Chapter 152: Keith vs Subject 7

Chapter 152: Keith vs Subject 7

In the lower levels of Kogen’s fortress.

Sasha, Keith, and RAG move cautiously through the darkness while determined to make their way back to Zeth and Kurt. The halls are dim, lit only by sparse, flickering lights that barely illuminate the floor tiles.

“This place is creepy,” Keith mutters.

“At least we have not run into trouble so far,” Sasha replies.

They suddenly stop as a deep, unsettling moan echoes through the corridor.

“What was that!?” RAG asks.

The room begins to shake. All three of them feel as if their bodies have suddenly slowed.

Keith turns around, spotting Subject 7 standing right behind him.

Keith instinctively throws an elbow. Subject 7 meets it with his fist.

A flash of light erupts for Subject 7 and Keith alone. After only a moment, the two of them now stand inside a tall circular room. A spiral staircase wraps upward along the outer wall, going all the way to the top.

“So you must be one of the freaks of this fortress,” Keith says. “Word on the street is that they have made a lot of you freaks.”

“I am the first fully successful Enigmus created by Master Kogen,” Subject 7 replies calmly. “You won’t leave here alive.”

He vanishes and then reappears directly in front of Keith.

Keith barely has time to react before Subject 7 grabs his head and slams his face into the floor.

Subject 7 lifts him effortlessly and follows up with a powerful sweeping kick, sending Keith flying backward. Keith manages to recover midair, backflipping to regain his footing.

Before he can do anything, Subject 7 teleports again, appearing directly in front of him. Subject 7 punches him straight into the wall.

“Can he teleport anywhere he wants!?” Keith mutters to himself.

Subject 7 charges his arm with magic and thrusts his fist forward.

Keith opens a portal directly on his body, disappearing into it before Subject 7’s attack lands.

Keith steps out of a newly opened portal at another point in the room.

“You really can teleport anywhere in range, can’t you?” Keith asks.

“You are correct,” Subject 7 replies. “I see you also have teleporting abilities, but I can also tell you are much more limited than me. I don’t need to create portals.”

Subject 7 teleports at the same time that Keith enters another portal.

Once Keith steps out of another portal, he and Subject 7 are standing back-to-back.

They spin and throw punches simultaneously. Their fists collide in a deadlock.

Keith sweeps low with a kick, but Subject 7 leaps over it.

Subject 7 stomps down on Keith’s head, driving him into the floor. He follows with a crushing downward punch, but Keith rolls aside at the last second. Subject 7’s fist smashes into the floor, cracking it.

Keith opens several portals. Magic energy beams fire out of them toward Subject 7.

Subject 7 braces himself.

As the beams strike, Keith charges forward and lands a powerful punch, sending Subject 7 crashing into the wall.

Keith rushes in again. As he closes the distance, Subject 7 grabs his arm, pivots, and slams Keith back into the wall.

Keith tries to headbutt him, but Subject 7 simply punches him in the forehead.

Blood immediately streams down Keith’s face.

“It’s useless,” Subject 7 says. “My reflexes are far superior to yours.”

“Go to Hell…” Keith growls.

Subject 7 smiles, which comes off as creepy with his bangs covering his eyes. “Such strong words for someone that is about to die.”

He yanks Keith off the wall and throws him upward. A massive wave of orange magic energy erupts from Subject 7’s hand, engulfing Keith and carrying him upward until it crashes through a higher section of the room, destroying part of the wall.

The energy dissipates. Keith falls from above and crashes back down to the floor.

“You don’t have long for this world,” Subject 7 says. “I’m honestly impressed you survived that attack.”

Keith starts to push himself up, his body bloody and bruised. Despite that, he lets out a little laugh.

“Why do you laugh?” Subject 7 asks.

Keith continues struggling to his feet. He breathes heavily as he replies, “You bastards think you are all that and maybe you are… but don’t count us out… We could come from out of the shadows and snap…”

He finally stands. His skin darkens into a deep maroon red. His ears sharpen into points. Three short spikes emerge from each arm. What remains of his shirt tears apart as his body shifts. He is now fully in his demon form.

He lifts his head, smiling with extreme confidence.

“You should be careful about overconfidence,” Keith says. “It will leave you unprepared. Hehehe.”

Keith’s fight against Subject 7 enters its next phase.

Chapter 152 END
To be Continued in Chapter 153: Clash of Non-Natural Demons