Chapter 10: A Prisoner of War Thirst for Vengeance

Koba and the other Russians are forced to work in a mining process, the soldier got very weak, causing him to collapse at the ground, the guards there rushes, proceeds to beat him to death. Koba sees the guards pounding the poor soldier, he gets mad to break the chains, killing the two guards to death, the Astral Germans paralyze Koba to incapacitation. The guards tortured Koba, leaving him so scars in his body, weaken and pale, the guard is about to kill him but a man name Vasily saves him by hitting him with a big rock, Vasily hides the body then carries him in his cell room, feeding him little food and water. Koba regained his consciousness, telling the man who he is, Vasily introduces himself, as he knows that Koba is the Lionheart, thanking Vasily for saving him. Koba wants to know where he is, Vasily replies "where inside a prison camp in Konigsberg where the Germans occupy this city, forever trap here since the year 1914, unable to save my comrades" Koba says "me too, *crying in tears* my big brother protected me, he was hit by a ultimate skill from Howitzer and Bloomberg, then my mind went blank afterwards". Vasily says "I'm sorry for the loss of your brother Luther, he is a kindhearted brave man after all, for raising you as his little brother".

After one month in prison, Koba trains with a wooden dummy, thinking of weakness to defeat Howitzer and Bloomberg, Vasily has a plan that most of the prisoners here know about it, to escape the prison camp.

As the conversation goes:

Koba: You know that this is suicide right?

Vasily: Without sacrifice Koba, nothing can be done you know. We need a plan to get out of here.

Koba: Yeah, that will be difficult, I have a question, who is in charge in this prison camp Vasily?

Vasily: The two Astral Beings, Bloomberg and Howitzer.

Koba: *Burst in anger* WHAT?!, those two? THEY KILLED MY BROTHER!!!!

Vasily: Calm down Koba, I will tell you the plan, I heard Howitzer is going to host a tournament where they will force the prisoners to go one on one with each other, the reward is food of course, but we will need more heavy equipment and weapon supplies without alerting the guards in this camp.

Koba: Good idea Vasily, *His mind has a bigger idea* What if Bloomberg and Howitzer go against each other.

Vasily: What do you mean? They are one of the greatest duos now today, they trust each other.

Koba: Yeah I know, But I want the two to like have a bigger misunderstandings, get it?

Vasily: Oh I get it, if this keeps going, their chemistry will downgrade even further. I want you to meet Boris, who will lead the group of prisoners to steal heavy equipment.

Boris: It's a honor to meet the Lionheart in person.

Koba: Nice to meet you too Boris.

Vasily: I will be getting food and weapons, while you will find a way to make the Generals go against each other.

Koba: Yes sir, I will do my best.

Vasily & Boris: We are all counting on you Captain.

The next day, Howitzer is seen with a nice food on his table, right behind him is a room full of equipment, of the prisoners sneaks while Howitzer pees, now he know the password of the safe, getting back to Boris without alerting his attention. Now the plan is working, next is getting the weapons, by knocking the guards down, hiding the bodies mining rocks, before doing that, Koba distracts them, now burying the bodies safely, now they are secured. Next is to make Howitzer think his wife is cheating on him by wrong information, by spreading rumors that Bloomberg is dating Howitzer's wife. Koba will wait for the right time for the prisoners to spread it. Howitzer now will spectate the tournament, one Celestial being who is a prisoner will fight 3 Astral Beings, the 3 kills him by kicking and snapping his neck. Koba now very furious on what he saw, he demands to be next for a fight.

The conversation as it follows:

Howitzer: Ahhhh look who it is, The Lionheart, stepping in my arena.

Koba: I will end your cruelty Howitzer, you have gone too far!

Howitzer: Now that you mention, Bloomberg, take the honors will you.

Bloomberg: Alright then, Units from 1, 5, 7, 18, 23, NOW!

All 30 Astral Beings: YES SIR!

Bloomberg: All of you will fight the Lionheart, Kill him if you like.

Now its Koba vs 30 Astral Beings, the 5 tries to hit Koba in the face, but deflects it and snaps their necks one by one. 25 left in the floor, all of the Astral beings are scared, but they are going to do it anyway. Now the are charging at him, Koba uses his fighting style to kill them. 15 left in the floor, 8 Astrals using their martial arts to hit Koba, Koba with Wing Chun style keeps on using the defensive deflect until he finds a opening, one gets kick in the head, the 3 got destroyed by Air Palm strikes, the other four charges at him, now uses the small Prominence Cannon to send them flying to cinders. Only 7 left remaining. Koba transform into Celestial Progress, Shocking the two Generals, killing seven without a blink of a eye, Koba looks at them, intimidating the two as the conversation follows:

Bloomberg: NO, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, HIS POWER LEVEL CAN'T BE RIGHT AT ALL!!!!

Howitzer: What's his power level now?

Bloomberg: *Says in fear* 970,000

Howitzer: WHAT?! That can't be, how are you gaining so much power!?

Koba: Through hard training even a low life can beat a higher one like you, you evil bastards of this world!

Howitzer: WHY YOU LITTLE SHIT!

Bloomberg: Relax, we will have him one day, we will train first.

As the two Generals leave the area, the prisoners sneak and kills the guards to steal their weapons in the arena, the prisoners cheers for Koba as they celebrate in their cells. Koba's plan is next by making Bloomberg turn against Howitzer by spreading false rumors. The Prisoners are spreading false rumors about Howitzer's wife, now the guards are interested in hearing it, it keeps spreading until Howitzer founds out about it. Six months later, Bloomberg is in the office reading his newspaper, Howitzer tells him that the Kaiser orders them to go to Berlin, as Koba and the other prisoners see them leaving the camp, they have the chance to escape but there is another one commander with strong energy type of power.

The Conversation is as follows:

Koba: Hey umm Vasily, who is that man?

Vasily: His name is Commander Otto Skorzeny, we should not anger him.

Koba: Why not? I mean he looks okay to be dead.

Vasily: Looks can be deceiving Koba, That man can kill you in a instant, his power level is about 1,500,000 as far as I can hear the rumors from the guards, they are afraid of him. Look at the guards already at fear facing him head on.

Koba: You're right, his power level is insane, I might get killed if I fight him now.

Vasily: Good, it is not wise for you to kill him now, but through the training you did for many months in this place, we are still a no match for him, but later on you will surpass him.

Koba: Alright, we still have a plan to finish with the others.

Now that the camp has a one of the most strongest Astral beings in the camp, Otto is monitoring the prisoners, and he says that the even the Lionheart can't touch him. Koba is calm enough to be silent in front of him as he know he cannot beat him at this level. Meanwhile in Berlin, Howitzer poisoned his wife by putting a cyanide in her drink, as for Bloomberg, he enters the Kaiser's room, he was accused of trying to overthrow him, Bloomberg denies about this thing, the Kaiser does not believe his words anymore, Kaiser Wilhelm orders to execute him in 15 minutes through energy bombardment from the high level officers. It was Howitzer who falsely told the Kaiser about it, Bloomberg says "YOU BASTARD, I TRUSTED YOU WITH MY WHOLE LIFE, WHY DID YOU BETRAY ME?! Howitzer replies "You slept with my wife, so I found a way to end your life" Bloomberg replies "WHAT!? I DID NOT SLEEP WITH HER YOU FUCKING DICK! RELEASE ME AT ONCE! At 4:00 in the afternoon, the Astral Bombardment Squad Execute General Bloomberg for treason. As Howitzer smiles at him like Bloomberg was a traitor.

As the news arrive at the prison camp in Konigsberg, Koba and the other prisoners are happy to hear the news, now they wait for Commander Skorzeny to leave, but Skorzeny says to Koba "Howitzer told me that he will fight you one on one for the last time, because wants to kill you by his hands, but you don't seem to be afraid by the look in your face, that's what I like about you Lionheart". Koba replies "thank you for compliment, it really means a lot coming from a legendary soldier you know, don't worry, I'll will kill him too". Skorzeny is shocked of what he heard from Koba, knowing that he will be surpassed one day. Now Koba trains to control his energy for his bloody fight against Howitzer.

The time has come, the prisoners of war are already in attendance, Howitzer waits for Koba to be in the arena. Koba is out thirsting for vengeance, Howitzer transforms into Astral Progress, telling Koba that his power level reach 1,200,000 to intimidate him. Koba responds as he will transform with so much air coming out from him. Leaving everyone in jaw dropped as he ascended Celestial Progress, as Howitzer in shock tells him "THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, YOU CAN'T JUST GO EVEN FURTHER YOU LITTLE SHIT!" As Koba replies "It is possible, through training, anything is possible, I call this transformation Celestial Progress 2nd Gear" Howitzer replies "WHAT? THERE IS ANOTHER PROGRESS!?? THAT CAN'T BE, I WILL KILL YOUUUU!!!!

The fight begins by Howitzer perform a heavy jumping kick, Koba grabs his leg and throw his like garbage plastic bag, Howitzer feels humiliated, begins to use Astral Spears that used to kill Luther. Koba Deflects it with his chest knowing that the Celestial energy will protect him at all cost, which angers Howitzer more, he uses heavy punches but it is not anymore effective like the last time in Lake Naroch, Koba kicks Howitzer to the corner to trap him, now performing the Wing Chun fist barrage on Howitzer, leaving him to have more bruises in his face and chest. When Koba punches his face, he was pushed to the wall, then aim his fist at his face, Howitzer falls down hard as he gives up. Koba tells him "I made you killed your own pride, made kill your best friend Bloomberg, your wife, now I kill you" Koba performs a spinning back kick to snap Howitzer's neck, avenging his older brother's death. As the prisoners cheered for Koba the Lionheart's victory, Skorzeny arrives at the scene, Launching his ultimate skill the Reaper Void Strike to incapacitate Koba. The prisoners thought that he fled, but they are wrong. Koba is about to lose his consciousness, Vasily orders the prisoners to perform their execution to escape, Skorzeny then flees knowing that he is outnumber by prisoners who are mostly Celestial beings. Vasily carries Koba while the Germans are still firing at them, knowing that the Lionheart must live. The prisoner is about to drive the truck telling Vasily to get in as he already puts Koba inside the truck, the German sniper shot Vasily in the chest, tells them to go ahead without him, then Vasily gets headshot, the truck escapes. As the prisoner who is a celestial being, knows that the Lionheart fell into a coma, they will find a hospital nearby to recover him. Many prisoners of war inside Konigsberg manages to escape, but many did not make it out alive, they are free from the hell whole at last.