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It's same punishable as before, as enemies can crouch under the second high attack, but at any rate, now it enables you to interrupt an opponent in the middle of series of his attacks. You can catch an opponent with that attack both when he's in mid-air and lying idly on the ground. An enemy's Soul Break (the only one or the last one) may also ruin the most damaging part of the attack in case the first strike misses (or he blocks it) and the second one hits and performs a Soul Break. It's abilities to chain combos got a little expanded, since now after its last strike you can follow up with some guaranteed hits, though another Grim Lord, as before, can be avoided by an enemy's Ukemi and after certain attacks, like Shadow Crusher, it can't extend a combo anymore. This Weapon Art provides a safe start (you totally won't be interrupted) and a decent medium range. During the attack Nightmare says: 'No escape' and sometimes adds 'Shatter!' at the end. After being blasted by this energy sphere, an enemy also receives minor damage by falling on the ground. Then, time slows down a bit, and the camera changes its angle as Nightmare is holding his opponent in his twisted arm and then unleashes the most damaging blow with a bursting sound, which is also a new addition, by emitting dark red energy which surrounds him, forming a sphere. It consists of four hits: the first one is a rather strong middle kick attack, which works like a launcher, so that the next high Break Attack can catch an enemy in mid-air. Grim Lord: This Weapon Art is basically his Brave Edge from SCV called Grim Lord's Auto-da-fe. Also, due to the delay, it can be canceled by grappling the opponent. If he's not attacked in the meantime, the slash causes more than half life bar damage, however, it can be easily dodged moving horizontally or stepping back and like most critical edges, can be blocked.

Attacking him while he holds up the sword will cause a Guard Impact and trigger the slash, which deals about a 3rd life bar of damage. The actual slash is delayed while Nightmare holds up his sword for about 1 second. Pyrrha is then defeated by Patroklos, and in the end both Soul Edge and Soul Calibur are sealed back inside the Astral Chaos.ĭark Reconquista: Nightmare holds his sword up, calls for it, saying 'Soul Edge', and does one heavy vertical slash to knock his opponent to the ground while saying 'Burn them!'. At Castle Denevér, he is defeated and killed by Z.W.E.I., Pyrrha becomes the new host of Soul Edge. With his power restored, Nightmare and his corrupted followers cause war throughout Central Europe. He attacks Patroklos but is stopped by Pyrrha, who becomes truly malfested.

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Later, after reuniting with his sister, he encounters 'Dumas', who has reached his full power and reveals himself as Nightmare. Eventually, Patroklos violently leaves his service and flees.

In 1607, 'Graf Dumas' manipulates Patroklos into slaughtering 'malfested' by claiming to help him search for his missing sister, Pyrrha.

Cementing his position with a string of unilateral victories, he sent his servants to regain the missing Soul Edge fragments while organizing purges against innocents he deemed ' malfested' in order to harvest souls to bolster his strength. Convincing the Emperor that the Holy Roman Empire should reclaim the territories it had lost to the Ottoman Empire, Dumas was named the Graf, or Count, of the Kingdom of Hungary. He assumed the name 'Dumas', and became part of the inner circle of Emperor Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire, impressing the Emperor with not only his combat skills but his knowledge of alchemy and sorcery. Unlike the Azure Knight who had swept through Europe as a genocidal monster, this 'new Nightmare' preferred subterfuge and diplomacy. Five years later, Soul Edge regained consciousness and possessed a new host, which it had prepared as an experiment to see if it could maintain its preferred form while taking a new host. However, minions still loyal to the cursed sword managed to track down the shards, and reassembled as much of the sword as they could. After its destruction by Soul Calibur, Soul Edge was shattered, its fragments scattered across the world.