Welcome to the moro zone part two

Wayne takes the lead and starts the group's adventure toward Kirata village.

"You know, at this point I would just fly my way to Kirata village with Lex, but since you two are here, I'll just walk there with you two following me. By the way, Kage, since you were sleeping, you didn't hear this part, but my pop's name is Kirata, the one and only beast king."

"Wait a minute, wouldn't that mean your father is a beast?"

"Well, yeah, he is, but I'm adopted, so we are not related by blood."

"Oh, ok, that makes a little more sense."

"Before we get to Kirata village, let me tell you two something. My pop is really strong, but old age is getting to him, so his assistant Arcta uses his abilities to hide his location. Everyone in Kirata village knows he lives on the mountain, but everyone keeps it a secret from the rest of the Moro zone for my pop's safety. I'm telling you two this because I want you to keep my pop's location a secret, please, for his safety."

Both Kage and Unknown look at each other and smile.

"Of course we will keep it a secret, Wayne; that's what friends are for, right?"

"Yeah, Kage is right; we wouldn't put anyone close to you in danger."

"Thanks, guys; that means a lot. I mean it."

As Wayne thanks his friends for their kind words, his ear flinches. Lex appears on Wayne's shoulder with a serious expression.

"Lex, do you hear that something is coming? Isn't it?"

"Hey Unknown, do you know what those two are on about?"

"No, I have no idea."

Wayne quickly pulls out a belt with many pouches from his bag and wraps it around his waist.

"You two better prepare for battle, 'cause it's coming at us fast."

Unknown and Kage look at each other in confusion. Wayne pulls out a long double barrel shotgun, aka the multishot double barrel shotgun, a gun that Wayne named himself. Wayne loads the gun with shotgun shells.

"Use that sense technique that Mr.Mink was talking about; maybe that will help you hear what I'm hearing."

"Oh right, maybe that will work."

Both Kage and Unknown close their eyes, and their ears start glowing. They both start hearing a rumbling noise slowly coming to them from the ground. The two of them open their eyes and look over to Wayne.

"Ok, now that you hear it jump quickly."

All three of them jump into the air, and suddenly a bunch of tentacles come out of the ground. As they fall back to the ground, Kage says:

"Oh shit, what the hell is that?"

Lex grows out his wings and grabs Wayne's back with his little black feet. Lex quickly flies Wayne higher into the sky.

"That beast right there is a Crayvax, a beast with many tentacles, but watch out if those tentacles get a hand on you; it can easily rip you apart."

"What!!!"

As Unknown screams at Wayne's statement, he looks down and sees the pit that the Crayvax made with its tentacles. For a split second, In the Pit surrounded by tentacles, he sees a blue creature on all fours with purple spots and tentacles for hair. The beast also has sharp teeth and a dopey facial expressions. The Crayvax quickly hides in its tentacles and sends more tentacles at the group.

Lex helps Wayne by dodging every tentacle that comes at him while Kage and Unknown activate level one and punch each tentacle that comes their way. Wayne shoots through five tentacles at once with his shotgun. The destroyed parts of the tentacles instantly regenerate.

"These tentacles are just going to keep regenerating. We have to attack its body to stop it."

"Alright, in that case, I'll try to use my energy manipulation to break through those tentacles, and you two will attack his body."

"Right!!!"

Kage starts glowing intensely. Kage repositions himself in the air for an attack. Kage points his palm at the multiple tentacles in front of him.

"Time to put your ugly ass in the dirt. Energy manipulation: energy cutter!!!"

Multiple slices of energy shoot from Kages hand. The energy slices cut up some of the Crayvax's tentacles.

"I'm not done yet, you ugly ass octopus."

Kage points his fist at the Crayvax.

"Energy manipulation: energy shotgun!"

A Shockwave of energy shoots from Kage's fist, breaks through the rest of the tentacles, and uncovers the Crayvax's body.

"Do it now before it regenerates!"

"Right!!!"

Both Kage and Unknown land back on the ground. Unknown, with no hesitation, uses the accelerate technique to run to the Crayvax. In the air, with Lex carrying him, Wayne aims at the Crayvax. Unknown quickly kicks the Crayvax with as much force as possible. At the same time, Wayne shoots the Crayvax in the chest with his shotgun.

"Raaaaahhh."

As the Crayvax screams in pain, it digs back into the ground to get away. Kage rushes over to Unknown and screams.

"Hey, don't let it get away. What if it comes back?"

Lex flies Wayne back to the ground. Wayne steps in front of Kage.

"No need to go after it, Kage; it might be a beast, but a Crayvax would never try to fight an opponent it already lost to, so no need to worry."

"Oh, really? I mean, you are the beast expert here, so I guess you're right."

Unknown looks into the hole the Crayvax made.

"Wow, that thing wasted no time in running; it's already gone."

"Yeah, Crayvax are beasts that are usually peaceful but hate it when a place that they believe to be their territory gets infiltrated."

"Tch, but we were only passing by; if it's so peaceful, why attack?"

"Because Kage the Crayvax doesn't know if we mean any harm not only to itself but to its family, it attacked first just to make sure. I can admit that not all beasts use their brains when making a decision; most of them use instinct, so that's why I said be prepared to fight."

"Ok, I get it now, but don't you think we should start moving again?"

"Yeah, let's go, you two; we need to make it to my Pops before tomorrow."

Wayne puts his shotgun back in his backpack and pulls out a long black blade.

"Ok, I'm going to carry my blade around just in case it's needed."

"Wait, you have a blade too, so cool, but how did you fit all those things in your bag?"

"Don't even worry about it; let's just say I'm really good at packing. Now onward!!!"

As the group starts walking, they all hear a growl coming from all three of their stomachs. Wayne blushes and says:

"You know, maybe we should take a lunch break first."

While holding their stomachs, Kage and Unknown nod their heads in agreement. The group sets up a picnic so they can eat the food that Wayne brought in his bag. Wayne brought an assortment of vegetables and meat. Both Kage and Unknown look at the different meats with sparkles in their eyes.

"Well, no time to waste; let's chow down."

"I'm way ahead of you, bro. I can't wait to bite down on this hamburger."

Kage quickly bites down on the hamburger and starts chewing. As he chews, his face turns green. Kage spits out the hamburger with a disgusted look on his face.

"Eww, what the hell is that?"

Kage looks toward the ground and sees chunks of green meat.

Kage looks over at Wayne in anger.

"Oh right, I forgot to mention I'm a vegetarian, so that means I don't eat meat and everything here is made out of some sort of vegetable."

"Ewww, what monster would take such great food and transform it into this shit?"

"Hey, calm down, Kage. Some people don't eat certain things; that's why foods like this are around."

"Yeah, but I have my own reason to be a vegetarian."

"Really, what would that reason be?"

"Well, my father told me a long time ago that In a time of peace, I should try my best to keep that peace not only around me but also in my body and soul. So following his advice, I don't eat meat since it can be unhealthy for my body."

"Wow, Wayne I can tell how much admiration you have for your father."

"Yeah, every lesson he ever taught me I tried my hardest to implement into my daily life."

As Wayne and Unknown have their conversation, Kage looks at Wayne with a confused expression.

"Is something wrong, Kage? You look confused."

"There is nothing wrong, but I am confused. I just want to know how you were able to hear that beast coming before me or Unknown could hear it coming, especially when you're not an OGI user."

"Oh yeah, I guess that is strange. Ever since I was a child, I had good senses, and over the years, I learned how to use those senses to my advantage."

"Hmmm, alright if you say so, but I still find it strange."

"Well, how about we just finish up our food?"

"No, I think I'll pass. I'll wait till we find some real food."

"Don't worry about Kage. I'll eat your food."

"That's great Unknown, after we finish, we will start walking again."

As Unknown and Wayne eat, Kage walks away and sits on a rock.

"This zone is so weird, I wonder what else it has in store."

As he says those words, the rock under him suddenly starts shaking.

Chapter 21 end