The Makyo Star is Rising [Koramund, invite]

What a disgusting, even disturbing, monstrosity he was facing down now. If Kadbra had a face in this form, it would show his disgust and hatred for this monster, who just devoured people like snacks. Why did the Kais allow for such monsters to exist? Why didn't they step in to crush such evil? But if they would not do so, then he, a 'monster' himself, would crush this bug under his heel, no matter how disgusting or threatening it was. The demon felt no attack directed at him just yet as his opponent jumped over him, and so, Kadbra didn't even flinch - the energy released by this thing was great, possibly far greater than his own, at least in theory. But as far as the current moment went, Kadbra had the upper hand - not to mention that he was literally a flick of the wrist away from his full power, since removing his weights would be as easy as directing Ki into the locks on them to discard them for a fight. Right now, the monster also seemingly suppressed his power, but far more than Kadbra, who was unable to hide the power of the Makyo Star - his reduced power was solely because of the weights.

The black armored demon felt the two tiny blips of Ki behind him disappear - two human lives, ended so easily and with such cruelty, it made his blood boil. To the stranger, it would look as if the blood-red parts of his armor started to glow more than they already did, and the black aura surrounding the armored figure intensified, making the spikes on the black metal seem more menacing, but he still didn't move a single inch from his landing position. As long as he had his Ki Sense, someone as powerful as his destined enemy couldn't simply disappear anyway.
"Don't waste your time trying to scare me. I've lived my life in a world so horrifying, beings of your kind would fit right into it without any questions asked." The metallic voice was a bit dismissive now. The monster was horrible, yes... But mostly because of his actions. Terrifying a demon with grotesque anatomy and appearances was not all that effective, at least not on those demons used to the demon realm and hell itself - they saw incredibly disturbing things every single day after birth, with new horrors showing up every minute, and themselves often also being horrors in their own right. The most disturbing fact about this monster was his possible level of power, but if he simply defeated this thing before it could release all of it's strength, then it would be his win.
"I wasn't sent by anyone." replied the black armored figure, his voice still sounding slightly echoed, without even raising it in anger. Kadbra's fury was something tranquil, seething and slowly stewing right now - perhaps in part because of the strange red star in the sky, but the demonic light and Ki gave him such a clarity and feeling of raw power that he felt as if he had no need anymore to raise his voice and express anger with it. "If you really think you've killed Earth's mightiest demon, then well... You're simply misinformed, you see. I'll show you what I mean." The words held no hostility, in fact, Kadbra almost sounded friendly and social towards this human-eating monster. Was the power of the Makyo Star so great that it could affect his very mind, perhaps twist even someone as kind as Kadbra into evil? Was there something inherent in a demon that meant, in the end, they would always turn into monsters, unable of redemption and true heroism?

No, of course not. Without any body language to give away a warning, Kadbra sprung into action. In a sudden whirl and dash of black energy, flowing around him like a black cyclone or shroud of energy, the demon used his supernatural powers to dash backwards and turn himself around in mid-air, doing a complete turn, before angling up his right leg - and aiming a kick right into the face of his monstrous opponent with his full force. Kadbra would not play nice with this monster. He would not try to redeem something so incredibly evil and abhorrent.
"Your error is simple. I am Earth's mightiest demon! Kadbra, Defender of Earth!" With that shout and attack, the battle was on, as the demon encased in metal and energy raised his voice louder than normal speaking volume for the first time. And unlike the last time when he raised his voice, this fight would not end prematurely. He would not allow a second 'Satin' to be born - this monster would pay.

Koramund... So that was the name of this force of evil, this monster, destroying buildings and killing harmless humans. Within the cold metal of the armor, Kadbra's purple blood began to heat up with anger and hatred, unbridled hatred for someone who would so callously kill and maim. And what was his justification? Terrible things had happened to this Koramund in the past, yes. His family died, the guardians themselves wished him dead... But none of that mattered, because right now, Kadbra would not judge Koramund's conviction, reasoning or justifications. Kadbra would judge his actions alone, and these actions were those of a true devil.

After his kick connected with the face of the monstrosity, it seemingly reformed without problem - but before doing that, he clearly saw blood flying. Landing on the ground again and looking at the monster with his hidden eyes, he remembered... He had met someone like this once before... Zefonse, his friend and fellow swordsman, had the ability to regenerate, but was also a former human. Was this being something similar, but in the body of a non-human alien? Well, his Ki was definitely a lot darker than Zefonse's, even though Zefonse had a certain unsettling factor to his energy. As Kadbra saw his enemy dashing away, the black-clad demon powered up, the aura around him surrounding him with a dark glow, as he dashed right after him, cracking the ground beneath his feet with the lifting off of the ground by sheer force.

But that wasn't all the monster did - as if in defiance of Kadbra trying to block out his destruction, Koramund fired off energy at the skyscrapers around. With a muttered curse, Kadbra altered the course of his flight, and, one after another, grabbed the hit parts of the building starting to collapse, setting them down on the street in ways that would probably not save everyone, but at least keep the collapsing buildings from destroying more around them. Right now, his speed was superior to Koramund's, which was the only reason why the demon was able to even interfere with this destruction and save people. He finally had enough of the blasphemy of his enemy, and dashed ahead of him, stopping in the air in front of Koramund#s flight path - with a sudden, quickly rising energy signature emitted from the demon.

"What is important, is the soul. You make victims out of innocent souls, you destroy their chance at life, and make them live in fear of you! I will NEVER accept a world with beings like you in it, Koramund!" With that, the rising energy crackled around Kadbra even more, collecting into his upper body, and finally, his head.
"You are wrong, Koramund. No matter the perpetrator, senseless killing like this is always an act of evil, and I will always stand against it - against angels and devils, against the universe itself! I am the protector of innocent souls, that is what it means... TO BE A HERO!" And with that final shout, a huge wave of energy was fired from Kadbra's head, where his eyes would normally be, taking on the form of a huge ball of fast-flying, black energy, eating all the light around itself greedily, like the darkness of Koramund's own heart had turned on him and decided to throw itself against him. If this ball of energy made contact with the mutant, it would cause a huge impact on him, like an impacting meteor strike right into his body - even if he was able to heal, he'd probably not enjoy such a powerful move thrown right into his face.

((Move Used: Telekinetic Crash, UP2 level move, 1 post charge))

Kadbra realized too late what Koramund was doing. The attack from the demon disappeared without effect into the energy ball, as the armored being smacked the weights thrown at him out of the air. The rushing energy from Koramund was so massive and oppressive that it nearly knocked him out of the air - so this was his full power. Soon, Kadbra would have to do the same - show his true, full strength, and smash this monster into the ground. Yet he felt something inside of him, a lingering doubt on his goal of destroying this being... for despite the darkness and evil within him, the demon could not sense the madness of darkness within him, not the true, pure malice of a true monster. But even that was something Kadbra realized too late.

"Koramund, STOP! Stop this madness!" shouted Kadbra, but it was too late. The orb exploded, taking a chunk of the city with it... only to reform it, a twisted, warped vision of reality and beauty, fake life rising in place of the true, pure life that had been here only moments before. What he saw momentarily stopped all words coming from the demon - slowly, the one clad in black floated downwards, landing on the black grass of this new, twisted plane, in a short distance in front of Koramund. Right as he landed, two heavy clouds began to block the red light of the Makyo Star, at least partially - with the heavy energy in the air subsiding slightly, together with some shadows from the vegetation, Koramund would be able to see the true form of Kadbra for a short moment - the tall being with light blue skin, deep blue, wild hair, two horns, and black eyes with yellow irises. The face of the demon under the helmet was not twisted in anger, or in disdain of his opponent... no, Kadbra looked sad, regretting what he now had to do to fulfill his own destiny.

"I think I understand you now, Koramund. What a sad life you must've had... How much sorrow there has to be within your soul." said Kadbra with a slightly choked voice. The anger had left him, together with his short purity of Makyo particles, but as the clouds started to part again, the true form of the demon was once again hidden behind armor - but before his transformation was complete again, the tall demon took his greatsword from his back with the right hand, holding the huge slab of black metal that was taller than him in his now armored form effortlessly.
"The universe took your family from you, your friends... Even your real life. So now that everything has been taken from you, you seek a way out. I don't know why I understand that, but... Somehow, I do. As if somewhere deep within my own soul, your sadness resonated with something. You wish to recreate the world... You think yourself just and right. Yet all this life you create around us... Is fake. True life, true souls, can never be created by a living being - not even a Kaioshin can create true souls. These animals, these plants - they are a part of you, an extension of you. You hide in this forest of your own making, want to remake the world... all because you can not see the light that is still left within the world." Slowly, Kadbra raised up his blade, holding it with both hands upright, next to his body, in ready fighting position.
"For every evil thing done by humans, one of them decides to do good without reward for themselves. I can see it within the people of this city - light and darkness, intertwined in endless dance. This world has existed for millennia, and it will continue existing - for humans are too good, too decent of a species, to ever truly make it a wasteland. This world, Earth... is a world of light, even if you can't see it. Beings die and beings are born, all are part of a circle, a balance on this planet and all other planets, one that has to be protected. I wish to help you, Koramund - but you have killed too many. I have to stop you, do you understand?" With a heavy sigh, Kadbra's energy levels suddenly spiked upwards, black lightning crackling over his armor. "I shall help you... Cast Off those sins." Another sudden flash of black energy, and, at the same time, the weights on his arms, legs and waist cracked open - their locks opened by the spike of power, crashing into the ground with a heavy impact telling of their true weight, and with that, the full, terrible power of Makyo Kadbra was revealed to the world.

"In another life, Koramund... we could've been allies. Maybe even friends." And with that final, somber note, Kadbra's fully spiked energy changed - from pure black, to black interlaced with white and silver dots, like stars in the blackest of nights. For it was always darkest, right before the dawn.

Dashing forward, Kadbra brought the sword at his side down in a vertical slash, aiming to cut Koramund clean in half if it hit. The speed and power were unreal compared to just moments before - even if Koramund dodged this, his creation around them would take damage from this slash. This was the fate of the demon, to destroy. What would happen if his fate clashed with the one who wished to become a god of his own world? Who would history determine to be the hero, and who would be the villain? The oldest story in the book, about to be retold in this age.

Once again, Kadbra was speechless by what Koramund did. The people... survived? Then why did he destroy part of the city? Just to mess with the demon? Or was this just another symptom of the crazy, unhinged nature of the mutant? No matter what, these people needed to be freed of these pods and cared for until they woke up - continuing to fight Koramund at this point would be a useless thing to do, especially since he felt no hostility from the being by now. Without saying a word, Kadbra returned his massive blade to his back, where it disappeared into his armor, melding away into the black steel that made up a majority of his body in this form.

The demon listened to Koramund's farewells, now once again without any facial expressions visible, but he was relieved that he could stop this madness of combat that served no purpose. The mutant was a killer, yes... But also someone trapped in his own mind, twisted by his past, and tortured by it. But as Koramund attempted to leave, the demon spoke up again.
"You are not evil - at least, not fully. There is light still within your soul and your heart, something besides hate. You can beat it, this madness, this confusion. You can make amends for what you have done." Those were the parting words that Kadbra gave to the strange, twisted being known as Koramund. "Hold onto hope, onto your own light, and you might really become nature's prophet - someone who can see life for the precious thing it is."

With those parting words, Kadbra walked back to the spot where he dropped his weights earlier, picking them up and attaching them to his body again - since he had no ability to suppress his own power, using his weights was the only way he knew to suppress the immense power of the red star in the sky, to make sure he didn't accidentally kill the humans he was trying to protect. With Koramund's 'defeat' and retreat, this battle was over for now, and the West Capitol would get a slight breather for once. Until the Makyo Star's light faded in a few days, Kadbra would stay here - to make sure Koramund or another being like him didn't in a fit of rage actually destroy it. That was a good use for this dark power filling him, as his Ki aura returned to pure black once more, and he prepared to take care of the people about to be released from their strange pods.

But one question remained for Kadbra... Why did the sadness in Koramund resonate so much with the blue demon? Just why did he know it himself, when his earliest memory was within the Demon Realm - where he never had anyone to lose?

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