Chapter 66: Saykomera

Chapter 66: Saykomera

Zeth and Sasha find themselves in a feeding ground for vicious monsters!

Zeth holds out his right fist as he glares at the monsters. “It looks like we have no choice but to fight these monsters.”

Sasha nods as she faces them with determination. “Let’s do it.”

They engage the monsters in battle while Daykona watches them from her crystal ball while drinking a cup of tea.

“Hehehe. Those fools will see that the Crunchers are not so easy to defeat. They have such a nasty bite.”

Zeth and Sasha both punch a Cruncher in the face. Their heads and necks bend backward but the monstrous mouth on each of their bellies lunges at Zeth’s and Sasha’s arms. Sasha successfully dodges but Zeth is not so lucky. The mouth chomps on his right arm, putting him in severe pain.

“Ahhh!!!” Zeth screams in significant pain.

Sasha jump-kicks the Cruncher, freeing Zeth from the chomp. The Cruncher stumbles back but is otherwise fine. Three other Crunchers join in the battle, bringing the total up to five. Their belly mouths roar.

Daykona continues watching on her crystal ball, and she grins with excitement. “Uh oh, you enraged them! Hehehehehehe!!”

Zeth’s arm is bleeding badly. He clenches his teeth as he tries to endure the pain.

“Your arm!” Sasha shouts in concern.

“It’s fine!” Zeth assures, not wanting her to pay too much attention to him. “Don’t lose focus!”

The Crunchers’ heads bend back into their original position but now their black eyes turn into an evil red color. The two enraged Crunchers start running toward Zeth and Sasha.

Zeth forms magic energy in his left hand. “I got this! Star Shine Blast!”

Zeth releases his Star Shine Blast at the two enraged Crunchers, and it’s a direct hit, causing an explosion.

The smoke clears quickly, and the Cruncher that had bit Zeth is using Zeth’s Starlight Shield technique and still charging. The other Cruncher was blown back.

Zeth opens his eyes wide in shock. “It’s using my Starlight Shield!?”

The Cruncher jumps on Zeth, trying to bite him more. It even starts using Zeth’s magic-powered punches.

Daykona continues watching and is still grinning with extreme excitement. “Hahahaha! The Crunchers have the ability to use techniques of anyone they bite! Soon you will be overwhelmed once they all do!”

Zeth pushes against the Cruncher’s chest, trying to avoid getting bit.

He shouts, “Sasha, attack at the same time as me! It will overpower the Starlight Shield!”

Zeth’s left arm glows with his magic energy. Sasha’s right arm glows with her magic energy.

Sasha shouts, “Shade Punch!”

They both punch the Cruncher at the same time, destroying the Starlight Shield, and knocking the Cruncher back. It wiggles and then dies.

Fully focused on the now-dead Cruncher, they do not notice the other enraged Cruncher as it slides to Sasha’s leg and chomps her.

Sasha screams in severe pain. “No!! Ahh!!”

Suddenly, dark energy flows out of her leg into the Cruncher, causing the Cruncher to burst into pieces.

While watching that happen, Daykona drops her teacup and spits out her tea in shock.

“What!?!?!?!? What did she just do!?” she yells as she stands up and leans forward with her teeth clenched. “Grrr! I must capture her and find out!”

Zeth looks at Sasha with intrigue. “What did you just do?”

Sasha glances down at her now-bleeding leg and then faces Zeth, uncertainty and nerves in her eyes. “I... don’t know. Energy just suddenly came out of my leg and into the monster. I didn’t consciously do anything.”

“It probably has something to do with your powers but we will figure that out later,” Zeth says. “Right now, we have three more of those monsters to deal with.” He turns his focus toward the remaining Crunchers as he says, “Time for a new technique.”

He crosses his arms, and has each hand grab onto the opposite shoulder. He starts to glow gold and then charges at the three remaining Crunchers.

He shouts, “Saykomera!”

He charges toward the Crunchers and is glowing completely gold while his arms are crossed. He simply charges into the Crunchers, and when he hits them, a golden wave of energy is released which incinerates them into dust.

Sasha stares with shock and amazement. “Saykomera… an ancient word meaning ‘Golden Force’…”

Zeth turns back toward Sasha. “It’s probably nothing unique to me. My mother likely invented the technique and I’m sure my sister is able to use it too. The real tricky part is performing the follow-up combos which I have yet to master. And without my divine powers, it’s still not as powerful either.”

“Still, that is an amazing attack,” Sasha assures.

“Well, you are the daughter of the Dark Goddess,” Zeth replies back with a smile. “I’m sure you have some amazing attacks that you have not shown me yet.”

Sasha smiles and then winks. “I sure do.”

“Then I can’t wait to see them.”

***

In Heaven.

Harmona stands in a medium-sized room full of potted plants and flowers with heavenly pillars lining the sides of it. She is able to watch over her children despite her recovering powers because of their blood link. She smiles and talks to herself. “Zeth, I’m proud of you. I did not think you would be able to use Saykomera in battle already. Your next step is the follow-up combos. I look forward to seeing your progress.”

Zeth has shown off the Saykomera attack! Harmona watches proudly at Zeth’s progress! But what is Daykona scheming to capture Sasha?!

Chapter 66 END

To be Continued in Chapter 67: The One Who Stalks in the Darkness