Carolina - Wizard defeat

They didn't have much time to think. Noticing Carolina's exhaustion, Wizard took advantage, swapping back to his red costume and fire attacks.

> FLAME, PLEASE! HI-HI, HI-HI-HI!

"The finale…" he said, preparing a ring of power.

> SHABADOOBIE TOUCH TO HENSHIN! SHABADOOBIE TOUCH TO HENSHIN!

He held the ring over the hand symbol on his belt and red sigils covered one leg.

> VERY NICE! KICK STRIKE! FABULOUS!

As Wizard adopted a fighting pose with his leg forward, the sigils around it burst into flames, surrounding his foot with a miniature tornado of fire.

"What…" said Church, "What even the fuck is happening right now."

Wizard dove forward into a frontflip, tumbling end over end as his flaming foot grew brighter. Finally he leapt into the air, streaking towards Carolina with a jumping kick that resembled a comet more than it resembled martial arts. With only a moment to react, Carolina stuck her arms out to either side. "EPSILON!"

The explosion that followed was tremendous. Fire engulfed everything within twenty feet, and the only discernible figure was Wizard emerging on the other side, proud and victorious. Fire gave way to smoke, and as he turned Wizard swore he could see something like a gold dome in the center of the cloud, but it faded after a moment, so he didn't give it any mind.

That proved to be a mistake. A moment later, Wizard heard something step in behind him. Before he could react, a boot kicked out his knees from behind, making him crumple. An arm he couldn't see wrapped around his windpipe, tucking his face into their armpit, and when he tried to swing with his WizarSworGun, the invisible fighter caught his wrist and twisted, making him drop it. Finally the cloak dropped, exposing Carolina's teal armor as she drew a pistol and precisely shot Wizard's belt off of his waist. It clattered to the ground helplessly and Carolina put another couple bullets in it, just to make sure it was out of commission.

***

FreestyleKneepad, Round 1c