Flat-Brim Samurai Chapter 62 : Mertoph, the volcanic mage
BUBL BUBL BUBL ,"VOLOCANO ERUPTION DETECTED, GET OUT OF THE AREA IMMEDIATELY." A low bassy rumble drew many people to terror as they got into their cars as fast as possible. Within a matter of seconds magma and molten rocks flew from the volcano ,"AHHH!!!" ,"OH GOD!!!" Screams were muffled under debris. Then came the worst of it, a large amount of ki built up in the volcano itself and blew the whole thing up. The only people left alive were those who were rich enough to buy state of the art equipment to protect themselves or those who were strong enough to survive the blast.
,"So I'm finally back," A man said in the middle of the explosion. ,"I, Mertoph, shall drown this world in lava once more." He said, excited for yet more destruction he would bring. With a sneer he said ,"Now to meet Devan."
… ,"Today is technique training," ,"Today we work on our kicks, 10000 roundhouse kicks per leg with good technique." Apollo and the gang sighed and got to work. With each resulting kick each of them tried their utmost to remove tensed muscles from the equation whilst visualizing an opponent to do it to. Hiroto smiled ,"A man who trains one kick 10,000 times is more dangerous than a man who knows 10,000 kicks." Cias laughed, Apollo and Noah smiled and Devan said ,"FACTS."
… After ,"Time for you to test it out on your partners." He paired up Apollo with Cias and then Noah with Devan. ,"HAJIME," Hiroto yelled, BAM BOOM BAM WHOOSH WHOOSH. (Their adaptability to knowledge is awesome, true prodigies, all of them. Although they are far from perfect, they are progressing very well. I just don't know if this will bring them up to the levels of the 4 tyrannical kings). Hiroto remembered stories from his childhood about how they deigned land as theirs and went to war for even the slightest of reason. As written in the old testaments, they loved to fight and even more to kill. Each commanded an prescence of respect, death and control.
Their power was immense, which was not surprising in the slightest, but what was interesting is that they were going after 4 kids. The fact that they would remain in one spot for a year without interruption was crazy to Hiroto. Confused, he decided to focus on what he could control. He could make the boys stronger and at that contact the governments to send their strongest intraplanetary soldiers to help them.
But the biggest reason to make them stronger was a message from the void walker leader he had killed ,"Your grandson shall fight a great soldier, but if you intervene. Doing so will endanger the life of everyone you love, I guarantee it." When the man said that, there was a look in his eyes that said, it is already written. (Can he read the future?!?) Hiroto thought, but it wasn't just that he could see the future but generations ahead of himself (Did I really kill him?). Hiroto, contemplating, heeded the warning, hoping that someone could help his grandson. He looked anxiously at Apollo (I just hope he can beat Narphun).
… ,"There she is," Narphun entered a mansion CRASH. The man who owned it ran out with a gun and said ,"Who are you, why are you in my home?!?" The man looked frightened, his finger was on the trigger, shaking. Narphun could sense that this thing the man was holding had destructive force and asked ,"What is this?" He slipped to the right of the man and took his shotgun. ,"This looks like a cannon," He then looked at the man for further explanation ,"It's a gun sir, a shotgun, a ranged weapon used for self defense," ,"Is that what you guys call killing now, irritating swine."
Narphun tried to test its durability but CRACK POP ,"Guess I used more force than was needed." The man could tell he was not safe, due to his quick thinking he said ,"So what are you looking for sir." Narphun looked at the man, without any emotion, saying ,"You have something of mine, a lance, my lance." The man said ,"Yes yes," and ran away, fumbling over himself, retrieving the sword. ,"You've taken good care of it," ,"Thank you sir," the man replied. Narphun caressed his hands over the blade, recounting the many people he'd slaughtered and kingdoms he took ,"I'm so glad to have you back, Sky Piercer."
The man looked at Narphun inquiring ,"Will that be all?" ,"No," he replied. Narphun pulled back the sword ,"You'll make the perfect test," SLASH ,"NOOOO—AAAHHHH," Blood sprayed everywhere as the man's stomach was turned into a hole. The man squirmed as if he thought he could break free, his flailing went to aggressive to soft and then soft to still. His face still rang with terror from the moment he was impaled. ,"Now to revive my kingdom once more."