Hello, all you Boils and Ghouls! I hope you're ready for another chapter of "The Paradox of Remnant".
But first, let me start off by saying I am in love with the fact that many of you are enjoying yourselves with this story and wish to tell you I will be continuing it as much as I can.
Secondly, we have some qu estions to answer from the previous chapter's reviews; and for future reference, to all those who review without using an account, please do not use the word "Guest" in any way, shape, or format. Otherwise I won't even feel inclined to accept the review, let alone answer it because let's face it; if everyone were named Bob, no one would know who they were talking to. What I mean is unless I know who I am addressing, I might be answering someone else's question rather than the intended one and I hate being put in uncomfortable situations like that.
Lastly, I wish to give an apology to all those that I've told that we will learn the MC's name in this chapter. I am sorry to say I am not happy with how clumped up everything started to feel so I had to split the chapter into two and hope you can still enjoy it all the same. So with all that out of the way, let's begin the questions, shall we?
Epyon Legium, I did not want to make the MC OP as hell as it would in itself make the story boring and ultimately cliche. I've only seen one or two fanfics out of every 20 where the MC is OP be a good read and that should speak volumes about the desire for growth. That being said, this is fanfiction and we could literally make 2+2=Fish and no one would really care since it's for entertainment purposes.
God of Crossover, I'm still unsure about other series' Kamen Riders appearing in the story, however I can confirm that at least Emu Hojo will appear in a future filler chapter. Sorry if that's not the answer you're looking for.
Raidentensho, unfortunately I doubt I will be making any fan-made Gear Duals, but a gashat or two is in the works... Hopefully I can keep it up somewhat cause that update came out WAY sooner than I intended.
Dragon knight 87, you will have to wait until the next chapter where his name will be revealed, but not just to the cast.
Hero King Gilgamesh, they were referring to an event in the 6th episode of RWBY; The Emerald Forest part I. Weiss was getting ready to attack a Beowolf but Ruby got in the way and she couldn't stop her attack from hitting so she had to shoot it off to the side which hit a tree. Unless that's not what ya meant, in which case you're going to find out this chapter.
Rey kivat457, no there was not nor has there ever been a Para-DX before in Remnant. Besides, that'd be WAY too much...
And that's it for the questions, be sure to leave them in the review if you have any and I'll get to them as quickly as I can but for now, it's time to play The Game! FYI, everyone that read this just lost. XD
But seriously, on with the story! I own nothing but the MC used.
)-Legend-(
"Yo!" - Speaking
'Is he an idiot?' - Thinking
"Dearest love," - Reading
Kaishin no Ippatsu! - Specials
)-Third Person PoV-(
A pair of adults were standing at the edge of Beacon Cliff, which overlooked the forest, looking over their scrolls when one of them; a middle-aged woman that has very light-blonde hair tied back in a bun with a curl hanging down the right side of her face, and bright green eyes wearing thin ovular glasses, dangling teal earrings that match the hanging pendant on her collar, a white long-sleeved, pleated top that has a wide keyhole neckline and gauntlet cuffs that flare in pleats at the wrist with her lower body covered by a black high-waisted pencil skirt with bronze buttons and black-brown stockings; walked to the other, a middle-aged man with tousled silver hair and thin brown eyes, a light complexion and sharp facial features wearing shaded glass spectacles and a small, purple, cross-shaped pin on the cowl around his neck, an unzipped black suit over a buttoned vest and green shirt while carrying a simple dull metal gray cane.
"Our last pair has been formed, Sir," the woman, Glynda Goodwitch, started off as she tapped her Scroll's screen to zoon in on the footage she was watching. "Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren. Poor boy, I can't possibly imagine those two getting along. Still, he's probably better off than Ms. Nikos and Ms. Xiao Long."
"Hmmm?" was the only reply from the man, Ozpin.
"I don't care what his transcripts say," Glynda ranted, "that Jaune fellow is not ready for this level of combat."
"And what of Ms. Xiao Long?" Ozpin asked, "Surely Ms. Belladonna isn't that bad of an influence despite her being an ex-White Fang member..."
"That's just it, Professor - it's not Ms. Belladonna that has me worried," Glynda responded as she typed up something on her scroll which showed the footage of something golden flying straight past Yang and Blake. "It's what did that which has me concerned for her health."
At this, Ozpin's normally stoic face had it's black eyebrows trying to hide in his hair; a true sign of emotion if Glynda had seen one. They were both interrupted from their musings as terrified screams filled the speakers of their Scrolls. Ozpin nearly dropped his cane trying to find the video feed as Glynda searched through hers until they found the sources; Ruby and Weiss were in deeper trouble than they thought was possible.
"Glynda," he started as he got a grip of his cane again, a serious and grim expression donning his face, "We need to get them out of there."
"But what about -" Glynda started before the headmaster interrupted her.
"We cannot afford to lose Ms. Rose under any circumstances."
With a dejected sigh, as she hated doing things that were considered cheating, she agreed he was right as they hadn't seen anything like what was chasing the girls before. "Very well, professor. I'll have a Bullhead prepped for takeoff."
)-Meanwhile-(
)-First Person PoV-(
For the umpteenth time in my time on Remnant, I found myself asking "Why the hell am I here?!" For a recap, let's consider the following;
I'm being chased by monsterous creatures capable of killing humans in an instant.
I was nearly killed by one or more of the main cast members of one of my favorite series.
I've found a fully functioning GGD sitting right next to me when I FIRST woke up here that nearly KILLED me when I used it.
Oh, and let's not forget that since I'm in the past I am drastically altering the future by EXISTING here!
So again, I asked my self, "Why... the hell... am I here?!"
I was still recovering from running like hell away from being roasted to death by a misplaced strike from Weiss as I was contemplating why I had to go through all this; there's no WAY any SANE person would willingly put themselves through this, so why me?! I sat down next to a tree to catch my breath as my panting finally started slowing down; my body was aching and I was dizzy and dreary as hell; and what's worse is I had one of my favorite characters turn me into a puddle of goo - literally.
I was at my wit's end; I was tempted to de-henshin and just let whatever monster just waltz up to me and send me into the sweet, blissful embrace of death just to escape this madness; there was nothing here worth it for me; nothing for me to earn or gain in return for the embarrassment, harrassment and constant life-endangerment...
But that all changed as soon as I heard a pair of screams; screams of people I knew were not easy to scare. My exhaustion forgotten, I stood back up and looked up to the hill where I thought the screams came from as it was the only overpass high enough to still see the flames; Weiss and Ruby were in trouble if the flashes of white and red were anything to go by. After seeing that, I looked around for a power-up I could use and found the perfect one to reach them in time as I punched it.
"SPEEDING-UP!"
As I dashed up the hillside, I kept thinking to myself that I had to get to them fast enough; that I had to keep them safe. "Hold on, Ruby; Weiss," I said to myself as I ran as fast as my empowered legs could carry me.
"Help'sa comin'."
)-with Blake and Yang-(
The partners were following a dirt path that was leading them north as they discussed the recent happenings. "I'm tellin' ya, Blake," the blond started, "that was an alien."
"And I'm telling you that it wasn't; aliens don't exist," Blake retorted with a mirthful smirk without glancing at her partner.
Yang grinned at her Faunus friend before asking "Then how else do you explain a yellow blur that can outspeed my little sister, who's semblance is literally speed? Hmm?"
"Maybe it's another student who has her semblance?"
At this, Yang crossed her arms under her bust and puffed her cheeks in annoyance as she looked away from the raven-haired girl. "You're no fun, y'know," she said to Blake who merely rolled her eyes and giggled softly before replying, "Keep telling yourself that." Yang took this a challenge as she smirked at the cat faunus.
"Then how about you prove it - a hundred lien says that thing was from another world."
Blake glanced down in contemplation as she tapped her chin before deciding on what to do. "Hmmmm... I think I can lose that much..." she started before turning to her partner, "Okay, you're o-" she tried to finish but was interrupted by a pair of feint screaming that made her eyes go wide as she recognized the voices as Ruby and Weiss's; due to her ears, she was able to hear the voice despite being so far away but there was no mistaking one of the first people she met at Beacon. "Oh no..." she whispered in fear.
Yang saw her partner's sudden distress and tried to pry into it by asking what was going on, but was left behind as the young girl ran off; leaving Yang to chase after her and calling out to her, "Hey wait, what's wrong, kitty kat?!"
"It's Ruby; she's in trouble!"
That was all Yang needed to hear as she used Ember Celica to catch up with the faunus; an expression of seriousness seldomly seen on her face as she asked, "Where is she?" Blake merely ran faster towards an overpass with smoke coming from behind it as she gave her answer, "She's with Weiss; just follow me!"
)-With Ruby and Weiss-(
"Weiss, duck!"
With that one warning, the Schnee heiress was able to avoid a catastrophic slash before using her glyphs to propel her away from her attacker. The creature blurred before appearing in front of the one who had warned it's prey of it's attack before swiping at the young girl who narrowly avoided the attack in a burst of petals that were speeding to catch up to Weiss. "Ruby, what even IS that thing?!" the heiress asked her impromptu partner who could only shake her head.
"If you don't know what it is, then how should I know?!" They both glanced back at their attacker; a mantis-like Grimm of giant proportions easily outclassing a Deathstalker in pure size - it's body a pitch black with white bone armor along the top of the abdomen as wing casings covered in jagged red designs and entirely covering the thorax, wings as gray as smoke and tattered as decayed cloth, it's arms holding two bone-white jagged sickle blades on each arm with a single long claw at the joint where the blades bent, mandibles that split off from the top, left and right sides of a supposed eating cavity and angry orange eyes that faded to red near the head with white specs eerily like an iris that would always stare at whomever looks at it.
This monstrosity was as terrifying as it was formidable as it could keep up with its prey with relative ease; swiping and slashing at them continuously in what one would assume were vain attempts at killing the two girls. They bounced back and forth around it's limbs; hitting it with both blades and dust-based attacks to no avail as the beast would be unscathed no matter what they did. With a crackling shriek, it lashed once more; only this time it landed a blow. Weiss screamed in pain as she felt her left leg cut in two places; one just below her calf and one in the back of the thigh just above her knee; severing her muscles as she fell to and collapsed on the forest floor. As she held her leg in desperation to prevent the pain from shooting through her body, she couldn't help but feel the shock and horror creeping up her spine as the thought of a Grimm being strong enough to be able to damage someone enough to override their aura was an alien concept; yet here it was, a creature that did just that and to her own now useless leg at that.
"WEISS!" Ruby called out to the heiress before unleashing a barrage of bullets upon the beast in hopes of distracting it long enough to reach her. As it turned to her, she used her semblance to zip towards Weiss and tried to cover her with her own body as the creature returned it's attention to their current spot. Both girls flinched as it gave another crackling shriek and raised one of it's arms; ready to claim it's kills.
"PERFECT CRITICAL COMBO!"
As it turned to the noise, a vortex of gold and blue slammed into it's chest; sending it flying through several trees as the girls finally saw what was going on. "Wha... What was that?" Weiss asked in utter shock.
"Whatever it was..." Ruby started with a shake of her head, "It bought us some time to get help." Picking up the heiress bridal style, the silver-eyed girl started to run as fast as she could down the hill; unintentionally in the direction of Blake and Yang.
)-Moments Ago-(
)-First Person PoV-(
I ran towards the clearing where Ruby and Weiss were when the fires started in order to get a lay of the land and see where they went, but what I saw was cut down trees and broken branches all over the place. I had to act fast as my Speed Boost was running out but managed to spot one along with a Muscular power-up. Deciding that now was not the time to be looking a gifted horse in the mouth, I broke both power-ups in a single punch.
"SPEEDING-UP!"
"MUSCULAR!"
With my speed renewed and strength boosted, I followed the destruction in time to see something ready to strike Ruby who was trying to shield a downed Weiss with her own body - this thing was going to learn that NO ONE hurts the adorkable little biscuit while I'm around. Grabbing the GGD, I pulled it out just enough that it triggers the release confirmation but before it announced it's removal was when I immediately used my free hand to turn the dial to it's default position and back to Perfect Puzzle before slamming it back into the holster; all before it had a chance to call out Kimewaza.
"DUAL GASHAT!"
Blue energy once more formed around my foot as I ran towards the thing that was trying to kill the girls before I jumped as high as I could in a high-jump kick and began to spin like a top - no... like a drill burrowing into the ground.
"PERFECT CRITICAL COMBO!"
My speed and momentum allowed me to slam into the beast, whatever it was, while my strength boost pushed it back quite a few yards away...
How many trees just died from the collision, I will never know...
Eventually, all good things come to an end as both me and my new opponent slammed into the ground in an explosion of dirt, leaves and dust. Rolling off, I turned to try and get a good look at the monster that tried to hurt Ruby; and holy crap did I wish I didn't...
It looked like a mantis that got steroids shoved into it, hit by Rita Repulsa's Staffwand and then hit by a touch of necromantic magic just for kicks... 'What the hell kinda hole did this nightmare crawl out of?' I thought to myself before a rather... unpleasant thought crossed my mind that I DIDN'T want to see and made me have to force down an awkward blush. 'On second thought... I don't WANNA know.'
The Kamakiri*, as I'm calling it, got back up and fully recovered before flying straight at me in a blur of black and white; swiping at me with it's sickles as it closed in. With a hop, back-skip and a full on backflip, I managed to avoid it's initial attacks before it landed a blow and sent me flying into a tree; my health was showing a whole 25% taken by the damage. 'D-Damn... This thing hits like a train...' I summed up in my head but before I could think on a strategy, I noticed two things; the first was that my Speed Boost was almost over, and the second was a violet disc with the image of a Rider giving off a bright light; the Emission Power-Up! Jumping off the tree and unintentionally headbutting the Kamakiri, I flipped over the bug and crashed onto the ground before trying to race to the power-up, only to get swiped away and taking another 15% of health off me. 'Damnit!' I cursed my luck at the situation in front of me, 'If I could just reach it... Wait - I know; I can just summon it to me!'
Holding my hand out to the power-up, I willed it to move to me as I gripped the air and pulled toward me - causing the power-up to move with my hand, but the Kamakiri was having none of that as it effectively b*tchslapped me and made me send the power-up flying into a tree; shattered and destroyed. "D-Damnit!" I cursed loudly, seeing my health drop another 20%, "What's it going to take to beat you?!" My only answer was a crackling shriek as it flew at me once more, but this time I didn't have any speed-boost to keep up.
)-Meanwhile-(
)-Third Person-(
Yang and Blake had only barely made it to the foot of the hill when they noticed a red flurry of rose petals flying towards them. Recognizing it as Ruby's semblance, Yang started to wave her little sister down and expected to see Weiss running behind her trying to catch up; what she saw, however, was the supposed Ice Queen in the arms of her partner clutching her left leg in pain which was bleeding badly in two spots. "Ruby, are you okay?" was the first thing Yang concerningly asked before continuing to assault her sister with another question, "What happened to her?"
Ruby shook her head, distraught at the situation before her, before replying, "I don't know..." She set Weiss gently on the ground for a moment and started to check on her leg, "But there was this giant Grimm that attacked us and it did this to her."
Yang looked skeptical but Blake's eyes went wide as if remembering something horrible. "Whadaya mean a Grimm did this to her?" Yang asked in disbelief, "No Grimm should be able to do that; and even if they did, her aura should be healing it up by now."
"I don't know, alright!?" Ruby screamed in frustration, "All I know is what I saw happened and we need to help stop the bleeding, otherwise..."
"Does anyone have a fire crystal?"
At this, everyone present looked at the raven haired faunus in confusion before Weiss replied, "I-In my p-Pouch..." Ruby immediately opened it up and dug her hand into the container before pulling out a bright red gem with an orange shine to it. "Here, Blake," she said as she handed it off to the girl who then moved to the heiress' injured leg.
"We'll need to cauterize the wounds," she started as she gripped the crystal in both hands, "Once that's done, she'll be able to heal on her own but will still need medical support." With this, she snapped the crystal in two; a crackling noise being made as she did this before turning to Weiss and warning her, "This is going to hurt a lot worse than the actual wound itself, but please, try to bear with it."
Weiss looked at the Faunus in disbelief before asking, "Why are you doing this? I mean, I'm a Schnee and my father's company has-"
"Done inhumane and politically unsavory things to the Faunus, but you, Weiss, have not personally done any of that," she retorted before continuing. "The worst I've seen you do was badmouth a girl whom you had flung fire dust at by shaking a bottle and blaming her for causing it to explode, and try to act like an ungrateful brat. But I know what it feels like to be abandoned by someone you trusted, and I will not allow anyone to feel that way if I can help it, even you. Afterall, the sins of the parents are not inherited by the children." She moved the gem shards near the injury on her calf before warning her to brace herself and bite onto something.
With that, Weiss merely grabbed Ruby's cloak, who tried to resist the action, and bit down on it after clumping it up just as Blake touched the two shards together to her injury. Screaming through the cloth as the burning pain shot through her body from her leg, Weiss couldn't help but think on what the Faunus girl had said. 'The sins of the parents... are not inherited by the children... Why is it, then... that I still feel guilty for what father has done?' As she closes up the wound, Blake told the heiress that she was moving on to the next one before the shards run out of energy. Immediatly so, she commits to the action and tries to, as quickly as possible, close up the wound with minimal pain... This failed if the muffled screams were anything to go by.
Once both wounds were closed up and cleaned, she gathered the now cooled down shards and placed them back into Weiss' pouch. "There... That will hold until we get you some real medical help, but we have to move now."
Yang was the first to speak up. "I say we get the hell out of here and back to Beacon - I don't care if we become huntresses or not right now." Weiss and Blake were in agreement, but Ruby, however, had other ideas.
"We have to find the temple." The others stared at her in disbelief, but, before any of them could complain to her about the idea, Ruby raised her hand to keep them at bay. "Now hold on and just hear me out. The temple shouldn't be too far away from here and it would be the most open spot I can think of away from the flames of the forest fire that we can send a signal from. If we do that and wait at the temple, someone is bound to find us there and help us back to Beacon."
As she finished her explanation, all three girls looked at her in bemusement before thinking on her words in their own ways. After a few seconds, it was Weiss who spoke up first. "Ruby," she started, "That is... actually a good idea." Yang looked at the heiress with an amused smirk on her face but Blake eyed her with curiosity and skepticism yet held her tongue as she wanted to hear what the girl had to say.
"Look, I know you don't even like me, but you have to at least turst me when I say it's our best bet to get some distance on that... thing... with the added bonus of at least some form of shelter." She turned to the red-hood wearing girl and nodded. "I say we go for the temple." That was all Blake needed as she gave a soft smile and nodded before turning to Yang who simply shrugged her shoulders. "If that thing's as dangerous as you two are saying, I'm not gonna be much good," Yang stated. "Besides, Blake and I were near the forest temple before she heard you two were in danger."
"Then... You mind leading the way?" Ruby asked, blushing in embarrassment.
Yang chuckled as she turned to her younger half-sibling. "What happened, Rubes? You got lost on the way here?"
"Yes..."
"Fine by me. Let's get going."
Ruby started to try and pick Weiss back up before she felt a heavy hand on her shoulder. "Oh no you don't," Yang stated in a warning tone, "You've done enough for a week carrying Ice Queen here as far as you did."
"Hey!" said Ice Queen replied.
"But-" Ruby tried to rebute her sister's words before Blake interrupted her.
"No, Ruby. I'll carry her. If what Yang is saying means anything, you should focus on resting up." Turning around and crouching, Blake began to carry Weiss piggyback as she started down the hill. Yang turned to her sister with a concerned smile before asking if she needed a lift.
"I'm fine, Yang... Just shaken up... Chewed up... and spat back out..."
"That doesn't sound fine, Rubes." Yang replied.
"I'm fine! I promise."
With that, Yang shrugged and said "Alright," before following to catch up with Blake as Ruby ran after her towards the temple.
)-First Person PoV-(
I screamed in pain as I was sent flying once more into a tree before narrowly missing a bone blade that imbedded itself into the tree where I hit as I fell to the ground. Landing on one knee, I take a quick glance at my health to see it had dropped to 30% remaining. 'Damnit,' I cursed at myself, 'I don't think I'll last much longer.' I heard a snapping sound before running as fast as I could away from the Kamakiri before it swiped at my back, sending me rolling onto the ground before smacking me into the air; taking 20% of my health with it. As I was sent flying, I couldn't help but think that this would be the end; that this would be where I get a game over... Until I hit something in my flight - something I never expected to hit.
"LIQUEFACTION!"
My eyes went wide as I felt the familiar sensation of being melted into a puddle of goo as I landed in some bushes. 'The liquefaction power-up... Whatever merciful deity put that there...' I silently prayed, 'thank you so much!' I never thought in my life that I would be glad to be turned into a puddle. Looking around, I noticed the Kamakiri was now looking around trying to find me. I had to act fast if I were to fully take advantage of this opportunity. I scuttled a little ways further into the woods and looked around for any power-up that would help me end this thing once and for all but could only find the usual ones. That's when I found it; a silver disk with a picture of a Rider standing tall and flexing as if with a new surge of energy - the Recover Power-Up! With this, I can restore my health, but that won't be enough to even the odds; I needed a way to end this fight. The Liquefaction Power-Up wore off as I was looking for another power-up, but a loud buzzing startled me out of my thoughts; acting fast, I punched the silver disc and shattered it.
"RECOVER!"
I felt myself feeling rested and energized; as if I had slept for over 3 days and woke up in the best of moods. I looked at my health and noticed that, sure enough, it was now 100%. I didn't have long to react, however, as the buzzing was now really close before I rolled out behind a tree. It wasn't long before the Kamakiri came barrelling through and slicing down all the trees in it's path before zipping right past me. As I peeked around the tree I was behind, I noticed it was just going in a straight line; a line headed straight where Ruby and Weiss fled. 'Ah crapbaskets...' I cursed my luck at the situation, 'I need to keep that thing on me to keep them safe.'
"Hey you, Bug-eyed Freak; over here!" I taunted as I waved my arms and came out of my hiding spot; it turned around as it noticed me before flying straight at me with it's claws raised. "Yeah, I'm the one you're fighting!" I called out as I rolled away, just narrowly missing a pair of swipes aimed at my head; running as I recovered from the roll. Looking around, I spotted a small set of power-ups that I could easily run to - a Speeding-Up and another Recover if I needed that, but also one I hadn't seen as of yet; a magenta disc depicting two faded copies of a Rider splitting off of the original. That was it; my ticket outta this fight! I quickly rolled under yet another swipe and made a beeline for the power-up - barely reaching it in time as another swipe from above had come to claim my head where it was moments ago as I punched the disc.
"SEPARATION!"
I felt my body go numb before a sensation of being split open without the pain washed over me. I looked to my left and right and find a copy of myself on each end looking to their left and right as I did before another set of copies formed next to them; and then another formed, and then another. Now there were nine copies of me standing there facing the Kamakiri which was staring in confusion and... dare I say fright? With this, I smirked at the monster and pulled the GGD completely out of the holster - what I didn't expect was the noise this would cause...
"GASHOON!"
That's right - all nine copies of the GGD made the confirmation announcement at once... Whoo god, it was loud... Holding the GGD close to my chest, I turned back to the Kamakiri that was now ready for another round; too bad it wouldn't see that. "Alright, it's time to finish this!" all nine of me shouted as we turned the dials on our GGDs to the default position and then back to Perfect Puzzle.
"KIMEWAZA!"
The familiar standby noise started playing out, but nine times louder now as we holstered our GGDs.
"DUAL GASHAT!"
With that announcement, blue energy surrounded our legs as we got into a crouching stance.
"PERFECT CRITICAL COMBO!"
"Eat this!" we cried out as we ran to the Kamakiri as it charged us, but before we clashed, we jumped into the air and thrusted our glowing feet out in a flying kick shouting "Kyu Rensa Kikku!*" With that, all nine attacks landed on the monsterous Grimm's thorax which shattered under the pressure; causing all nine of us to crash into the ground and merging back into one as the power of the Separation power-up was drained by the finisher. As I became one again, the Grimm exploded into the black mist that was its essence as I stood up and absorbed it.
"All Clear!"
I looked to my level and EXP bar to see the bar was climbing as the essence was absorbed. Eventually, it filled up and my level became 15 but it didn't stop; it continued until it had filled up again with my level becoming 16 and still continued to do so until it finally stopped at 4% into level 17; at which point it played the Game Clear music followed by the familiar leveling up announcement.
"LEVEL UP!"
With that, I pumped my fists into each other cheered, "Woo yeah! Level 17 baby! Now I just gotta find the girls..." Just as I had said that, I noticed a flare shooting up from the northern end of the forest and my eyes went wide as I remembered Weiss having to be carried by Ruby away from here. "Crap, that's not a good si-" I started before a growl interrupted me. "Damnit," I cursed as an Ursa Major lumbered out at me, "I don't have time for this..." I removed the GGD and turned the dial to Knockout Fighter before pressing the button with a cry of "Dai Henshin!" before the confirmation announcement could play.
"DUAL UP!"
"EXPLOSION HIT! KNOCKOUT FIGHTER!"
With that confirmation, my pauldrons shifted to my forearms as I placed the GGD back into the holster and cocked a fist back; unleashing a quick jab into the Ursa's abdomen which punctured it and disintegrated it into the black mist that formed it's essence. I didn't bother seeing if my level increased, however, as I was looking towards the flare in contemplation. "Just hang on... I'm on my way..." I said to myself before running up to and punching the Speed Boost power-up.
"SPEEDING-UP!"
With the power-up now active, I made a mad dash through the clearing the Kamakiri had made to where the flare had come from. Whatever was going on down there...
I just hope I'm not too late...
xXx
And here is the newest addition to the Paradox of Remnant story! Hope you all enjoyed it. And keep an eye out for the next chapter to hit soon.
Kamakiri = literally Mantis
Kyu Rensa Kikku = roughly 9 Chain Kick