The entity sitting in front of me showed no signs of worry or any other kind of negative expressions. He projected a peaceful and happy mindset while enjoying a cup of light drink, brewed from Dwyan plant.

From the moment, I sat opposite to the beastman or whatever his species is called; he did not even glance towards me. Offering me a cup, he kept to himself. I took a sip without fearing of it being poisoned. I have a mechanism to defend me against it and that me confident.

Many questions were emerging within me about the situation I was in. Sitting opposite to a beastman, who had a triangular shaped face and a deep set of blue crescent eyes.He had a wide forehead and high cheekbones. He had a brown skin tone and had no hair on his head. The way it was, it must have been shaved.

From the way he was sitting, I could make out that he had wide, muscular shoulder. From his body language and figure, he wielded more muscles as well as more physical power than me.

I decided to break the ice.

Me: “Why the sudden hospitality Braxrad Ranter?”

He casually glanced towards me before he unleashed a big smile. He put his cup down and looked closely towards me. After measuring me for about a minute, he spoke with a deep voice.

Braxrad Ranter: “Well, I cannot think of a point about why we should not be civil with each other.”

Me: “I can think of a couple of points.”

Braxrad Ranter: “At this moment... at this moment, I want you to know that I am highly impressed by you.”

Me: “Why?”

Braxrad Ranter: “I have been in your continent for many years and I have not seen an agent of your species to have the balls to even approach this place.

You on the other hand, my red eyed friend... you not only did manage to get this far, but I am guessing those two fell before you?”

Me: “Yes, actually.”

Braxrad Ranter: “You actually broke them. I cannot believe that... One o your species actually had the guts to face and defeat both of them. Judging from your knowledge from knowing my name, I guess you got information out of them too.”

With a sly smile, I answer him.

Me: “They sang like birdies.”

His expression changed and he was in deep thought.

Me: “Tell me, what are you? What is your species called? Are you beastmen like us?”

Braxrad Ranter: “None of them told you about that?”

Me: “They did mention something, but it was all said under duress so... I wanted to cross check the information.”

Braxrad Ranter: “Hmmm... well, it does not matter anyways, why not.

Our species is known as Zendons. We are not like you, beastman... you may refer to us as simply Zendons.”

Me: “She told the truth, then... good.”

Braxrad Ranter: “How much did you find out from them?”

Me: “Many things were brought to light.”

Braxrad Ranter: “Is that so...

Hmm... Where are they now?”

Me: “They are no more in this world.”

“HA HA HA HA HA HA HA...”

He laughed quite loudly after hearing that.

Me: “Why are you so happy?”

Braxrad Ranter:” Well my furry friend, you just made it easy for me. Now, I have two less bodies to clean.”

Me: “Why does your Queendom have a need to use this kind of shadow techniques?”

Braxrad Ranter: “Who knows what those higher-ups are thinking? We are just sacrificial pieces.”

Me: “And you are happy being a sacrificial piece for them?”

Shrugging his shoulder, he replied.

Braxrad Ranter: “I do not mind... the job we do... the job I do, gives me pleasure.”

Me: “I see.

You are same as them. Killing innocent beastmen is what makes you happy.”

He raised his left eyebrow and with a snort, he answered.

Braxrad Ranter: “Innocent?? Hardly... They were not innocent. They had no right to breathe in the first place. We think of them as cannon fodder.”

Me: “Cannon fodder? For what?”

Braxrad Ranter: “To test a very special equipment, my red eyed furry friend.”

Me: “Very special equipment... did it work?”

He gave a broad smile and replied.

Braxrad Ranter: “You bet your little ass they did. They worked perfectly... ohhh... it was beautiful.”

Me: “I agree with you. The Controllers sure are an interesting piece of equipment.”

Immediately, his face darkened. Gone were his broad smile and his eyes started to show malice.

Braxrad Ranter: “You know about that too?”

He asked in a serious tone.

Me: “Of course... your colleagues were more than happy to share it with me. I even got them to work for me.”

Braxrad Ranter: “You did!!”

Me: “You bet your ass I did. It is a good thing to have, Braxrad Ranter.”

Braxrad Ranter: “Then there is no way I can let you live, my furry friend. A moment before, I thought of letting you live, but now...”

Me: “And what makes you think, you will be successful?”

Braxrad Ranter: “Probably because of them them.”

He waved his hand in the air, giving some kind of signal. Moments later, with a loud noise, waves after waves of Dynoths had surrounded the place we were sitting. Although, I wasn’t surprised, but these Dynoths had a more crazed look in their eyes. I felt something awful had been done to them.

Me: “You want to use them to kill me. Is this a joke? You do know that my clan pushed back these monsters within mere days encountering them.”

Braxrad Ranter: “Yes, I am quite aware of that, but I still have one thing I would like to know.”

Me: “And what would that be?”

Braxrad Ranter: “Why did you target the Lexia siblings? Why them specifically?”

Me: “It’s simple really.”

Braxrad Ranter: “Please, do tell... this is going to be the last thing you will speak of in this world.”

Me: “They killed my wife.”

Braxrad Ranter: “Then... it was revenge.”

Me: “No... They were judged for their crime by the King of Blood Zuma Clan.”

Braxrad Ranter: “And who is that?”

Me: “You are looking at him.”

He smiled, but it did not reach his eyes.

Braxrad Ranter: “Then, Your Highness... it was nice to meet your acquaintance and thank you for dying by my hands.”

Me: “We will see about that, Braxrad Ranter.”

He got up and bowed to me sarcastically. With a broad smile plastered on his face, he slowly made himself invisible in the swarm of Dynoths. As soon as he made himself invisible, I got up and unsheathed both of my swords and readied myself.

I looked around and saw I had very little space to move and could be attacked at any given direction within minutes. The accumulative bloodlust of the Dynoths informed me that they were not going to stop until I’m in shreds.

I stared towards some of their eyes. They were too many, but I had to find a way to cut through them quickly and face Braxrad Ranter.

KING’S CRYSTAL:-

SCANNING THE AREA FOR POSSIBLE CONTACTS....

BRAIN COUNT:- 83.65

AVAILABLE CHOICES FOR TELEPATHY CONTACT:-

1. DYNOTH(S) {multiple contacts detected}

DO YOU WISH TO ESTABLISH INFERIOR MODEL CONNECTION?

Me: “Yes.”

KING’S CRYSTAL:-

ESTABLISHING INFERIOR MODEL CONNECTION...

Immediately, I started to hear faint noises. I tried to listen to it by putting more focus on the noise. Little by little, it sound grew louder and louder. At first, it barely made sense, when the sound was of acceptable level, all I could hear was mixed noises. The noises were all jumbled up. Little by little the noises connected with each other. Then, I could make out voices of strange and different pitches.Finally the voices became clear. I felt something running down my ears... something hot. I put my left hand to wipe it and saw; it was blood.

Suddenly, a massive amount of voices hit me at one single moment.

“Aaarrrggghhhh....”

“Sa-sa-sa-save meee!!!”

“He-help!! Aaarrrrgggghhh!!!”

“I-I cannot take it an-anymore!!!”

“Sa-save me fron the pain...”

“Somebody save me!”

“It hurts... it hurts so much...”

“I-I-I do not wa-want t-to ki-kill...”

“S-so much sadness...”

“Sa-save me fr-from the dark!!!”

“Aaaarrrggghhh... n-nooooooo....”

“Th-they made me kill...”

“St-stranger!!! Help...”

“Help!!! Stranger...”

It was too much, all of their pain, fear, horror, anger, rage... everything filled me. It was so much pressure that my hands started to shake, I could not steady my legs nor my thinking. What kind of pressure where they using to control these poor creatures? Th-this is unacceptable...

There was no choice, but to stop hearing them... hearing their cry for help. If I wanted to help them, then I have to take the Controller of Braxrad Ranter. For that to happen, I have to fight to my utmost capabilities. I started reducing the noise little by little, until I could not hear anything coming from them. I regained control over my movements and took a few deep breaths.

Looking straight ahead, I launched my Air Blast with 100% power.

* BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!! *

The moment I released the gust of compressed air, I hurtled back due to recoil. While flying backwards, I saw my Air Blast took almost all in its path and like a fountain, Dynoths blood were spread. With the corner of my eyes, I guessed when and with whom I was going to collide with. With a little calculation, I twirled midair and saw that another group of Dynoths were waiting for me.

With another long breath, I released another Air Blast towards them with 100% power. Again I flew back while the Dynoths who got hit with the Air Blast, got mangled into each other. This time, I didn’t want to turn and use Air Blast again so I decided to let myself collide with whoever is standing behind me.

Within seconds, my flight trajectory curved down and I hit the ground... hard. To minimize the speed, I started to roll on the ground until I stopped. I got up with a view of smashed Dynoth bodies surrounding me. I was also covered with Dynoth’s blood. The ground was now drenched with it.

With a shrill cry, other Dynoths moved closer to me. I lunged forward when they were in acceptable distance apart from me. Ducking a slash from a Dynoth, with my right, I separated its left leg. The Dynoth beside that one also got its right leg chopped. Both of them fell on the ground with unable to keep balance.

I stood up and turned to my right. A charging Dynoth went past me and I jammed my right sword into a Dynoth’s throat. Another one, jumped from behind the dying Dynoth. With my left, I deflected its attack which in turn severed its hand.

I freed my sword and cut the Dynoth’s head whose hand was previously severed. This was not at all fun.Knowing they were in such pain; all I could do at this moment is to free them of this life. I cannot find Braxrad Ranter. He must have hidden himself deep within the Dynoth swarm. Another Dynoth came towards me on my right flank and I pierced my left sword within its chest before it could land its attack.

Changing places, dodging attacks, getting sprayed with blood and killing Dynoths were pretty much things that happened for a while. Most of the fighting took place on the streets of the deserted city. Sometimes I would push few Dynoths into burnt down houses and make it collapse on them.

I still didn’t find any signs of Braxrad Ranter. Even with my Advanced Eyesight, he managed to hide. He was a tall Zendon... about 6’4”-6’5”ft with a huge frame. It gave the impression that he was way stronger than me and apparently, he had other skills too. It is not easy to hide that big frame of a body.

I charged towards a group of three Dynoths detached from the swarm. Blocking a slash from a Dynoth, I ducked under under another slash from a different Dynoth and in the motion of standing up deposited both my swords inside the chest of the third one standing behind them.

I took out the swords and with kneeling on one foot; I pushed my left sword at the back of the Dynoth which had its back towards me. I freed my sword and saw a huge shadow engulfing the immediate area. I looked up and sweat trickled down my back. I had enough time to just cross my swords and held it over my head to act as a guard for the impending blow that was about to befall on us. By us, I mean me and the still alive Dynoth, who at that moment charged towards me too.

A big hammer... a War Hammer was hurtling down towards me. It was a big weapon and in all seriousness, it was my first time seeing an actual War Hammer. The Dynoth was also about to reach me and the time gap between these two hitting me was very... very short.

I aimed and shot out an Air Blast towards the Dynoth with 80% power. As usual, I was pushed back and got myself out of the attack zone. The Dynoth flew over many distances back and slammed upon some other Dynoths. Within seconds after that, the War Hammer smashed on the ground. I rolled on the ground to stop myself and looked towards the place where the Hammer had struck. I found a small crater had been created under the War Hammer.

Braxrad Ranter: “Just missed by this much. Next time, I’ll squish you.”

I got up and straightened myself for the impending fight. Without wasting anymore time, I charged towards him. I saw him picking his Hammer up and jabbed it straight towards me. Quickly, I jumped over it and aimed my right sword towards his chest.

Next thing I knew, I was flying and crashed some distance away from Braxrad Ranter. I had fallen on my back and I felt a searing pain originate on my chin. He had managed to connect a punch while I was in motion. How could his hand move that fast? But... that question was left unanswered as I saw the War Hammer coming to smash. Not a moment later I rolled out, the Hammer smashed on the ground producing a loud noise. Debris flew everywhere along with dust.

He was quick on his feet too. For a moment, I was in awe of his capabilities that he showed till now. He was very strong and nimble as well. I rolled to my left to dodge another smash from his War Hammer. His incredibly long and big War Hammer. As expected the ground shook from the smash, producing a large noise.

I quickly got up on my feet and charged him in hope of getting a blow in. I reached him while I had left sword in front of my face to block any attack and my right sword was placed at an angle away from my body, aimed towards his guts.

I thrust my right sword aimed towards his gut. He lets go of his War Hammer and tucks in his stomach a lit bit. Enough for my attack to miss and he grabbed my right hand with his left and connected a punch on my face with his right. The power I felt was something else. I heard my chin bone breaking and he followed it by a punch in my gut, which knocked the wind out of me.

I had bent down after receiving the punch to the gut. I was gasping very hard to get some air in my lungs when suddenly, I slammed down face first on the ground... hard... very hard. Blood came out of my mouth as I coughed them out in pain. My spine was broken in half and there was internal damage to. The pain was ridiculously high. I didn’t know what to even think.

Braxrad Ranter: “You little beast boy think you can match me? I will grind your bones into powder... boy!”

I coughed loudly as more blood came out... I felt something heavy was resting on my back. I don’t know if my armour was compromised or not, but I think the blow knocked my swords out of my hand. Bearing the pain, I managed to open my left eye and saw I was surrounded by Dynoths and one of my swords was lying on the ground just a few feet away.

Braxrad Ranter: “I wonder... how those two idiots got themselves captured and killed by you? Hmm... maybe Command made a mistake of choosing them. Well, I have to report it back.

But... first... I want to play with you more. You see, most of the beastmen I tried to play with, died from only one blow from my weapon. You... you my furry little friend just survived a blow and yet you live... barely, but still breathing.”

After gasping hard, I was finally able to breathe somewhat normally. I didn’t use any of my regeneration skills. If I had to bring him down, I have to engage him in a hand to hand combat. He has more experience in fighting. I have to play his game for a while and look for openings.

Suddenly, I was pushed against the ground with more force, concentrated on my spine. So much power had been exerted; I was now lying in a crater. The pain had crossed my bearable limit and I started seeing black. I couldn’t close my mouth as blood continued to flow out and I was loosing a lot of them. I found it hard to thread all my thoughts together, let alone think of a way to escape this situation.

Braxrad Ranter: “WOW!!! You just survived another one...

It seems you can take quite a bit of punishment. You are an exciting one aren’t you? Maybe I should capture you instead of killing you. Command would love a gift.”

I found it very hard to move even an inch. Something very heavy was still resting on my back. I calmed myself down and tried to get my breathing in control. It was hard work as how much I tried to breathe properly, it would hurt. It was too painful to take deep breaths, so I had to content with small ones.

Braxrad Ranter: “Hey!! Tell me... how you managed to kill them. However, I think they were better than you... it is still bothering me.”

I tried to speak. It was painful to even cough, let alone talk, but I manage to squeak out some words.

Me: “Yu-you want to know?”

Braxrad Ranter: “Ho!!! You can still speak. You are interesting my red eyed furry little friend. What did you just say again?”

After spitting some more blood, I spoke more clearly.

Me: “Do you want to know, how I killed them?”

Braxrad Ranter: “I do... it is the only thing right now disturbing me.”

I closed my eyes and with 100% power, I released an Air Blast towards the ground. Within seconds, I was propelled upwards as I felt he and his weapons tumble over. It was quite a while before I crashed down on the ground, my back hitting the ground. I felt that my entire body was enveloped by pain. Although, I wanted to rest a little or rest for a long period of time, I still had unfinished business.

Without wasting much time, I tried to get up. My spine was definitely broken along with many bones and internal organs. To mend all of them, I activated my regeneration skills. While they were working, I got up and stood... it was very painful, but it was necessary. Both of my swords were missing, probably they were in the crater back there.

Braxrad Ranter was lying on the ground with his War Hammer over his right side. He slowly got up and looked at me with surprise. He didn't look injured, just surprised. I gave him a smile and said to him.

Me: “You are one tough Zendon... maybe, no!

I think, I will take you prisoner get some information about your Command.”

In response, he gave a broad smile and replied.

Braxrad Ranter: “I think I will enjoy killing you.”