Solo Cultivation in The Apocalypse

Magus's eyebrows twitched. "Not possible," he muttered. "How did he..."

Kuchiki nodded. "How indeed." He turned to the old man. "Sir?"

He nodded. "The scales are weak from inside," he said. "It can be only damaged from the inner side but..."

"But?"

The old man fixed his eyes on Kamiya. "Did that kid know it from the start... or was it really his luck?"

Kuchiki pulled back. 'If he knew from the start, that explains why he stood so confidently.'

Kamiya slipped from the floor, Kuzu swung his blade once again, but Kamiya bent down and dodged the cut.

"That kid..." The old man muttered, "used a GUN against Kuzu." Yaban jerked his head, no one realized the fact in such a mess. "I just hope that kid is a scientist. If not, may his luck be with him?"

Since the start, Kamiya had not pulled his wand out. He gave everyone a hint that he was a Scientist but the way he was dressed, it made easy for everyone to guess Kamiya's class.

Kamiya did not recognize Kuzu's anger when a bullet went through his hood but Kuzu's every muscle wrinkled and tensed in anger.

"Oh shit, it is on move!" A guy pointed his finger at the screen.

Everybody turned to watch Kazon lift his hammer. "Crap, the boss!!"

The battle has been such an emotional rollercoaster that most of the audience did not even know how to react. Losing the boss meant losing their dungeon and that will result in an all-over defeat. Players rooting for the trio did not want that fate to unravel.

"Revenge," Kazon mumbled as he walked to Kamiya's clone who looked the same, wearing robes, a hood on the head, and slipping glasses.

Clone cocked his gun and aimed it at Kazon, who stomped in Clone's direction and raised his hammer above his head.

With a hard swing, the floor cracked on impact. Clone pulled the trigger and firing started. Kuzu's head jerked to the clone on its own.

"Fucker! Pull down the freaking gun." Kuzu's voice rang through the lab.

Kamiya jumped back, he noticed Clone was in danger but then realized he was in GRAVE danger. He gripped the gun in his hand, deciding to focus on himself.

Kamiya fired another bullet that fell down after hitting Kuzu's head. Kuzu paused, his frown disappeared, his eyebrows relaxed and his tense muscles rested back.

Two blades slide down his sleeves and rested tightly in his hands. Kamiya gulped and hesitated before shooting another bullet.

"Not now," Kamiya muttered. "What is the use of coming here then?" Kamiya pulled the trigger again.

Kuzu's head bobbed forward. Kamiya shot another bullet but this time it broke a few tubes behind Kuzu. Kamiya pulled down his gun and looked around, Kuzu had disappeared.

Magus's eyes popped out. He could not believe it. Kuzu was standing like a state a moment ago and the next, he just disappeared like a Ninja.

Kamiya took a step back, then turned and moved away from the dark windows. He scouted around the lab with his gun but there was no sign of Kuzu.

Kamiya had only one way to check-- the dungeon's map. But it would be a lot of a risk to drop the head into a map when Kuzu can erupt from anywhere, anytime.

"He just disappeared," Magus stammered.

"Oh no," he shook his head. "Look around carefully, kid," said the old man. "It is such a small room and Kuzu can not come out."

Magus frowned. As he was directed, he looked around carefully. His eye scanned every inch of the room. Thirty seconds and Kuzu's presence was still unknown.

"I-I can not see him," Magus said.

Kuchiki gasped. "He is there," he said as he closed his eyes and shook his head.

"Y-yeah, Kuzu has not even moved from his spot," Yaban said.

Magus turned his head with a complicated frown. "Haha!" the old man laughed. Magus looked even more carefully for the next half minute.

Magus decided to look at the spot Kuzu was previously standing. He could not see anything. "Where is he?"

Magus squinted his eyes. Kamiya glanced and opened his menu screen.

"He has turned invisible, has not he?" Magus continued, "How can you see him when he is invisible---" his words caught up in the middle.

Magus's eyes widened as he leaned forward. His mouth dropped open. Something moved and Magus could see the reflection of someone moving in the pieces of glasses lying on the floor.

"He is not invisible," the old man said. Then he turned to Kuchiki and Yaban. "Do you know about the Glitch?"

Yaban's eyes widened. Kuchiki unfolded his hands and turned to Yaban. "THE Glitch?" He looked at Kuzu. "How did he got his hands on---"

"Onogi..." Yaban's words came out like a hiss.

Magus lifted his eyes, against the glass closet, someone moved and he saw a person wearing a black hood. Magus, as a mage, could not understand what Glitch they were talking about.

As soon as Kamiya dropped his head into the map, he saw a red dot right behind his blue dot, and then felt a strong punch against his face.

His feet left the floor, his gun fell off his hands as he flew back and crashed against the chemicals closet. When he fell on his face, numerous chemicals came undone and spread on the ground.

"C-Chemicals..." Kuchiki took a step froward. Power, liquid, and solids particles of chemicals covered Kamiya.

Kuzu became visible as he stepped a few feet away from Kamiya. His face was not pale but it looked as if he just committed a big crime. His eyes dropped but anger was still new in them.

Kamiya dug his hands in the pile of dust and liquid. He grunted as he pushed himself. Blood was dripping from his stomach, the spot around his stomach was all red.

"W-what about the chemicals?" Magus debated on glancing at Kuchiki or focusing on Kamiya.

Spark.

A spark lightened around the corner. Kamiya sat on the ground before sliding to his gun.

Kuzu gulped when sizzling and cracking sounds, around the corners, filled the lab. 'I should not have messed with the chemicals.'

Clone ducked and fired another found of anti-Duergar bullets. Kuzu came to a sudden stop and clicked his tongue. He glanced at Kamiya then back at Clone and jerked his head back to Kamiya.

Kuchiki's heart started racing, Yaban gulped, and Magus was not clueless anymore. "It is a suicide," Kuchiki muttered, his arms wrapped around him tightly.

Kamiya stood weakly and he pointed his wand down at the chemicals without caring for a potion first. Kuzu knew exactly what Kamiya's plan was.

"Who needs your fucking guns?" Kamiya staggered. His motion was unsteady and weak. His head was held down, his hood down, and his bangs hanging down.

"No..." Kuzu shook his head.

"I hope it is a suicide." The old man spoke without moving his lips much. Eyes turned to him.

Kuzu jumped and raised his blade. "NO!"

Kazon turned, and Clone peeked on the other side.

Kamiya lifted his hand. "Flamethrower," his words escaped his mouth too smoothly.

Kuzu jerked around and covered his head, Kazon pulled his hammer. A strong shockwave blew the benches in front of Kamiya.

Numerous pieces of equipment flew all over until a piece of the door cracked them under it on a wall. Fire followed Kazon, he applied strength against his hammer but crashed into the equipment's closet.

Kuzu tightened his grip on his head when the wave reached him, he dug his feet into the floor and even laid down but was eventually blown away.

Kamiya was no exception. He did not even try to defend against the shockwave. He just pulled his wand back and let the wind bang him against the windows and chemicals closet once again. Kamiya's defense shield cracked and he saw a wave of flame before it became impossible for him to keep his eyes open.

"Ice shield," he muttered.

The old man continued, "Because if it is not a suicide." he turned. "then a brutal death awaits that kid..." he sighed and added, "He used CHEMICALS at last."

Yaban stumbled. "R-right."

Kuchiki rubbed his cheek. Magus asked, "W-why would he do something like that?"

"To provoke Kuzu? Maybe." The old man still was in his composure.

"He died?" someone asked, "he died, did not he?"

"No... he can not die! He had to defeat Kuzu!" a guy shook his arms.

"They lost, did not they?" someone sobbed. "I thought... this would be the end of Onogi's streak."

Kamiya dumped four rare healing potions and saved himself, he even got a few injuries healed. His health was full but when he took a step forward, he realized numerous small objects had penetrated his body.

Without caring, Kamiya staggered through the fire and smoke. He heard Kuzu cough. Kamiya jolted and disappeared from Kuzu's sight. Even his silhouette was not visible. His whole body ached. Kamiya was losing his health with every step he took.

He bent down and grabbed the anti-Duergar gun from the ground. "It was fun," Kamiya muttered, "to tease Kuzu. I love how angry he looks when I use a gun." No one could hear him, thanks.

"Alive... alive!"

"God's Hell is alive!" A guy threw his arms in the air and cheered.

"Our hope still lives!"

Kuzu patted off the dust and pulled his hood back as he got up. He saw Clone lying on his left with low health points.

"And so is Kuzu."

"of course, he is! We do not want him dead like that, we hope the trio slice his head in front of us."

"Oh shit." the old man sighed. "The kid is alive."

Magus did not know whether to feel happy about Kamiya or sad that he has pissed the hell out of Kuzu and a brutal death awaits him?

Magus only knew one thing: "Please win."

"Kazon, get up," he ordered. The Duergar made his best efforts, he took the support of his hammer but stood still.

Kuzu could not see clearly in the smoke and fire, only silhouette. He cursed Kamiya in his mind as he took a step forward. He wanted to unite with Kazon before anything goes wrong in the dark.

"Kil the clone," Kuzu ordered. Kazon nodded, Kuzu could see his silhouette turning around and a hammer is raised high.

Tsk.

Kuzu smirked. "Got you."

"Shit." Kamiya brought his hand to his face and opened fire at Kuzu. Purple bullets left the gun.

Kuzu defended against the bullets with his longer bullets. Kamiya changed his target from Kamiya, right now, his priority turned out to be Clone. If Clone dies... well.

"Oh no, you are not." Kuzu stretched his leg and threw his arm, aimed at Kamiya.

Kuzu released a short blade from under his sleeve. Kamiya could not sense it. The blade missed Kamiya's abdomen but stabbed his gun, it did not stop there, the blade jerked the gun out of Kamiya's hands.

Kamiya glanced as he reached the equipment's closet. He sprinted. "Fuck guns, seriously."

Kamiya pulled a dagger. "Our weapons are better." And sprinted.

"Kazon! Duck!" Kuzu ordered.

Kamiya jumped in the air and raised his hands above his head. Kazon turned around.

Kamiya landed on Kazon, stabbed his magic dagger in Kazon's neck, and blood spurted out like a shower.

Kamiya pulled the dagger out and stabbed the Duergar a few more times. Blood sprayed all over Kamiya, silencing the audience, well, Kuzu was one of them too.

Kazon stumbled to the floor, Kamiya mounted him and stabbed him till his body was pixilated.