Kaijin Fighter: So I Have to Make Monsters, So What?-Chapter 1307: Victory in Defeat

*Bing-Bong*

We interrupt this chapter to inform the reader of a minor detail change.

The writer of this work would like to make it known that the two humans turned into Kaijin had named themselves Tusktara, the woman turned elephant, and Trigoose, the injured warrior turned into a goose version of the dark king Zahhak.

If this scene ever gets illustrated, we'll make the change be noted by a text box title change or something.

We now return to your regularly scheduled chapter, thank you.

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Wow, how long has it been since we've put one of these at the front of a chapter.

|A long while. Trying to get back into form.|

I thought getting back into form involved less commentary from us and more actual content?

|Shut up.|

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[No!]

[Boooo! Boo!]

[Honestly, this is especially cruel! At least let the new recruits put them out of their misery.]

^Fucking...hell...^

^Guess there was a bell this time...^

In the hollowed out pit that served as the fighting arena for the [Mines of Malevolence], a picture of abject misery was on full display.

For the past five minutes or so, aka the time it took for the Kaijin and the Zhen Clan scions to finish their respective activities, Lythero and Olstenna were doing their absolute best to not get their shit kicked in by the two human turned Kaijin, Tusktara and Trigoose, respectively.

Unfortunately, they only managed to partially avoid this fate.

Despite Olstenna's best efforts to follow the rhythm of the three-headed goose Kaijin, he still got struck one in every three strikes.

If he didn't avoid getting punch in the stomach, he would get struck by one of the geese heads. Alternatively, if he managed to avoid both of the attacking geese, the bastard that they were attached to would go in for an attack.

While the purple-flamed Aetherii managed to put up a good fight, even maintaining a battle-crazed look the entire time, the adrenaline in his body was finally starting to peter out.

On the other side, Lythero managed to land over a dozen or so attacks, but they were way too shallow to do anything meaningful against the elephant-like Tusktara.

Then again, it probably didn't help that his one application of [Chaos] involved the usage of his masters' swords and not his [Astra].

Due to this unfamiliarity, he ended up hindering his own attacks.

Making matters worse, Tusktara's attacks were mostly area-of-effect based. In other words, even when Lythero managed to dodge major attacks, he still got caught in the blast zone.

Thankfully, nothing embedded itself into Lythero's limbs, body or bones. His body did get battered by the shockwaves though.

The end result of this brutal beating, was that Olstenna was covered in a fuckton of bite marks that allowed blood to freely flow like an undammed river, while Lythero looked as if he went five rounds against a champion boxer.

In other words, if the battle hadn't been called when it did, Lythero and Olstenna would've ended up dead at the hands of these mutant bastards.

Life and fate had other plans, though. At least it would if the duo managed to maintain their cool long enough.

Shortly after the MC Kaijin made the announcement to stop the fighting, Tusktara and Trigoose let their displeasure be known.

[Huh?! Why are you interrupting my good time? I was just about to send these fine gentlemen to eternal bliss!] Tusktara roared.

[At least let us finish our meal,]one of Trigoose's heads cried out.

[We're famished!]the other goose head called out in agreement.

Parroting their cries of annoyance, the kaijin in the stands began to demand for more violence as well.

However, the MC Kaijin was unmoved by these cries for violence...mostly.

[You idiots know the rules! The boss says that we can only have our fun in set intervals. No more, no less!] The MC Kaijin roared at the jeering crowd. [That is...unless the mortals present still want to fight? And I'm not talking about the cowards who ran around like headless chickens, you lot are allowed to return to your cells.]

"Wait, what?"

As soon as this announcement was made, the cage doors leading to the arena's halls opened up right next to where a majority of the cowering fighters were standing.

Unsurprisingly, a huge chunk of them ran inside.

"Wait, shouldn't we be here to try and assist?"

^In what way? Half of us can't do shit against them, and the other half is dead.^

<We'd be doing those two a bigger favor by getting out of their way.>

Once the riff-raff and weaker warriors cleared out, the only ones remaining were Lythero, Olstenna and an observing third warrior that everyone seemed to unconsciously ignore.

Either way, all eyes were on Lythero and Olstenna at this point in time.

[Well? What's it gonna be?]

In the eyes of the mortals present, it just looked as if the Kaijin were simply waiting for an answer. If one knew how to look though, they'd be able to see that all of the kaijin present, from the ones on the ground to the ones in the stands, were attempting to use their [Chaos] to pressure the duo into wanting to keep fighting.

Had this tactic been used on any other warrior in this mine, it would've worked and that aformentioned fellow would be six under the ground by now.

On these two though, this trick was about as effective as a glass of water dumped into a bonfire.

[So? What's it gonna—]

^No.^×2

[THAT'S WHAT I—wait, what?]

Lythero and Olstenna dropped their guards and immediately made moves towards each other before walking to the exit.

This action stunned all of the Kaijin present, because they were used to people either begging for mercy or demanding for more fight time whenever they turned on the [Chaos].

As such, they couldn't help but watch in silence and Lythero and Olstenna simply exited the scene.

Shortly after though, the noise picked up again.

[What...what just happened?]

[Did...did those humans just refuse us? Us?!]

[What kind of bullshit is this?!]

As the Kaijin roared and yelled, the only remaining mortal warrior on the arena floor finally decided to exit, with only the faintest shimmer of mischief in their eyes.

'Well now, ain't that interesting...I didn't think there were any Shapers in these mines...Wonder if that means someone finally worth a shine has come?'

...Up in the Stands...

"Well, that's mildly disappointing,"the Kaijin Lord sighed as he slumped in his seat with a look of disappointment on his face. "I figured those cellmates of yours would be more willing to fight to the death. Although, it's interesting how they were able to keep such cool heads in the face of such...rage."

Off to the side, Zhen Liu rolled his eyes.

'They travel with me, they're way more than able to shrug off your average attempt of using [Chaos] to stir up their emotions,' Zhen Liu mentally griped before verbally sharing a platitude.

"To be fair, Kaijin Lord, it's often said that caution was the better part of valor. Sometimes, one must abandon a glorious death in order to fight another day."

"Whatever," the Kaijin Lord shrugged in response to Zhen Liu's flowery words. "Guess that means I have my next test subjects."

"I suppose you...wait, test subjects?"

The Kaijin Lord gave Zhen Liu a knowing look before chuckling to himself.

"Why, yes. You saw how the [Cores] worked the moment I placed them inside those damaged people, people who were like you," the Kaijin Lord explained while pointing a finger at Zhen Liu's chest, and getting uncomfortably close.

"And the results were better than what I could imagine, so what do you think would happen if I installed a [Core] into a powerful warrior? Especially powerful warriors that have the very strange ability of being able to resist the power of [Chaos]?"

"I...I don't know..."

At this point, Zhen Liu couldn't help but feel as if cover was blown and that he should be retaliating as quickly as possible.

Fortunately for Zhen Liu, this guy was just being creepy as hell.

"Well, I don't know either," the Kaijin Lord suddenly said while pulling himself back. "But before I can explore a hypothetical, I might as well shore up with something that I know will work."

"Which is..." Zhen Liu purposely trailed off to give this the guy the distracting feeling of satisfaction that came with the joy of finishing someone else's sentence.

"Why, uplifting aether beasts into becoming my newest Kaijin of course," the Kaijin Lord said in a haughty manner before lowering his voice to sudden more serious.

"You've seen my forces, you've eaten my food and you've seen what I can do for you. So tell me, why don't you share the location of that tiger of yours and I can make you uplifted too?"

'Alright, asshole, game on.'