Painful Severing

They both happily slept, Theseus felt at ease since he had one of if not the strongest man he will ever know, time was odd inside the snowy wasteland, the sun would barely shine through and neither did the moon, the main way to tell time was simply to rest and wake up whenever it felt right.

He yawned and wiped the tears from his eyes "Time to get to the city I guess" outside Musaqi had created another massive fire, he stood next to it lost in thought, no one could possibly guess what could go through his mind, whether it be his dark past or perhaps a peaceful and beautiful thought, his reaction would be the same.

Theseus greeted him tiredly "Good morning Musaqi, which way are we headed for today?" Musaqi chuckled to himself "Did you forget already?" Theseus tilted his head and looked at him confused, Musaqi waved his hands in the general direction and a grotesque wolf appeared from the nearby snow, it was slightly injured and ravenous, its mouth foaming ready to eat, it was a couple meters away but was still dangerous, its eyes grew more red by the minute as it charged Theseus and in mere moments as if it had teleported, its mouth had wrapped itself around Theseus's left wrist, clawing deep into it, you could hear the bones being crunched as he screamed in pain, he immediately activated his Third Wind and got Shoto again, the fighting style perfectly balanced at everything, his fists were infused with a blue flame similar to the fireballs he was able to shoot out, he began pummelling the beast in its head over and over again, yet seemingly no damage was caused, the wolfs bite only got worse, it felt as if its breath was chilling, freezing the arm more and more as it continued to bite it, Theseus did all he could to kill it quickly but to no avail, eventually he felt his left arm give out, so he lifted the wolf as high as he could with it and slammed it into the ground, he straightened his right hand treating it like a spear and pierced into the wolves stomach, the blood covered the nearby snow, as more and more blood was let out the snowfield they were once in seemed to be a different place entirely, Theseus kept driving his arm into the wolves innards until the wolf eventually ripped off his arm with all its might, it hurt like hell, he screamed as loud as he possibly could until he found the heart of the wicked beast, he ripped it out with all his might and threw it.

His face was distraught, he was in all kinds of pains emotionally physically and even mentally, his brain trying to process what had even happened, he tried moving his arm yet nothing was there anymore, his brain couldn't process what had just happened, whatever was left of his left arm began moving uncontrollably confused at what it had become, until he inevitably fainted.

Musaqi sighed, he seemed disappointed, he grabbed Theseus and took him over his shoulder, he approached the city rapidly going as fast as he could, he also used fire to cauterise the wound so that he wouldn't bleed out, this hurt Theseus even more but he was unable to even realise it, his brain had worked differently than others because of his Second Wind, everything he felt would either be extremely faster or painfully slower than normal, unable to know what to do his body shutdown.

"I thought you were stronger Theseus, I really did, it's a shame really, oh well." Musaqi arrived at the city, it was a interesting place that's for sure, the sun could not shine over it and it was stuck at night permanently, the lights of the city were the only thing to even light it up, it wasn't exactly modern but not too old either, walls that appeared to be as tall as the stars themselves were set around the city making sure no souls could enter or exit, that is unless they were strong enough to not only shatter the wall in a single blow but nullify it's healing properties for enough time to pass through, the buildings and the area itself appeared like an old Victorian London, Musaqi knew a secret spot to leave Theseus, it was a hideout he once used to use himself when he was young, the top of a certain hotel had an extra floor that no one would use, the perfect spot for someone to reside in, he left Theseus there and continued on with his journey.

He took a stroll around the city, reminding himself of what kind of place it is, anyone that could even spot him would run away as fast as they could, as if they had seen death itself, some confused as to why he was even there again "I really do despise this place, I wonder when people will understand that hope isn't such a bad thing to have, not like I can blame them, in a place like this, you really do lose all kinds of hope" He sighed "Time to find the laboratory then." After picking up the pace he sped up his progress on locating the place he needed to get rid of, he searched from the rooftops all the way to the sewers themselves, he stalked those who seemed to have an affinity to either chemistry or biology, taking notes of all the things they would do, he was as silent as one could be, being a slime he could infiltrate any type of place no matter how heavily guarded it may be, as long as there's a will there's a way.

After extensively stalking his prey, he learned the location of the laboratory, he wasn't fully interested in what they were doing, his job was to kill everyone in the building and leave, there were two Mouthless men that had assault rifles, something uncommonly used since ammunition was scarce, Musaqi approached them with his hand on the hilt of his sword "W-What, it can't be, s-state your reason for being here!" one of the guards said as they got ready to shoot "If you have heard of my legends then I do not need to explain, either fight fight me in battle or leave." Both of them began to shake uncontrollably not knowing what to do, most people weren't too scared of death but this was different, none of them could shoot, they grabbed their guns and ran for their lives.

After the guards was a long staircase leading underneath the city, metallic doors were used from here on out, they had optical scanners that were required to pass through, that was unless the person was a Slime, no one generally plans for this because in however many years the city may have been a thing for, there has only been one Slime to even be born, no one knows how a child had even got there to begin with, but because of the harsh weather and the land he was in his skin turned blue, only one Slime in existence had ever done this, and only one Slime had the title of he who could adapt to all, and as Musaqi phased through the door, multiple scientists could be seen working on something important, they all wore lab coats and were all Blaus, the entire laboratory was a bright white, the second Musaqi saw any form of life he would end it in mere seconds, either by slashing their heads off or piercing their hearts with his sword it did not matter, eventually, the security of the place had realised he had infiltrated, alarms started going off and most of the rooms that were white had now turned red, Musaqi paid no heed to this and continued slaughtering them all until an opponent finally came.

It was a human, he was about one hundred and eighty centimetres tall, his physique was slim and average, he wore a long black coat with a white shirt underneath that didn't seem to fit him, his pants were also black, on his side he had a katana, as he entered the room a sweat drop could be seen on his forehead and his expression became more light hearted yet nervous. "H-Heya, I've only heard of you in tales you know? Are all the stories they say about you real? You probably get that often don't you, don't take this personally really if it were me I wouldn't fight you I mean, who would right? Haha…" Musaqi was amused to say the least "Depends the story y'know? I've heard a lot of ridiculous ones before, now then, Human, state your name, it is only right." The Human became more and more nervous, he stuttered more "M-M-My name, oh right, how could I forgot, it's uh… James. James Hart, and well, yours?" He was pleased with this, it had been a while since Musaqi had an honourable duel. "Musaqi. Musaqi Miwa, The Slime Who Adapted To All."