Tournament of the Gods

Kenpachi Criyop's past II

  Jingrax was trapped in the sphere, he kept looking over at Kredek maliciously, if looks could kill, Kredek would surely have been dead.

Kredek on the other hand just stared back at him, the expression on his face was blank like it had always been, Kredek never showed any form of emotional change on his face no matter the situation, hence, why he was the most unreadable out of all the gentle beings.

"So now what," Jingrax began.  "Is this how you plan on torturing me, by locking me here and causing me to continually look upon that ugly mug you call a face."

"If the physical appearance I am presently manifesting displeases you, then it's good, it shall be part of your discipline, until you learn and understand that every creature no matter the physical outlook is wonderful and beautiful," Kredek says.  "Then I can't let you go, also, I have informed the other gentle beings, they shall soon be approaching but before they come, I shall ask you a question."

"What question?"

"Why do you think you lost our fight?"

"Duh, isn't it obvious," Jingrax began painfully.  "It's because you are of a higher dimensional tier, I am pretty sure if we are of the same tier or I was of an higher dimensional tier, the outcome of the battle would have been different."

"Byhahahahahahahah," Kredek chuckles mildly, Jingrax was shocked to see Kredek laugh, he didn't think it was possible, all he thought was that the man, Kredek possessed zero emotions.   "You think I won because I was stronger, that's the most absurd reason one can ever think of but that's not to think you are wrong," Kredek says as he adopts a more stern expression.  "If I actually wanted to end you, I could have done so from the very start because of my higher dimensional tier but our most recent battle actually gave you several ways you could have triumphed."

"Sure it did," Jingrax scoffed.

"You let me know too much about you, made your attacks too obvious, with the way you speak, the emotions kept on your face and the way you acted, the life force resonating in the body you now occupy, it was easy to predict you, because you gave out too much information about yourself, you became weak," Kredek continues.  "A strong one is called strong because he has no known weakness but it's impossible for anyone not to have a weakness, every one can be defeated so long their weakness is known, the secret to not losing is keeping your weaknesses secret and the secret to winning is either being stronger than your opponent or exploiting his known weakness, a man is called strong because his weakness is not known as it is those that win who are regarded as the strong."

"That's interesting to know," Jingrax scoffs.  Just as he did, several beings appeared around Kredek, they were about eighteen in number, each put on the same physical form they had while Kredek was addressing them in their earlier meeting.

"Jingrax Kleenex," Kredek begins with a blank expression.  "I shall now pass judgement to you, due to disobedience and defiance to the set down rules of the gentle beings, you shall live your life getting penance in the out-void until the rest of the gentle beings see you fit to be released, do you have any thing to say before you go?"

"Just a bit," Jingrax smiles.  "You said something about a strong man, though I am not fond of lower beings but there was this thing I saw regarding one of the innumerable lower beings, I think it goes like this 'When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace,"

Kredek looked at Jingrax.  "Jingrax isn't very experienced, someone like him should be quaking in fear knowing he has been sentenced to a life in the out-void, a fate even worse than death, yet, why is he smiling so confidently, he has a plan, he intends to go somewhere with this story but I have this strange gut feeling that I am wrong and Jingrax has already won, it's just yet to be manifested."

"But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils," Jingrax ends with a sly smile as he looked menacingly at Kredek.

"Why does he have such a smug look on his face, doesn't he realize it's already over for him, the gut feeling I had earlier must be wrong, there's no miracle Jingrax can pull as of the moment," Kredek thought.

"Now, you are possibly wondering why I have a smug look on my face," Jingrax continued smiling creepily.  "You think it's already over for me but maybe you even know that for me to look this way, I have a way to escape, truth be told, I could never tell what you were thinking, you always had this blank expression on your face that made you so unreadable."

"There's no need for meaningless chatter, If there's something you want to say, feel free to say it now cause you wouldn't get another chance later."

"What makes a man supposedly strong is because he's surrounded by people who are seemingly weaker than him but when that same strong man is subjected to people who are stronger than him," Jingrax now had a more scary smile on his face.  "He's then perceived as weak."

As he said that, several shapeless figures dashed by the eighteen people around him killing them and turning them to nothingness.  They surrounded Kredek but before Kredek could do anything to fight back, he found his entire body being subjugated by a chain.

"This is impossible," Kredek frowned.  "These chains of subjugation are created by beings whom should be at least 22D, how are they here?"

"You should have been more perplexed on how I got the 22D sword in the first place," Jingrax smiled as he got up.  "Well, I had some friends in high planes, literally, I mean higher dimensional planes, I got them to give me that sword, I initially thought I could take you on by myself but I guess you were a little too much for me to handle," Jingrax smiled as he extends his two arms.  "You are surrounded by five of the strongest 22D beings in this archverse, you are like a mere ant in comparison to them, there is no way you can win."

"Sometimes, it pays to listen to your opponent," Kredek smiled.  "I was a bit on edge thinking that the beings surrounding me might actually be above 22D cause if they were, it'd be impossible for me to handle them but seeing as they are of just that dimensional tier, I am relieved."

"How can you be so comfortable?" Jingrax asked clearly flustered.  "These beings are way more powerful than you, you don't stand a chance so drop that confident facade and begin to quake in fear, you have no idea how long I have wished to see you sweat, to see you know what hopelessness truly is and now, it shall surely happen."

"Only beings who have lost a handle on their will become hopeless, hope exists for all those who are not willing to give in no matter the circumstance, if a man is faced with a terrifying situation and because of that, he loses his will and experiences despair, then he dies," Kredek grinned as he began to walk forward.  "But if a man keeps his head tall, holds on to his will and remains hopeful, he grows stronger and overcomes whatever situation he is surrounded with, any creature no matter their dimensional plane can always become stronger so long they never give up."

"I would like to see you get out of this situation," Jingrax smiles.

"Well, it's your lucky day," Kredek continued.  "Cause I am already out."

As he said that, a sword blitzed through three of the shapeless beings who surrounded him impaling them on their chests as it circles back to him, they turn to wisps of smoke after.  Jingrax was dumbfounded as he saw what happened, his legs frozen in the position where he stood.  "Remember Hingrodi, the sword you brought earlier, I didn't dispose it, I kept it with me, I had a feeling you had made an allegiance with some creatures of higher dimensional origin and it was only a matter of time before they showed up, I could have avoided them in many number of ways and also, I wasn't expecting you to kill the other gentle beings as I thought your plan was to take over my stead but seems I underestimated your greed, it's no matter, I shall show you that it isn't those that are of higher dimensional hierarchy that are strong but rather, it is those that win who are deemed strong."

As Kredek said that, his body vanishes, he finds himself in an empty space, apparently one of the other two 22D beings who were alive took him there, it took the exact shape he was wearing as it spoke.

"You murdered my sister, I could have wiped you out of existence but I want you to pay severely for what you have done against me, I shall torture you for all eternity."

"For a 22D being, you are quite foolish," Kredek began maintaining his calm demeanor, the 22D being hearing that, got flustered, arrays of Spears appear around him but as they get to Kredek's position, they vanish, he summoned several objects, kept launching it at Kredek but as soon as they approached a certain mile of him, they kept disappearing, he even tried to wipe Kredek out of existence but he still failed, the 22D beings's expression was shaken as he staggered back "I am but a mere 20D being, how am I able to cancel out all of your attacks so effortlessly," Kredek said as he began to walk towards the entity, his right arm seemed fisted as if he was holding something.  "Earlier on, you five used chains of subjugation on me, it enabled every work of creation to be cancelled out but I killed three of you before you could negate the chains you had already used to bound me, once they had died, I attached the two chains binding me to you, hence the reason why you can't touch me."

"You i***t," the 22D being now smiled.  "You shouldn't have disclosed that information to me, with that in mind, I now know what to avoid and how to go about beating you," it smiled as he jumped towards Kredek.

"Your stupidity is indeed inimitable, there were three people I killed meaning there should be a remainder of three chains, you didn't even bother asking what of the third one," Kredek Said, as he said that, the 22D being feels something hard and sturdy around his neck, it became visible, alas, it was one of the chains.

"I put it around your neck," Kredek smiled as the other end of the chain becomes visible in his right hand, yanking it, he twists the head of the 22D being out of proportion snapping and breaking it, The 22D being falls to the ground as it slumps to it's death.

"These chains are sure handy," Kredek said and almost immediately, where he was vanishes.  Almost, immediately, he appeared in front of Jingrax and the last 22D being.

The Last 22D being didn't need to be a genius to figure out what happened, Kredek had found a way to defeat his other counterpart, how he could have pulled such was an amazement.

"If I don't kill him," the 22D being thought.  "He would destroy me but I am of a higher dimensional tier and he's right in front of me, I have to wipe him out of existence before he can get a chance to destroy me, I can sense the frequency of the life force resonating within him and it surely belongs to a 22D being, therefore it isn't a dud or a fake but I am confused, I can't find the body of Juigna who originally sent him into that realm, I will have time to worry about that later, now, I have to take care of the threat which is in front of me," it thought as it snapped his fingers.

As he did, Kredek who was right in front of him vanishes to nothingness.

"Flenkpo, that's wasn't the plan!!!" Jingrax began literally screaming at him.  "The plan was that we torture Kredek until he knows what despair means, I didn't want his demise to be so quick and subtle, I demand you bring him back."

"Jingrax," Flenkpo began.  "This isn't the time to quarrel amongst ourselves, something is wrong."

"What do you mean?" Jingrax asks.

"When I wiped Kredek out of existence, I also wiped his memories and any link with him to reality out of existence meaning that only beings that are of a higher dimensional tier than me who knew him should be the only ones capable of remembering him, the fact that you can remember him shows something is fundamentally wrong," Flenkpo said, then his eyes lit up as if the answer he was looking for had suddenly come to him.  "Do you remember anyone called Juigna?"

"No," Jingrax said with a confused facial expression.  "Juigna, who's that?'

"Ooh no, that shrewd life..." Before Flenkpo could complete his sentence, he found a sword embedded in his back which came right through his chest, it was Hingrodi and Kredek was directly beside him, Jingrax staggered backwards in fear and shock as he saw what took place before him.

"You are quite insightful," Kredek began.  "When I launched Hingrodi earlier, you were my first target but you had activated an auto-ability that caused any attack capable of harming you to phase through you hence why it attacked the three who were directly at your back, I knew it was you had to be the most wary off, when I killed Juigna in the space he sent me into, I tied the chain of subjugation around him and the chain does have one more quirk many don't know about, it literally subjugates, I conditioned the chain to enable his life force resonance to perfectly resemble mine, since when he had taken me to his space, he had directly copied my form, I didn't need to worry about that and all the pieces were in play and that was why you thought he was a 20D being and once that was done, I teleported directly behind you and tied a chain of subjugation immediately after I saw you wipe Juigna from existence, once that was done, I put my weapon through your chest."

"Y....y... you really are one strange creature," Flenkpo mutters as he slumps to his death.

"I...I...I d...don't u... understand, h.. how d...did you do it, they are of a higher dimensional tier, this is impossible, you are supposed to be dead," Jingrax began stammering.

"Now to you," Kredek smiled as he came forward.  "It seems like I am stronger than them but really when it comes to stats and dimensional tier, they stand above me but that isn't what determines strength, what determines strength for any creature is their will and determination, it's the true key to being truly limitless, because of my will to remain alive and avenge my brethren whom were slaughtered, my determination to win no matter what, I grew stronger mentally and I found a way to push through and triumph against beings I was like an ant in comparison to," Kredek said as he now stood directly in front of Jingrax.  "That's what I am telling you, it isn't the strong that win, it's those who win that are deemed strong."

"It's no matter," Jingrax begins as he makes a mild maniacal laughter.  "You are dead, General Lkopmi is coming for you."

As Kredek heard that, he looked towards the five creatures which were around him, it was then that he noticed there was a particular aura to all the resonance of their life force though the aura was extremely faint and nearly impossible to notice "How did I not notice this, Lkopmi is a 100D being, one of the most powerful ever, he has singlehandedly taken down beings who are far more powerful than him and he has an array of high dimensional beings from 20D to as higher as 150D under him, his wits and wisdom is unbridled and unmatched, the five I killed must be one of his underlings.". Kredek was immediately taken back to reality as he heard Jingrax rejoicing.

"Yes!!!!! just for a moment, you flinched your face in fear," Jingrax rejoiced.  "It seems like you have already began to understand what is going on," Jingrax smiled as he get to his feet.  "I shall inform General Lkopmi of what you did here, how you brutally slaughtered five of his underlings, you know how much he cares for his underlings, he sees them as family, once he hears what you did, he will find you and destroy you there's no escape for you in this archverse, no matter how much you run, you shall eventually be found and you will be killed, I have won, Kredek, I have won!!!!!!" Jingrax shouts excitedly.  "Though you still keep your same calm demeanor but I am sure you are quaking in your boots where you stand, you shall now know what the word hopelessness truly means, you believe all creatures are limitless, bullshit!!!!!!, Lord Lkopmi shall show you there's a limit to every creature hence why there is a classification for dimensional tier."

"I shall never know what hopelessness is," Kredek said as he stretched his arm, he grabbed Jingrax by his neck as he raised him above the ground.  "Because I have a will to live and my determination to always get on top of any situation no matter how hopeless it may seem, Jingrax Kleenex, this is but one mere obstacle and I shall rise above it as I have always done," as he spoke, some black mold began to grow all over Jingrax's body.   Jingrax screams as the pain the felt was far too excruciating to bear, he breathes his last as he finally vanishes to black wisps.