’It has certainly been a while since I was last put in the ground.’ Lying motionless on the ground, Lord Grim sighed as his body quickly recovered. The fight with the Ethisian did not go as planned or as he had expected so being put in the dirt was something he had to readjust to. Thankfully, the Granian was not the type to gloat and wallow in shame. Slowly, the black-scaled Granian stood on his feet only to find the Blood Bishop going fist-to-fist with the Ethisian. The two fought furiously and surprisingly, the Blood Bishop was holding on his own. His sister would sneak in occasionally with a few claw strikes here and there aimed at its feet. Whenever she struck, Ace hit the Ethisian so it would keep its focus on him. However, that plan couldn’t work forever for the Ethisian was quickly adapting to their antiques. ’Those two have gotten stronger and faster,’ Grim praised the Humans before joining them to deal with the Ethisian, ’the girl seems to learn from the boy. Perhaps the others could learn from him as well. But that energy...it looks like Eneraflux but it isn’t. How confusing.’ Having had enough of just staring, Lord Grim sped from where he stood and used his body and speed to knock the Ethisian to the ground. The large alien stumbled but it wasn’t out of the fight just yet. Not allowing it to get up again, Lord Grim leaped high in the air and fell in his opponent’s direction. The Ethisian stretched its hand and partially blinded the Mutants and Granian with the light of its aura, giving it a chance to get back on its feet. Despite not being able to see, Grim continued to fight. Using his energy to pinpoint the Ethisian’s location, the two exchanged punches. while Ace and Cherry occasionally pitched in with their claws engulfed in pink burning flames. Grim took the front, Cherry took the left and Ace took the right. Their strengths were impressive and powerful which gave the Ethisian a troublesome time. Whenever it attempted to knock Grim down, the Blood Mutants would intervene with attacks of their own. which stung terribly given that they used claws and fire. Imagine being scratched, burned, and acidified at the same time while also fighting someone else whose punches felt like blasts from a strong cannon. Even though it was reinforced with Eneraflux, the alien’s body wasn’t able to take every hit head-on without facing any aftereffects. ’Its strength if failing it." The Granian grinned and then beaconed for the Mutants to cease their attacks. Ace, at first, rejected Grim’s command for he wanted to fight but his reduction in strength hindered him from continuing any further. In addition to that, the Blood Bishop wanted to see Grim in action and analyze how he fought. "Why have you told them to stop?" the alien questioned, its pride and ego blinding it again from the danger of its current situation. The Ethisian’s body was scarred all over with deep wounds large enough to cause internal bleeding. Thanks to Ace, one of its eyes was missing and its face was scratched to a nearly unrecognizable state. One would wonder why it asked for a reason as to why its attackers had stopped. Quite strange and odd behavior. "They have done enough," Grim answered, "I give you two options. One, surrender and we shall spare your life as our slave, or two, keep fighting and die brutally. The choice is yours." "Hahahahaha....Hahahahaa....HAHAHAHA!!!" the Ethisian laughed hysterically as it raised its finger to its neck. From it grew a claw that it pressed on its neck while saying, "I would rather die here and now than become a slave to the Granians. I shall save you the trouble and kill myself. What honor would there be for me to have been slain by the..." As always, the enemy chose to blabber instead of doing what it had planned, giving its attacker an opening. Grim decided to use a fraction of his full strength to bring the Ethisian to his knees. While it was busy talking, Grim moved like the night and approached the Ethisian from its backside. With one foot on its back and both hands on its neck, he bent it over backward at breakneck speeds...which broke its neck. ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵✦𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮✦𝓷𝓮𝓽 Its nervous system shut down immediately but it wasn’t enough to stop the pain Grim was inflicting on it. Immense strength from the Granian tore through its right arm, ripping it off its body and used to choke its neck. The alien cried, confused at how its body was numb yet it still felt pain. Grim, on the other hand, was finalizing with killing the alien in brutal ways. He changed his motive from taking it alive to carrying bits of its body aboard their ship. His enemy wailed in pain while staring into his black, soulless eyes. "Hail the Ethisian race!!" the tip of the Granian’s tail sliced through the Ethisian’s right side of its skull, shattered its soft brain material, and protruded out the other end. The alien was still alive, alive to hear what the Granian was saying to it before breathing its final breath. "Your death will cause a shift in this war," Grim muttered and then flicked his wrist. The air coming from that motion ripped through the Ethisian’s head, dismembering it from the rest of its body but it was not dead yet. Only a few seconds were what it had left to hear Grim’s words once again. "Hail the Granians." [You have tested your own strength and showed some notable traits. The Blood God has decided to remain within you and give his power to you.] "My Lord," Huntress, who was with child, and One Horn kneeled before the Granian. The Mutants stood amazed and astonished by Grim’s strength, even though it was only a fraction of it. the fight was disappointing for Ace who had expected to see more from the black-scaled Granian. Compared to the small dual they had a while ago, this fight between Grim and the Ethisian was garbage and unfulfilling...except for when he flicked his wrist. "The Granians praise what you have done." "The mission is complete, Lord Grim," One Horn announced, "the Granians have already occupied the other Command Posts and about fifty are approaching our location. The planet has been taken back and now the ships are ours to conquer." "I hate to stop the glazing ceremony taking place," Cherry interrupted while pointing at a distance in the sky, "but isn’t that an Ethisian ship?" coming from space was an Ethisian ship which, by the looks of it, was carrying about one hundred or more. No matter, that was not going to shake the Granians. A group of five had successfully killed a small Ethisian army on their own with the help of the Blood Bishop and his Blood Warriors. What was one more ship to them? "That ship is what we will use to raid the rest of the Ethisian ships."