On the inside, Plaze knew that a 2,000 soul gap couldn't be easily bridged. But from what he has heard from his benefactors, it was possible.
Sure, Mehira told him that he sucked at fighting, but it didn't matter as long as Hammer, who was used to just sitting in a tank firing shells, sucked just as much as him, right?
Well, as it turns out, those who are named Overlord are named so for a reason.
Barely dodging the slam of Hammer's fist, Plaze cursed his square feet once more for making moving such a hassle. He wasn't going to be able to dodge forever.
Hammer knew that just as well as he did, "Kid! Kid! Kid! Your body might be the worst fighting form I've ever seen! Flat fucking feet! Hahahahaha!"
Not taking the insult lightly, Plaze surrounded his fist with electricity and rushed towards the legs of Sergeant Hammer.
In a blatant display of disrespect, Sergeant Hammer let one of her spider legs get hit by the full might of Plaze's attack.
Sure, the spider leg was blown off, but Hammer laughed it off, "Barely even hurt! Do you see how outclassed you are, buddy?!"
"Shut the hell up!" Plaze annoyedly shouted out as he went for another leg.
If he can get her to collapse, then he could just climb up to her face and begin beating her face in.
Hammer didn't just let Plaze walk up to her legs, though, as she rapidly turned around, the barrel of her tank she was half in smashing the walls of the building they were in.
All of the engineers nearby were all chained up, unable to move. Plaze wanted to save them, but it seemed unlikely that he could. Their fates seem to be being crushed by the building that was soon set to collapse.
So, Plaze ignored them.
It was a shame that he could do no heroics to save them and ensure that they would willingly choose to serve them, but Plaze's main priority was simply just to beat Hammer.
They would understand.
Hammer directly aimed the massive barrel of her tank at him, causing Plaze to immediately start running at her to try and get under her.
Hammer laughed at the attempt as her spider legs were fast enough to ensure Plaze would never make it, "You idiot! There's a reason I was able to take over this entire industry all by myself! Did you really think that I didn't have experience fighting overconfident upstarts like yourself?!"
Plaze shouted out, "I'll be different!"
"That's what they all say!" Hammer shouted as she slammed the top of her tank, firing a shell directly at Plaze.
The shell exploded right in front of Plaze, covering his body in smoke.
Hammer thought it was over, eagerly gloating, "There are a single digit number of people who can take that, you know? And they're all Overlords with decades of experience and power! Do you think you're as great as them?!"
Plaze had gotten far outside of the building zone, so the room the two were initially in has yet to collapse, allowing every one of Hammer's engineers to see the results of their battle.
Pam whispered to Jessie, "Hon, I don't think your friend won that."
Jessie was not convinced, "Look…"
Even Hammer had to do a double take at the figure in the smoke, "Hey… I know it wasn't a direct hit, but…"
Those who were not fighting anyone and just watching the battle take place were shocked as well.
Plaze, though covered in wounds from the debris of the explosion, and most certainly burnt badly, hadn't even lost a limb.
Hammer raised an eyebrow at the standing sinner, "Your durability in your fucking basic form is off the charts. You know that?"
"Thanks…" Plaze coughed out the smoke in his lungs, hatefully glaring at the Tank Overlord, "I'm going to kill you."
Hammer blankly stared at him for that response, then, she laughed, "Hahaha! What could I have expected?! We're all fucking psychos! THEN COME AT ME, PLAZE!"
Hammer raised her fist, ready to slam it down on him once more. At that moment, Plaze felt it would be futile to continue trying to force Hammer down to his level.
So, he would simply get himself to hers.
Dodging Hammer's slam by a hair's width, Plaze stabbed at Hammer's hand using his sharp fingers.
"Huh?!" Hammer looked surprised as she raised him up into the air and attempted to shake him off.
Plaze wouldn't let go, however, as he began to try and climb up Hammer's arm.
Hammer used her other arm to swat at him, but at that moment, Plaze released himself from her hand and stretched his arms as far as it could go, grabbing Hammer's shoulders.
Then, he launched himself at her face.
"Huh?!" Hammer was shocked, leaving her mouth wide open for Plaze to stab the roof of Hammer's mouth with his hand again.
There was an interesting tidbit about committing suicide with a gun that Plaze had heard from one of his coworkers, once.
It was apparently the "proper" way to aim at the top of your mouth instead of the back. That way, your bullet would hit the brain and kill you instantly, instead of hitting the spine and letting you bleed out slowly.
He wasn't suicidal, so he didn't really need that information, but the knowledge of attacking the top of the mouth still seemed a useful one.
Electricity surged through his hands into the mouth of Sergeant Hammer, causing her to scream out in pain.
A second later, she regained enough of her senses to chomp down on Plaze's arm to attempt to cut it off and stop the surge. But how would her teeth do a better job than the explosion?
For 4 whole seconds, Sergeant Hammer had to endure electricity directly going into her brain. On the 5th second, Hammer's right arm finally grabbed and dislodged Plaze from his position near her mouth.
Plaze, meanwhile, was dumbstruck at his opponent's survival, "How the fuck are you alive?!"
"You think…" Hammer murderously said as she slowly recovered from having her brain fried, "That would be enough to kill an Overlord at the peak of her strength?!"
Hammer began to squeeze Plaze, leaving him unable to speak or move. He attempted to electrocute Hammer again, but it did little this time, as Hammer's pain tolerance kicked in and kept squeezing.
"You got close, I'll give you that!" Hammer begrudgingly said, smoke still coming out of her head, "But you're still not on my level!"
Just as Plaze was about to finally give out from the strength of Hammer's grip-
An angelic bullet struck through the arm that was holding Plaze, causing Hammer to scream out and drop him as a result.
Plaze couldn't be more ecstatic that he had Mehira as an ally. Satan bless her and that angelic gun of hers!
As Plaze fell to the floor, Hammer angrily shouted out, "Ugh! Fucking angelic weaponry! Where did-"
Hammer barely dodged the second bullet headed straight to her head.
But now she knew her target.
Sergeant Hammer's tank turned to aim towards Mehira as she shouted out, "You useless brats! Kill Plaze while he's down!"
In a conversation with Mehira about trying to unlock his Overlord transformation, Demonic transformation, whatever each individual person in Hell calls it, Plaze recalled that it would come naturally when he needed it most.
At the time, though he trusted her greatly, it seemed like a fairy tale explanation. Something out of a story, not reality.
However, with the horde of Sergeant Hammer's lackeys who had won their individual battles and waited for their master's orders coming at him, and Mehira about to be blown up, Plaze could feel rage boiling within him.
That rage needed to expand, to show itself to the world. To ensure that no one would dare cross him again.
So, Plaze's pride began to show itself as his body morphed.
His legs broke apart as it segmented itself into multiple thinner legs. His body began to elongate, spurting multiple arms whose size seemed to shift on some individualistic level. His head grew as his antennae began to grow, sending out electricity all over the place as the pads on the side of his head suddenly opened up to show rockets within.
It felt inhuman. Unnatural.
Strong.
Hammer was completely caught off guard by his change in stature, "Oh, you're an Overlord now?!"
Plaze simply laughed, "Yeah!"
Then he punched her.
Plaze was on equal footing to Hammer now that they looked to be about the same size. So the resulting punch sent her flying across the battlefield as she landed and killed many of the sinners who were still fighting each other, or even just watching.
Enraged, Hammer started to get up from the floor as she shouted out, "You morons! He's at his weakest! FUCKING GET HIM!"
Plaze didn't want to kill ants, he wanted to kill Sergeant Hammer. So Plaze increased the amount of electricity coming out of his body-
Suddenly, Carmilla Carmine appeared out of nowhere, decapitating many of the Construction Overlords who were running towards Plaze, "Plaze! Continue fighting Hammer! That's your fight!"
Plaze didn't give any sign of thanks, but he sure felt it.
Hammer wasn't amused at all, shouting out, "You fucking bitch, Carmilla! These tanks are MINE! YOU CAN'T HAVE THEM!"
As she was distracted from her shouting, Plaze fired off the rockets that were in the sides of his head directly at her.
The explosions weren't as powerful as any of Hammer's shells, but they still blew parts of Sergeant Hammer's flesh off.
After that, Plaze charged directly for Hammer.
Hammer offered no words as she exchanged blows with Plaze, neither of them trying to block each other's attacks.
Hammer's attacks were stronger, but Plaze's durability was better. They were evenly matched in their brawl as they found their way into the urban area and began knocking buildings over with their strength.
Plaze landed a punch on Hammer's face again as Hammer finally attempted to him her tank directly at Plaze.
Using his many arms, Plaze instead redirected the tank behind him, which caused Hammer's shell to hit something behind him. Judging on the noise, it was likely whatever remained of Hammer's headquarters.
Using the momentum from Hammer's shot, Plaze managed to throw Hammer onto the floor, once again getting his hands into her mouth.
"DO YOU THINK-?!" Hammer shouted once more, but Plaze didn't let her finish.
Focusing his electricity into his hands, the increased power of his surge was finally starting to affect Hammer.
She flailed her arms and legs, attempting to get him off, but she was running out of stamina.
"I WILL NOT-!" Hammer tried to say her final words, but Plaze interrupted her.
"I'M THE OVERLORD NOW!" He shouted out in glee as Hammer's resistance stopped as she succumbed to his power.
Soon after, Plaze's attack ended.
Hammer did not respond, her form slowly shifting back to her base form.
Plaze stood tall above the unconscious body of Sergeant Hammer, his victory unquestionable.
AN:
Rest in Peace, bozo, you will not be missed.
Probably will write the ending for this arc before starting to upload.
Oh yeah, I've got this thing from a while back. Plaze's full demon form is meant to be like a bacteriophage, which I think is like a virus or something. I dunno, I looked this up like half a year ago.
(If you wanna see that MS Paint stuff, it's on Ao3 or the discord server.]
[It's probably about time to start writing more chapters for this. Thank god I didn't combine the chapters lmao.]