The instinctive Fear

"Ah fuck this! I joined the army to shoot people not to shoot fowl-looking fleshly marshmallow or to fix this piece of crap!"

"Hey. Where you going? Ya have to hold that!"

"Screw that Kawazoe. I'm out on a smoke."

While the main squad busy fight to the death against Fallen's abomination, the Brute, no time to call backup, at the northern side of outpost, Steinbach resentfully abort everything, went out on a smoke break, still discontented about the incident with Captain Hiden, leaving Kawazoe Ken to fix the cybertower, it's been few weeks since Ken forced to join The Order of the Terrarium Knights, he's still looked much depressed.

"Need a hand Ken?"

"Yeah. Sure...."

Lending a hand Heinz Kurt comes to, arrange the tower's operating system. Heinz Kurt big macho German tough guy. Tall, unusually dark-skinned, muscular soldier with a wild and aggressive appearance, which fits his personality. He has a long face with pronounced cheekbones, and pronounced, hairless brow ridges clean bald head and pointy black goatee, a true tattooed crook his arms filling with tattoos even with his backside of the bald painted with an eagle.

"So that's going with you kumpel(pal)?"

"Hm?"

"You seem kinda off. You know, I haven't heard any of your dry sarcastic quotes since we got here."

"Oh... It's nothing.... its..."

Faced with strange question, Ken sighed, surmised his thoughts, like Kurt said, Ken Kawazoe began exceptionally depressed.

"Can ya tell why we here, Kurt?"

"Huh?"

"... It's strangely odd. The Royal Mutants Society sudden aggression The Chinese suddenly agreed to sign the peace petition. In return sought to assist to liberate this remote region, its all very strange."

"You think the Chinese hiding something?"

"That's a possibility, they haven't told us everything, sometimes much worse than some Mutanic militia lurks here... Hehe. (chuckled). I don't know maybe I just gone paranoid."

*Kaboom*

"What's that!?"

"An explosion!"

Right after they reboot the system the fire emerged from the outpost fuel storage, followed with series of gunshots, and yelping.

"Something is up Kurt."

"Then, whatcha waiting for, let's go!"

[(Maximum speed)]

Helmet attached, with full speed they both rash towards at the site at once.

Roar!

"A Brute! That's rare."

"Upon fucking time! Kawazoe. Well, enough waiting around. Start shooting. We can't hold it much longer... Uagh!"

"Captain!"

Distracted Hiden got smacked by Brute's fierce large arm, tossed and pinned against the wall. One output boundary utterly crushed because the impact.

Between chaotic battle Ken and Kurt entered in the Terracotta stronghold, surrounded by mountains and hills, as the Brute tossed anything around, suppressed the Terrarium offensive, as the rest fire their guns empty, try to took out 'The Abomination of the Fallen'.

As the name suggests. Large, bulky, and utterly savage, Brute are long-distance cousins of the Behemoth, however the Brute are rare, while they share some traits with the Behemoths, the Brute have much stronger, muscular body, have greater endurance and difficulty to put it down.

Luckily, the Monster Slayer among the knights.

"Second-class Lord Kawazoe. Its time for you to shine."

"Yeah, yeah, I got that. It is a good time to get my edge back. 'A Brute of the Fallen' is something the knights certainly haven't prepared for."

With little encouragement from Kurt, Ken activated both the cube, into large double-edged battle-axe! The Mega Shield on the other. Prepared to fight against 11 foot. Long nightmarish abomination fearlessly.

"An Axe. Your choice your Cube to be the war-axe?"

"Of course, Heinz. Axe allows for greater impact when striking than any other Cube sword, but are less nimble in the hand. Their inferior defensive capabilities are often mitigated by pairing them with Mega Shields or even more sophisticated means of protection then ya are invincible. Watch and learn."

"The Fox Face" Ken heads off towards the Brute, while it occupied, he came with perfect execution plan, taunt the Brute.

"Hey! Over here you ugly bastard!"

Roar!

Brute smashed the surface, but Ken jumped above the Brute, landed behind.

Block

"Eeerrrrre-aghhh..."

When Brute turned, immediately got smacked on its thick head by Ken's shield, while it's disarray Ken brutally plunged the Axe onto the Brute's guts.

It's goopy blood poured restlessly, filled the surface in very gory way. However, Ken didn't finish, wrenching his struck-up axe upside down, causing the blood to flow rapidly. Forced the brute to kneel, then pulled the axe, again gashed its head at top, split the head into two, utterly crushing it. It falls lifeless, Ken stoke the axe, drained it from the blood.

As with all Cube Weapons, when its power field is activated, by operating a control located on the hilt, the blade is sheathed in a lethal corona of disruptive energy. This energy field allows the blade to carve through flesh, bone and most forms of armour plate alike, making an Axe-Cube a highly effective close combat weapon. The weight of an Axe-Cube allows for greater impact forces when striking compared to a Sword-Cube.

As everyone stunned at the sight, Ken slew the Brute single-handedly, save their lives. Despite low-ranked Ken has proven repeatedly, his combat-skills still unmatched to all Brittonian military, while his, far inferior subordinates get promoted, Ken just gave up pursuing ranks, the privilege and honour. Just live his life on his rules, old mystery lurked under Ken's always-shut eyes, certain ambiguity lies where he did unambiguously immoral acts, purely for his own selfish reasons, act of atrocities still evaded the law, however when the horrendous moment arises, Ken is the one to trust. Regardless Ken Kawazoe is ranked Major in Imperial Army, Second-class Knight Lord and commander of the Terrarium 2nd Company who has fought for the Brittonia Empire for more than 15 years. If he really wanted supremacy, honour or respect, he would've obtained every title on the highest order.

Although considered relatively young by the standards of the Brittonian military, he is already a decorated veteran of several major campaigns waged across the world by his record.

His exploits have earned him a reputation as one of the greatest heroes of all the division he served; the standard army, Lex Unit and Terrarium Knight, despite his relative youth.

"Go check on the captain see he's alright."

"Y-yes...."

By his command Renkik went to check Hiden, slowly getting up from the pile of concrete debris.

"Eh... Look at that. Where is that come from?"

Arrived at the scene inconveniently after the fight, Steinbach Vannier kicks, latter climb on the Brute's just demise corpse as if he killed the beast himself, furthering Ken annoyance with his pettiness, who trolled Steinbach contemptuously. Which lead to a heated argument.

"Amazing timing Vannier. Your fearless heroism deserves a medal. How about "Champion of running with your tail between your legs" sounds good Candy-ass?"

"What? You mean I am a coward! Was hiding all this time!?"

"Nope. Never said you are. (Smug.)"

"Then what's the smug about? you Fox-face bastard."

"Gentlemen. Please, help the captain to get us out of here."

"Oh. Right..."

Masamune maturely put a stop on their meaningless argument, urged them to help, which they obliged however—

"What the fuck!? Is that an earthquake?"

The ground began to tremble, thought it was an earthquake until the surface cracked vigorously, latter a within the hole, a strong tensed organic dark tendrils spout forward clutches any nearly structures. While creating a hole in the centre, covered with fleshy red biomass.

Few minutes later, came with nudge, through the pit they rose, crawling to the surface: Horde abomination of the Fallen an intense crimson-colour fleshes over their surroundings.

"What's... Is... That!? Some horny red devils?!"

"The, The ... Kaunas!"

"The what!? Freak out of horror movie?"

Only Ken declared with sorrowful tone, eyes opened with shock, while the rest of the squad have no notion who about this exotic creature. They withdrawn from the hole. Regrouped with rest while Ken anxiously ordered-

"Everyone takes your position! Ya got horde of Kaunass. Masamune, Kurt!"

"But Captain Hiden. He's still unable to fight."

"Renkik will cover him! The rest, march forward."

For Hiden's absence Ken Kawazoe take the lead, despite Masamune was next in command he's too inexperienced and too oblivious of the enemy's threat unlike Ken does.