INHUMAN HUMAN

“Now, DIE!!” one of the corrupted lunged at Elliot but with a swift movement; Elliot decapitated the corrupted, the only way to kill them was by beheading or by stabbing their hearts otherwise they will just keep coming back from the dead with fresh limbs and rejuvenated power. The first thing that Elliot did was to jump out the center of the corrupted humans, he needed to see the enemies that he was facing so with an easy leap he flew to the top of the roof and he landed like a feather, there was no corrupted on the roof yet so Elliot used his limited time to scan the area for the possible location of the reaper because he needed to end things fast before they outnumbered him.

The corrupted were climbing on top of each other to get to the top of the roof, Elliot waited for them to get within good aiming distance then he started to throw his knives at them, the knives exploded on contact so he was able to take out a good number of them without much stress but he did not have much knives left and the corrupted were already jumping on the roof; surrounding him like they had did before but this time he didn’t run, he took a deep breath and remembered the words of his late mentor.

“When you are surrounded by a number of enemies, your best tool will not be your sword but your speed”.

“Why do you say that, master?” Elliot had asked out of curiosity.

“Your sword moves according to the same speed that you swing your arm, your sword is not the tool helping you to defeat your enemies then… instead it is your speed and your reactions to the things happening around you” the memory faded but a new feeling was ignited in the spirit of Elliot, he took the first swing at the neck of the nearest corrupted and the head had not yet fallen off before he stabbed through the chest of another corrupted, before the corrupted could react to the stab Elliot had killed two more in the same swift motion, he kept moving his eyes in a frenzied manner that sent fear into the corrupted and by the time Elliot stopped moving… all the corrupted that had surrounded him were all a pile of headless bodies and slaughtered limbs, Elliot stood in the middle of the chaotic scene with his shoulders hunched as if he was ready to strike again, the reaper spoke again trying to indict fear into the nerves of Elliot but he remained unfazed.

“Killing the weaker ones will only make the mutated ones get stronger, continue adding to the mutated ones by killing them…. You will surely get tired of swinging that blunt sword” the reaper was right about the sword because Elliot noticed that it took more than one swing to scalp a corrupted, or maybe the corrupted were getting stronger; he couldn’t tell but he knew that he had to locate the reaper otherwise they would continue coming.

“Stop hiding behind your minions, show yourself and fight like a noble warrior” Elliot taunted the reaper, he wanted to spite him into showing himself but the reaper already knew the trade of the trick.

“If you can kill all of them then I will show myself to you, that’s the only way I can affirm that you are a worthy opponent to face in person”.

“Bring it on, I will remove the heads of every single enemy standing in my way and I will take yours for last… because I am going to rip your head off with my bare hands!!” Elliot could feel his rage increasing but he didn’t activate it yet, he was saving his secret weapon for the reaper.

Elliot jumped from the roof and landed on the ground with a power slam which created a shockwave that made his enemies bounce off the earth, for a second everything slowed down and things were moving inch by inch but it was as if Elliot was the only one who could still move at normal speed, he dashed and slashed off the heads off the corrupted who were still floating in the air, Elliot didn’t stop until every last of them was headless before the bodies landed on the ground, this time Elliot was panting as if he had exhausted himself, he was sweating and breathing heavily as he tried to focus his mind on locating the reaper, some of the corrupted still remained but they weren’t much, Elliot was planning to kill them casually but he was stopped in his tracks by a loud shriek, another roar came from another direction but they were not coming towards him, the two mutated had been set loose and they ate the remaining corrupted that were weaker in power level, the mutated twins grew bigger in front of Elliot and they grew claws, their skin looked hard and reptilian as if it was made of leather.

“I see that you are getting desperate, show yourself and we can end things for real” Elliot shouted at the reaper, the two mutated encircled Elliot as they blocked his front and back.

“You are the one who is desperate now, you can’t survive this… this is where you die… say your prayers, prince of Mytigon” silence fell after that, only the breathing of the mutated was to be heard.

With a growl the one behind Elliot attacked but Elliot was feeling the danger coming from the front, his senses tingled and he decided to block his front instead of his rear, it saved him from getting slashed by two of the mutated at the same time, they could move so fast that it looked as if they were teleporting from one place to another… the one behind Elliot had only feigned an attack only to switch position to the front of Elliot so if he had blocked his rear then he would have been attacked from the front.

Elliot kicked the chest of the mutated and he bounced off to a much safer distance for a few seconds because the moved like a blur, Elliot could only follow their movements because of his power level and level of training, Elliot could only block and deflect their attacks but he could not counter because before he could swing his sword, one of the mutated would try to make use of the opening. Elliot was struggling with balancing his strategy and his hand was getting weaker and their attacks was getting stronger. A strange thing happened to one of the mutated that made it to fall on the floor with black blood gushing out of it’s chest, Elliot swear that he saw an invisible arrow through the wound but it was as if it disappeared after killing the mutated, he didn’t know what happened but he took full advantage of the situation.

Elliot slashed at the mutated with his almost broken sword but the sword could not damage the skin, with a quick move he brought out his remaining explosive knives and he dashed at his enemy with the daggers in his fingers, he leaped over the mutated and he threw his daggers at specific locations that would cause maximum damage effect, he landed behind the mutated and he stabbed the last dagger in the back of the mutated, he didn’t detonate the bombs until he was some yards away, the explosion left a huge hole in the mutated chest, it fell to the ground limp before the other daggers detonated blowing the body to pieces.

“It’s just me and you now” Elliot said as the reaper materialized in front of him.

“You are truly a worthy opponent, this is the kind of fight that I have been waiting for… a fight with an INHUMANE BEING!!”.