Chapter 10:

Red Cheetah Part 2

Scorching Black Vulture


Insert Music: Pendulum - Salt In The Wounds

Radogaan dashed while pointing his huge horns toward us at maximum speed. However, we successfully evaded the Radogaan attack and dispersed at lightning speed.

I slashed Radogaan feet twice to make him fall into the ground.

Radogaan was enraged when his feet were wounded by my Nakajima. He started swinging his horned tail toward my right side for a payback.

"TSUYUKI! EVADE!" Axel shouted when he noticed Radogaan's tail about to hit my head. With my ultra-instinct, I quickly evaded by jumping and doing backflip.

Axel countered Radogaan's tail swipe with his hammer harshly and revved his hammer engine to counter.

Christine did elegant acrobatic moves and slashed Radogaan's body while avoiding being swiped by his tail.

When I slashed at the Radogaan feet to cripple him into the ground, Radogaan did his infamous tail swipe yet again, harshly.

"WATCH YOUR HEAD!" Axel shouted as he's bonked Radogaan feet.

Luckily, with my hyper-reflex, I quickly crouched.

After that, I did a midair attack and slashed Radogaan's right waist by grappling myself into him with my Claw.

Axel drew his Machine Gun and shot down Radogaan's head to lure himself into Christine's target point.

*DRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD*

*GYAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHH*

Christine pulled her bow and charged her explosive arrow to shoot Radogaan left eye.

"HOW ABOUT THIS?!" she shouted.

She pulled the bowstring with the arrow, let it fully charge and let go of the arrow at top speed.

*SHICK*

The explosive arrow hit right at Radogaan's left eye and caused him to scream in pain as his body agitated in a massive pain that the gigantic monster had never experienced before.

*HRRRYYYYAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHH*

Suddenly, the explosive arrow that stabbed at Radogaan's left eye made a beeping sound, as the sign of countdown before the explosion.

*Beep beep beep beep beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep*

And suddenly, the arrow exploded, causing Radogaan to scream in pain and crippled to the ground.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

*GYAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHNNNNNHHHH*

"IT'S DOWNED! NOW IT'S OUR CHANCE!" Axel shouted as he charged towards Radogaan and revved his hammer engine.

*VROOM VROOM*

*VROOOOOOMBUMBUMBUMBUMBUM*

"HIYAH!!!!" He shouted when he struck the Radogaan's head harshly, which made the monster unconscious.

*BONK BONK BONK*

Christine slashed the Radogaan's body from above with her spear while doing an acrobatic front flip slash that creating a wheel movement effect.

And I slashed Radogaan's Neck with my Nakajima harshly.

"HURRYYAAAAHHHH!!!" I shouted as I attacked the Radogaan's neck with my full power.

We kept slashing the vital points of this helpless beast.

"We're almost got him! Keep it cool!" Said Axel as he was about to finish Radogaan with his full power.

However, I replied.

"Don't worry, I got this."

After that, I revved my Nakajima until it reached the maximum 3 revs bar.

Once my Nakajima revs bar reached the maximum level, I dashed and pulled the clutch lever from my Nakajima handlebar and was about to slash the Radogaan head for a final blow.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" I shouted as my Nakajima exhaust spat flame when I pulled the lever and did 360 spin into the front.

*BWOOOOOSSSSSHHHHHHH*

"BLAAAASSST!!!"

When my Nakajima was about to hit the Radogaan's neck around 10cm, his consciousness was restored in a sudden.

*WRRRRRRYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH*

"W-what?" I asked to myself while I stopped in the middle and saw Radogaan roaring further loudly, getting up, and releasing a black aura from his body.

*WOOOOOOOOSSSSSHHHHHHHHHH*

"DAMMIT!" I said in surprise as I backing down.

His black aura also had a Shockwave that threw me far back. Luckily, I didn't roll down onto the ground. Instead, I landed on the ground safely and regrouped with Axel and Christine again.

As I was inspecting the Radogaan's black aura closely, I realized it was the Scorching Virus that was released from his body. His wounds were healing, his wings widened up, and his feet muscles were beefing up even more.

"Shit, we've enraged him!" Said Axel while drawing his hammer for engagement against enraged Radogaan again, panickingly.

"Brace up!" I said while doing a fighting stance to evade the Radogaan attack.

After that, the three of us prepared to evade.

"Get ready!" Said Christine while preparing for an evasion from Radogaan attack.

We thought to ourselves that we were ready for an impact or evading the Radogaan dash attack. Until…

*DADADADADADADADADADADADADADADADADADADADADADADA*

A fast gunshot coming from the right side, shot down Radogaan's left side head. And it followed with a fast slashing where someone slashed Radogaan's spine and it made a spinning wheel effect quickly.

*SHING SHING SHING SHING SHING SHING SHING SHING SHING SHING*

And it followed with a massive slash as someone slashed Radogaan's waist using a heavy blade.

*JSSLLLLOOOOOOOOOOSSSHHHH*

*GYAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH*

Radogaan crippled to the ground and unconscious even more when the unknown three Authonoids attacked this monster in various blind directions.

"What the hell?" Axel asked in confusion when he's lowering his Hammer.

Until the unknown three Authonoids landed on to the ground, making a superhero landing, and revealing their selves.

It was the Red Cheetah squadron! The notorious Minerva's elite Authonoid squadron, known for their brute force against various Infectoids and monsters!

There's Joshua, the leader of this squadron who was known for using dual guns, his strict, and a dead serious personality. Because he was the type of guy, that would not hesitate to pop your head if you got in his way.

There's Scott, who has a cheerful, clumsy, and energetic personality. Despite that, he was extremely brutal in combat and gave no single mercy to anyone who dared to get in his way. His tall, muscular body and his Greatsword were the reason no one should ever mess with him on any occasion.

And then there was Veronica. She was known for her sadistic, strict, fierce, and a yandere personality. If she wanted to prove her subordinates were obedient, she would force them to bark like dogs. She was also known for using dual blades with her fast split second slashing technique that no normal human eye could see.

After that, Joshua approached us and said to us in a dead serious tone.

"Newbies like you aren't qualified to slay these kinds of monster yet," he said as his dark blue eyes glared at us sharply as an intimidation to force us to retreat from the place.

After that, Veronica crossed her arms, and said to us sardonically.

"If you don't wanna die, go back to your fucking Basecamp to prove you're such obedient dogs."

These rights of admonishing us infuriated me that Red Cheetah had. Until I sighed and replied to them in frustration.

"Aaahhhh, great. The one and the only Red Cheetah squadron. We can't compare to you, or maybe we can? Who knows? For I am better than your sick mentality."

Hearing my words angered Joshua further. He sharpened his glare and drew his pistol with his right hand toward my forehead quickly.

"I will send you straight to the hell if you keep nagging and yapping with your stupidity," Joshua said in a cold, threatening tone.

Instead of getting intimidated, I replied to them sardonically while smirking.

"Heh, typical an elitist Authonoid squadron like you with a head hard as rock and a shitty seniority mentality."

However, Axel approached my behind and patted my left shoulder to prevent me from angering Joshua any further.

"Enough, leader! It's our time to leave. Let the Red Cheetah squadron take care of that monster."

And then, Christine approached my back, holding my right arm, and said to me.

"Prioritize your safety first, leader. We don't want you to get wounded badly by that monster," Said Christine to convince me to retreat from the place and let Red Cheetah do the task.

And then Scott approached the three of us and said with a smile and confidence.

"It's alright guys! We'll take care of that beast really quick!"

I sighed because Red Cheetah ordered us to retreat instead of helping them to kill that monster easily.

"Fine… Black Vulture, out!" I said in fury, because we couldn't join the fight against Radogaan with Red Cheetah.

They were forcing us to retreat for our own safety. Yeah, rules for us, but not for them. And if they failed to kill that monster, we will refuse to help them and let them be devoured by that monster.

However, I would prefer helping Scott instead of Joshua and Veronica, because Scott is way less douchey than the rest. He has also been our closest friend since we were in middle school.

He trusts us the most, and we trust him a lot. He's the most diligent, obedient, consistent, funny and easy-going Authonoid. Although he might be clumsy, slightly dumb, and naïve, he was a great Authonoid to become our companion for any missions.

We had no other choice but to just concede, leaving this task to the Red Cheetah squadron. So we packed ourselves and left the place to collect our loots back into the safe zone.

When the three of us were about to enter the dark forest again, I stopped for a second.

"We won't lend you any help if you are about to get devoured by that monster, except for Scott," I said mockingly.

And then, Joshua replied while raising his left eyebrow.

"So, who gives a shit?"

Axel stopped for a second, looked back, and said to me.

"Enough, leader! Leave these tasks to them. They can make it because they're Red Cheetah after all."

After that, Scott approached me and said to me, smiling.

"Trust us, guys. It'll be done by the time you've arrived at the HQ."

I was skeptical by his words, because the monster they were going to face was an infected monster.

"Fine…"

After that, the three of us continued our journey back to the safe zone, leaving the Red Cheetah to take care of the infected Radogaan. All I could do was just hope that they could kill the monster quickly and make it back in one piece.

However, my mind predicted that one of them would be wounded badly during the battle against the enraged infected Radogaan. What's the point if I just sit back and watch one of my friends die in the battle and I would be the one to be blamed for being apathetic towards my comrades? And what was the point if I stand up and help my wounded comrades even if I end up blamed again for risking my life nonchalantly?

It was not my problem if I had to sit back and watch things burn or stand up and plunge myself into the abyss. It's their problem that they were being massive dicks and kept yapping with their bullshit, which I was done with. And all I could do was just give them a middle finger as a "Fuck off and fuck you!" sign.

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