As Wayne and Unknown have a picnic, Kage sits a few inches away from them on a rock. As he sits on the rock, he feels it start to shake.
"Hey, Wayne why the hell is this rock just shaking? Is this some type of weird mechanic they have in the Moro zone?"
"Hm, what are you talking about?"
Wayne looks over to where Kage is sitting and screams.
"Oh shit, Kage, hurry up and get off of that rock."
"What???"
Suddenly, the rock flew up with Kage on it.
"What the hell is going on?"
"Kage I told you to jump off quickly; that's not a rock; that's a Rapster!!"
Kage jumps off of the rock and back to the ground. Kage looks around him and sees rock after rock floating up and connecting to the rock he was just sitting on.
"Ok, I'll bite. What the hell is a rapster, and why are all those rocks connecting like building blocks?"
"A Rapster is a beast that, in reality, is a small rock with legs and a face, but it has a power that allows it to control rocks. When it digs inside a rock and connects to other rocks, it becomes a monstrous tower of rocks."
"Holy shit, that is insane. Such a small creature can become something so dangerous."
"Nah Unknown I think you're overreacting; that beast doesn't seem that scary."
Unknown looks up and sees a 15-meter-tall, lanky, glowing creature connected completely by rock.
Unknown flinches at the sight of the beast.
"Damn, that thing is so tall. Are you sure it's not that scary?"
"Hey, just because that thing is tall and its arms look like they could crush you in an instant doesn't mean it's anything strong."
"I'm not scared; I'm just a little bit skeptical; you know, maybe this won't be so easy."
"Yeah, Unknown is right; this beast is pretty much unbeatable."
"You're not making any sense. It's just a pile of rocks; how can it be unbeatable?"
"Because to beat a Rapster you have to hit the main body; if we don't, it will just keep using the rocks around it to connect back together."
"Oh, I see, and the Rapster is really small, so it's hard to pinpoint its location on this tall Rockey body it's piloting."
"Not only that, it is constantly moving to different locations in the body, so it's harder to hit."
"Damn Kage, do you have an answer for that one?"
"All I'm hearing is irrelevancy; it doesn't matter how hard it is to hit that thing; I've got something to take it down."
The Rapster slowly lifts its lanky arm and attempts to slam it onto the group. The three of them easily dodged the attack. Kage runs onto the Rapster's arm and punches it in the face. The Rapster's face cracks from his powerful punch.
"It's a pile of rocks, so it makes sense it's so slow."
Kage lands back on the ground and remarks:
"Ok, I think it's time to finish this with my new move."
Kage points his palm to the sky. An energy ball shoots from his palm and flies into the sky. The energy ball flies so high that it goes above the clouds, where it's no longer visible.
"That should do it now; just wait."
"What do you mean, wait? What the hell are we waiting for?"
"Don't worry about it; you will see. Just help me beat this beast down."
"Ok, I trust you; let's do this!"
Unknown activates level one and punches the beast in the stomach."
"Yeah, your right This thing is kind of weak."
"Unknown, watch out behind you!"
After hearing Wayne's words, he turns around and sees the Rapster cocking its arm back for an attack. The Rapster punches Unknown and sends him flying.
"Oh shit."
Unknown's body smacks the ground with great force.
"Damn it, I guess we've got no choice. Lex, go now!"
Listening to Wayne's orders, Lex flies off his shoulder and grows up to four feet.
"Gaaaaarrrr!!!"
Lex inhales and shoots a giant ball of fire at the Rapster's leg. Its leg blows up and completely detaches from the rest of the body. Lex shrinks back down to his normal size and flies back to Wayne's shoulder.
"Good job, Lex, but it's not over yet."
The rocks that fell from the Rapster's body start reconnecting. Unknown rushes at the beast and jumps up to kick it in the face. He kicks it, and the Rapster falls on its back.
"Ok, Kage, you said to wait; I think it's about time."
"Yeah, yeah, just give it a few more seconds, and it will be here."
"What the hell do you mean it will be here?"
The Rapster slowly starts getting up and rebuilding.
"Ok, ok, I think it's time for this pile of rocks to go down."
Kage once again points his palm to the sky. The clouds in the sky suddenly cleared. When the sky clears, it reveals a huge ball of energy.
Unknown looks to the sky and asks.
"Wait, is that the energy ball from earlier?"
"Hehe, It's the same energy ball, but this one is different from the others. Let me show you!"
The Rapster completely rebuilds itself, but Kage is still pointing his palm to the sky with no fear in his eyes.
"Now energy manipulation!"
The beast starts walking toward him. Kage starts to show his cocky smile. He stops pointing his palm to the sky and slams his fist onto the rocky earth.
"Energy Pillar!!!!"
The energy ball transforms into a 140-foot-tall and 120-foot-wide pillar. The energy pillar, with great speed, flies down from the sky and slams down onto the Rapster. The energy Pillar completely tore apart the Rapster and also left a giant crater in the ground.
"Yeah!!!! How do you like that, you rocky bastard?"
Unknown, Wayne and Lex drop Their mouths in awe.
"Wow, you OGI users are insane to be able to do that much damage should be illegal."
"Don't wrap me up with the likes of him; I still haven't gotten to a level where I can do something like that."
As Kage looks at the big crater he created, he sees a small rock with legs and a face run out of it.
"Damn, it seems it survived, but at least he's running away."
"Bro, how the hell did you do that?"
"Oh, it's simple; that ball of energy I shot up to the sky earlier has been building up energy in the sky by draining energy from everything in the area that could provide energy. It did that till it was strong enough to form a giant pillar, and when it was ready, I slammed the pillar on my opponent. The energy pillar dissolves whatever hits it, so it's a really strong attack."
"Wow, that's so cool. When did you come up with this attack?"
"Hehe, a few days ago, I was really impressed with myself when I thought of it."
"Wow!!!"
As Unknown geeks out over Kage's new attack, Wayne looks in the distance and sees the sun starting to set.
"Hey, you two, we need to hurry up and get to Kirata village before it gets dark. If you think it's bad with the sun up, you do not want to see what this place looks like under the moon."
"Yeah, he's probably right. Let's go, Kage."
"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming. I don't want to fight another beast."
The group stops wasting time and quickly rushes forward. Eventually, the group reaches a forest.
"Ok, this is the forest I told you both about. This forest is pretty short, so let's rush through here quickly and get to the village as fast as possible."
"Ok, that's great, but is there any weird beast we should know about before we walk in this forest?"
"Oh yeah, I should answer that. In this forest, there are a bunch of bug-like beasts; some of them are big, some are small, but they are all dangerous in a way."
"Unknown you shouldn't worry about stuff like that. Let's just get in there and kick some ass."
Kage cracks both of his knuckles and neck. With a cocky smile, he rolls his arms and says:
"Come on, didn't you say we have to get there before the sun sets? Let's not waste time sitting here worrying about those bugs."
"Well, he does have a point. Come on, Lex."
"Wait, hold on, wait for me; I'm coming."
The three boys and Lex enter the forest that stands between them and Kirata village, but as they do so in the sky, the same onlooker from before is flying with its huge wings.
"You know that Kage boy is pretty impressive; he might be a problem if I have to fight him, or maybe I'm overestimating him. I guess we will have to see, but I do wish they would hurry up with this little adventure. I'm getting impatient. Huh, what's going on down there now?"
A few minutes after entering the forest, the group has now run into another roadblock.
"Damn it, what is it this time?"
Chapter 22 end