Damon's heart felt like it stopped within a fraction of a second because that's how fast a beast or creature that was in pursuit of them appeared and then disappeared. he had seen something for sure but couldn't make out its description because of its speed.
Boom!
Boom!
suddenly small explosions could be heard as Javaline fired three obsidian spheres hitting nothing but trees and the ground. Javalin's head was raised up but still over Damon's shoulder while firing out the black fireballs behind him. it was like he had the laser gun from the predator movie that was on its shoulder. but instead of a laser it was Javalin shooting fire balls.
Javalin's actions informed Damon that whatever it was, was getting close. an overwhelming pressure encased him suddenly as the culprit appeared in front of him. out of instinct Damon conjured a spear made with pure demonic ki. it was the fastest he ever drew out his demonic ki because usually it required focus but in situations that seemed to be life and death he would always be able to tap into it much faster than usual.
he was already accelerating at a speed he believed was pretty fast,but for the creature who was now in front of him it was like catching a turtle.
Damon attempted to thrust his spear forward but froze almost instantly with fear when getting closer. He didn't stop himself,it was the dark energy surrounding the creature that practically paralyzed him.
Damon looked in horror as a cold sweat trickled down his forehead. his hands began to tremble and his lips twitched as if he was trying to speak,but his mouth or his body wasn't responding.
Standing before him was a humanoid beast sniffing the air around it. the creature stood eight feet tall while on two hind legs but the way the creature was built it was clear it's normal stature was walking on all fours. it's upper chest was wide with broad shoulders while it's ribcage was very visible and sunken in making it's waist very boney. it looked so unnatural and malnourished it's butt bones and spinal bones could be seen resembling a sick diseased dog with patches of fur missing throughout its entire body.
it had grey palish black tar looking skin with dark grey and dusty white patches of fur. Long boney fingers and paws that had sharp claws. Its jaws were constructed wide looking with a long snout reminding Damon of some type of mutated wolf fox with its long pointy mangy ears that twitched as it turned to face Damon.
it twisted its head to the side as it gazed at Damon with lustful eyes. suddenly the pressure around him disappeared and now he could move again.
it stretched out its fingers and pointed at the demonic ki spear that remained in Damon's hand tightly gripped.
"familiar." the creature said to Damon. its voice was deep and cracky. a potent hot and rotten smell entered Damon's nose as it spoke with a slight grin showing its sharp teeth.
In confusion Damon glanced at his spear made of demonic ki and looked back forward and the creature was now gone.
"mmmmmmm, an unripe fruit." a murderous voice said in his ear suddenly.
Damon turned swinging the spear while Javalin who remained glued to his body launched out trying to bite the beast but both of them were too slow as the next second it was back in its original spot a few meters in front of them with a smile.
Javalin's head was literally on Damon's shoulder on the same side the beast appeared talking in his ear. even though it was that close to her she had zero chances of striking successfully. it's speed was that incredible.
"Damon if I'm reading this creature's energy right,it does not wish to kill you, at least not yet. I've attempted to bypass the system temporarily to lend you my power but I was unsuccessful because of numerous reasons" shield said.
"what, I don't understand. how can my luck be so flip floppy. to run into something like this so suddenly." Damon responded to shield.
The creature's eyes scanned Damon up and down once again as drool seeped between its teeth hanging from its mouth.
"no Javalin, don't attack whatever this thing is I don't wanna piss it off." he said quickly feeling Javalin's mouth open and heat beside his neck which clearly told him she was about to shoot out another fireball.
Javalin's mouth closed as her eyes remained focused on the creature.
"oversee."
[unknown beast/entity]
[error no information could be processed]
it's eyes became more lustful as it took in a deep breath through its nose. "sooooooo, tempting, sooooooo, gooooooood, must control until fruit ripens. yes yes, soooooo satisfying. the beast flicked its hand as a corpse with green hair appeared beside it on the ground.
Damon immediately took a step back in fear. it was a female that looked to have been dead for a while as her flesh was rotting. her facial features couldn't be seen clearly as chunks of her face were gone. her hair was long, green and beautiful. Damon could tell it was a female because of how her body was shaped and as well as her exposed breasts that had deep cuts on them.
Crack! pschhh! snap!
the creature ripped off one of the dead girl arms effortlessly and began eating the flesh of the forearm completely ignoring Damon all of a sudden.
Damon was speechless and beyond afraid,but seeing this another emotion was felt and it was rage. his mind began to spin with questions while he continued to step backwards.
"what,what is this thing, why, why is it doing this, I must get out of here." he thought to himself.
seeing Damon's actions the creature smiled. "leave,go,once you ripen,soooooooo good." the creature says moving the severed arm in a way making it wave bye bye at Damon with a smile of lust on its face.
Seeing and hearing the creature telling him to leave Damon back steps increased and just before he turned around to run he noticed something on the wrist of the severed arm. there was a bracelet, but what caught his attention about this bracelet was that it had multiple charms on it dangling a few inches away from the part that was actually wrapped on the wrist of the arm.
each charm was small and circular, but it was the pictures on each charm that caught him off guard. Damon's back steps stopped as he saw this. he looked at the woman's body and back up at the creature as dark clouds seeped beneath his feet and purple electricity crackled off his body.
his fearful face expression changed into more rage as he witnessed the creature take a second bite out of the arm.
"shit, this isn't good. Damon you must reel your mind back in, this is a fight you have zero chance of winning. shield says angrily and annoyed.
"you, so you're the reason." Damon says angrily as dark clouds covered the sky.
"Damn it, I gotta do something." shield thinks to himself.
the dark clouds that seeped below began to rise up and twist slowly while the clouds above brought heavy rain and thunderous sounds.
Damon gritted his teeth as his demonic ki increased. his arms and hands were engulfed with a layer of blue electricity with a deep purple creating the ki gauntlets he used against the red orc as the corner of his eyes darkened.
The creature looked at Damon with admiration in its eyes as more drool escaped its mouth.
"familiar." it said once again with a crooked grin looking at the purple energy Damon was creating.
Damon still had the demonic ki spear in his hand while all of this transpired as it also increased in size.
Ding!
Warning ⚠️ [your ki pool is dropping at an alarming rate]
Warning ⚠️ [system user has entered into berserker, system user has lost control]
"youuuuuuu bastaaaaard." demonic ki exploded under Damon's feet as he surged forward thrusting the spear hitting nothing but air while Javalin fired four obsidian spheres that missed its target as well crashing and blowing up nearby trees.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
the creature reappeared a few meters to Damon's left side unbothered pointing at Damon.
"leave, fruit not ripe." it said once again twisting its head as its mangy ears twitched.
Damon was still in his striking form as the spear was still thrusted forward in the last spot the creature was. seeing the creature from the corner of his eye on his left side the spear crackled as lighting shot from it in a spider web manner, but the creature disappeared again and was now behind him with it's hot breath heating up the back of his neck.
Javalin turned striking at it while immediately activating obsidian flares. black flames the size of golf balls rained out the sky crashing in multiple areas trying to hit the creature as it swiftly evaded each ball.
the dark swirling clouds below picked up speed gradually as the ones above shot out four fire bolts striking the ground because once again the creature escaped effortlessly by simply moving out the way faster than the lighting could descend.
Ding!
Warning, Warning ⚠️
[your ki pool is nearly depleted]
[ for the system user safety emergency measures have been put in place]
[system user will fall into a partial comma until the ki pool has returned to normal operating levels]
[countdown one minute, 59 seconds remaining]
Berserk Damon didn't notice any of the warning and system notifications. the last time Damon went berserk he didn't have the system. now that his power and mind were connected to the system it had integrated emergency methods to counter Damon's berserk mindset that were put in place by shield.
after witnessing Damon's stubbornness and hot headedness a few times and as well as knowing about Damon's loss of control due to him being connected with his mind he felt it was something that was necessary for the time.
Damon jumped in the air spinning side ways with his arm arched back throwing the spear at break neck speed.
the creature stood there unmoving as Damon's attack bolted forward. Damon then placed his hands on the ground generating a large current that traveled stretching across the wet ground. while the current moved across towards its target so did Damon.
He launched with a static jump and drew back his demonic ki gauntlets. with a wave of the creature hand Damon's spear attack went upwards missing it entirely while with a stomp on the ground Damon's current attack dispersed like it was never there. Damon pushed his fingers together merging the demonic ki at his finger tips and hand into a pyramid with a sharp point as he strikes at the creature's head.
the creature moved its head from side to side dodging all of Damon's attacks. Damon threw a few kicks but they were incredibly sloppy he was a novice with fighting in some ways but a true novice when it came to using his feet and legs and so he began rocking back and forth and from side to side like a boxer.
he threw punch after punch. hooks to the body. lead hook, rear hook,lead uppercut,rear uppercut, jabs, even a few freestyle moves like a spinning back fist and hammers fists and each time the beast simply moved and not once attempted to block any attack.
arrrrrrrrrrrr! ra, ra,ra,ra,ra,ra,ra,ra,ra,raaaaaaaaa! Damon screamed with each punch.
suddenly Damon couldn't move as the creature grabbed him by the throat.
grrrrrr grrrrrr! Damon growled clenching his teeth grabbing a hold of the beast claws and hands trying to pull them from his neck. he then released a charge in his eyes and from his body attempted to fry the beast but all of it just bounced off him scattering in random places striking and splitting more and more trees.
Javaline sprung out from behind the beast out of nowhere striking at it's leg but as soon as she was near, it lifted up its feet and placed it back down resulting in Javalin's head being pinned down by its long boney wolf humanoid-like feet.
When Damon touched the ground earlier Javalin slid off of him moving behind the creature while Damon had its attention trying to catch it off guard but the beast was very aware of their actions and its surroundings.
it squeezed Damon's neck tightly bringing Damon's face closer" futile, you are not a ripe fruit yet." its long black tongue slid and stretched out of its mouth and licked Damon's face. "bitter, not sweet. " it said while throwing Damon away like trash.
He crashed into tree after tree as branches and mud flew upwards.
Crack! boom ! boom!
the creature then kicked Javalin into a tree as well much harder than he threw Damon almost knocking her out cold.
Ding!
[temporary coma in 5,4,3,2,1]
Ding !
Warning ⚠️ [system user mental strength is rising at a remarkable speed.]
Ding! [The system user is refusing and fighting against the system emergency functions.]
"what, that's astonishing, and I don't mean in a good way either, this brat is fighting the will of my system,my power, with sheer stubbornness." shield says shocked.
Ding ! [system user is forcing an evolution he isn't ready for.]
Warning ⚠️ [punishment instant death if system user manages to progress forced evolution more than 50 percent.]
Damon bounced up as his eyes became completely pitch black. he took a wide stance as the swirling storm cloud on the ground that had been spinning in place the entire time traveled to him growing bigger and bigger transforming itself into a miniature twister that engulfed Damon.
"wait, that's it, I wondered how he could manipulate the storm cloud the way he does when it's low to the ground. It's like thick black mist along with a cloud. I could be mistaken but I believe that is his stubbornness,rage,force and will in a physical form. Shield thought while witnessing the swirling twister of Damon's emotions.
thinking back when sir hughes was watching Damon produce the dark clouds that stayed low to the ground in beast free forest sir hughes had told Damon he was forcing it out. " hmmmmm, but he wasn't berserk like he is now and wasn't using his natural instincts as well. him being berserk actually breaks that barrier he has that's blocking him to completely harness his will, but if I'm correct his stubbornness will be his ultimate power. that alone has pushed him to this feat. shield quickly assess.
Damon was standing in the middle of the twister as his arms and legs bulged. veins all throughout his body popped up but mostly in his neck and face as his jaws were cliched tightly together.
Damon began yelling in pain at the top of his lungs as his canines grew a little longer and his skin darkened. deep purple electricity shot down from the cloud mixing with the black twister sending lightning strikes to his body nearly burning all of his clothes up.
His eyes became deep purple as a lightening strike hit his abdomen engraving upwards like a welders flame following his chiseled abs outlining them and his chest. another did the same with his wrist and broad shoulders swirling giving him markings that resembled some type of tattoo. the top and front of his hair turned purple giving him a two toned look.
Damon's skin was darker and the outline of his abdomen and chest was left with a white glow while parts of the engravings on his wrist and shoulders were deep purple. his face structure changed slightly making him look a little different.
The black twister and all the lighting and dark clouds that covered part of the sky suddenly dispersed
Ding!
[system user managed to force evolution of 48 percent.]
[system users ki pool has reached negative 1500]
The creatures gaze upon Damon's partial transformation became more intense as it took in a long whiff of the new Damon.
Damon looked at his arms his body in awe not knowing what happened. he felt a rush of power bubbling inside of him. he was now back in control somehow.
"This is amazing,what, woah I don't feel so good " was the last thing he said while falling backwards losing consciousness.
Javaline slid to his side and coiled up beside him on guard as the creature walked over.
" very delicate fruit. sooooooo rare." it said looking at Damon out cold watching his body morph back to normal while glancing at Javalin and then disappearing.
"rest you fool of a boy, help is on the way." shield said to himself.