As he yanked out the axe, Brandyn realised that he left his entire body open. He just had his axes by his side and, so, he took advantage of the situation.
He made a swift step closer then dipped past his left axe to snap up with a right hook to the ribs. Finally, he came over the top for a left hook and used his Lucifer Strike skill to try and deal some more damage.
*BAM*
Aiming for his face, he landed the punch and somewhat rocked Bruiser. He fell back a step and his head jerked back considerably from this attack alone. It also bewildered him as he seemed to have got so much stronger, after being much weaker just prior.
This also made him furious. There was no chance that some foot soldier was to defeat him and with his ability, Brandyn was finished.
"You shouldn't have done that, kid. When I get angry, I go crazy! Once I'm done here, it'll look like a crime scene!!" He shouted, irate.
Bruiser then slashed down Brandyn's right chest, slicing right through like it was paper.
"AH!" Brandyn shouted, from the burning sensation that was coming from his shoulder area.
The slash came out of nowhere and Brandyn had no chance to defend.
It felt like hot knives were just being slowly dragged through his skin, while he also felt his warm oozing blood across his chest.
Once Bruiser started to approach him again, Brandyn lifted his palm and a cloud of grumbling electricity formed above his opponent.
"COME ON, COME ON!" Brandyn roared in his brain as Bruiser started to close in on him.
*VZZ*
Just as Bruiser was a step from slicing him once again, the lightning bolt struck down and landed right on his tough jacket. Even with its weight and impressive durability, the lightning bolt tore right through his jacket and started destroying his shoulder. As the bolt stabbed into his shoulder, smaller crackles of electricity also started to discharge off the larger bolt and damage other parts of his body.
*sss*
With only the steam remaining, Bruiser had dropped one of his axes since he literally couldn't hold it up anymore.
Also, Brandyn was starting to feel his wound sealing up already and the bleeding had slowed considerably. Maybe, the tables could turn in his favour!
Right?
"I only have 8 MP left. I only have enough for one more of that skill or my Bolt skill. I'll just have to use the more powerful one!" Brandyn deduced, raising his palm once again.
Another cloud of lightning of formed and, in no time, another lightning bolt zoomed down from the dark cloud. This dark purple bolt of lightning was inches from reaching the target but then something peculiar occurred.
Bruiser lifted his purple axe then used the head to protect himself from the bolt. There was a lot of energy from the unstable lightning bolt, that also scattered off the fortified axe head like water. He seemed to be struggling as he gritted his teeth while holding away the bolt.
*VZZZ*
*sss*
After a few good seconds, the lightning had finally returned to steam and Bruiser was able to raise to his feet once again.
"He blocked it?! All of it? I don't have any MP so I can only use Lucifer Strike and Rejuvenating Slash but it takes some good stamina, I can't just spam them!" Brandyn's mind had become quite chaotic as he was struggling to think of scenarios to win.
"Okay... you got me good; you really did." Bruiser said, while taking off his heavy jacket.
Once he did so, he revealed his large muscles and bloody right arm, as the blood was smudged across his skin under his jacket.
Bruiser just stood there and Brandyn was clueless on what was going on. He then started looking at the ground and this just confused the archdemon even more. What was he up to?
"GRRRR!!" He growled, while looking to the floor.
With both of his axes in hand now, his muscles started to get even larger than they were before. His face also looked slightly more beast-like, and his vascularity had gotten much better.
"GRAAAHH!!" He roared, while holding his two axes in this weird, new form of his.
His eyes were both bloodshot and it looked as if he was pushing his body to the absolute maximum.
"This must be the result of some gang experiment. Maybe hysterical strength of some sort." He concluded, after seeing how brazen he now looked.
His muscle mass hadn't increased by so much to the point that he didn't even look natural, but what was unnatural was that you could see his veins pulsating as they were that large.
Bruiser then charged right at Brandyn with new levels of speed, even higher than they were before.
*SWING*
He pulled his right axe around and towards Brandyn but as he was moving back, he was able to leave himself unscathed from the advance. However, the next axe swing came right after and there wasn't enough time to evade. This time, he had to block with his dagger but, this time, he was incapable of just stopping the blade in its path.
Bruiser had become much stronger now and he just continued pushing to knock the teen's dagger right off his axe head.
With ferocity, he pulled forward his right leg to slam the front of his shoe right into Brandyn's abdomen. This time, blood came out of Brandyn's mouth and his strength had clearly been amplified significantly.
"ARGH!" Bruiser exclaimed, viciously slashing Brandyn in the same area that he was kicked in.
Due to these 2 attacks, Brandyn already looked like he was starting to fade away and he felt this too. He couldn't even think logically or fight back so as Bruiser kept charging forward, he just knocked Brandyn right down to the ground.
With Brandyn in such a position, his life was his. With 2 sharp axes and virtually no way to protect himself, his chances of success had dropped to pretty much zero. Bruiser was practically feral now but he knew this too, so he raised his axe above his head to provide the finishing blow.
****
*dum*
*bubble*
*bubble*
"What's going on?"
Around Flavian was a substance that didn't even ache his eyes as he opened them. It was clearly green and he was just floating inside of it, unable to move his body particularly swiftly. As he looked down, he noticed that he looked a little taller than usual, even though he wasn't even standing.
"Project is at 97%. Once he reaches 100%, he won't be able to resist our command." A scientist explained from outside the chamber.
"What?! They actually did it? I have to get out of here!"