~ Third person Pov~
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The boss surged through the dust, fists ready to completely crush his opponent.
"See!? You're NOTHING to me!—Huh!"
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His voice got caught in his throat. His charge had felt, off...
'What, the?' His body stopped as well. Not by his choice either. In fact, both his arms were completely stuck in place.
Before he could say anything, he realized that his hands were caught and clasped in an iron vice like grip.
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Ayano, was holding them, tightly. Calm and unmoving. His eyes locked onto the giant with a gaze that pierced deeper than any blade could ever do.
Now the boss was panicking. 'N-No… No way...! He stopped me!?' He thought.
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"You're, strong." Ayano said simply. The boss had blinked, stunned. He couldn't even break free either. Couldn't even budge a single inch.
"F-FUCK! YOU MIDGET!! LET ME—L-LET ME GO!!"
Zzztt—
Before he could continue, faint streaks of blue lightning cracked off Ayano's arms.
"You were born with power… and, you used it to crush others. To trample anyone weaker than you."
Zzztt—Zzztt—
The electricity arced even sharper now, lighting his outline in flickers of azure... The boss's face twisted in absolute disbelief.
"W-What the fuck is this?!"
"You've never trained... Never earned what you had," Ayano continued, his voice low and steady—deepening with every word that came from his mouth.
"You let your strength rot, wasted it on creating fear and inflating your damn ego... And now...? This is what you've become because of it."
Ayano's grip tightened. Just a little, causing the giant boss's knees to completely buckle underneath him.
"Tch!"
Ayano's hair began to slightly lengthen, becoming longer, wilder—now the sparks of electricity were crackling around him like a storm was being formed... Ayano's physique was shifting as the seconds passed—new lean muscle expanding with a raw, controlled force. Veins lit faintly under his skin. His gaze burned.
"You've done, unforgivable things..." he muttered. "But I'll settle every debt."
Zzztt—Zzztt—
One final surge of lightning exploded around his arms, tracing down into his palms. Ayano's form grew taller. His shoulders widening, with his presence filling the room like a dam about to collapse...
"...In full."
CRACK!
"ARGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The boss howled—his head jerking down as pain finally surged through the denial in his brain. His arms were trembling, locked in Ayano's grip like steel caught in a thunder cage.
"And, in blood."
Ayano hadn't even blinked.
"And now…"
His tone dropped, cold as a blade pressed to the skin, "I'll show you... The difference between us."
CRACK!
The sound of bones snapping echoed through the warehouse, a haunting percussion beneath the boss's agonized screams... The once-fearsome giant of a man crumpled down further, his massive frame bending unnaturally as Ayano maintained his merciless grip.
"You don't even understand what's happening, do you?" Ayano asked, his voice disturbingly calm despite the transformation overtaking him. The electricity dancing across his skin had intensified, casting harsh shadows across his changing features.
The boss's eyes widened with dawning horror. Where once stood a man he'd dismissed as weak, now loomed something... else. Something primal and terrifying.
"W-what the hell are you?!" he gasped through clenched teeth, spittle flying from his lips as he struggled pointlessly against Ayano's hold.
Ayano tilted his head slightly, the movement unnervingly bird-like. His hair now whipped around his face without wind, charged with the same electric energy that pulsed through his expanding frame.
"I'm what you could have been," he said simply. "If you'd earned your power instead of squandering it."
With deliberate slowness, Ayano released one of the boss's hands, though the giant found himself unable to pull away—frozen by pain and an instinctual fear he'd never experienced before.
The warehouse had gone deathly silent. The boss's followers who had been cheering moments before now pressed themselves against the walls, transfixed by the impossible scene before them.
Ayano raised his free hand, now crackling with concentrated energy. The air itself seemed to bend around his fingers, distorting like heat waves from asphalt.
"For years, you've ruled through terror," Ayano continued, his voice deepening further, resonating with power that seemed to vibrate the very air. "You've hurt those who couldn't fight back. You've taken what wasn't yours."
The boss's eyes darted frantically between Ayano's face and his raised hand, genuine terror replacing his earlier arrogance.
"P-please... I-I di-didn't know—"
"That someone stronger existed?" Ayano finished for him. A small, cold smile touched his lips... "That's the problem with fuckers like you. They never look up until it's too late."
The electric energy coalesced around Ayano's body forming a spinning vortex of pure power. His eyes, now glowing with the same azure light, bore into the boss with unflinching intensity.
"Remember this moment," Ayano whispered, leaning closer. "When you wake up—ifyou wake up—remember what real power feels like."
Without warning, Ayano released his grip, clenching his fists tightly...
'Multi-strike Destruction...'
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Thud~
The boss' body dropped to the ground, with every one of his bones completely shattered, mangled and broken... Ayano had wondered if he was even alive, but that feeling quickly didn't last... Instead, he looked towards the bodies of the women he'd from earlier seen.
He slowly walked towards them, soon realizing that they were all too weak to even open their eyes...
He trembled at the sight of them, but gathered himself, 'I'm glad, they're all alive....' But, he couldn't imagine the sheer amount of pain they would now have to go through after this is all over.
They might not ever trust another man in their lives again.
'Damn it...'
Ayano quickly called the authorities informing them of what had taken place without telling them who he was, letting them sort the situation out.
With one final look, he left the building, feeling guilt over the fact that he had never came sooner...
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~ Ayano's Pov, An hour later ~
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'Was, this all worth it..?' I've gotten so caught up in this fantasy like world of mine, that a part of me must've forgotten that it's all, real... Those women... I just hope that they can heal from what they've experienced.
PING!
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{MAIN QUEST PART 1: Stop ALLthe illegal activities in the town area, but first, start with the rooks... (Complete)
Tasks;
Henchmen: 2844 / 2844 (Complete)
Mini-Bosses: 5 / 5 (Complete)
Final Boss: 1 / 1 (Complete)
REWARD; +2 Golden Keys, 1 x Mysterious Book, +260 to all stats, +10000 HP, +1500 EP, +1 Blood-Colored Key}
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If this was the system's way of trying to cheer me up, it wasn't working...
Actually, I don't think I'll ever forget what I've seen today...
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