Chapter 102 - 3 Beasts

[This should be a good spot to train]: soren

Soren was standing on an unnamed island that was crawling with beasts, he had just finished killing a towering beast that had just attacked him with Armament Haki and got a deep wound on his arm due to not being prepared for it being able to use Armament Haki.

[That was unexpected… So the beasts here can use Haki, I guess I should train myself to be more in tune with it]: soren

Soren had a large control over Haki but it was still just a skill to him, he wanted to make it act like part of his body and act on its own as a defence. Soren then took a blindfold out from his storage and wrapped it around his head, Soren then started walking into the forest before him only using his Observation Haki to map out the things in front of him. Soren continued to walk deeper into the forest until he felt that he was deep enough that Monsters would surround him from all angles, he then sat on the ground with his legs crossed with his Kitetsu laid across his lap.

[Come and get me beasts]: soren

Soren said this and released his King's Haki to attract all the stronger beasts while leaving the weaker ones to run in fear, after about a minute 3 gigantic beasts started to come out of the forest closing in on Soren's position. The 3 beasts formed a triangle with Soren at the center, Soren seen this with his Observation Haki and thought that these beasts were smart, they were so smart that even without talking they could form an attack strategy against this intruder.

[I will not go easy on you, I will kill you all now]: soren

Soren gave the beasts a word of warning as he started to draw his sword while still sitting down, once the beasts seen Soren draw his weapon they charged at him while covering their bodies with Armament Haki. Soren couldn't see them cover their bodies but could feel a spike in their defence through Observation Haki. Soren covered his Kitetsu with his Armament Haki and swung his sword towards the 3 beasts, but to his dismay his attack was repelled and he was sent flying into the distance.

[That hurt a little… *pft*]: soren

Soren spit out some blood and decided to take up his fight to the next level, Soren started walking back to his previous position only to see the 3 beasts waiting for him, Soren then upped the level of Armament Haki making his sword turn darker in color and give off a Teal glow.

[Who will come and fight me first?]: soren

The 3 beasts looked at eachother then towards Soren and saw that he was starting to get serious, then the one in the middle of the other 2 started to step forward. Soren saw this and took it as an act of wanting a 1v1, Soren then stood forward as well, Soren then gave the beast a smile, he then took his Kitetsu and stabbed it into the ground and cracked his knuckles.

[I don't need a weapon to kill you]: soren

The beast took this as a sign of Soren looking down on him and in fact Soren did look down on him, Soren only drew the sword for if the 3 of them teamed up on him, but in any 1v1 Soren felt comfortable using his bare hands.

[Let's start this now shall we? I need to cook dinner later]: soren

The beast heard Soren and as if it could understand him started rushing towards him, Soren met the beast face to face while the claws of the beast tried to slice Soren from his right chest side down to the left side of his waist. Soren then caught the giant paw, and as the paw was caught the ground around Soren started to crack in a spiderweb pattern, Soren was getting pushed back due to the shear strength of this beast, it's power could match with Soren training in 700x gravity with 600kg of weight on each side of a benching bar.

[You really are a beast… But I am a bigger beast]: soren

Soren then turned into a black cloud with lightning coursing through it and disappeared underneath the beasts giant paw, Soren then reappeared above the beasts head while making a rope of lightning and placing it around the beasts neck. Soren then pulled as hard as he could to try and strangle the beast but to no avail as it's Armament Haki was too thick, the beast in turn pulled the lightning rope off of its neck and swung Soren around making him crash into a tree close by.

[Agk! *Cough Cough* Stupid beast!]: soren

Soren started to cough some blood and got back up, the fight continued with Soren having the lover hand in this fight. The beast started smiling and gave slight chuckles as Soren was such an ant compared to him, Soren couldn't see any of this as he was blindfolded and could only sense positions with even that starting to fail.

[Looks like I will need to start getting more creative with my attacks… I do have body manipulation that was taught to me back in Hunter x Hunter… Maybe I can do something with my family's fucked up method of assassination]: soren

Soren then took his hand and started concentrating his Ki into his hand to harden his fingers like steel bars and grow his fingernails into razor sharp knife like objects, Soren then focused his Armament Haki to the tips of his fingers covering his nails and fingertips, Soren then made a combined effect of both the Rumble Rumble Fruit and the Dark Dark Fruit. Soren's hand was then covered in a black colored lightning that sparked rapidly.

[This is… I mixed my fruits powers?]: soren

Soren had indeed mixed his Devil Fruit abilities into one, the 2 fruits in turn became One but he would not find out until Sakura was done updating. Soren then took his attention towards the beast he was fighting and began to charge towards it with great speed, once the beast sensed the great power that was focused around Soren's hand it began to feel scared.

[Thank you for your help… You can go die now]: soren

Soren jumped up and reached with his now deadly hand towards the beasts heat and the beast tried to cover the area Soren was going to attack with all the Armament Haki it could muster, but it was too slow. Soren's hand entered the chest of the beast and the Black lightning started to wreak havoc inside the beasts body, Soren then pulled his hand out while holding something that still seemed to beat while in his hand.

[One down 2 to go… I hope you 2 will be better than your sibling here]: soren

Soren then started walking towards them with the heart still beating in his hand, and as he walked closer he crushed the heart and when he did that the beast who the heart belonged too had fallen to the ground, dead. The 2 beasts that were left were utterly scared for their lives, Soren who once looked like an easy pray now looked like a Demon in human clothes.

[Will you guys fight or flee?... Both will end in death but the first will make you go out looking like a Hero]: soren

The 2 beasts heard Soren and started shaking, soon they couldn't take the pressure they felt from Soren and the one on the left started to flee, Soren quickly disappeared and reappeared before the beast and snached it's heart like the first one, he then crushed it killing the beast instantly. Soren then made his way back the the last remaining one, Soren stood before it and spoke once more but with a more chilling tone.

[Will you guys fight or flee?... Both will end in death but the first will make you go out looking like a Hero]: soren

The beast knew that this was the ultimatum with no change to it possible, and after thinking for a moment it then spoke which spooked Soren a bit.

[P-please! Don't kill me… I'm just a kid, no more than 7 years old]: beast

Soren was completely surprised, not only were the beasts strong but were also smart enough to use Haki and now this one is talking. Soren then registered the second half of the beasts sentence, it was just a kid? 7 years old? Soren was now feeling conflicted, if this one claims to be just a 7 year old kid then the 2 that he just killed must also be kids, Soren then asked.

[You… Speak, who were the other two? What is your relation and name]: soren

The beast didn't hesitate to speak for being in fear of its life.

[M-my name is Haku… T-those 2 were my parents, you first killed my dad and then killed my mom… Please don't kill me]: Haku

[...Haku… Come with me]: soren