CHAPTER 53 - Tenacious Will

Tisane watched the sliced open body of the anaconda as it emitted a powerful putrid smell. Though, Tisane was able to kill three of such powerful monsters, he had no iota of joy or happiness in him.

From the corner of his eye, he saw the overwhelming number of monsters which had surrounded him, each of them waiting for their turn to tear him to pieces. He knew that no matter how well he fights, he would not be able to kill them all.

_''I am going to die here''_

Tisane now stood at the moment of his demise as his body shook in fear. The fear of death was the greatest fear that any mortal creature could ever feel.

_{You have performed slightly above expectation mortal. Your fighting spirit is quite admirable, unfortunately it will not be enough to save you from gruesome death!}_

Tisane whom was shaking in fear initially, suddenly gripped the stinger weapon in his hand tightly as he gritted his teeth in anger. The voice that spoke only helped to irritate him to no end.

"F**k you!!"

Tisane roared at the sky. He knew that his true enemy was the owner of that mysterious voice.

If only he could find the owner of that voice before he himself dies.

_{I thought that you were smart enough to know your lowly place but it seems that your ignorance will only help to give you a far more terrible death than that of your friends and family}_

"If you think that you own my life, then think again. Besides I keep wondering why a useless coward like you is afraid of facing me"

Tisane suddenly began to release curses as he was tired of being treated as an animal.

_{How dare you?! A coward? I'll let you know am the most terrifying monster you've ever seen!!}_

"Hmph! You sound more like a terrifying annoyance to me. So what do you do? Hide behind your herd of cockroaches in other to defeat a simple human like me? Some monster you are!"

_{.....your death will be slow and agonizing mortal!}_

"Am still yet to be corrected. The more you speak, the more irritating you are!"

_{Die!!}_

Tisane's body stiffened as the monsters surrounding him closed in. He stared at the incoming horde with narrowed eyes as the stench of their breath smelled like the touch of death.

He resolved to kill as many as he could before he would be torn to pieces.

_Finally...._

Tisane closed his eyes as he readied himself for his final moment. As the first monster got close enough, he moved the stinger weapon while spinning around.

_~Squelch~_

The monster which looked like an overgrown rabbit was decapitated as it's body jerked stiffly before collapsing immediately. Tisane felt the stinger weapon in his hand vibrating continuously as his body moved impulsively to attack, dodge and counter attacks from the monsters around him.

Left...he moved to counter the attacks sent from his blind spot.

Right...he moved to cut down any monster that got too close to threaten him.

Down.....he bent to avoid attacks that were too fast to counter.

Against the entire horde of monsters, Tisane fought tenaciously as the count of monster dead bodies began to increase. The more he fought, the more the stinger weapon in his hand began to glow blood red.

But a fatal problem suddenly arose as some monsters started landing their attacks on him. His body began to display flesh cuts which were deep and bloody.

The pain began to slow him down as his movements became less agile, which brought about more terrible injuries. Tisane saw as the monsters became more savage and fierce as they sensed him weakening.

Fangs snapped and claws flashed as Tisane was being overwhelmed by the horde. The death he was expecting was finally here.

At last he could be with his family in paradise....wherever that is. As he saw the incoming claws and fangs, he already imagined the death that would befall him.

A brutal and gruesome death. This was not what he wanted.

For himself and his family. He didn't want to die, not like this.

_''But am the only one left. I have no one to live for''_

He tried to give up and surrender, but an extremely nagging desire within him kept pushing for him to live....to fight.

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Tisane knew that there was nothing and no one left, but he couldn't die in peace knowing that the demons who took everything from him would be running amok while being fed with his flesh and bones. At that instant, he felt a renewed anger.

This was nothing like the anger that he had earlier. What he felt now was murderous rage.

A rage so strong that he felt his humanity slipping away. At that moment, Tisane felt his mind being clouded with one thought.

_''Kill''_

_''Kill them all''_

The stinger weapon in his hand burned so red that blood steams began to ooze out producing sizzling sounds. Tisane's hand began to melt as the stinger weapon phased into his hand, giving it an odd and strange appearance as that of a sickled arm.

"Ahh!!!"

Tisane roared out as the bloody image of a gigantic scorpion appeared above the battlefield. A huge shockwave spread across the horde as monsters were blown away and apart.

Tisane stood in the midst of obliterated monster bodies as his body glowed bright red while his right arm displayed an appendage of a single long sharp claw which emitted red steams. His eyes were blood red as he stared at nothing in particular.

His appearance was like that of a monster.

_{.....}_

_{Impossible....how can you be displaying such power?!}_

Tisane's gaze finally focused as he lifted his blood red eyes to the sky.

"Coward! I want you to watch me as I destroy all these pests which you are hiding behind"

At those words, Tisane moved with a bang as a streak of red light flashed past a group of monsters which resulted in a burst of flesh and bones erupting among the horde.

He was like an epitome of carnage as monsters kept falling before his feet while he moved from one section of the horde to another. He was so fast, that the fastest monsters could barely survive few attacks from him before they were torn to pieces.

He was so deadly that the strongest monsters began falling in droves after receiving few hits from him. Tisane moved across the horde with explosive speed and pin point attacks

His movements carried no extra step or superficial actions. He was like a monstrous assassin!

Few minutes later.....

Tisane stood on a hill of torn limbs, broken bones, scattered flesh and splashed blood. The dead bodies and remains of monsters could be seen everywhere.

Tisane was panting as his body shivered and oozed a heated blood red steam. He was not satisfied yet with the battle.

His eyes moved through the field of dead monsters as he was hoping that a monster was still alive that he could unleash his savage anger on. At the initial stage, he had thought that the monster horde was overwhelming, but now that he had moved through them like a storm, he felt that they were not quite enough.

The strange power in him was still burning hotly. It was still hungry for mayhem, blood and massacre!

Tisane couldn't take it anymore as he roared at the sky.

"Is that all you got?!!!"

{...}

_{Hahaha!! This is so unexpected, so unprecedented. I'll tell you what kid, in all my years across the heavens, I've never seen a human with such tenacious and stubborn will except for your progenitor. He was the only one who had shocked me with his strength! And now here you are, a descendant with an almost similar level of stubbornness and strength! It makes me tingle with excitement!!}_

The voice raved and ranted on as confusion began to appear on Tisane's face.

_What the hell is it talking about?_

_{I have an offer for you kid. You can choose to keep fighting and lose your life here or you can kneel and accept my will}_

_{Bow and accept me as your master and I'll give you power beyond imagination and equal!!}_

"..."

_{.....}_

The atmosphere became quite dull as the wind was the only sound that pervaded the silence.

_{Well? I am waiting for your answer mortal!!}_

Tisane stared at the sky with an unreadable expression on his face.

"Now am sure that you're a retard"

_{What?!}_

"Do you really expect me to bow down to you? As what? My king? My God? My master? After everything you've done, to my family and my friends? You expect me to forget all that and serve you?!"

_{You don't really have a choice mortal!!!}_

"Actually I do. I can choose to put an end to you!"

{FOOL! Do you really think you have a chance against me?!}

Tisane didn't reply but looked around the field of monster remains as he stared back at the sky with a provocative grin and spread out his arms, indicating the dead bodies under and around him.

_{Hmph! With this much?! Do you really think that this qualifies you to be my opponent?!}_

"Just shut up and send your puppets to fight me! After all, I know you're just a dead voice who only knows how to control mindless creatures such as these!"

_{Oh mortal. I have no intention of sending my 'puppets' this time around}_

_{This time you'll have to face me yourself!!}_

The entire land began to vibrate. At first, it began slowly, then seismic quakes began to rock the entire landscape.

Tisane instantly felt that something terrifying was coming.

_Is this it?_

_Is the monster behind the voice going to show itself?_