Chapter 89: Heroes vs "It"

Chapter 89: Heroes vs “It”

The heroes find themselves stopped at a locked door and must now take on the giant monster that is simply known as “it”!

“You may be a freakishly large and scary monster, but we are not going to just sit back and let you kill us!” Zeth shouts.

Zeth jumps and delivers a magic-powered punch to “it’s” face. The monster flinches slightly, then slaps Zeth hard, sending him crashing into the wall.

Joe unleashes a Derecho attack, but after being pushed back only a short distance, “it” overcomes the attack and charges straight at the heroes.

“I thought it would be more effective than that!” Joe shouts.

As it charges, all of the heroes are slammed into the wall. The momentum does not stop there. “It” continues forward, smashing through the locked door and the surrounding wall, forcing the heroes into a large room beyond.

The room resembles an outdoor environment, filled with plants, small trees, flowing streams, and natural terrain. Though injured, the heroes quickly recover and prepare to fight.

“I guess letting it destroy the door for us was an option also, but it’s time to defeat this thing!” Zeth declares.

Zeth unleashes a Star Shine Blast. Sasha follows with Dark Spears. Kurt releases Mega Aura Whip. Joe and Emily circle around behind the monster. Despite the combined assault from Zeth, Sasha, and Kurt, “it” takes very little damage.

“Let’s use a Combination Attack!” Joe calls out, trying to coordinate with Emily.

“Yeah! Wind Slash!” Emily responds.

Emily leaps forward as Joe releases powerful winds that propel her toward “it.” The added momentum drives her forward as she swings her Slasher Sword, slashing into the monster. A visible cut forms, but the magic-infused attack does far less damage than expected.

“What gives? Why is magic not doing much to it?” Emily asks.

“It” roars, releasing a powerful surge of energy that blasts the heroes backward, dealing heavy damage.

“I think I understand this thing now,” Zeth says. “It can weaken the effects of magic, which explains why none of the mansion parts that it destroyed were able to regenerate. We are going to have to defeat it relying on physical damage!”

The heroes spread out.

“My magic isn’t really for enhancing my physical attack by itself,” Zeth says. “But there’s something I can do.”

Zeth runs up to the front side of “it.”

“Hey, you big pile of crap! Are you ready for a real fight?”

Angered, “it” charges. It swings its claws at Zeth, but he dodges, leaps over the monster, and lands behind it. He grabs the short, deformed tail, and magically forms his Demon Chains to wrap around the tail and hold it still.

“Now, somebody! I got it pinned!” Zeth shouts.

“On it!” Emily replies.

Emily rushes to a nearby tree and slashes it down with her sword. The heavy trunk crashes onto “it’s” head, dealing significant damage and leaving the monster dazed.

“My turn now!” Kurt shouts with confidence.

Kurt charges in and punches “it” directly in the eye with full force. The monster screams in pain.

“Sasha, let me give you a lift!” Joe calls.

“Right!” Sasha answers.

Joe plants his feet and raises his hands as Sasha, carrying a large metal pipe, runs toward him. She jumps onto his hands and immediately launches upward, landing on a tree branch above.

“Take this!” Sasha shouts.

She jumps in a roll forward, then breaks out of the motion midair, swinging the pipe downward with tremendous momentum. The pipe slams into “it,” dealing massive physical damage.

“Wonderful! That’s what I like to see!” Zeth shouts with excitement.

The impact tears open its body and severs its deformed left claw hand completely. “It” cries out in pain.

“Will this be the end of it?” Kurt asks.

“Whether it is or not, that was awesome!” Zeth replies.

“Thank you,” Sasha says. “Though it was based on what you did back in that Cursed Water incident.”

Zeth smiles. “Well, still.”

***

Daykona watches the battle through her crystal ball.

“It can’t be! They can’t defeat ‘it’ that easily!” she snarls.

Her expression shifts to curiosity, leaning closer to the crystal ball.

“Wait, what is happening?”

***

The body of “it” begins to rumble violently. Suddenly, deformed hind legs burst from its body, blood spraying outward and splattering across Zeth. He releases the tail and collapses to the ground in pain.

“Gah!!! Ahh!!”

The blood mixes with his wounds, causing intense burning pain.

“Zeth!!!” Sasha screams.

The other heroes watch in fear as “it” continues its evolution.

From the stump where “it” lost its left claw, a tentacle sprouts, ending in a mouth filled with sharp teeth.

“What the hell is going on with this thing!?” Kurt shouts.

***

Daykona continues watching through her crystal ball.

“Oh no… ‘it’ is mutating. This is not good. I will have to put it down once it deals with them.”

With “it” finally on the ropes, its body began mutating! How much more monstrous could it become?!

Chapter 89 END
To be Continued in Chapter 90: The Monstrous Mutations of “It”