How are you so weak?!
[Let's not get ahead of ourselves. It can still-]
'Pose a threat?' I chuckled at his stupidity. 'You do remember that I beat a C Rank Devil impromptu without really peaking myself out. Right now, I have it's shadow, wolves, and intel on this devil. Plus, it's not like I haven't fought a Devil before. I'mma be in and out in five minutes.
[You should be careful . It is a D+...
Meh, who am I kidding? Go fuck it up.]
I smile, as he said something that actually makes sense for once. 'Aye aye captain.'
3rd POV
The child laughed as he got ready for battle, summoning his Memory: Silver Lining. The Devil, enraged at being mocked by a mere kid, roared, charging towards Kai, regaining momentum as it lifted off the ground.
On the other hand, Kai looked like he couldn't care less. Rather than dodging or tanking the hit, he waited until the last moment when the bird was about to strike, and simply ducked under the wings, rolling to the side.
The bird screeched at the insult, and instead of crashing through the building like expected, it rise upwards, gliding its wings, sailing smoothly outside.
Kai grinned. "Nothing better than a good old bird that knows its place." He raised his voice, calling out, "Don't worry,I don't bite!"
The system stared at his soul critically. [What?]
"Well," The host began to argue, but his senses suddenly blared, as he looked in front of him in alarm. By pure instinct, he swung down his scuthe, trying to block it with the shaft, but the Vulture Devil still crashed headfirst into him, releasing another screech of apparent victory.
Kriares didn't get why at first, though. He swung viciously with the butt of staff, trying to injure the beast with the pointed end. But he had to admit, despite its rank, its reflexes were fine. It always turned just before he made contact, and even feinting and striking wasn't working.
[Look down.]
"Why the fuck are you trying to break my fo-MOTHERFUCKER!"
Unfortunately for him, he was now fifty feet in the air.
"AAARGH! DROP ME, YOU DAMN PIECE OF-" He violently clapped his arms, abandoning all will to fight, and simply hitting the bird with any part of the scuthe, trying in vain to get it to drop him.
The system sighed again.[I swear, if there's a multiversal court in the afterlife, I'm suing whoever sent me here.]
"Fuck that, focus on me getting out of here!" Kai screamed desperately, making the vulture grabbing him give an indignant squawk, but it still refused to drop him.
[Okay, focus!] The System made a piercing whistle in his head, to get him back to the conscious world.[Now, flip the scythe, and hold it above both your heads, and prepare to slash downwards.]
The Devil obviously couldn't hear him, but maybe it had a sixth sense or something, because it did something none of them expected. It stopped flapping and dived, causing Kai to sigh in relief. "No need for that I guess.The second I get back to the ground, I'm beating this thing to death."
But just as it was some 10-15 feet away from the ground, it spread its wings, gliding forwards.
The son of Hades' face twisted in confusion, but he suddenly got it.
Because in the next second, the Vulture shot up like a ballistic missile on steroids.
Through this, Kai caught a glimpse of the scared dude from the car, and he couldn't help but rearrange his face to look cool, and wave cheekily at the puffing man running as fast as his legs could carry him.
The next second, his panic returned.
[Ah, good, good, I was beginning to think I'd lost you.]
"Awww,"
[Only because you were scared.]
"Fuck you!"
He proceeded to do as the System instructed him, but panic won over skill. He swung with all his might, successfully injuring the bird, but also clumsily bouncing. He made a grab, but it was too late, as the edge bounced upwards, cut his nose, and fell down.
"..."
[...]
"..."
"Screech!"
[You're hopeless.] The System facepalmed for the umpteenth time. [Why don't I just delete myself?]
"Umm, I think you might be overreacting-"
[Oh, I'm overreacting? I'M OVERREACTING?! WELL, NEWS FLASH, I'M NOT THE FOUR YEAR OLD STUCK 200 FEET IN THE AIR WHO LOST HIS ONLY WEAPON BECAUSE HE'S A KLUTZ!]
"WE'RE TWO HUNDRED FEET IN THE AIR?!"
[YES! WHY DOESN'T IT GET INTO YOUR THICK SKULL?]
"Squawk!" The bird said in agreement, apparently sensing our inner conflict. Kai turned his glare to it.
"Oh, don't you start." He growled punching it in the eye, replied by an ugly screech, and a sudden dive before it increased its speed.
[You know what? Find a way out of this mess on your own. I'm not helping you.]
"You can't-"
[ I can and I will.] The boy could visualise him crossing his arms in front of his chest, apparently having the last say.
"Fine." The rage calmed him down, and he looked critically at the bird below him, his mind running hundreds of sequences in order to figure out the best way to get down.
As he was racking his brain, he noticed something which made him grin." Oh, we're gonna have fun."
The system saw him smiling and couldn't restrain his curiousity. [What are you talking about?]
"You'll see soon enough." He struck the bird with a punch, having almost no effect on the bird. The system clicked his tongue in disappointment, but Kai ignored him.
Instead he did something that even shocked the System.
"Sprint."
He applied 75 mps, increasing his speed by 750%. The world around him slowed down, amd the bird started flapping in slow motion.
He took a deep breath, then punched as hard and fast as he could, straight into its skull.
The hit rang out, and like something straight out of a movie, the bones cracked, as his fist made a dent in its forehead.
It roared again, and this time sped its ascent. But the smile on his face didn't drop.
[Damn, that's a good tactic,] the system complimented him. [But what next?]
"I told you, you'll see."
And it was certainly worth seeing.
Because in the next moment, the Blue Mask wrapped his legs around the bird's neck. It had grabbed him by the waist, so his limbs were fully mobile. "Kind of a skill issue to be honest in his case."
And he plunged both hands in the bird's ear openings.
Vultures do have ears,but like most beings, not external ear flaps. Rather like most birds, they have holes on the sides of their heads to aid them in hearing.
And this was exactly where Kai struck.
KAI POV
The ugly ass shit releases a horrible groan, like it spawned into a lobby full of bots. I don't hesitate. I keep digging.
[Erm, are you ear fucking that thing right now?]
What do you think, Cifer?
[I am not your fucking Espada, you piece of-]
Our squabbling was interrupted by the unfortunately bright,miscoloured thing which was trying to kill me.
"...Heap of shit first?"
[Heap of shit first.] He agreed. [Although I have absolutely no clue how you're going to do that.]
"Oh, chill," I laughed, as I stopped digging. "You don't know me yet."
Instead of proceeding further somewhere where I would need to wash my hands, I dug my fingers into its earlobe. It screamed again, but I was determined. The look of humour on my face was replaced with a look of steely focus, though a trace of amused smile remained on the corner of my lips.
And I exert all my presure on my back, sticking my butt out.
I know. I know. Doesn't sound effective, and most importantly, looking good.
But physics says otherwise. See, when I did this, I'm actually pushing downwards with all my force. Originally, it wouldn't have been enough due to our difference in mass, but right now, since I have Sprint active, the difference is negligible, be aise whatever's happening, is happening 7.5 times faster than it should be.
In other words, the difference is divided by 7.5 and my chances of pulling it down multiply by the same amount.
There was, of course, a risk of me snapping my back or waist due to inertia and high speed. But at this point, I didn't care much.
Ok, I'll stop yapping.
The thing is, I pulled it downwards, and it swerved dangerously mid air, as its momentum started to decrease.
All fo a sudden, it stopped ascending altogether, and started gliding through the sky, desperately trying all types of acrobatics to shake me off. It had already realised that I had no means of flight, and all it needed to kill me was to drop me.
Unfortunately for it, I had a good grip. To stop it from trying to make me go splat on the pavement, I dug further. But it went totally nuts.
It screamed and started spinning around like crazy, making me wonder whether I was about to suffer from a case of buffed vertigo.
"Stop, you psychopathic winged mutant! I'll-" I didn't even get to complete my threat, before I lost momentum and hit my head on his freaking skull.
[So this is your bright idea?]
" I may have miscalculated," I admitted sheepishly. "But do not worry! For the Prince of Darkness has a viable plan to get us out of this misery!"
I focused myself, and waited for it to spin until it came to the position where I wanted. Then I amped up my mana consumption to 200, giving me +2000% of my speed.
I knew it was dangerous, but it was worth it. Everything around me slowed to a crawl like I had fucking The World, and the wings almost stopped moving, but I wasn't looking at that. Rather I was preparing my fists for what I had to do next.
Did I just compare myself to The World? I beg your pardon...
I meant Star Platinum.
"ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA!"
I hit it a dozen times to completely dismantle its frontal lobe, and added one more just for good measure. The Vulture Devil completely stopped moving, and I had just a second to do what I wanted before it killed both of us by spontaneous falling.
And it was more than enough.
My body completely blocked out the light of the sun falling on the vulture's body, as I felt the warm days on my back. I was also sure I was looking pretty cool right now, if anyone looked up and saw the silhouette of the Prince of Darkness.
[Stop calling yourself that!]
No.
And guess what happens when light rays are blocked by an object?
It creates a shadow on the "screen".
And guess what comes out of shadows?
"Arise."
Shadows.
The mass of a figure holding, or rather, having baseball bats for hands appeared from above the vulture head. I smiled down at my follower.
"This is your first fight," I told him. "Don't mess up."
The Baseball Devil nodded, but I cut in again."Oh, what am I even saying? You did your job already."
And so he had.
What I realised pretty quickly this morning while testing a few things, was that an Undead could come out of any shadow, and could enter other Shadows as well. I didn't get the full mechanics because none of them can talk, but the information I gained was enough.
Flashback-
"Okay, let's do this one more time!" I clapped my hands together. "One, two,three, go!"
I flipped forward, doing a somersault over a car.
"Hup!"
The shadow beneath me swirled as the Baseball Devilspawned and used it gloves hand to catch me and break my fall. Unfortunately, it pushed too hard, and I was sent flying into a first floor balcony.
"Oww." I groaned. "Ow, ow, my back, my back."
[Hah, that's what you get. Flipping Johnny Blaze.]
"Shut up," I groaned. " I swear I heard a crack."
[Crybaby.]
I checked my health, which only dropped by 30. If I had broken bones, if would drop by a couple hundred at least.
I picked myself up, and looked down at the scene. The Devil was cheerfully waving at me, and next to it, the car had a cracked roof.
"Holy shi-"
Flashback end
The weight of my Undead pushed the Devil down, as it started to fall. I gave it one final punch to release me, and used its face as a springboard to jump away.
I streamlined my body to ensure I fell faster before that thing. I also hoped it'd get killed.
"Heh, that's what you get for scaring the son of Hades. Dying from fall damage!" I cackled uglily.
[ I think you're missing an essential point here.]
"What?"
[The fact that you don't have any medium of flight either.]
"..."
"..."
"..."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"
AN-
Whew! Finally over.
2189 words, make sure to remember that.
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Anyway, here is system screen rn.
STATUS PAGE
PLAYER NAME: KRIARES WEBB
LEVEL: 14
CLASS: UNDEFINED
ASPECT: UNDEFINED
TITLES: MR MC SASS
-INCREASES CHARM BY 20%.
MAMA'S BOY
-INCREASES FAVOURABILITY WITH MEDEA BY 15%
COUNTERSTEREOTYPICAL MAIN CHARACTER
- INCRAESES EXP GAIN BY 45%, WHEN NOT FOLLOWING RULES
GOODY TWO SHOES
- INCREASES EXP GAIN BY 1% WHEN FOLLOWING RULES
ECHOES- None
MEMORIES:
[SILVER LINING]
[SIGILS OF COLCHIS]
[SWORD]
STATUS RECOVERY]
HP: 39846/40000
MP: 19275/20000
STATS
PHYSIQUE: 200
DEXTERITY:200
INSIGHT: 200
VITALITY:200
INTELLIGENCE:200
ASSIGNABLE STAT POINTS:120
ATTRIBUTES:
NIMROD PERCEPTION(Lvl 1)
SPRINT (Lvl 1)
NECROMANCY (Lvl 1)
Umbrakinesis (Lvl 1)
-Item Creation
-Shadow Mask
PASSIVE:
Swordsmanship (Lvl 1)
Daggermanship (Lvl 1)
Scythesmanship(Lvl 1)
SHADOW STORAGE( Lvl 1) 』
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