章 77: Lies of a Fox

"Geez, I never expected others to have such strong people…" Nia said as he slammed his branch into the arm of The Jade Emperor.

"Expect much stronger later on," Scathath said as he jumped over Nia and kicked The Emperor in the back.

"What makes you two so sure you'll make it out of this fight alive? A famous God Killer and a nobody that isn't even fighting with his full power. Who left these kids in my presence?"

The Emperor threw Nia to the side and kicked Scathath in the stomach, making both of them fly into the walls of the small shrine.

'Don't be too harsh on them…' Buddha's voice rang in his head as he rolled his eyes.

'The kid wants to kill these gods and Buddha wants to keep him alive? This is so annoying, they might actually hurt me if I keep holding back so much' The Jade Emperor thought as he dodged both their simultaneous blows.

——

(Before Argen and the others came)

"You want us to what!" The Fox yelled standing up with a look of disbelief on his face.

"Yes, I know it sounds hard, and I know it's too much to ask, but you must understand, we aren't supposed to interact with them yet…"

Buddha's words had surprised them all, especially Monkey, who had been looking forward to the fight with Argen.

"So… We humble them a bit and then leave, making them feel weak and desperate for power, they'll split off and… Then what? What's the point of all this Buddha…"

Buddha smiled as he looked out the window. "Monkey you know how much I hated you back in the day…"

The Monkey king swung his staff toward Buddha before it was blocked by The Nine Tailed Fox.

"Yeah, what does that matter?" Monkey asked ignoring the glare from The Fox.

"Well back then I was actually meant to simply kill you and leave it be, and I could have… But I saw something better, a better future for all of us, the one we're living right now…"

Buddha paused as he sipped some tea.

"But now… Things have changed, our peaceful life won't be peaceful anymore, all because of those beings from Hell, you might be too young Monkey, but I'm sure The Jade Emperor remembers that war…"

The Emperor only nodded as he too dipped tea, but his eyes were wide. He had nearly forgotten about the Victory over the devils all those millennia ago.

"Are you saying what I think you're saying Buddha?" The Jade Emperor asked as Buddha nodded and turned toward them.

"Yea, they're coming again… This time they'll be much stronger, there's only one way I have seen to stop this war, and even then a war will still happen, we'll need to help the kid, not to kill all our Allies, but help him find himself. We all know what it feels like to be abandoned, to go through hardships, that's what he's feeling right now… If we don't help him with this problem, we won't be around much longer…"

——

The Jade Emperor dodged Nia's branch and swept his feet, knocking Nia down as Scathath was hit with a small metal ball that The Emperor had thrown.

"As you are now, you'll all be devoured," The Emperor said as he kicked Nia back down as he had tried to get up.

"You should know this, with that power of yours…" The Emperor said, but not to Nia.

Scathath stood up, unscathed as her normal serious look came back to her face. "Do you truly think I don't know? I've known since the day he first let his power loose, I felt it long before I met him… With that said, don't bother training me, I'm too far in my own skill."

Scathath threw her spear and ran on the wall, kicking off of it and soaring past The Emperor, who easily dodged the kick.

Scathath didn't mind though as she spun midair and caught the spear, slicing it across The Emperors face as she boosted off another wall and slammed into him.

"Yes, I am not trying to train you, however… You are far from perfect," The Emperor said as he spun Scathath in the air and slammed her into the ground.

"If you were perfect, that attack might have killed me…" He finished looking at the stab wound deep in his side.

Scathath's attacks couldn't ever truly be dodged, if anyone knew this it was people that had been trained by her. She was perfect in every way, and also imperfect, as The Jade Emperor pointed out.

"Your imperfection… Is that you are perfect, so you aren't perfect, quite ironic if you ask me." The Jade Emperor said with a smile as he bowed and turned away.

"If you know then there is no need to continue this, make sure he gets strong, I'd hate for there to be more than one war, One war is enough, let's just see which side I see you guys on…"

The Jade Emperor stepped away before snapping his neck to the right as The Nine Tailed Fox burst through it, slamming into him.

"Fox? What are you doing?" The Jade Emperor said as he helped The Fox up.

"Haha… You know me and my big mouth, I think I just awakened a monster… He may even rival that bastard you brought to Buddha to join his pantheon, what was his name again? Ah… Abbadon."

"Ugh, "It's okay Argen" or "It's not the end of the world." Or "Why are you doing this Argen? You know they aren't the enemy" So what? I don't care about that shit, I don't care about the gods anymore, at this point, I'm just attacking you guys before you attack me, think of it as a hunters instinct… I just know… You gods want me dead."

Argen walked out of the hole in the wall rubbing his head as he had a clear frown on his face. Every step made Scathath's heart thump as he seemed to walk in a different way.

"You know, I fight all the time, but I never win, I always seem to lose something from every fight, I'm tired of that shit, you said that even though it may seem like she hates me, my mother still loves me? Haha, don't give me that shit, instead tired of it all… All the voices, everything needs… To be quiet!" Argen yelled as dark energy swirled around him.

His entire demeanor screamed sad. It was downright depressing. His words were filled with venom as he spat them out.

——

(Before Argen came into the room)

The Fox jumped over and around Argen and punched him in between each one.

"You're weak, I've never fought a weak Omega before, so that's gonna need to change, transform!" The Fox said, slamming his fist into Argen's face and sending the boy flying.

"Hmm… That usually works, then do I really need to do it first? Beware, I have a total of nine transformations… I've never needed to go past 4," With these words The Fox jumped up and landed on Argen's chest with his knees as golden energy crackled along his finger tips.

"Or maybe… You don't know how!" The Fox said smirking as he knew he had hit it right on the mark.

Fox slammed into Argen, showing off the king golden claws. This was only the weakest transformation he had, and yet it would most likely destroy any civilization alive at the time.

"Well, I guess it's fine, you're pretty good at staying alive. You're like Hardware without the software, or something like that, it's hard to keep up with the times nowadays."

The Fox was simply talking to himself as every ounce of Argen's energy was going into his focus. Each punch he tried to make out and block, but he couldn't even see it.

The pain from the claws carving into his skin was the least of his problems as he had his healing factor. His main problem was the fact that he couldn't even fight back against this monster in front of him.

"Hmm, I sense that sadness inside you, if it makes it any better, even though you may not think it, your mother still loves you," The Fox said without thinking.

He knew the situation regarding Argen, and he knew all this had stemmed from his mother. Having had gone through a similar situation The Nine tailed Fox wanted to reassure the boy.

However, The Fox didn't take into account how this would affect the boy in front of him. A boy who, at one point in their life, would have loved to hear those words.

But now…

The Fox slammed his fist into Argen gut, but something about it caused him to furrow his eyebrows in confusion.

"You have nine forms yeah? Well here, I guess this is my first one…" Argen said as he had grabbed The Nine tailed foxes wrist, holding him still as he slammed his own fist into The foxes jaw, throwing him through the wall…