Spectacular World

All Roads Meet

Green Wolf let out a loud laugh and swung his sword as hard as he could. The kinetic energy he had been building up since the battle began unleashed itself, rampaging out of the edge of his sword and ripping even the wind apart as he sent a thin slash in the direction of Duplicity.

The hero blocked his attack by floating into the ground. Duplicity literally phased through the floor as if she was some sort of ghost and then reappeared out of the ground a moment later, throwing a punch in the direction of Green Wolf's stomach.

The villain was ready for it though, and dodged the attack by jumping into the air. He created a platform of kinetic energy, which he used to bounce off of, and he sent another slash down toward the ground, blowing most of the stadium floor up in one attack.

Duplicity flew out and hovered in the air, frowning. "Why are you doing all of this?" She asked the age-old question, glaring at the villain. "Most villains at least have some reason or goal for why they walk their path, but you? You just seem like you're totally insane?"

Green Wolf snickered before it slowly turned into full-blown laughter as he let out another swing of his blade. "What do I get out of being a villain? Name me one hero who can laugh as loudly as I can!" He cheered as his blade tore the stadium apart, ripping it in two. "This isn't just fun for me. This is the only thing that brings me joy. I love this game! I know you're not the final boss either, though, so go ahead and die, you trash mob. I'll take the EXP you drop and go hunt down the real final boss."

Duplicity's body had grown in size. She looked like a full-grown woman now and was woven together from strands of pure energy. She phased through matter, dodging past the falling blocks of debris that rained from above as the entire stadium began to come down on them. "You're totally insane, aren't you?" The woman called out. "I'm sure the whole world would love it if you just went ahead and died."

"I don't know about that. I'm sure I have some fans out there." The villain chuckled and twirled his sword, each loop ripping the ground to bits and sending his attacks out in a wild wave of directions.

Energy-based heroes and villains weren't common, but they weren't rare. They were always tricky to deal with. One thing that made them all stand out was the energy they controlled. For everyone, it was different. The Victorian could control and create solar energy, allowing her to fly and create weapons and attacks nearing light speed. Max Lightning was able to harness electrical energy to perform lightning blasts and stun people. Even Cinder and Demonica both used a form of energy control, both using thermal energy, the same thing Snowdawn and Poseidon used. Green Wolf's was kinetic energy. It was what allowed him to tank so many strong hits and grow in power. Kinetic was movement itself. Just by standing on Earth, the rotation of the planet powered him. All other forms of energy had movement to them when they traveled, and thus would be made up of a bit of kinetic energy, allowing him to mostly absorb other attacks. He had one flaw, though. He couldn't absorb energy that wasn't kinetic.

Someone like Battery was his natural enemy. Battery's energy was also solar in nature. However, this was due to a 'gift' he had received from the Victorian. In actuality, his own power allowed him to absorb and then transmute the properties of energy, turning what was once solar into electricity, kinetic energy, or any other form of existing energy.

Duplicity knew she was at a disadvantage in her fight with Green Wolf. The energy she had become made of was not kinetic energy and thus could not be absorbed, but the act of sending out large bursts of attacks would generate bursts of kinetic force that could then be absorbed. Due to this, she was forced to fight only up close.

Or at least that's what she wanted Green Wolf to think.

"What kind of energy are you made of, anyway?" Green Wolf called out, dodging one of her punches. She sank into the ground, and he jumped into the air as she blew the area around him up. "Nuclear or something?" The man asked. "You going to blow up the entire city?"