"Times up..."

"You have the weapons right Chi?" Chorite pushed Arge aside.

"Yeah we have made the weapons" Arge replied shoving Chorite back.

Chi's guard rose up without warning, which caused him to grip onto a piece of unforged flarite.

"Hey now don't fight, after all this is the only way u'll save your pathetic village" Tantrum began to crush Chorite and Arge's shoulders.

"Hey we can't kill the forge brothers, Uzunami would have our heads" Spiral warned grasping a hold of Tantrum's wrist.

"I better find some new claws in there, something that will allow me to kill Mirai" Wynut glanced towards the rusted silver chest.

Tantrum released his unstoppable grip, allowing Arge and Chorite to back away.

Whilst the brute showed mercy to them the same couldn't be said for Spiral who was implanted into the ground.

"So you really did bring allies Tantrum" Chorite stood his ground unflinching to the monstrous brute before him.

"They are here to help enforce my warning, but that'll only happen if they show up, so pray that they don't Chorite" Tantrum began to lift the crate.

On the outskirts of Gake village...

"So I'd say they're just short of our strength Shirogane" Hikaru glanced over Tantrum's allies.

"You sure about that" an average looking Zeon spoke.

Only to vanish without a trace...

"Shirogane!" Hikaru activated his technique electric perception.

"Do you see anything?" Shirogane glanced towards Ember's forge.

"No..., it's like he's dead there's no nerve signals for me to track" Hikaru responded grasping onto the stolen dagger.

"No that's not it, I'm not dead" the stranger answered Hikaru's sudden fear.

But as the first word was spoken, he revealed his location.

"I'm just hiding, buying time for the right moment" but just as the last word came he vanished once again.

Shirogane leapt backwards, at the sight of Tantrum's sudden absence from Ember's forge.

"Where do you think your going?" Spiral appeared, allowing for Shirogane to knock into him.

Shirogane stumbled forwards, eyes on the floor.

And without warning a whirlwind appeared from Spiral's left hand, pushing Shirogane towards the brute.

"It is such a shame, this village could of survived if not for you two" Tantrum raised his arm up into the air, grip open and wide.

And as Shirogane was forced towards the brute, Tantrum caught hold of his head.

Tantrum tightened his grip, allowing him to slam the young Zeon into the ground, rocks scattered into the surroundings.

Tantrum furthered his assault by tossing Shirogane back towards Spiral.

Who had created a whirlwind of energy around his right arm, pulling Shirogane into his reach.

"Aren't you worried about your friend" the ghost launched his fist into Hikaru.

"If it were anyone else then yeah I would be, but Shirogane beat me before even when i had the advantage, so no I'm not worried in fact I'm more worried for them" Hikaru entered the form known as cloaked with thunder.

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But as Hikaru did, the ghost vanished without any trace.

Hikaru's appearance became blurry due to the constant vibration of his slender body.

"You're not so special, your power makes you seem invincible and if you were up against Shirogane I'm sure you would have won".

"Major release, vibration release" Hikaru's appearance became visible, and with it the vibrations travelled into the surrounding area.

"You think some vibra....." Kaku struggled to speak as the vibrations smashed against his body.

"I'm assuming your sudden silence means that I was right, your not disappearing from reality you're just disappearing from our six senses" Hikaru infused his body once again.

But this time it was purely just raw Zeon energy and with it he released a wave of energy once again in all directions.

But this time the wave travelled endlessly until it dissipated.

Kaku revealed himself, just above Hikaru "your surprisingly smart, not many of my opponents work out my power, but tell me will knowing how it works help you beat me?".

Kaku infused energy into his curse mark forcing him to enter uncontrollable power one.

His colourless hair became tinted royal blue.

Just as his hair changed, his white eyes turned blue matching the colour of raw Zeon energy.

And finally Kaku's veins began to pop out of his skin, fuelled by the energy that caused this surge in power.

Kaku propelled his fist infused with dominant energy straight towards Hikaru.

But Kaku's fist never connected with Hikaru, even though Hikaru didn't make a single move.

"You need to observe more before you just rush in" Hikaru phased through Kaku's body.

And once the warrior was above Kaku, he grasped hold of his blackite dagger, piercing Kaku's gut.

And as the blade pierced Kaku Hikaru ran energy through it, causing the blackite material to explode!

And once again Kaku disappeared with no traces left behind.

Meanwhile...

"Time to give up, you can still be proud if you know your limits" Spiral clenched hold of Shirogane's hair, holding him up into the air for all to see.

"How, how can I be proud if I'm beaten like this, I will only die once my home is safe" Shirogane teleported.

"I don't give a shit how many of you there are, no one can stop me from protecting those I call my family" Shirogane infused his right fist with energy, making it dominant.

And as Spiral turned to face his opponent, he saw a enraged warrior stampeding towards him.

Shirogane punched a hole straight through Spiral's stomach.

Spiral infused himself with years of his life in a attempt to regenerate his stomach.

But this attempt was met with failure...

Shirogane teleported but only a few steps ahead.

And as Shirogane appeared, his knee collided against Spiral's face.

And as Spiral began to descend Shirogane grabbed a hold of Spiral's flailing leg.

Only to release him straight away, sending him flying into Gake village just as he did before with Kirai, the sadist.

"So the brutal warrior's son is strong..., after you arrived to the empire I thought nothing of you, but it seems that you're not so pathetic anymore, time to take you seriously" Tantrum infused energy rapidly throughout his body as well as his curse mark.

"You want to know what makes me so special even though so many of our kind surpasses my skill?".

"It's that I have so much more fusion energy I just can't control what happens when I use it" Tantrum attempted to enter imperial three.

But instead he entered...

Imperial three: fusion overload!

His size doubled, while his eyes and hair turned into a blazing mess of orange and yellow.

His skin gained a yellow shield of fusion energy, whilst his fists gained gauntlets.

Shirogane took the chance provided by the brute before him, he infused his own curse mark with fusion energy.

Which allowed him to enter imperial four.

Doubling all his strengths.

Whilst also streamlining his body into a more athletic build.

His hair grew slightly while changing colour from black to a golden orange, while the tips became yellow.

His eyes became white, along with his aura but his aura gained the addition of gold.

"So..., even your skill surpasses my own, well lets see which is better your skill or my power" Tantrum roared clenching both of his fists.

And as he charged towards Shirogane, Tantrum infused his fist "ultimate move: imperial tormenting fist".

Shirogane prepared his body, activating the techniques battle endurance and defence modifier.

Using his defence modifier Shirogane created the release defence tearing fist.

Battle endurance, a technique that removes the feeling of blood loss and fatigue from the user.

Although the technique doesn't nullify the tole they take on the user's body.

This technique also removes fifty percent of all pain felt by the user but doesn't effect any damage dealt to the user.

And as the warriors clashed, their fists hit one another but it was clear who suffered the most.

As Shirogane's body began to violently glow yellow.

It appeared to be torn apart and stitched back together by fusion energy.

But that was not all as Tantrum hit Shirogane with the release known as imperial knockout.

Knockout a basic move type which hits the target once with a fist and then again with the user's elbow.

Tantrum hit Shirogane in the gut and then smashed his elbow against the young warrior's face.

"The effects of that move have worn off, even with battle endurance activated i still know if that hits me again I'll be finished" Shirogane thought to himself as he activated point reinforcement, blocking Tantrum's next attack.

But Tantrum's next attack wasn't a fist no..., it was a grab.

And just as quick as Tantrum grabbed Shirogane, the brute tossed the young Zeon in the same path Spiral travelled.