Alpha Instinct-Chapter 62: "No More Games"
Leonard was playing with the newly acquired dagger between his fingers; his ELEV activated. Then he began to hum, toying with the words.
"Spin, spin, little thread... soon you’ll be lying dead!"
He suddenly threw the dagger in the direction of one of the bandits. It whistled the sound of death.
In a reflex, the bandit managed to defend himself, but not in time to be perfect. The dagger lodged in the center of his hand, a few centimeters from his forehead.
"Ahhhhhh, son of a bitch!" He screamed in pain as he pulled the dagger out of his hand.
"Uhhh, that must hurt..." Leonard mocked. "I’ll put it simply, do you want to play with me, Leader Kaiser?" Leo stared at the leader.
"Did you hit your head on the fall from the platform?" Kaiser asked. "Well, whatever, it doesn’t really matter. You’re going to die here and now."
"You’re not in a position to ask me rhetorical questions." Leonard shrugged.
He turned to the bandit he had just hit with the dagger and concentrated all his energy on his legs. BOOM! The place where he stood shattered, the planks beneath his feet splintering.
"What the fuck is this? This kid was nothing more than an Iron rank!" Said Kaiser. "BE CAREFUL!" He shouted.
But it was too late.
Leonard’s speed was absurd. He drew Smiling and Absolution already close to the bandit, who was holding his impaled hand.
It was a sword draw followed by an X-attack. The blades shone in the moonlight before being painted blood red.
"Ahhhhhh!" screamed the Neumond bandit. The pain was so great that drool ran from his mouth.
Leonard cut off both of his arms. The speed was such that he had no time to react. The limbs spun dryly in the air and fell, rolling across the platform.
"See, now the pain in your hand is gone..." Leonard smiled.
The bandit wouldn’t stop screaming. His eyes rolled back in pain, spurts of blood being spat from the stumps.
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"Wow, you’re loud." Leonard struck with Absolution. He didn’t even look at the body; a thud could be heard, and silence reigned again.
"So now? Who’s next?" Leonard mocked.
"Insolent brat, I’ll show you..." Kaiser said between his teeth, drawing his greatsword.
"Go, boss!" "Finish him off!" Shouts in the background from the still-present henchmen cheered for Kaiser.
Kaiser advanced with a roar, his body leaning forward, his weight transferred to his legs. He yelled, "Feel the Soul Cutter devour your flesh!"
It was an overhead blow, his arm muscles tense and descending in a vertical arc, aiming for Leonard’s head.
Leonard, with a cold smile, didn’t move to block. At the last instant, he slid to the right, using temporal cognition. Kaiser’s sword passed millimeters from his face, displacing the air with violence.
Without wasting time, Leonard counterattacked. "Smiling," in his right hand, rose in an ascending arc, aiming for Kaiser’s exposed side. The attack was so fast that his blade left an afterimage. A silvery flash.
Kaiser vanished in a blur, using the momentum of his own attack to, in an instant, transform defense into a new attack. He blocked Smiling’s blow with the side of the Soul Cutter.
The clash of the blades didn’t just produce sparks but also an explosion of light and a sonic boom that shook the ruined village.
The force of the impact created a crater in the ground and hurled debris into the air. Leonard felt his bones vibrate with the violence.
Before the sound of the impact even dissipated, Leonard was already in motion. Absolution, in his left hand, tore through the air in a diagonal arc, aiming for Kaiser’s leg, leaving a trail of silver light.
Kaiser jumped back, avoiding the cut by a hair’s breadth. Absolution’s blade grazed the leather of his boot. He growled, anger growing, his eyes bloodshot.
"Fast kid..." Kaiser grunted, resuming his stance.
He adopted a more cautious style. His battle stance became firm, and he positioned himself like a rock.
The greatsword now moved in shorter, more controlled arcs, protecting his body. He attacked with thrusts and quick cuts, looking for a gap, a weak point in Leonard.
Leonard takes a step back. "Mister Leader, I haven’t even activated my ELEV yet. Can we start the fight now?" Leonard was activating his ELEV at specific moments and not with all his force
A vengeful smile appeared on Leonard’s lips.
Kaiser, enraged, advanced and delivered a horizontal cut, aiming for Leonard’s neck. Leonard ducked, the wind of the blade passing over his head.
He spun on his left heel. Smiling, rising in an arc to deflect a descending blow that was targeting his shoulder. The steel sang as the blades met. BANG! Another thunder.
Without hesitation, Leonard bent his knees and jumped back, avoiding a thrust that sought his abdomen.
He landed lightly, like a feline, and Absolution was already in motion, a silver ray cutting the air towards Kaiser’s exposed thigh.
The blades clashed and separated in a frenetic dance, an intricate ballet of death.
Sparks flew at each encounter, small suns being born and dying in an instant, and the metallic sound, sharp and constant, reverberated through the ruined village, drowning out the shouts of the other combatants.
Kaiser, despite his brute strength, began to feel frustration, sweat running down his face, his breathing heavy. Leonard was too fast, too unpredictable, a dancing demon.
Leonard, with a mocking smile, cold as the steel of his blades, taunted, "Is that all the great leader Kaiser can do? I expected more."
The taunt hit the leader like a poisoned dart. Kaiser growled, "INSOLENT! HOW DARE YOU!?" Fury taking over his being, he clenched his teeth and charged.
He brandished the Soul Cutter in a desperate attack, a wide and powerful blow that sought to rip Leonard’s head from his body.
Leonard, anticipating the movement, read the intention in Kaiser’s eyes, flexed his knees, and leaned his body back, escaping by a hair’s breadth. Kaiser’s blade passed close, a breath of cold wind on his face.
"That was almost..." Leo said. "I’m tired of playing around. Let’s go all out now..."
"Uhm?..." was all that went through Kaiser’s mind.
