Terror Infinity Side B
Chapter 37, HxH Greed Island
Hiding within the shadows of Limeiro a block away from the castle was a lone man. This man carefully looked around his surrounding to confirm what he already knew. That he was alone. The fighting still going on by the G.I Player were currently far away from the castle in the center of the city and so no one was around. The man hiding in the shadows couldn't help but sneer at the stupid NPCs of Greed Island who were fighting in blind rage not even considering that by this time it was better to stake out, or actually check within the castle for the holder of the 100 Designated Pocket Cards.
Adam: "Well, I can't blame them too much. Even I lost it for a bit when Cora died and I abandoned my comrades. Shit, leader is going to kill me... unless she too is already dead."
The lone man hiding within the shadows of the city, Adam, was preparing to enter the castle to complete his Greed Island mission assigned to him by God. Earlier Adam ran off in rage to pursue the killer of his girlfriend Cora, Aqua, but after losing her in the sea of G.I players swarming into Limeiro he started to think straight again. Adam looked at his current situation as a member of Team Germany and he could only see a hopeless road in front of himself.
Adam accepted the fact that his team was done for once Erwin, Cora, and Lutz fell in battle. This was further cemented when he would later hear notifications from God that two more members of Team Germany had fallen. The Team Battle Score was currently Team Japan at -1 and Team Germany at -9. This meant every living member of Team Germany would be penalized -18,000 points, and so even if no one else died, unless Adam killed nine regular members or three Unlocked members of Team Japan, he was destined to die. Team Japan had gained control of the finale in the city of Limeiro and Adam knew he couldn't reverse the situation by himself... so he chose the option of mutual destruction.
After losing Aqua earlier Adam backtracked to where a few of his comrades had fallen before entering Limeiro and picked up a certain item. Eriwn's Magneto Helmet that blocked Psyche Force. Adam donned this helmet to elude Team Japan's Psyche Force user and entered into Capital City Limeiro and waited till an opportunity arrived for him. It was Adam's current plan enter Limeiro's castle, kill Dwun and List, and complete Team Germany's mission as is. Adam planned to accept being erased by God for the chance to strike back at Team Japan who are still at -1 Team Points.
Adam: "Hahaha, I don't know who just died on their side, but I'm grateful. As long as no else from my team dies before I complete my mission... Hmhmhm, Team Japan won't be able to gain anymore Team Points! A -1 Team Battle Score, or -2000 points might not kill them all, even Cora's killer, but some of them should perish! Hahaha! I'm sorry for such a cheap revenge Cora, but this is the best that I can do my love!"
Only maddening thoughts of revenge filled Adam's head as he now made his way over to the castle, but he was not careless. The reason he had made sure to stay hidden for so long was to make it to Dwun and List without a fight. He was a warrior of Team Germany who unlocked his Genetic Constraint, but he was alone right now. Against Team Japan that still had so many members still alive he could only die if they group up and attack him like they did with Kurt and Klaus. That's why he stayed hidden and moved within the shadows till now and would continue to do so till the end.
Adam stealthily made his way towards the castle using his assassin training with his senses on high alert for any enemy attack. To enter the castle he planned to scale the side walls and climb up towards a window to enter, but to do so would mean exiting the shadows of the buildings and running to the castle walls. It was a momentary opening for an enemy to attack, yet it was a risk that he had to take... and one that was not overlooked by an enemy.
As Adam ran at full speeds towards the castle another presence followed right after him to pounce at his exposed back. Adam felt bloodlust at that moment and listening to his instincts he swung his sword first before he looked at his assailant. Two magic swords, one crystal and the other dyed in darkness clashed, and then backing away from each other, Adam finally saw who it was. A young and incredibly beautiful woman wearing a dark coat and holding within her hands a black katana. Adam had never seen her before, but he saw she matched the description of the sword woman of Team Japan Abigail, Klaus, and Erwin once fought in Magic City Masadora.
Adam: "You! How did you know that I was here!?"
Kisara: "...Team Japan has someone good at locating others."
Kisara didn't mean to tell any more than that as that was all there was to it. Earlier, as Hikari unlocked her Genetic Constraint and was scanning Limeiro to locate her comrades she discovered something unusual. A faint signal that indicated the presence of a living person. Hikari, without the interference of a Psyche Force user like Erwin, should have been able to accurately locate each and every living being within the city, yet there was one faint presence, Adam wearing the Magneto Helmet, that she couldn't properly lock on to.
Hikari, as she discovered this, was in Unlocked Mode and so she understood that the faint present was an enemy even if she didn't understand just how Adam was hiding from her scans. Hikari saw that faint presence moving towards Limeiro's castle and her instincts told her that this person was dangerous to Team Japan. Hikari mistook Adam's purpose in sneaking about as an assassination plot against Shin and Misaki within the castle, but all the same her action of warning Kisara about the threat and asking her to help Shin and Misaki turned out to be for the best.
If Adam determined to end the mission despite it being disadvantages to both teams was a threat that needed to be handled. Aqua and her group were still a ways away from retuning, so it was up to Kisara to confront Adam. Kisara was hesitant about leaving Hikari alone and defenseless, but another quick scan showed that there were no approaching enemies and that she would be safe from harm till Aqua and the others returned. Hikari and Kisara called Aqua's group to tell them of their plan to be on the safe side and despite some hesitation they agreed. Kisara was much closer and could reach the castle faster than their group still trying to escape many G.I players while caring around an injured Jin. That's why it was solely up to Kisara to confront Adam and yet-
Adam: "And only you alone came to stop me? Ha! How ridiculous! Crystal Element Sword - Explosive Light Slash!!"
Towards the woman in front of him Adam didn't hold back wanting to end things quickly. Adam swung his prided Crystal Element Sword and slashed the ground. Five lines emitting light surfaces and traveled towards Kisara. Kisara, having heard about this ability from Connor, understood it was dangerous to stand still and she jumped away as far as her legs would allow her.
- *EXPLOSION*!
Where Kisara stood before was obliterated into black ash. It was a skill to draw lines with magic that would soon explode and one that she had to be careful of. Kisara escaped the blast, yet she was still knocked off her feet and she rolled across the ground to recover. Once she had finally stopped she immediately scanned the area with her eyes looking for Adam, but her opponent had found her first and swiftly appeared behind her.
Adam: "A little girl with no enhancements shouldn't come out in a battle like this!"
Adam swung down his sword with contempt in his heart for Kisara. His current plan to die just to get back at Team Japan for killing Cora was certainly one of a coward, but he still had his pride as a warrior. For the enemy to come to stop him was acceptable for him, but for a normal girl like Kisara to be his final opponent was downright insulting. That's why he swung down his sword with hatred rather than his usual excitement. The only good thing about killing the weak girl in front of him was that he could increase Team Japan's negative score to -2 for a -4000 point penalty... yet his predicted ending did not go as planned.
- *CLINK*!
Two swords clashed once more. Adam slashed at Kisara’s back, yet without turning around a sword arrived to deflect the fatal slash. Adam’s greater strength blew Kisara away all the same, but swiftly recovering to face her opponent and she kept her life intact. Adam didn't know how Kisara did that, yet he didn't think about it for too long and started to attack again. Speed attained through greater stats allowed Adam to become a blur through Kisara's eyes, yet when he arrived to her left side intending to behead with his sword it was deflected away effortlessly by her sword and she immediately swung in retaliation. Adam jumped back to avoid the slash... but a red line of a shallow cut across his chest told him he didn't escape unharmed.
Kisara: "...Why are you running away?"
Adam: "Me, running away? Ha, idiotic! Just because you got lucky you-"
Kisara: "Lucky? You're just obvious. Just because you move faster than I can see doesn’t mean I can't defend against a second rate swordsman like yourself."
Adam: "!!!"
Kisara, seeing Adam become furious and charge towards her, felt relived. She was not the type to converse with an enemy, but there was a reason for doing so against Adam. Adam with inhuman speed as if he teleported appeared in front Kisara brandished his sword. A myriad of sword slashes arrived one after the other to take her life, but again, again, and again his crystal sword was parried. Adam took a step back in confusion, yet despite the danger Kisara followed after him.
Kisara gave chase and whenever the opportunity presented itself she attacked Adam. Each swing of her sword was slow through the eyes of Adam, yet no matter how he tried he didn't have the ability to counter attack and could only defend. Kisara's sword swings were deadly and precise. She accurately attacked the gaps in Adam's defenses, so it took his all to just defend and escape with minor injuries and no space for him to use his magic sword skills. Adam didn't understand why he was losing, but Kisara did and capitalized on it. It was a difference in pure discipline and skill between herself and Adam.
Adam was a skilled swordsman who was at the top of the food chain of Team Germany with high enhancements and stats, possessing an incredible sixth sense, and who had unlocked his constraint to the First Stage, yet he lost to Kisara in sword skill. Kisara, the prodigy daughter of the family that practices Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu, reached the peak of swordsmanship as a normal human being without the Exchange System from God, and trained her whole life in the sword was superior to Adam who had relied on his natural talents his whole life. Additional, as a swordsman Adam was at a disadvantage against Kisara's Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu.
Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu was a sword style that excelled at predicting the next move of the enemy. Kisara couldn't use it at the superhuman level like in fiction, but against a fellow swordsman it was about as close to it as possible. Where an enemy swordsman like Adam was about to strike could easy been discerned by Kisara in spite of Adam's inhuman speed, and with her skill and the increased strength that came from Hikari's countless magic buffs stacked on top of each other and Shin's equipment, she was able to deflect his strong attacks and counterattack at his weak points. Yes, Kisara had the edge in a sword fight... but on the other hand it was only fighting without giving an inch that allowed her to stay alive.
Kisara's superior sword technique didn't change the difference in physical ability between her and Adam. If he calmed down enough and accepted the difference in skill she could soon be overpowered in any number of ways. Also, Kisara couldn't allow Adam to use his magic sword skills. Kisara was a pure swordsman without enhancements and didn't have the ability or the experience to deal with magic attacks like Adam's earlier explosive magic.
That's how and why Kisara didn't give Adam a moment’s rest with her aggressive attacks, and her time came. A opening surfaced in for her to strike and she took it. Adam ruthlessly swung his blade down to split Kisara's head in two, yet with graceful footwork she in a split second pulled out and back in to avoid the slash position herself to attack an open Adam. Kisara let loose with all her strength a sword slash to Adam's right shoulder and the blade bit through his bone and flesh and into his torso. It was an absolutely fatal injury for even the strongest of men... yet he was different.
Kisara: "Kyaaa!"
Sure of her victory Kisara let her guard down for only a moment yet in that opening a kick from Adam blew her away over 10 meters. Thanks to the Lesser Fenrir Coat worn over her body she escaped with only a few broken ribs from the kick as she came crashing across the ground before she stopped, yet what surprised Kisara more was how she was attacked. Kisara stood back up with great difficulty and breathing hard and looked towards Adam who she was sure had been slain, but was shocked speechless. Adam stood before her with a long gash across his body from where he was slashed with Gravity Blade, yet despite the injury and a flood of blood escaping from the still open wound, Adam still alive he looked back at Kisara with a bright smile and eyes showing that conveyed his superiority and even greater contempt for her.
Adam: "Little girl, were you satisfied with inflicting such a light wound. Hahah, baka! I have the Dead Pool Mutation! A high level tier A mutation that allows me immortality. Such a wound won't kill me. Additionally, although I can die temporary, as long as I'm not erased by God I'll always revive back in the Terminal Lobby. Don't look down on me little girl!!!"
Kisara: "..."
Adam: "What's wrong? Having a hard time breathing with a few broken ribs? Ha, that's what you get for challenging me with such cheap swordsmanship! Shall I use these last moments of yours to teach you what a real swordsman is like?"
Kisara: "...What did you-?"
Adam: "No use begging for your life now! Crystal Element Sword - Wind Light Slash!!"
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Adam swung his crystal katana and the blade released multiple orbs of light now floating around Kisara. The orb’s light grew brighter and then at its peak of illumination they detonated, but instead of an explosion, multiple giant blades of wind shot out in every direction and devoured the area around Kisara. The wind blades cutting into the earth created a cloud of dust that enveloped the area and when it cleared... Adam saw Kisara still alive, but just barely hanging on.
Kisara at the last minute took her chances by leaping away, but was still grazed by the blades of wind. There was a large cut on her back that slashed through her magic coat. Streams of blood ran down Kisara's back and she now looked deathly pale from blood lost and other injuries, yet the expression on her face was something other than that of a weakened woman on her last leg. Kisara glared at Adam with immense hatred in her eyes and wanted to cut him down where he stood.
The reason wasn't because of the pain she was in, but because of what he just said. Adam's earlier taunting had cut into Kisara's pride and identify as a swordsman. Her inability to kill Adam and him making fun of the sword style she inherited from her father struck a deep chord for her. It additionally reminded Kisara of her past failures where she didn't live up to the title of the strongest sword style Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu.
Kisara: "...Haha... really, how shameful this is."
Adam: "So you're admitting your defeat? Good. Then you can die in-"
Kisara: "No. It's shameful as a practitioner of Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu to be reduced to such a state, but even more so to be injured by a second, no a third rate swordsman like you. I thought I reached a sufficient level in the sword and only just need a few enhancements to compete with those like you, but I was naive."
Adam: "...Ha? Really, I've wasted enough time on you. Die! Crystal Element Sword - Terra Light Slash!!!"
It was clear as day Kiara was on her last leg after the previous attack, but Adam didn't dare to fight Kisara up close again and used magic to finish her off and left no room for her to escape. The Crystal Sword in his hands slashed the earth in front of himself and moments later hundreds of sharp rock fragments erupted from the ground and towards Kisara. The attacks were numerous and lightning fast, leaving no room to dodge, and would lead to a certain death of being skewered by rock fragments.
Kisara saw this all in the split second before the attack arrived... yet she was calm. She was disappointed in herself, yet at the last minute she recalled the words of Shin who trusted her and her other comrades. Realizing how pointless it was to worry about not being good enough when she could only fight and win to prove herself and protect her comrades, her eyes watching the positions of each rock shard aimed her went out of focus. Kisara didn't understand what was going as the world around slowed down before her eyes, but she didn't question or reject what was going on. Having unlocked her Genetic Constraint she could see each and every rock fragment traveling towards her to skewer her alive and predict when they would arrive.
Kisara: "Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu, Ryusosen (Dragon Nest Flash)!!
Kisara having entered Unlocked Mode she raised and dropped her sword on a rock fragment in front of her with lightning speed superior to what she has shown to date. Once, twice, three times, a dozen times, a hundred times. Kisara, wielding Gravity Blade released a massive flurry of strikes pulverizing the rock fragments coming from all directions aimed at her. A technique of Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu normally used to cut down an opponent with the sheer speed and number of slashes was executed by Kisara to perfectly defend herself against Adam's magic attack.
Adam: "Wha-"
Adam was left with speechless seeing how Kisara intercepted his magic attack, but had little time to think. His opponent had approached him without him realizing. Kisara, with greater speed than before, yet showing no signs of moving reached Adam and drew her sword. Kisara foot work was quick, efficient, had no wasted moments, and above all silent. Each aspect of her movements came to together and allowed her to reach Adam and slash before he knew what happened.
Kisara's sword left a beautiful arc as it approached Adam's neck and he barely had time to deflect the attack away, yet he was then immediately slashed twice across his chest. Kisara's speed and skill were now far beyond what he can defend against gave up defense and relentlessly attacked her. With his superior strength and speed dozens of swords attacks were released, yet with minimal movement Kisara just deflected Adam's sword or all together let it pass by her, and in turn Kisara continued to slash Adam.
Adam's sword as it cut through the space between then held all his power and speed behind each swing, yet was continuously and gracefully redirected away form her and left open for Kisara to slash. This exchange only lasted a few seconds before Adam took a step back, but a clear winner was seen. Adam was covered in over a dozen sword cuts all around his body and covered in blood and Kisara opposite of him had not one new scratch on her body.
Kisara: "...You're protecting your head more than any other part of your body, you know? Is that the weakness of your immortality?"
Adam: "..."
Adam didn't answer, but the answer was made clear. He was indeed immoral thanks to the Dead Pool Mutation, but he could still die temporarily. He could heal from most wounds, but he will technically die if he loses his ability to function, which meant having no brain activity. If his head was damaged greatly he could only count on reviving in God's Dimension to keep living, but it was not an option for him as he would be erased by God due to Team Germany's extremely high Negative Team Score.
Kisara guessed and now knew Adam's weakness... and so he chose to run. Adam gave up his fight against Kisara and sprinted towards the castle as his life depended on it. If he could enter the castle and somehow complete his original objective to kill Dwun and List he could complete his revenge... yet even that was not allowed. Adam was faster, yet predicting Adam’s path Kisara moved to intercept him and now in front of him swung her sword at his head. Adam seeing Kisara's intentions managed to block the slash... yet it felt strange as if he hit something blunt rather than a sharp sword.
Kisara: "Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu, Soryusen • Ikazuchi (Twin Dragon Flash: Thunder)!!!"
It happened in an instant. The very moment Adam blocked the incoming attack his life came to an end. What Adam had blocked wasn't just Kisara's sword, but the sword still in its scabbard. As her opponent was occupied with the false sword attack the real attack arrived. Swifter than the wind Kisara drew Gravity Blade from the scabbard and let loose a horizontal slash that severed the top half of Adam's head from his body.
- SIDE QUEST REWARD 6, GC ENEMY TEAM KILL - 7,000 POINTS AND B RANK REWARD ACQUIRED!
- POINT CASUALTIES: ONE MEMBER OF TEAM GERMANY DIED - TEAM JAPAN +1 TEAM POINT AND TEAM GERMANY -1 TEAM POINTS.
TEAM JAPAN TEAM POINTS: +0.
TEAM GERMANY TEAM POINTS: -10.
TOTALS WILL BE MULTIPLIED BY 2000 BY THE END OF A TEAM'S MISSION AND DISTRIBUTED TO EACH LIVING MEMBER. MEMBERS OF BOTH TEAMS WITH NEGATIVE POINTS AT THE END WILL BE ERASED.
Kisara heard the joyous news directly from God notifying her of Adam's defeat, yet no emotion showed on her face. In silence Kisara just looked down at Adam's corpse that had fallen to the ground with the top part of its head cut off for a full thirty seconds before then proceeded to stab it through the heart and other vitals points. It was a frightening and bloody sight to behold if there were any onlookers, but Kisara didn't care for appearances. She had already fell victim once to a false sense of victory not long ago and even with a confirmation from God she could not be sure of Adam's death as he was immortal.
It was then only after another thirty seconds passed that Kisara finally allowed herself to relax believing that she had really won... then it hit her. The backlash of unlocking her Genetic Constraint for the first time assaulted her. The pain was worse than anything she had ever experienced before, worse than even death and she just wanted to scream as loud as her lungs would allow her to, but she didn't. By her family's long held traditions Kisara had been prepared for the chance she would ever unlock her constraint and had been given herbal remedies throughout her life to become resistant to the recoil and had the mental fortitude not to succumb to the pain. Kisara just stood still for the next minute or so, spat out a mouthful of blood, and looked wobbly, but that was it. Unlike Shin, Hikari, and others when they first unlocked their constraints Kisara could still move and possibly fight immediately after if needed.
Kisara: "This is the Genetic Constraint... father, I did it. Like you always believed I finally unlocked my potential... and although it's too late to show you... there're still things to do for my comrades!"
Kisara was deeply thrilled to have unlocked the Genetic Constraint as it was a long cherished wish of her family that practiced Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu to do so, yet she couldn't rejoice in this feeling for long. Kisara took out her Communicator Phone and was about to contact Hikari to see if she should return or move to help Shin and Misaki, but then-
- *CRUMBLING NOISE*!!!
Kisara heard a strange rumbling noise coming from the castle not too far away and saw thousands, tens of thousands of cracks alongside the walls of the castle and a blue light shinning through those crakes... and then moments after that...
- *CRASH*!!!
The entire section of the wall exploded.
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A little while earlier.
In a large and wide dark stone throne room within Limeiro's castle were three individuals. Team Japan's leader Shin, his comrade Misaki, and the leader of Team Germany Abigail. Taking aim Shin and Misaki had out their guns and were ready to fire at any moment. A few minute earlier Shin and Misaki infiltrated the castle of the capital city with the intensions of completing the mission having reversed their team score back to +0, yet ran into a trap from the enemy Abigail.
The two worked together and overcame her trap and gave chase to finish the enemy which lead them to where they currently stood. Abigail, sitting down on the king's throne looked down at Shin and Misaki with hatred and contempt, yet it were these two who who placing the greater pressure on their enemy. From the outside it looked like the two members of Team Japan had almost literally and figuratively backed Abigail against a corner with nowhere to go within the throne room, yet the enemy team's leader had all smiles across her face with no signs of feeling her defeat was near.
Misaki: "You have nowhere to run now! Stop your worthless struggle and just accept what's coming to you!"
Abigail: "...Defeat? Me? Ha, what are you on? This is where my final stand will take place and you just walked in like idiots. This throne room... this sealed space with just one way out... and this darkness is perfect for me to show off my true form. Ahahahaha! I don't do well in cities and wide plains, so you'll be the ones to die here!"
Shin: "Enough talk! I don't want to hear your voice ever again Team Germany bitch! I will kill you! I’ve never hated someone so much in my life. I will never forgive you. Never!”
Shin gritted his teeth, almost crushing them and blood dripped from the side of his lips. He had never felt such killing intent towards anyone even in the incident in Apocalypse Alice with Derrick and the Newbies. Shin's killing intent had never been so great or terrifying as it was now... and yet then Abigail just laughed hideously showing that she didn't care about the lives she took. It wasn't do to the understanding that one the battlefield of war there's no point in cursing the enemy to death because they weren't villains, but people with their own circumstances as well, no... Abigail laughed out loud simply because she didn't see why Shin would get upset about a few comrades dying and found it genuinely funny.
Abigail: "I don’t need your forgiveness! As long as I kill you two here I'll have an abundance of points and rewards even if I take a penalty in the end! You fuckers did well by killing so many of my teammates, even going as far as to draw in all the powerful Nen users on the island to kill us, but it doesn't matter in the end. I can build an even stronger team once I kill you all and complete this mission. Hahahaha! Team Japan can all go to hell! You will all die here!!!"
Abigail looks back and forth between Shin and Misaki, and smiled before jumping up 50 feet into the air. Shin and Misaki reacted by shooting her with machine gun fire, but it was too late. Team Germany's leader and strongest member had revealed her true power.
Abigail: "...BURST LINK!!!"
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Proofread by Hoebagger
I feel that the Kisara and Adam fight was a little forced, but that's just how it turned out. I had it planned for over six months in my head, but the story ended up different than how it was back then. Adam was supposed to attack Hikari and Kisara at the mansion, Adam loses and runs away, Kisara gives chase, and later Shin injuries Adam and Kisara finishes him off.
My previous plot didn't explain why would Kisara would go after Adam alone as her comrades were due to return any minute, so things were changed up to Hikari believing Adam was planning to assassinate Shin and Misaki from the shadows. Also, I suck at sword fights. I can write about Shin hacking and slashing with Gravity Blade against a monster or something, but not real sword fights like with Kisara and Adam.
Lastly, if you're wondering if this fight was really necessary since it was just Adam causing -2000 points of penalty to Team Japan... but it was. I'll tell you the answer of the what if question, "If Kisara decided to protect Hikari to the end" at the Final chapter of this arc.