Looking at the monstrified Deckard, who was roaring in pain as it held its arm, Slathilia rolled his head, cracking his neck as he got ready to fight. Glancing to the side, he saw Powder already messing with the stuff in her bag.
"Let's get this monster party started then." He smirked as the pained shouts turned into angry roars. He didn't give Deckard the time to attack. He simply stepped forward and swiped his claws, Deckard barely dodging as he stepped back just to throw a punch with his working hand.
Slathilia dodged as well, before slashing his hand on Deckard's front, causing him to roar before punching him in the head. But the hybrid didn't care. His smile simply widened as he slasher once again. Deckard, not in his right mind, and angered because of the wounds, simply attacked as well.
Neither dodged, and neither blocked. They simply kept punching, hitting, kicking and slashing at each other. When Deckard managed to grab Slathilia's face, the red-eyed boy even went as far as to bite his hand. Actually biting off a good chunk of meat before they continued their monstrous fight.
"What the fuck...?" Sevika mumbled in confusion, seriousness and worry :"What the hell is that?" And her boss, Silco (A/N: Bess dad and character, I don't give a shit about haters, and have counter arguments for all of their bullshits) grew even more serious than before :"Not something that I've ever seen before. We'll find out later. But for now, send more men to take care of him."
Sevika nodded, before two more monstrified people who had taken Shimmer stepped into the fight. Looking at the roaring monstrosities, instead of growing fearful, Slathilia actually smiled even harder, crazier :"Hahahaha, guess this parties getting even better then! Come on!"
Not seeing any reason to hold back as much as before, the black-haired boy licked his lips, before giving a particular swing of his claws that cut off Deckard's remaining arm right off. Slashing his guts, he gulped at the sight of his falling entrails, barely managing to calm down his hunger for a moment, before he jumped onto Deckard's chest as his claws plunged right into Deckard's chest and came out of his back.
With his heart gone, it took only a few moments for him to die. But before he could fall, the tendrils that grabbed onto him completely consumed him. A shiver ran down Slathilia's back at the delicious food and its large quantity :"Mmm, fuck~!"
Licking his lips, he turned towards the remaining monsters, actually managing to make them jolt with the predatory look in his eyes, and his hungry smile of insanity on his face :"Now, let the feast begin! Hahahaha!!"
He rushed forward, spreading his claws as he swiped at both of them. But only managed to get one while the other stepped back. Focusing on the first one, he continued slashing like a lunatic even as it blocked with its arms. It didn't manage to do much, as his flesh, even if strengthened, couldn't do much against Slathilia's deadly claws. It didn't take long before a sharp slice managed to cut off an arm and send it flying.
But just as he was about to go for the head (A/N: I understood that reference!), a hand suddenly grabbed onto his neck from behind and lifted him into the air. Managing to glance back, he saw the second monster grab him from behind and punch him straight in the back.
If he was an ordinary human, even a single of those punches to the spine would be very bad and maybe even leave him paralyzed. But unfortunately for them, he was no ordinary human. Even as he delivered a few punches to his back, and the first monster punched him in the guts, he simply smiled and laughed like a lunatic.
Having had enough, the moment the next punch was about to gut check him, spikes suddenly came out of his neck and front, easily and completely piercing the hand around his neck and the punch that was about to hit him. As the second one let go of him, he took the chance to immediately cut off the first one's head. Killing him before consuming him right after.
But just as he was about to go for the second one, there was a squeaking noise. One that didn't just go away, but kept on going as it actually neared more and more. A sound of clanging also echoing from time to time. A sound that caught his and the second monster's attention.
As they turned to look, he smiled when he saw what he wanted to see for a long time. The sign of Jinx's awakening. The battle came to a standstill as did the toy monkey that stopped a bit away from them, with the blue crystal hanging around its neck with cracks on it. But suddenly, the key behind it clicked, and it delivered the final blow to the delicate crystal, causing it to blow immediately.
Slathilia didn't put up a defense, causing him to actually be blown away from his spot and towards the wall, before crashing into it and causing it to break, and for him to fall down the building. 'Those blue crystals really do have some firepower in them, huh? Should eat my own after all this shit. Lol, I'll be an exploding Symbiote.'
He thought to himself as he fell down the building with a force that would definitely kill an ordinary man :'In fact, why didn't I do that while in Piltover? Eh, I guess I was too busy with my thoughts. Whatever, I'll do it later.'
(A/N: You know, now that I think about it, Powder's bomb would have worked perfectly fine if she didn't use THREE of those crystals! One exploded, and the other mofos did scattering damage! Girl, one was enough to nearly bring down an entire building! You think three of them won't do way too much damage?!)
As he hit the ground, even without the sheer height of the fall, he was sure that a normal human with that force would definitely die. He really wondered how Powder survived that. 'Well, she wasn't two feet away from the crystal, so I guess there's that.'
As he sat there, groaning at the sensations and pain now that the adrenaline had gone away. 'Guess what they said is true. To be a successful fighter or a cultivator, you need to be at least a bit of a masochist, huh?'
He just laid there, listening to the fire the building was on, and just looked at the starry sky. This part of the Undercity didn't have much of the gasses, so the sky was still visible.
'Damn, this entire situation is crazy, isn't it? In fact, it's been crazy for quite a while. I died, and actually got my wishes granted. Damn, lol, am I going through post nut clarity but with fighting instead? Hahaha.' He couldn't help but chuckle at his thoughts. He couldn't be blamed. After all, after pouring out all the excitement and adrenaline through the fight, his mind really had gone into a sort of post nut clarity state.
He simply laid there, relaxing and enjoying the aftertaste of the wildest fight he had until now, a small and satisfied smile on his face. But still, he had to admit, eating two of those monstrified guys had benefited him a lot. Although not much, his strength and overall physical capabilities had risen. At least a lot more than how much it could increase when eating normal people.
'Hmm, I should gather people sneakily and make them take Shimmer before eating them, instead of just outright consuming them. Maybe make a Shimmer hunting ground of sorts. Lol, I'm gonna be grinding like hell in the future, huh?'
After a while of being alone with his thoughts, he heard another loud crash and explosion, pulling his attention. Getting up, he ground as he stretched to relieve his body of the still lingering pain, before he started slowly walking towards where the sound of the crash had come from.
"Vi, it worked!" He heard Powder's excited voice as he stepped towards a side of the building, to see Powder happily holding onto the rabbit toy Vi had given her :"Did you see me?! My monkey bomb finally worked!"
"What?" But her excitement quickly diminished as she saw Vi's grim and baffled expression :"You did this?" And slowly, Powder's eyes moved towards the chaos she had created. Vander's Shimmered up dead body and Claggor's bloody goggles.
Vi, whispering :"Why? Why did you do this?"
Powder, voice trembling and breaking :"I... I didn't... I was saving you. I only wanted to help. *Crying* I only wanted to help. I only wanted to help! I only wanted to-"
Vi :"I told you to stay away."
Powder, sobbing :"Please. Please. Please-"
"I told you to stay away!" Vi shouted as she punched her. Although not one she'd give others, it still made Slathilia wince as she slowly walked towards them. As Powder fell to the ground, she began to scream while crying :"No! Why did you leave me?!"
Vi, grabbing her chin :"Because you're a jinx! Do you hear me?! Mylo was right!"
Powder :"No. No. No! No! Violet, please!"
As her own tears began to shed, Vi stood to leave. But before she could take a step, Slathilia gently grabbed her forearm, stopping her momentarily. But she didn't even look back :"I know you're mad, and I don't blame you. You have every right to be angry. But if you leave now, you may forever regret it afterwards."
However, she neither said anything, nor did she even turn to look at him. She only forced her hand free before she started to walk away, causing him to sigh helplessly as Powder cried after her :"Vi! Vi, come back! Please come back! Please, Violet! I need you! Please!"
But Vi didn't listen. She simply walked away without glancing back. Sighing, he kneeled next Powder before pulling her in for a hug. One that she immediately latched onto, as she squeezed him with all her might.
"It's alright. It's gonna be alright." He whispered gently as she cried and sobbed into his chest, still calling for her older sister :"Violet... Violet! Please!" But instead of Vi, it was someone else who answered the cry.
Silco.
Stepping into the alley, he walked towards the hugging children with a knife in his hand. He probably thought that Slathilia had run out of fuel after that fight and that explosion. Seeing him without his claws had strengthened that idea.
As he walked towards them, he looked down while Slathilia didn't even look up. He simply hugged her and gently whispered reassuring words for her. But all she could do was sob into his chest.
Tightening his hold on the knife, Silco kneeled in front of them as his goons came and stopped behind him :"Hello, little ones. Where's your sister?" Only now did Powder notice him as she looked at him.
But instead of saying anything, she suddenly jumped into his chest, actually managing to pull Slathilia with her and hug both him and Silco. "She left me." Powder whispered, desperately hugging both of them as her voice got an angry tone :"She is not my sister anymore!"
At first, Slathilia was taken aback. But after a moment, he sighed as he hugged her and Silco :'Oh well, he is my favorite character and I was planning on getting along with him, so might as well.' But he still couldn't help but feel a bit awkward hugging him.
However, the sad atmosphere helped a lot in taking away the awkwardness. All he could do now was hug and comfort Powder anyway. After a moment, even Silco hugged the both of them. Gently, as he whispered to them :"It's okay. We'll show them. We will show them all."
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(A/N: And that wraps Act 1! From the next chapter, the new volume will start along with the fluff, romance, and occasional smut!)