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Chapter 8 - The Alpha

"Ghaah... Haah... Haaa... Finally that should be the last one there is." I said slaying the last carnex that I could get my hand on.

It has been two hours since I was teleported into this world full of chaos, and with in that two hours I was running, fighting, and screaming for my life as I killed many beasts called Carnexes by the so called master of darkness Nyxios.

"Nyxios... I have killed the final carnex... Just send me back..." I begged him holding covering stump where my arm used to be. Yes it wasn't just the beasts that was Hurt by this bastard's doing.

"Hmm... It seems that you have indeed killed all of the Carnexes... But..."

"But?... Nyxios don't you dare fuck with me..."

"Heh heh he... Sorry Blackwood but I can only bring people into this dimension leaving it souly depends on your strength and power."

"What does that mean you sick fucker..."

"First let's go find some shelter... Before the alpha Carnex smell the blood of it's fallen followers. And then I'll explain everything to you."

"You got to be kidding me... An alpha..." Cursing inwardly I ran to find a shelter. Witch was small cave that smelt awful. "Now... Explain."

"Fine... You see young Blackwood, I am not just a worthless entity who is latched on to you, no no I am a what you humans call a celestial being... And not just any celestial either I am the one who killed the mother of the universe your beloved Celestia... The god of darkness, and after I killed her I also became the god of creation. And Now I have chosen you as my vessel. Okay."

For a couple of minutes I was stunned but then it all made sense to me about why Cel was afraid after seeing this freak. Then I asked "so why on earth have you chosen me over my older brother?, I mean he is stronger than me after all."

"Yes he is isn't he, but you see that is the problem he was born the strongest and had given everything by everything love, money, power so he doesn't have any potential. But then you were born no special powers or feats infinite potential."

"But why did you kill Cel?."

"Oh that... Well how should I put this hmmm... Oh I know I killed her just to see how much power I had... And I must tell you I wasn't disappointed to see that I had the power enough to kill the goddess of creation herself..."

"You really are sick in the head you know that... But how did she end up in my body...." I asked wrapping the would that has been caused by my ripped arm.

"The answer to that even I do not know... Young Blackwood..."

"Jeez... Fine let's forget that for now, but tell me how are you going to make a man who doesn't have a ounce of soul energy, your feats huh?."

"While you have been fighting with the Carnexes I have come up with an idea to that problem."

"Really... Please do tell your greatness. " I said with a sarcastic tone.

"Do not think I can not understand sarcasm Blackwood..."

"Just tell me your bright idea."

"Tsch... Fine here it is, what we are going to do is combine both of ours strengths and powers together and become the strongest of all time."

"But no matter how strong we get we will always be second to that man, I mean come on he has at the peak of Disaster grade. No human on earth can beat him."

"Let me stop you right there Nero, you petty humans measure your power scale in the worst way possible, Grades how pathetic. Instead of this Disaster grade you should aim higher and higher imagine Nero Blackwood the first and only man in human history to become a Celestial level Hunter. Does that not interest you?."

"A celestial? That does sound more fun than Disaster grade, but how?"

"I just explained to you how, we combine our powers and since you lack soul energy I will provide you with it. And you will provide the perfect body. From now on I am going to heel your every injury starting with that arm you lost."

When I looked at my severed arm again it was it was back. I was too stunned to speak, but Nyxios kept yapping his mouth about how I can get out of dimension. But I was tired to listen and fell asleep. And in my dreams I saw wired memories that wasn't belonged to me but the dream was in first person view.

In the morning I woke up to a howling sound that came not so far away. "What the fuck was that? Nyxios?." I asked.

"It finally decided to show it self." He replied.

"Oh... Don't tell me... Is that the alpha Carnex?." When I asked this disappointment was clearly visible in my face.

"It is, come on get up this is the last beast that should be on this level, once you defeat it then we can move on to the next level."

"You are going to lend me your power's right shit for brains?."

"You really love to insult me don't you? But yes I am going to."

When I stepped out from the cave I was resting in. I could see a gigantic figure not so far in the morning mist.

'For fuck's sake.' I cursed in my head. And started to go in the direction of it.

After some time I was at least a five hundred metres closer to it. And I must say the beast was far more terrifying than it's followers.

The Alpha Carnax, A monstrous behemoth, towering at ten meters tall, its massive body is a twisted mass of blackened muscle and corrupted flesh. The Alpha's six legs are tree-trunk thick, ending in claws that can shatter stone and flesh alike. Its jaws, wide enough to swallow a cottage whole, drip with infectious saliva that burns the air like acid. Eyes blaze with an infernal fury, piercing through darkness and striking fear into the hearts of all who behold it. The Alpha's back is a jagged landscape of twisted bones and pulsing, malign growths, as if the very essence of darkness has taken corporeal form. When it moves, the ground shudders, and the air is filled with the stench of decay and despair.

And then I stood, now one meter apart from it's maw it bend down and met my gaze and when it was that close I almost threw up.

I was disgusted and terrified at the same time but who was going to save me from this nightmare but my strength and strength alone. So before it bit my head of I acted pointing me arm toward it and making a slicing action I said 'shadow scythe' it head was split open by the SCYTHE's power but unfortunately it wasn't enough.

So I started fighting it with my bear hands,

The battle rages for three hours, a brutal test of human will against monstrous fury.

I dodges and weaves, my fists flashing in tight arcs, striking pressure points and vulnerable spots. The Alpha's claws swipe through air, missing me by inches. I lands solid hits, but the Alpha's mass and ferocity push me back. The ground trembles as the Alpha charges, forcing me to use parkour-like agility to evade.

I employs devastating kicks and elbow strikes, my movements fluid and precise. I targeted the Alpha's eyes, aiming to blind it, but the monster's sheer power allows it to shrug off most attacks. My body begins to take damage, my ribs cracked, face bruised and swollen. The Alpha's jaws snap mere inches from my face, the stench of its breath overwhelming.

My movements become more desperate, my body pushed to its limits. I unleashes a grawith-filled kick, striking the Alpha's jaw with explosive force, but it barely registers. The Alpha retaliates, its claws ripping my flesh. I manages to knee the Alpha's throat, creating an opening. With a final burst of energy, I unleashed a devastating headbutt, shattering the Alpha's nose, and sending it stumbling back...

The Alpha recovers, enraged, and the battle rages on, with my life hanging by a thread.

Exhausted, battered, and bruised, channeled my final reserves of energy. My eyes blaze with a fierce, inner light as I invokes Nyxio's 'SHADOW SCYTHE'.

The air around me seems to ripple, as if reality itself bended to my will. A dark, shadow line, is stent from my hand, a whisper of pure darkness. The Alpha Carnax, sensing its own demise, lets out a deafening roar.

The Shadow Scythe, slicing through the Alpha's body. The slice, cuts through the monster's flesh, with a physical slash, and with a catastrophic severance of its very essence. The Alpha's body begins to unravel, its molecules dismantled by the sheer force of the scythe's slash

The battle rages on, with I pouring all my energy into the Shadow Scythe. The Alpha, its form disintegrating, unleashes a hellish scream as it realizes it's being unmade. My vision blurs, my body on the verge of collapse, but I kept holding firm, the Shadow Scythe cutting through the Alpha's last thread of life...

The Alpha Carnax, is no more. I Nero Blackwood stood victorious, but at what cost? My body crumbles, energy spent, as the darkness claimed my vision.

And as darkness claimed me I could hear Nyxio's voice, 'congratulations kid, you passed'.

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