The Final battle for Power, Shu vs the infinitely powerful kaiju

“It seems like Hannah won,” Hanz muttered to himself as he, Shu, and Tobi sprinted through the forest toward the Kantar of the last Kaiju. “I would have teleported us straight to our opponents, but for some reason my teleportation technique isn’t working properly…”

They were running out of time—soon the day would be over, and Dracula would once again be hunting Shu.

“Tobi, I’m teleporting you back to Hannah. She’s badly wounded and needs Kantar—you’ll have to pump as much of yours into her as you can,” Hanz instructed as they kept moving. “Shu, just keep running. I’ll catch up to you.”

Tobi nodded silently in agreement. Hanz grabbed his arm and vanished with him in a flash, leaving Shu to continue on his own.

When Hanz and Tobi reappeared near Hannah, both were stunned. She was drenched in blood, fatally wounded. Any normal human would’ve died instantly, but her Kantar was barely keeping her alive, speeding up her healing as best it could. Still, she was critically low.

“Tobi, do it now,” Hanz ordered. “Pour everything you’ve got into her. Flare your Kantar if anything unexpected happens.”

He left Tobi with Hannah and teleported back to Shu, who was now just meters away from the Kaiju.

Up close, Hanz was shaken. The Kaiju's Kantar was overwhelming—enough to kill a Demon Lord.

He exhaled heavily. “As much as I hate to admit it, even if both of us team up, there’s a good chance we’ll lose.”

He and Shu exchanged a glance and smirked. Their Kantar flared wildly as they prepared for battle.

The Kaiju sensed them, roaring into the sky. “Who dares enter my domain?” it bellowed.

It stood twice the size of an adult human, with purple skin, pointed ears, and wings like an eagle. Aside from those features, it looked disturbingly human.

“What should I have expected?” the Kaiju sneered. “It’s always you humans. How many of you do I have to kill before you realize your pitiful race is unworthy of drinking from the River?”

Without warning, it charged at them with blinding speed. Shu and Hanz couldn’t even register the movement before fists slammed into their stomachs, sending them flying and coughing blood.

They recovered quickly. Shu’s muscles bulged as he roared, “Fist of the Lion King: Power increase tenfold!”

Hanz narrowed his eyes. Even at tenfold, Shu’s power still doesn’t match this thing’s. And something tells me… we haven’t seen the Kaiju’s full strength yet.

He placed his left hand over his face. “Tainted Transcendence: Aberrant Awakening.”

His skin turned bone-white, his eyes glowing with darkness. A white, horned skull mask formed on his face as black Kantar consumed his body. He screamed—an inhuman wail that seemed to come from the depths of the underworld.

Shu watched, stunned. That form… Hanz’s power just skyrocketed. But his Kantar—it feels demonic.

Before Shu could think further, the Kaiju attacked again. Shu extended his staff at lightning speed and, a moment before impact, massively increased its weight. The staff slammed the Kaiju into the ground, cracking the earth. But the Kaiju only smirked and began to grow—massively. It soon towered like a mountain, and Shu’s staff was no more than a twig in comparison.

Shu grinned. “How are you doing that?!”

“Don’t be impressed, you fool!” Hanz shouted. “This thing could kill us in an instant!”

He soared into the air, conjuring a giant black dragon from his Kantar. It clamped onto the Kaiju’s leg and began draining its energy. The Kaiju tried to pry it off, but Hanz blocked its arm and summoned a massive black sphere of Kantar between his horns, launching it into the Kaiju’s face. The resulting explosion scorched away half of its head, revealing raw skull beneath.

Irritated, the Kaiju shrank back to normal size. As it condensed, Shu morphed his staff into a giant English sword and, with a lightning-fast slash, cut the Kaiju clean in half.

He exhaled, reverting to normal. “We got it.”

“Idiot!” Hanz yelled from above. “Never let your guard down until you know the battle’s over!”

The Kaiju’s two halves fused back together instantly. It stood up, unfazed.

Shu blinked. “That’s freaky.”

He reshaped his weapon into a slender katana and charged. But the Kaiju caught the blade mid-swing.

Hanz teleported behind it and unleashed a punch so powerful the entire forest trembled. But it barely flinched, turning its head 180 degrees and blasting Hanz with energy. Hanz was thrown back, badly wounded.

Shu gulped. “Don’t tell me… healing boosted its power? I thought only we Kantar users could do that…”

The Kaiju laughed, gripping Shu’s face. “You didn’t expect this, did you? I was born with the innate ability to adapt to any situation. I’m the only Kaiju with the power to become all-powerful.”

Hanz, now recovering, whispered, “Good… it’s distracted.”

He formed a tiny, concentrated black sphere of Kantar and hurled it at the Kaiju’s neck. It was absorbed instantly. The Kaiju dropped Shu and froze—completely still.

Shu blinked, poking at the now-statue-like beast. “What… just happened?”

Hanz teleported to his side, his voice muffled by the skull mask. “I hijacked its Kantar network. It’s in full paralysis.”

He continued, “Normally I’d control its body completely… but considering its adaptive ability, the safest move is putting it in a coma-like state.”

“Okay, that’s awesome,” Shu said. “Why didn’t you teach me that instead of freezing enemies for a few seconds?”

“That’s my innate technique,” Hanz replied, returning to normal. “What I taught you is a watered-down version. The original requires immense focus… something you don’t have.”

“Wow. Just say I’ve got ADHD,” Shu scoffed. “Anyway, more importantly—how do we beat this thing?”

“We wait,” Hanz said. “When your mother revives, she’ll use her technique to destroy it. Until then, if we move it or agitate it, it might attack Hannah—and she’s in no shape to fight.”

Shu dropped into the grass, exhausted. “Looks like I might have to use that technique I learned during my training with the mage.”

Hanz’s tone sharpened instantly. “No. You are not to use that technique under any circumstance. It’s untested and extremely dangerous.”

Shu smirked. “Relax. I won’t… unless I’m already about to die.”

Hanz paused, then sighed. “Fair. If it’s a last resort… just don’t die before using it.”