Chapter 49: Her Hidden Dark Power

Chapter 49: Her Hidden Dark Power

Tazer slowly stands up, still determined. “I promise you this, we poachers will emerge victorious without your help.”

Gorge glares at Tazer, his pupils so focused, it’s like he is piercing Tazer’s eyes.

“Who do you think set off those explosions?”

Tazer flinches as his eyes widen, realizing what Gorge is implying.

“Your group members would not set off explosions to destroy your own base…”

Tazer remains silent, still shocked.

“How many members have you lost since they invaded your base? One? Two? Three?”

Still, Tazer remains silent, eyes trembling, as the realization that everything is crashing down hits him like a truck.

“At this rate, there won’t be any ‘group’ left to pay.”

Tazer remains silent again, but his brows furrow and eyes narrow, anger overtaking him.

“Perhaps you should just quit here and take the significantly reduced payment of… 100,000 Doles.”

Tazer finally erupts. “I will not settle for less!! I will destroy them!! Just you watch!!”

Tazer jumps from one piece of ruble to another until he finally makes his way up to the room he fell from, rejoining Naysha and Edgar. However, Sasha and Joe have joined Zeth and Kurt, making it a 4-vs-3 in the heroes’ favor. Nevertheless, Tazer’s rage carries his determination forward.

“I don’t care how many you have!! I will destroy you!!”

He looks over at his comrades. “Naysha, Edgar, give me all of your power!!”

Naysha and Edgar nod as their gauntlets dim greatly while Tazer’s brightens like a star.

Zeth grits his teeth. “I’ll hold him off. You three take out the other two, especially the woman who looks like she can barely stand.”

“You will do no such thing!!” Tazer screams as he charges forward.

Zeth forms a Raging Star Blast in his left hand. “Now, go!!”

Sasha, Kurt, and Joe bounce to the sides to avoid Tazer’s direct path while Zeth releases his Raging Star Blast, which hits Tazer directly, exploding, and freely allowing the other three heroes to close in on the other two poachers.

“Oh no!” Edgar shouts, readying his arms to defend himself.

Joe forms and releases a bolt of lightning from his right hand. “Sorry, pal! That won’t do you any good!”

The bolt of lightning strikes him directly, causing him to fall to the floor facedown as his eyes slowly close.

Meanwhile, Kurt slams his Aura Whip directly into Naysha, knocking her out of the base through the destroyed windows. Her lifeless body lands on the ground below. Both her gauntlet and Edgar’s gauntlet fully stop glowing.

The explosion from Zeth’s attack clears. Tazer’s body is covered in more wounds. His glowing gauntlet has returned to normal brightness.

“What have you done?!!” He screams, realizing he is the only one left.

The four heroes glare at him but remain silent, knowing that it’s over for him.

“I repeat, we’re getting fifty million Doles for this mission!! And you upstart teens are taking it all away!! You will—!!”

“That will be enough out of you,” Gorge says, interrupting Tazer’s rant as he jumps into the room from the floor below.

The heroes all focus on Gorge, eyes wide and mouths slightly open in concern.

Tazer turns around, shocked and angry. “No, it’s not!!” he screams.

“I reckon that you’re the only one in your group left,” Gorge replies, voice deep and stern. “We won’t be needing your services any longer.”

“You can’t!!”

“I can. Given that your group failed to capture the intended number of people, your pay will reduce from 50 million to 100,000 Doles. Since I now have to help you fight, your pay will be further reduced to 60,000 Doles. Of course, you might die here so you may have to hire me to be your body guard, reducing your pay to 5,000 Doles.”

“Fine! I will accept the 60,000 Doles that I no longer have to split!”

Gorge walks forward, rubbing one hand on the other. “Excellent.”

The heroes ready themselves, gritting their teeth and clinching their fists. Zeth charges forward first, screaming, “I won’t let you take those people away!!!”

He forms and releases a Raging Star Blast, hitting Gorge directly and exploding. He charges into the smoke as its clearing with his fists ready for a brawl. He slams his fist directly into Gorge’s armored face, hitting hard enough to flinch him, but not much else. His armor only has minor scratches after Zeth’s Raging Star Blast.

“You’re dangerous… but still not a threat to me as you currently are,” Gorge states in a low tone.

Zeth opens his eyes wide, shocked that his attacks did almost nothing.

Gorge grabs Zeth by the neck, squeezing it despite Zeth’s raging aura. He punches Zeth in the face with his other hand, knocking blood and spit from his mouth. He begins repeatedly punching Zeth all over his body, each blow smashing into his body as if it will crunch.

Kurt and Joe attack from two different sides. Joe releases a piece of razor hail while Kurt releases an Aura Whip. Both attacks hit Gorge in the sides, but have no effect.

Gorge briefly stops his punches to glare at Kurt and Joe, saying, “This one is stronger than both of you. Did you really expect your pitiful attacks to help?”

Kurt and Joe stare hopelessly as Gorge continues relentlessly pounding Zeth, still holding him up by the neck. Meanwhile, Sasha stares, her dilated pupils watching Gorge’s merciless brutality. Her teeth slowly clench together, lips shifting into an angry frown. Her pupils snap back to normal as fury takes over. Small bits of a black-colored aura seep from her body, rising upward. Her hands fidget and fingers twitch. Her eyes focus on one thing, Gorge face, as deep hatred builds within her. The black aura seeping from her body becomes thicker as she screams, “LET GO OF HIM RIGHT NOW!!!!”

She launches herself forward like a woman possessed, she slams her fist straight into Gorge’s cheek, completely shattering the armor covering it. She immediately uses her other fist to pound directly into his gut, shattering the armor there as well and causing the armor covering his mouth to pop off as he coughs up blood. He stumbles backward, dropping Zeth in the process, who ends his Raging Star Mode as he coughs.

Kurt and Joe stare in awe, completely blown away by what Sasha just did. They notice the clouds of black energy seeping from her body.

“When did Sasha get so strong?!!” Joe shouts.

“Wait, wasn’t her aura red before?” Kurt wonders. “But now there is black-colored energy coming from her body.”

Zeth coughs but points at Tazer. “Don’t just stand there, finish him,” he utters in pain.

Sasha jumps toward Gorge, trying to kick him. He blocks the kick with his arm, but she thrusts her other leg’s knee into his chin, cracking his chin armor. His eyes become bloodshot, completely flabbergasted by what Sasha is doing.

Taking advantage of Sasha’s hidden power, Joe and Kurt confront Tazer, who trembles, taking a step back. “Stay away!”

Joe charges up his energy, releasing a Derecho attack. “Let me send you to nice a vacation spot!!” the swirling straight line winds blast into Tazer, blowing him out through the destroyed windows and out far into the distance.

“AAAAHHHHHH!!!!” Tazer screams, as his body starts to arch downward into the forest. Soon, his body hits the ground and rolls until he collides with a tree. His wounds are now numerous.

“I can’t even stand up anymore…” he says, voice weak.

“You won’t need to worry about that anymore,” a woman’s voice states.

Taken by surprise, Tazer turns his head to the right, seeing Udana walking toward him.

“Udana…” he utters.

“I’m quite upset with you,” Udana says, anger hidden within her voice. “You and your group harmed Zeth when I told you not to.”

“W-What?! What makes you think we harmed the one you told us about?”

“We have ways to keep watch on our interests. He and his friends fought you in the city and I’m assuming they’re the ones responsible for leaving you in this sorry state.”

Tazer’s eyes tremble. “Wait! You’re saying those teens rampaging in my base are…!!”

“Yes, and seeing as how you did not heed my warning, it’s time I kill you.”

“Wait! I didn’t know it was him!! Honest!! Spare me!!!”

Udana ignores him, unsheathing her sword and piercing him in the chest. He dies instantly.

Udana sheathes her sword and mutters to herself, “Now I must find a way to save them from Gorge. Just hang on.”

Sasha unleashes hidden dark power! Just what is the meaning of it?! And how will Udana help save the heroes?

Chapter 49 END

To be Continued in Chapter 50: Primal Wild Card