[Of course, boss.]
The Kaijin that answered the wiry man was a strange, bipedal toad Kaijin that was covered in warts and mucus that was constantly rolling off of it's body.
In the toad Kaijin's hands was a strange looking case that appeared to be made of leather. Although, it wasn't any animal leather Zhen Xing had seen before.
For obvious reasons, Zhen Xing couldn't help but to compare this nasty frog with Hurricroak and be...disappointed.
'I bet it's na is sothing dumb like—'
Thank you, Toadie.
'Called it.'
After taking the case from Toadie's hands, the wiry man opened it up and exposed to the world a collection of solid gold balls that seed to radiate a sense of pure...malice.
'Oh, those balls must be the [Malevolent Gold] that Zhen Liu's looking for...wait a minute, what is that guy doing?'
The wiry man began to dance his fingers across the balls until he picked one, for so arbitrary reason that Zhen Xing couldn't understand, and began to hold it aloft.
Once it was between his fingers, the wiry man began to channel [Chaos] into it, causing the gold ball to transform into a strange dull, multicolored orb that seed to vibrate.
'What the fuck...'
Zhen Xing imdiately recognized the strange orb as being a [Core], having been shown examples of the stuff by both Zhen Liu and the curators of the Library, but he could also tell sothing about it was...off.
The cores he has seen previously had given off this energy of wanting to encourage or enhance certain [Desires].
This core, however, seed to discourage those [Desires] instead.
No...it was more like this core encouraged others to just...hate.
'Is that because of the materials used or is it because of the [Chaos] infusion?' Zhen Xing wondered as he stared at the strange alien [Core]. 'Wait, what's he doing?'
After empowering the [Core] in his hands, the wiry man walked towards the captured aether beast, a Flaming-Maned Jaguar, and produced a long knife that was also made of [Malevolent Gold].
As he did, Zhen Xing could hear the man say so sort of twisted prayer.
By my authority as the Kaijin Lord, I bestow upon this lowly beast the divine hatred and despair of mortal minds. May this core twist and deform you into a higher state of being.
SCHINK!
'WHOA!'
"GROOAAAA!'
The wiry man proceeded to stab the Flaming Managed Jaguar in the dead center of its forehead with golden knife, creating a wide open gash that exposed the beast's brain to the outside world and caused the blood to flow like a river.
The beast's tier prevented it from imdiately dying from such a wound but the pain, fear and absolutely hate coming from the jaguar's roar was loud enough to echo throughout the mountain range.
Now be...elevated.
Once the roaring had reached an apex, the wiry man proceeded to shove the strange [Core] in his hand directly into the jaguar's skull all while infusing the beast with even more [Chaos].
Whether it was on purpose or by accident, Zhen Xing didn't know, but the man didn't retract his arm in ti, causing the muscles, sinews and blood of the Flaming-Maned Jaguar to reform around his arm.
Not that this mattered to the man calling himself Kaijin Lord, as he ripped away his arm and tore apart the flesh that was threatening to grow over his arm.
What followed after this grueso act was sothing that made Zhen Xing want to throw up in his mouth.
'What the fuck...'
The Flaming-Maned Jaguar began to grow very still after having undergone impromptu brain surgery, the vitality in its eyes draining away like water from a sink until only very little left inside. Seeing this change, the Kaijin holding the beast down removed themselves with strangely sadistic smiles on their faces.
After most of its life was drained away, [Chaos] ca to refill the basin...which is when the noises began.
'Oh, what the fuck...'
The Flaming-Maned Jaguar, or whatever was left of it, began to convulse, distort and twist itself in unnatural eyes, like a doll being managed by a child who didn't know their own strength.
It started with its limbs, its claws and paws, breaking, bleeding and reforming until they were a mockery of how mortal hands, fingers, legs and toes looked.
It's head and torso began to lt and rge into one another before the face of the jaguar began to take on the form of a dented breastplate.
And from the top of his face-torso, out popped a torch made of tallic bone and burning with black flas.
But that wasn't the end of it.
Once this Kaijin Lord saw the black flas, a smile ford in his face.
It appears this one has potential...
Encouraged by the sight, the Kaijin Lord recited a dark little spell as he summoned from a dinsional storage ring, several ingots of tal that radiated an equally disgusting aura as the [Malevolent Gold] but were different as well.
Rage, oh beasts of hatred. Rage, oh beasts of despair. Rage, oh beasts of endless hunger. This world has rejected you for far too long, now let them taste the malice that hides in the heart of children and tyrants alike. Forge your arms and armor, and present yourself.
The sound of a deep heartbeat then echoed through the mountain range as soon as the Kaijin Lord gave his orders.
Heeding his words, the deford being reached out a clawed finger towards one of the ingots and released a pulse of [Chaos], causing the to imdiately liquefy and flow towards the source, forming into tallic decorations and helt that covered the bony torch. Once the last of of these tallic pieces had ford, the Kaijin imdiately dropped to the ground to kneel.
[I...answer...the call...] the jaguar kaijin growled in a voice that seed both weak and powerful at the sa ti. [What is...my na?]
You shall be known as...Mauler, and shall be assigned to [Those who Hate].
[Understood,] Mauler nodded his torch-like head before rising to his tal covered feet.
Once he was standing, Mauler walked over to a Kaijin that resembled a porcupine with tusks coming out of his face.
Comparing the way these Kaijin interacted each other with the way Zhen Liu's Kaijin acted with each other, Zhen Xing imdiately noticed how there was no shared camaraderie.
Just shared...disgust.
[What do you want, pussycat?] The porcupine kaijin growled, spit and venom dripping his mouth as if he wanted to do nothing more than bite the guy in front of him. [Like the way I look?]
[You...were the one who used that spike trap to ensnare ,] Mauler snarled in a low voice.
[Yeah? So what are you going to—]
Before the poor bastard could finish, Mauler proceeded to jam a claw into his head and pull out his core in one violent motion.
Zhen Xing thought the Kaijin Lord would admonish his subordinates for killing their own. Instead, all he heard a laugh that was twisted and cruel coming from both him, and the other kaijin.
[Haha! Got Spiker good with that!]
[One shot! One kill!]
[Oh, I can't wait to devour what's left.]
Hahahah! Good, good! You seem to understand the order of things here!
Choosing to let actions speak louder than words, Mauler proceeded to hold Spiker's [Core] aloft between their claws.
Go ahead.
[Much obliged.]
Mauler moved the golden orb to the jaguar face that was their breastplate, and proceeded to use it to devour the golden orb in one bite.
[Despair. Delicious.]
Once it was swallowed, Mauler's body convulsed for a brief mont before several dozen quills started growing all over his body until they reford into a cape. Upon his shoulder, the screaming face of a porcupine had spontaneously ford on the shoulder.
Once this transformation occurred, Zhen Xing could literally feel Mauler's aura skyrocket to higher levels.
Now with that out of the way, it's ti to—
[A mont, Kaijin Lord,] Mauler interrupted. [I am...slling sothing. No...soone.]
'Oh...shit.'
Understanding exactly who Mauler was referring to, Zhen Xing tried to make a move for the zako marble in his pocket in order to summon them and—
[OVER HERE!]
"FUCK!"
Before Zhen Xing could fully summon the zako, Mauler had suddenly appeared like a bolt of lighting and had almost taken his head off with a massive clawed hand.
At this close range, Zhen Xing could feel the raw hate and disgust radiating off of the kaijin before him.
As well,he couldn't help but notice the sadness in the eyes of this beast...even if they were attached to a snarling chest.
Regardless, now that his ass was exposed, Zhen Xing responded in kind.
[Primordial Beast Scriptures: Vulpes FlashFire!]
[Bah!]
Channeling both [Chaos] and aether, Zhen Xing released a fox-shaped burst of fire to temporarily blind Mauler before flying away with his [Flying Foxfire Wheels]. Not only that, but he also threw out the zako marbles.
[Fucking scramble!]
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