Kaiser of the New World (Ch 200+)

Disharmonied (211)

Kai was not unkowledgable on the topic of boss fights. It was common knowledge that they had multiple phases, that's just how they worked.

And Ezekial, he was definitely a boss fight. They were by far the toughest opponent Kai had ever faced, considering that Failure had been possessing him when he 'fought' the Demon and no other opponent really came close to them in terms of power.

Except for Ezekial.

While it may not have actually seemed like that hard of a fight, Kai was practically on the way out. Once he deactivated his boosting skills, he had no idea what would happen. All those backslashes hitting him all at once was bound to do something horrible, so he had to be mentally prepared.

But he couldn't exactly mentally prepare at this time as he had another thought in his mind.

What sort of bullshit is this?!

Ezekial had already gone through his last minute power up, those red aura arms, how could he possibly have another one in him when he had just been stabbed through the heart, fell off the roof of a castle and had a massive hole in his stomach?

Kai couldn't help but feel bitter.

Down below, Ezekial coughed up blood as he slowly crawled along the ground towards Castillian's corpse. There was a rat already down there, just about to dig into fresh King meet, but they quickly scurried away when they saw Ezekial approaching it.

Once they finally reached the paste that remained of Castillian, Ezekial tenderly reached out and clawed at the King's pale cheek. With a trembling hand, Ezekial shook the corpses head and croaked out:

"...Your Majesty?"

There was obviously no response.

So Ezekial tried something else.

"...Father?"

Still no response.

Ezekial lost it.

Suddenly, their body began to spasm violently as the most harrowing, most gut-wrenching, most ghastly cry escaped from their mouth. Blood began seeping out of Ezekial's eyes, joining the pool of deep red blood already under him.

Something began to move under their skin, like there had been something living inside him that was trying to break out.

Kai felt sick watching it, watching something crawl down Ezekial's neck.

"What... is that?"

The Plague Harbinger grunted.

"The Sword Man's body has to face the consequences of becoming Disharmonied."

Two horns shot out of the side of Ezekial's skull, a dull white, looking like they were made out of pure bone. The mass of Ezekial's body began to expand, like he was being pumped up like a human balloon.

His limbs began to twist at unnatural angles, his fingernails began to extend into claws.

The fabric of his ruined guard uniform began to stretch, threads of it ripping as it failed to contain Ezekial's monstrous body.

Ezekial's body continued to contort into something foreign, something Kai was sure that he didn't want to end up fighting.

Luckily, it seemed that he wouldn't have to.

The Plague Harbinger lifted a hand up and cracked their neck before grunting and jumping down from the exposed section of the castle they were on. They landed down on the ground with a thunderous crash, a cloud of dust surrounding them as they began to approach the transforming Ezekial.