Chapter 130: Monsters

*Eden and Shu are shown entering a gigantic cave, full of old and destroyed scientific artifacts, as well as having a putrid smell*

Eden: *Think* It's scary, really scary

*A thick mist, with a vomiting and disturbing smell runs through the entire place*

Shun: *Smiles* He's a real monster, he doesn't stop evolving with each fight, he's much more problematic than I thought...

*A very powerful attack crosses in front of Eden, but Shun reacts just in time, pushing Eden aside*

*The attack generates a large explosion that shakes the entire cave*

Shun: You can show yourself now, Puppet

*From a very thick fog, Puppet makes his presence, with a terrifying aura*

Puppet: *With a disturbing look and an intimidating voice* Yes... I really wasn't wrong, I was right to come here...

Puppet: I'm definitely going to have a lot of fun with you humans. Especially with you, Eden Yomi, I have a gift just for you

Shun: You'd better stop the nonsense Puppet, we ain't got no time to waste with your

Puppet: It's a shame Shun, but you're just spectators at my big show

*All the lights in the venue are turned on at once, showing a terrifying army of puppets*

Shun: *With an illuminated look and a big smile* What the hell is this?

*An aerial view of the entire place is shown, showing an army of thousands of dying soldiers spewing a putrid stench*

Eden: *Think* What the hell are they? They're nothing like the one I've seen

Eden: *Think* Are they dead?

* Puppet Starts Laughing Wildly While Tearing His Skin With His Hands*

Puppet: This is the result of many years, experimenting, one after another, Earth citizens

*Normal people from the human world are shown, whose skin is breaking down*

Puppet: De Grek

*Shown several citizens who fell in the Battle of Grek*

Puppet: From Nork

*Several zombified Vikings are shown, next to Vili and Ve's body decomposing, as well as Kou Nave's body appearing among them*

Eden: *Shocked by what he is seeing* It can't be true...

*Among those rows of dying bodies appears the body of Takemi*

Eden: *With a look full of rage* It has to be a joke...

Shun: You'd better control yourself, if you lose control, you'll die

*Eden clenches his fist due to the fury he feels while looking down on Puppet*

Puppet: It's Time to Raise the Curtain

*Puppet changes his gaze, to a menacing look*

Puppet: Attack!

*All puppets are launched at high speed towards Eden and Shun*

*Shun instantly blocks the attack of several puppets, but Eden is petrified when he hears the whisper of a puppet: Please help... help...*

*Eden is hit by the puppet, crashing into the wall*

Shun: Eden!

Puppet: Humans are really weak, very weak, they disgust me a lot...

Puppet: Worrying about a simple puppet, why? Do they pretend to be good?

Puppet: *Spits while looking down on Shun* I disown them

Shun: I'm sorry

*Shun in a single swing of his sword cuts all the puppets to pieces*

*Shun retreats at high speed towards Eden*

Shun: Are you okay?

Eden: I can't... I... I can't... they don't deserve this...

Shun: So you plan to just lie there and let them suffer?

*Eden shows a look of anger and frustration*

Shun: I think they deserve a better ending. What do you think?

*Eden full of courage rises again, but is instantly surrounded by hundreds of puppets*

*In an instant Shun reacts, launching a powerful attack with his sword, cutting the puppets into several places*

Puppet: *Smiles* It seems like there's no way to catch you off guard

Shun: *Think* This must be a joke, his Zenka energy hasn't diminished one bit, despite using his power to control so many

Shun: *Think* If we continue in a battle of attrition, he will win, we better end this

*Shun is paralyzed when he hears bones twist and crack*

Shun: Are you with me?

*The puppets are shown reconstructing themselves*

Shun: Eden, you know what to do, don't you?

Eden: Yes

*Shun launches at high speed at par with the puppets, destroying all in his path, drawing his sword and slashing one after another*

Shun: Now!

*Eden concentrates an enormous amount of energy on the tip of his sword*

Eden: 深淵斬 (Court of the Abyss)

*Eden performs a downward slash with his sword, leaving a large crack in the air, which absorbs all those who have fallen, being absorbed by this darkness*

*Eden sees with a look of sadness Takemi's body entering the crack, but before entering Takemi shows a small smile and relief on his face, leaving Eden completely destroyed*

*After all the bodies enter the rift, it consumes itself, generating a large explosion*

Shun: Eden, this isn't over yet!

Eden: Yes!

*Shun and Eden in a coordinated work begin to eliminate one puppet after another*

Puppet: Damn bastards!

*Vili and Ve launch themselves directly at Shun, initiating a swift and impressive exchange of attack, leaving trails of light and explosions, after the clash of their weapons*

*With great force Shun slams his sword against Vili's axe, generating a shock*

*At that same moment Ve throws with great force a powerful cut with his axe, which Shun manages to prevent, kicking Vili's stomach with great force, and at the second he turns to hit Ve's ankle, throwing him to the ground*

Shun unhesitatingly cuts off Ve's head, and showing his golden eyes, in the blink of an eye pierces Vili's heart, in addition to a single blow with his fist, breaking all the bones in his chest.

Shun: Now you can rest

*From the sky appears a great ray of light that completely disintegrates both of them, who smile when they are consumed by this light*

Puppet: No... no, this cannot be... this cannot be happening... I should be winning... I... I am strong

Shun: Puppet, give up once and for all, we both know very well how this will end, if you turn yourself in and give us information about your group, maybe we'll think about reducing your sentence

Puppet: Y-I... I am strong, much more than a simple human, this... This shouldn't be happening

Shun: *Thinks* It looks like he's completely lost what little sanity he had left

Puppet: Yes... Now I get it... I do want to win... I have to sacrifice it... all... even myself

*Puppet smiles ominously as he stares at Eden and Shun*

*All the threads that kept the remaining puppets standing are eliminated, causing them to fall to the ground, generating a grotesque scene, where these lifeless bodies expel a putrefying stench, in addition to their organs falling due to putrefaction*

*Shun and Eden are shown completely paralyzed by what they are witnessing*

Puppet: It's a shame that I couldn't control you at your best, but it's still been a pleasure to experiment with you

*From the dense and intimidating fog a silhouette of a man with great muscles and gray hair is shown*

*Two fierce eyes and orange felines are shown*

Puppet: Surge, Gen Yomi

*Eden is shown completely paralyzed and shocked by what his eyes are witnessing*

Eden: *With a trembling voice* It can't be true...

*Eden remembers his last moments with his grandfather during Kai and Ryu's attack*

Eden: This... This has to be a joke... this

Shun: Damn wretch

*Eden realizes that his grandfather still does not have his right hand, in addition to being full of scars and seams*

Eden: Grandfather... I... I'm sorry... I wasn't strong enough... because of me you...

*Eden falls to the ground completely defeated*

Eden: Grandfather... I am sorry... I'm really sorry...

Eden: If only I had been a little stronger... yes, just... I wanted to be by your side more, grandpa... I

*Eden's face begins to fill with tears as he trembles with frustration*

Eden: I'm sorry...

Shun: *Think* Damn, in this situation, Eden won't be able to fight

Shun: Eden, get out of here

Eden: I-I

Shun: I can't allow you to continue fighting, let alone against him... Go before you

*In the blink of an eye, Gen appears in front of Eden providing him with a great kick that breaks several bones, which pierce his organs, in addition to sending him flying and causing him to crash into a pillar of rocks*

Shun: How is that possible? I couldn't even follow him... when I wanted to react, Eden already...

*Gen is shown with the white sword that Eden had not used until now*

*Gen stares at his sword, but, the second he looks directly at Shun, who feels a great threat in his gaze, feeling the aura of a lion*

*In an instant Gen launches himself directly at Shun with his sword in hand, but he manages to block the attack, generating a large shock slingshot that devastates everything nearby*

*Shun and Gen begin a spectacular high-speed attack exchange, generating one shock sling after another*

*After a long exchange of attacks, they both retreat staring at each other*

*On the other hand, Eden is shown completely destroyed and full of multiple wounds*

Eden: *Think* Yes... all this is my fault... it seems that it will never change... I will always make everyone around me suffer... I'm really cursed... Everywhere I go, I only carry destruction, and this place has been no exception

Eden: *Think* Yes... It's time to accept it... I will never be able to be happy again... all those moments

*Eden remembers all his years in Japan with his family, with his friends, playing soccer, when someone confessed to him, each of his birthdays*

Eden: *Think* Yes... those moments are gone... They will not come back

*Eden's body begins to expel a thick and overwhelming dark energy*

Eden: *Think* So... From now on...

*Eden's body begins to expel more and more dark energy*

Eden: *Think* I'll build...

*Eden begins to expel dark rays, which both Shun, Gen and Puppet notice*

Eden: My Own Destiny

*A ray of dark light falls directly on Eden, healing each of his wounds*

*Eden's body begins to be covered in a dark purple metal that creates an armor made of dark energy, dark purple, with gold accents, as well as giving him a helmet that covers his entire face, only showing his crimson eyes*

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*An Eden is shown with overwhelming energy, as well as being much stronger and more intimidating than before*

Shun: Eden...

Eden: Take care of it, and leave this to me

Shun: Are you...

*Eden stares at Shun with great confidence, to which Shun responds with a slight smile*

Shun: Don't stop surprising me, Eden Yomi

Puppet: *Think* It looks like my best puppet won't be enough to finish them off, so I'll have to use that...

*Shun is a blink of an eye, grabbing Puppet by the head, throwing him out of place with great force*

*Great silence is shown, as well as showing Gen and Eden staring at each other*

Eden: Grandfather... I... I'll get you out of that hell

*Both Eden and Gen wield their sword, then launch it into the attack*