Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic

Kai's Instincts roared, and he almost felt as if he could see Moraine going in a direction that would let her put the Shadow Creature between her and him.

The moment energy blasted out of her shoes, a hiss escaped Kai's mouth, bringing out blood flames along with it.

Selfless Breathing Art!

Kai's speed enhanced instantly, and with an exploding kick, he landed near Moraine; the distance between Jack and her was less than a meter.

It was also the moment the Shadow Creature hacked.

Murasame and Afro's Tachi flashed and struck the shadowy Claymore, making both Kai and Moraine fly in the opposite direction with a boom.

Covered in blood flames, Kai held Jack Sparrow and grinned at Moraine.

"We meet again," he said, his hazel pupils brimming with cunningness. "Running away like that? Not so elegant, eh? I will be in your care for some time. Haha!"

"You!!!"

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Kai and Moraine ran toward the docks, the Shadow Creature hot on their heels.

Blood Flames flickered around Kai, crackling, and roaring like burning wood.

On his right, Moraine was dashing in her Iron Man Mark V armor, firing short bursts from her repulsors.

She dared not go up in the air, for the Shadow Creature was faster than her.

Two-headed dog-like Shadow Creatures were also running along with them, snarling at their sight.

No matter where Kai looked, every inch of the ground seemed to have been covered by shadows and the hideous beings sprouting from them.

A two-headed dog lunged at Kai, aiming at the back of his neck.

Murasame flickered and returned, hovering a few inches over his head.

The dog lost its head and melted back into the ground like water.

Behind them, the armored Shadow Creature, Moraine's exaggerated copy, hacked Claymore from afar mercilessly.

The world kept trying to become gray, but failed every time; a clear sign of the shadow creature failing to use an Ability.

"Brute copies!" Moraine spat, her voice mechanical. "They seemed to have gained an image of Contestants, and they have great power, at least belonging to low 7th-floor Contestants. But they lack intelligence and can't use Abilities. Animals!"

Kai didn't need to turn his face to know that Moraine was eying him murderously right now.

After forcing her to become a temporary Protector of Jack Sparrow, Kai and Moraine instantly decided to head for the docks to commandeer HMS Interceptor, and then use the ship to take the main Character out of the Inheritance Land.

Kai hadn't told her that the prime reason for him to go for the docks was that Selene and Cersei were there, too.

He would not, could not, and dared not leave them behind.

Not once did Kai and Moraine think about rescuing Commodore Norrington and Governor Weatherby Swann.

They would have thrown Jack Sparrow already if they could.

Too late to do something like that now.

Boom!

Fuck! It's using that again! Kai cursed and kicked the ground ferociously.

Behind him, the Shadow Creature had just used the repulsors on the sole of its shoes to fire a short burst of shadowy energy.

With a powerful lunge, it almost arrived near Kai and Moraine, towering over them like a wrathful deity.

This wasn't the first time it had used such a method to catch up to them, either.

But with its low intelligence, unless Kai and Moraine weren't about to lose it, the Shadow Creature didn't use those energy bursts.

"I will leave it to you," Kai offhandedly said, putting the 6th-floor Contestant between him and the Creature.

Moraine gnashed her teeth at Kai's shamelessness, the metallic pieces of her armor grinding furiously over each other.

Shuuu!

A gigantic Claymore hacked at them, cutting the air with a sound that felt like scalding hot steam rushing out of a geyser.

The repulsors at Moraine's shoes and a right hand shot out energy bursts, and she spun at her axis.

In her left hand was her Claymore, looking quite unimpressive against its incoming brethren.

Bang!

A bang rang out as metal kissed the shadowy substance, sending Moraine flying back.

"Cough!" the lady coughed out a mouthful of blood, which seeped out from the slit-like opening in front of her mouth.

The moment Moraine got sent flying, the shadow Claymore of the Creature also trembled in response, despite the gap in strength, creating a rare opening in its wielder's guard.

Kai's eyes flashed as he saw this happening, as he had predicted.

He lunged back, stepped over Moraine's metallic head, and hacked at the Shadow Creature with Afro's Tachi, Murasame blurring along with its sister with the matchless bloodthirst of her own.

Afro's Tachi landed on the Creature's right wrist, almost hacking it off.

Meanwhile, Murasame stabbed itself into the Creature's neck, slicing an enormous chunk off it like butter.

With a puff, dense and dark shadowy fog escaped from the two wounds, making the Creature howl in pain.

"Aghhhrrr!" It was a beastly growl but belonged not to the living.

Kai wasn't feeling any better, either.

The power he had used to injure the Creature got rebounded at him with double the force, sending him flying.

He clenched his teeth, burying the welling-up blood in his throat, and landed on his feet near Moraine.

"Thank you for the opening, my lady," Kai mocked, grinning through his bloody teeth. "That was truly elegant of you."

"Red!" Moraine roared, pushing herself up and continuing the run. "You anger me to death!"

Kai sneered and looked at Moraine's chest.

There was a circular area on it, flashing blue and white; a clear sign of Mana being poured into it. The thought of having such armor on him made him lick his lips.

"Die! You pervert!" Moraine covered her large breasts with her left hand that had lost armor up to her elbow.

Kai laughed at the misunderstanding but cared little about clearing it up.

Yet, the thought of armor just didn't go away from his mind.

Kai knew little about all Iron Man armors, but with the help of Meg, he knew more than other Contestants of his floors.

Mark V is much thinner than the regular plating of Iron Man armor and has a weaker armor composition to reduce the weight and size of the suit, Kai recalled the info. Apart from its lack of heavy weapons and its lightweight, it can still fly.

However, it cannot reach high altitudes or speeds and is limited in the weight it can carry during flight.

Compared to the Model 1 Iron Man armor Kai had previously faced, Mark V drastically lacked in power.

Nonetheless, Kai adored this armor from his heart.

There were two reasons for it.

First, like all Iron Man armors that were Items or Set-Items, Mark V wasn't fueled by an Arc Reactor.

Rather, it was the Contestant's Mana that fueled it.

Arc Reactors weren't Items just anyone could obtain, and were among the most rare Items in the Multiverse, to begin with.

Second, Mark V was composed of inter-weaving bands of small plates, instead of interlocking large plates.

It lowered the Defense, compared to other Iron Man armors, but it also provided greater flexibility; flexibility that swordsmen like Kai and Moraine dearly needed in battles.

Not to mention, the armor itself added quite a few points in Strength, Agility, and Perception, making it highly desired by in-fighters.

Add its ability to fly in a limited area and up to a set altitude, letting one go in and out of the fight, and it was absolutely the best armor Contestants like Kai could hope for.

Kai's Coridite Armor, granted by One Half of the Power Sword, was an absolute monster as well. Then there was its ability to reduce and deflect incoming damage.

But it was bulky, and affected Kai's flexibility, too.

After half an hour of this cat-and-mouse chase, Kai and Moraine finally spied the Interceptor in the distance.

The only problem was there were just too many Contestants surrounding the ship.

However, the moment Kai saw the Contestants, a smile surfaced across his bloodied lips.

Moraine snorted in disgust at the sight of his smile, but even she knew it was the only way to survive this chaos.

Involve as many Contestants as possible!

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