Goblin shaman are the creatures of the magic world. The weird thing in the shaman standing in front of Ichigo had an arrancar uniform with a sharp stick. The Arrancar uniform was inverted with black cloth, but white stripes. the goblin had green eyeballs.
'is this a hybrid?'.
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Ichigo's POV:
Here I was, standing there... still... and amazed.. what kind of a system is this? A hybrid system? I cannot figure it out.
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I heard the voice. which was surprising... An AI assistant maybe? where is the voice coming from, I donot see any speakers..., the goblin was there, waiting for me.
'oh so now I get it!, i have stayed in this system for a while, the enemy will not move itself, I have to go near the enemy to start the battle.' sigh of relief, sigh of relief indeed....
I sat down for a while. closely observed the area. It was rocky, again... but this time there were no pointy rocks, so a major disadvantage for me, I wonder what is behind the shaman. but oh well, better not get close to it. I'll always call these creatures with 'it' not he or she, i will not gender these monsters. I tried sympathizing with them but they are very wild and ready to kill. What should I do?, Should I go ahead and Battle?, I mean, I have three lives left.. so I can try it out. But why one? why not three or two like the other ones. Maybe this one is stronger than all of the previous ones or maybe there was a job opening for this system and only one goblin shaman showed up so they had to hire him.. probably that did not happen. I wish my friends were here maybe that could prove to be a good omen or maybe I am being tested and my friends will be with me again after I complete the system. So many theories and yet no factual answer. I could easily kill these goblins or whatever if my power was not limited. but oh well...
I closed my eyes and focused. the surrounding wind and the aura of the place. what could be it's next move? If I go head on, will I be able to land a direct hit? no, not possible because it will easily block me, I thought for a few more seconds and I got the perfect idea.
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"Ban..Kai" the pink flames transformed ichigo's shikai into a bankai, but he disappeared from the view of shaman due to intense flames and from those flames ichigo came out flying with a direct aim at the head of it.
"YOU'LL die shaman!!" He hit the shaman on his head, atleast that's what he hoped he did.
The shaman blocked it with his sword. the attack was quite strong, a stick should not be able to handle such an attack, but it did, forcing Ichigo to think that this stick is not ordinary and perhaps is something more unique, did not look heavy from ichigo's Point of View.
'very strange, I never saw a stick this strong before. is it metal?'
The attack was blocked, ichigo was now pushing the shaman from his sword so it falls down and shaman was pushing ichigo back. they both stood there. shaman opened his mouth and a yellow ball formed.
"Cero" - shaman said that , the voice came from inside, his mouth and lips did not move.
The cero was about to unleash in full towards the soul reaper and Ichigo's chances of dodging it were slim, and the expected happened. The cero blew up on his face causing a large explosion. both of them fell very far away from each other.
'Damn it!' Ichigo stood up and dusted himself. no rocks fell on him this time. The shaman stood up as well. ichigo quickly checked his health
[Health: 46%]
'huh, I should've died, how did I survive the cero.... only one explanation.... the cero is not up to it's full power.' Ichigo figured that out. and it was in fact, correct. This cero was only at ten percent of the power of actual cero. but ichigo did not know the percentage.
Ichigo's face was wounded and his kimono was teared apart. The wounds from the previous battle were closed and they did not open astonishingly. Ichigo stared at the shaman. there was pause for a bit. the shaman gave the hand gesture ; 'come at me'. Ichigo ran with his sword and shaman ran with his stick. both sprinted screaming with buring motivation to kill each other.
Their blades clashed. they both angrily looked at each other with the bloody eyes which only wanted death and destruction. The shaman pushed ichigo back, ichigo basically drifted backwards and balanced himself not to fall. Ichigo paused to take a breath
"You fool! who do you think you are Shinigami! I am Vakto Loz. the strongest shaman! I will kill you!"
"WAIT, THAT THING SPEAKS!!!" - Ichigo was surprised!
"Ofcourse I do, though my mouth doesnt move, sorry" - Vakto
"Who is the real fool here??" - Ichigo.
then Ichigo got vigilant and said
"You are limited in power too, why?" - Ichigo
"not actually limited in power, but restricted, you figured it out very quickly" - Vakto
"I did not figure out very quickly, I killed many goblins before you, and how would i not know, I'm a soul reaper, a cero would've killed me"
"I knew that, I was just testing you. I was knowing my enemy before I kill it"
"You are a very talkative Monster" - Ichigo.
"We'll see!" - Vakto
'damn, I did not know they had names, Vakto loz, seems russian, maybe I'm wrong... weird name' - ichigo thought to himself.
They went at it again, clashing swords here and there trying to hit each other. Goblin shaman tried his best to kill ichigo but couldn't find an opening. Ichigo still couldn't figure out the stick. when it hit the sword it made metal like noise. it could possibly be a steel sword, but concluding that without evidence would not be beneficial.
They kept fighting their hits got stronger and harder after every clash. they both gave their very best, Ichigo speculated that Vakto was pulling back, he was not showing his full strength.
'Why am I not using bankai?....
..probably no use, all the goblins dodged it easily, and this one looks much stronger than them'
The fighting continued. the swords were swinging, clashing and both of them were fighting to death, the battle was very intense. the atmosphere was very energetic. Ichigo also started enjoying the fight. and Ichigo started smiling mid-battle. it was like fighting with kenpachi, Ichigo knew that any attack on this monster will be blocked and will not be able to pierce him.
'why not I give a try to Getsuga...'
and he did exactly that, He falled a little back and with his full force said
"Getsuga tenshou!!!!"
Goblin Shaman ran to attack again like the usual they were doing before and got caught offguard, the Getsuga tenshou hit him.
'YES!!'
The pressure of the attack was too much for his body to handle and his shoulder wound opened.
He looked at it, shocked and concerned, He felt like his death was near.
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