“mmmmp!! mmp– mmmm!!!"
A muffled desperate cry echoes in the Howling Furnace's scorching domain.
The sound can be heard getting louder and louder within a colossal creature of the Infernal land, a RidgeBack Tortoise.
A tortoise the size of a Mountain, carrying an active Volcano at its back as if it's one with nature in a literal sense.
On top of the colossal beast's head, a figure of a 50 feet tall beast, in front of a contraption that is built to hang something can be seen.
The beast has a very distinct appearance that looks foreign from this scorching domain.
Creatures normally have scales or a very tough hide in the Howling Furnace to protect them from the extreme environment. But, this one creature in particular has very thick fur with a mix of Black and White.
This beast has four strong legs with big aggressively curved claws, pointy bones varying from big and small protruding out of its body, and two unique heads above its shoulder. One is jet black and the other is Snow White.
It's Unoh and Doz.
“Let's just burn this maggot Doz! The squirming is getting more and more annoying!”
“Shut the hell up! Do you want to eat or die starving? Does your molten brain even understand that Geode Squids are annoyingly choosy about their meal? Like, what the hell does “Desperation” even taste like!?”
While the two beasts were arguing, the sound of the man that was tied up as bait, had lost its voice. The two beasts noticed the peaceful sound of silence. They both took a pause and looked at the direction of the bait where a wriggling man tied up should be seen.
The man is no longer there. Instead, a giant creature with ten yellow appendages and a Giant Boulder on its back can be seen hanging at the end of the bait.
“We have a bite!!!”
Said Doz.
“Fucking finally! Now, it's time to eat.”
Unoh, opened his mouth wide, sucking the air and the Crimson Light that covers his body starts to flow like a river inside his mouth. A loud screech undulates in the air while a form of a Bloody red orb, the size of a small marble, starts to form inside Unoh’s mouth.
Unoh devoured the Crimson Ball whole and after a split second of silence, he opened his mouth and a Crimson beam escaped his mouth at the speed of light.
“Crimson Devastation” Unoh’s signature ability. Unoh, sucks all the Crimson Rage that envelopes him to form a highly condensed chaos inside his mouth. He continuously emits and condenses the rage before he bites into it and makes the highly condensed energy burst to cause absolute devastation.
Depending on the amount of Rage that Unoh condenses, anything that gets devoured by the Crimson Light is burned to crisp, incinerated or get their whole existence extinguished. That’s what should happen.
“Tch! This one has a brain”
Despite facing the Crimson light of death that would make any creature cower in fear. The Geode Squid that should’ve been turned into a Giant Barbeque, managed to escape its fate into becoming a tasty meal.
The Geode Squid swayed its body to the side to avoid the incoming attack. It used one of its girthy arms to take hold of the fishing contraption and flung itself towards Unoh and Doz.
While charging mid-air, the squid tucked its head inside its giant boulder, leaving only its appendages visible and started to spin horizontally really fast.
It continuously keeps increasing its speed to the point where the tentacles started to blend together and turned into blur.
Unoh and Doz saw the Geode Squid charging at them at a dangerous speed. But, it's not fast enough to make them lose their composure.
The most logical thing to do in this kind of situation is to dodge from the incoming attack to avoid taking damage. But unfortunately, this brute two headed beast doesn’t follow a “normal” logic. They do things with brute force.
Unoh and Doz lunged in the air towards the charging Squid. Instead of dashing away, they dashed towards the Geode Squid head on.
“Do you really think you can outspin me you asshole!!?”
Like the Geode Squid, Unoh and Doz also started to spin. But unlike the Geode squid that is spinning at X-axis, the two headed beast started to spin at Y-axis.
Unoh and Doz curled their body into a ball and rotated their heads 180 degrees facing back like an Owl. They both opened their mouths and used Crimson Devastation. But this time, destruction is not the purpose of this ability, it’s propulsion.
““RAAAAAAAWWWWRRRRR!!!!!””
This use of Crimson Devastation Immensely increased their rotation speed into a dangerous speed.
The two headed beast extended its razor sharp claws and sharp bones that protruded outside their body while violently spinning.
Two violently spinning wheels of Crimson and Yellow light clashed and created a shockwave that shook the surrounding area, including the head of the RidgeBack Tortoise below them who got its head pushed under the Molten Ground making a big splash.
Thankfully the RidgeBack Tortoise recovered and got its head back up to the surface.
The two headed beast landed back on top of the RidgeBack Tortoise’s head and the figure of the Geode Squid followed right after.
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“Hmph!”
Unoh scoffed.
The two headed wolves managed to land a direct hit on the Geode Squid, but it only made a massive crack on its tough boulder.
“This guy’s a tough one”
Doz remarked
The Geode Squid’s head came out of its Boulder and whips its arm to Unoh and Doz’s direction.
Of course, the Wolves didn’t dodge. They instead stood their ground, slashed their claws and split the arm in half.
The Geode Squid let out a loud squeal and regenerated its decapitated arm at an incredible speed.
It then followed up with another whip of its arm, but Unoh and Doz reacted faster and decapitated another limb.
Another Squid arm whips, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another.
The Geode Squid attacked the two headed wolves at a lightning speed. But, unfortunately for the Squid, Unoh and Doz slashed and decapitated every single arm.
The Squid was hoping that it would put pressure on the two headed beast. But what greeted the Squid’s eyes were the smiles of ecstasy and bloodlust coming out of Unoh and Doz.
“Tch! Where is this guy’s Life Core? I saw it at one arm then it switched places to another. But now I can’t find it.”
Said Doz. While Unoh replied with a mocking tone.
“Then it's probably inside its boulder dumbass.”
“Oh…”
Doz bit one of the Squid’s arms instead of slashing it, taking hold of the arm.
She then rotated at high speed dragging the Geode Squid in a circular motion. The Geode Squid lost control of its arms because of the extreme G-force stopping the Geode Squid’s attacks.
“Up you go.”
Doz flung the Geode Squid high up in the air preparing to lunge as the Geode Squid started to descend.
The Geode Squid miraculously recovered its balance and understood the situation it was in, so it tucked itself inside its boulder again and started spinning.
Unoh and Doz spun at incredible speed as well, boosted by their Crimson Devastations.
Another great clash happened and the poor RidgeBack Tortoise’s head got hit by the shockwave once again.
The RidgeBack Tortoise’s head resurfaced, but this time, its eyes are swirling. It passed out.
The two headed beast landed on top of the unconscious RidgeBack Tortoise’s head, and the tattered figure of the Geode Squid followed after.
“I guess that’s why these Squids hide under a massive boulder.”
Unoh and Doz approached the scattered remains of the Geode Squid to collect all the meat.
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While they were about to head back to the Kingdom that is located at the base of the RidgeBack Tortoise’s Volcano, they noticed a subtle yellow glimmer inside the Geode Squid’s boulder that got split into two.
“Hm? What’s that?”
This yellow glimmer is out of the ordinary because, normally, the Geode Squid only has an abundance of Purple Zalacmite Crystals inside its giant boulder. These crystals are highly corrosive crystals that digest anything that the Geode Squid eats.
A yellow golden coffin is resting in between the Geode Squid’s boulder.
At close inspection, the golden coffin is covered with ornamental carving on its lid, side and even the bottom. The side and bottom of the coffin has thorny vines, leaves and Flower bud carvings flowing towards the center of the coffin’s lid.
The center of the coffin’s lid has a giant flower that has bloomed unlike the carving on its side and bottom. At the center of this golden flower, a letter “V” symbol is carved.
The two headed beast used its sharp claw to open the coffin. Inside it, a figure of a sleeping girl with Ash white hair and Brown skin is uncovered.
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“-ke up! Wa-... WAKE UP BRAT!!!”
The sleeping girl’s deep slumber was disturbed by a loud angry voice. The Girl opened her eyes and scratched each eye with her beast arms to clear her vision. And what greeted her opened eyes is the Scorching selling and the feeling of weightlessness. They are in mid-air along with their boat.
“We just keep getting hit with bad luck! Look below!”
Underneath them, the surface that should be a Molten ground is now filled with a pod of Boring Whales.
Boring Whales are Giant Calamity Type creatures that are always seen in groups. They use their large cylindrical mouth with thousands of thick pointy teeth to bore holes on the Howling Furnace’s rocky areas and to propel themselves through the Molten ground by Sucking in the Molten Ground and discharging it from the tube-like holes around its body. These creatures cause destruction in its path leaving obstacles that block them riddled with holes.
“Our boat got swept into a pod of Boring Whales and our boat got launched into the air when one of the Whales smacked our boat with its tail.”
Doz hurriedly explained the situation to the Girl.
A moment later, their boat got hit again mid-air by one of the Boring Whales and launched them high up again.
It seems that the Whales aren’t attacking them, they’re merely an unfortunate collateral damage.
The boat they’re riding on started to fall down when another Whale launched the boat and the girl back up in the air again.
This sequence of events repeated multiple times riding over a sea of Whales. But the boat made from the Ashen Tree’s bark can only handle enough damage and started to crack.
“Unoh! The boat is starting to break!”
“AAARRRGGHH!!! GOD DAMN IT!!!”
Unoh and Doz darted their eyes around hoping that their vision would land on solid ground. But, luck is not on their side, only the Molten Ground and Sea of Whales are nearby.
However, there is one area in the distance that has solid ground, it's the base of the Howling Pillars.
Reaching that area however, is an impossible task. Their location is just too far from one of the nearest Howling Pillars. But, they had no other choice so Unoh shouted.
“Doz we’ll have to fly to the nearest Howling Pillar!”
“Howling Pillar? The nearest one is too far! We won’t be able to make it!”
“We have no other choice!”
“Oi Brat! Point us in the opposite direction of the Howling Pillar over there. We’ll have to fly.”
The Girl quickly understood the order and faced the Howling Furnace while Unoh and Doz on the other hand were facing the opposite direction.
Unoh and Doz, both opened their mouths to form a Crimson Devastation and propel themselves towards the nearest Howling Pillar.
They started to gather rage energy inside their mouths, covering the Girl’s arm with Crimson Aura. However, Doz’s condensed energy started to flicker and disperse. Doz shook in disbelief.
“What happened!??”
Unoh asked while gathering Rage energy inside his mouth.
“I- I don’t know, I'm trying to condense the Rage energy like usual but for some reason, I can’t manage the Rage from dispersing!”
Doz hurriedly said in confusion.
“Try it again! I can’t stop this now, I'm almost at my limit!”
“O-ok!”
Doz opened her mouth wide again and started to gather Rage energy inside her mouth. She successfully managed to gather Rage energy but it looked oddly different from Unoh’s perfectly round Crimson orb. Doz’s looks like a ball of slime with its shape continuously changing.
Without the time to worry about the nuances, Unoh and Doz, both bit on their condensed crimson orb of chaos. A beat later, they both opened their mouths wide to let the burst of energy propel them towards the Howling Pillar’s location.
But, something unexpected happened. While Unoh successfully managed to shoot out a beam of Crimson Devastation, the same thing can’t be said with Doz.
“AHHHH!!!”
“DOZ!!!”
The highly condensed crimson energy that formed inside Doz’s mouth exploded instead of shooting out a beam.
The explosion caused their trajectory to change and with Unoh serving as the only propulsion of the girl, they lost their balance and flew out of control.
“God damn it all!”
The Girl looked at her right arm and tried her best to recover their balance by moving her arm. But they are flying too fast, and the Girl struggles to move its body correctly.
“BRAT WATCH OUT!!!”
A loud cry reached the Girl’s ears as she looked at the direction they’re heading.
A massive cave of flesh with thousands of pointy teeth replaced the Blazing Scenery in front of her vision.
The Girl with two wolf arms got eaten.