Kain finally felt his link to Daemaus solidify and become his 4th entity. The sensation occurred right as he finished consuming the 3rd arm. Checking his strength level revealed it as 1000x strength. Surely, he was close to breaking through to whatever was above Genji at this point.
He immediately tested the evolved abilities for a juggernaut. Kain willed himself to blend in and his body disappeared. He waved his hands in front of his eyes, but saw nothing.
A smiling Kain revealed himself again. This time he tested his perfect muscle control and he watched in amazement as his arm muscles grew larger, and then reversed to become smaller. He threw a punch in the air and he felt the air being ripped apart.
Kain disappeared from sight again and he dashed all around the room without making any sounds. Revealing himself again, Kain was chomping at the bits to fight Gerris again. For a man that valued power so much, Kain would teach him what it meant to be powerless.
His last evolved power couldn't be tested unless he became injured, as he doubted he could hurt himself unless he tried to stab himself in the eye. He would not go to such lengths to test out his capabilities.
Satisfied with his gains, Kain turned to Daemaus and asked him for a huge favor. That was to go back to his girls and protect them. Kain felt he was now strong enough to dominate others and apparently Daemaus agreed. Kain watched as Daemaus disappeared and felt him rapidly move away heading towards his house.
Kain no longer hesitated and disappeared from sight. He phased through everything in his way towards the door leading to the lower area of the Colosseum. Arriving once more at the door that blocked him once before, he used his radiation detection to see if any changes took place.
He quickly noticed that less than a third of the defenders from before remained beyond the door. Looking further in, he saw that Elsa and her group were riding down a wide platform elevator that could probably fit a hundred people. The group of about 30 women and a man were armed to the teeth and preparing for the worst when they reached further down.
Kain looked towards the bottom of the elevator and saw that defenders were indeed waiting for their arrival. He frowned as Elsa's group had apparently lost the element of surprise already. As they say, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
He no longer decided to sneak in and make his way peacefully down to the lower levels. It was better to divert the enemy's attention to two fronts. Besides, Kain had felt like all he had been doing lately was sneak around and slap around weaklings in the arena. He was confident that even if the entire Dominius organization fell down upon him, he could retreat safely with his abilities.
Kain grinned in anticipation as he revealed himself in front of the door. He bent down and spaced out his legs. His mass skyrocketed as the ground he was standing on fractured around his feet instantly. Suddenly, he burst forward and shattered through the door as if it was made of glass. He stopped his momentum with his perfect muscle control, otherwise he would have leveled several walls.
Kain heard footsteps from several rooms away as the enemy defenders were positioning themselves to prepare for the incoming intruder.
-Mexxle, can you read their thoughts and see if they know about what is going on further down below? (Kain)
-Not only do they know about the women and the experiments, some of them have forced themselves on the woman before they were impregnated by the zombies. The really sick ones have forced themselves on the pregnant ones as well…(Mexxle)
-Well, that makes this so much easier. (Kain)
Kain was debating how to deal with these human defenders because he didn't know if they were simply ignorant of the evil going on down below. Now that it was confirmed they were complete sacks of shit, he would obliterate them along with everything else. Kain burst forward and pulverized the walls separating him from the defenders. Before the defenders could get their bearings, Kain shot out tentacles to impale and absorb the first few standing in his way. He launched the shriveled corpses at the survivors.
The more veteran defenders had already launched various attacks, as magic bullets, armor piercing rounds, ice shards, fireballs, and an assortment of various abilities bombarded towards Kain. Explosions and sounds of collisions rang out.
"What a complete dumbass. He should be on the verge of death, if not already dead, after that barrage. Did the idiot think he was a juggernaut?" said one of the relieved defenders in the back.
Unfortunately for the defenders, they quickly heard steps ringing out as Kain stepped out of the smoke with an arm covering his eyes. Lowering the arm, Kain revealed he was perfectly fine and was even smirking.
"Fuck! Everyone run! He might as well be a fucking juggernaut in disguise!" one of the defenders yelled out.
They immediately attempted to scatter, but Kain wouldn't let a single one of them escape as tentacle after tentacle flew out and swarmed the panicked defenders.
A dying defender felt himself being sucked dry by a tentacle and his dying thought leaked out of his mouth, "No…he is..worse than a juggernaut…"
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Famine was monitoring a holographic screen showing Elsa's group riding down the elevator with a smile on his face. They were practically delivering themselves down to him just as he was running low on breeding women.
He had sent a paltry number of guards to defend at the bottom of the elevator. Their orders were to put up a decent fight, but ultimately to retreat further down. This would give the intruders a false sense of superiority and they would march right into his trap.
On the screen, the elevator was arriving near the bottom and the two forces were already engaging one another from a distance with long range attacks. Famine frowned when he noticed that a man with short silver hair suddenly appeared among his men and started a wholesale massacre with a thin rapier. The man was simply too fast and the forces waiting at the bottom of the elevator were simply sitting ducks.
This man was certainly a heavy hitter from the opposing side, but why was the fool wearing a tuxedo in a battle? Did he think this was some ball?
The intruders quickly dispatched the remaining defenders and no one even had a chance to retreat. It was a complete wipe-out for the defending forces.
Famine clenched his teeth in anger, but quickly realized that this was much more than a simple intrusion. He noticed that the intruders were not proceeding further in, but rather were setting up an impromptu base of operations. When he saw them setting up a void emblem, he finally started to panic and turned around to summon a pendant.
The pendant flashed and three holographic screens appeared in the air. Three blurry figures appeared in the screens.
"Oh? Famine you actually had to use the emergency beacon. It must be pretty serious for you to use it." said one of the figures.
"This is no time for joking. Take a look at the screen behind me."
They watched as the void emblem was set up and a portal appeared. Tessa appeared, quickly followed by two girls who were obviously twins. An endless train of girls flowed out of the portal. It seemed like the entire Penta faction was arriving on the scene. After them, Dargus appeared with the Talrus mercenaries. Various other factions appeared.
"So, it is just the Penta girl faction and a few minor factions. I admit that using the emergency beacon was correct for this situation. However, I believe that your forces in the War Consortium should be adequate to take care of this. The military will not have to send backup…"
Before the figure could finish his sentence, his words died out as Darius appeared with two girls following close behind him. Immediately after he appeared, men and women dressed in earth colors of green and brown appeared behind him.
"Gerris, you surely fucked up royally. You should go personally to reinforce." said one of the blurry figures to another. One of the figures grunted in reluctant acceptance.
"I will go, but I want those two twins as my compensation."
"Damn, I want one of them myself. I'll send some forces if you give me one."
"This is not up for negotiation, Alders. I will not break up the pair. No need to send anyone as I am more than enough."
"I think the two of you should stop treating this matter so simply. It seems that more forces are arriving…" said Famine.
The bickering ceased as they watched Alesia appear, followed by people garbed in blue. The amount of people arriving were forcing the earlier arrivals to spread out on the elevator platform itself. The numbers were approaching 200 people.
When Tyrin appeared after Alesia's group, all three of the blurry figures could no longer sit still and stood up abruptly. They watched in shock as Tyrin was followed by members of Taria faction.
"I will send 50 of my templars as reinforcements."
"I will come personally with my forces."
"I will arrive with the Grandia brigade."
All three of the figures realized that this was a pivotal moment as three of the premier factions backing the Council had arrived. With so many forces arrayed against them, it was no longer a matter of beating them back, but saving the remnants of Dominius before it gets wiped out.
Famine went over to another console and alerted his forces to fall back into a defensive formation around their void emblem. He then proceeded to activate something on a holographic screen. He watched as hybrids were released from their chambers and flooded the hallways.
After alerting Pestilence, Famine began to collect all his research into his void dimension. He had to hurry because there were many rooms that contained years of valuable research.
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Kain had noticed the influx of people arriving at the base of the elevator. He was pleasantly surprised and felt that Dominius would most definitely fall with so many strong players arriving on the scene.
He crushed the shriveled head in his hand as he surveyed the destruction around him. Not a single defender in his vicinity had survived. He used his detection and verified that there were no living survivors.
Kain didn't bother to check the powers he absorbed as he had to hurry and absorb the captive monsters and zombies in the lower chambers of the Colosseum. He didn't want to miss out on the party about to start further down below.