18 Insect Physiology

Fiery Demon Domain Formation Array, is a Trap type Array formation which uses Demon fire to imprison and isolated the target from the outside world. what makes this Array formation dangerous is the Demon flames used as the core for this Array formation, since the lethality of the Array Formation depends upon the temperature of the flame, higher the temperature of the flame higher the lethality of the formation Array.

The Fiery Demon Domain Formation Array works by trapping the target inside Formation Array, As the flame on the dome cuts of the oxygen suppy to inside of the array buy burning the oxygen mean while the flame on the inside of the dome burns on the oxygen inside the Formation Array. With time the oxygen ratio inside the dome decrease till none is left where as the carbondioxide ration increase to the maximum. leaving no choice for the trapped target to died due to suffogation or due to carbon posioning.

There are two ways to break this formation,

First, either by using Demon flame or opposite elements stronger than the the Demon flame used as the core or by using strong physical, mental or spiritual strength which can suppress the Demon flame used as the core.

Lastly , Array Formation is similar to a electric circuit in someways, like how a electic circuit is useless without the powersource similarly finding the core whichis the powersourse of the formation array and disconnecting it from the formation array is another way to break the formation array.

" Do not worry, my grandma will solve this formation with easy, no matter how powerful this flame it is not an opponent of her soul fire." said Masako nonchalantly looking at the panicked faces of the team.

[ Guys remember our plan, do not actively participate in the fight just save your ass, stick with Hito, stay far away from Masako and Sukehime. especially you Trisha do not forget the objective distracted by the fight. ] reminded James glaring at Trisha, while just scratched the back of her.

The plan of the team was simple that is to complete the main objective of scenario and not to attempt any heroics by trying change the plot.

The Main objective of the Scenario is to help Princess Tokugawa Masako to reach Kitsuki District through Nagamanchi village.

Thanks to the original works the Team already know that Princess Tokugawa Masako doesn't need their help to reach Kitsuki District as she will reach Kitsuki District through Nagamanchi village without their help anyway. so all they need to do is tag along with Masako till she reachs Kitsuki District, to clear the scenario.

So, why take risk by participating in the Fight. obviously the target of the enemies are the Tokugawa grandma and granddaughter pair so the team need to stay clear of them to minimize the risk. After avoiding Tokugawa grandma and granddaughter pair, Hito sanada was the only muscle on their side who could save them from unexpected and deadly situaton so sticking to him was wise choice to maximize their survival chances. This fight was way beyond their league so unwanted heroics was doomed to end badly of all of them.

As the Team was admiring the Fiery Dome, dark yellow colored Huge vile Insects in huge numbers start to pour into the dome from all sides some how the fire on the fiery dome did not seem to effect or hinder these insects advance.

" James-San and Malinda-san please man the Machine cannons of the wagon " said Hito as he unsheathed his sword.

" rest of you get behind me watch as I burn this bugs into crisp. " said Masako as fiery red flames covered her fists.

" No!! " x10 shouted everyone simultaneously.

Hito explained the confused Masako, " you can not use fire to fight the bugs it will only hasten our deaths. use other methods and I also feel that these bugs should to be resistant to flame as I smell on them. "

" okay, then I will show you what true swordsmanship is .." scoffed Masako as she unshealthed her katana.

[ Trisha are able to communicate with these insects. ] asked James.

[ No, their conscious is bound and shielded by strong mental strength, make it harder for me to communicate or form a mental connection with them. who ever is controlling them has way stronger mental strength then me.] replied Trisha.

[ okay do not be hard on yourself these bugs are controlled by a Insect queen yokai so there was no hope to start with. ] consoled James.

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Name : Trisha O'hara

Age : 15yrs old

Ability : Insect Physiology

Insect Physiology gives the user the power to mimic the abilities of any Insect she knows of, the ability apparently gives her intuitive understanding of the Insect and what abilities they have that may be useful in the situation. She can switch between the abilities with ease in a split second or use many abilites together. for example user with this ability can mimic any insect ability, including Antenna Protrusion, Appendage Generation/Multiple Arms, Burrowing, Camouflage, Danger Intuition, Dermal Armor, Ecdysis, Enhanced Agility, Enhanced Balance, Enhanced Leap, Enhanced Senses, Enhanced Smell, Enhanced Vision360-Degree Vision, Ultraviolet Vision, Enhanced Strength, Lunglessness, High Resistance, Poison Generation, Powerful Bite, Speed Swimming/Water Walking, Stinger Protrusion, Thermal Resistance, Wallcrawling, Wing Manifestation/Flight etc.

It also provides the use with a strong and tensile body with highly enhanced vitality, physical strength and stamina comparable to Insects .

Insect Metamorph [sealed due to injury] :users of this ability have been known to physically transform into insects - for example: she has shape-shifted into insects cockroaches, beetles, earwigs, flies, mayflies, termites, mantises, sticks, etc.

Enhanced Healing:The ability even allows the user to heal bruise and wounds within seconds by simply resting.

Toxikinesis: this ability even allows the user to Redirecting poison. Dissipating poison and even summon poison.

Insect Behavior: One apparent drawback of user powers is that he/she is not always able to control the inputs from the insect abilites during metamorph. Sometimes, he/she can absorbed unwanted insect behavior, such as instinctive rage. Meaning the longer he/she stays in metamorph state, the less human and more insect he/she seems to become.

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James and Malinda both got behind each roof mounted Machine cannons, then James said [ guys be with in 300 meters of the wagon as these cannons have accuracy range of 300-350 ]

Crying Heavens Series took place during edo period, during this period hot weapons were not so popular and had not mad much progress, machine cannons was already considered high tech during this period. Machine cannons are the best for current situation as they are best suited for crowd control with larger Area of Effect and high damage due to additional armor piercing attribute. the reload time of the Machine cannons was average so both James and Malinda had to time and be conscious of each shot, so that they can cover each other while other is reloading.

The formation array had formed with the wagon in the center, meaning the trap was triggered as soon as the wagon passed the mine. since the this road through the wandering forest was bit narrow for the wagon it did not matter where the trap mine was plased on the road as long as the wagaon passed through this point the trap would trigger imprisoning the wagon.

As soon the bugs neared with 300 meters of the wagon James and Malinda started firing the machine cannon, the machine cannon even though it had a very low range it still had a very high lethality with larger area of effect. No matter how fast and accurate James and Malinda were, two machine cannon was not enough to handle this amount of enemies who charged ahead without any fear or care for their life. each insect was about 1.5 -1.7 meter in hieght some abnormal ones even reached 2 meters in height.

[ wow! you guys are really have are really pro marksmen, this makes lot easier to clear this insect tide. ] complemented Hito, Masako nodded in agreement.

Having reached the perfection of marksmanship both James and Malinda could perform better then a entire battalion of marksmen. each shot fired from the cannons achived maximum fatalities achinving the perfect control over the battlefield. But the enemy number was huge and unrelenting soon the insects crossed the 270 meter line.

Seeing this, Hito and Masako ran into the insect tide to fill the gaps left by James and Malinda. currently both sides where at stalemate nither was showing any progress, the oxygen level was decreasing rapidly while the carbondioxide levels were increasing inside the formation array. longer the battle prolonged the situation worsened for James and the team.

Soon the harness on the 8 hulking 3 meter tall corpse puppets unfastened, then these corpse puppet gave a loud war cry and ran into the insect tide. finally with the addition of 8 rampaging corpse puppet along with the onslaught of Hito and Masako under the perfect crowd control of James and Malinda the number of incest that died increased than the number of insect coming into the formation.

Leon, Janet, Ava, Trisha and the rest looked at the battle standing besides the wagon clearly they did not intend to participate in the battle cause atmost each one of them could handle one insect at a time so running into the insect tide was utter foolishness. but this did not stoop them from marveling the spectacular battle infront of them. such battle the had only seen in video or movies and this was there frist time watching it up close, shame that they were not powerful enough to participate in this battle.

even though did not participate in the battle they were tasked with the most important task, that is to find the formation array core, which was near impossible because the array formation was way out of there league, it was like asking primary class student to solve the senior high school students math problem.

[ Malinda , James do you know where the Formation array core is hidden. ] asked Leon.

[ No, in the original work the male and female lead are not able to find the formation core. ] replied Malinda.

[ than how do they escape this formation array, there has to be something, thing even small clue will help ] replied Janet eagerly.

[ In the original works Sukehime burns her vitality to overpower the flames to break the formation array, in the end the male lead does collects the formation array core as spoils of war but they do not show where did he find it. ] replied Malinda.

[ you got to be kidding me even grandma Sukehime has to burn her vitality to overpower the flames, what the hec are we dealing with here. ] exclaimed Mira frustratedly.

[ Guys remember the plan, no heroics, we are way out of our league here, one miss step will end badly for us. just make sure to keep yourselves alive soon all this will come to an end ] reminded James.

Slowly the Insects were pushed to the 400 meter mark, but it was not time to celebrate yet cause they were burning the oxygen faster and the time they have left keeps decreasing. they can already see the air inside the array formation becoming darker and darker with the carbondioxide level keeps increasing. this was taking more time then the they had expected they had to end it as soon as possible, think this Masako started to slaughter the insects desperatly and kept pushing the insect tide backwards ... the pressure of the slipping time start to effect Masako's decision.

" Masako do not break the formation, come back, your making it harder for me to cover your flank and no my back is wide open... shit " shout Hito, getting no response from Masako he tried to kee in pace with Masako.

Malinda and James can no more cover Hito and Masako's back cause they were already out of the Machine cannons accuracy range. right now they were just focusing fire in order to control the insects advance from towards the wagon to the 8 rampaging Corpse puppets. they were forcing the insects to move towards the rampaging corpse puppets instead of advancing towards the wagon.