Chapter 12 What a Monster

"BAAMM!!!" Jake swung his arm wide putting his weight into his punch, watching his hands collide in slow motion an explosion and sparks spread inside the cell "What the hell?!!"

Shielding his face in reflex from the terrifying blast of air, when Jake opened his eyes his hand was already bleeding and there was a crater with a large dent where he punched with cracks like a spider web around it.

"One more time! Hurry! Before the alarm goes off!" Arlain yelled at him.

With his heart pumped with adrenaline rush, Jake hit the glass wall again in the same spot and once again the explosion and sparks flew inside the cell and the dent had now spread throughout the wall even though the wall itself had not collapsed.

"One more time!" Arlain shouted.

"FUCKING HELL!!" seeing the glass wall that had not collapsed, panic and fear spurred Jake's adrenaline to the highest level, hitting the glass once again with a force that he had never released from the previous two hits, Jake could feel his swing was very heavy like a shooting cannon and with that a large explosion echoed, but instead of going in like before, the explosion flowed out and with high-speed glass fragments, the glass wall shattered into pieces.

In those few seconds that felt like forever, the glass wall that held him was finally shattered beautifully.

"Success! Victory is upon us!!" Arlain swayed excitedly as Jake held his right hand that was bent in a strange way, but rather than pain, a strong sense of power flowed throughout his body like a pulse and a sense of excitement beating from his heart to his head,

"Ahahaha..." Jake laughed happily and stepped out of the thick glass fragments

."I think I broke my fist"

"Mm~ I guess we underestimated the glass" Arlain said without a trace of guilt "Well, we'll fix your hand later, now we have to-"

At that moment the Alarm blared with a loud sound and a bright red light illuminated the room.

"Oh, the Alarm hurts my ears" Arlain looked around the hallway casually while Jake felt panic with the red light and Alarm filling his senses, at the same time, with a hissing sound the large iron door at the end of the hallway opened to the left and right, feeling his heart stop beating, Jake stared at the door with intense gaze, behind the door were two men dressed as guards that Jake remembered bringing him here looking at him like a deer in front of a car.

Both of them were not wearing their helmets, one, a younger man with brown hair was standing near the console next to the door and next to him an older man with black hair was holding what looked like a gun in his hand, staring at each other for what seemed like forever, Jake's gaze locked on the gun held by one of the guards.

"He's got a gun" Jake whispered to Arlain in his head.

"Hmph, cheap toy, but we can only move forward from here, sorry Jake Carrack but you're going to have to hold it a little longer" Arlain said in a serious tone.

"Let's do it" Jake snorted with a grin on his face and Jake could feel Arlain smirking above him, a moment later the light from Arlain's body grew brighter as he chanted his magic "Defense up, speed up, higher Sense, superior Agility, potential unlock"

Feeling greater power flowing into his body, Jake felt his vision widen as if he could see the back of his head until the condition of the entire room was clear in his mind, he could feel the change in the air on his skin and a sense of power as if he could do anything filled every fiber of his muscles from head to toe with a heat that almost made him pass out, forcing himself to straighten his crooked arm Jake smiled widely as the excitement made him want to explode.

"Jake?" Arlain tried to call Jake who looked abnormal, Arlain didn't know what the consequences of giving so much mana power to someone who had never touched mana in their life, but he had no choice if he and Jake wanted to survive, yet still, Jake's reaction seemed a bit excessive, Arlain could feel Jake was drunk with power and he wanted more and more until Arlain had to hold back his mana.

"die" With that word, a shockwave exploded behind him as Jake shot out like a bullet out of its barrel.

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The overwhelming magic power overflowing from within made both of their hearts feel squeezed, the overwhelming magic power that felt abnormal made both of them dizzy and want to vomit, but the most unbearable was the fear that flooded their entire being as if they were faced with a horror beyond their imagination, both of them realized that whatever was inside must not come out.

"Krenel! Close the door!" Torain shouted to the frozen Krenel.

"Y-Okay!" Krenel quickly pressed the button and the door began to close again, but before that an explosive sound shouted once more and the creature became blurry as it ran at an unbelievable speed.

"What a monster" Torain quickly raised his rifle and fired it in assault mode, Plasma lasers have a speed much faster than conventional bullets but the monster in front of him was able to avoid it as if it could see the lasers, running on the ceiling, walls and floors, the monster approached in the blink of an eye and before he knew it, the monster was only a few meters in front of him even though the iron door had only closed half.

"Impossible!" Torain hurriedly activated the magic stored in the gauntlet on his left arm, a moment later Torain felt an incredible force that blasted him backward, with a crisp cracking sound the barrier he had chanted was destroyed.

"W-What!!" Krenel curled up to protect his head from the sudden explosion when the trolley next to him exploded, if only he had his helmet right now, Krenel regretted, Krenel and Torain left most of their equipment to do their usual daily tasks, that's how it should be...

staring at Torain who was thrown far back of the hallway in disbelief, Krenel shouted

toward Torain but Torain didn't move at all, what had happened, Krenel couldn't follow the events until he noticed something standing where Torain had been.

"YO" someone called him, looking fearfully at the voice, Krenel saw Terra Humanis standing near him and on his head was a strange pink creature that glowed with two big round eyes.

"Is it time to eat again?" The Terra Humanis smiled fiercely, slowly retreating towards the hallway behind him, an alarm in the hallway sounded detecting excessive magic power.

"Abnormal magic contamination Abnormal magic contamination Abnormal magic contamination, all crew in this section are required to evacuate and seal this area, repeat-"

The Terra Humanis started to step forward towards Krenel with a grin but Krenel could feel the killing intent from his eyes.

Looking at the Terra Humanis in front of him, Krenel could feel a hatred, but Krenel would not let himself be finished off by whatever cursed creature had appeared before him, this Terra Humanis was weak he knew it so the key must be in the strange pink creature that was shining on his head, raising his hands while pretending to be afraid, with lightning speed Krenel reached for the gun on his waist and-

"ARRGHHH?!!" Krenel felt his face just fly off and his eyes rolled back almost losing consciousness, at that moment however, it was stopped by the Terra Humanis in front of him by grabbing his neck.

"KHhhhKkkhHh!" Krenel was being strangled making his throat feel like it was going to be crushed while he couldn't feel the floor under his feet, it couldn't be... Krenel realized that he had been lifted from his neck, he was wearing quite heavy armor but the Terra Humanis in front of him was able to lift him with one hand, trying to free himself with difficulty, Krenel desperately beat the hand that was strangling him while blood was dripping from his mouth, it seemed like he was hit when he was about to reach for his gun, which he didn't realize before.

"I don't even need a stick" Terra Humanis in front of him laughed amusedly. "Ahh... my hands are starting to hurt"

"BAMM!"

"Agh!" Terra Humanis pinned Krenel against the wall, racking his brains hard Krenel tried to think of a way to buy time, that's right, he just needed to buy time until the others came, that way he would win in the end, staring at Terra Humanis in front of him with a challenging gaze, Krenel suddenly noticed something in Terra Humanis' left hand, it was his gun.

"Hey, isn't this quite futuristic?" The Terra Humanist stared at his gun with a sly smile, making Krenel squirm in fear.

"Eh, are you scared?" The Terra Humanist spoke to Krenel to insult him, but Krenel was not provoked he just needed to wait a little longer, besides it wasn't like the stupid Terra Humanist knew how to use it, Krenel didn't know how advanced Terra's civilization exactly was but since it was a planet without magic most likely the Terra Humanist in front of him didn't really understand how to use his gun, that was until, the Terra Humanist put the muzzle to Krenel's eyes.

Staring at the inside of the barrel with wide eyes, Krenel began to shake in fear and tears fell from his eyes, trying to move his mouth with difficulty because his jaw was already shattered and flooded with blood, Krenel tried to speak. "Please... I,.. don't want to... die"

Krenel begged earnestly, but the Terra Humanis in front of him only stared at him sharply, Krenel could feel that the Terra Humanis was considering his choices, feeling that his life would end here, Krenel began to remember his mother and sister who were waiting for him at home, they had spent a lot of money so that Krenel could go to the city to find work using his late father's Armor, if he died here then his family would starve to death without any money at all.

"Please...my...mother.....sister" Krenel began to cry desperately.

"Jake Carrack, if you want to kill him please do it quickly, we don't have much time"

Krenel realized that the strange pink creature on the man's head was talking.

"tch, this is different from what I imagined" the Terra Humanis said in frustration and stared at Krenel in the eyes before Krenel felt an agonizing pain in his ribs, he should have been wearing armor but the punch crushed and penetrated his armor crushing his bones, expelling all the air from his lungs.

"HHHAAGHHH!!!" Falling painfully to the floor, Krenel coughed painfully before he started to lose consciousness.

The last thing he remembered was the Terra Humanis voice "That's for destroying my ribs, and the rest is for your lousy food! you bastard!!!"