Claymore 123

Miria, Deneve and company continue fighting the awakened Hysteria.

Gotta love the fist-raising flying pose.

Summary:
Helen, Tabitha and Anastasia are left trying to hold off Hysteria. Miria is watching the battle from the ground and notes that Hysteria can fire the spikes (which are connected to a rope) to propel herself high into the air but once in the air she cannot move upwards again. Yuma and Cynthia spot the injured Deneve, but Deneve tells the two to tend to Nike and especially Dietrich who is hurt bad and can't regenerate very well because she is an offensive type.

Back to the battle, Helen swings and misses, and Anastasia gets hit and is pinned to the ground by Hysteria's legs. Hysteria tells the warriors that she will spare whoever pulls out the sword lodged in her neck, but if no one takes the offer then she'll kill everyone. Miria watches the situation and realizes even the team of Northern Survivors who are at least as strong as the single digit Claymore aren't enough to take down an Abyssal One. Miria then gets the idea to go all out and awaken in order to take down Hysteria, but Deneve talks her out of it and invites her join the fight with her humanity intact. Deneve then shows Miria how to use Anastasia's hair threads to "hover" in the air and the two come up with a plan to turn the tide of the battle.

Meanwhile, Nike (who regenerate part of her right arm with Yuma's help) agrees to pull the sword out of Hysteria's neck. Nike slowly pulls the sword out and slices off the leg that has impaled Anastasia, and Deneve and Tabitha rush in to get Anastasia away from Hysteria. Nike is left to face Hysteria, but Hysteria keeps her promise and ignores Nike to go after the other warriors. Miria confronts Hyseria again, and the two have a race in mid air with Miria frequently changing directions and Helen using her extensible arms to interfere with the spikes that Hysteria is firing into the ground to anchor herself. Back on the ground, Anastasia is concerned that even Miria with her speed won't be able to outrun Hysteria forever, but Deneve points out that Miria is trying to lead Hysteria into the battle between Cassandra and Roxanne.

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The battle against Hysteria continues, and it looks like even the Northern Survivors with their greater skill and numbers aren't enough to stand against the power of an Abyssal One. So instead, Miria and company are trying to lead Hysteria into the grudge match between Cassandra and Roxanne probably in hope that Hysteria will get snagged into the battle. If that happens, Miria and team can let the three monsters sort it out themselves at least for the time being. It sure sounds simple enough, but leading Hysteria into the middle of the big fight and getting out alive won't be nearly so easy. If the plan is successful and the three resurrected start fighting each other, I wonder if their yoki will force Clare and Priscilla to come out of their slumber. Hopefully that's what Claymore is building towards.