Chapter 5:

Futility

Demon's Path | Akuma No Michi


What seemed like a gateway appeared before Akuma, large and narrow. He entered the gateway and from his understanding it worked similar to an elevator, taking him up to the next floor… Upon arrival Akuma noticed a strange smell, it was coming from the walls and it was a smell like no other. The smell of corpses. To test his instinct and senses Akuma approached the wall, swung his fist at it, making a hole. He then dug the hole with his hands further and further, and what he saw next wasn’t very surprising, just disturbing. The walls were full of carcasses, some had decayed, and some were still fresh corpses. Around 20 minutes after death. Akuma had noticed that the White Mountains were odd in nature, what seemed like a majestic place was in all reality a hellhole, but this wasn’t the time to think, as in a flash of a second a punch appeared from the hallways right in front of Akuma, Akuma was able to dodge it. Although it had left a giant hole in the walls, due to that the corpses started falling out of the walls, rolling onto the hallways. He walked out of the darkness, a tall man, his hair was medium-long, and pitch black, but what was most noticeable were his blue eyes, in that darkness they shone brighter than the sun. Akuma was amazed, and yet again intrigued. “Hello Childish Devil, it’s time for you to fall.”- “You cocky bitch, we’ll see about that”- His maniacal laugh was heard again, but before he could continue to mock the man a barrage of punches came his way. 《 Ability 》Demon King’s Lance- As he threw the lance it came into contact with one of the punches that the man had launched, an eerie noise was made, similar to that of a glitch combined with a ringing. Akuma was shocked, his fists dematerialised the lance. He understood the nature of the man’s power. He could negate abilities with his fists. “Amazing, what's your name you cheap bastard.”- “It’s Jack. Now shut the fuck up and die!”- This time he tackled Akuma, slamming him down to the ground. Then he ripped away the bandages that were covering his arms, and a ton of scars appeared around them. However his knuckles, they were conditioned to a point that his fists were stronger than steel itself, not only did his fists have magical properties. They were also invincible. Jack wasn’t a patient man, so he started hammering Akuma with his fists, while at the same time Akuma was using evil blood trying to regenerate. It was futile, his regeneration was constantly being negated, he felt a lot of pain, worse than hell. His bone structure was being destroyed and reconstructed simultaneously, but Akuma did have an ace up his sleeve. After finally getting his senses back, using his swift senses and speed he fled from under Jack, and then he used his final card, if this failed it was over for him. 《 Ability 》Emperor’s Hand. Around Akuma’s right hand a layer of red aura appeared, the whole hallway started to get heavier, and the walls were starting to collapse along with the bodies. He closed his hand, and Jack fell to the ground, the gravity had been altered by this ability, and Jack couldn’t move an inch. “I never lose you silly fucker.”- Again his laugh was heard. 《 Ability 》Belly Of The Beast- His jaw terrified Jack to the point that Jack started pleading for his life, but Akuma isn’t a man of mercy. He instantly devoured Jack, gaining his negating abilities and yet again another gateway appeared, leaving Akuma to wonder who his next opponent was...

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