The Young Protectors: Engaging The Enemy Chapter 5—Page 30-31

February 3, 2017 Alex Woolfson 130 Comments

Whoa.

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So! Laampros strikes back with a massive attack! Is our team’s collective goose now cooked?

Tune in this Wednesday to find out! Hope to see you there! 😀

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130 Comments

Spooky!!

MITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MITCH!!!!!!!

He seems to be okay from the looks of things. Though maybe sent spinning through the air.

Now THAT is an ‘ow ow OW!’

Seriously there goes Spooky bobbing along. I don’t know if I should be horrified or laugh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frfadf6LjmE

now that brings back memories.

As soon as I read “bobbing along” that popped into my head.

Lol! I knew exactly the video this was gonna be before I even clicked the link! I still love that movie.

You said that and the scene in Finding Nemo where Dory bounces on the jellyfish came to my head. Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, bouncy.

https://youtu.be/nYfOPAI-LWE

Both.

Even the ShadowLoins™ almost can’t handle the fire light.

Seriously, who was Red Hot’s mum that she could withstand and survive the ShadowLoins™??

Laampros is much larger now than during his meeting with Duncan. He may be able to change his size at will.

O.O

What about Flyboy? Is he gonna be okay???

I think we need reinforcements.

Yeah, but the only reinforcement who can do much about this is the Shiny Old Woman.

huh?

Platinum Priestess. I think they need some power and magic.

I missed the reference. I’m foggy tonight.

added: furnace pre-occupied

Platinum Priestess

missed it, sorry

A careful examination says that the unusual shape between and behind Laampros’ legs is … his TAIL. The Shadow Holds.

I could be wrong, but I don’t think Laampros has had a tail when we’ve seen him before.

LA LA LA LA CAN’T HEAR YOU … oh all right. He doesn’t have a tail. Really, he should. It would serve the purpose of Providing Innuendo without being actually, y’know, NSFW.

bwahaha I couldnt help looking there either xD everybody is hurting and Im thinking “wow, he is biiig – unless its a tail xD”

Doubt no more: http://webcomics.yaoi911.com/typ/ete-ch2-page-38/

like a person who can prove what he says-

1)- Lamp has a great ass

2) it looks like there is something descending from his taint area- with an end that looks like a tail_ i zoomed in close and can’t tell what it is- can anybody else see/identify what i think i’m seeing_ it’s in the 3rd panel or left side, middle row panel.

I really hope all their suits are pretty fireproof. Losing some hair/eyebrows and some burns is best case scenario. Most lucky right now looks to be Tsunami and perhaps Spooky, since can self-heal + seems to maybe have a ‘layer’ of shielding in his floating state.

The Commander seems to be dodging it OK, and Fluke is just plain lucky (again). Flyboy is the only one I’m really worried about from this particular blast.

Well, and Duncan, because I have no idea where he is in this.

Fluke still has a broken arm. Gotta hurt throwing himself down, so luck/unluck? And yes, poor Flyboy.

Cue Kyle going ballistic in 3… 2…

KFC’s new recipe, Laampros’ Extra Crispy Heroes bucket

Someone really needs to pop Spooky’s bubble soon. What weill it take to get him back from what ever hurtful ‘space’ he’s in now? Will he be able to feel the deep pain of his friends in this condition?

Thing is in order to be useful he has to let go of those souls he’s holding, which means letting all those people die. I’m not sure Spooky’s willing to accept that. I think he’s out of the fight until it’s over, or unless the crystal box gets broken open during the fight.

If he can feel someone on the team about to die while stuck in his condition? Difficult one.

Then that becomes ‘do I save one person at the expense of over a dozen?’

Which bring us back to a prior debated topic with lots of opinions.

It all comes down to which answer is Spooky going to be able to live with?

If any.

Which answer is he going to beat himself up over less?

Tsu! You need to make more bubbles!

Touching a flame lets the combustion travel. Like touching a match to a candle wick. This is contact.
However, fireplaces transfer heat by two methods. Most efficient is radiation. Infrared heat waves (not flames) that dry and sear at the same time. Think of broiling a steak.
Steam condensing on a body transfers the tremendous heat of vaporization to the body part by contact. It a worse burn than radiation or convection (like forced air gas, the least efficient heat transfer). Steam will boil parts of the body. THat’s a second or third degree burn.
So a) don’t stand over a hot air vent. you’ll overheat. b) move away from radiative heat. c) steam kills. Laampros can’t be dowsed with water.
Thus ends the lessons in heat transfer (chemical engineering 102)

But I love standing over (or under if I’m upstairs) my hot air vent when I’m cold. I REJECT YOUR REALITY! <-is terribly cold

Spooky needs to snap outta his sugar-coma and start kicking some ass!!

Huh, none of them appear to be burned at all, and from that distance they should be. Maybe Big Daddy is weaker than he’d like to think right now?

I was thinking much the same thing. In my ongoing and probably futile attempt to guess what the possible future plot points might be, I was wondering if Red Hot had weakened Laampros *just enough* to make a dragged out fight scene survivable for the Young Protectors.

O.o Ouch.

Poor Spooky is like “I’ve got 99 problems but a flame ‘aint one”

It’s 3:11 am, and I’m sitting here waiting on this mail! Thank you. 🙂

Somehow, despite all the drama and flare of this page, my first thought happened to be….
“Oh! There you are Spooky, lost you for a few pages there…”
XP

Ding dong.

Love how Tsunami is standing RIGHT NEXT to Fluke in the main shot but then he doesn’t extend his bubble enough to protect him. Good work, dude.

Maybe Tsu is in the water? Can he breathe water? In which case drowning Fluke wouldn’t help. But selfish/too-fast-to-be-thoughtful is still a strong possibility

It might also be a case of that’s as far as he could get the water bubble, there’s flames pressing in from all sides, which could limit how far from his body he can extend the water.

I guess fluke wasn’t very lucky huh?

Pretty sure they both got knocked back first, and in different directions.

It reminds me of the safety instructions flight attendants give: If the cabin pressure drops and the oxygen masks fall from the ceiling, you should put YOUR’S on FIRST, after that you can help others. Parents tend to try and protect their children first, which is bad for everybody involved, since the parent might pass out while trying to put the mask on the child. Supply yourself with oxygen even if your kid is passing out, that won’t kill them, but YOU need to stay awake to help them.
May seem heartless, but “if everybody thinks about their own safety first, at least everybody is thought of”.
So I’m not blaming Tsu. It was most likely an instinctive reaction, he didn’t have time to think and help Fluke.

That is why you train. Protecting your team mate should be a reflex, not a decision.

Yes, I think that professionals in the army, police or emergency care are trained for that. I am not, so I can’t blame Tsu.

I though of spooky straight away as well. I think after the battle Kyle should keep small horns as a symbol that apart of him is now completely demon. What do you guys think please comment. What do you think Alex Woolfson.

I think Kyle already has enough stuff to bother him, being betrayed and finding out that he’s hellspawn… being a red-head with no soul… dang, I just noticed! XD
He doesn’t need horns. That would make shopping for hats really awkward.

Nooo, Mitch, please be okay!
Everybody else seems to have dealt with it fine, but he got the full blast. O_O

I know! I’m so worried about him. He was one of the worst hit earlier as well. 🙁

Looks like Tsunami’s gonna cause some trouble with his bubble. :O

Boss’s hp down to 20%, enters berserk mode! O-EM-GEE!

I don’t think he anywhere near 20%. 95% at the very least.

Goodness. What’s the way forward from here?
* Air force shows up and blasts Laampros with a shrink ray?
* The Platinum Priestess from five years in the future casts a “tempus regedit” spell and rewrites history?
* Kyle’s mom sneaks up on Laampros from behind and clobbers him a good one with a comedy-size frying pan?
* Hunter and Killer show up and try every weapon in their arsenals?
* One of Spooky’s phials falls out of its pocket, breaks on the ground on impact, and summons a giant marshmellow demon?

OMG! I forgot about Hunter and Killer! That would actually kinda be amusing if they showed up. Not to save the day themselves, but offer some banter and a futile attempt at taking down Laampros that allows our real heroes to re-group and mount a final attack.

1) It is not impossible
2) Out of the frying pan and into the fire
3) That would be something
4) I can’t imagine that that would be effective
5) Could be

Hey Laampros!! Thank for give me quickly tan!

Oh, I see a shadow of Laampros’… you know what 😛 I was seriously thinking he has no genitals… 😛

It’s a strap-on…

Uh-oh!

I do like Tsunami’s water force field though.

I dunno. I’ve seen steamed fish.

Uh oh. Now that Laampros is in full fight mode I’m really concerned for the team. Good time for a miracle Alex.

I printed this page; cut out Big, Red & Ugly; & burned *him*. Problem solved.

he recovered quite quickly from those knives to the crotch

He missed the point, anyway; even if the knives did cut to the crux of the matter.

Those knives are more like thumb tacs to Laampros. Not effective when thrown.

Say that again when you’ve had thumb tacks launched at your crotch…

Thrown thumb tacks would not cause any serious pain.

Unless they hit just right. You know, like if thrown by someone with luck based powers.

Is there a little knot tied in Laampros’ beard to keep it tidy?

Yes, there is! What a cute little detail within all the epic battle!

This is his introduction: http://webcomics.yaoi911.com/typ/ete-ch2-page-35/

ENOUGH!

*lol* I se the site ads still like to stick to this week’s theme. A lot of Devil and/or demon relared books/comic being advertised, though this time it’s a devil-girl.

No! Flyboy! Not again! D:

Fluke is luckily untouched, Spooky’s drifting off to left field somewhere, Tsunami has a water-barrier, and the Commander’s got reflexes, but Mitch…I worry.

Kyle better get back to draining off that flame pronto.

I’m worried about Mitch, too. I hope that suit protects him.

Is it just me or does it look like Laampros’s right eye is fully healed now? Due to the tilt of his head you can barely see it but it is a white eye just like in one we can see clearly.

Also, if Fluke can work up a but of luck that flame blast will break the container where the “dead” people/sacrifices are so Spooky could restore their souls and lives. And then get his magic ass back in this game.

does it look like Laampros’s right eye is fully healed now?
Good catch. It certainly look like the hole that Flyboy poked in him is smaller than before, so he might be regenerating. This could be a bad sign for a weakened Laampros that a few commenters (myself included) have wondered about.
Bizarre speculation: it might be that Laampros doesn’t have eyeballs per se, and simply has holes into the interior of his head through which can be seen roiling energies.

Alex wrote: EDIT: These are work-in-progress colors. New colors from Vero (with Laampros’ damaged eye) should go up soon.

Is there any relation between the comic Giggles The Annihilator, which is advertising above the page right now, and our Annihilator?

Someone catch Spooky before he floats away…

Team Spooky flies of agaaaaiiiiinn——

Burn baby burn~

Jk, hope everyone is okay T_T

Yes, Lampy please do expend more random power I’m sure it won’t hurt you in the long run 😉

Bring in the firefighters! But seriously, they’ll probably need some to save the surrounding wildlife. 🙁

Here for camping. I brought marshmallows for toasting – I’m pretty sure there’s going to be plenty of flame available. I just hope the skewers are long enough to reach the fire without me getting burned too . . . .

hey, hey, hey … I’ll roast a marshmallow to that

Now I’m imagining trying to toast a marshmallow by putting it on a fishing line.

For all the movie buffs… I rented DEEPWATER HORIZON (the movie) and it is very good. It’s not a polemic. It doesn’t preach. It is a spectacular action movie about the blowout of the BP well off Louisiana in April 2010.

How is everyone doing tonight?

Pretty good! How are you?

OK. I can hear rain on my roof.
I’m also wondering what the next page will bring.

Ah, I love the sound of rain. And… Nothing bad I hope. (Though looking at the team right now, I’m worried.)

I’m hoping to see reinforcements

Patreon rumbles

Hello all. Made it to the camp in time for the page 🙂

Hi Danishwolf

Hi from the cold. The winter has hit here this week.

Today was 55F and by Friday it will be 32F for a high.
big variations

Morning sweetie!

Yay! I made it too!

*cuddles*

*snuggles up to Doki*

Hello everyone, it’s been a while. Examen period is stressfull.

Hello! Are you finished yet or are you still in the middle of things?

Thankfully, I’m finished.

Hooray! I hope you did well!

Hope you did well 🙂

Thank you! Fingers crossed. 🙂

This is such a gorgeous page. I keep staring at the flames in total awe.

New page is up:
http://webcomics.yaoi911.com/typ/ch5-page-32/

Page is up (and I think I might have got my first virgin!)
http://webcomics.yaoi911.com/typ/ch5-page-32/

I think you did, too!

SPOOK, SOMEONE!