August vs Darius(2)

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The steam that had formed from the transformation slowly dissipated, allowing August to take a look at his opponent.

The creature was pure red and covered in muscle, and it looked like a human riding a horse combined. Its 2 faces both had fires burning from their eyes, and the horse spat even more fire from its mouth while the humanoid held a spear in its hand.

It let out a demonic roar from its lower half and charged on all fours.

The creature swiped the air with its spear which was 10x the size of August, causing the air to distort and sizzle as the swing made its way to its opponent.

*CRACK*

The ground under August cracked as he used both of his arms to block the spear. He gritted his teeth, fighting through the burning pain on his arms and pushed up with all of his strength.

The spear was sent flying backwards, slightly sending the titan off its course as two of its limbs were lifted off the ground.

August dashed towards his opponent, kicking the air and appearing eye level with the demonic creature. He stared into the eyes which contained a raging fire with one of a cold look of ice.

He pulled his fist back, aiming to end this with a single blow to the head. By now his attacks were strong enough that opponents without a strong enough Haki or body couldn't stand his attacks, and it was through the previous exchange that he realised Darius's Haki was quite weak.

He appeared in front of Darius where the air was burning with heat. He swung his fist down as fast as he could, eager to get out of the sweltering heat.

*BOOM*

Just before August could connect, a huge gust of steam and fire left the titans body, the force sending August away.

"Grrr…" August grimaced at the pain, but pushed forward, but it was only a moment later when he realised the temperature would cause permanent damage if he didnt retreat.

As August landed away from the titan, it dissipated, showing a perfectly fine Darius standing on all fours.

'So he can just use that steam ability everytime I get close? That's a problem.' The only way August could win was by getting close, so he needed to find a way to counter the steam.

Darius charged again, but instead of swinging the spear like August expected, he threw it!

"!" August's Haki barely managed to sense the attack as his Shatter fist managed to redirect the force of the attack.

August dashed to the spear, his aim to throw it away so Darius had no weapon for the remainder of the fight, but another massive burst of steam forced him further back, away from the weapon.

When the steam dissipated, as expected Darius stood unharmed, spear in hand again. August's eyes suddenly lit up, he had an idea.

'If he tries the same attack again, I can do that…'

Darius charged again, pulling his spear overhead as the muscles around his arm bulged. He picked up more and more speed, getting closer and closer as August pushed his Haki to the limits and activated his Shatter fist.

*VROOM*

As the spear left the air with a sonic boom, time seemed to slow for August. His breathing slowed, his heart rate slowed, and his concentration was pushed to the limit. If August reacted a second too late, he would be dead, so he needed to do this perfectly.

Just like the previous time, August redirected the attack with his shatter energy, but instead of pushing the spear to the side and having a repeat of the previous situation, he perfectly controlled his shatter energy around the spear, keeping the force as he kept the spear in one motion and redirected it…to Darius himself.

"REEEEEEE"

The titan let out a terrifying screech as the spear ripped through his body and left a wide gaping in hole in it.

August took advantage of Darius's pain and attacked as he previously did, hoping that Darius was too distracted to activate his steam. He kept both his Shatter fist and Haki activated as he closed the distance in an instance.

Just as August was about to put the thing out of its misery, another terrifying roar erupted from the horse's mouth and a second thick blast of steam stopped August from accomplishing his goal.

'FUCK!' August cursed in his mind, ready to retreat until he realised something.

'Wait! I can just redirect the steam with my Shatter fist!'

He put the plan into motion, constantly thrusting his hands into the steam as the scalding substance was redirected by the Shatter energy around August's hands.

He expanded his wisps of white energy, letting them freely flow away from his hands and form around his body as a protective barrier. Seeing his plan was working, he sped up his assault and dug deeper and deeper into the pit of steam.

His hands now felt like they were on fire, but August didn't stop his relentless assault. He had the advantage and he wouldn't let it go to waste.

His efforts soon bore fruit, as when he thrust his hand he felt as if he wasn't redirecting steam, but hitting flesh. He gave one last push, closing his eyes through the pain and focusing on the sensation of his hands ripping and tearing through flesh.

To August's relief, the steam eventually stopped, and with a punch to the air the remaining steam was blown away, revealing a crippled man.

"You're still alive?" August asked, a slight hint of surprise evident in his voice. He promptly dropped to the floor on a knee, breathing heavily. That last attack had exhausted him.

He shrugged off his exhaustion, shattering the air and creating a fan in one hand to cool him off and a knife in the other to finish off his opponent.

He struggled slightly, but managed to get up off the floor and began walking to Darius with a slight limp.

"You bastard, if only it weren't for yo–-"

*CRACK*

A bullet pierced Darius's head, silencing him forever. A second later, a man appeared from the shadows, dressed in a nice suit.

August narrowed his eyes, "So the information was right, the World Government was involved in this."

The man on the other side nodded, inspecting Darius's body for any information pertaining to time. "Correct, we were the ones who gave him the devil fruit."

"Bastards, you gave such a strong devil fruit to such a disgusting man, are you really willing to do anything to achieve your goals?"

"Correct again. It didn't matter what kind of man Darius was, as long as he obeyed us and did his job of taking over the kingdom. It's a shame, he would have succeeded if not for you. Although our plot failed, we gained something greater in exchange."

"What?"

"You. You're a prodigy like no other, and after seeing you defeat Darius I was right in my assessment. You are too dangerous for the future of the World Government, maybe if you were allowed to grow you would have succeeded in your goal, but now your here is right in front of me, injured and weak."

August laughed, "What makes you think I'm injured enough to not be able to fight?"

He raised his fists, but a second later his knees buckled and he fell to the floor.

The agent looked at him blankly, "You were saying? I observed your movements, and I know that you won't last in another fight. It's only your bad luck that you will fall here."

The agent held out his finger, dashing to August and aiming for his heart while August stayed unmoving

Just as the finger was about to pierce his skull, August fist shot up and through the agent's stomach. With a violent pull, he yanked his fist out of the agent's stomach, leaving the agent to sit in agony on the floor as blood and guts sprawled across the floor.

"W-what? How? I-I did the calculations, how can you move like that?" The agent muttered, his voice muffled by the excess blood dripping out of his mouth.

"I was faking it." August simply said as the wounds that were present on his body were healed as though they were never there, "I knew you were here from the start, so I planned to lure you out and confirm the story Dragon told me. You would have only run away if I was still in a good condition, and I couldn't be bothered chasing you."

"Haha…Outsmarted by a Revolutionary." Those were the agent's last words. August gave a small laugh, looking behind him.

'I need to get back to the wall and put an end to this plot once and for all.'

And without so much as sparing a glance at the 2 dead bodies, he made his way towards the wall.