The story talks about a young boy known as Cloud who aspired to become the greatest pilgrim warrior in Agaroth (the first warrior realm of mankind) despite his flaws, however there is more that meets the eyes as Agaroth is on the brink of extinction...
Ziron gaped at his bloodstained hands with goggled eyes, frozen with shock that the poison had began to take full effect. "It has started. It won't take long before Ziron dies." Idjra said within, "It's over." Being filled with excessive fury, Ziron clenched his fists and growled while emitting a menacing aura. Ziron raised his head to glare at Idjra and charged at her to attack while yelling but before Ziron's fist could connect, Idjra punched him first which sent him skidding back. Idjra blared and moved towards Ziron to attack with a spinning kick to the chest, causing him to roll backwards. Ziron managed to steady himself but Idjra appeared in his front and struck with an uppercut to the jaw which drew out blood and spittle at once; Idjra punched Ziron on the left cheek, kicked him in the belly with her shin, unleased a furious combo of attacks on him and ended everything with a powerful punch to the face that sent him viciously tumbling and sliding on his face, leaving a large rift in the act. Ziron laid still for some seconds and groaned in pain as he made his struggles to stand. Blood poured out Ziron's face during the time he was panting and just as Ziron barely stood on his feet, Ziron turned around to move to Idjra's direction but his knees gave out before he could take a step. Idjra stared down at Ziron as he was on all fours, still panting for air. Ziron tried to stand but ended up falling on the ground and groaning in pain. "This is the end for him. His final chapter." Idjra said within, "With the poison and the amount of damage taken, he can not continue. The reapers kiss... A poison powerful enough to wipe out the entire Kobrah clan of Reptorix race. To think Izaiya would go that far... No... It doesn't matter how far he went. Ziron is going to die and his death damn well won't be pretty, but it is nothing more than he deserves. Yet... Why do i feel sorry for him? He is an enemy; a traitor who killed many of our friends and comrades in cold blood. Surely he deserves to die painfully for his actions." Idjra stared at Ziron for a while and exhaled with closed eyes. "Bloody hell." Idjra said within. Idjra cupped her hands and draws them to her side. "I can't and i won't save Ziron from dying, but the least i can do is to give him a painless death." Idjra said within. A purple sphere of light appeared in-between Idjra's cupped hands. "The other technique i learnt from Grei. I first used it in the rumble against Xorian but he was able to freeze it." Idjra said within, "With the power growth i have gotten, this technique is capable of taking his life quickly. "Goodbye, Ziron." Idjra said within with closed eyes. While the sphere of light grew in between Idjra's cupped hands, Ziron had a memory of him discussing with Balog. "The dehumanization is still in work. The process of changing your race will take far longer for you midborns than the average person because of the dual energies clashing." Balog said to Ziron, "Arxion and the others, i would give them three to four years and they will no longer be human, but you midborns, i could say five to six." "Five to six? I can't stand having the body of this filthy race." Ziron said with slight irritation while facing the ground. "Ziron. I have a warning for you." Balog said, "Once you enter the academy, on no account should you use your full strength. We might have been able to keep your kan stable to a degree but that doesn't mean it is completely safe. Among the four midborns we have, yours is the most unstable, so until your dehumanization is finished, you are forbidden from your full power. If you decide to go against my warning and fight with your full strength, then you should prepare to deal with the consequences of your decision." After remembering the event, Ziron clutched the surface while gritting his teeth. "Is this how it ends for me? Dying by the hands of the one race i hate more than anything?" Ziron asked within, "I could have ended this earlier if i wanted to. I could have killed them all if i decided not to play around..." While Ziron was monologuing, the purple sphere of light in between Idjra's hands had grown bigger. "Jin...!" Idjra said as her right foot cracked the ground. "Jan...!!" Idjra said as the ground she stood leveled. "At this point..." Ziron said within while facing the ground. "JUN!!!" Idjra said as she fired the blast towards Ziron. " I have nothing to lose." Ziron said within at the moment he raised his head as his blue irises turned red while two thing rings appeared within those irises. A huge purple explosion erupted, filling the place with dust-clouds. Idjra who happened to be laying on the ground, coughed out a bit and stood on her feet; Idjra caught sight of Ziron standing a bit far from her as the upper part of his face was overshadowed and just as Ziron opened his eyes, showing his blue irises to have turned red, Idjra subconsciously stepped back. "What...?" The intense feeling of danger swept across like a plague, making several hivelings and humans afar in the grey-leafed forest tremble. Izaiya who was still watching from the barrier, found himself sweating tremendously. Despite the menacing presence of Ziron, Idjra resisted and raised her arms to fight. Ziron slightly grinned in an ominous manner and took a step forward. "Here he comes." Idjra said within. Idjra's irises glowed as she slowly turns and found Ziron standing far behind her with an outstretched fist. At that moment, a strong breeze blew past Idjra's head and a stronger breeze quickly followed and blew past her body. "Humph. I wonder what would have happened if that punch connected." Ziron said with a grin while facing forward. "This power..." Idjra said within with widened eyes. "The real fight starts now." Ziron said. "Come at me... Human." Ziron said with a darkened voice as he glanced at Idjra with glowing irises while smiling. Idjra yelled with her irises glowing and moved so fast to punch Ziron that time froze before her again, but before her fist could connect, Ziron easily grabs her face and raised her from the ground. "Pathetic." Ziron said. Ziron casually tossed Idjra to the ground and taunts her with a beckoning finger. Idjra raced towards Ziron with an astounding speed to punch Ziron but Ziron showed up at her back. Idjra swiftly turned and sprints down at Ziron to unleash a torrent of rapid strikes but Ziron easily blocks every last one and sent Idjra skidding back with a kick to her midsection. Idjra fell on one knee and coughed out while clutching her belly. As Idjra gazed at Ziron while panting, Idjra sprints at him to land a punch but Ziron easily stops her fist. "Is that all?" Ziron asked. Idjra quickly used her other fist to hit Ziron but Ziron evades it. Despite the speed of Idjra's attacks, Ziron blocked and evaded them all with ease; Ziron punched Idjra in the belly and followed with a punch to the face that made her step back. Idjra instinctively guards against a kick from Ziron but the power behind the kick broke Idjra's guard and pushed her back again. Ziron quickly attacked Idjra with a combo of kicks and sent her flying high with an uppercut; however, Idjra appeared behind Ziron to land a flying roundhouse but Ziron ducks and in a flash, Ziron appeared in the air and attacks with a turning knee to the side of Idjra's head which sent her spinning. Idjra tumbled on the ground and regained her footing. "Ghost step..." Idjra said as cyan streak of lights drew out of her irises. Time froze again as Idjra moved 50 times faster than before, creating numerous clones of herself in the act. "Hojen-Saikun!!" Idjra and her clones said as they landed a barrage of hits on Ziron from all directions. In the process of Idjra and her clones attacking Ziron, Ziron grabbed the real Idjra by the hair and threw her to the ground and quickly disposed the clones with a single strike to each of them. Time unfroze as Ziron advanced towards Idjra to punch her which she sidestepped him to evade, but Ziron quickly spun himself and struck her with a back-fist with his other hand which made Idjra stagger back. Ziron sprints towards Idjra to punch her but Idjra instinctively avoids the attack and punched him in the face instead, however, the punch barely pushed Ziron's head back which made Ziron grin at her and quickly attacked with a reverse roundhouse at Idjra's side. Idjra tumbled sideways but just as Ziron was about to move forward and attack, another strong headache reoccurred which made Ziron step back and bend his head in pain while panting. Ziron raised his head and grinned as blood rushed out of his eyes while his eyes glowed red which made Idjra gape in shock. Ziron rushed and threw a punch at Idjra which she blocked but the force made her step back. Ziron lands a strong gut punch on Idjra that made her clutch her belly in pain and cough out spittle. Idjra stepped back again and Ziron hastily ran down at her, hopped on one of her knees, attacked with a high knee and followed up with a Superman punch on mid air that made her slide on her back. Izaiya was watching in disbelief as Ziron was dominating Idjra. "What the hell...? What the hell is going on?" Izaiya asked within, "Ziron isn't supposed to be dominating. The one that was supposed to have the upper hand was Idjra. How could this happen? The poison... It should have killed him by now, but why hasn't it? What is going on?" "Wait... That moment..." Izaiya said within as he recalls the moment of Ziron revealing his red irises. "There was something different about him. It was as if something had changed in him and that ominous presence confirms it." Izaiya said within after remembering that moment, "Come to think it, Ziron always talked about not fighting us at full power because we couldn't make him sweat but with what has happened, it could be he chose to go all out. He's cornered and anything that is cornered is at its most dangerous. To dominate Idjra even with the boost and poison especially with the poison... The only reason i can think of why the poison hasn't killed him yet is because it was slowed down the moment he activated his full strength." "It won't take long before Idjra loses or before they are drained." Izaiya said within as he glanced at the people that lent Idjra their strength, "Idjra's kan of faithful soul drains stamina and it's only a matter of time before their stamina is drained." "Oh well, its time i get down to it." Izaiya said as he brought out a glowing lilac stone. The lilac stone split into several pieces and rotated round Izaiya's palm. "This is my last gamble." Izaiya said within, "If it doesn't work, we are as good as dead." Meanwhile Idjra was on her knees, clutching her left arm while breathing heavily and just before she could move, a red beam struck her on her chest and sent her rolling backwards. "You really thought in blocking me from using my kan abilities, it would increase your advantage?!" Ziron asked while smiling as he was walking towards Idjra with an outstretched hand covered with red aura, "Fool! Have you forgotten my skills in aura manipulation?!?!" Ziron fired a storm of red beams at Idjra, sprints to her front and unleashed a flurry of punches to her face and ended everything with an uppercut to the belly that not only raised her a bit but brought pain so immense that a silent scream escaped from her mouth. Idjra fell on her face and began to tremble heavily while clutching her belly in pain. Idjra groaned in pain as Ziron grabbed her by the hair and raised her to her knees. "What's wrong? Can't fight anymore? How sad." Ziron said, "To think i would be pushed this far by a puppy and that smug bastard infuriates me. I should kill you, but i won't... Not yet..." "Hmmm." Ziron said as he glanced at different angles with his irises glowing. "There you are." Ziron said with a smile. Ziron spots Izaiya standing within the barrier with lilac stones rotating round him. "What is he doing? And what are those stones?" Ziron asked within, "He is planning something, isn't he? Another dirty trick like before? Whatever it is..." "I won't let him finish!!!" Ziron said as he quickly moved Idjra to his front and sent her flying towards Izaiya's direction with a punch. The momentum Ziron used in sending Idjra towards Izaiya was so powerful that it instantly destroyed the barriers and created a shockwave that threw everyone within back. For some time, Izaiya laid flat on his face but showed signs of life as he raised his head while clutching his arm and groaning in pain, Izaiya spots Idjra laying on the ground with blood flowing out of her head. "You look shocked." A masculine voice said. Izaiya turns around and sees the person to be Ziron who happened to be smiling while walking towards him. "Not what you were expecting, huh?" Ziron asked, "Tell me... What will you do, now? I have thwarted whatever you were planning and the one you placed so much faith in, the one you gave so much strength and made the road easier for victory has been defeated. And you... Just by looking at you, i can tell you haven't recovered from the consequences of creating two soul clones." Ziron halts in his track to raise his hand, creates a sphere on his fingertips and fired it at Izaiya's chest which made him roll backwards. Izaiya laid on his chest, coughing and groaning in pain while Ziron smirked at him. Ziron walks towards Izaiya again and squats. "There are so many ways i want to kill you right now... But not yet..." Ziron said, "I first want you to watch something." Ziron walks down at Idjra and raised her by the hair. "Her body has taken a lot of damage and the unison has been destroyed. There is nothing she can do against me." Ziron said. Izaiya tried to make an attempt to move but due to his lack of strength, it was in vain. "Funny, isn't it? The story of Idjra?" Ziron asked with a smile, "The one who failed to meet the expectations of others regardless of the path she took. How sad." "I want you to watch..." Ziron said as he glanced at Izaiya, "As your greatest hope, the one who you placed so much faith in, die before your eyes!!" "Ziron, stop!" Izaiya said in pains as he still found himself unable to move. "This is the end for you!!" Ziron said as he moved his towards Idjra's chest. "STOP!!!" Izaiya screamed as his irises glowed. Ziron thrusts his hand into Idjra's chest and immediately released a large beam that blew a hole there, leaving Izaiya dumbstruck. Ziron released his grip from Idjra's hair, leaving her body to lifelessly drop on the ground and stared down at her corpse. "Another disease gone." Ziron said with a smile, "Now..." "To you..." Ziron said as he glanced at Izaiya with his irises glowing. Minutes later, Obaru woke up and slightly groaned while rubbing the back of his head. "Damn, my head." Obaru said to himself. Obaru observed the ruined environment he was dwelling and quickly took notice of the bodies laying on the surface which made him scowl. "Ziron." Obaru said. In the course of peering through the bodies, Obaru noticed a familiar feminine build laying on the ground and realizing who it was, Obaru's irises glowed and he ran towards the body. Obaru turns over the corpse of Idjra and stared at her face. Heartbroken, tears streamed out of Obaru's eyes while his right hand shook as he slowly moved it to touch Idjra's cold face. As Obaru touched her face, Obaru had numerous memories of himself and Idjra laughing, talking, training, reading and had a final memory of Idjra hugging him which led him to silently break down in tears while resting his forehead upon Idjra's. "My, my, my. What do we have here?" Ziron asked with a smile while standing a bit far from Obaru, "The fool mourning the failure. You are late. I was waiting for you so i can finish you off in a way far worse than what i did to him." Ziron casually tossed the finger of a Ripar to the back of Obaru's head. "That was Izaiya... What was left of him, anyway." Ziron said. However, Obaru paid no heed to Ziron and was still focused on Idjra. "I'm sorry for what i did to her. I'm sure you loved your puppy to bits." Ziron said while still smiling, "It's so pathetic really of how she talked of you being her strength and how you were there for her, but when it came down to it, she ended up dying alone." Ziron bursts out in laughter while clutching his face. "Oh my! She ended up dying alone!!" Ziron said, "Isn't this sad?! The one she even went down on her knees for, wasn't even there to join her in the afterlife! She and that smug bastard who thinks he is smarter than everyone, tried to deliver me to the hands of death but i delivered them instead!" "After all her talks about bonds, the one she bonded with the most wasn't there to be with her in her final moments!!" Ziron said while Obaru's upper face was overshadowed as he was still focused on Idjra. "Pathetic! Pathetic!! In the end, she died like the disease she was. Likewise every human here died like the diseases they were!" Ziron said while still smiling, "But don't worry. I'll make sure you-" Ziron paused as he felt a strong chill running down his spine and at that moment, Ziron had a brief illusion of skeletal hands springing out of the ground and holding his ankle. Ziron shook his head and became bewildered as he took notice of the hairs on his body standing. Like a zombie, Obaru slowly stood on his feet while his swirling aura was tainted with black streaks. Just as Obaru slowly espied at Ziron, Obaru's face momentarily transformed into a bloodstained skull in the eyes of Ziron which made him subconsciously step back. Ziron growled and fired a large red beam at Obaru, creating a huge explosion in the process. However, Ziron became shocked as Obaru walked out of the flames unharmed with a cold glare while his irises glowed. "Huh?...?" Ziron said within. While Obaru was still walking towards Ziron, Ziron stared into Obaru's cold eyes which had become so dark and empty that his scleras were black in his sight. With a mighty bawl, Ziron charged at Obaru and punched his forehead that created great craters on the ground, but Obaru didn't flinch a bit. "What is this...?" Ziron asked within. A giant reaper appeared behind Obaru, causing Ziron's eyes to widen. Obaru lands a swift punch on the cheek of Ziron that knocked out a tooth whilst creating a huge wave that spread across multiple areas in the grey-leafed forest; the humans and hivelings the wave passed through, shuddered in cold and clutched themselves. "What the hell?" A male Tenplar said. Meanwhile Ziron crashed on the ground and was sliding on the side of his head. Ziron sat up and was bleeding all over his face and as he sat up, he saw Obaru walking towards him with that same emotionless demeanor. "What the heck is going on?" Ziron asked within, "His power... It feels so different. Not only has it abnormally grown but it has become cold and dark. He is not even using his ability." "Is... Is this the same Obaru?" Ziron asked within as he compared the face of the warm-hearted Obaru and the current cold Obaru. "He really cared for her that much, huh?" Ziron asked within with a smile. Didn't know you had this side of you." Ziron said to Obaru while smiling as he stood on his feet, "But tell me, if Idjra with all the backings and the poison of Izaiya couldn't stop me, then what makes you think-?!" Ziron was immediately interrupted with a strong punch to the cheek by Obaru that made his visions swirl. Ziron almost fell on the ground, but he quickly regained his balance, thereby preventing himself from falling. Ziron grits his teeth and turned to attack Obaru, only to be met with a fist to the face that made him fall hard on the surface with the back of his head. Ziron's mind temporarily scrambled and Obaru followed his attack with a brutal stomp to the chest that broke the ground while driving Ziron deeper. Ziron screamed in great agony as his eyes became pupilless, but Obaru followed up with seven merciless stomps. Just as Obaru was about to deliver the eighth stomp, Ziron momentarily saw the large reaper standing behind Obaru while Obaru still carried that cold look. Ziron managed to avoid the eighth stomp by rolling away, leaving Obaru's foot to create great damage. However, Obaru hastily went after Ziron and landed a soccer ball kick on Ziron's head. The attack made Ziron roll terribly on the ground, but Obaru still chased after Ziron and landed another soccer ball kick which was on his ribs, causing him to roll terribly again while blood spilled out his mouth with his eyes becoming pupilless again. Ziron laid on all fours and coughed out blood repeatedly. Ziron was able to stand on his feet and quickly clinged unto Obaru. "Die." Ziron said. An enormous red ring hovered above Obaru. "Heaven's ring: Judgement of death!" Ziron said as the ring fired down a great red beam on him and Obaru. In the act of the beam descending on him and Obaru, Ziron gazed at the ground and smiled. "While this technique will have no effect on me, Obaru's body and bones will crumble to dust!" Ziron raised his head and was shocked that Obaru was unfazed and coldly glaring at him while the beam was still pouring on the two. "Wha-!" Obaru immediately seized Ziron by the hair with one hand and threw him to his side, causing him to fall face-first and split the ground open which extended down to other surrounding districts. Like an animal stalking it's prey, Obaru took a few steps towards Ziron (who happened to be on all fours again) and tilted to deliver a horrifying knee that cracked Ziron's skull. Ziron soared back and rolled viciously on the ground. Ziron struggled to stand back on his feet but as he made his struggles, the headache resurfaced, causing him to fall on his knees and groan in pain. Ziron clutched his face in agony and just as he removed his hand, he took notice of his nosebleed, occuring to him that the poison has entered it's next stage which made him grit his teeth in anger. Ziron covers his fist with red aura and dashed towards Obaru with immense speed to deliver a great punch that decimated the land. However, Obaru was unfazed by the punch and due to the effect of Ziron getting weaker and Obaru's enhanced sturdiness, a vibration was created in Ziron's arm that bent his humerus. Ziron yelled out in pain but was cut short with a punch from Obaru. Before Ziron could fly back, Obaru grabbed hold of his shirt and rained down a furious series of punches on Ziron's face which brought him down to his knees but Obaru continued punching, regardless. Ziron caught a glimpse of Obaru's cold eyes being black (while his irises glowed) and Obaru lands another punch that made Ziron slide on the side of his head again. Ziron's senses were scattered. His ears rang heavily, his visions twisted like a maelstrom and his breathing became heavier. Nevertheless, Ziron still regained himself and found a way to stand on his feet again. The exhausted Ziron stared at Obaru walking down at him with that cold glare. "I am going to die." Ziron said within, "I can feel myself getting weaker; my death is inevitable. It's either the poison kills me, or i die from the consequences of using of my full strength." "But to think i would be beaten to this point and be killed by this oaf... A trash race is unacceptable." Ziron said within as he grits his teeth, "I have sworn before i go, i will take out Idjra, Izaiya and Obaru and that's what i am going to do!" Ziron raised his remaining arm and created a red orb that made several rocks and debris to rise and magnet themselves to form a gigantic sphere coated with his red aura. "I may not have much strength, but i sure have enough to carry you and many others to hell with me!" Ziron said. At the moment Ziron said this, Obaru gaped at ground. The sphere kept increasing in height and Ziron grinned. "WORLDLY DEVASTATION!!" Ziron said as he threw the sphere at Obaru. Obaru quickly raised his head and his eyes glowed. A small explosion quickly spawned a shockwave that spread across multiple areas in the grey-leafed forest and a bright light followed; smoke filled the atmosphere and Ziron fell on his knees and vomited blood. Ziron stared at his bloodstained hand and observed it shaking violently. Suddenly a footstep resonated, causing Ziron's irises to glow in alarm. Ziron raised his head and watched a shadow figure in the smoke walking towards him which turned out a be a huge demonic looking golden armored Obaru. Ziron gazed in disarray at the monstrous golden figure walking down his direction as it had numerous spikes on the side of it's head, a skull-like mouth which had light glowing out of it and glowing on several parts of the body. This form also had spikes on his shoulders and claws for fingers and toes as he approached Ziron. Obaru raised his right arm and closed his fist, allowing his entire right arm to glow with excessive heat. "Oh..." Ziron said. Obaru appeared in front of Ziron and hurls his fist at him which made several debris to raise and incinerate. The entire area was filled with smoke and as it cleared, Ziron laid on the ground with his arms and legs burnt. Smoke sizzled out of his midsection and Ziron burnt limbs crumbled. Ziron screamed in agony and began to breath heavily. Ziron took notice of Obaru in his base form walking down his direction with a cold glare and just as Obaru was about to reach close to Ziron, a blonde Tenplar female stood in Obaru's way and spread her arms apart. "Wait! He is beaten-" Obaru cuts her short with a swift punch to her temple that sent her rapidly sliding on the side of her head, rendering her in coma. Obaru stood in Ziron's front and stared down at him which made Ziron smile. "Heh. So this is the end of my story." Ziron said,"I lost and died, not to Idjra or Izaiya's poison but to an oaf with a hidden personality. Well, get on with it. If you don't kill me, then either the poison or my power will." Obaru quickly grabs Ziron by the throat with the left hand and started punching him with his right. While Obaru was punching Ziron, golden gauntlets covered both of Obaru's hands and Obaru began to brutally pummel Ziron to death with both hands. In the act of Obaru pummeling Ziron, feminine arms of a Ripar locked the left arm of Obaru in order to restrain him, but with no time wasted, Obaru turned to punch the female only to pause and stare in shock with his irises glowing.
"Idjra?" Obaru said as Idjra gawked at him with a horrified demeanor.
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