Terror Infinity Side B 

Chapter 39, HxH Greed Island

WARNING: YOU NEED A GREAT DEAL UNDERSTANDING OF ACCEL WORLD, ANIME OR LIGHT NOVEL VOLUME'S 1-4, TO GET HOW ABIGAIL'S POWERS WORKED.

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The present.

Shin and Misaki having reached the throne room and had spotted Team Germany's leader Abigail. She was arrogantly sitting on the king’s throne and after a short exchange Shin and Misaki opened fire at her with machine guns. Shin for one wasn't surprised when Abigail dodged the shower of bullets, yet was surprised as she called out a name that revealed her true ability.

During the days before the final battle Shin spoke to Kisara and Connor, the only two besides himself who fought Abigail directly during the battle of Masadora in hopes of uncovering her ability, but they couldn't come to any conclusion. Besides the sharp and multipurpose glowing string weapon of hers, the only two things that stood out from Abigail was that she had a high Reaction Speed Stat and that she could transform a part of her body into that of a robot. A robot transformation was an interesting ability, but Shin couldn't help but believe one would need a greater power than that to stand at the top of the power Team Germany like Abigail had down with an iron fist.

Klaus with the Hulk Genetic Mutation.

Adam, a skilled swordsman with the Dead Pool Genetic Mutation.

Cora with Defensive Force Field.

Erwin and his Psyche Force power.

Lutz the Priest with powerful healing spells.

Kurt's powerful fire magic.

The giant Webber who had the Bane enhancement and was an Earthbender.

And Kurt, an assassin, sniper, and expert poison user.

They were all skilled and dangerous members of Team Germany, yet it was a small girl like Abigail who once led them all against Team Japan, so there must be more to her, is what Shin believed.

Shin: (Reaction Speed and robots. That alone wasn't enough to reach a conclusion, but...)

Now seeing it in person her transformation it made sense is what he now believed after the fact. The mecha themed Light Novel, Manga, and Anime where characters blessed with high reaction speed, or thinking speed with electronics could access a certain virtual reality space through a game app. A world that is said to have no limits and where human bodies were replaced by robotic bodies operated by human thought/will power. Robotic bodies forged from the scars of one's mind and heart with high combat power and able to break the laws of the world with the powers of desire and hope.

The power of the accelerated world.

Abigail: "BURST LINK!"

As Abigail shouted out her command word she was enveloped in a bright light similar to Connor's Trion Body transformation, but this was not Trion, but the power of a real life Burst Linker. Misaki kept firing at Abigail as she was transforming, yet all the bullets he fired were bounced off by an invisible force field, so both he and Shin could only watch as the light finally died down and revealed her new form. A bright purple robotic body stood where Abigail once was. It had a very humanoid shape, yet on her back around her waist was a large metallic lump that stood out.

Misaki: "What is that!?"

Shin: "...Misaki, prepare yourself. The enemy leader is a Burst Linker! It was an ability mostly restricted to the virtual world, but it looks like it can be used in the real world."

Misaki: "What can she do?"

Shin: "Who knows? Each robot, or Duel Avatar has their own ability that matches somewhat with their avatar’s color and name. All I can definitely tell you is... do not expect many of your attacks to hit her."

Misaki: "What do you-"

Abigail: "Your trash leader means Reaction Speed. Only those with high end reaction speed from birth are allowed to Exchange for the Burst Link ability from God. It's a rare ability very few have ever acquired. I'm a descedent of Rapid, a former direct subordinate of Deep Zero who had abnormal powers relating to the Reaction Speed stat, and I possess the same ability. I'm an A tier, the Level 8 Burst Linker, Amethyst Queen! Please to meet you and get ready to die!"

Abigail, the Amethyst Queen’s self-introduction was finished and started their final battle. The mysterious black lump on her back, an Enhanced Armament, revved up into life with a metallic sound. The Enhanced Armament quickly expanded and covered her bottom half from the waist down in a thick and large armor shaped as spider legs. Her new eight legs began to move with unexpected speed and she almost instantly arrived to a ceiling corner of the throne room and she looked down at Shin and Misaki with contempt. She was defying gravity by walking across the ceiling, but, like her appearance suggested, her robotic form had the attributes of a spider.

Abigail: "This form is powerful, but has a daily half hour activation limit till the Duel Avatar reaches Level 9 and Amethyst Queen isn't suited for open areas... but in here... Spider Pawns!"

Spider Pawns.

The first ability of Amethyst Queen gained as a Level 1 Burst Linker. From the spider half of her Duel Avatar she shot out for the ceiling corner purple metal eggs across the throne room. It happened so quickly that Shin and Misaki could only watch as dozens – hundreds – of metallic eggs all too soon filled up the room. Neither of them knew what the eggs really were, yet both instantly agreed that they weren't anything good.

Shin: "Destroy the eggs!"

Misaki: "Don't state the obvious!"

- *CONTINUOUS FIRE*!!!

Both Shin and Misaki sprayed the purple metallic eggs throughout the throne room with gunfire, yet the results were not what they wanted. The eggs could break under normal gunfire, but not fast enough thanks to their metallic characteristics. They managed to smash the majority of the eggs... but a remaining fifty-four eggs hatched. The eggs that survived the gunfire hatched and what emerged were... soldiers. Fifty-four purple poorly dressed metallic soldiers. Each stood three foot tall and fit the image of a chess pieces with the exception of having the lower body of a spider. They were armed with short swords and a shield, yet they appeared to be poorly forged. Shin and Misaki were now surrounded and Spider Pawns that began to slowly but surely inch closer to them.

Abigail: "Nice, huh? I can create thousands of minions if I want to, but they have a major weakness like a short lifespan and range where I can control them. Still cool, right?"

Shin: "Maybe if they didn't come out so grossly. Also, thanks for the info!"

Shin for the moment ignored the Spider Pawns closing in and opened fire on Abigail with the Auto 9. Shin charged the gun with energy and the bullets, reflecting the green light of Ki, shot across the space of the throne room, yet she made no effort to get out of the way. Over a dozen Ki reinforced bullets successful struck Abigail and there was resulting damage, but not where either Shin or Misaki expected. A thin purple transparent barrier flickered into life surrounding her body. Five random Spider Pawns that surrounded Shin and Misaki shattered spontaneously despite not receiving any direct damage. Abigail, seeing the shocked faces of her enemies, couldn't help but laugh at the sight."

Abigail: "Ahahaha! Fools! Try all you like Team Japan. I can't be harmed unless you kill off the folder class first!"

Misaki: "That so!?"

Misaki rushed forward towards Abigail. Over a down Spider Pawns stood in his way, yet a single blast from Firebending shattered and melted the metallic enemies. The Spider Pawns were numerous, yet were weak and their only strength were in numbers and mobbing their victims to death. Misaki, now close enough, then threw a large fire ball towards Abigail hidden by the ceiling corner. This time Abigail didn't chose to stand her ground and crawled away to safety with the swiftness of an actual spider.

Abigail: "Not fast enough! Queen's Silk!"

With a wave of her hands and revealing the skills true name, Abigail released 10 sharp glowing threads from her finger tips towards Misaki. Misaki, sensing the attack, detonated flames under his feet and flew backwards and watched as the threads sliced 10 feet into the floor effortlessly.

Shin: "Misaki don't recklessly charge ahead alone. A purple color Duel Avatar is skilled at both close range and distant attacks!"

Misaki: "I'm not an otaku like you! Like I'm supposed to know... Shin, incoming!"

Misaki warned Shin of the incoming danger. As Abigail crawled across the walls and ceiling of the throne room she released more and more metallic purple eggs. This time there were over 1000 such eggs about to hatch. Shin and Misaki wasted no time in destroying as many eggs as possible, but over 600 eggs survived to hatch and bring new threats to them.

400 Spider Pawns - Expendable soldiers to exhaust the enemy. An ability gained at Level 1.

145 Spider Knights - Five foot armored soldiers with superior attack, armor, and speed. Hold a minimum level of strength. An ability gained at Level 2.

80 Spider Bishops - Four foot spear bearing soldiers with great speed. An ability gained at Level 3.

40 Spider Rooks - Seven foot tall heavy armored soldiers carrying large maces. Were slowed, but make excellent tanks and held power to crush their enemies. An ability gained at Level 4.

And lastly, 1 Spider King - A grand soldier towering twelve feet tall, armed with a great two-handed sword and eyes that shined with intelligence. Holding the highest rank next to Amethyst Queen herself and had vicious offensive and defensive power. An ability gained at Level 7.

Abigail: "Hahahaha! Kill! Kill them all!!!"

On Abigail orders all of her spider minions began to converge of Shin and Misaki’s location as they stood in the middle of the throne room. From all sides swords and spears were sung towards them to reap their lives, yet were then intercepted by a red flash. Shin unleashed four blood red Kagune tentacles to block all the attacks and at the same time raised the Auto 9 and opened fire at all the spiders surrounding them. Each bullet fired was a head shot that destroyed over a dozen Spider Pawns, but instantly taking their place were more of the same. Misaki used that time to create a blazing ring of fire around them to bide time. Inside the ring of fire Shin and Misaki considered their options and outside the ring of fire were hundreds of enemies waiting to kill those inside.

Misaki: "Fuck! Fighting her here really was a stupid idea, Shin."

Shin: "I agree, but both roads were hell, so let's just kill the spider bitch once and for all!

Misaki: "Do you have a plan?"

Shin: "Not a good one. First-"

Interrupting Shin at the moment and carrying spears were five Spider Bishops. They braved through Misaki’s ring of flames to impale them. Three spears were aimed at Shin and two at Misaki. Shin redirected the spears away from him with three Kagune tentacles and used the fourth to behead three Spider Bishops. Shin then looked to the side over towards his comrade to see Misaki creating a powerful flame arm around himself that melted both the approaching spears and the two Spider Bishops down to the ground.

Shin: "They don't seem to have much defense against flames. Also, don't waste so much strength just to kill two enemies, we have like, over 600 to take out. Possibly more if she gives birth again."

Misaki: "Stop! Just tell me your plan!"

Misaki glared down the enemies before him as he said this. The ring of fire finally died down and all the spider minions began to move forward. Taking the lead were six Spider Knights with their swords already raised and ready to slash him. Misaki entered Unlocked Mode and charged towards the six knights with his hands armed in red flames resembling a pair of wings.

Misaki: "Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!"

Misaki further increased the temperature of the flames and, *SLASH*, as if his hands were blades he slashed through their swords and went on to burn them to the ground. The six Spider Knights were swiftly dealt, yet not giving Misaki a chance to breathe more Spider Knights took their places and were about to slash when-

- *BANG*!!!

Their heads were blasted off by bullets reinforced with Ki. Like Misaki, Shin was being stampeded by the enemy, yet his Kagune kept them at bay while also thinning down their numbers. Misaki couldn't believe Shin could attack, defend, and cover his comrades back so easily, yet had no time to either admire or feel jealous of such skill. It was time to begin their counter attack.

Shin: "The plan is simple. Thin down the enemy ranks and attack Abigail when she has few spiders to take damage for her. Don't stay in one place or you'll get mobbed to death. Don't allow her to lay anymore eggs. Lastly, I'm leaving most of them for you to handle, fire power fool. Simple, right?"

Misaki: "Fuck! That's no plan!"

Shin: "I'm not Jin and you're not smart enough for a complex plan. Just try not to die!"

Misaki was furious at Shin, but could only follow such half assed directions as Shin disappeared, having jumped deeper into the enemy ranks destroying all who crossed his path. Misaki ignited flames under his feet and in pseudo flight he flew away through the air and he began to bombard the spider army with continuous fire blast. Misaki, like Shin hoped, was wreaking the most havoc, but because of that he was singled out by Abigail and her army of spider soldiers. While in midair dozens of spears were thrown to impale and when he would return to the ground to rest he would be mobbed by hundreds of spider soldiers. It was a thin line Misaki was walking to decrease the enemy numbers, yet-

Shin: (He'll be fine. As long as I take care of the troublesome ones he’ll manage one way or another!)

While Misaki worked hard to decrease the enemy numbers, Shin focused only on certain types of spider soldiers. The Spider Bishops and Spider Rooks. The Spider Bishops were fast and were throwing spears at Misaki. The Spider Rooks weren't too fast, but were powerful and could hardly be taken out in one attack. They were the ones giving Misaki the most trouble and so they needed to disappear. Also, Shin kept a vigilant eye on the Spider King. The Spider King had not joined the battle and had only stood on guard by the door to the throne room to hinder anyone trying to escape. With the exception of Abigail herself, the Spider King gave off the greatest sense of danger, yet Shin didn't go after it just yet. He wanted to thin the enemy ranks more.

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Shin: "In any case, I can't have him say he's doing all the work here!"

Shin now facing twelve Spider Bishops who've surrounded him entered Unlocked Mode. Entering the First Stage raised his power, speed, reaction speed, and flooded his mind with battle instincts to overcome the situation... and Shin unleashed that all on the robotic spider army. Shin, having given away given his magic sword, couldn't lock weapons with the enemy, but that was of no concern to him. Four Kagune tentacles waving around him morphed into sharp blades reinforced with Silver Dragon Scales. Transforming a Kagune into different shapes was once only normally possible in the Second Stage, but thanks to his practice he could do so even in the First Stage although not as fast.

Shin: "Die!"

With impressive agility the Spider Bishops charged forward to impale Shin, but he could only laugh at how they should have retreated instead. Shin's Kagune spun around him with blinding speed like a helicopter blade and instantly bisected and cut down all the spiders’ soldiers from the waist. Shin continued this by stretching out the spinning Kagune blades and cut down all enemies within five meters of himself... except five.

Shin: (Tough armor!)

The Kagune tentacles eradicated everything nearby except for five Spider Rooks. They stood seven feet tall and had the width of three large men. They wore hard and thick purple armor that only showed light scratches from Shin's previous attacks which showed off their defensive power. In addition, in their right hands were maces with sharp spikes that would both break bone and tear out flesh. They possessed a formidable aura only below Abigail and the Spider King... yet Shin’s fighting spirit did not once waver.

Shin: "I dealt with hard armor before and they had an infinite supply of bombs!"

Shin rushed towards the closest Spider Rook. It had enough reaction speed to react and raise its weapon, but he was unconcerned. A Spider Rook was tough, but slower than a Spider Bishop. Shin also looked at their weapon of choice, the mace, as a clumsy weapon when he thought back to the world of Btooom where he faced off against bombs. As to why Shin compared the Spider Rooks to the Btooom Soldiers just because they both wore strong armor-

Shin: "Soul Crushing Strike!"

...it was because he possessed a weapon that ignores external defenses like armor. With a sonic boom from the impact Soul Crushing Strike exploded into the chest of the Spider Rook before it could bring down its heavy mace. Shin's fist smashed the chest of the enemy, resulting in both outer and internal damage and its humanoid top half exploded into a small metal pieces.

Shin: "Far too effective!"

Shin's smiling at the results of using Soul Crushing Strike continued his attack. Moving from one Spider Rook to the next with Instant Movement Shin used Soul Crushing Strike to destroy the remaining four around him. Then not satisfied he moved across the throne room to continue his hunt for Spider Bishops and Spider Rooks. This greatly helped Misaki as he used his flames to burn down the enemy, and in no time at all the spider army of over 600 were reduced to less than 200, and only the lowly Spider Pawns and Spider Knights remained with the exception of the 1 Spider King.

Shin looking over the situation found that things were going well for him and Misaki. The tough opponents had been dealt with and the enemy army had been reduced to less than half. Still, the battle would turn bad for them of Abigail was allowed to give birth to more spider soldiers. Her robotic spider army weren't difficult to deal with. If not for being inside a building that could be flooded with an enemy army there would have been much better ways to handle Abigail, but they were inside the confined space of the throne room.

With no room to rest her army was slowly draining their stamina and this was especially true for Misaki. Shin's enhancements were better suited for stamina and recovery, while Misaki's were for burst of extreme offensive power in short durations. Misaki has also been going all out to burn down Abigail's army of spider soldiers and has himself become almost burned out, so Shin couldn't allow her to summon any reinforcements.

Shin believing Misaki could handle the rest and now set his sights on Abigail crawling across the walls... but she was not there. Melding with the shadows using an ability gained at Level 5, Shadow Walking, Abigail reappeared behind Shin and attacked. Her arms glowed with a purple light with the shape of a claw to tear at his back.

Still in Unlocked Mode and sensing danger Shin jumped to the side with Instant Movement and rolled across the floor leaving behind a red blood stain. As he stood back up and glared at Abigail multiple Spider Knights quickly crawled towards and surrounded him about to attack, but Shin gave them no mind. Without looking away from his main concern, four blood red Kagune tentacles were released, their tips had morphed into jagged blades and they hacked and slash at the Spider Knights

Abigail: "Wow, you have no right to complain about my powers being gross, Team Japan leader."

Shin: "..."

Shin had nothing to say to Abigail, but he did have questions. The biggest of which was her last attack. Her claw swipe didn't cut into him too deeply, yet his wounds felt like they were on fire. It was a similar, yet different sensation than the time he was shot with the black varanium bullets back in Apocalypse Alice. It was at the very least an attack that ignored his natural healing factors.

Shin: (The bleeding hasn't stopped and the wound burns something fierce... could it be an Incarnate System attack?)

Shin wouldn't bother to ask Abigail for the truth, but it was indeed the truth.

Incarnate System.

The Incarnate System is a secret ability of Brain Burst. It is the ability of a Burst Linker to use the power of will as a way to become faster and more powerful or to strengthen their moves in battle. Only a few Burst Linkers know about about this, including the Six Kings of Pure Color.

The theory is that normally, a Burst Linker's Duel Avatar - and presumably any other virtual reality avatar they use - is controlled by the Neurolinker reading the person's brainwaves. Essentially, it reads activity in the brain's motor cortex while piping information to the brain's sensory cortex. This style of control is dubbed "control via physical order".

However, there is a second, more difficult method to manipulating one's Duel Avatar - "control via power to image". Similar to willpower (though the Neurolinker likely cannot read abstract feelings like willpower), it uses the Burst Linker's ability to strongly picture something happening to bring about a change in the environment. As this is closer to using one's imagination, the Neurolinker is able to read this information. The players of Brain Burst have named this the Incarnate System.

The main use of Incarnate is in battle. By strongly picturing different ways to fight in your head, you can make that real. However, in pretty much all cases, these attacks are nothing that couldn't be done more easily by using tools your Duel Avatar already has. However, incarnate-powered attacks cannot be defended by normal means; they can only be defended by incarnate-powered defenses, or countered by incarnate-powered attacks. This is their main use in the Accelerated World. Because of that, most that learn of how to use the Incarnate System obey a strict rule of not using it in combat unless it's used against them first.

As Incarnation skills are used by solidifying an image in one's head, most Burst Linkers that use it attach a name to specific skills as a trigger to activate the image more quickly. However, unlike Special Moves, using incarnation skills doesn't deplete one's Special Gauge.

The four fundamental categories of Incarnate skills are the following: Firing Range Expansion, Movement Range Expansion, Attack Power Expansion, and Armor Density Expansion.

Shin coming to the conclusion that it was an Incarnate System attack understood the damage he had just received to his attack. Incarnate System attacks are imbued with the thoughts and emotions of its user and brought to life in the attack. Abigail's negative thoughts towards Shin were so great that her Incarnate System attacks will bypass his high healing ability and cause additional damage.

Abigail: "This is your fault you know. I just wanted to exhaust you with superior numbers and watch my army mob you two to death. Now... things get difficult. I'll show you the strength of the Level 8 Burst Linker, Amethyst Queen! Spider King!"

The Spider King.

Standing beside the throne room doors without having yet participated in the battle was the Spider King. A twelve foot tall purple armored knight with like thick spider legs like its counter parts. Abigail's strongest spider soldier that possessed the highest quality sword, armor, and ability among all of Abigail's spider soldiers. The Spider King's eyes now glowed with a deadly light as it stirred into action. Its target ordered by its master to kill at all cost was Shin and he complied.

The Spider King with speed surpassing any of its counter parts crawled towards Shin and swung down its massive sword at him. Still in the First Stage he saw this coming jumped and back with Instant Movement, yet the sword swung past where he just stood the wind pressure assaulted him throwing him off balance, sending him tumbling across the floor. The Spider King continued its attack with another swing of his sword and unable to avoid Shin resolved himself and caught the blade. Shin's hands began to bleed despite the reinforcement of Ki and Silver Dragon Scales, and was losing in strength in their clash.

Abigail, not one to let this chance slip by, crawled behind Shin as he struggled against the Spider King and was about to attack when she was repelled. A blue fire ball released from Misaki knocked Abigail back. She let her guard down as all her damage was currently being transferred to her minions, yet she didn't expect Misaki had the room to both attack her and fight her spider army.

Abigail: "If you want to die first then so be it! Velvet Silk Whip!"

Abigail produced spider thread from her hands, but instead of immediately throwing it like normal the thread began to coil together into a long one inch thick whip. Once complete the whip began to glow a deadly purple light as it was further enhanced by her willpower for an Incarnate System attack. The whip then flew towards Misaki across the throne room. Misaki, without understanding what her attack was, felt the danger it presented and his nerves went on overdrive and relied on Observation Haki. The glowing purple whip shot towards Misaki like lighting, but reading both the whip and Abigail herself he ducked under the whip. The whip zoomed over Misaki and slashed through everything it touched, including 100 of her spider army.

Abigail: "Don't dodge too much Team Japan trash! It'll be a shame if I can't kill you instantly after cutting you in pieces!"

Shin: "The one who dies is you!"

Shin still in a power struggle with the Spider King entered the Second Stage of Unlocked Mode to reverse the battle. Four Kagune tentacles fused together into on large mass and morphed into the shape of a hammer. The Kagune hammer further hardened by Silver Dragon Scales stuck the Spider King on it right side and blew it away crashing into a far off wall. Shin was surprised and disappointed that the Spider King embedded into the wall was still alive with only a few cracks across its robotic body, but for the moment it was out of the way and he could now return his attention to Abigail.

Shin stayed in the Second Stage as he prepared to attack. With absolute control of the body he further strengthened his power to greater heights as his arms and legs expanded to three times their size. With power and speed more than tripled Shin jumped towards Abigail with the fastest Instant Movement. If he could get close enough and with Abigail's remaining low number of spider soldier to take damage for her than Shin planned to use the savage 1 hit kill move Spirit Wave to end their conflict, but it was not that easy.

Abigail was taken by surprise, but was not helpless. Her Reaction Speed was enhanced while using her Duel Avatar and saw the attack at the last moment coming in spite of Shin's great speed and avoided his charge. She may not take any damage, but her spider army was running low. There were less than 100 now and she didn't want to use resources unnecessary.

Abigail: "...This isn't fun anymore. Tch, I hate doing this as it hurts like hell, but I'll let you feel what hell is like as well. Lesser Self-Sacrifice!"

Shin: "!!!"

After missing Abigail with his last attack Shin ended up between two Spider Pawns. Shin paid them no mind as he could instant kill them, yet he noticed an abnormality. The two Spider Pawns began to glow ominously and cracks began to surface across their bodies. Shin still in Unlocked Mode felt an incredible threat and jumped high into the air using Instant Movement. Shin in midair looked down and then saw the two shining Spider Pawns reach a blinding peak in brightness and explode sending shards of their metallic forms in every direction as shrapnel. Immediately after the two Spider Pawns died a wave of intense pain coursed through Abigail that her Duel Avatar couldn't transfer away. It was the side effect of using the skill Amethyst Queen acquired at level 6

Abigail: "Fuck! Really, this is going to hurt me more than it is going hurts you, or your friend. Lesser Self-Sacrifice!!!"

Shin: "!!!"

Shin understood Abigail's intent at the moment, but it was too late. There was nothing he could do as he was still suspended in midair after avoid the previous explosion. Shin could only watch as the countless dozens of Spider Pawns and Spider Knights Misaki surrounding him began to glow and within a just one second it was over. All the spider soldiers throughout the throne room except the Spider King and Abigail detonated at her command, resulting in a wave of explosions and shrapnel flying everywhere.

Shin: "Misaki!!!"

- *CONTINUOUS EXPLOSION*!!!!!!!!!!

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Final chapter of Hunter X Hunter - Greed Island will be posted in twelve hours or so! Also, as to why she didn't use that ability earlier... who knows. Perhaps using it with too many sacrifices could kill, or cripple herself which would leave her defenseless. If so perhaps it was better to wait when her prey were exhausted after killing most of her spider puppets.