That creature was standing in front of Igra and Leered who had traced a perimeter surrounding his opponent, that armor of an opaque crimson color simply remained in total stillness in front of the slow but coordinated movements of his opponents, the silence was sepulchral, not even the noise produced by the reinforcement spells conjured by Ergo and Ecate could break the tension, the clinking of the armor and the steps of the four warriors were what stood out the most.
The tension felt like electricity in the air and fear or uncertainty abounded in the minds of everyone present in that dark abyss, and so it could have kept for quite some time, until, the giant seemed to lag behind Leered, Igra, and Claymore, Yaga slowly began to crouch, he tightened the grip of his feet on the ground, the toes of his massive feet digging into the dirt, a loud clapping quickly knocked the whole team off balance, Yaga's fully bent knees looked like thick oak trunks, quickly the four teammates in front of him returned their gaze for an instant to the most corpulent of the group, with cold sweat running down their faces and the beating of their hearts beginning to ignite like a burning fire everything froze at the moment when gazes were fixed on the giant after noticing how the boss seemed not to react to that raucous applause.
"Leered, you better than anyone else must understand me." - Yaga said as his joined hands were above his head in a prayer-like position, slowly Yaga's arms were lowered until finally his hands were at the level of his face, it was at that moment that the giant looked up as the sound of the air being inhaled loudly pointed to something big.
"I joined this team of heroes when I met you and the elf, I agreed to enter this raid not necessarily to save the world, I want to be stronger! , I want to have a good fight!" - said the giant as his hands finally separated, his arms did the same and in one swift movement, he pinned both hands to the ground, the giant's huge hands seemed to glow as all over his body arrows started to spawn of an intense red color began to be drawn, also the sound of Yaga's heartbeat was becoming more and more audible, he seemed to be stacking countless reinforcement techniques one on top of the other.
"We giants live to become stronger in whatever it is we dedicate our hearts to!" - with each word Yaga raised his voice higher and higher.
"I decided that what I love most in this world is combat, a combat that will make my name a legend, my heart is burning, the same warrior's heart that right now is beating in your chest, so please, my greatest friend and my best rival!" - Yaga was saying this while staring at Leered, in the eyes of both warriors a fiery glow worthy of a raging star glowed.
"You are the only one in this group who understands the satisfaction of a warrior knowing he is facing a formidable foe, you are the only one who understands the burning feeling in my soul, you are the only one whose muscles are right now like an army of chained beasts, the only one I can ask this for." - a small smile was present on the face of the human covered in scars, he only noticed how the giant's muscles began to grow bigger and the arrows that were drawn on his body increasingly covered him more and more.
The reactions of the group were diverse, but two stood out above all else, with a quick impulse, Claymore tried to stop Yaga with a strong spell of chaining wind, but someone had been faster than the elf's mind to conjure a spell, Leered's formidable silhouette was launched like an arrow in front of the group's leader, Quickly a bunch of green wind chains surrounded the human, but these bindings did not last long, with a fast movement Leered broke those huge wind chains to immediately cover the claymore's vision, holding him for only an instant.
"Thank you, my friend." - was the last thing Yaga said.
The giant's body seemed to be about to explode, his skin glowed as if it was on fire, his heartbeat with the force of a war drum, and the lines of those arrows had taken over a good part of his skin while a few veins began to stand out on his face, a grin from ear to ear was drawn on the giant's face while the rocks on which his feet and hands rested were quickly reduced to small pebbles, all this speech took the group by surprise, there was barely time to react when the giant finally exploded.
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"Stop stupid!" shouted Anvil, Claymore, Igra, and Pein as on the faces of the four a deep grimace of bewilderment and concern, giants and orkoids were known for their immense passion but they did not expect that passion to explode at this critical moment.
"Lord Yaga!" - Ergo shouted as he extended his hand futilely in the giant's direction.
Beo and Ecate´s gazes did not reflect an emotion of concern, or at least not entirely, they both looked at the giant with a mixture of respect and expectation, Beo being a beast man could understand the uncontrollable desire to follow instinct and Acante was a Yokai who devoted all her efforts to the development of spells and her cast magic skills, if anyone could understand the desire to test if you are up to a major challenge, that someone was her.
Although, above these two, no one in that room understood the feelings with such fidelity as Leered, at the end the words of the giant were directly directed to him, in the face of the one who was holding the leader, an amused smile looked attentively at the giant, Normally the reserved and calm Leered would go himself to stop his companion, but, when it came to a big fight, passion clouded all judgment on that guy, growing up in a warriors village, raised by Orkoids, few appreciated combat as he did, he knew well the frustration of his companions, since they entered this dungeon.
Both had done nothing but hold back, he knew the frustration of boredom and so he didn't hesitate to allow his first opponent this bite.
"Maximum Status, Personal: Indomitus Force!" - shouted the giant as a battle cry just before his huge body disappeared in an instant, leaving behind a huge crater that caused the wall of sound to break, he had used the best technique of every hero, the Maximum Status, in this, case the one cataloged as "personal", every one of the adventurers summoned by the hero corps ends up awakening a "unique talent" if they don't have it awakened already, In Yaga's case, it was called "Indomitus Irresistible" which allowed him to keep 100% of the force/energy from a movement be transmitted from point A to point B no matter what was in between, the impact force would always reach the objective point, this was Yaga's winning card, the maximum understanding of his abilities and the maximum physical state for the optimal performance of transforming the imaginary into reality, this was the essence of the Maximum Status.
In the blink of an eye the figure of the giant appeared just inches away from the dungeon lord, Yaga's fist was swinging in the wind like a whip at the point of maximum acceleration, quickly the arrows that had already consumed much of the giant's skin moved at high speed, quickly they all joined in the giant's fist, making it shine like red-hot steel, the giant's hungry smile was pushed aside to give way to that fist that had shattered mountains as if they were made of simple dust, the noise of a roar worthy of the end of the world resounded from that catacomb to the surface where the containment team was fighting, the entire dungeon and the earth around it shook with force, the ground roared as a powerful glow ignite where the face of whoever was wearing that armor must have been, after a few moments in which all traces of rocks and simple earth were pushed out of the stage, leaving a parameter of clean crystal in which a crater had formed, Although all that was nothing, because behind the giant and the armor a huge tunnel of several kilometers had been created in just an instant, the mineral hidden in that land melted thanks to the pressure, any living being that received the impact of the strongest giant had to fall defeated instantly.
Sadly for our heroes, they were not facing an enemy that could be classified as "alive", after all, you cannot categorize forces such as gravity, the end, or the beginning as alive or dead.
"Son of a bitch, I hit the jackpot!" - shouted the giant with even greater happiness as his other fist was quickly thrown at the face of the beast that had resisted so easily his best blow, but, for the first time since they had fallen in those catacombs, for the first time that beast moved, his hand quickly landed on the giant's fist, he stopped it in its tracks after a quick movement with the palm of his hand, the horrible noise of the metal began to creak as if something was crawling inside that armor.
Not a single one of those present was able to move a muscle, from the young Ergo to the leader Claymore, no one could believe that there was something in this world capable of standing that blow and remain completely intact, even having enough strength to stop in its tracks the one who in the group of heroes of Adamante rank that had the best statistics in strength, the face of most of those present now showed absolute terror, every thought stopped, every muscle was petrified although, quickly a strange noise brought them all out of their trance.
A crunching sound, like branches breaking under your feet when running through a forest, a crunching sound that started barely audible, but that sound became louder with every passing second, it was nothing else but the "head" of that armor pushing against Yaga's fist, not only had it fractured him upon receiving full impact, right now it was directly breaking every bone in his hand only with the pressure made with the head of the armor.
"Yaga!" - Leered shouted with great desperation as he wielded his axes with lightning speed, the only thought of "why" ran through his mind, in his heart right now there was only fear, anger, and regret.
Leered could do nothing to help his friend because in an instant the beast moved again, one of his hands opened completely, making a blade shape with his fingers, the sound was as if the best swordsman drew his sword, in the giant's back there was now a huge hole, the hand of that armor was completely bathed in the giant's blood, drops of it reached Leered's eyes and in an instant the armor withdrew its hand abruptly, pushing the giant's body away as if it were a mere doll with a simple kick.