"Go to hell."
— The glow residing in the darkness of the helmet of the man began to radiate a small, fiery, aura that vanished as it protruded. Seeing such a scene, the creature's makeshift brows, which contained no hair furrowed unto its eyes before it briefly hung its head.
"..Ehii...hehehhi.."
"..."
"WHAHHWHWHWHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA."
— The organism faced the pale blue heavens as it let out a piercing chuckle that dominated the atmosphere, something like a chilly caress on the already shivering spine of the surrounding individuals.
"INTERESTING....!!!!!"
— With a more crazed expression than before, the creature's eerily large smirk grew even wider, practically stretching beyond its cheeks and even touching its ears.
"BEEN A WHILE..!!!!"
— With ragged breaths, the organism began to advance forward slowly, walking in such a manner as if it was possessed.
"This time, I applaud. Still raring to go after losing an arm?"
— The armoured man shrugged, steadfast on his glare at the advancing creature.
Upon hearing his remarks, the creature abruptly stopped on its tracks and began to momentarily pause, standing on a small clearing a few meters away from him.
"ARMS...?"
— The creature's intonation began to shift from a low, raspy voice unto a more piercing, whispering-like deep voice that resonated throughout the air, having the ability to maintain the same volume no matter how far away the hearer is.
"..!"
— The transition in tone caused the armoured man's breathing to become ragged and his body to stiffen a little.
"ARMS..? ARMS.. ARMS HUH..? NO ARMS? OH THIS..?"
— The creature began to mumble away, head still hung before its gaze landed on its dismembered left arm, despite being a complete mutilation, not a single trace of blood was seen even slightly seeping out of it.
*Gurgle...Bubble* *Pop..* *Plop..*
"..?"
— A small concentration of purple-coloured bubbles began to simmer and boil around the area where the arm has been mutilated.
"..!!!"
— Then.
*Splash!*
"HERE."
— In a span of a few seconds, the bubbles began to shake violently before a light-coloured limb began to rapidly protrude out of the hole left by the mutilation of the previous arm. The limb twitched a few times before it gained the same purple-colour of the creature.
The Creature then waved it around before giving the man a thumbs up, accompanied by the most frenzied smile ever seen.
"THANKS FOR WORRYING. HERE, GOOD AS NEW."
— A click of tongue was heard coming from the armoured man as he saw this scene unfold. His left arm was busy containing any potential escape of blood by the holes left by the sudden falling of his rotting flesh, though still experiencing gut-screaming pain from the area of injury, the right arm continued to point the short-sword at the organism, as if daring it to come even closer.
"Regeneration..? This will be more difficult than I anticipated."
— He whispered to himself.
"NOT JUST REGENERATION!"
— The organism formed a mischievous expression where it slightly stuck its tongue out and winked, before a number of small concentrations consisting of those purple-coloured bubbles began to simmer and boil at four distinct regions on its back.
"This hellspawn.. he heard that?"
— The armoured man once again whispered to himself.
"YES I CAN. YOU'RE HURTING MY FEELINGS."
>:(
...
...
...
:/
"..screw what you feel."
— After an awkward silence lasting for a few moments, the armoured man decided it would be better if he were to just whisper those things internally without the usage of his audible voice.
*SPLASH!*
.
*SPLASH!*
.
*SPLASH!*
.
*SPLASH!*
"..what..!!"
— As if like an array of wings, four more limbs protruded from the back of the organism. They twitched for a few moments before transitioning into the same, purple coloration present on the creature. While the hands began to gradually calibrate themselves with little movements, the glow inside of the armoured man's helmet flashed like lightning before he quickly assumed a stance.
"An opening..! This won't come again."
— The armoured man sheathed his blade and crouched, right hand tightly gripping the handle causing all forearm muscles to scramble, as if he's holding on for dear life.
Lightning. This time brighter, larger and more numerous than before began to flow out from the star-like sigil imprinted on the center of his breastplate and towards his entire right arm as well as his scabbard.
"I need to end this in ONE strike."
— The armoured man remained still, as the bolts began to arrive at their designated parts, as soon as the last bolt slowly coated itself around the scabbard, The armoured man vanished, leaving behind a small crater and a slight tremor on the patch of grass he once stood on.
— The armoured man cruised through the battlefield, entering a space where time flowed irrationally, the air paused, the shards that almost collided with the grass stopped mid-air, with the only thing that was moving, was him.
"Perish...!!"
[FORBIDDEN SIGIL : PATH ONE]
— In a swift motion, he withdrew his sword from the scabbard which glowed in a piercing silver light before bringing it down in a clean, precise circular slash towards the creature's neck.
Until.
A small.. insignia began to grow out of the creature's left chest.
"..!!!!!!!!"
Upon seeing the insignia imprinted on the organism's skin. The armoured man's eyes rapidly widened, the blade of which was about to strike down on the creature's throat veered off the collision course, destroying the flow of the technique and causing the armoured man to slam down on the ground a few steps away from the creature.
"...what...! that..mark..!"
— The armoured man thought to himself, causing an array of flashbacks to flicker inside of his head.
"HEY. HEY. HEY. HEY."
— The creature smirked, six of its arms which used to be immobile, are now fully functional.
*Bubble..* *Gurgle...*
— The same coating of the purple, gooey-like substance began to proliferate on six of the creature's palms.
"I WAS GONNA SPARE YOU SINCE YOU WERE INTRIGUING.."
— The creature began to walk a few steps towards the frozen armoured man.
"YOU BROUGHT THIS UPON YOURSELF OKAY?"
— Upon reaching the armoured man, it then showed its poor imitation of a normal human smile, while its arms slowly closed in on the him.
*CLANG!*
— The shortsword deflected all incoming six hands in a single strike before the armoured man vanished and appeared a few meters away from the creature.
"..HOW FEISTY."
— The creature stood up and faced him.
"I'M ACTUALLY GETTING PISSED OFF."
— With another bad imitation of a supposed angered expression the creature showed, the six hands began to clamped down on themselves with an overly tight grip.
—
"that..that insignia.."
— The armoured man whom was breathing raggedly thought to himself.
"I..I know that..!"
— A certain flashback, depicting two masked individuals who exchanged a handshake appeared on the man's mind. The other who wore a white robe and a silver mask bore the same insignia as he saw on the creature just now.
"Tch..!"
— The glow inside of the darkness of man's helmet furrowed.
"Out of all the people.. why these people..! I can't cross swords with them!"
— The armoured man yelled inside of his head, just before his gaze landed on the stationary old lady whom was still tightly embracing the child.
"..Tsk..!"
— The creature, taking notice of the man's reaction to the sudden appearance of its insignia smirked upon the realization.
"OOHHH..."
— The smirk that it has grew larger and larger.
"ARE YOU ONE OF THEM?"
— It inquired, voice shifting more and more into a mischievous yet mocking undertone.
"damn it.. now it knows..!"
— He stated unto himself, trying his hardest to calm the nerves that screamed for him to flee inside of his instincts.
*Raise..*
"..?" - He blinked.
*SLAM!!*
"Tsk..!!"
— With speed surpassing that of sound, one of the arms residing on the back of the creature briefly rose unto the air before rapidly slamming down on the location of the armoured man. In a desperate manner, the armoured man brought it's blade up to block the slam, arms trembling as he tried his hardest to counter the blow.
"..It extended..!?"
— Puzzled on how the creature was able to reach him, he noticed that the hand that slammed down on his position were connected to a series of appendages that were lengthened and gigantified.
— In a surge of power, the sword deflected the arm away before the armoured man rushed towards the position of the old lady and the young lass, meters away from the creature.
"..Lady.. can you run..? You see this thing.."
— The arm that extended from the creature's back reverted back to its original size before it gave the both of them a murderous smirk.
"I cannot fight it."
— The old lady closed her eyes, a drop of sweat sliding down towards her chin before she leaned downwards and whispered to the young lass who remained cradled on her,
"..!"
The girl then nodded before they both slowly rose up to stand.
The organism tilted its head upon seeing the both of them stand up,
"OHHHH.. NOT SO FAST."
It crouched for a few moments before explosively leaping out of the patch of grass it stood on.
"....!!!!!!"
The glow inside of the armoured man's helmet widened as he saw, the creature which was just a few milliseconds ago; meters away from them but now.
It is speeding past him, focused on the young girl and the elder.
"..!!!"
The armoured man leaped unto the air and attempted to spin his torso as the wind began to gather around his right leg, though fast, his speed wasn't enough.
[6 ARMS OF CORROSION]
— As he spun in the air, his momentum was disturbed by the sight of the creature below him, crouched and with its right elbow extended backwards. Its left arm assumed an open palm form, pointing towards the armoured man while the retracted right arm formed a fist.
"crap..!!! I..I can't move..!!" — The Armoured man struggled, as he felt the grasp of four different dry, coarse hands gripping both of his shoulders.
A large concentration of the sticky, purple, gooey substance gathered on the retracted arm, while the arms that held the armoured man in place were seen to be devoid of such a liquid.
[THIRD ARM: IMPLOSION]
The left arm that assumed a palm form was quickly withdrew, while the right fist was launched, in a direct collision course with the man's torso, air began to gather like a bullet around the creature's fist alongside the gooey substance.
*BOOM!*
The fist collided directly with the mark on the man's chest, the seven pointed star causing a massive fluctuation that resulted in the muscle strands, fat and even cells to behave in a wave-like motion. As the fist continued to tear through the armour, the gooey substance slowly proliferated around the area of impact before..
*WOOSH!*
The armoured man was sent flying, colliding back-first with a small hill hundreds of meters away, creating a small crater around him.
He remained there motionless, liquid dripping out from his helmet while the purple substance continued to slowly consume more and more of his armour.
"NOW.."
The resonant voice of the creature as it turned to its side, facing both the old lady and the young girl behaved like a disturbing caress on their backs that sent a wave of a chilly sensation to swim down their spines.
"YOU'RE NEXT."
"No..!"
The old lady hugged the little girl as tight as she possibly could whilst shaking her head and trembly stepping away in an irrational fashion.
One of the hands atop the creature's back began to shake erratically as the purple, gooey substance that it was once deprived of, started to swim from its appendages and towards the palm, coating it in a thin layer of transparent purple.
The appendage which connected that hand to the creature's back extended in a span of a second before speeding towards the young girl.
— *Poof!*
"MISSION SUCCESS."
As the hand rapidly closed in on the young girl..
— *Slam!*
A huge shockwave echoed throughout the ground, follow by a sudden burst of air that sent pebbles, rocks and a dusty smoke spreading towards all directions.
The elder coughed and coughed, eyes closed but grasp still firm, never letting her grip break free of the young child.
Amidst the smoke filled with dust and dirt, the creature squinted its eyes and narrowed its non-existent brows, arm hovering above his vision as he struggled to perceive the possible source of the sudden explosion.
The child however, felt the urge to look back with teary eyes.. what she saw was not the creature nor its arms and appendages, but a tall, towering, burly back of a.. bipedal creature? It had a large frame, a large head but short, wide legs and also short, wide arms.
Upon looking below, the child saw its two short, wide legs atop the hand that was once speeding through the air in an attempt to reach her, the hand squeezed out the purple-gooey substance as it trashed around violently, attempting to break free but couldn't because of the weight of the mysterious figure.
Then, two amber-coloured orbs began to glow inside of the dusty smoke, piercing even the shroudest parts of it.
*Clunk..!*
*Tick..!*
A mechanical whirl was heard echoing as both of the figure's arms began to slowly extend out of its large body, effectively lengthening it.
"SERIOUSLY.. WHAT THE HECK IS THIS!?" — The creature gritted its teeth.
As the dust then began to settle, what greeted the eyes of whoever was present to look, became nothing short of surprising.
The old lady stared up in awe, frozen on her position.
The creature looked up, jaw falling from the sight of the thing.
And the child, with sparkles on her widened eyes felt a surge of..hope.
A tall, possibly 7 feet tall.. Teddy Bear?
With glowing amber-coloured eyes, a fluffly brown fur, short-wide arms with metal and mechanical appendages connected to it, alongside short-wide legs that were lengthened thanks to an array of metal supports.
The sheer size of the bear was enough to completely tower over the creature.
*Whirl..Click..*
A mechanical turn was then heard echoing from the innermost parts of the bear as it tilted its head down and leaned in on the organism, whom stared up to it, frozen.
After a few seconds of silence, a thunderous, yet monotone, almost pre-recorded voice pierced the eardrums of the organism.
"Threat Identified."
The metallic supports began to twist and turn in a slow, deliberate fashion before reaching a constant spinning speed. As it did so, atop the bear's head where two equally large ears were present began to exude out a thick, black smoke while dozens and dozens of mechanical parts whirled, turned and squeezed themselves inside of the bear's stature.
"Commencing Extermination..
..Papa Bear. Moving In."