Kinto staggered, one knee on the floor and the other one struggling to hold itself up "My.... what?!", Zepharoph responded "Your soul, you fool. Don't you know what a soul is?". Kinto started to think to himself "A soul? Isn't that the thing that governs a person's existence? I mean I've heard about spirits and souls in religions, spirits being the emotions you allow it to be, while the soul is the real you.", his eyes looked up "How does that have to do with this guy here?!". Zepharoph explained to Kinto In a cold manner "Right now you can't move, I placed a paralysis on your very soul to nullify the idea of you moving. And if you were to do that? You'll either die or feel excruciating pain just by even existing. But since I don't usually have a chance like this, I'll explain to you how it works.". Kinto's eyes narrowed "Here goes.", he thought. Zepharoph started to tell him "A soul is the very essence of every beings life. It is the thing that showcases who they are or what they are. It also gives me the ability to understand one's power. And judging from how you look....", Zepharoph saw Kinto as nothing but calamity in human form, a huge being with sharp teeth slowly wraping its hands around him. Zepharoph thought to himself, his eyes were showing wary and malicious intent "What the hell are you?", he muttered. Kinto thought to himself "He has the ability to understand one's power and very being. Does that mean he has the ability to reshape and create things anyhow he likes?", he looked at Zepharoph "And so what if you can see a person's very being? What does that mean?". Zepharoph chuckled "Hmhm! Im glad you asked.". He continued to explain "I don't just have the power to understand one's nature, i can also see their abilities too.", Kinto added "Yeah you said that already.". Zepharoph tells him "And since i have the ability to see such....", his tone and words became cold "I can reshape them or even destroy them any how i like.", a cold sweat drew down Kinto's face before his eyes looked serious "I knew it!", he thought. Kinto started to deduce the situation by himself "If he has the ability to understand one person by looking at them, it means he can also manipulate said person's existence as well. Which means his ability can....". Zepharoph spoke, his words cutting Kinto's thinking off, his hands were spread out "Yes my ability [Sekai no honshitsu] gives the ability to create and reshape the existence of anything and everything. It doesn't matter how strong or powerful it is.....". Kinto's eyes were in shock, his face had gone into a state of confusion and shock, he saw giant ghost like beings floating around Zepharoph, each one was about fifty feet tall, and there were hundreds of them "As long as you're existing, as long as you have a soul, one touch from me or my [Alter Vaiel] can easily destroy you or recreate you any how I want.". Kinto was in shock "What the actual fuck? That's fucking cheating. This doesn't make sense at all.", this indeed did not make sense to Kinto at all. For someone like Kinto who was bred in a society where people were given ranks based on how strong they were, he could not fully grasp the idea of an ability that ignored the idea of harming someone irrespective of how strong or weak they were. By regular standards, Zepharoph would be on A-rank, meaning he can easily lay waste to a country or multiple countries. But with that ability of his, it didn't matter at all, he could kill anything easily the moment he layed his hands on it and decided to affect its soul. Kinto had already understood this, hence he already understood the kind of terror Zepharoph was. Kinto smirked smugly....and then yelled in rage "AAAAAAAH!", the black markings on his body only grew more, turning Kinto's scream of rage into pain "GHAAAAGAH!". Without warning, Zepharoph started beating on Kinto, blasting him left and right with dangerous punches. Kinto wasn't just feeling all sorts of physical pain, he was also taking soul damage with each punch. Zepharoph explained "I could easily extract your soulf here and now, but I think it would be a better idea to bully you a bit!", Kinto got annoyed and threw in a punch "AAAH!", Zepharoph instantly punched him on the face without giving it a second thought "Don't make any noise.", he said coldly. Kinto crashed through mountains due to the intense blows from Zepharoph, as he aimlessly crashed into things like a ragdoll, those ghost like beings that Zepharoph had summoned started to chase Kinto and beat on him as well. Each and everyone of them were blasting him around with punches that should have made anyone slightly weaker than Kinto cough out absurd amount of blood. As Kinto was being thrashed around despite still trying to fight back by dodging and throwing explosives of his own, Zepharoph explained "My [Alter Vaiel] are ghost like beings I created or summon. They have the ability to move at speeds even I can't precieve properly. Not just that, they hit much more harder than anything on this planet, even me. They can also do the things I can do....", his voice turned into a violent one "BUT WORSE!". Zepharoph charged forward at speeds twelve times what Kinto could actually move, he too was destroying Kinto along side his ghosts. While this happened, the real Kinto who has been out of commission for a while had finally woken up. He pushed himself upwards without saying a word, understanding the situation infront of him. Meanwhile, his clone, despite running, flying and just throwing bombs and beams around, was still being outclassed by Zepharoph and the Alter Vaiel. Kinto thought to himself in the process "My entire body is in pain. Not to mention that these things are just thrashing me around.". He explosive mark seemed to be unstable "It seems that my explosive mark is trying to dull out the effects of the paralysis I'm feeling, but even that's not enough.". Zepharoph flew like an arrow and punched Kinto on the stomach, the effect of said punch made Kinto's entire being switch on and off all at once. It was so intense that his father, Kito Kusekabe, jolted while drinking a cup of tea in the comfort of his dinner table alone in the house. Kito asked himself "What....what was that?", he had obviously sensed that something was wrong. Meanwhile, Kinto couldn't find away to beat Zepharoph and the ghosts that were killing him with their every blow. Kinto, as he flew accross the sky, his entire body bleeding, thought to himself "I can't combat them in terms of strength. And their speed is too much for me. There's only one thing I can do right now.", Zepharoph flew in with a psychotic grin and punched Kinto on the stomach once again. Kinto felt the pain of all his internal organs being affected with a blow, as if he wasn't on guard at all. Kinto started to think, only one word crossed his mind "DAMN IIIIT!". Zepharoph made fun of him "Haha! So? You feeling it now, huh?! You're so fucking hopeless, you can't win this.", he exclaimed with excitement "YOU'RE DEAD, KINTO KUSEKABE!". Kinto jolted with his eyes widened, he charged up all the energy in his hand at the moment and yelled "GHAAAAA!", as he went in for a punch. But before he could land said punch, a red spike had stabbed through him. Not just that, but a metal rod scattered his left hand, the one wearing Dragniar Zenoton and also the same hand that his cross explosives was activated on. Kinto was speechless "Huh?", he turned to the ground and saw Lancelot and Baradon still standing "HUUUH?!", Kinto's mind spiralled. Zepharoph looked at them with a smirk "Good work.", before kicking Kinto straight on the skull, sending him flying back to the ground in an explosion of dirt and rubble. Kinto vomited blood "GWAAHG!", his skull had started to bleed "Damn it! I can't....move!". Zepharoph walked closer to Kinto with a taunting smile "Awn? So sad. I guess this is the end for you Kinto.", Kinto gritted his teeth with anger.
END OF CHAPTER.