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Chapter 33 - 33.) Search for the Mysterious Mercenary!? Pt II

Rosareideem and Z'lusha dash towards the strange visitor who we now know is actually a Mercenary. All three of their right fists clash head on, but only Z'lusha and Rosareideem were blown away by the resulting shockwave. The strange Mercenary followed after them without giving them a moment's rest! He chased after them with his fists at the ready. Rosareideem and Z'lusha quickly rebounded just before dashing in head first once more. They entered close quarter's combat with the strange Mercenary in an attempt to learn how his techniques work. He couldn't tell what they were up to just yet, nor did he care. He was more invested in making their every move crumble before his might! They each threw roundhouse kicks from his sides, but they were blocked by his forearms. He pushed them both back before heading towards Z'lusha. Z'lusha used Deletion to suddenly cancel the distance and blitz the Mysterious Mercenary. Their limbs clashed several times over as they threw flurries of kicks and punches!

"Tch, bastard ain't no slouch, that's for sure!" Rosareideem stated as she now Erased the distance between her and the Mysterious Mercenary. She crashed into him it a flying knee that he blocked with his elbow. He then began to block both of flurries with as as little movement as possible. Slowly floating to the arena floor as their force began to increase. Both Z'lusha and Rosareideem increased the gravity to a point that it formed a singularity. A black hole was conjured, one with enough force to hold him down whilst they up the ante. The mercenary increased his speed and slapped them both away the second he felt his body get tugged on by the suction power of this odd black hole. My two masters went into a flurry of backflips and twists until they reached the floor. Running past one another just after sliding a mile back. As they fly past the other, they both enter their Hype forms.

Rosareideem had tattoos of bombs and explosions form all over her body. She grew a third eye as her hair slightly spiked up. A golden, divine sash formed around her body as her nails sharpened and she sprouted a large fox tail. Z'lusha had two halos form around his head and on his back. His body became covered in blackened armor that made him look like an archfiend. Horns sprouted from his head, whilst a loooong, whip tail formed soon after. As his essence settled, a gigantic eye formed on his chest, completing the transformation. They were now fully transformed and ready to flash forward. They rapidly run towards the mercenary whilst he was still stuck. He smiled at them both as he watches their rapid approach.

"Ah... Punch." The mercenary stated as he back fisted the black hole and broke it to pieces.

He then ran towards my two masters with a burst of speed we've never seen before! they crossed paths and those two went flying into the air behind the mercenary. He turned around and jumped towards them, Master Z'lusha noticed and used himself as a springboard to launch Master Rosareideem. She blitzed the mercenary and rammed him into the floor. But she wasn't able to keep the mercenary down on his back. He was already taking steps back and blocking every strike Rosareideem threw at him. Z'lusha came crashing in with his horns being used as weapons. The visitor grabbed Rosareideem's hand and threw her into the wall behind them. Then he proceeded to completely tank the horns of Z'lusha.

"One looks like a Versetian Beast and the other... A Stuliathan? Even more interesting is their ability to fight like those from two of three primordial species." The visitor thought to himself.

He and Z'lusha sprung into an epic illustration of clashes, and crazy usage of the cat and mouse tactic. Scribbling within the atmosphere as they draw out the face of a demon colored in black and red. Unfortunately for us, red was the dominant color here, which simply meant the visitor had the upper hand against Z'lusha. Rosareideem walked out of wall where her body was previously smashed into. She looked up to notice Z'lusha and the Mysterious Mercenary trading blows. Z'lusha was being pushed back by a haymaker combo. He managed to dodge the final strike and land his own counter hook. The visitor was completely shocked by this development, flying back as Z'lusha blitzed his person. Punching him with a right haymaker that sent him flying into the range of Rosareideem. She took her right arm and smacked him into the wall right next to her.

"Hmph, we won't be letting you have your way!" Rosareideem shouted.

"Oh, you two WON'T let me?? How laughable, your power carries quite the weight. I'll admit that much, but... you're not at the level capable of stopping me!" The mysterious mercenary stated as he casually walked out of the hole his body created. He smiled at Rosareideem who was charging a ridiculous amount of essence into her left hand.

"Ah, that's quite the impressive show. Guess I should get a little more serious!" The visitor stated as he brought up his guard.

Rosareideem saw this as the moment she should strike. She didn't want to give him the chance to make any counter measures.

"Now then... Rosareideem's Almighty Verschi Punch!!"

"Heheeee!! PUNCH!" The visitor shouted.

Their punches ran into one another, bringing about essence and forces that reached the other clans in little to no time. This alerted everyone, including King ReighHeem and Queen Leigh'Rei of Destructonozo Prime.

"Ah, I meant to cancel that out, guess I missed my chance!" The visitor thought to himself as he casually pushed Rosareideem back. Her face grew in excitement as she pushed forward with more might. This surprised the visitor greatly as he witnessed their attacks cancelling each other out. The visitor snaed a bit before smirking. He thrusted his scorpion-like tail at the both of them. Smashing and thrashing about as he ripped the colosseum asunder. Z'lusha and Rosareideem threw many differing blasts that encompassed differing annihilation concepts. The visitor stopped his tail assault and immediately sprung into a flurry Punches and Kicks. All of which were capable of completely nullifying their attacks. Upon neutralizing them, he blitzed Rosareideem and smacked her into the upper sections of the colosseum. Z'lusha attempted to take him by surprise, but it was to no avail. Instead, all of his attacks were blocked and pushed aside.

"Yes... Yeeeeeesss. You two are truly entertaining specimens. Let's see just how GOOD YOU ARE!!" He shouted.

"Hrnh-

"ROUNDHOUSE KICK!!" The visitor shouted as he launched my teacher into next week. Forcing his body out of the Colosseum and into the cosmos of Destructonozo Prime! He chased are Z'lusha at great speeds, Rosareideem was trailing right behind him.

"Hmph... Now you'll both get to fall in front of so many white believe in you, Rosareideem... Z'lusha." The stranger thought to himself.

As the battle raged on and many guards, knights, and even the King and Queen joined the fray. Everyone who worked to search for the stranger and fix the damage he caused were racing towards Destructonozo Prime! We were determined to finally catching this bastard in person and defeat him. There wasn't a single one of us who wasn't using one-hundred percent of their speed to push towards him.

"We must hurry! That was Rosareideem's essence I felt mixed in with the Mysterious Stranger's own!" My mama claimed as she increased her speed beyond her base body's limits.

She was determined to make it in time, to hopefully prevent any real damage from occuring. For she was under the suspicion that the visitor would retreat upon our entering the clan's territory! With that in mind, she had no time to waste and wished to get there in a flash. My sister and the others could barely keep up with this odd burst of speed my mama was displaying. But there was something she wouldn't speak on, something everyone had in their heads as is. "What if we're already too late", the only thought no one would say out loud. And it was a logical thought as well, seeing as we could all feel the superior wave that was mixed within that force of essence we felt. Rosareideem was outmatched here...

"Activate the Concepts; Hammer, Destruction, Erasure, Verschi: Absolute Cataclysmic Break!" Rosareideem shouted as she flew past the many bodies left to perish. Severed limbs and organs were disintegrated by her mere presence as she broke down her own bio frame and matter. Turning into pure essence on her way towards the stranger. He was currently having his hands full holding off; Z'lusha, Coconoco, Cocomeico, the Queen, and even the King. Each one was having their countless attacks wrecked by his signature Punch technique. He smashed their remaining attacks and pressed towards Queen Leigh'Rei and Coconoco. They were able to actually fend off his attacks after getting used to his concept. Though not even they could identify what it was they were conquering. It didn't feel real when they attempted to use it against him.

"PUNCH!!"

"PUNCH!!"

They both shouted as they launched him backwards and directly into Rosareideem's flight path.

"Tuh, they can actually use one my little faulty concepts? That's REAAALLLY impressive, actually!" He thought to himself as his face was smashed by a gigantic hammer head. He was sent flying, or so he thought. Instead, he was stuck in place and being bombarded by a literal cosmic breakdown of the highest order. A few while Gigatoverses were being threatened by the mere presence of Rosareideem's essence, let alone the attack being held in check by everyone supporting her. Injured as they may be, they still managed to use a very good amount of essence to hold in such an attack. We could all feel it's might and could barely feel his essence. We actually thought he was gone, or at least being injured well beyond what his regeneration can offer. But we'd be wrong, their entire attack and efforts bred very little results!

"Tch, just what the hell was that!? You deities use essence and concepts in such brilliant ways. I love it! You even managed to tear off some of my damn silhouette suit. Hehe..."

"Nrhh... Th-this pressure and ominous presence. Plus that exposed eye and two large horns... I-I thought he was a scorpion type. But he's a-

"Enough of that, Queen Leigh'Rei, was it!?" The visitor states as he blitzed last the queen mid sentence.

"Guh... Blerghk... M-My... King." Her body fell as her right arm was slashed off from the shoulder down with a clean cut. A good chunk of her ribs on the right side were torn out as well. He held them in his hands as he coated them with his essence and commanded them with a simple Fly command technique. They pierced the right eye of King ReighHeem as he raced for his wife. He was able to sense vitals and that was more than enough for him to allow her to rest on a platform he created. He rushed towards the stranger who had just punched a hole into Cocomeico after taking ten of Cocomeico's mighty strikes.

"Cocomeicoo!!" Everyone shouted.

Z'lusha and Coconoco tackled the stranger before he could nullify the regeneration concept Cocomeico is so well versed in. They forced him into a strike exchange, as the King came to assist. Everyone was slowly taking small pieces off of the visitor's silhouette. Revealing more of his face and only his face. Almost like he wanted them to see at least half of what his looks could offer. We slowly got a glimpse of his third eye sitting at the top of his head. And an even more, large and curled horn coming from the right side of hus head. He smiled at them all as he let out a light from his eye and fried everyone besides Rosareideem. She used her hammer to block most of the damage and stop anyone from meeting Shiishiigami on the way to the other side.

"Tch, you're too damn tough. You've nearly killed our strongest members, you've decimated the entire clan and even killed a few innocent in the process!! I'll be damned if I allowed you to get any FURTHEEEEEERRR!!!" Rosareideem shouted as her form changed once more.

"Hoooo!?! She's truly looking like a living concept of the Versetian Beast variety!" The visitor stated as he rushed towards Rosareideem. She was able to smack him away with ease, giving chase with a brutal burst of speed. Even giving rise to another counter point within this battle. Giving us just enough time to try and make it to them all.

"Did you guys sense that!? Fuck this I'm firing at that son of bitch from here!!" ZeeNastasia shouted.

"I can sense my sister's essence shooting beyond her usual max output. I'll join her and fire something brutal at him. Come to me... ZeeMega Guantlets!!" I shouted as I molded all my essence onto my arms.

"Come to me... ZeeMega Twin blades!!"

We both brought about our weapons and entered the form known as Infinity. But only for a second as we brought about all aspects of Thingchi and combined it with the four most potent Annihilation types. Annihilation, Erasure, Obliteration, and Desentegration nowadays. Bringing about attacks we've yet to dawn on anyone since developing them. The two attacks met once they took on a common path, combining as they blitzed towards the Mysterious Mercenary.

"Hm? So they have access to the same form as you, eh? To believe it gave you enough power to force me to tear off all your limbs. Even then, you still managed to close every wound on every limb and you main body. You're the only one who never lost any blood, Rosareideem. Truly valiant, but not enough this time around. Now watch as I steal hope from two of your most powerful students!" He smiled brightly as his silhouette finally regenerated in every area damage has appeared.

He turned around and merely formed a fist yet again. But this time, he cocked it back and actually gave it a name. A simple one, but a name nonetheless!

"True Punch of the Mercenary!" He threw a basic overhead right and smashed our attack to pieces after five seconds of pointless struggle. He just wanted us to have false hope as he vanished into the darkness of the cosmos around him.

"You've done well to survive this, heroes of Destructonozo Prime. Accept the parting gift of me causing every living victim to FORGET their connection to regeneration. Hahahahaaaaa, it'll take some time for you to get my way once more. Farewell for now... Erasula, Erasallizz, ZeeNanasa, and Annohilo-Sect. I doubt Heemy will be of any use when he sees what I've left!" He voice echoed into the cosmos around us as we arrived in the scene. Staring hopelessly and frantic at the damage done to the clan.

More than fifty percent of it was damaged or destroyed, billions of bodies were done in by collateral damage alone. Our heroes and the family to my husband were sitting in shambles with only his two younger brothers being unharmed. But that's only because they managed to avoid being hit by the visitor's affliction. Allowing them to heal the holes he blew into their solar plexus. They say next to the charred, naked body of King ReighHeem who barely could keep himself conscious. Queen Leigh'Rei kept herself alive by stopping the bleeding. But her remaining stamina and essence forced her to slumber during the process. Her boys she'd tears over their bodies whilst watching their elder brother, my Heemy fall to his knees. Breaking down in an emotional rage at the sight of his home and loved ones.

"WHYYYY!!! Whyyy-hy-hyyy!? Just look at the damage, my masters are in pieces and charred whilst so many of my friends are torn to ribbons. My home decimated and me!? IM SITTING HERE FINE AND UNABLE TO MAKE IT IN TIIII-HI-HIIIMMME!!" He sobbed and shouted in sorrow. Walking towards his family to assist and in picking up their bodies.

"H-Heemy, it's going to be ok. We'll help you and your people-

"What was all this for, babe? What was all the training and heartache for if I- if I can't protect those I love? Huh!?" He asked as his eyes became doused in tears. I and the others around me were left speechless as we stare at the damage. Then back at Heemy who could barely hold it together.

We all sat in a mix of misery and sorrow alongside my parents, the founders of Young STRIFE, and Annihilo-Sect. No one had anything to say about what had just transpired. Only the looming cloud of darkness that has already made itself known in such little time.

"Hmph!"

"You good, Shiitania?" Clarissa reached out to her cousin as she walked towards ZeeNastasia and YeeRashuri.

"Tsssk... Just what the hell is it we came here to assist you with?? Who or what in the absolute fuck is this guy?! And just who...

Or what the in the Colossaversing FUCK are you two!?!"

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