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“Take this down with you instead!” Rimuru, who's reformed into his usual shape says, leveling his right hand at the bird-like man. Only for him to suddenly recoil as if hit, something smashing his guard and staggering him. Meloka, immediately flashing up to a Super Saiyan fires a wide-angle blast, hitting him. Or, rather, them, as you sense that same tiny powerlevel you'd narrowly dodged before with the bird beaked man before. Meloka's golden wave of ki envelops them both, sending the pair flying straight off the arena.

“Contestant Damon, and Contestant Ganos, both of the Fourth Universe have been eliminated.” Grand Priest announces as the pair's ki vanish, reappearing in the stands a second later.
“Wow. They're falling off fast.” Zen-Oh says as your wife and daughters power back down, Chilli placing his palms on the ground. Forming a spreading layer of his crystals out a dozen yards from him in all directions, then forming a wall on the ring-out side so no one will be sent out with a sneak attack as the stage continues its lazy spin, you all no longer in the shadow behind the floating light source. With a sigh you sit down, sighing out as you focus on your breathing, on recovering. Taking your meditative pose as Chaya comes over to you, concerned.

“You alright Dad?” she asks, concerned as the yellow rat-looking Destroyer shouts panicked instructions to his universe's remaining fighters to hide, to avoid fighting for now.
“Yeah. Just used up a lot of power, fighting that combined monster.” you reply. “Haven't had a chance to catch my breath yet.”
“We got separated from Cooler, when that magic-wielder showed up. Her illusions were so real, we couldn't tell what was real from fake.”
“She. Got me too, had to Instant Transmission away from her.” you answer your wife as Rimuru's seal on your exhaustion fades, a wave of tiredness washing over you. But it's far less than it was before, taking your time to rest instead of pushing yourself while it was sealed paying off as you simply breathe. Yet, as you focus on your energy for the next minute while the others catch up, while you focus on recovering, you can feel it: your power is slowly, almost imperceptibly being steadily drained. “Tch.”

“Hun? What is it?” Meloka asks as your eyes snap open, turning to where you sense Moro, Cooler and Freeza still fighting. Moro's power has only grown, while their strengths have noticeably dipped. And as you focus on their fight, feel their powers draining steadily. If they don't finish this soon, Moro will be too strong for even their combined might to overcome. You're not back to a hundred percent, not close, but also no longer gassing out either. The recovery exactly what you need to get back in the fight.


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