Step. Step. Step.
Run!!!
Step. Step.
Kai's feet lifted and fell. Step after step, his gait lethargic.
Step. Step.
Blood flames soared mighty as if he was on fire, burning with the grandest brilliance. Six daggers swirled around him, vanishing and reappearing whimsically.
Step. Step.
No. Wait! Something was wrong. Something seemed to be missing from the vision.
Kai's figure was blurring between each step so finely and perfectly that it was impossible to tell if he had left the grounds. But whenever this indiscernible disappearance occurred, a head tumbled, a wizard cried, a knight lost his honor, and the proud Goblins came to know fear.
Step. Step.
In Kai's left hand, grabbed by the braided hair, was the head of Un-Blooded Yautja, Ming. In his right hand was a longsword, stolen from a knight.
On his blue-colored body were several, hideous gashes, blood seeping out through them like rivulets.
And on his face was a smile.
Kai was truly enjoying himself. In a very long time… after an incredibly long time, Kai was feeling the thrill, the joy, and the pleasure of killing to his heart's content. Good thing was that these killings brought him benefits, making it all even more exciting.
"No, listen, please!"
Step. Step.
This was already the 6th camp that Kai had visited. By now, all the camps had long gotten to know about the blue death. They knew about the sudden ambushes in their camps, they knew about the deaths, and they knew about the despair.
The remaining Troopers had already gathered in the 9th camp, waiting for the enemy, preparing to kill him on the post.
Thud!
The Yautja's head rolled, green, luminescent blood wetting the dry earth.
Kai lifted his hand, uncurled his fingers, and a man from the free folk got petrified. The burly man couldn't even throw his hands and feet as his body flew up and hovered three inches over the earth.
Kai's smile widened. The muscles of his hand spasmed as he clenched his fingers into a fist.
Kacha-kt-Kacha!
Bones snapped, brain exploded, eyes popped out, and heart got crushed. The dying man let out such a deafening scream that the instant his mouth opened, he went silent, his vocal cords rupturing.
Kai had been practicing with this Telekinesis for a long time, but only in the field was he truly unearthing its secrets, his control over this Ability deepening by seconds.
Step. Step.
Kai looked up and took a deep breath. The fragrance of blood entered his nostrils, along with the happiness and hope of dozens of soldiers. Advance Emotions Manipulation was like that scoundrel behind the veil who controlled all the strongest powers in the government.
Even if one could survive a poisoned wound… Despair knew no mercy.
The daggers flashed like silver trails of comets, webs of the most enchanting spiders, and the threads of fate. Whoever arrived on their path died.
Suddenly, everything went silent.
Kai's smile vanished, making him frown. He looked around but found no survivors. Not even a muffled squeak approached his eardrums.
It was time, he knew.
It was time to end this battle.
Step.
With this step, a Heater Shield arrived under Kai's feet, and the blood flames vanished. Smarty projected the map, showing a circle of a 50 km radius around him. On this map, a red dot was beeping, representing Blood Demon.
And then there were hundreds of blue dots, gathered in one place, like pigs to be slaughtered.
"Hahaha!"
Zooom!!!
A dark blur tore through the darker sky and vanished into the bluish horizon; the dawn was near; the bloodbath had gone for too long.
And the end was nigh.
Tens of kilometers away, within the last camp, hundreds of wizards, knights, men of Night's Watch, free folk, Centaurs, Unsullied, and Dothrakis were ranking up under the hideous shouts of Captain Angelina Johnson. Her face had already lost color, her eyes bloodshot.
"Get back!" Angelina bellowed, stirring the broom to kick a Centaur. "Get back, you all! Prepare bow and arrows! Unsullied! Lances! Wizards! Scatter!"
Crack!
Above her, high in the sky, the green dragon fluttered its mighty wings, giving out a sound like the clap of thunder. Captain Frostreaper looked at everyone and everyone, his expressions dead and emotionless, his blue eyes becoming bluer.
After the attack on the 5th camp, when Angelina came to know about the carnage unleashed by the enemy, she had disapparated near the White Walker. But there was a major issue. Captain Frostreaper could rush back to the camp on his dragon, true. Not the platoon of Wights, though.
The dead had no intelligence, and no wizard dared to risk apparating each one of them. Not after the ancient trials of doing so, when both the wizards and dead had kept splinching because the Wights just didn't stay put mid-apparation.
Captain Angelina's breasts heaved up and down, her throat dry and sore because of all the commands. She looked up and took some solace in the dragon and the White Walker's presence.
Then there was the recent news she had received.
A Tank Platoon of 100 Pokemon was coming to reinforce them. Perhaps that's why it had taken them so long to arrive, Angelina wondered, curing under her breath.
Thrmmm!!!
Suddenly, the earth began rumbling as if several earthquakes had occurred together. Hearts skipped beats as the Troopers looked around, hoping to see the enemy.
"There!" someone pointed toward the hill, at the foot of which the camp was. "They… Haha!"
Captain Angelina's grip on her wand tightened, and for once, a smile flashed across her lips.
They had already taken the enchantments around the camp down, for there was no point in keeping them. Not anymore. Not when the enemy somehow already knew where they were.
Roar!!!
As the dragon over her head roared, a herd of Tauros Pokemon, 20 strong, was rushing toward them, their hooves pounding the earth menacingly. [Gif 1]
When the Hippogriffs saw their silhouette, they reared on their hind legs and cried along.
Cry!!
But that wasn't all.
As the several dark silhouettes crossed the hill, 40 Arons roared behind them, their figures raising the height of the hill by several inches. [Gif 2]
20 Rhyhonrs followed the Arons, the earth now on the brink of collapse under the shaking. [Gif 3]
And at the very last, flying and roaring, were 20 Geodudes. [Gif 4]
Skarrr!!!
The sky cried, and all looked up. A silver-gray steel-like Pokemon descended toward Captain Angelina and Frostreaper. The green dragon roared back, its mouth glowing with bubbling fire. [Gif 5]
"Captain Morice!" Angelina's smile widened. "It's good to see you."
Captain Morice was a Skarmory, with a long, metallic blue neck, legs, and tail. His yellow eyes fell upon the dragon, making him narrow them. "Where is he?" Morice demanded, the voice translator on his neck glowing gold. "Where's the enemy?"
Captain Angelina stirred her broom over to the Pokemon and had just spoken when the green dragon let out another roar.
However, this roar was the loudest and more frightening than all, and it was directed not at Skarmory, but at a blur on the horizon.
Zooom!!!
Kai came to a stop midair hundreds of meters far from the camp and looked at the sight in front of him.
Eyes full of hate and loathing fell on him; on his blue colors.
He was on time, it seemed. The Pokemon had arrived, but the Wights were still nowhere to be seen. All… according to the plan.
Kai jumped off the Heater shield. The moment he touched the ground, he felt the tremors coursing through his muscles.
And then he stepped forward.
"Attack!!!" Captain Angelina thundered, pointing her wand.
"Cry!!!" Captain Morice cried, flying up and up toward the sky like a rocket.
Captain Frostreaper let out a shriek, stirring the dragon toward Kai.
Step. Step.
The Pokemon had already arrived at the vanguard.
BawWWW!!!
All Taurus burst out with the Raging Bull move, their bodies glowing earthly under the gray-indigo sky.
Grrr!!!
The Rhyhorns activated the Drill Run move and began spinning like massive drills midair as they rushed toward the enemy. Arons bellowed mightily as they broke into a run, their heads glowing like iron under the effects of Iron Head move.
Geo!! - Dudeeee!!!
The Geodudes used Rollout, their fists swinging like powerful hammers.
Behind the Pokemon, the Centaurs let go of the arrows, the Wizards fired spells, the Goblins broke out in a run, Hippogriffs took to the air, and the Unsullied brought out their lances, pointing them at the enemy. [Gif 6 - 7]
Aahooo!!!!
The Dothrakis howled, hurling the arks over their heads. They jumped over the Hippogriffs, the rush of battle making the magical creatures forget to which Army they belonged.
From the sky, Captain Angelina fired the killing curse, her face twisting in anger.
Skarmory pulled in its wings as it dived, gaining a blue, metallic aura. The move, Brave Bird, could let the Pokemon surpass its speed and courage.
Roar!!!
The fire in the dragon's mouth boiled as it bared its fangs toward the enemy, flying closer and closer.
Facing these incomprehensible attacks, Blood Demon just walked forward.
The arrows had bloated the sky, but the faintest hue of orange and pink could be seen seeping from the gap between them.
Kai looked at those gaps and couldn't help but stop. It felt familiar to him, this darkening of the sky; this feeling of complete hopelessness against such an unbreakable might.
Kai's mind went to the time in the Narrow Sea when he had yet to gain his voice back. The time; when Pokemon World's retribution had come for him.
The time; when the world-ending tsunami had arrived, dead set on eradicating his existence. These men, women, and creatures… felt like that tsunami to Kai. Yes, they were indeed similar, he nodded to himself.
The quaking earth under Kai's feet became a ship, rolling and pitching under the irresistible might of the ocean and storm.
Once again, Kai wanted to defy.
Once again, Kai wanted to live.
Step. Step.
With the two steps, the blood-colored jewel on Kai's head fell like a ripened fruit.
Rumbleeeeee!!!!!
Space rumbled around Golduck-Kai as he clenched the mind jewel within his fist. His legs bent as he entered the right posture, the muscles of his thighs and waist screeching. "Arghhhh!" a demonic, beastly growl escaped his throat, and the densest blood flames hissed out his mouth, covering his fist.
[
Error!!!
Error!!!
Spiritual Class - Immeasurable!!!!
Error!!!
Spiritual Class is surpassing the allotted levels…
]
Crack-Crack!!!
Ethereal yellow bolts of lightning thundered around Kai, his hazel eyes glowing yellow. [Gif 8]
Time froze.
Only Kai's fist moved. That punch… surrounded by a red gauntlet.
BOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!
Space collapsed. Earth shattered. Wherever the shockwaves of Focus Punch passed, all lifeforms disintegrated.
The punch tore through the Pokemon and men alike and then landed on the hill.
Boooom!!!
A muffled boom echoed in the surroundings as the top of the hill vanished.
The hidden sun rose through the gap, its soothing warmth mixed with bloody cold falling on Kai's face.
Yes, Blood Demon thought, straightening his spine, now this is living.
Many had barely come out alive, it seemed. But their fates were decided.
Today Kai would kill. And tomorrow he would kill more.
It was time to go to the Samurai's Hut. But he wouldn't go there without clearing up this mess.
Step. Step.
Two more steps.
And somewhere, someone lost his head.
*****
AN - Gifs available on Discord, as always