Monster

The chains snapped.

Not one.

All of them.

The sound echoed through Sector Zero like mountains breaking apart.

Xin stood frozen for half a second.

Then the entire underground facility shook violently.

Rion immediately grabbed Xin.

“RUN.”

They sprinted.

Behind them.

The darkness moved.

Not walking.

Not crawling.

Expanding.

The giant containment door exploded outward.

Metal thicker than tanks folded like paper.

Something emerged.

Not fully.

Just tentacles.

Hundreds.

Black.

Wet.

Covered in eyes.

The corridor behind them instantly disappeared beneath flesh.

Alaric shouted.

“MOVE NOW.”

The entire mountain shook again.

Then.

The thing fully emerged.

Siphaini.

Three buildings tall.

Massive octopus-like body.

Tentacles longer than skyscrapers.

Hundreds of eyes constantly opening and closing.

Flesh constantly changing shape.

Faces appearing briefly.

Human arms growing and disappearing.

The creature itself barely fit inside Sector Zero.

Reality around it distorted.

Hallways bent.

Rooms changed shape.

The mountain itself started collapsing.

The creature opened something resembling a mouth.

And spoke.

Not one voice.

Thousands.

"Xin."

"Brother."

"Help me."

"Run."

"Please."

Kaila.

Maria.

Arnold.

Harper.

Selena.

Everyone.

Xin stopped.

Rion immediately punched him.

“THAT IS NOT REAL.”

The mountain collapsed.

They escaped outside.

Barely.

Sector Zero exploded behind them.

Entire mountain sections collapsed.

Massive tunnels erupted upward.

Then.

Siphaini burst out completely.

The mountain disappeared.

Just gone.

Dust clouds covered kilometers.

Alaric stared.

“Oh god.”

The creature looked toward them.

Thousands of eyes focused.

Then.

Hypersonic movement.

The creature disappeared.

Xin barely reacted.

One tentacle already inches from his face.

He dodged.

The tentacle missed.

The mountain behind him disappeared.

Cleanly cut.

Xin stared.

“What.”

Alaric screamed.

“DON'T GET HIT.”

The tentacle hit nearby ground.

Everything touched instantly turned black.

Trees.

Rock.

Animals.

Everything.

Dead.

Soul dismantling.

Siphaini attacked again.

Much faster.

Hypersonic+.

Tentacles attacked everywhere simultaneously.

Xin moved.

Faster than before.

Training.

Del.

Force movement.

Compression.

His body reacted automatically.

He dodged.

Again.

Again.

Again.

The creature kept attacking.

Xin kept surviving.

Rion joined.

Berzar.

Massive slashes cut tentacles apart.

They regenerated instantly.

The creature laughed.

Using Kaila’s voice.

"You came late again."

Xin froze.

Bad mistake.

Tentacle.

Too fast.

Alaric pushed Xin away.

The tentacle hit Alaric.

Silence.

No explosion.

No blood.

Alaric simply stopped moving.

His eyes widened.

His body slowly collapsed.

Xin looked confused.

“Alaric?”

Alaric coughed weakly.

His voice barely worked.

“Your father…”

Blood.

“…always said…”

He smiled weakly.

“…strength means nothing…”

Xin shook.

“No.”

“…keep moving…”

His eyes slowly dimmed.

“…that’s…”

Silence.

Xin froze.

Rion looked away.

Alaric was gone.

The creature laughed.

Using Alaric’s voice now.

"Keep moving Xin."

Something inside Xin broke.

Completely.

Tentacles attacked again.

Xin moved.

Different.

Faster.

Much faster.

The creature attacked hypersonic speeds.

Xin dodged directly.

Multiple tentacles.

One.

Two.

Ten.

Twenty.

He moved through them.

Shockwaves destroyed mountains.

Xin appeared above the creature.

Grabbed a nearby train line.

Ripped the entire thing out.

Full train.

Hundreds of tons.

He threw it.

The train pierced through Siphaini.

Explosion.

The creature screamed.

Xin landed.

Force Push compression.

More.

More.

More.

Release.

BOOOOOOOOM.

Entire mountain ranges behind Siphaini exploded apart.

The creature staggered.

Rion attacked.

Kurai energy exploded around him.

Dark energy covered his sword.

His damaged arm cracked.

He ignored it.

Tentacle.

Hit.

Directly.

Soul strike.

Rion froze.

Xin looked.

“RION.”

Rion coughed.

Still standing.

“I…”

He smiled slightly.

“…not fully human.”

Kurai energy exploded violently.

The creature attacked again.

Xin ran.

Directly.

He jumped through multiple skyscraper remains.

Used them as stepping stones.

Destroyed them.

One.

Two.

Five.

Ten.

He reached the creature.

Punched.

Again.

Again.

Again.

Siphaini screamed.

Reality around it destabilized.

Rion appeared beside Xin.

“This ends now.”

Xin nodded.

Both moved.

Together.

Xin compressed everything.

Maximum Force Push.

Maximum Phenom Force.

Rion raised his sword.

Dark energy covered entire skies.

“SUPER BERZAR.”

Xin punched.

Rion slashed.

Silence.

Then.

Everything exploded.

The entire city.

Gone.

Sector Zero.

Gone.

Mountains.

Gone.

Nothing remained.

Dust clouds covered the horizon.

Minutes later.

Silence returned.

Xin slowly stood.

Breathing heavily.

Rion stood nearby.

Broken.

Both alive.

Alaric.

Gone.

Sector Zero.

Gone.

The creature.

Gone.

Xin looked toward distant lands.

Black Bloom still spread.

Andy still existed.

And now.

They were stronger.

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