Coming back to Saitama, the colossal orc stared at him.
"What's your name, human?" It growled, raising its bat. "I'm Kiro."
Ignoring the orc's existence completely, Saitama looked around to find Marcus. He was bleeding and was just beside the orc's foot.
Saitama ran towards him, looking slightly worried. "Are you okay?" He held him up.
Marcus was unconscious from the fatal blow and didn't answer.
"You're okay then," Saitama concluded as he kept him back on the ground.
The orc glared at him, fury burning in its eyes. "Hey! I asked you something."
"Oh! Sorry, I didn't notice you," Saitama pointed with a straight face. "I'm Saitama."
The centipedes behind Saitama roared. "You dare to humiliate Kiro! You baldy!"
Before Saitama could do anything, the orc smashed the centipede behind him to a million pieces. The shockwaves of the attack obliterated the remaining centipedes, painting the already green floor with a fresh replacement.
After a pause, Kiro began to laugh. "Those insects were interrupting, so I killed them."
"So," Kiro bent forward to a whopping ninety degrees. "Before we fight, shall I kill the extra human beside my foot?"
"Oh..." Saitama realized that he hadn't moved Marcus to a safe place.
"Well, this weak human aside, many other insects might also interrupt our battle," Kiro raised its other hand. "Shall we fight somewhere quiet?"
As soon as Kiro moved its hand, a giant black portal with glowing green edges opened in front of Saitama.
Looking at Saitama's face in a dilemma, Kiro chuckled. "I won't stoop as low as to kidnap you."
Pointing downwards, it continued, "I'm totally fine with us fighting right here!"
Saitama entered the portal with a slight hesitation and was immediately blinded by the intense light emerging from it.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he was back in a dark void.
Before he could understand his situation, Kiro lunged at him, its bat aimed at Saitama's head. The impact of the blow pushed back Saitama at the speed of sound. The shockwaves created vibrated throughout the void, shaking the place violently.
"I don't think this place will hold long," Kiro grinned, preparing to launch its bat towards Saitama. "I had it specially made for intense battles, but anyway, keep your eyes on the 250kg bat I'm about to give you!"
Kiro threw the bat at a speed unrecognizable by human eyes, reaching Saitama within a second. The strike further pushed him back while the bat bounced off to the left.
"What is wrong with you? Not in the mood to fight yet?" Kiro jumped and clapped its hand violently. Each time its hands collided, soundwaves of unbearable frequencies were generated, capable of destroying one's ears and the entire body.
Kiro lunged towards Saitama at the same speed as the soundwaves to follow up with its clenched fists aimed at Saitama's torso. However, due to his heavy body and the unusual energy boost from the waves, Kiro's speed surpassed that of sound, instantly reaching Saitama.
Within the blink of an eye, it started to shower endless punches aimed at Saitama's stomach. With each strike, the intensity of the atmosphere doubled, the gravitational forces tripled, and the shockwaves reached the far ends of the void.
"Your expressionless face tells me that you are feeling pain," Kiro smirked. "Huh! Don't worry, we can keep playing forever!"
While continuing to rain down punches, Kiro constantly moved around Saitama to avoid any immediate counterattacks. But it didn't realize that Saitama was getting irritated and was about to throw a punch at its exact location.
Sensing danger, Kiro swiftly retreated. "W-What were you about to do?"
Saitama tilted his head a little. "Fight back like you said? I was waiting for you to do some cool moves."
Kiro suddenly began to sweat profusely as its heart raced at an alarming speed. "T-Then you're saying that I didn't deal any damage?"
"What are you talking about?" Saitama instantly shouted while pointing at his clothes. "See my shirt? It's gone!"
"Your shirt..." Kiro gritted its teeth violently as its humungous size doubled. "I'll kill you!"
Kiro let out a loud, gorilla-like howl, and the surroundings bathed in a fiery orange glow. Soon, countless spheres of burning flames, about the size of Saitama, formed near its legs.
Within the blink of an eye, Kiro reappeared before Saitama, surrounded by a circle of magical spheres. It launched the spheres at him while preparing to attack with its devastating punches.
"Ahh! Just how many years have it been since I changed into my demonic orc form? I hoped to use it against Zamezon, but oh well, fate gave me some time to warm up!" Kiro said while raining down countless punches. "You're lucky to force me to use my full strength!"
The magical spheres burst up into several tiny flames upon impact after a loud explosion.
"How does my magic taste?" Kiro roared while its tongue stuck out from exhaustion. "Are you feeling my punches now?"
"No," Saitama murmured. "This is pretty boring."
He quickly moved his foot back, preparing a barrage of punches. Leaping towards Kiro's head, he whispered. "Consecutive Normal Punches."
BOOM!
WHAM!
The barrage of punches overpowered Kiro's strikes and obliterated its existence. As soon as its lifeless, half-cut body fell down, the void started to disappear.
The world around Saitama returned to how it was before the fight, except this time, there was no sun in the sky but the red moons that towered above his head.
Gazing at the beautiful sight, he muttered. "Where is the blue moon?"
Suddenly, Marcus, who was lying beside his foot, coughed some blood. "I-I am alive..."
Saitama glanced at his body, which was lying in a pool of red blood. "Is that your blood?" He pointed.
Unable to show any expressions or turn his head around, Marcus replied. "M-Maybe..."
Saitama bent down to carry Marcus and started to explain with a bland face. "Be careful, or you'll die early."
"Die early? Didn't you just leave me in the middle of nowhere? What if the centipedes had attacked again?" Marcus cried in his mind.
Since Marcus got exhausted from the long day, he fell asleep in Saitama's arms.
"Did he die?" Tiny droplets of sweat emerged from Saitama's face as his small, round eyes widened in shock.
Recognizing the intensity of the situation, Saitama rushed back to the city.
Meanwhile, at a laboratory built underground, a group of white-coated scientists panicked in a room that flickered in red light. The room was full of flying, transparent computers straight out of science fiction.
"Kiro has fallen," One of the scientists who smacked his hands aggressively on a table shouted.
TO BE CONTINUED...