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Chapter Begins:
Cry!!!!
The giant vulture-like not-bird cried, entering the 1000 meters radius above Kai and its long talon outstretched.
The Smartwatch beeped instantly.
Beep!
…
[
Soldier detected in direct line of sight.
New Data is now accessible.
Soldier's general Info:
1. Pokemon: Fearow, Captain of the 36th Platoon, Flying Battalion
2. Points: 1000
3. Army: The Original Ones
]
…
I should have known, Kai cursed, a blood mist escaping his mouth. I should have fucking known!
Using Selfless Breathing, Kai ran for the cover of bushes, hoping to shake the Pokemon off.
Fearow was still letting out cries, descending toward him like a bullet.
It was then Kai inadvertently looked over his shoulder, trying to have a measure of the gap between him and the Pokemon, when he got a shock that he would remember for years.
Fearow — was not alone.
There was a boy on Fearow's back, riding it.
But it looked more like it was the Pokemon who was carrying him.
Kai recognized him as well. Or, it was better to say that he recognized the thing in the boy's hand, and pointed at him.
Kai's eyes went wide.
Beep!
…
[
Soldier detected in direct line of sight.
New Data is now accessible.
Soldier's general Info:
1. Wizard: Ryan McMillan, Trooper of the 196th Platoon, Flying Battalion
2. Points: 100
3. Army: Death Eaters
]
…
"Stupefy!" the wizard cried, shooting out a jet of blue from the end of his wand.
Kai ducked away, the gears of his Instincts spinning, uncaring of his heart's shock.
Cry!!!
Fearow threw itself at Kai, its large, pointy beak spinning like a furious drill.
Hiss!
A massive amount of blood mist escaped Kai's mouth, his entire body bubbling with power.
His legs kicked the earth, and with one dash, Kai dodged the attack and ran off into the thin forest.
Behind him, Fearow chased, maneuvering through the half-leafless trees.
The boy over it was holding its large neck tight, trying to aim the wand at Kai.
Pokemon… the word rocked waves in Kai's mind as he blurred from tree to tree, trying to throw the pursuers off. … and Harry Potter… What the fuck?!
Kai was still wondering about the other armies when he felt something amiss.
Fearow had flown up into the sky and was now hovering many hundred meters up, eying Kai's blurring image.
It was as if…
It's sending command from a vantage point… Kai's heart jumped.
Suddenly, the earth shook.
The entire ground beneath Kai's feet trembled, the sounds of hooves thundering in the distance.
Kai stopped dead in his tracks.
From the distance, dozens of massive destriers were charging at him, carrying armored soldiers.
Their lances, swords, and morning stars burned like steely fire under the sun.
And one of them was carrying an enormous banner as well, a snowy mountain over a blue background, the entire cloth fluttering as if it was amid a storm.
Beep!
Only now Kai felt like he hated this beep.
…
[
Soldiers detected in direct line of sight.
New Data is now accessible.
Soldiers' general Info:
1. Armati: Cavalry Troopers of the 66th Platoon, Ground Battalion
2. Army: Eternal Snow
]
…
Kai's face had gone blank.
Shocked, he was, yes.
But, now that he was already facing the truth, his mind automatically calmed down and began calculating.
The very first question was something Kai had asked himself countless times by now.
How did they find me? Kai asked himself, not believing that he had taken ample precautionary actions. Only… Only a hunter can think like another hunter.
Despite being eyed by Fearow and Ryan, and despite the cavalry charging at him, Kai closed his eyes.
His Haki pulsed within him and pulsed out, all distractions erasing out of his mind.
The rustle of the wind, the pounding of hooves, the flutter of wings, and — a breath.
Kai snapped open his eyes and looked at a tree, some 300 hundred meters away from him. No one was there.
But something did look back at him.
Something invisible.
Beep!
…
[
Soldier detected in direct line of sight.
New Data is now accessible.
Soldier's general Info:
1. Yautja: Un-Blooded, Trooper of the 798th Platoon, Support Battalion
2. Points: 100
3. Army: Star Beast Brotherhood
]
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Well, Kai thought, surrounded from every side, his lips arching up, this is gonna be more fun than I'd thought. Hehe!
…
The ground shook as the cavalry charged at Kai, leaving a cloud of dust in its wake.
Over his head, Pokemon Fearow fluttered his large, brown wings.
Sitting on it, the wizard eyed Kai with a hateful gaze, the tip of his wand letting out sparks.
In the distance, the Un-Blooded Yautja kept jumping from branch to branch, feeling as if the target had seen him.
Un-Blooded Yautja were just a rank higher than sucklings from their race, and yet not qualified to be called experienced hunters.
They carried a set of armor, their prized wristblades, Bio-helmet, cloak (which could let them turn invisible), and the Plasmacaster.
However, the Plasmacaster didn't work for them, as they still hadn't earned the right to use it.
And Kai knew it, for he had already had hands-on experience in hunting these creatures.
There was a time he had acted as the Apex-Predator in the 1st Stage.
And he would do the same on this Island as well, he knew.
It could take time, but it would happen.
This was his Demonic Attitude.
Kai smiled, parted his lips, and hissed.
Hisss!!!
Dense, heart-palpating power pulsed within him before seeping out as blood flames.
Unlike before, these blood flames represented Kai's Immeasurable Spiritual Power, too.
The only thing that had been troubling Kai since his return was that his body wasn't strong enough to last in the ordinary state of Selfless Breathing for longer than 30 minutes.
Still, 30 minutes were more than enough.
Enough to deal with this bunch, Kai thought.
Boom!
Kai kicked the ground so hard that the entire ground caved in.
There was no direction for him to run.
Nor could he shake off an entire cavalry. Not when supported by an Un-Blooded Yautja, at least.
Kai had decided to fight, of course. But he hadn't thrown himself toward the Yautja to take care of the hidden threat.
He hadn't thrown himself toward the incoming cavalry to hide amid the clouds of dust they were bringing with them, either. No.
He spun around and jumped, shooting straight toward Fearow like an arrow from the most powerful bow.
Cry!!!
The Pokemon looked taken aback, along with the wizard over it, for none had expected that Kai would do something so stupid.
Stupid, why? Because Fearow was flying over 300 meters in the air.
Even if Kai could jump to that distance, which was already impossible, Fearow was still the faster of the two.
All saw a red blur tracing a straight line toward Fearow; toward death.
And then the red gained a touch of black; the color of despair.
Kai's chest seared, and his entire body gave off scalding hot steam.
A black cloak materialized around him, covering his decaying arms.
When he breathed, his breath rattled as if he was trying to suck more than air.
The moment Dementor-Kai appeared mid-flight, it was also then the blood flames around him soared mightier than ever.
Kai's speed instantly doubled.
Or, it was better to say, the speed he actually possessed came out in the open.
A basic fooling tactic — Show the enemy that you could only walk and they would never think if you could run.
Why was Kai running around for so long, being chased by Fearow?
Some answers arrived with death.
Kai threw the water bottle toward the distancing Fearow, the wizard trying hard to keep a footing over it.
The water bottle wasn't a bottle, though. It was a transfigured item.
Kai had been keeping it in his hands long enough for its natural return to match the timing of his actions.
The bottle spun on itself and became a branch.
But it didn't fall, as expected of a thing, under the effect of gravity.
It was like a floor had appeared under the branch, making it rest midair.
Kai's feet landed on the branch, and then with the most powerful force, he again jumped toward Fearow, almost instantly entering the 10-meter distance between him and the Pokemon.
The branch arrived behind Kai, latched onto by Telekinesis.
Cry!!!
Fearow gave up on backing up, fluttered its large wings, and threw itself at Kai, its beak again becoming a drill.
Ryan, the wizard, raised his wand, his lips wording out a spell.
"Too slow…" Kai muttered, his breath misting.
Click!
Click!!!
Fingers snapped and the branch following him spun again, becoming a dagger.
Like a bullet, it fired itself toward the wizard and kissed his wand wrist, blood splattering everywhere.
A shriek came out instead of a spell, then. "Ahhh!"
Fearow's drill-like beak had come closer than 10 ft, but it had also brought the Pokemon with it.
Suddenly, Fearow's mind shook, a despair it had never known before taking over its entire existence.
Kai made a fist and blood flames, his Spiritual Power, wrapped themselves around it like a blood gauntlet.
Then he punched.
Booom!!!
Bloody fist met the drilling beak and the beak shattered with a booming bang.
The fist went in, kissing flesh and broken beak, and found Fearow's head.
The head, too, didn't last for a moment, shattering on the impact.
Kai caught Fearow's long neck, grabbed Ryan the wizard by his neck, and without even looking back, he flew away.
Shamelessness was a part of his bones as much as marrow.
Why would he go down when didn't know how many more Un-Blooded there were?
One was still OK, but he dared not presume that he could fight an entire platoon of them.
Not to mention, if there were more flying Pokemon, then they would have joined Fearow by now. Kai had let the Pokemon chase him long enough to make sure of that.
Ryan choked on Kai's grip, his entire weight hanging from his neck. His eyes rolled back, and his gaze landed on Kai's face, hooded under the black cloak.
The eyes Ryan saw, then, made him give up on himself right there and then.
They weren't the eyes of a man, but a Demon, and he was this Demon's first prey.
Now, death was the best thing Ryan could hope for.