Chapter 48: Zeth and Kurt vs Tazer, Naysha, and Edgar

Chapter 48: Zeth and Kurt vs Tazer, Naysha, and Edgar

Back to when the heroes first separated upon entering the base.

Zeth and Kurt run through the dining room into the kitchen.

“I must say, I’m pressed by how nice the inside of their base looks,” Kurt says.

“Don’t forget they’re poachers,” Zeth replies disapprovingly. “This was likely built on the money of people and animals taken from their homes.”

“Yeah, you’re right. I’m sorry.”

“I’m not upset. Just trying to make sure the big picture isn’t lost.”

Kurt nods, understanding how Zeth feels.

Before they can continue, they hear someone shout, “What are you doing in my kitchen?!”

They turn toward one of the exits to see Edgar, frowning with disapproval.

“Let’s get him!” Zeth shouts, not wanting to hold back on punishing the poachers.

Zeth and Kurt start dashing toward Edgar, whose eyes widen frantically. “Uh oh! Not here!”

He turns around, running away.

“Come back here, you coward!” Zeth yells.

Edgar takes a left at a T-shaped intersection, running as fast as he possibly can. Doing their best to keep up, Zeth and Kurt also turn left at the intersection. Once they enter through the doorway at the end of the hall, they find themselves in a south-to-north rectangular room with a polished wood floor, slight elevation rise halfway through with two sets of stairs with three steps each, numerous glass windows in the northern half of the room, and plentiful plant decorations around the walls.

Edgar joins Tazer and Naysha at the north end, all facing Zeth and Kurt with stern expressions. Tazer gives them a few slow claps, annoyance etched on his face. “Bravo, bravo,” he says with subtle anger in his breath. “You did well to infiltrate our base like this… but I am not in the mood for games.”

Zeth stomps his foot on the floor, defiantly lashing out. “What you’ve done to our city is unforgivable!!” He swooshes his right arm horizontally as he yells, “And for what?! Some money?!”

“It’s 50 million Doles!!!” Tazer roars back. “You would have to be stupid to turn down that kind of money over some sort of moral high ground!!!”

Tazer, Naysha, and Edgar all charge their magic. The gauntlets on their arms glow white.

“Watch and be amazed at our unified magic!” Tazer demands.

“We all claimed the same magic for ourselves!” Naysha shouts.

“And this is the best magic to do that for!” Edgar adds in shout.

“This is Assist Magic!” Tazer announces triumphantly.

Tazer’s gauntlet glows brighter while Naysha’s and Edgar’s glow dimmer.

“Kurt, we have to go all out from the start,” Zeth says as he activates Raging Star Mode. “No warming up.”

“Right,” Kurt replies as he charges his own magic energy.

Zeth and Kurt dash forward, running up the three steps, toward the poachers. Tazer rushes forward to meet them head-on while Edgar and Naysha stay back.

Zeth and Kurt both thrust one fist forward each while Tazer thrusts both fists forward. His fists overpower both Zeth and Kurt, surprising them.

“What?!” Zeth and Kurt shout in unison.

Tazer punches Kurt in the face and kicks Zeth, knocking them both back.

“That is the beauty of Assist Magic!” Tazer shouts victoriously. “Our powers combined are greater than yours!”

Kurt rubs his face as he stands up, whispering to Zeth, “So, that must mean the other two are weaker right now. We should take them out first.”

“You’re right,” Zeth whispers back with a determined expression. “Let’s do it.”

They rush up the three steps again, pretending like they’re rushing toward Tazer.

“Back for more, eh?” Tazer says with a grin.

As they get close, Zeth bounces to the left, heading straight for Naysha while Kurt bounces to the right, heading straight for Edgar.

All three poachers widen their eyes, somehow taken by surprise. As Zeth and Kurt close in, Tazer’s gauntlet significantly dims while Naysha’s and Edgar’s glow brighter.

Despite sharing their power, Naysha is no match for Zeth as he punches her with his raging aura-covered fist in her cheek, knocking some blood out from her mouth. He quickly forms and releases a Raging Star Blast, pushing her back a bit before exploding, destroying many of the back windows in the process. Meanwhile, Kurt engages in a hand-to-hand brawl with Edgar, neither side gaining the advantage.

Zeth looks back at Tazer. “Sorry, buddy. Your Assist Magic is flawed against multiple opponents, and with one friend occupied and the other out of commission, it’s time I take you down.”

Tazer lunges forward to attack with a punch, but Zeth jumps over him and kicks him in the back to knock him close to the base’s edge. His head nearly hangs out of the destroyed window.

Suddenly, a massive explosion goes off elsewhere in the base. A chain reaction of smaller explosions ignites throughout the base until it finally ends near the large room they reside in, crumbling enough of the floor for Tazer to fall to an intact but damaged floor below.

“Woah! I hope that was Sasha’s and Joe’s doing!” Zeth shouts with concern.

“Boss!!” Edgar screams just before Kurt takes advantage and punches him in the face to knock him against a wall next to a potted plant.

Naysha struggles to her feet. Her whole body is covered in wounds. “No… Please be okay…”

***

Down below to the lower floor with its outer walls blown out, Tazer lies wounded on his back, his top hat completely gone.

He slowly opens his eyes, but quickly opens his eyes wide and trembles when he sees Gorge standing over him, looking down at him in disappointment.

“G-Gorge!” Tazer utters.

“Your group is turning out to be a major disappointment…” Gorge says with a stern look in a deep low voice. “…Get back to work.”

Tazer trembles even more as Gorge continues speaking.

“If I have to help you kill these teens, glorified kids even, then our clan will decrease your pay even further.”

Despite their Assist Magic, Zeth and Kurt outclass the poachers’ strategy! But Gorge, the most powerful warrior in the Hawk Clan, has arrived!

Chapter 48 END

To be Continued in Chapter 49: Her Hidden Dark Power