Kaijin Fighter: So I Have to Make Monsters, So What?

Clank!

Wooo!

Thunk!

Zhen Liu had given his cousins and friends not just one type of zako marble, but several at once due to his own belief that it was better to have a million options than just one.

As such, a metallic zako, a wooden zako and a spectral zako all proceeded to run off in different directions.

Despite having rudimentary intelligence, the zakos understood that they needed to meet up with the others or at least provide a decent enough distraction so that Zhen Xing could escape from this horde of enemy kaijin.

[What the what?]

It can't be...

Evidently, they were going to serve as more effective distraction than he realized.

The moment Mauler saw the zakos, he could immediately sense that the [Chaos] composing them was incredibly different from the stuff that his Kaijin Lord had shoved into his brain.

From the brief moment he could sweep his senses over them, he could tell it was strangely...gentle.

[How...disgusting.]

Mauler wasn't the only one feeling this way though.

Zhen Xing's hiding spot was close enough to the wiry Kaijin Lord and his horde that they were able to get front row seats in seeing him perform not only a [Chaos] art, but also see him summon what appeared to be much weaker Kaijin made of objects as opposed to living things.

[What the fuck?]

[Those weren't living things...]

[I thought we were the only Kaijin in existence!]

The Kaijin were confused as all hell at the sight of this beings, as they were under the assumption that all Kaijin had to be mutated from living creatures such as themselves.

As for the one calling themselves Kaijin Lord, he had a rather awful expression on his face at this time.

[My lord, are you alright?] the kaijin known as Toadie asked his creator as soon as he noticed the change in mood.

...

Under normal circumstances, he would've lashed out and immediately rip out the core out of any Kaijin that spoke to him out of turn. But, now that he saw the zako, he knew that he was going to need every last Kaijin he could muster.

After all, he had to prove that he was the true Kaijin Lord.

No, that he was the superior Kaijin Lord.

Ripper, Clobber, Piercer. I want you three to go after those...strange puppets. Bring them back in one piece if possible.

[Eh? Why?]

[Wouldn't it be easier for us to just kill them? Then we can just pick apart their corpses.]

[I don't think I eat an ghost though...]

Maybe if you exercised your senses, you would realize that those things will disappear into [Chaos] at the moment of their demise. Now go.

[Whatever you say, boss.]

[Yeah, yeah...]

Heeding the orders of their overlord, the Kaijin he named all proceeded to rush after the zakos like dogs being sent to hunt rabbits, but with a subtle hint of reluctance to their steps.

Once that was done, the Kaijin Lord proceeded to address Mauler directly.

Do you have the scent of that little fox?

[As clear as a beacon in the night. Shall I give chase?]

Yes. Feel free to claim whatever bounty your quarry leads.

[Much obliged,] Mauler growled in joy before chasing after Zhen Xing.

Once he had his chasers sent off, the Kaijin Lord redirected his attention towards the rest of his horde of monsters.

The rest of you, we're going on another hunt. We must add a few more members to our numbers.

[Wait, what?!]

[We already fulfilled our quota for the week!]

[This is an outrage!]

Silence!

To emphasize his words and silence the rowdy monsters, the Kaijin Lord manifested a cruel looking whip that appeared to be made of tarnished metal and struck across all of them at once.

A chorus of guttural screams echoed through the mountainrange as long, bloody wounds appeared on the bodies of the beasts who were struck by the vile whip.

[Ah!]

[It hurts! It hurts!]

Making the wounds even worse was that the Kaijin Lord had made sure to inject an extra dose of [Chaos] into the whip's structure.

From the moment I uplifted you, you were to do nothing more than be my loyal slaves! When I ask you to jump, you ask into what chasm.

When I ask you for a finger, you give me your arm!

And when I make the very simple demand to acquire more beasts, you bring me double of what I expect!

Is that clear?!

[Y-yes, Kaijin Lord!]

[Whatever you say! Whatever you say!]

Good.

...Meanwhile...

'WHAT IN THE CHIMERIC FUCK?!'

[HISS!]

[GROWL!]

[RIBBIT!]

'Also, where the fuck is Blazejudicator?'

When Zhen Liu decided to enter his mindscape to confront Constrictor, he figured he would be greeted by some kind of weird mishmash space like how his cousins and elders experienced being possessed by a Kaijin.

While he had no idea what kind of effects Constrictor would have on the space, he figured he'd be able to handle it, mentally and emotionally.

Evidently, he was wrong.

He couldn't handle what he was seeing on an emotional level.

Before his eyes, floating in an endless void that seemed to be filled with nothing but whispers of hate and fear, was a golden...thing.

This thing, at a glance, resembled a golden sculpture that was made by an eccentric artist.

This "sculpture" came in the form of a golden ball that was composed of several smaller golden statues that had all been welded together in a haphazardous manner.

If this sculpture was still, then it would just be unsettling to look at at best.

Instead, this statue appeared to be squirming, writhing, and twitching as very single little statue turned out to be a still living being, just jammed together into a macabre flesh ball.

Mixed into the macabre ball though were three distinctive heads belonging to a lizard, a frog and a snake.

And it was when he saw these heads, that Zhen Liu began to understand the reason why he heard so many voices coming from Constrictor's [Core].

'He's not a single Kaijin... he's...multiple in one. A fusion? No, this is...different'

Back in Undertow, he had felt it when Hurricroak, Nepeherage and Frosttusk formed Ragnarocker through his bonds with them.

In that moment, he felt all three of them harmonize into creating a fourth [Core] that was Ragnarocker.

Constrictor, wasn't that in the slightest.

If anything, this guy was more like that Leech asshole from a few months back, but somehow worse.

The best way he could mentally process what he was seeing, was as if he was if he was staring at the spiritual version of a human centipede.

It wasn't natural, even by his standards.

That stated, Zhen Liu only allowed his disgust to momentarily cloud his judgement before...

Before...

Wait a minute.

'I have fought worse, killed worse and created literal monsters. How the flaming fuck is this guy's [Core] affecting my thought patterns?!' Zhen Liu realized.

[HISS!]

'Oh fuck, right. Spirit space.'

Unfortunately, he didn't have time to comprehend the deeper implications before he found himself getting assaulted by Constrictor's weird ass core.

'WHY HAS THIS ENTIRE TRIP BEEN CONSISTING OF WEIRD SNAKE TENTACLES?!'

From the golden core, several tentacles that either had a frog head, a snake head or a lizard's head came surging towards Zhen Liu's position in space, aiming to rip him into a million little pieces.

'Alright, maximum effort!' Zhen Liu told himself before mentally inhaling.

[Virtue Flame: Patientia]

Zhen Liu spat out a giant cloud of red flames that radiated a deep feeling of patience.

[HISS!]

[ROAR!]

[CROAK!]

Repelled by the [Flames of Virtue], the surging snake tentacles recoiled in disgust and fear.

'HA! LOOKS LIKE THE WEAKNESSES ARE THE SAME! EVEN WITH THE FUNKY ASS CORE!'

A Kaijin was a Kaijin.

A manifestation of [Chaos] and raw emotion, given form.

Even if the [Core] in front of him wasn't made with [Desire] in mind, the being born was still affected by all the things other Kaijin were weak too.

[Executor! I'm here!]

'Finally!'

Blazejudicator flew in like a burning meteorite and charged towards Constrictor's [Core], while wreathed entirely in the [Flames of Vice and Virtue].

[Apologies, Executor, but I don't think this Constrictor will be provided any useful information in his current state.]

'I figured as much. So what do you have in mind?'

[Purification!]

Once he had gotten close enough, Blazejudicator stopped mid flight in order to blast Constrictor's [Core] with his own flames.

[Flames of Vice: Avaritia!]

A torrent of golden flames blazed forth from Blazejudicator's hands and engulfed Constrictor's [Core] in an inferno.

[HISS!]

[ROAR!]

[CROAK!]

'There we fucking—wait a minute, what the fuck?'

Zhen Liu expected Blazejudicator's flames to fully engulf and burn down Constrictor's [Core], or possibly even smooth out all the weird details that composed the damn thing.

Evidently, it was a bit of the latter...plus some extra details that made the whole situation even worse.

'Oh...fuck.'