Prologue 7: Boss Fight #1

"So it's not an illusion"

Shoto realized he was not hallucinating as soon as he stepped on the mass of land that had appeared. He flopped down on the ground closing his eyes feeling the sunlight. Shoto also went deep into his thoughts trying to organize them. He was fatigued physically and mentally.

Ever since he got thrust into this world he couldn't catch a break now was the perfect time even if it was short.

Half an hour passed.

Shoto got up after a nice nap and head for the foot or the grey mountain. The closer he got the foot of the mountain a giant stone door came in sight. The door was a grey as the mountain and strange letters on on it.

Shoto narrowed his eyes try to make out the letters but no luck.

"Assistant scan the door"

{Scanning door. Scan complete}

"Do you know this language?" Shoto asked.

{Affirmative it's Occidens would like me to transfer the language to your brain?}

"Yeah" Shoto answered yawning.

Shoto received a short splitting a headache as the information of the language went to his brain.

"Fuck" he grunted in pain.

The headache cleared and began reading the language.

"-This is your final test traveler win and claim a your reward-"

"Hmm I thought it had something grand to say"

Shoto didn't enter right away the door had an ominous feel to it. He knew if entered he wouldn't leave until he won. He sat in front the giant door mandating he wanted as much rest as possible after all he wasn't a superhuman who recovered in short time.

Once he felt he had enough rest Shoto touched the door, the writing on the wall glowing white opening the door sucking Shoto in.

warp!

Shoto appeared in a throne room illuminated by a crystal in the ceiling the light touched everywhere except for were the throne was supposed to be. The area where the throne was covered in an gloomy shadow vail. The floor of the throne room was layered with bones, skulls and different weaponry stuck in the floor.

The hair on Shoto's body stood up prickly like a porcupine. The alarm in his head rang like a siren warning him of the danger.

Sniff sniff

"That smell Shape Shifter have you come to kill me?" The voice at the throne filled the entire room.

Shoto didn't reply.

"No your smell is weak your aren't the Shape Shifter"

SNAP!

The being on the throne snapped it's fingers dispersed the cloud of darkness revealing himself.

It looked like an oni with grey skin and four bulky arms so this is the dungeon boss. He stood up from the  throne walking down he stretched his arms and cracked his knuckles.

Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!

Whoosh!

Shockwaves released from his knuckles creating a gust in the throne room. The grey oni stopped a certain distance from Shoto and spoke.

"I am Zon the Eevera and you have reached the end of your journey Shape Shifter successor."

Shoto could fill the bloodlust in his words and instinctively backed away. The eevera dug his feet into the ground taking a battle stance.

Thrust!

Zon thrust his palm creating a shockwave through the  whole throne room. Shoto was sent flying into the walls.

"Kuek"

Blood spilled from Shoto's mouth after suffering internal damage from the shockwave.

{Using <Cellular Synthesis> to repair damage organs}

Shoto's breathing returned to normal but there was still pain through out his body. Zon did did attack it's as if he was just testing Shoto.

"Not bad kid you healed from that but I don't sense any fighting spirit within you , your gonna die before this gets good" said Zon.

Shoto stood up dust himself off,he tied his hair into a ponytail and charged grabbing a sword from the ground and slashing Zon.

Swish!

Stuck!

The sword got stuck in Zon's body he looked at it amused.

"Ha focus kid you know that's not the right sword for you stop playing around"

Zon flexed his muscles breaking the sword then used one of his giant hands to slap Shoto away sending him into the wall.

Slap!

Shoto got up again trying to focus something was stopping him from taking in this battle.

Shoto used <Seismic Sense> to look swords in the throne room he needed find the right sword  to use his swordsmanship perfectly.

Zon wasn't just going to let him find it easily he thrust his palm again sending out a powerful shockwave for Shoto.

Pow!

Rumble!

The shockwave hit the wall causing the room to shake as Shoto had evaded it with <Quick Step>. Shoto grabbed another sword from the ground but it didn't fill right in his hands.

He used <Force Control> wrapping the sword with force and getting into a battle stance.

Zon punched the air three times firing shockwaves at Shoto.

Kwang!

Kwang!

Kwang!

SHATTER!

Shoto blocked all three attacks breaking the sword in the process. He rushed to pickup another one as Zon's firsts brought down barrage of first shaped shockwaves upon Shoto.

Pow pow pow pow pow pow pow!

Kwang! Kwang! Kwang!

Shoto parried and weaved each attack with every new sword he picked up.

Shatter!

The sword in his hand became fragments after blocking one attack. Shoto's hands trembled from the sourness of stopping attack he new the eevera was playing with him but he could get rid of that distracting feeling.

"Get serious boy this isn't a sparring match"

"Huh"

Shoto was surprised by those words then something click in his head. He figured out why he wasn't taking in this battle he felt the eevera had a similar feel to his grandfather so his mind reflectively didn't take the fight seriously.

"Ha" Shoto laughed then too a deep breath letting any thoughts of his grandfather go he couldn't believe a deadman was holding him back.

The air around Shoto swelled as strong force surrounded him. An idea popped into Shoto's head.

(Assistant) he called.

{Yes sir}

(Is it possible to reconstruct my body during battle?)

{It's risky but possibly}

(Good begin when I tell you to}

{Affirmative}

Shoto used <Force Control> too lift the weapons lying on the ground into the air and launched them at Zon.

"Oh you got trick"

Zon punched the air with all four fists generating gusts of wind deflecting the projectiles.

Ping! Ping! Ping!

The gust of wind rage in the throne room as the air around Zon began forming a dome too deflected the weapons. Shoto leaped across the room throwing weapons with <Force Control to keep Zon busy while he looked for something.

Grip

Shoto griped the sword he was looking for it wasn't a katana but it had a similar look.

"Your perfect" he said to the sword.

He moved both mana and force through the sword and it accepted it.

"I see you found your perfect sword good then I don't have to play with any more"

Zon release an insufferable pressure with in the room he took another fighting stance. Zon could feel Shoto's fighting spirit lifting up after he had griped the sword.

[Destructive  Art: Thunderclap]

Zon clap his four hands together firing a loud shockwave at Shoto. Shoto didn't dodge he got into position and released a heavy breath.

[Kuzakabe Sword Art: Flower Storm]

A turbulent force released from the slash colliding with the thunderclap.

BANG!

Vibrations filled the throne room after the two attacks collided. Shoto charged at Zon as he prepared another attack.

[Destructive Art: Four Seasons]

Zon condensed a tremendous amount air pressure in his four hands before firing it at Shoto.

"Hoo" Shoto release another heavy breath.

[Kuzakabe Sword Art: Bleeding Spring]

Shoto slashed countering the four blast then he bolted forward with <Quick Step>.

Swoosh!

Zon saw an afterimage of Shoto here and there.

[Kuzakabe Sword Art: Bleeding Spring]

Once more with the twenty-fourth form of his family sword art Shoto aimed for Zon's neck.

Ping!

Zon didn't see Shoto until his sword was near neck he blocked it and pushed Shoto back. Shoto landed on his feet and disappeared. Zon clapped his hands together as if praying.

"<<Compass>>" Zon mattered his ability.

Ping! Ping! Ping!

Zon blocked Shoto incoming attacks as if he had seen them coming. He waited for a gap then attacked.

Pow!

"Kuek"

Shoto coughed up blood flying backwards he got up again using the sword as crutch and wipe off the blood from his mouth.

"This is starting to get good kid give me more" Zon said with an evil grin.

(Assistant begin body reconstruction now) Shoto ordered surroundings himself with a barrier of force.

{Affirmative body reconstruction will to sixty seconds}

Mana particles began to flare in Shoto's body colliding together to form mana. Shoto just had to hold out for a minute as he couldn't move while his body was reconstructing.

"So your not going to attack this time fine"

Zon squatted and punched the air repeatedly firing air punched at his opponent.

Powpowpowpow!

The air rang with the sound of a thousand punched colliding against Shoto's force barrier.

{Body reconstruction at 28%}

'Just one minute I need last one minute'

The force barrier received a repeated pounding from Zon then

CRACK!

The barrier began to break but the body reconstruction wasn't half done. Another crack appeared on the barrier with the body reconstruction at fifty percent.

Crack! Crack!

The cracks got larger and large the barrier was comparable to a tent in a hurricane storm.

{Body reconstruction at 95%}

It was almost done a minute felt like eternity for Shoto he took the risk to get stronger and it was about to payoff but then.

BOOOOOM!