Chapter 14: The Mighty Oozai Knight (2)
(Caram)"Pffft! THAT'S IT?? That's the 'Knight of great renown'?! He looks like a homeless man! *Starts walking towards him*"
(William)"Caram wait! I heard of Zote, he's really strong!"
(Caram)"What?! You actually believe this guy??? This dull blue dope couldn't fight a freaking ba-"
Without warning, the Oozai's left hand was ripped off like it was nothing. It was so fast, that Caram felt no pain, just shock.
(Star)"Oh God!"
(Orkiindah)"Hahaha! See what happens when you underestimate my powers?! Don't get cocky with me, boy!"
(Zote)"Lowlye cur...don't underestimate your opponent based on appearance!!"
With a swift kick, Caram was launched into one of the massive trees, splinters flying in all directions. The lizard-zai used both legs to dislodge himself, leaving cuts and bruises. In a matter of moments, his injuries faded and closed up, and his missing hand now had a new one in its place.
(Star)"Huh? How'd he do that?"
(Caram)"I'm part-Septarian, every part of my body can regenerate completely, even from a pinky finger."
(Orkiindah)"Oh? So you're an immortal like me and Dol?"
(Caram)"Not really, it just takes a lot to kill people like me!"
(Zote)"Immortal or not, I've slain all manner of creature, especially with this!"
He now wielded an odd weapon. It was a standard black hilt, with an iron ball where a blade would be. And with the flick of the wrist, the ball straightened out into a long sword.
(Zote)"My blade will taste blood after my 30,000 year slumber! Have at you!!"
The sword clashed with the purple spear, creating little sparks. Caram and Zote swung their weapons with such speed it was nearly impossible to see their arms. But this test of speed was ended by Zote poking three holes where Caram's lungs would be, followed up with the tip of his sword morphing into a ball, clocking the Septarian hybrid in the mouth, knocking out four teeth.
(William)"Th-That weapon, pardon my French, but what the hell is that thing?!"
(Zote)"Hm? Well, it is my honor as a Knight to explain my abilities to you. My weapon is a sentient mass of iron, which can alter its shape to whatever I want. When I said it would be tasting blood, I meant that literally, take a look..."
The crimson liquid on Zote's blade was soaked into the metal like a sponge, and slightly grew larger by two inches.
(Zote)"I call this beauty Lun, and I've cut down more than a hundred thousand foes with her during my time in the living world, gaining strength with each kill! And as you'd expect, its become thirsty after so many years of inactivity, but it'll be more than satisfied with the warm blood of an Oozai warrior!"
Caram stood back up as his teeth grew back, and the holes in his torso closing up. He summoned dozens of spade-shaped bullets, and turned his spear into a blade of his own.
(Caram)"Oh...I'm gonna bust you up bad...!"
(I saw this threat in One Punch Man, think I'll use it some more. I just like the sound of it.)
The bullets tore through the Knight like tissue paper, but he didn't seem to acknowledge it, not a single sign of pain. Then, as if the world was on rewind, Zote's body reformed like nothing happened.
(Orkiindah)"See that?! He's just as invincible as me! Anyone I bring back to the mortal plane will have all the energy they want, and can't be killed by conventional means!"
The Oozai Knight was then stabbed in the chest, and Caram began slicing deeper into his heart.
(Caram)"Then I'll just have to rip his soul out!"
To satisfy his curiosity, William used CHECK on Caram. His LV was 2, he had killed before. That was something William was afraid of, but had a strong feeling that he was the only one who has yet to take a life.
(Zote)"Foolish cur, you think I can be so easily killed a second time? I was Second-in-Command of the Round Table!"
Lun Wrapped around the boy's torso and slammed him into the dirt several times, then squeezed him so hard that he broke in two.
(William)"Ok, that's going too far!!"
He attempted to break up the fight, but the living weapon struck his ankle, causing his black blood to pour out at a steady rate. He then got that feeling again from last night, something was very wrong with him, apart from the hole in his leg he was now healing.
(Zote)"Stay out of this fight, boy! This is his duel, not yours!"
As Caram regenerated his lower half, he fired an orange beam on himself, repairing his ruined clothes. Easily an Oozai's most metro spell.
(Caram)"Ok...that's it! I have no choice but to use my...t-true form on this guy...!"
(William)"Huh?! You can achieve your true form already?? But I thought you needed to consume Void for it to happen!"
(Caram)"Hehe...it's a little different for me!"
He removed his jacket, revealing a pair of purple bug-like wings. As his cheek marks began to glow bright, his wings grew longer, but his rising magic immediately dropped back down. Caram dropped down in his knees, breathing heavily accompanied by a coat of sweat on his face.
(Caram)*Huff......puff...* "O-Oh no...I forgot to...e-eat! So...f-fucking tired...!"
("Watch your profanity!" Remember that?)
(Zote)"So you're saying that you are unable to continue our duel?"
(Caram)"Unless I can still fight while passing out? No...I'm finished!"
(Zote)"I see...then the pink boy over there will fight in your place!"
(William/Star)"Huh??"
(Orkiindah)"What?! The hell are you doing?! He's completely defenseless!"
(Zote)"It would shatter my honor if I were to kill a defenseless opponent, no matter who it is. I'll fight him again when he's back at 100%."
(Orkiindah)"Y-You can't do that! I order you to finish Caram off right no-"
Before he could finish, Zote cut his head clean off, then sliced that in two.
(Orkiindah)"...Ok, I guess you you don't HAVE to!"
(Zote)"Good."
(William)"Uh, o-ok! But the only Soul Tool I have is a barrier, not a sword or a mace ors something..."
(Zote)"A strong defense can also be a good offense, never forget that!"
The Knight's weapon turned back into a regular blade, clashing with the barrier William had only a split second to bring up in time. Zote struck the shield again, and again, and again, each time pushing the boy backwards.
(William)"Argh! I don't know if this thing can break, but I can't sit here and let him find out! Gotta...concentrate!"
With all his might, William formed a large fist out if his barrier, knocking the Oozai into a boulder.
(Zote)"Not bad! If I were still alive, that punch would've hurt me more than a snake bite!"
(William)"Funny you should say that! My mother was a Witch from Earth, who had a snake theme!"
(Zote)"Huh? You mean Medusa Gorgon? I've heard of her through rumors, but I never went to Earth to check before I died."
(Orkiindah)*Putting his head back on* "Hey! Stop conversing and keep figh-"
(Zote)"What did I just say!?"
(Orkiindah)"N-Nevermind!"
(Star)"Weird. Even though that guy brought him back, Zote isn't afraid to talk back?"
(Caram)"Just as I thought...Orkiindah's...a coward, ha!"
(Zote)"You have great potential, Son of the Gorgon, but we'll have to see if you defeat a legend from the past!"
Lun stretched and sunk into the ground, erupting multiple times under William's feet. Things weren't going well for me boy, as his head started to feel horribly light-headed, causing him to get stabbed in the left shoulder.
(Caram)"Fen! N-No...! Can't, stand up...can't help...!"
(Orkiindah)"Yes, you got him on the ropes! That hundred million Yuld is as good as mine!"
(Zote)"How unfortunate, your tale has ended so early. I'll make sure you have a painless death, goodbye..."
He thrusted his blade into the boy's throat...but it...didn't? The tip of the sword wasn't even a centimeter through his neck?!
(Caram)"Huh...?!"
(Star)"What?!"
(Orkiindah)"Ehhh!?"
William's eyes...they were just like the average Oozai's now, but something about them made the boy look, uncanny. As if from a Frankenstein film, he sat up like a reanimated corpse, not making a single sound, not even breathing.
(Zote)"Wait a moment! This power...there's, there's another soul within you! But how?! I can tell that you haven't absorbed a soul, but-"
Suddenly, William's body violently shook and something bulged within his arms and torso, like he was a bag of snakes. Then as icing on the cake, a little black and white...whatever it was with an "X" on its face erupted from his back.
(???)"WHO THE FUCK YOU THINK YOU ARE?!"
(Zote)"Wh-What the?!"
(???)"I'll fucking die if this kid dies! I just woke up after 50 years, and this is the first goddamn thing I wake up to?! I'm gonna kick your ass!"
(Orkiindah)"What is that thing?!"
(Star)"Wait. I-Is that...?"
(Caram)"The...Demon Sword that William told me about... That creature is R-Ragnarok!"
(William)"...Heh! Ehehehe!! I'mma beat the shit outta you!"
Zote had no time to dodge the devastating dropkick that William sent directly to his gut, launching him through fuve trees like it was nothing.
(Orkiindah)"The fuck?! You didn't have this strength before, what's happening!?"
(William)"I don't know but...It seems like I've gone mad!!!"
While the boy cackled like a psychopath, the the creature known as Ragnarok transformed into a thin blade with a pair of red lips.
(William)"Huh, guess it'll be an even fight now! Hahahaha!!!"
(Zote)"This, this power! ...I think I felt that! This might be the best duel I've had in years!"
Now that both 'zai had swords, they were equally matched in both skill and speed.
(Zote)"In just a few minutes of fighting you, you've attained a massive boost in everything! Speed, precision, endurance, this Demon in your blood is incredible strong!"
(William)"Heh! Think that's great?! I got a whole new bag of tricks, don't know how I learned, but I thank God for it! Prakem Prakem, Dahralvith Dahralvith!"
William's Soul Power was massive, almost as big as Zoozai's, but instead of magenta, it was purple and had multiple arrows sticking out of it.
(William)"VECTOR ARROW!!!"
The arrows quickly flew towards the Oozai Knight, who managed to cut a few down but was eventually impaled through the face and abdomen, even his arms were severed.
(Caram)"That's...not, not like him! Something's wrong...that guy's making William go overboard on his magic attacks...! If he doesn't calm down...he might end up killing someone!"
(Star)"Wait, does killing a dead guy give you those execution point things?"
(Caram)"No, but there's that Deku village, he might go over there and slaughter them!"
(William's Soul: The Black Cavern)
William found himself back in the strange dark cave once again, but this time Ragnarok was there, cursing at a some kind of window? No, it was the boy's point of view, beating the tar out of Zote.
(William)"H-Hey, what's going on? Are you, uh, Ragnarok? The Demon Sword?"
(Ragnarok)"Yeah, now shut the hell up! I'm trying to kill this guy, but he's fucking immortal or something!"
(William)"Wait, kill?! No, no, no! You can't kill him, your in my body! That'll be the same as me doing it!"
(Ragnarok)"What's it to ya!? Killin's easy, I've done it all the time. Well, back before that Witch bitch melted me!"
(William)"Oh. That's my mom, Riivrax did tell me she was kinda...evil and stuff, then Crona told me about you and Erik."
(Ragnarok)"Erik? That dope is still around?"
(William)"Yeah, but he's a lot...bigger than you."
The Demon Sword looked at his little body, as if he never noticed.
(Ragnarok)"Ah, dammit! My power's weakened! I used be freaking massive!"
(William)"Wh-Whatever! I'm not gonna let you kill people with my body!"
(Ragnarok)"Why the fuck not?!"
(William)"I just told you!!! Ugh, look, is there anything else you want that doesn't involve killing?"
(Ragnarok)"Hm...well I GUESS I'll forget about it, if I were to get some, I don't know, candy or something?"
(William)"Is that it? I can get you all the candy you want and more!"
(Ragnarok)"Really? Oh, alright! I guess we can work together, we are gonna be in the same body forever!"
(William)"Great! I hope we can be good friends here on out!"
(Ragnarok)"Yeah, whatever..."
(Back to the Fight)
(William)"Brahnu, brahnu, brahnu, brahnu, brahnu!"
Fen was slashing wildly at the Knight, unlike anything he's ever seen. Lunch was powerful, but not nearly as much as Ragnarok, and with a final swing, it was knocked out of Zote's hand.
(Zote)"You're...too strong for me!"
(Orkiindah)"Shit, shit! He's actually gonna lose!?!"
(William)"H-Heheh....I'll freaking kill everyo-HRK!"
The Oozai-Witch hybrid's body wriggled once more, but this time his eyes were white like before, but the irises had changed from red to a brownish yellow.
(William)"...Sorry about that, had to get some stuff straightened out."
(Caram)"Fen? He's done something, he's changed!"
With what little energy he still had, Caram used CHECK on the boy's soul, it had a little dark ball resembling Ragnarok's head encasing it. Somehow, some way that Caram didn't yet understand, William had synced with the Demon Sword in just a few minutes of gaining his power.
(William)"Go get your weapon, we're going to finish this with one last attack."
(Zote)"Hm? You're just going to let me?"
(William)"Hey, wouldn't it ruin your honor if you were hit from behind? I wouldn't wanna do that to a legend like you."
(Zote)"Oh, that's not what I expected. Ok, one last attack!"
Zote went to retrieve Lun, and the two Oozai stood before each other for a few seconds. Then, they thrusted their blades quicker than William expected he could, perhaps Ragnarok was enhancing his muscle movements since he was withing his blood. Lun, just like last time, didn't make a dent, but the Demon Sword had went straight through the dull blue Oozai's chest, with some kind of ethereal chain around it.
(William)"This chain, Orkiindah put this on to control you, didn't he?"
(Zote)"Y-Yes...but now that you've destroyed it, my soul can finally make it to the afterlife, and reunite with my fallen comrades. But before I leave, may I have one last request?"
(William)"Anything."
(Zote)"Lun, she wasn't my first weapon, she belongs to Nebula Knight! I had used Lun to destroy a being of concentrated negative energy before I died, but I had been unable to return her to my friend. That is how the necromancer got a hold on me."
(William)"I see..."
(Zote)"Boy, if it is no trouble to you, may you please return Lun to Nebula for me? After that, I can finally be at rest..."
(William)"...Yeah, I'll do it for you!"
(Zote)"Th-Thank you..."
With that, the Oozai Knight of great renown crumbled into dust, leaving his weapon behind in William's hand.
(William)"Hm, today has been an interesting one. I don't think I'll forget it..."
(William)"Oh, but I didn't forget about you, Ork!"
(Orkiindah)*Tried to sneak away* 0_0'
Using his new Demon Sword, William chased the necromancer off into the woods, leaving Star and Caram confused.
(Star)"Wow, Will's a strange guy. Heh, I'm glad I got to meet him!"
(Caran)"St-Star, I'm starting to feel like I'm dying, get my bag-!"
(Today is the day I get a hundred followers, pretty cool.)
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