Tap~ tap~
Tristan walked into the isolated room. At Least he didn't have a free fall this time. He looked around and noticed a man on a chair with a mask on.
It was bronze mask and it only had two holes in it for the eyes. Apparently it sensed Tristan's presence, because his eyes started glowing with a blue light and he got up.
The chair that he sat on looked like a century old one. It had dust on it and parts of it were eroded e.t.c
The man man was 8 feet tall and had a menacing presence that made people want to run away.
He was wearing a tight top and a loose bottom. The muscles all over his body twitched as he got up from his chair.
“Welcome. to the last. and final test human. It seems like you have passed the test of courage and the test of responsibility.”
Tristan squinted at the bronze masked man’s husky voice.
“You remind me of hulk…. More like the bronze hulk….”
“What are you talking about human?”
“It's nothing ….. “
Judging with the way he was speaking, the masked man was definitely not ‘human’ and nor was he friendly. Same goes for his voice.
“In the Last test you have to fight with me human, but do not worry. All you have to do to pass is to make me move back….”
“I see…. Nothing to worry eh?” Tristan looked at the humongous sized muscles that seemed to be made of steel with despair.
“Your right….. absolutely nothing to worry about.”
“Well then human, what are you waiting for? Defeat me if you want to pass the test.”
The bronze hulk stood on the flat floor in a relaxed position waiting for Tristan to attack.
“Ummm…. System? What level is this guy exactly?”
He is an elite warrior.
Calculating power in level…
Calculating, please wait.
The result are out!
The level of the being standing in front of you is around 65-70.
Warning! Please be careful. The opponent is too strong for the host. The system recommends the host to retreat.
“You don't have to tell me… I already want to. Look at those muscles, I think even the kunai would barely scrape through that shit…..
And don't tell me to quit when you already gave me a suicide mission!
Tristan took a deep breath in and got into his fighting stance.
He looked at the bronze hulk sternly. If he wanted to become a disciple at the Ancestral stone then he has to defeat the big guy. Only way to escape death.
“I just have to make him take a step back right? Looks pretty easy.”
The only reason Tristan took the system’s death warnings seriously was because, once during his taijutsu training in lower levels, he did not completed a mission. The system had made him undergo a painful experience that had left him powerless that time. It was an unforgettable experience I'll give you that.
That was when he realised that the system actually meant it when it said he would die if he didn't complete a mission.
Fortunately the system decided to forgive the host one time because he didn't know of the full prowess of the system yet.
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HE DIDN'T WANT TO EXPERIENCE THAT PAIN EVER AGAIN EVEN IF IT MEANT THAT THE SYSTEM WOULD FORGIVE….. wait, what had he done to ask forgiveness anyway?
Tristan ran up to the masked man. His body twisted as he used all the force in cells to kick the man on his neck.
“Leaf hurricane!”
Tak!
The bronze hulk caught the kick with one of his hands.
“What?!”
Tristan shouted with shock. He had practising taijutsu for quite sometime now. The fact that his kick was caught so easily was a shock to him.
“Good speed. No strength.”
Spouting something he gripped Tristan's leg hardly and swung his arms to throw him away.
“ACK!”
He hit the ground far way and rolled a few times before stabilized himself by kicking on the ground and using a kunai to stop the recoil.
“Fuck!”
A sweat drop fell from his cheeks.
“Abnormally strong…. He is actually a fucking hulk!”
If the enemy was at similar strength he could just use his speed to slowly destroy the enemy but the opponent was not your everyday warrior.
With a kunai he ran up to the masked man again. He slashed the kunai towards the masked man.
“Close quarters? You're looking for death!”
The masked man punched down on Tristan’s head without any reservations. He didn't even care about the kunai.
His fist hit Tristan’s head and made it bend in a weird shape.
Poof~
“Hmm?”
The masked man blurted out as he found out a piece of wood in front of him. The kunai slashed him but it didn't even leave a scratch.
Clang~
(Author: Body replacement jutsu!)
Tristan suddenly slid down from the hulk’s space between his legs from behind him.
“Raiton ibuki!”
He made a hand sign and released a bolt of lightning on the masked man’s crotch.
“When?”
The masked man asked surprisedly due to Tristan's move.
After finishing his attack and picking up the fallen kunai from the ground he got up again and faced the hulk again.
All Tristan could think now was one thing.
“Don't you have a fucking crotch?! Why the fuck are you still standing?!”
“A petty trick human. It seems like I didn't tell you I am not a human”
“Fuck?! Even I know that! But don't even monsters have reproductive organs?!”
“I am not a monster.”
“What are you then?”
“I don't know.”
“The fuck?! Are you playing with me?”
'let's just stop talking with this monotone idiot and figure out a way to make him take a step back.’
Tristan noticed that although the hulk's clothes had become a little black, nothing had happened to the hulk. In fact since the start of the battle he hadn't even moved an inch.
“Looks like I have to use my new move now.. but I need to execute it properly.”
“Shadow clone!”
Poof~
A person similar to Tristan appeared near him. It was his clone.
“Another petty trick? it will not work on me.”
“Oh shut up muscle head. “
He ran up to the masked man and used mud wall in front of him.
“Hmph!”
The masked man snorted as he jumped over and beyond the mud wall in front of the clone.
Tristan’s lips lifted up. The hulk had fallen for his trap. The hulk had abnormal strength and defence but he had a low speed. Tristan didn't know much about him so he probably can move faster but the hulk certainly hadn't showed his speed up till now. He had not used any attack moves until now either. All he had had done were some simple movements.
Tristan was hoping for the hulk to stupidly punch the wall but he did something even better. He had jumped and landed in front of his clone. He probably sensed that the clone was weaker than the real one. Just made his work easier to do.
“Shadow bind!”
Tristan usee shadow bind while the hulk landed on the ground. His shadow twisted at his words and sped up towards the hulk.
The hulk who was about to punch the clone suddenly froze and his fist stopped in mid air.
“Do it! I can't hold it for any longer!” shouted Tristan. The clone quickly responded and started his hand seals.
Zrrk!
The shadow retreated as it wasn't able to hold on to the hulk even for 2 seconds.
But this time was enough for the clone to complete the hand seals.
“Raiton! Raikyu!”
A yellow ball of dense lightning appeared in front of the clone and blasted off for the abdomen of the hulk.
The hulk's fist hit empty air as the clone vanished due to deficiency of chakra within it.
Boom!
Smoke and small pieces of clothes flew everywhere around the hulk. Tristan watched on carefully from a safe distance trying to see any changes in the smoke filled area.
The smoke slowly cleared out. Tristan still stood on cautiously.
The hulk came into view as he stood in his previous position. Like a statue who was punching air.
Tristan looked at his trying to figure out what he was doing when the hulk suddenly shouted.
“You have passed.”
“What? When?” Tristan shouted hysterically.
“Look at my feet.”
Listening to the hulk, he looked towards the hulk's feet. He saw two small black marks which looked like they were caused by friction between the ground and the hulk's legs.. They were only about one inch long.
“That's it? I only had to make you move so little?”
“Yes.”
“ah fuck it! I don't even want to talk about this anymore.”
The hulk slowly adjusted his body posture and walked towards Tristan. In his hand he carried a bronze plate that had appeared out of nowhere.
“Here, give this to the woman you are going to meet. This is proof that you have passed all the tests.”
He handed Tristan the bronze plate and snapped his fingers.
“Not another door is it? ….fuck it actually is a door.”
A door appeared in front of him and opened on its own.
“At Least I don't have to open it this time.
Time to go Hulk. See you never.”
Tristan went into the door leaving the the hulk behind alone.(not)
The hulk/masked man’s blue glow in his mask dimmed bit by bit as he walked to his chair and sat on it.
Before the light in his mask went off, all he wondered about was, what a Hulk was.
Then it looked like the hulk had gone to a deep slumber.
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“Didn't he tell me that was the last test? What in the world is this?”