Chapter 14: Fight with Meaning

My squad was sent off to one of the other parts of the base to head to the location of the Mitho. That's where I'll get to experience that teleportation tech once again since I haven't since I came here with Aliza.

"Oh take this Kenji. We'll get you a proper weapon when we get back." Katsuro says while tossing what appeared to be a short sword.

Upon catching it I could feel a slight surge of power go into it as I gripped it. The sword must respond with whatever type of power you possess.

"Thank you Captain." I respond while holding onto the sword.

A strange sound went about as we went through and within seconds we were at another location. Looks like we were in a random part of Kyoto.

Nothing else was said before we got there and not much was said after. A Mitho with a humanoid like figure stood before us with different tendrils coming out from its shoulders.

"That's a Tier 2 Captain?" Misaki questions while holding onto her weapon.

"The alert was given by the best scouts we have. I doubt they'd mistake it." Katsuro responds while drawing his weapon.

I'm wondering if it expands or something since it looks like a pretty interesting weapon to be using. I've seen polearms like that before but I don't know if it's going to be that strong.

"We'll just have to deal with it." I say before heading towards it.

Best not to have any fear of them since I'll be fighting them for God knows how long.

"Not sure if it's smart to head towards it without knowing anything about it." Misaki speaks up with a bit of an attitude.

I get her point but someone's got to strike first since we are the primary attack team after all. No hesitation.

The rest of the team waited a moment before deciding to help with the charge against the Mitho. Strange black energy began to emit from the Mitho standing before them.

"What's that!" Taro shouts with concern in his voice.

The Mitho immediately disappeared right as Kenji reached it and appeared right behind Katsuro.

"The strongest sits back? How interesting." The Mitho says before flicking Katsuro right in the back.

Bam!!! A huge shockwave went past the group knocking multiple people a couple of feet away from one another. Katsuro was sent through the air into one of the buildings across the street. Crash!!!! Boom!!

"Captain!!!" Misaki shouts while getting up.

I stopped myself with the sword before getting sent any further but I saw what happened to Katsuro. This Mitho is a tier 2?

Is that really possible with that kind of strength. I've seen what they consider the rankings here and who's capable of dealing with them.

That just doesn't make any sense.

"You're the second strongest yet here you are struggling from just a little taste of my power." The Mitho says as it appears from behind me.

The feeling I was experiencing right now didn't occur when I fought the other Mitho so what the hell is this? I'm not scared but yet this feels like it's fear of something.

"You can talk?" I question while beginning to lift my sword.

"Humans don't understand anything. You will in time I guess." It responds before it's fist connected with my chest.

Pow!!!!! Another shockwave went throughout the area as Kenji felt himself get sent flying back into a different building as well. Crash!!!!!

From the moment the fist hit my chest I could feel everything disappear from me. Every feeling I could ever have was gone for a bit of time before I hit the building.

After crashing into it I could feel myself gasping for air as I looked into the distance where the Mitho was. It could talk and it did an unbelievable amount of damage to me within seconds it's attack connecting.

My sword was back where it punched me from but I couldn't even move.

~System emergency activated. Seems we'll need to use some power to heal you up.

That strange voice suddenly appeared and spoke to me as I began to feel something going throughout my body. This feeling was familiar to the one I used before when I punched that creature at the school.

~If you don't fight with meaning you will die.

The system was giving me words of advice but I don't really know what it means to fight with meaning. Unless me fighting to save Ayumi is something to use as an excuse to fight with meaning.

The feeling returned to my body again as the pain started to disappear. This power really is capable of a lot but it isn't instant by any means.

Fighting was happening in the distance with the rest of the team. Each member seemed to be trying their best to do some sort of damage to the Mitho but nothing was happening.

Strike!!!! Boom!!! Lighting began to strike in the distance and got closer and closer with each passing second.

I don't know what's going on now but I need to get back over there. Focus the power into my feet and maybe I could use it as a dash of speed.

It's exactly what I managed to do, feeling the power go into my feet I pushed off the ground.

Fwooosh!! Flying through the air towards his sword he reached for his sword before reaching the Mitho.

I'll be taking this back, I'm far from done with this fight. I don't know what's going on with the lightning strikes but I do know that I need to take care of this thing.

"So he stands once again. At least you have some backbone after all." The Mitho says with a taunting tone.

It knew our language and it was definitely not a tier 2. This thing was definitely a lot stronger than they told us.

"We just need to hold out for the other squads." Katsuro speaks up while appearing next to me.

Looking at him I could see some blood going down his face but he didn't look like he was phased at all. I don't know if I'm crazy but he appears to be smiling.