Chapter 170: Act 3: Interloper thy name is…
“What, what, what was that? Something unexpected has occured, occured, occured! It appears this little fishie has a more complex flavor than I thought! How delectable…,” the man on the room hissed as drool dribbled out of his mouth.
It was almost time for him to partake of his meal, he just has to wait for the appetizer to be done…
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“And hop…to the beat of the popular swing~,” Zhen Liu sang as he kicked off of Boss Must and landed with groovy flair. The song hadn’t actually at this point, so Zhen Liu/Hurricroak kept quick stepping. This was to make sure he was ready to move at a moment’s notice, as well as keep time with the song.
Boss Must stumbled backwards a couple of steps as the stung from being electrically kicked in the stomach had yet to fully subside.
‘Gah! It’s like my stomach is trying to throw up and swallow at the same time! Damnable bastard!,’ Boss Must thought to himself as he held on to his stomach. The pain was so intense that he almost fell flat onto his face, but had managed to catch himself before he could. From the corner of his eye, he could see that his men were stunned with shock and awe. But more importantly, he could see doubt in their eyes.
‘Can’t look…fucking weak!’
In act of defiance to his current predicament, Boss Must slammed a heavy foot into the ground once more. No aether was used though.
*Slam!*
Dust was kicked up, as cracks began to form at the point of impact and spread up the cavern walls and ceiling.
[Well that’s deja vu,] Zhen Liu commented.
“You…fucking…brat!,’ Boss Must snarled, “I’m gonna rip you to shreds and make sure your head will live long enough to see me fuck your girlfriend in front of you!”
“Oooh, getting serious now, are we? But you should probably know that every step you take is another mistake for you~”
“Stop singing!”
“Make me, pony boy!”
“Gah!”
Enraged by Zhen Liu’s taunting, Boss Must began to circulate his aether at a pace even more paid than before, causing the spectral image of a demonic horse to form around him.
“You’re finished!,” Boss Must shouted. Unfortunately for him, the rest of this fight wasn’t gonna be his to determine.
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[Oh ho! It looks our little bucking bronco is now putting in some actual effort into this fight! I guess we should probably end this before we actually get into some trouble ourselves. Shall we, maestro?]
[Aight, let’s-]
[Huh. Well that’s some fortutius timing…why do I feel like that this is a bad omen though?]
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“Yes, yes, yes! It’s time for me to feed!”
As soon as Boss Must amped his aether circulation to a high point, the figure on the ceiling made it’s move.
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“Alright, mother fucker! It’s time for you taste my ultimate-!” *WHAM!*
“Boss!”
“Who the hell is that?!”
“What the hell is it?!”
“FEEEEED!”
“Well that’s nightmare inducing.”
Just before Boss Must could fire off any arts whatsoever, a strange insect-like humanoid covered in a black chitinous shell suddenly tackled the man to the ground like it was nothing. The two struggled for a spell before the humanoid had managed to pin Boss Must with the latter’s back to the ground. He was of course, unhappy about this whole situation.
“What the fuck?! Who the hell are you?! Get off of-”
“FEED!”
*CHOMP!*
“GAAAAAAHHHH!”
“Well that’s just nasty.”
The insectoid proceeded to bite down on Boss Must’s neck like it was a vampire… actually strike that, it was a vampire, no like. Zhen Liu could sense that whatever this thing was, it was draining the aether straight from Boss Must’s body like he was juice pouch. While physically Boss Must looked fine, his aura was diminishing at a rapid pace.
“Boss! We’re coming!”
For whatever reason, now was the time that the four henchmen he brought decided to make a move. The four of them rushed forward to try and dislodge the insectoid from their superior, but it was too late.
Boss Must was rendered unconscious, possibly dead, as the insectoid lifted himself from the former’s neck. Evidently, he looked a lot more muscular than before…and had somehow sprouted a mane.
The insectoid saw the attacking henchmen, but didn’t attempt to dodge or block at all. Instead, it pulled back a fist, as a whirling black cyclone began to condense around it. The minions paused for a second when they saw this movement.
“Oh fuck! That’s the boss’s-”
[Galloping Crush!]
The insectoid swung it’s fist outward towards the lackeys and sent them flying with a powerful cyclone that tore about their clothes and broke a few bones. All four were rendered unconscious or dead, Zhen Liu/Hurricroak wasn’t entirely sure.
‘Of fucking course there are fucking ability vampires in this world,’ Zhen Liu cursed to himself.
As soon as the insectoid had finished fighting the minions, it turned it’s head towards Hurricroak/Zhen Liu.
Zhen Liu wasn’t entirely sure, but he could feel an incredibly eerie smile coming off of him. This prompted the former to enter a fighting pose.
“Sorry, sorry, sorry for the… interference,” the insectoid said in a buzzing voice, “it just that the horse boy here looked so tasty, tasty, tasty. I couldn’t help but bite, bite, bite into his flesh.”
“Uhh…sure,” Zhen Liu/Hurricroak said while maintaining their fighting stance, “now is there another reason you’re here or…”
“Oh apologies, apologies, apologies! My name is…Leech. And I’m here to invite you and the lovely little lamb over there to a fabulous meal,” Leech hissed, “my treat.”
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[He’s gonna try and fucking eat us, isn’t he?]
[Fucking definitely.]
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Zhen Liu/Hurricroak proceeded to tense up even further at these words.
“Is it safe to assume that by meal, you mean me?”
“Why of course! How else would it be my treat, treat, treat?”
After saying these words, the insectoid rushed forward, preparing a pair of heavy looking palms ready to smack Zhen Liu into the ground and probably drain him like he did to Boss Must.
“I just know you’re gonna be delicious, delicious, delicious!”
