The Earth After Rebirth

Kiro was glazing through the hounds like they were made of paper. He was busy dealing with the two in front of him, when one slipped in, coming out of nowhere. The hound managed to leave a scratch on his abdomen.

But he wouldn't live to tell the tale, that infuriated Kiro so much that he didn't hold back kicking him on the chest. He inhaled abruptly but died before he could exhale. Kiro had shuttered every bone in his body. The hound fell on the ground, making a weird 'plump' sound.

Kiro turned to the two with the same fury, as this kill was too quick and that didn't quite quench his thirst. He used whirlwind to bring them much closer as they attempted to flee.

Their limbs were slightly in the air, he walked between them, and buried both his hands in each of the chests, and ripped their hearts from their chests. They immediately fell to the ground. Crushing the hearts, he went on.

Causing damage to even the land in his path.

His body was sizzling with lightning now, he figured he wouldn't get any more scratches, but if he did, he reckoned that would rejuvenate him even more. He didn't like admitting it but he liked fighting strong opponents, he liked the pressure of being driven into a corner.

That made him go beyond his limits. It made him stronger. But the strength of the army was only in their numbers which he appreciated but only a little.

A crowd came gunning for him, they realised it was useless either way so they just attacked in large crowds. Kiro used whirlwind to take off from the ground.

He stood far enough out of their reach, but close enough to rain lightning on them. The lightning came out looking like black rain, this time he commanded the lightning to not burn them but instead electrocute, that's exactly what happened.

They fell on the ground, writhing in pain, growling and howling. That was his only goal, torture.

'I think I might be enjoying this a little bit much.' He thought, without an ounce of guilt within his conscience.

On the other side, Hubris was pouncing from one hound to another. Dodging their attacks beautifully as he did. He only used affliction at this point.

Not only was he angry that he had to spill blood of his kin, but he wanted to spend as less of time as possible fighting them. Affliction was perfect, since it would weaken them, since he wasn't fight alone it was beneficial.

Belial and the others refused to let him be alone, although the attacks from Azazel were hard to dodge it wasn't impossible for them. They were here to protect their king.

Hubris didn't drive them away either, he figured he'd weaken those at the front of him, leaving them for those behind him, his only goal was to reach Azazel without breaking a sweat.

But it was proving difficult, the number of hounds seemed to not be decreasing, like they were being pumped from somewhere and they were stuck on an endless loop.

"Is it just me or they're not decreasing in numbers? Sire, I didn't think a battle would be this difficult." Belial commented.

"They're decreasing but because there are many it seems like they're not. Do you want to turn tail and run then?"

"Never! I'm not a trained soldier but if dying in this battle is my fate, so be it." He said with resolve he himself had no idea where it came from.

Seeing his King making it seem so effortlessly gave him a strength he had no idea he had. He was all bruised up and cut. But nothing fatal.

Most of those who couldn't use Kaos had a much more difficult time contending with trained soldiers, but none wanted to give up. They pushed on, even when they saw their comrades fall right in front of them. They didn't stop.

Hubris had to be tactical about using his hellfire balls, as they would not only kill enemies but also his allies, that's why he decided to only use his fangs and claws. Occasionally throwing hellfire far into the distance.

Kiro wasn't far off from Hubris, as Ryu flew too close to Hubris forcing him to dodge, it was just friendly banter from two beings that served the same master so Hubris didn't take it to heart he simply scoffed.

Kiro held out his hand and caught him. He was drenched in blood and in a much lighter mood. The grip was a bit slippery, he used his robe to clean him. Before running across the sky, landing in the midst of enemy territory.

His landing was followed by him burying Ryu on the ground. It took effect immediately, he didn't plan on it to work so greatly but also so terribly.

Every thing on the battlefield was stunned in place as vibrations travelled through every hound, arachnid, hellizard on there. Except for Hubris and the 68, himself and Azazel who was too far to be affected everything else stopped moving.

"Hahaha, oops." He looked around, none of those who could move stopped to ask. "Well, you have around 10 seconds, I reckon that should be enough to shave away this army."

Nobody batted an eye, as they moved through their enemies leaving only corpses on their trail. The ground wasn't visible anymore, it was only littered with the dead.

It was then that Hubris unlocked his teleportation skill. He was already fast but now he could blink from one place to another in an instant. Every second counted and he had just bought himself more time.

When the skill's effects wore off, they had reduced them to a mere hundreds. But their stamina was so low, they were sure they'd just dug their own graves.

"Well, soldiers, it was fun while it lasted." Kiro said through gritted teeth.

The enemy didn't attack immediately, surprised that they had been reduced by more than half in mere seconds.

Their stupor was broken by their king shouting after them. Then a barrage of attacks made their way to their enemies. Even with his body of steel, Kiro still felt and was damaged by the attacks. Coupled with his depleted stamina, he had a harder time dodging them all.

This went for everyone else. Especially the 68 that wasn't quite on their level. Their damage level was much higher.

Kiro looked over at Achyles, he was beaten black and blue, he was about ready to give in.

"Hey kid, if you die, I'll ki—"

Kiro didn't get to finish his sentence, as one hound ran through him hitting him on the stomach, which drained the air out of his lung. He flew a good distance and landed on corpses.

He tried using Ryu to stand up, but he slipped and fell again. He started laughing.

"I sure hope this is the game. I'm not ready to die a second time."