The King of Heroes: Null/Virtue

Blood

The entire room watched in stunned silence as the monstrous creature got closer and larger. It was almost like an optical illusion. It felt like it should be right in front of them, but was still several long strides away. In fact, he was so massive that his features seemed to shift, like some eldritch being that couldn't be fully comprehended.

"So uhm..." Himiko muttered to Izuku, not at all prepared for what she was witnessing despite his warnings that a new Lord might show up. "Could you take him?"

Izuku was careful to make sure none of the other Lords could hear him when he replied. "Alone? As I am now? He's too large, his body has too many redundancies to keep him alive through whatever I throw at him." He smirked. "Maybe in fifty... or a hundred years I can confidently say 'yes.'"

Himiko balked. "Oh... we're in so much trouble..."

"Just... stay calm... He's here for one of two reasons, and I doubt he'd attack us for either one... unless we pushed the issue..." Izuku continued to mumble to himself as the mere movement of the Kaiju Lord sheared the air itself, sending intense winds to buffet the Summit.

Setsuna's chair fell over as she stood, blood leaking from her body to form more familiars. Several of the other Lords took that as a cue to prepare for battle as well.

"No..."

The word almost split reality. Even Izuku felt like falling to the ground as the Kaiju Lord's powerful voice assailed them.

Goto looked to Izuku, who held his hands up to the other Lords. He was already seen as the most powerful, so if he was telling them to hold off, things really were that serious.

"Just... Stay calm!" But Izuku couldn't exactly maintain the cool and collected persona he put on. Out of all the futures he could see, the Kaiju Lord was perhaps his second greatest threat. Most of the timelines Izuku died in following this point in time were the result of him and the Kaiju Lord coming to blows.

Not a single event in his past life truly prepared him for a giant monster that could literally stomp his existence into nothingness. Assassin or not, prescient or not, Izuku was nervous.

With one more stride, the Kaiju Lord's frame took up their entire view of the gap in the Tower walls. He settled down on one knee, causing a rumble that felt like the continent was shaking apart.

He was simply too large. Only one eye could fit in that space, using it to stare in at every Lord, his pupil dilating to inspect them. Finally, it settled on Izuku with a knowing look.

Izuku gulped. This was the big moment. If something went wrong, he'd have to break reality itself in order to survive.

He reached out with Telepathic Magic, connecting the Kaiju Lord to Izuku and everyone else in the Summit. He only needed to transmit the Kaiju Lord's thoughts one way, because he could understand their languages, he was just too powerful to speak freely.

"No need to fight." The Kaiju Lord's mental projection was so powerful that it sounded like he was speaking normally and right in their ears. "I'm here for them." He telepathically directed his attention on two Lords - Izuku and the Slave Lord.

"Why?" Izuku asked, already knowing the answer.

"You two know a truth that cannot be allowed to manifest in physical speech."

Shimura exchanged a nervous glance with Izuku. "So you do know?"

"Yeah... same to you, I guess..."

The Kaiju Lord huffed. "If it is spoken, Aeic will hear. The universe will hear."