[Another Planet, inside the Outer Gate of the Akrina Galaxy.]
Once the Blood Mutants, Skyler, and the Granians completed their mission on the first planet they were deployed on, orders were given to them to deploy to yet another planet currently under severe attack by the Ethisians.
According to those who gave the orders, the Ethisians had attacked with a swarm of over five hundred clones which were, at the moment, attacking the inhabitants of the planet and killing the defensive Granian clones positioned to provide the first line of defense.
"With these large numbers, we’ll have to be more tactical with our attacks," the leading Granian debriefed the others while they journeyed to their destination in a fleet of about eight Granian SpaceShips. "Our numbers are slightly smaller than theirs but we have no reason to worry at all. These are clones after all, so their strengths and skills will vary greatly from the real Ethisians. Any questions?"
With no further questions asked, the Granian continued to move over the plan, excluding Ace, Cherry, and Skyler. For reasons best known to him, the Granian didn’t even bat an eye in their direction for he feared what they would say or do to him and the other Granians. After all, Ace did possess an ability that allowed him to move with a small platoon of Blood Warriors. If he wanted to, he’d be able to kill and add the Granians to said platoon.
"Where do we come into this?" Cherry asked, surprised that they weren’t mentioned at all in the debriefing.
"For now, you will be our main support group," the second of the three leading Granians spoke up, his voice sounding stern and disgusted at the same time. "If things go sideways, we’ll rely on you to..."
"That’s not how it’s going to work," Ace interrupted. "Lord Grim and Grania gave us strict orders to fight in this war. If anything, you lot are the ones meant to be our support groups."
"That’s not how it works," the third leading Granian argued, slamming their fists on the round table they stood next to. The rest of the Granians that watched quietly moved aside, hoping that the Blood Bishop wouldn’t lash out at them. "We were given orders. We were trained. We have a certain code of conduct. You have no business telling us what we can or cannot do. Our orders differ from yours and if you..."
Suddenly, the Granian stopped mid-way through their sentence, feeling as though their death would follow if they kept talking. Looking at the three humans standing in front of it brought an uneasy feeling to it, causing it to silence itself.
"So I’ll take it that we can do as we please provided it revolves around us dealing with the Ethisians?" Skyler asked, being the only one interested in fighting so she’d use her newly learned skills.
"Y...yes, that is what...will be expected of you three..." the leading Granian mumbled, having failed to see a reason as to why he’d stop the humans. Even if he tried, he knew that neither he nor those around him would be of any help.
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The hatches of the ships opened, and a bright flash of light followed by the scent of blood hit the noses of those onboard, welcoming them to the Planet.
Once the hatches were completely lowered, those onboard witnessed a horrendous sight of Granian and Ethisian bodies piled on each other, some already turning into meals for the wildlife on the Planet.
Amongst the dead bodies were a different species of lifeforms scavenging for pieces of armor that were intact, scrap metal, weapons, and every other form of valuable items they could get their hands on.
"It seems that the Ethisians already whipped out our forces," one of the Granians declared, their finger pointing at the fortress that was already set up a few miles ahead of them. "The Ethisians have claimed this planet as their own."
"Then let’s get it back and kill some Ethisian scum!!" Ace, along with Cherry and Skyler, moved ahead of the Granians with his hands gathering every drop of blood that he sectioned between himself and his sister.
While the Granians separated the bodies of their clones’ from the Ethisians’ bodies, the Humans were already halfway at the fortress, sensing a mighty presence waiting for them. Not knowing what it could be, Ace and Cherry created a large Blood Shield to protect themselves and Skyler.
Slowly inching towards the fortress, they started to notice the number of bodies increase, some including the planet’s inhabitants.
"So, how will we play this out," Skyler asked. "Should we do this together or everyone for themselves?"
"It’s best we stick together for now," Cherry responded and Ace agreed. "We don’t know what we’ll find. Who knows, maybe a stronger Ethisian will be present."
As soon as Cherry mouthed the last words of her sentence, the fortress’s gates ahead of them flung open with six Ethisians marching out. Just glancing at them, the Humans knew they were strong, almost as strong as the one Ace had previously killed, or maybe even stronger.
Their bodies were bigger than the clones, their weapons were larger, and their presence alone gave off intense energy.
[System Scan: Activated.]
[Class: Grand Warrior.]
"These ones are stronger than the one I killed," Ace whispered to Cherry and Skyler as they prepared themselves to fight. "they’re a class higher than it."
"Are they as strong as Grania or Grim?"
"No, I don’t think so," he responded out of intuition. Looking at the Ethisians, he felt a strong presence coming from them but it wasn’t as strong as the presence that would come off from either Lord Grim, Grania, Grand Master, Huntress, One Horn, and the others. "No, they’re not. I’m certain of that."
"Now would be a good time to use those Blood Clones you’ve been storing, Ace," Cherry grinned, excited to see what her brother was now capable of.
"Same to you," he smirked back. "Show me how many clones you can use."
As the two conversed amongst each other, Skyler transformed into her most powerful beast form yet, the Hog form with crystal energy. With her Gifted energy and Eneraflux, boosted with the beast crystal energy, the woman now stood at the same energy level as a Blood Knight. She was now more than capable of keeping up with the others.
"Blood Essence, manifest."
[Blood Warriors Deployed: 60/60]
The tiny red dot on Ace’s arm started to glow as it split from his body like a drop of puss pressed forcefully from a zit. The red dot started to expand in size, followed by the manifestation of Blood Warriors forming before their very own eyes.
Sixty warriors in total surrounded the Humans, their sights set on the six Grand Warrior Class Ethisians standing before them.
Confused, partially frightened, and cautious, the six Ethisians grouped together with their large weapons gripped tightly in their arms. Seeing their own kind manifested in the form of blood did disturb them a little but what was more frightening was the fact that they came from the human standing before them.
Was the command was given, the sixty Blood Warriors and Humans leaped on the Ethisians, quickly overwhelming them and slowly overpowering them.
The Ethisians, even though overwhelmed, stood their ground against the Ethisians, the only one of them giving them a little bit of trouble being the Upper Warrior Class one, the rest being easy to deal with.
[Blood Mana;3490/4000]
Swinging their weapons with purpose, the Ethisians slowly decimated Ace’s Blood Warriors, despite them regenerating countless times.
Meanwhile, Skyler and Cherry joined forces and separated one Ethisian from the others. Since Skyler being at the same height and weight class as the Ethisian, she was the one going to deal with the Ethisian fist-to-fist while Cherry would deal the damaging blows.
"What kind of human has the power to turn into such an abominable creature such as yourself?" the Ethisian queried, unaware of Skyler’s ability.
"The kind that has the will to kill you." Charging head first with her fists folded, Skyler rammed her large body against the Ethisians, using the force gathered by her speed to push it backwards.
Cherry came in from the back with two Blood Daggers in her hands ready to pierce the soft parts of its body.
Seeing their tactic, the Ethisian stiffened its body and brought both itself and Skyler to a standstill. It then slipped its arms underneath her armpits and wrapped them around her back before lifting her over its head, slamming it down on Cherry who had gotten too close.
"You will have to do better than that if you want to stop..." in the middle of its taunts, the Ethisian was met with a blow to its head caused by one of the many blood clones Cherry made when it wasn’t looking, knocking it down momentarily.
Once the two women got up, they faced the Ethisian one more time, only this time, Cherry opted to use her Blood Knight form, not risking any chances with a creature such as the one before her.
"Let’s even out the playing fields...on second thought, let the odds be in our favor."