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He had to admit that the change was impressive yet he had his distrusts in such a transformation. The face that the body had to undergo 3 such levels of stress to reach the final level of power was a bit of a turn off. As well as the fact that such a change did not help with blending in strange environments, how does becoming more hollow like help with that. The truth was the human form was more versatille as it allows for a wide frame of movement than the larger form that he was seeing portayed here and the larger ones that were due to come from additional increases in power.

There were other ways to gain power, ways that were more efficient and gave the possessor more power in the long run. He had heard of a path of strength that went in the other direction making a hollow more shinigami like than he was before. Such a one time gain seemed more to Swaban's style but for now he still had time. Estimating based on the timing of Lao's change; Swaban guessed that he had time to contemplate how his power would be used. For now he would go along with his new partner and put on a front that he only desired to follow in his path and as such he nodded his head in agreement. However when the time came he would know for sure whether wanted to follow the path of the Vasto Lorde or that of the Arrancar.

((Last post for the night.))

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AFter having restored most of strength Agito leaps through a giant gorge on and off of the dessert floor.''i feal so much better then i did yesterday so good that i think im gonna get some training in''. Agiot dashes too a miniature canyone and looks down to only find two hollows to wich looked weak. with a sigh he sais''training is training i guess''. Agito jumps into the canyone jmping off of one side to the other untill is right above the unexpecting hollows. Agito jumps down kicking one of them in the jaw as the hollow spins away from the impact of Agito's kick Agito spins around and hits the other hollow with a spiked shoulder. Agito now knowing that hollow is going to be preocupied with its illusions cuased by Agito's poison Agiot jumps off that hollows shoulder and kicks the last hollow behind him with great force sending the hollow into the air. Agito then jumps after the hollow but is smacked down by the hollows quick thinking and brute force. As Agito hits the ground he jumps up quickly and sends a dark beam from forehead at the hollow in the air. The hollow is hit and starts to decend onto the ground and impacts with the ground. Agito then jumps and pins like a ball forward so that he is like a saw with his horn sticking out and he cuts the hollow suffering from his poison in half down to the waste. Agito turns swiftly and runs at the hollow that had been kicked earlier obviously it was the weakest of the group because it was just getting up as Agito ran after it. As soon as Agiot had reached the hollow a hollow who looked exactly like that one hit Agito from the side ramming him into the wall. Then both the hollows start to beat Agito into the and it seemed every blow Agito gave back another hollow came form nowhere and hit him. Agito then realized it was a dopleganger hollow and he kicked the ones around him away with with 2 spins upward then he jumps and looked for the original hollow. AGito turns and sees a hollow in the distance running, it was then Agito knew that was the original so he used tears of ratembo and sent them as far away as possible and the small bombs fell just at the right spot and made the hollow get hit and also fall into a small ditch the bombs made. AGito turned and went back into the canyonto find the hollow who had been smacked tot he floor was standing there waiting. AGito ran at the hollow with as much speed as possible (wich is not alot) and the hollow threw 3 cresent shaped spikes at agito. Agito sent a call of darkness at one sending it flying into another one and was stabbed witht he last one, but still agito ran at the hollow but through the spike he was stabbed with at the hollow then followed up with a call of darkness. The hollow was hit with its own spike then got hit with th black beam Agito sent at him and started to slide backwards. Agito knowing that even thogh he was winning if he kept hitting the hollow with spirit energy he wouldnt have any left so he ran at the hollow zigzagging keeping the hollow from throwing more spike and slamed into him with both his horn and his spiked shoulder then whiped the hollow into the air where he started to fade away its body gave up before Agito's. Agito then jumped out of the canyon and leaped across the desert floor still in a battle stance. Agiot found the ditch that the other wounded dople ganger hollow was left but then all of a sudden agito looked down and it was a small lake filled with that hollow and its clones. Agito knowing a way to finish them all of at once jumped as high as possible untill he almost vanished from sight and came down spinning with great velocity charging a beam on forehead. As Agito came down upon the hollows some started to jump at him but he was spinning to fast and the bounced off and faded away. Agito came upon the whole and right before contact with the hollows he let off the beam adding almost double the force of the dive changing the whole into a large crater and destroying all of the clones and the original dopleganger hollow. Agito climbed to his feet and said ''that was more of a work out then i thought'' Agito leaped from the crater and continued to leap untill he returned to his cave he made some days ago and enetered it again disapearing into darkness

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Nynaeve sensed a few hollows near her and decided it was about time she made contact with her hollow kinsmen. Am I the only female hollow?! Not one that I have seen has been a woman... Nynaeve was now running on all fours to catch up to the hollows. It seemed one was a gillian and she hoped he wasn't hungry for hollow. Nynaeve didn't really know that most hollows ate one another because she had never felt the urge to kill another hollow... now a human was a different story. Nynaeve approached the duo and slowed down a bit. As she approached she made her reiatsu apparent so they wouldn't think she was sneaking up on them. Nynaeve continued to approach without saying a thing. She would let them speak first. Nynaeve never was much of a talker.

Nynaeve stopped as the spiked hollow spoke to her. Nynaeve decided to be quick and to the point. "Just a fellow hollow." Nynaeve said as she sat down with her short legs infront of her and her long in between her legs as she leaned forward, sitting much like an ape. Hmm... a spiked one and a strange human-like one... the human-like one is the gillian i believe.... Nynaeve didn't know if these hollows meant her any harm so despite her 'stance' she was ready to summon 'Slagzwaard' or activate her 'Ontheiligen Macht' gauntlets. Don't make them mad and they won't attack... Nynaeve repeated in her head, hoping it was true.

Nynaeve noticed the stronger hollow had yet to acknowledge her. Must be thinking about something... Nynaeve rubbed her stomach when the spiked one asked her if she was looking for a soul. "Now that you mention it... I am hungry." Nynaeve grinned as she picked up on what the spiked one meant. "So you two are going to earth? Mind if I join? I'm sure you could make use of my power... and if not.. I'll find someone else to go to earth with... maybe Asmodean is still around.." The didn't realize she said the last part out loud. I haven't seen that hollow in a while... I wonder if he got killed... or is powerful. She grinned at the last thought. I wonder if he remembers my reiatsu signature? If he does perhaps he is already on his way here.

Nynaeves eyes went wide as she sensed a huge power source appeared. It seemed that it was ready to kill them. Nynaeve hoped that being a weak hollow, it wouldn't notice her. Maybe my weakness will come in handy.... maybe. Nynaeve remained completely motionless as she waited for the shinigami to attack. Thats odd. Its reiatsu is like a shinigamis and a hollows... but it looks like no arrancar I've ever seen. Nynaeve knew nothing of Vizards. At the first chance I get I'll make a break for it. Nynaeve appeared completely relaxed but was ready to run off at the first sign of an opening.

Swaban had successful acquired another companion making their chances of feeding well on souls very high. He was now in a pretty good mood as the only thing preventing them from departure was the fact that Lao had not selected a destin--. Swaban halted in mid thought as he felt a crushing pressure suddenly fall upon his body. The force of this spiritual pressure was so strong he was forced to hunch a little where he stood. Looking ahead he saw a flash and then the appearance of a strange figure. With this creature's arrival the pressure intensified and he guessed that this being had to be the source of this power. The source of this frightening power which for a brief second had frozen Swaban completely. However it was not too long before he began to grow accustom to it and could move a bit freer and think a bit clearer.

His first thought after overcoming the force of this new arrival's spirit was that things were now very bad. He recognized the type of reatsu as Vizard, from where he did not recall but he was learning to not wonder why he knew such things. As for speech he would dare not be the first to talk as that was usually the first to die. Instead he looked towards Lao, he was the strongest among them and in this situation it only seemed fair for him to take charge. For if they died he would not be blamed for making a stupid mistake but if Lao failed them now he guessed there would be no other choice to make the decision. Even if they were not really all under one command but separate agents banding together, things usually turned out better when groups acted like groups instead of independently.

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Agito now knowing the intisity of the vizard rednal's power laghed at how he knew what the outcome of this battle would be but he was helpless himself and he continued to signal stonger comrads to join the hollows staring death in its mouth and by the insedious look on rednal's face it looks like he wont spend much time before he notices Agito aswell, slaughters them and comes after Agito without a second thought. Agito laghed at how he knew he couldnt win but still had to restrain himself from going down there and fighting aswell AGito was so tempted to go down there he almost let his spirit pressure go a few times but he always cought it just in time. AGito then began to write in the dirt with his finger and what he was writing was a plan just encaser he was spotted or decided to join the fight he planned out both ways to escape and to slow the vizard down to end its life. Agito slamed into the dirt knowing that whith he current abilitie he has a 20/80% chance of this working but still he continued to write in the dirt the diffrent symbols and words ranged on for about a yard untill Agito put it all to memory and kicked the dirt up erasing the plans. All Agito could do know was watch and wait and that he did waiting to see who made the first move.

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