Chapter 134: Zeth vs Kurt. The Life of a Friend at Stake!

Chapter 134: Zeth vs Kurt. The Life of a Friend at Stake!

Zeth is challenged by Kurt, who is now an Enigmus.

Zeth stands in place, tears still flowing down his face. “Kurt! Snap out of it!”

“My allegiance is to Kogen,” Kurt declares.

Zeth’s expression hardens, his grief turning to anger. “Then I will knock some sense into you!”

Zeth charges forward as Kurt forms a basketball-sized Aura Sphere. Instead of throwing it directly, Kurt releases it beside Zeth, where it hangs motionless in the air.

Zeth’s punch connects with Kurt’s face, but in the next instant, an Aura Hand, released from the Aura Sphere, clamps around him.

“Your aura attack can lead into a different aura attack!?” Zeth shouts.

“Don’t underestimate the power of an Enigmus!” Kurt says confidently.

The hand tosses Zeth into a row of shelves, sending them crashing down.

“Damn it,” Zeth mutters. “He’s got some new tricks up his sleeve. I better step it up.”

Before Zeth can recover, Kurt leaps into the air and drives both feet into his gut.

Zeth coughs up blood, his eyes widening as pain shoots through his body.

Kurt grins with satisfaction. “If you don’t properly prepare yourself, I will destroy you in no time at all!”

He raises his foot to stomp again, but Zeth retaliates, releasing a Star Shine Blast. The blast strikes Kurt in the chest, pushing him back instead of exploding on contact. He eventually knocks the blast aside. It slams into a shelf and detonates.

Zeth is already moving, taking advantage of the distraction. He leaps forward, slamming his elbow into Kurt’s chin, then grabs him and drives a knee into his gut. He finishes his sequence of attacks by punching Kurt with his magic-charged fist, sending him flying backward.

“What you need to do is wake up!” Zeth shouts. “Fight the brainwashing, Kurt!! You have a strong will, so don’t let the brainwashing win!!”

Zeth pursues him as Kurt crashes into another shelf, knocking it over.

“You wouldn’t know how great it is to be an Enigmus!!” Kurt yells. “Master Kogen will enlighten all!!”

“You’re so full of shit!!”

Zeth closes the distance and begins charging his magic.

“Oh no you don’t!” Kurt shouts as he forms an Aura Field around his body. “If you attack me directly now, you will take a beating!”

Zeth smirks. “I don’t need to! Star Shine Fists!”

Zeth punches the air, generating glowing fist-shaped energies that launch forward. The barrage slams into Kurt repeatedly.

Once all the magic fists have struck Kurt, he wipes blood from his mouth and drops his Aura Field.

“I suppose you’re right,” Kurt says. “You have a good arsenal of ranged attacks, which limits the usefulness of my Aura Field. However, you forgot something!”

“Huh!?”

While they were talking, the Aura Sphere Kurt released earlier surges forward from behind and smashes into the back of Zeth’s head. He cries out in pain as Kurt rushes in, delivering a rapid series of punches.

“I see you have new abilities!” Kurt shouts between strikes. “But so do I! Not figuring that out will be your downfall!”

Kurt follows with a sweeping kick, launching Zeth into several shelves and scattering debris everywhere.

Kurt moves to where Zeth landed but finds nothing. Chains suddenly burst from one of the shelves and wrap around Kurt’s neck, yanking him backward.

Zeth stands on the opposite side of the shelf, the Demon Chains extending from his arm.

“Remember who you are, damn it!” Zeth yells. “I don’t want to have to choke you to death!”

Kurt creates an Aura Image that steps out from his body. “I know who I am!”

The Aura Image vaults over the shelf and kicks Zeth in the face, freeing Kurt from the chains. The image then merges back into Kurt’s body.

Kurt hops onto the shelf, glaring down at Zeth. “I am Subject 6821. Kurt is just a secondary name now. You have better things to worry about than my allegiance…”

Kurt jumps down, and the two throw simultaneous punches. Their fists collide.

“…Like surviving this fight!”

Kurt’s efficiency overwhelms Zeth’s strength. His punch breaks through and slams into Zeth’s chest. He winces in pain but quickly recovers.

“Let’s do it again!” Zeth yells. “Star Shine Fists!”

Zeth unleashes another barrage of glowing fists. Kurt is unable to block them all and takes multiple hits across the top half of his body.

“That attack of yours really is a problem!” Kurt growls in frustration.

Zeth begins charging his magic again. “And I’m going to keep using it until you figure out how to stop it!”

Kurt forms multiple Aura Spheres and launches them forward. Zeth slides beneath them to evade the attack. He pushes off the ground, transitions into a rising kick that strikes Kurt’s chin, then follows with a quick kick that sends Kurt crashing into a wall.

“That was a fake-out!” Zeth shouts. “Now I’m going to knock some sense into you!”

Zeth rushes forward and begins pummeling Kurt’s face with repeated punches. “Has any sense returned to you yet!?”

Kurt ducks low, slides out of the assault, and sweeps Zeth’s legs out from under him. As Zeth falls, Kurt rises and slams his forehead into Zeth’s forehead.

“I told you that I am Subject 6821, and my loyalty is to Kogen!!” Kurt roars.

Kurt throws Zeth across the store into an open area free of shelves, then follows.

“Let me show you a new attack,” Kurt says. “This one gives me the ability to fight an army single-handedly.”

He charges his aura. It flares with ferocity as it expands farther to his left and right, forming a massive wall of energy.

“Aura Tidal Wave!!!” Kurt screams.

The wall of aura crashes down like a wave and surges forward like a raging river, overtaking everything in its path.

Zeth’s eyes widen in terror. “There’s no way I can stop that whole thing!”

The Aura Tidal Wave engulfs him, carrying Zeth upward to the second floor of the grocery store as it obliterates everything it engulfs.

The wave finally dissipates as Zeth slams into the building’s wall. He struggles to remain conscious, blood streaming across his battered body as he gasps for air.

Kurt jumps to the second floor and approaches him slowly.

“I have surpassed the son of the Light Goddess,” Kurt says. “Your days will be coming to an end. That, or surrender and become a Divine Being Enigmus.”

Having become an Enigmus, Kurt has gained newfound strength and abilities that surpass Zeth’s.

Chapter 134 END

To be Continued in Chapter 135: The Hawk Clan Enigmus Horde