Chương 19: 1st Seal: Dragon Calamity's True Power
Lucian stood there, a wave of flames surrounded him, emitting an intense heat. He slightly stumbled, his mind in a daze as every sense in him was going haywire. There was a strange feeling all over his body, foreign to him.
"This power...." Lucian said to himself, "So this is my Calamity..."
He lifted his hand, looking at the scales that replaced the skin on some parts of his arm. He felt it, all inside his blood, an overflowing power that tried to break out.
Brodin took a step back, on guard, "I wonder how he'll react to this." He muttered to himself, "This is serious."
The Oni took a single step, growling as it lifted its cleavers, unfazed by Lucian's sudden transformation. It then swung its left cleaver, firing off another energy slice at him.
The slice flew right at Lucian's face but ended up being blocked by his forearms, causing a slight shockwave. Lucian gritted his teeth as he forced the slice to fly upwards, which ended up dissipating in the air.
The Oni then lunged at him, swinging his right cleaver with terrifying speed. The serrated blade landed its mark, but instead of cutting through Lucian, it cracked due to its impact with Lucian's forearm. The force of the swing, however, caused a small crater to appear below Lucian, but other than that, he was unharmed.
"What the..." Brodin said with a shocked face, "His physical strength is insane! He took that Oni's cleaver like nothing!"
Lucian then pushed the cleaver off of him, stumbling the towering monster. In an instant, he waved his arm upwards, firing off a massive pillar of silver flames that engulfed the Oni. The heatwave caused by this was enough to singe the surroundings, even hitting Brodin hard in the face as he covered it with his arm.
"Damn..." He muttered
The Oni howled in pain, stumbling away through the flames as smoke emitted its scorched body. It's hide was naturally tough to flames but it was still unable to defend against these flames. They were unable to bring it down as they only caused it incredible pain.
The Oni composed itself, swinging its cleaver once again at Lucian who merely jumped up in the air with tremendous speed.
In a swift motion, Lucian fired off a single firebolt at the Oni's mask, detonating an explosion that crashed the monster into the ground, shaking it violently.
Lucian then landed on the ground as he glared at the beast, "Stay down."
As this happened, the soldiers that were trying to apprehend the two, proceeded through the corpses of their comrades.
"We have an Oni attack! Demon Forces are present!! Call for the Order!" One of them said, "Now!"
The Oni slowly got up, leaning against its cleavers, its mask broken. It's scarred and ugly face was revealed; showing a hideous sight. Its eyes were a putrid green, its teeth were brown and rotted off as it had no lips as well. There was a mark on its chin, which looked like some sort of brand.
It glared at Lucian but didn't do much else, merely emitting a strange aura as the Bronze Bulls surrounded the Oni.
Brodin narrowed his eyes, "You fucking imbeciles!" He shouted, "Get away! That thing will slaughter you! It's not just any Oni! It's a high-level officer! One of Tryke's infiltrators!!"
The Oni's mouth bulged, releasing a stank odor as dark purple mist emitted through its wretched teeth. It then reared its head back and opened its mouth, shooting off a disgusting mass of blood and whatever it had inside of it. The mass flew high into the air and suddenly stopped, beginning to give of a pulsating glow.
"What the.." one of the soldiers said
Lucian looked up at it, "What's it doing?"
"It's calling for reinforcements!" Brodin said as he aimed his rifle at the mass, "Destroy it!!"
He pulled the trigger, opening fire and shooting bullets at the mass. The bullets bounced off as a strange barrier appeared from it. Brodin kept shooting, however, hoping that at least one of his bullets pierced through.
He knew very well what could happen next.
This was a signal that was being broadcasted, to bring more Onis and possibly an actual Demon to Rivertown. And this was the last thing he needed; to fight Tryke's forces. Tryke was one of Valkren's generals, a very dangerous Demon that would stop at nothing to get what he wanted and Brodin knew this very well.
Lucian looked at the mass, which was slowly getting larger, "It's giving off a strange smell....and I feel something ominous from it."
The Oni then swung its cleavers around itself, shredding through some of the soldiers with ease; blood and limbs flying everywhere as it let out a growl.
It then rushed at Lucian and swung its cleaver yet again, only for Lucian to punch right at it, shattering it completely in a shocking display of strength.
"Hmph." Lucian said as he glared at him, "You fucker."
Suddenly, from Lucian's shoulders, two massive silver dragon heads appeared, extending from long and thick necks as their eyes glowed bright blue. The heads bit at the Oni's belly, clamping on tightly as it let out a pained howl.
It swung its remaining cleaver down viciously as Lucian deflected it with his left arm, bouncing it off him as a large chunk of it broke off.
Lucian then smirked as one of the dragon heads let go and aimed its open and glowing maw at the Oni's face.
"Take that." Lucian said
Suddenly, a bright blue beam shot off from the dragon head, aimed right at the Oni's head and burning a hole through its side.
The Oni howled even louder in pain, the force of the howl causing a serious shockwave. Blood poured out if its open hole, which replaced the left side of its face.
The other dragon head released its bite on the Oni's belly, resulting it on stumbling back as it dropped its cleaver, panting heavily as it bleed profusely.
Brodin was watching this with a shocked face, "What...." He said, "That was...."
Lucian wiped his mouth as the dragon heads slowly returned to his shoulders, disappearing completely.
"Interesting..." He said aloud, "So this is my power.....it feels amazing!"
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[Somewhere in Terra]
Inside a dark room, littered with what looked like human bodies that were strung up on the walls and from the ceiling, a figure sat on a stone chair. It looked like it was a thin man covered in a cloak with bony and pale fingers. The hood of the cloak covered most of his face but only revealed a pale white mouth with yellow teeth as he smiled.
"Hmmm....." He said with a vicious tone, "I feel it....one of my Onis has fired off a beacon..."
He snapped his fingers and smoke exploded in front of where he sat, forming into the figure of a large monster with three heads and four arms, with green eyes. This was a form of an Astral Projection Transmission.
"Yes." The monster said as it looked down at him, "General Tryke..."
"An Oni somewhere in the Bull Kingdom was killed. And one of the Officer Onis has encountered the Calamity." Tryke said with a smile, "It fired a beacon, requesting for aid. Which can only mean one thing."
"The Calamity is active. And the Cursed One is awakened." The Monster said from its left head, "What do you need me to do?"
"Lock into the beacon and open a Swarm Hole. Send two more Onis and a Gargoyle." Tryke said, "Lets see what this Calamity is capable of. And it it can defeat that, go yourself and handle it."
The Monster nodded its middle head, "As you command, General."
The smoke dispersed, and the transmission ended.
Tryke cracked his bony fingers, "A Calamity....." he said with a snicker, "Lord Valkren will be pleased..."
"He would most definitely be pleased."
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