Ozania Odyssey

Chapter 42: Juyon's Training! Overlord Gathers An Apocalyptic Weapon!

Juyon uses the Evac-12 forests as his training grounds, his fists thudding against the trees as he hones his combat abilities. "Bellowing Bison!" Juyon punches a tree with a mighty force, and the bark crumbles beneath his fist, the tree shuddering and then crashing to the ground.

Juyon's chest rises and falls as he stares at his fist, and a pause hangs in the air. "This attack contains a significant amount of power. However, it's not as fast as I want it to be. During that fight, Overlord could evade my attacks with little to no effort."

Juyon summons Hard Terrain JōKai onto his fists, then, the glowing JōKai Amplification aura surrounds his body. Juyon's fists move at remarkable speeds, creating a loud whirring sound and the illusion of multiple fists. Juyon's punches cause a wide swath of trees to fall before him. "Mandruk Barrage!"

"The speed with the Mandruk Barrage attack is great, but it lacks the power Bellowing Bison provides. I must find a combination of both for an even more powerful attack."

Juyon glances down at his fists, tightening them into a ball. "I need to figure out how to get my JōKai and my JōKai Amplification at their peak effectiveness. Perhaps if I were to work on sustaining my JōKai Amplification for a longer period, I could learn to hone it better."

For three hours, Juyon holds JōKai Amplification on his body on and off, the strain leading to him sprawling out on the ground. "That took a lot out of me; however, I still have room for improvement regarding my JōKai.

Juyon stays on the ground a bit longer, listening to birds chirping in the distance as he catches his breath; then, he makes his way up a mountainous terrain with giant boulders scattered about.

"The rock substance these boulders contain is a lot tougher than the wood substance trees contain. Rather than attempting to break them, I should aim to shatter them. This will help with the precision of my attack."

As he heaves and strains, Juyon uses his fists to pulverize the boulders, intending to shatter them into multiple pieces. Juyon continues this rigorous process for five hours, punching into boulders until his muscles burn with frustration, and he bellows in rage as fails to accomplish his task. "Dammit! Why can't I get it?!" Juyon angrily punches a hole in the boulder, sending dust and rock fragments everywhere.

"Settle down, Juyon, don't let anger overcome you. A calm, sound mind is key in a battle between warriors. If you let your emotions get the better of you, you'll lose the battle," says a distant elderly voice.

Juyon squints his eyes, trying to locate the source of the sound he heard. "Who goes there?!" Juyon continues his search for the voice, but all he hears is silence, so he keeps pushing forward with his training. "A calm sound mind is key in a battle between Warriors, that's right. I need to focus and stay calm. I don't want to return to that place where all I desired was vengeance."

Juyon enters a meditative state. The surrounding silence punctuated only by his steady breaths. Juyon summons Hard Terrain JōKai, feeling the power course through his fists and body. He thrusts his arm forward, and the boulder disintegrates from the impact of his punch. Juyon wipes beads of sweat from his forehead. "I did it finally."

Juyon takes a moment to relax, then, he glances at Navar and Miri, who remain motionless from their rigorous training. "What are they doing down there? Maybe I should go down there and help them," Juyon navigates the sloping landscape and stops once he realizes the voice of the elderly man he heard earlier. Juyon looks up to the star-studded night sky, feeling the chill of the night air on his skin as his lips curl into a casual smirk. "Thanks, old man."

We now go into the POV of the super specimens' neon green transport ship flying toward a main frigate. "Oh man, Overlord is going to be so happy when he finds out we got him the apocalyptic weapon he wanted," says Izolly.

"Yeah, but it was my idea to launch the surge which disabled those Ozanian ships. We wouldn't have gotten this far without it!" says Grolly.

Izolly removes a black spiked bat from his back and whaps Grolly on the head. "Are you trying to say that you were more important? I was the one who lifted the weapon off the wall, remember?"

"We all did, dumbass!" Grolly gut punches Izolly, lifting him from his feet.

Grolly and Izolly throw punches toward one another until Olly steps in to stop the fight. "Will you both quit it? We don't need this ship to be destroyed!"

"Sorry!" they say in unison.

The neon green transport spaceship glides into the frigate, and the three super specimens march toward Overlord, who gazes aimlessly into the starry night sky from the frigate's top-floor window.

"My lord, my lord guess what I brought you!" says Grolly.

"I? You idiot, we brought it!" says Izolly.

Izolly and Grolly squabble, their argument growing increasingly heated until Overlord releases a powerful Flame JōKai beam that stops them. "Enough! Now where did you place the Apocalyptic Weapon at?"

"We placed it in the hangar bay, my Lord. Once you're ready to go, you can grab it," said Olly.

"Thank you. Now notify the fleet leaders to ready their frigates. We're about to start a blockade."

"Yes, sir!"