his hand on to the father of the gods.
The rest of the gods let out a loud and sharp gasp at this absolute stranger touching their leader, but the latter laughed loudly and dropped his arm before turning towards Thor, beckoning him out of the arena.
"Oh mighty Thor, let us allow the warriors of the Erdtree one round against the humans!" Zeus bellowed, shaking the arena.
Reluctantly, the Nordic god left the arena floor and traveled back up to where his brothers, sisters, and father resided. Radagon turned to his son Radahn and nodded. In response, the giant stood to his feet and made his way down into the arena. Lu Bu stared up as his new behemoth of a foe eyed him on his way down to the middle of the arena, taking a guess at how powerful the other would be. As Radahn finally made his way to the arena, they both faced towards each other with their weapons drawn, the Starscourge Greatswords and the Sky Piercer at their owner's sides as both slowly circled each other,
THE STRONGEST WARRIOR IN HISTORY VS THE ERDTREE'S MIGHTIEST DEMIGOD!
The announcer shouted over the roaring crowds as the two powerhouses waited for the other to make the first move. Radahn's smile was masked by his lion's helm, but Lu Bu's stone cold expression was out in the open for all to see. Gravity magic surged around Radahn as massive boulders rose up into the air, surprising History's Strongest Warrior greatly, but his expression barely changed. Up in the stands, Rykard watched his brother prepare to assault Lu Bu with excitement, while the others watched with emotions mixed between dread and confidence in their brother's abilities. Loki sensed this and decided to taunt the five of them all at once.
"Afraid the big one's gonna fall?" he sneered, but Malenia's head snapped in his direction immediately.
"I know my brother's strength personally, and it surpasses the strongest of the gods here." she stated coldly. The trickster was immediately silenced and put in line by the woman's confidence, so she turned back to watch the show, and enjoy it as much as she could.
Back in the ring, Lu Bu, not knowing what to do about the boulders, readying to swing the halberd at the incoming rocks. Both were prepared to fight for the fate of their livelihoods and only one could come out alive. There were no exceptions.
FIGHT!
The Sky Piercer sliced right through the incoming meteors like butter, cancelling out the attack in an instant. Radahn chucked more and more boulders at the Flying General, but each one was dodged and crushed under the weight of his blows as he made his way closer and closer to the Starscourge's position, who leaped through the air and into a cloud of dust kicked up by the crushed boulder, clashing both of his mighty blades against the Sky Piercer's staff. Impressively the halberd held together as arcs of gravity magic shot around the two fighters, the both of them seemingly reaching a stalemate that shook the entire arena around them. The Gods collectively stared at the group of demigods that sat to their side and all reached a silent agreement: Zeus was a fool for allowing them to enter.
Radagon, however, smiled and watched as his son used gravity magic to throw Lu Bu's footing off balance and finally overpower him, knocking him straight to the ground, but unfortunately not doing any damage to his body. He caught himself from sliding into the wall and stood firm as the lumbering giant rushed towards him, blades held at his side. The flying general whipped the halberd around in a large arc and slammed the blade into Radahn's body, knocking him to the side a little, but the starscourge grabbed the weapon and pulled his foe towards him, trying to spear him on his greatsword. Lu Bu side stepped the attack at the last moment and instead slammed his fist into the demigod's side, crumpling him a bit before taking the hilt of the Sky Piercer and slamming it into his stomach, knocking him away.
Lu Bu looked to Radahn's head in anger and swung his weapon, which began to glow yellow, over his shoulder and barked at his foe.
"Why hide your face, you coward?!"
The starscourge looked up to see the Sky Piercer coming down at him from above, the glow of its Volundr matching that of the sun, which slightly masked its shape. He attempted to jump back, but the blade landed directly on his helmet, forcing the demigod to the ground. The force of Radahn's impact kicked dirt high up into the sky, momentarily blocking the view from all the spectators and even the "referees". Humanity began to cheer loudly as the gods, demons, angels, and any high power-esque creature turned towards the Erdtree's Demigods in anger. including Zeus. Radagon and Malenia were the only two who sat unbothered by the glares of their peers, and while Mohg, Morgott, and Rykard tried their best to ignore the glares, Godrick was the one that cracked at the anger around him. Zeus took note of the shambling monstrosity's demeanor and leaned forwards, barely inches away from the ruler of Limgrave's neck.
"I hope that cloak keeps you warm enough to protect from the freezing temperatures of Niflheim."
Malenia's blade found itself at the father of the god's throat, making all the other gods jump up and draw their weapons at her. Radagon waved his hand, making Malenia drop her weapon.
"Aye, pay attention everyone."
As the dust cleared, Radahn was standing without a scratch on him. The only noticeable difference was that his helmet was gone, but there was no damage to his face or other parts of his armor. Lu Bu studied his opponent, who allowed him to do so. He smiled at the flying general as he raised his weapons once more, a challenge that was accepted by the battle hungry Lu Bu who raised the Sky Piercer as well. Both blades clashed once more, but this time Radahn easily overpowered Lu Bu with the force of his greatswords and knocked him all the way across the arena and into a wall. Using his gravity, the starscourge tossed boulders across the arena, all of which pelted humanity's strongest warrior, pushing him further into the wall. Angrily, Lu Bu sliced the next barrage of boulders apart and burst forwards with speeds that his foe just could react to, slamming the Sky Piercer into his massive body hard enough to crack the air like a whip.
The mighty demigod didn't let the blow shake him however, instead he stopped himself from falling over and drove both of his blades towards Lu Bu's body. He stuck up the halberd to prevent the blow from digging into him and was mostly successful as one of the blades only slightly cut into his flesh, causing blood to roll down his body. Pushing Radahn away with a surge of strength, the flying general swept his feet with a wide wave of the Sky Piercer and slammed the hilt into his body once more, making his massive, heavy body slam into the ground. Wasting no time, Lu Bu jumped through the air with the intent on driving the halberd down onto the demigod's chest, but the giant used his gravity magic to move himself off the ground and into the air, completely avoiding the attack altogether. Before Lu Bu could take his weapon out of the ground, the behemoth of a man flew through the air with his gravity magic, slamming directly into him.
Shockwaves were kicked off due to the force behind the attack and humanity's strongest was left cratered. Blood dripped down his face from his hairline and the Sky Piercer laid at his side. That strike was impressively strong, stronger than any attack he previously ever felt, and the excitement from it got his blood pumping. He got up to his feet rather easily, ignoring the head wound caused from his opponent's aerial assault, and stared him down as he landed, holding the greatswords at his side as they had before. Lu Bu had a huge smile on his face, baring his sharp teeth at the starscourge, and held the halberd at the ready for another round. Brunhilde grew both worried and annoyed at Lu Bu's demeanor, worried for the safety of her sister and the human himself.
"Get it together you two! Fight as one and don't let the fight get to your head!"
Starscourge Radahn - Elden Ring
Radahn was the first to charge, swinging his right greatsword first at Lu Bu, who eagerly parried the attack and countered with a slash to the starscourge's chest, but it didn't pierce his armor. The giant's mighty foot landed on the human's chest, kicking him back as the other greatsword came soaring in from his right. The flying general limbo'd under the attack and slammed the blade of the halberd once more into Radahn's chest, this time the weapon was glowing once again as it had before. A part of Radahn's chest armor disintegrated as the giant was knocked onto his back by the human's intense strength, but this time he used his gravity magic to toss chunks of the arena at his foe to cover him getting up, which worked as Lu Bu was forced to put his guard up to prevent the rocks from hitting his head wound.
He took a second to analyze his armor, realizing that a layer of the gold colored metal was destroyed by the attack. More confused than anything, he looked up to see the halberd glowing once again as Lu Bu took off across the arena towards him, swinging the weapon above his head in a wide arc. More boulders found themselves on a collision course with the flying general, but he laughed and cut them apart with his halberd before slamming it into the giant's shoulder. His right pauldron was disintegrated as well, nearly exposing his grey colored skin, and he realized what Lu Bu's Volundr was in that moment. He had to fight a little more carefully, but it was clear that the speed difference between the two of them was going to be an issue for Radahn, but he could make it work.
Winding up his arm, Radahn chucked one of his greatswords through the air towards Lu Bu, causing it to spin as it flew at him. The flying general ducked under the attack and swung the halberd at his foe, who countered with only one of his greatswords. Using his height and weight to his advantage, he pressed his right arm down on the blade, forcing Lu Bu into a position where he was driven to his knees.
"And the Starscourge has the Flying General on the backfoot! It looks as though he's being proposed to!" the announcer sneered.
Radahn looked up towards his flying blade and opened his hand, using gravity magic to pull his greatsword back to him, causing it to spin in the opposite direction as it rocketed back towards him.
"And Radahn is calling his weapon back to him! It's on a collision course with Lu Bu! Perhaps he wasn't just casting his weapon aside?" the announcer excitedly shouted.
Lu Bu's eyes went wide as he saw the blade coming back in his peripheral. Mustering up all the strength he could, he jumped backwards, allowing Radahn to shove his one greatsword into the ground as the other one flew right back towards his hand. Caught off guard by the sudden evasion, Radahn's own weapon turned projectile slashed him across the shoulder, spraying blood onto the battlefield. He gripped his shoulder and looked at his hand to see the amount of blood pouring out of it, and Lu Bu stood there triumphantly with the halberd still pointed at the Starscourge. The audience began to laugh at the Redmane General having been hit by his own attack.
Radagon already heard Poseidon in his ear before the asshole of a god said anything.
"THAT is your realm's mightiest warrior?" he questioned condescendingly.
The Erdtree's Champion quietly spoke, "You are fools to be laughing at him."
Zeus shook his head. Fools? Clearly this decrepit idiot didn't know who he was talking to, and clearly he had to much faith in his behemoth sized buffoon of a son in winning this match.
But down in the arena, Radahn belly laughed loud enough to shake the air and he pointed one of his swords at Lu Bu.
"What an excellent maneuver, Lu Bu!" he happily yelled.
The human laughed, "It was an impressive attack on your part, you big bastard!" Lu Bu joked back.
Simultaneously the two fighters roared and charged each other once more, but this time both of their attacks connected. Lu Bu swung his halberd in such a way that he sliced at the giant's leg while protecting himself from any harm, but Radahn also slammed both of his greatswords down as hard as he could onto the halberd. The result? From the calve down Radahn lost his left leg and both of Lu Bu's fibula's shattered upon impact, putting both of them down for the count. The audience was confused on what to do next, but right as a verdict was to be made, Lu Bu's steed Red Hare burst onto the arena to its master.
"Lu Bu!" Brunhilde shouted, "Red Hare wishes to become a part of your body! Ride him!" she yelled.
Lu Bu nodded and summoned the resolve to stand on his two broken bones, prompting humanity's side of the arena to go wild. He mounted his horse and held the massive halberd at his side, staring down Radahn, waiting for him to move. The starscourge looked to the audience and used his telekinesis to pull a frail looking horse from the stands and onto the arena floor; it was his trusted steed Leonard. He mounted the beast, completely dwarfing it, and held his two massive greatswords to his side, beginning to circle his foe.
The gods looked confused. Zeus spoke up about it finally, "How is he ridin-"
Morgott cut him off. "He holds that horse very dear to him and it's the entire reason he learned gravity magic in the first place; to make him lighter."
Admirable, the father of the gods thought, but he prayed to himself that the horse's frail nature wouldn't get in the way of the fight.
Hikari - Punishing: Gray Raven
The two majestic steeds raced towards each other with their riders in tow, the two of them swinging blades at the other in an attempt to knock the other off their horse. Red Hare had more power behind its charge, and thus Lu Bu was able to land a heavy blow onto Radahn's chest, yet the attack hardly phased Radahn whom swung one of his massive blades down onto the pole of the halberd, yet the flying general was able to parry the attack and pushed himself and his stallion away from his foe. Radahn shoved his swords into the ground and then ripped them, adorning them with jagged rocks as Lu Bu made his retreat while watching the starscourge make his weapons deadlier. He laughed like a mad man as Red Hare charged in once more with reckless abandon.
The greatswords, now cragblades, found themselves clashed with the halberd again, but this time the pointed stones dug into Lu Bu slightly which caused trickles of blood to run down his arms. Yelling through the pain, Lu Bu dug one of his feet into Red Hare's side, making the stallion react by charging forwards slightly, bumping heads into Leonard. The starscourge's horse lost its footing and toppled over, taking down the giant with him, but before he could land on the ground he used his gravity magic to launch himself far up into the atmosphere. Lu Bu looked up to the air, trying to find where his foe had gone.
"Did the Starscourge just abandon the fight? Where did he go?!" the announcer yelled.
Up in the stands, a smile crept across Radagon's face as he watched his son come crashing back down to Earth as a living fireball, targeting Lu Bu for a head on collision.
The flying general looked up in awe as Radahn flew closer and closer to the arena like a living meteorite. Frozen in wonder and terror, the only living creatures to react on the field were both of the horses. Leonard ran to the far side of the arena to get away from the oncoming destruction, while Red Hare wildly bucked and through its master of its back and into safety right before Radahn crash landed. Lu Bu's stallion was obliterated by the attack with not a single trace left, leaving him crumpled on the ground with broken legs. The crowd cheered and boo'd as it became apparent that Red Hare was no more, and humanity's strongest soldier stared into emptiness as the starscourge lightly landed on his own horse. Soon voices broke into Lu Bu's thoughts, cheering him to continue.
"You found your fight, sir!"
"You can do this Lu Bu!"
"We believe in you!"
The flying general closed his eyes, letting a small smile slip through his cold demeanor, and he then made the struggle to stand upright. His legs wobbled like crazy, but his struggle was not in vain since he used the Sky Piercer to stand. He shifted his weight off of his weapon and onto his legs, and with great success he was able to stand without falling. Taking a deep breath he moved his hand to the base of the Sky Piercer before staring Radahn right in the eyes. The starscourge chuckled and then Leonard charged forwards. Radahn's swords were held out to his sides as he rapidly approached the injured flying general. Before the giant could get close enough to land an attack, Lu Bu let out a massive battle shout and swung the Sky Piercer, using his legendary Sky Eater technique.
The halberd swung straight down, slicing completely into the starscourge's right shoulder before the curve of the swing forced it to exit his shoulder on its downwards trajectory. As it left the shoulder, the blade found itself embedded into the head of Leonard, stopping the horse in its tracks, killing it. Radahn was flung from his steed and into a wall, where he profusely bled from his shoulder, which hardly hung on to his body by a flap of skin. At least a dozen different emotions rushed him at once upon seeing the dead body of his once beloved steed, ignoring the gaping wound he had received. Lu Bu on the other hand had broken his legs even further, yet he did not care. With the Sky Piercer in hand, he once again attempted to use the Sky Eater technique on his foe. Humanity cheered loudly as Lu Bu was about to deal the killing blow, and Zeus was absolutely furious at the demigods before him.
"You FOOLS! You made us lose a round with your FILTH?" he screamed, thunder echoing above. He took a step down from his throne to grab a hold of Radagon, who slapped his hand away and gripped him by the toga.
"Look, you fool!" he barked back.
Down below in the arena, just before Lu Bu could swing the Sky Piercer, his entire body became frozen in a purple aura. Radahn's arm was outstretched towards his foe, having locked him in place with his telekinesis.
"Burn in Niflheim..." Radahn barked coldly before slowing closing his hand.
In conjunction with Radahn slowly gripping his fist, Lu Bu's entire body began to crumple and squeeze together as the telekinesis began to crush him. His screams echoed across the arena as he was soon reduced to nothing more than a bloody ball which Radahn then crushed with a boulder for good measure. The Erdtree's Mightiest Demigod roared to the sky, signaling his win over the human warrior.
KO!
Humanity boo'd while the gods cheered, an outcome that was pretty much guaranteed to happen due to the results. Lu Bu's army rushed onto the field after to follow their leader into Niflheim, an act carried out through Radahn's own gravity magic infused spinning cragblade which mowed down the entire army in just a few seconds. Up in the stands, Zeus sat shocked. Lu Bu could match the power of a god, but Radahn reduced him to nothing more than a paste with no effort. After several minutes of getting his thoughts together, he finally opened his mouth.
"...Who ARE you people?" he questioned.
"People who can help you." Radagon replied.
Meanwhile, in the arena, the announcer began to shout out to the sky.
"The victor is Starscourge Radahn after a match that lasted 9 minutes and 54 seconds!"
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Boomstick: You think we're gonna need that disclaimer that says no animals were harmed in the making of this?
Wiz: They absolutely were.
Boomstick: Oh... damnit.
Wiz: This match was extremely polarizing to put it lightly. Lu Bu could move about twice as fast as light and Radahn in his prime is a little more than a lightning timer, meaning Lu Bu is at least thousands of times faster than the Starscourge, and coupled with the Volundr between he and Randgriz means that he COULD bypass his durability, right?
Boomstick: Wrong! See, Randgriz's Shield Breaker ability is more like the ability to just delete armor from existence. For example, when Lu Bu used the ability on Thor's gauntlets, it deleted the gauntlet but didn't cut all the way through the god's arm, much less at all!
Wiz: So while it's not true durability negation, surely the speed difference could make up for the power difference, you may think, but the answer is no. See while Lu Bu was able to contend with Thor, who was stated to be able to destroy the planet when unrestricted, the god still overpowered him quite easily. For the sake of the argument, lets say Lu Bu fully scales to Thor's potential planet busting.
Boomstick: Okay, got it? Perfect. Radahn held HUNDREDS of STARS in place with his telekinesis passively while he was in his scarlet rot infested state! The strength and durability difference there is in the MILLIONS range. Lu Bu would tire himself out before he could even make a scratch on the Starscourge.
Wiz: And with the telekinetic abilities Radahn possessed, it would become easier over time to just catch and kill the Flying General from a distance.
Boomstick: There's just no way you could slice it, Radahn's control over the fight was like his control over gravity: crushing.
Wiz: The winner is Starscourge Radahn.