The Assassins Wrath

Chapter 8: Blood, Sweat and Venom

Chrys without any emotions stared into Lepi's eyes, pointing her hand towards him. "I'm not fighting you, mom!" Lepi exclaimed, trying to find a way to stop her.

"I wouldn't be so disrespectful towards your mother, kid." A voice appeared on the bedspread. Lepi got startled. "You're the ape! Mandore?!" Mandore chuckled with his eyes closed, in lotus form. "It sure is me. The Reaper Souls have taken over this kingdom to petrify and end whatever you guys are doing." He said, floating forward. "Wait, you can't walk?" "It's telekinesis. I am an S rank for a reason. I have all ranks of your little gang. Anyway, you should really focus your footings unless you want to rush your death. I don't mind either way. You still have 28 hours left." He said, placing a timer on the counter, slowly floating away." Hold it! What really is your ideals and plans here?!" Lepi hissed.

Mandore rolled his eyes. "Nothing in particular, you dying, Zydna in our hands and the rest in a rapid bloodbath." He stated, quickly disappearing. "The hell is his deal?!" Lepi whispered to himself.

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Clyfe walked around with panic in his breath. "Oh god, oh god! Is this a bad idea?!" He quickly looked at Valerie and Binivia. "Shut up, you malamute! We need to stay silent and focused in order to save slimeball!" Binivia rolled her eyes. "He has a name, and that's Lepidoria!" She hissed.

"What even is your deal, Starlight? Calm the hell down already! Clyfe, got a sniff on the routes?" He gave a small nod, pointing at a small door. "I knew you were worthless, Clyfe! There is no way that's gonna be the right way to the main ha-". She got interrupted as Binivia opened the door, showing a slide down somewhere. "A slide?! Out of all places!" Binivia exclaimed, annoyed. "Just get into it, there is nothing we can lose, you know?" Clyfe said, shrugging.

As they were sliding down the slide, they arrived at a small room, red carpet, rusted metal and a massive spider web. "Ew! That's too gross to even look at!" Valerie gagged. Clyfe sniffed on it, and looked up. "Dodge!"

A wooden plank tumbled down from the roof as a black widow TransFuse appeared, landing in front of them. "Who dares to disrupt my slumber?! A dog, a brat and a fairy?" She clicked her tongue. "I guess it's the best food in a week." She shrugged her two front legs. "Who are you and what's your deal?!" Valerie hissed. The spider rolled her eyes. "I am Webya, one of the three commanders of the Hive Kingdom." She said with a sassy and a cocky tone.

Valerie rolled her eyes. "Who else is in the commander pa-" Before she could say anything, a tarantula and a Huntsman fell from the ceiling. "It must be us, our master Webya always picks the tastiest preys." The Huntsman said. The tarantula stretched his forelegs. "Tarati doesn't enjoy the way Venatu treats preys. Entoxicate, simmer their bones and use the preys as lunch is delicious." Clyfe rubbed his forehead. "I guess you three won't budge, huh?" He said, pumping his veins in his paws.

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Binivia snapped her two fingers, making a blinding light, disappearing. Valerie c****d her gun, focusing on weak spots. Clyfe dashed turning into his Awakening forme, Lycaun, slicing through the air current at Tarati. Valerie focused on weak spots on the giant spiders. "We need to hurry up before it is too late, guys! So focus finishing them off!" She exclaimed, landing three shots at Venatu. Venatu spat some venom at Valerie, melting her skirt. "Ew! How dare you, you brown piece of s**t!" She screamed, smacking the two pistols together, creating a machine gun. She spun the knob, squirting multiple bullets at a time. "This gun shoots 45 shots per 2 seconds! No way they will miss!" She hollered, hitting at Venatu's legs. Venatu dashed at Valerie, bumping her onto the wall. "Some puny bullets won't do anything, silly girl. Only fire does!" Venatu blurted. Webya smacked Venatu's head. "Stop spoiling and giving the upper hand to the preys, dimwit. We don't know the exact possibility that they will have that po-" A meteor of fire fell down the roof. "Hide, my beautiful friends!" Lunia appeared, standing by the exit, landing the meteor and burned the commanders in a pinch. "Easy as pie- I mean, easy as bugs?" She said confused of her own wordings. Clyfe wagged his tail. "Oh, thank you so much for the help! We will ever be gratefu-" "Shut the hell up, Clyfe!" Valerie exclaimed. "Who are you and what gives you the right to take our enemies down? We had them in the bag." Lunia giggled. "Not the way I saw it. Be happy you didn't turn into the slaves that was their food." She said, patting Valerie on her head. "Don't do that, you creep." Lunia rolled her eyes. Binivia soared towards them. "They had Lepi's belongings. It was a note, but the heat burned the paper up." Lunia grabbed the ashes. "As a terrific mage, I can easily handle that." She said, smacking her hands together with the ashes in her grasp. Valerie crossed her arms. "Or.. If you didn't use that overpowered magic, we would read it like normal creatures, you probably just wanted to flex." Valerie said, walking towards the exit along with Binivia. Clyfe looked troubled. "What's the matter, sweetie?" Lunia asked curiously. "Nothing.. I just don't want Lepi to die, that's all." Lunia looked away.

The main hall

Zydna sneaked through the hallways as she suddently heard a screaming noise. "Lepi?! I have to find him now!" As soon as Zydna was gonna run through the first doorway, something was in the way, slowly opening. "What the hell?! Who's there?!" Zydna exclaimed, unsheathed her sword. "What a pretty welcome, wielder of Hagendresh." Mandore was doing his usual, sitting crossed legs and was levitating. "Why even try? Why don't you let your little friend go to the light and you can join our forces?" He said with a grin. Zydna sheathed her sword, walking one step closer to him. "No." Mandore raised a brow. "No? That's it?" He said slightly confused. Zydna gave him a slight nod. "Exactly. There is no way I've gotten this far to just let people like you stand in my way from saving my friend." "That's hilarious." Mandore stated, snapping his finger, creating a small portal showing the days outcome. "Lepi will die in 3 hours and his father, Mothraa, will never be letting Lepi's filthy friends know that. He would just let them be known on a piece of paper by the mail tomorrow." Mandore said, tossing Zydna a red orb. "Take this, it will let you achieve all your mystical powers you lack and make you unbeatable, and perhaps even find your siblings." Mandore said, standing on the ground. He was 9ft tall, barely fitting the hallway. "Unless your urge to kill me off is stronger." He said, his muscles bulking up. Zydna looked around, trying to find a way out.

She looked at the orb and then Mandore, trying to find a easier way through. "Fine. I'll join you guys, only if I get to meet Lepi." Mandore sighed. "And then you will backstab me and kill me off right on the spot, nice try. I am a C rank for a reason. "A what rank?" Zydna asked confused. "Clearly you didn't know the worldwide rank. The Reaper Souls will take over the ranks, the entire group has already passed the K rank, while you guys are barely even close to us." He said, tossing a catalogue to Zydna. She caught it and read it.

Clyfe was a rank C, Valerie a D rank, Binivia B rank, Lepi a B rank and Zydna was a J rank. "What does all of this mean?" Mandore chuckled. "We found that out by Lunia, one of the top tier leaders. You have the potential to be in the highest rank, and if you are with us, we will take over the world, letting you grow stronger and help you find your siblings Zinnia and Zekus." Zydna rubbed her forehead. "What rank is Lunia? And why did she even help us?" She asked. Mandore crossed his arms, turning into his zen mode. "She is an A+ rank and she only helped you guys to see your future. She even told us that Lepi will die in 2.5 hours, so if you keep on dawdling around here and talking to me, your precious slimey friend will die an agonising pain." He said with a massive grin. Zydna gasped. "Then move aside! Let me at least save him!" She exclaimed. He shook his head slowly. "No way. It's funnier messing with your brain this way and let him die, simple as that." Zydna grid her teeth. "Just leave me alone for now." Mandore clicked his tongue. "If I let you past, the plan won't continue, so I suggest you obey everything I tell you or do you want me to call for my colleague Malarch?"

Zydna scoffed. "Go ahead. I already kicked his ass before, and I can do it again." Mandore chuckled. "Malarch, care to demonstrate?" He said, looking towards the sliding door behind him. The sliding door opened, and Malarch appeared. "You think you are so big and strong, but you are just another school-girl looking brat who only seeks comfort in your so called friends." He said, spitting some lava gunk on the ground, simmering the floor. Zydna clenched the handle of Hagendresh, absorbing the air current outside the kingdom. Malarch laughed, splitting in half. "This will be as easy as possible." Mandore snapped his finger, showing Malarch's rank. He was a H rank. "That doesn't intimidate me at all." "Then explain why your friends have gotten stronger than you, then?" Mandore questioned her. "It's because they got nothing to lose." Mandore laughed hysterically. "What a selfish little brat you are! You thinking you can rely on your friends and dawdle around? Think again! Finish her off already, Malarch." "Will do!" Malarch exclaimed joyously, throwing magma around Zydna's surroundings, making her unable to move freely. She exhaled, swinging her sword and jumped towards Malarch's first half. "Die!" She exclaimed. Malarch closed his eyes, teleporting behind her, smashing a ball of magma onto her back. "Agh!" Zydna screamed.

A beating heart was being heard in her head, and she appeared in a crystal-white room. "What is this?" She asked, rubbing her back. "You are back, I see." A voice was heard a few feet away. A creature was shown in front of her. "Finally I get to see who you really are. Reckless, aren't you?" She asked. "Who a- wait... Zinnia?" Zydna asked, squinting. "Ding ding, sister. Now we get to see each other. It's been 13 years, hasn't it?" Zinnia asked. "I suppose, but what are you doing here?" Zydna replied. "I got killed by Zekus. He turned against us all and he is the main source of The Reaper Souls. He is making scientifical powers to all the recruits. He gave the power to split for Malarch and Mandore is controlling Malarch like a puppet! You need to save the world!" Zinnia exclaimed, walking towards Zydna. Zydna clenched her eyes. "But how? I have no idea how I got here, and I think I died." She said, disappointed in herself. "Don't beat yourself down. Go ahead and save Lepi and all your friends. You can do it. I'm sure of it!" Zinnia smiled. "But how do I go back?" Zydna asked Zinnia confused. "Let me handle that. I have timestamp and timewarping powers. Before mom died, she let me inherit it to find you and beat Zekus because he is not who he seems. But remember, he is an SS rank, along with Mandore. Mandore and Zekus are the main sources of how that group is holding up." Zinnia said with a sad tone. "B-but what can I do-". Zinnia warped Zydna back in time. "I love you sis, find Zekus and change his mind. Do it for mom!"

To be continued...