Omega Wars Chronicles

Chapter 72: Belly Of The Beast

At the white leafed forest, students bodies laid on the ground while the screams of agony echoed; during the slaughter, Dunen laid her back on a large tree, panting for air while clutching her injured side and beside her on the same large tree stood an injured Tenplar male with messy black hair.
   "I guess this is it,huh." The Tenplar said as he glanced at her, "What are you are going to do now your older brother isn't here? Looks like you have no other option but to die.
   Oh well, even if your brother was here, he will be a goner."
   "T-That's not true!" Dunen replied, "My brother-"
   Dunen gasped as she witnessed a huge trail of blood flowing down the face of the Tenplar and the Tenplar smirked.
   "It's getting dark in here and you're looking kinda funny." The Tenplar male asked, "Is it… Night time…"
  "Already….?" The Tenplar male asked as he was falling to the ground.
    The Tenplar male falls flat on his face and Dunen stared down at him in a horrified manner and with tears slightly in her eyes. 
   "He is dead." Dunen said inwardly, "He is dead… We are all going to die."
    As this was going on, Dunen recalls the face of Grei while tears were trickling down her face.
    "Big brother, where are you?" Dunen asked inwardly.
   Elsewhere in the white leafed forest, the ominous sounds of a heavy footstep and growls sounded and another Tenplar male was running dearly for his life but as he was running, the growling and heavy footsteps drew closer, prompting the Tenplar to glance back and scream in terror.
  Blood splattered across the trees and in that moment stood a huge bare chested purple hiveling with a shaved side ponytail, wearing a black trousers with a large chain tied round his waist that reached the rear of his shins and chains wrapped round his forearms. Steam drew out of the hiveling's mouth and the hiveling let's out a mighty yell that shook the entire white leafed forest, catching the attention of many humans and hivelings afar.
   "Stupid Oni." A female hiveling said while holding a male Graundar by the throat, "Why does he always have to be loud?" 
   "Well, he is a berserker so he is meant to be loud." A male hiveling replied as he was sitting on a mound of human bodies, "A powerful savage devoid of fear with only one thing and one thing in his mind when in battle: destroy all enemies.
    We should be grateful to have such on our side."
    "In my eyes that's not a hiveling." The female replied, "Just an over powered test subject created by Ghero of the Ticc clan. By the way, we should continue our focus on the other humans in this pocket realm; there are still more we need to kill."
   "What's the rush?" The male hiveling asked with a smile, "After all, we outnumber and outmatch them."
  "If you want to stay behind, then good for you." The female hiveling said as she turns her back to walk away, "I have a duty to fulfill."
   Elsewhere in a room filled with large neon crystals containing hiveling bodies, a hiveling man with an imperial moustache, dressed in white coat with a black top and bottom, was sitting on a chair and watching the brutalities of Oni from an oval screen.
   "Ah. Oni: one of the greatest creations from yours truly, sir Ghero of the Ticc clan." Ghero said inwardly, "I may not have been suited for combat but i have proven my worth to my race several times and this is one of it.
    Oni, please wreak as much havoc as you want and prove to my superiors why the brain is greater than might."
   Back at the white leafed forest, Oni was knocking away several humans with his fist and during his  rampage, a Kenar male descends from behind to attack Oni with a double hammer fist with his hands being covered with ice but Oni grabs his face (without looking), slams his head on the ground which broke the ground and crushed the Kenar's head with a stomp. At the time Oni was still running amok on several humans, a Ripar female from far behind was charging a concentrated blue light in between her palms, thereby catching the attention of Oni as he glanced back to look at her and ran to attack.
    With a mighty bawl, the Ripar girl released a powerful blue beam from her palms towards Oni which pushed him back but despite the power of the attack, Oni adapted to the blast and continued running towards the Ripar which left her in shock.
  "Huh?"
   Oni reached the girl and landed a thunderous punch on her that disrupted the blast and sent her violently crashing through several trees. During the time the girl laid on the ground, groaning in pain, she takes notice that her legs and her left arm were broken.
   "D-dammit." The girl said inwardly.
  The girl became startled as the sounds of Oni's ominous bawls echoed and were drawing closer to  her and as Oni was approaching her by bulldozing and knocking down obstacles in his path, Oni leaped towards the girl to crush her with his fist which made the her close her eyes in fear but before Oni could crush her, a huge Graundar male (from chapter 5: episode 4) rams his shoulder against Oni from the side, causing him to tumble far away but Oni stabilized himself and lifts his head to see the person.
   "Myke!" The Ripar girl said with a smile.
   "Koah, get back on your feet. This isn't the time to lay down." Myke said while staring at Oni.
   "I can't! My arm and my legs were broken by that freak!" Koah replied.
   "Oh…" Myke said.
   "Myke, listen to me, whatever you do, don't take him lightly." Koah said,"That thing is different from the other hivelings."
  "Hah! Who do you think you are talking to?" Myke asked with a smile, "As of right now, i have lost count of how many hivelings i have taken down with my fists and this guy is going to be another addition!"
   "Myke, i'm serious!" Koah said.
  "It doesn't matter how strong he is. The human boulder welcomes all fighters to his fists! 
   NOW COME AT ME, HIVELING!!!" Myke said with a large grin.
    Oni blared and in an instant, Oni showed up in front of Myke which caught him off and throws a punch at Myke that Myke guards against with both arms but despite Myke blocking the attack, the power of Oni made a wind pressure move through Myke, causing him to cough out blood in the act.
    "What the…?!" Myke said inwardly in shock.
   Oni began to release a barrage of fierce punches on Myke's guard that was repeatedly sending more pressures to move through him and slowly pushing him back in the process.
    "This is guy is strong! Way too strong!" Myke said inwardly, "Koah was right, i shouldn't have been too confident with him and he is not the type i can trade blows with! 
   But! I am not the type to back down from a fight! If i am to bring him down then i need to use my one hit kill technique and do with the timing right!"
   As the Oni kept rushing Myke's guard with furious punches, Myke endured the pain and still stood his ground, waiting for the right time to strike.
   "Not yet…!" Myke said inwardly, "Not yet…!"
   "Now!" Myke said within himself as his irises glowed.
   In a blink of an eye, Myke slams his fist on the Oni's chest which made him cough out blood and spittle.
   "Myke's finale: Burning boulder!!!" Myke said as streaks drew out of his glowing irises.
   The attack created a strong wind pressure that threw Oni back and made him scatter several large trees before hitting his back on a final one and falling flat on his face.
   Witnessing what Myke had done, Koah stared in astonishing as smoke was oozing out of Myke's fist.
   "He did it." Koah said inwardly, "Myke beat that thing."
   "Hoh?" Ghero said while twirling his moustache.
  Oni showed signs of life by coughing and making attempts to stand which brought disbelief to Myke and Koah.
  "Impossible!" Myke and Koah said inwardly.
   "How… How could he still be alive after taking Myke's burning boulder?" Koah asked within herself, "Myke's burning boulder is an attack that absolutely shatters the ribcage and burns up all the vitals!"
   "So he survived my attack, huh." Myke said inwardly, "Regardless of this feat…"
   "He took one hell of a damage from it." Myke said as he watched Oni cough out blood severally, "I just need to hit him again and…"
    Myke paused as him and Koah watched the caved fist from Myke's attack on the chest of Oni, heal up which left him and Koah dismayed.
    "Huh?!!" Myke and Kaoh said inwardly.
    With a deepened bawl, Oni released a powerful aura that created a strong wind pressure and threw Myke, Koah and several trees away. After Oni had finished releasing his aura, Myke emerged out of the pile of trees and landed on his feet with Koah in his arms.
   Myke gently placed Koah on the ground and takes some steps forward, sighting Oni to walking towards them with a glowing outline while growling.
   "What the heck is that thing?" Koah asked inwardly, "He just got stronger from Myke's attack. Does that mean… Wait…"
   "That moment…" Koah said inwardly as she recalls the incident of blasting Oni earlier, "I was able to damage him but he got stronger and defeated me."
   "If damage only makes that thing stronger then how are we supposed to beat him?" Koah asked within herself after the remembrance.
   Meanwhile Ghero laughed out loud while watching the event that took place.
   "That's right; tremble in fear, humans." Ghero said, "Damage is a stimulation to Oni's power. The more damage he receives, the stronger and more vicious he'll become and the best part is… He has no limits!"
    Back in the white leafed forest, Myke's confidence was shaken as he watched Oni walking towards him.
   "What the hell, man…!" Myke said inwardly, "That thing just got stronger from my trump card. How am i supposed to beat him?"
   At that moment, Oni started speeding up his pace while growling.
    "I'm gonna die! I'm gonna die! I'm gonna die!!!" Myke said within himself.
   Myke suddenly had a recollection of his past as his little self was standing in a hill with other children behind him while stretching his fist forward.
   "Just watch. When i get older, i am going to become a pilgrim and crush every enemy with my fist!" Little Myke said with a grin.
   After recalling his past, current Myke shut his eyes and smiled.
   "That's right. I swore i will crush every enemy with my fist and this guy is one of them." Myke said, "And since when did i start backing down from a fight?"
   "I am the human boulder; one who welcomes everyone to his fists." Myke said as he recalls his younger self standing in the midst of unconscious Urokais.
   "It's ok. You're safe now." Myke said as he looks back at other Graundar children with a smile.
   'I never give in and i never give up.'
   Myke opens his eyes and his irises glowed while clenching his fists.
   "If this hiveling wants a piece of me, then i'll gladly give it to him!" Myke said inwardly.
   "Myke?" Koah said in confusion as she sensed Myke's fiery will.
   "LETS DO THIS, HI-!!"
   In a flash, Oni uproots Myke's upper body with an uppercut, leaving Koah to stare in shock.
   "Daaaaammmn!" Ghero said with a smile.
   "Myke…" Koah said softly as tears trickled down from her eyes.
   Oni hastily grabs Myke's remaining body, slams it at his back and began punch it viciously. After Oni had finished, Oni turned his attention to Koah, walked towards her and lifts both of his hands in a position to land a double hammer fist.
   "Oni…" Oni said.
   "Father, mother… I'm sorry." Koah said as she gently closed her eyes.
   "Smash!!!" Oni said as he drove his hands down on Koah and demolished the ground in the act.
   "Good, Oni." Ghero said within himself, "Good on and kill them all."
   After Oni had killed Koah, Oni turns his back on her and walks away.
   "Oni hates humans."