(Meanwhile)
Many, many miles away from the village where all the commotion had taken place, out of the way of any major civilization or community, a very important excavation project was currently underway. At a place where one of the most famous manmade landmarks stood consisting of three enormous pyramids reminiscent to the Giza Necropolis and surrounded by the remains of an ancient city, a large team of archaeologists and researchers had setup base camp.
Beyond the tents marked with the Capsule Corp. Science logos, the vehicles, and the guards keeping watch over the place for any pirates or tomb raiders that happened to be in the area, a massive hole had been dug right outside the largest of the three structures. At the bottom of this crater, where what looked to be an ancient courtyard or temple had been buried under tons of sand sat, a handful of men and women were currently hard at work. While most of them were inspecting the buildings surrounding the area, only a couple of people were tending to the main structure in the middle.
This took the form of a large, stone, cylindrical object covered in various pictures and ancient writings, which was being guarded by several stone statues set up around its perimeter. It was this very sarcophagus that the head investigator and scientist of the team was dusting down and recording all of the information she was able to read from its surface.
While the blonde haired woman was kneeling at the base of the massive structure and making note of a new set of markings, she was soon approached by the head digger at the site; a man wearing a high visibility jacket, a hard hat and goggles. Marching down the steps assembled by the crew, the middle-aged worker smiled as he watching the woman in the checkered shirt, jeans and boots carefully brush away the sand covering the symbols she was attempting to decipher.
Once it was clear, she got right on to drawing.
"Boy. I've never seen someone so in love with their work before," the man spoke, startling the woman out of her daze and drawing her gaze over to him. "I'm telling yah, Haruko, I've worked with dozens of scientists over the years, but you're probably the only one I've seen stick to her station for an entire day and a night. Seriously. You should get some rest."
The blonde haired woman now identified as Haruko chuckled and shook her head at the worker's suggestion, quickly turning back to the artifact she was charged with investigating. "No thanks, Clyde. I'm doing just fine. Besides, we're on a really tight schedule this week. If my boss doesn't get an update on our progress in the next twenty-four hours telling him if we've made a crack into figuring out exactly what this thing is, then he's going to personally come down here and chew our asses out. That's something I'd rather try to avoid." She then glanced up at the structure in front of her and looked it over. "This tomb is a major discovery for the archaeological community. I'm positive that over time, this thing will help answer some of the biggest, unsolved questions researchers and scientists have had about the true history of Ancient Egret. Perhaps it'll also become the next big attraction to this site."
"For history buffs at least," the site chief Clyde replied while nodding his head towards the sandstone mausoleum. "I imagine the universities and other archaeologists will be crying their eyes out over this whole thing when you eventually bring it back to the capital. Your name will go down in history as the one who discovered Cleopatra's lost boutique store… or whatever the hell this place actually is."
"Scholars have suspected for years that there were secret temples constructed around the bases of the three pyramids. They theorized that they were part of a larger spiritual system; a gateway to another world from which those that'd died could pass into the afterlife peacefully and without issue. Aside from serving as a tomb for the pharaohs of old and places of worship for the masses, they also served as a means for the priests to communicate with the other side," Haruko informed, before shrugging and digging her brush a little bit deeper into a line of hieroglyphics, which appeared in front of her like bones protruding from the ground. "But these are all just theories. I think this is something else."
"Well… what is it?" the brown haired worker asked, removing his hat and stepping closer so that he could crouch down alongside the head honcho. "Is it some kind of vault? A tablet? A pedestal? I'm just guessing here."
"Not exactly," the archaeologist replied, shuffling aside so that she had room to point out the various lines of text engraved upon the dusty, arcing surface. "At first I thought this was a fire pot or a talisman the priests used to record their commandments. But after looking at it closely, I now know that this is some kind of tomb. And there's a story written on it." She then looked up at her coworker with a serious look on her face. "I believe this story gives us the answer to the true purpose of the Giza Necropolis."
A smile soon pulled across Clyde's face, "Something tells me that you've been dying to talk about this."
This response drew a smirk from Haruko, "What can I say? It's been a really long night for me. You're going to love this." She turned back to the monolith and, rising to her feet, pointed at the first line of hieroglyphics that was the first chapter of the tale carved into the stone. Clyde, ears and eyes wide open, followed her as she began to read. "Long ago, the peace between the Gods of the Seventh Universe was shattered when the evil overlord Set, the God of Storms, declared war against all of creation. Desiring total control and dominion over every creature in existence, Set and his minions attempted to cover the entire universe in darkness." As she spoke, she continued to walk around the tomb while reading the pictures off of the wall. "The battle between Set and the other Gods lasted for over a hundred years until, finally, only the God of Destruction Beerus, the Protector Goddess Artemis, the Goddess of War Enyo, the Great God Izanagi, the God of Fury Odin, and the King of the Gods Ra, were the only ones left standing. Together, they defeated the great overlord Set and, with the help of the Supreme Kais, sealed his body inside the Nexus, an impenetrable tomb beneath the pyramids, as punishment for his crimes."
"Damn," Clyde chuckled when he saw how informative the pictures were becoming as the woman led them on a full lap of the enormous tomb. "Set must have been ridiculously powerful if he was able to battle all of those Gods at the same time."
"Yeah. Tell me about it," Haruko said while shaking her head in disbelief. "This is the first time I've ever heard of so many Gods rallying together to battle such a great evil. Most of them aren't even part of Egret's mythology." She then placed her finger upon a new line and continued reading, while slowly walking around the tomb. "And there's more. After the God of Storms was sealed away, the evil Minions of Set rebelled and came to earth to free their master from his retched tomb. None of the great pharaoh's armies could stop the minions… as they brought terror to all." She then narrowed her eyes as a new chapter came up. "The pharaoh then called upon the great powers of Ra and Anubis to imprison the minions here, in this tomb, where they will stay forever. If the Minions of Set should ever be freed, they will once again attempt to liberate their master from his prison, so that he can assume his rightful place as the God of Storms and bring about darkness to the universe." Lowering her hand, Haruko then breathed a sigh and rubbed her head, which had obviously been strained from her endless hours of work. "That was over twenty thousand years ago."
"Hmm…" Clyde scratched his head as he took a step back and looked upon the enormous monolith in front of them, which was now casting a very eerie shadow upon them. After hearing the story that was written upon it, who wouldn't be slightly discomforted by what this structure potentially held. "So this is the tomb containing the key to unleashing the greatest evil the universe has ever seen?" He then glanced around at the statues that'd been dug up and were currently surrounding the pot. "That explains why all of these deities are watching over it." He pointed at the forms of Horus and Amun, which could be seen guarding the cylinder.
"Their services are greatly appreciated," Haruko stated, walking a little bit around the tomb before gently resting her hand against its surface. Getting a feel of the thousand year block, she then started to run her digits across the side. "We owe the Gods a lot of thanks for their hard work and sacrifices over the years… even if it's mostly myth." She then glanced back at Clyde while she continued to run her hand over the text covered wall. "A lot of the notes on this tablet also say how Anubis was a spawn of Set's evil and an inheritor of his powers. Considering he was the entity who fashioned this tomb for the God of Storms' minions, I wouldn't be surprised if he did a botched job on it-"
All of a sudden, while her fingers were running over a particular section of the wall, she suddenly pushed it in, revealing a hidden lever. Balking a little when her arm sunk into the tomb, Haruko backpedalled away as quickly as she could. Then, several moments after she jumped back, every single hieroglyph upon the tomb unexpectedly lit up and began shining a bright gold. The entire area became bathed in a celestial light, and every single worker and digger in the crater stopped doing what they were doing to look in the direction of the anomaly.
Eyes wide and bodies frozen in shock, Haruko and Clyde were soon joined by half a dozen guards. The soldiers escorting the expedition and keeping watch over the borders surrounded the hole and brought their weapons to bear, not knowing what was going to happen or what was happening right now.
The tomb continued to flash and glow like a strobe, sparks of electricity flying off of it and scaring the daylights out of the workers. Then, just when it seemed like something biblical was about to take place, the top of the tomb was suddenly popped off and the lid was sent hurtling out of the crater. As soon as it crashed into the middle of the researcher's campsite, the tomb stopped glowing, allowing smoke to rise off of its glowing hot surface.
Cautiously, Haruko, Clyde and several other workers in the area approached the tomb, quietly and carefully. Sweating bullets and trembling from head to toe, the group prepared to investigate the source of the strange abnormality; an event that was beyond anything that they were used to seeing in their line of work.
But just as the platoon's worth of archaeologists was in the process of advancing upon the open tomb, there was another flash of light followed by a loud bang as a column of blue fire spewed out of the top of the casket. The instant the flames jutted out, four human-sized figures then leapt out of the fire and, in the blink of an eye, darted towards the stunned crowd of onlookers.
Without warning or hesitation, the four shadows began indiscriminately cutting down every single person in the area. The innocent men and women in uniforms didn't even see the attack coming as one after the other they were all bifurcated or cut to pieces in a matter of seconds. Gunfire rang out here and there when the guards attempted to shoot at the black figures charging across the dig site, but their attempts to shoot the demons were futile.
They and their associates were dispatched just as easily as the first dozen people that'd been standing closest to the tomb.
By some otherworldly miracle, a frightened Haruko managed to dive behind a nearby statue standing directly beside the tomb she'd been investigating, while her friend Clyde ended up cut to pieces. Quartered from the top down, the head digger's blood and body parts were sent flying in all directions when one of the shadows shot past him in a running attack. The poor scientist clamped her hand over her mouth to stop from screaming as she watched in horror as her entire crew and the locals who'd escorted them to the place were slaughtered right before her very eyes.
In a matter of seconds, the entire campsite had been swept clean. Men's heads were lopped off of shoulders, bodies were cut in half either at the waist or right down the middle, and blood was sent splattering across the hot sands of the ancient city.
There was no saving any of them and there was absolutely no chance of escape. The attack was swift, silent, and decisive.
Five seconds later, over seventy workers and locals could be found lying in pieces across the ancient ruins, and the four shadowy figures responsible for the massacre returned to the crater from whence they'd come.
Landing several yards away from the thunderstruck Haruko's hiding place, the archaeologist was able to get her first good look at the murderers. This was a historic moment too, because not only had she born witness to an anomaly never before recorded at any other dig site, but the figures that were currently standing before her hadn't been seen for over twenty thousand years.
There were four of them. That much was obvious. Two men and two women. However, despite each being approximately the size of a person, neither of them was human. All of them were anthropomorphic dogs, each of them bearing the characteristics of both a human and a canine, including tails, fur, faces and ears.
The first and most prominent of the four was a towering, eight foot tall, black anthropomorphic Pharaoh Hound, with a large, bulky upper body, muscular arms, and was armed with a black, Egyptian battle axe. The second male was a seven foot tall, anthropomorphic Akita male with light brown fur, an athletic warrior body, and was armed with a long, golden spear. The third, a female and apparently the leader judging from the amount of golden ornaments on her, was a slim, curvaceous, six foot tall anthropomorphic collie with light and dark brown batches of fur, a long snout, black lashes with a scar across her left eye, and was wielding a curved, sickle-like sword Haruko identified as a khopesh. The fourth and final member of the group was another female dog around the same height as the other female, and was of the Ibizan hound breed, with light brown fur and wielding two short, black staff-like batons in either hand.
While the four warriors were of different breeds, the humanoid dog creatures all wore the exact same ensemble of clothing consisting of brown shendyts around their waists, brown, revealing halter tops for the ladies, golden plated guards on their forearms, chain collars around their necks, and golden, armored nemes headpieces, which concealed their hair but allowed their ears to protrude comfortably from their crowns.
Though Haruko had no clue where the hell they'd come from or what the hell kind of species they were, she did know three things: they were insanely powerful, they were dangerous…
And they were the Minions of Set.
After sheathing their weapons either at their hips or on their backs, the four humanoid dogs looked around the area they'd had the pleasure of clearing. When the largest of the four inspected the dismembered body of Clyde lying a couple yards away, the dark warrior frowned before turning towards his companions.
"Non sut… milites Pharaonis, Shiera," the imposing warrior spoke in a language that sounded very familiar to the fear struck Haruko. (These humans… they are not the pharaoh's soldiers, Shiera)
The smaller female hound also looked around at her comrades, most notably the serious collie standing alongside her, "Nam et ipsi ferre arma projectum… multo magis proficiebat quam meminerim." (They also wield projectile weaponry… much more advanced than what I remember)
"Videtur somno… diu habuimus," the big one spoke again. (It appears… we've been asleep for a long time)
The leader of the kill squad, the female collie with the scar across her eye and wearing the golden necklace and earrings, grunted indignantly before glancing over the excavation site. "Tempus est parvi momenti. Pugnatisne secum dum homines non sunt nisi. Nos prius liberavi domino, Set." (It matters not how much time has passed. I could care even less about the humans. Our first priority is freeing our beloved Master Set)
A collective nod of agreement was her immediate response, followed shortly by a smirk from the Akita hybrid beside her, "Semper operari cum te, is non est?" (It's always work with you, isn't it?)
Shiera smiled, "No fessis requies, Kasim." (No rest for the weary, Kasim)
Just before the four of them could get moving however, the Ibizan woman hybrid suddenly stuck her nose in the air and sniffed. It only took a single whiff before her gaze then snapped towards the statue where Haruko was hiding.
Before the woman could even respond, the second female member of the four killers vanished with a crack of wind and appeared directly in front of the archaeologist. The researcher shrieked and fell out from behind the statue, backpedaling away as the dog woman glared down at her venomously. When Haruko turned to scramble away, the other three warriors appeared, surrounding her and blocking off all possible routes of escape.
Panicking at how fast they were, the woman's eyes darted around the four warriors as she knelt on the sand before them. Tears appearing as she feared she would be cut down by them, Haruko then watched as the scar-faced female strolled forward and knelt down in front of her.
Her long, gorgeous tail waving behind her, the serious looking Shiera narrowed her eyes, "Quid est?" (What year is it?)
Still obviously freaking out from the genocide of her crew, Haruko swallowed and shook her head, "I… I don't… understand."
Frowning, Shiera looked up at her comrades, "Patria lingua non loquitur." (She does not speak the universal tongue)
The second in command Pharaoh hound grunted while looking the pitiful looking human over, "Nos ad haec nova lingua accommodanda." (We should adapt to their new system of language then)
"Ego assentior," the Akita male spoke. (I agree)
Turning their attention back to the human scientist in the centre, the four Minions of Set brought their hands up and tapped the collars around their necks. The instant they did so, miniature blue spot lights shone off of the chains and enveloped Haruko, scanning her. After bathing her in an eerie glow for several uncomfortable seconds, the lights then vanished, leaving the group standing in a normal light once more.
"Synchronization complete," Shiera spoke. It was a result that surprised the heck out of the human scientist and had her eyes snap up at the leader. "Let's try this again. What year is it?"
Gulping nervously, Haruko's terrified gaze moved between the four warriors before landing back onto the collie in front of her. "It's… Age 774. February. Ten thousand moons after the last pharaoh according to the records."
Scrunching her face up thoughtfully, the leader of the team then rose up and turned her attention towards her companions. "It appears we've been asleep for over twenty thousand years."
"Is that a problem?" the second female asked.
The scar faced leader shook her head, "No it isn't, Tana. Just a slight inconvenience, that's all. In fact…" A then smirk formed on her face as she then turned her gaze towards the distant horizon, "This is the perfect time for us to pick up where we left off. Why don't we go see how much has changed?" She then turned heel and floated into the air, beginning a gentle flight over to the nearest ridgeline.
The other three followed suit, completely forgetting all about poor Haruko.
As soon as the four humanoid dogs left the ancient city, the blonde woman, who'd previously been sweating a river's worth of perspiration, felt her eyes roll into the back of her head before she fainted on the spot. Her body was soon lying sprawled out in the middle of what could only be described as the bloodiest massacre in history.
Landing on top of a dune several hundred meters away from the dig site, Shiera walked further out onto the plateau while the rest of her crew landed behind her. When they all touched down on the soft hill, the four ancient warriors got the perfect view of not only the other two pyramids of the Giza Necropolis, but the ocean of sand stretching out for thousands of miles in front of them. From horizon to horizon, it was nothing but a barren, lifeless wasteland with the telltale signs of mountains in the distance. From that perspective, it was safe to say that the region was pretty much empty. Save for maybe one or two tiny villages within camel walking distance of the place, it was an incredibly mesmerizing view.
Glaring out across the sands of planet earth, the leader glanced over her shoulder and smiled at her second in command. "Any objections, Daryu?"
The largest of the four canine hybrids shrugged. "None at all."
"Good. I needed to stretch my paws anyway." Exhaling deeply, Shiera quickly fixed her gaze back onto the sand dunes stretched out in front of her and raised her hands. Flexing her fingers once or twice, she then produced a substantial amount of ki and projected it forward, her power up taking the form of a blast of wind that rippled across the countryside for a kilometre in all directions. Upon doing so, she then wasted no time in getting to work.
The landscape began to shake and tremble as the female warrior proceeded to call upon an enormous amount of energy. The cataclysm causing dust and sand to rise into the air in all directions, the other three warriors behind the leader didn't even flinch when, little by little, something big began to jut out of the ground ahead of them. About three kilometres out, a fourth and even larger pyramid began to rise up out of the sands like a glorified tablet. Roughly the size of a mountain, the dusty, sand-covered structure stretched towards the sky meter by meter until it blocked out the entire sun itself.
Its appearance was marked by a tremendous earthquake that could be felt for hundreds of miles around. When it eventually rose completely out of the ground, it revealed so much more than just a pyramid five times larger than the ones already on the surface.
There was also an enormous terrace jutting out of the side of the pyramid, elevated on a block of stone and brick, with a temple and a courtyard on top of it. The most distinguishable feature of this setup on the Northern side of the pyramid facing the endless miles of desert was a large stone door into the structure, which had been barred shut by an otherworldly force.
It was this very entrance into the behemoth structure that the Minions of Set desired.
Smirking at their success, the four humanoid dogs took flight from the ridge and appeared before the pyramid entrance in the courtyard. Approaching the gateway, Shiera, Daryu, Tana and Kasim stopped before the obstacle to inspect it, until the former moved forward and placed her hand against its front. Leaving it there for several moments, giving it a thorough scan as well as a push, she then pulled away and frowned.
"Anything?" Kasim asked, adjusting the spear folded up at his hip.
The scar-faced leader shook her head, "No. The seal fashioned by the Supreme Kais is too powerful. They've made it so that only certain individuals can ever hope to open this prison… more accurately the Gods." Inspecting it carefully with her eyes as well as with her senses, the collie then turned around and faced the other members of her team. The look on her face showed how easily irritated she was at the situation. "A righteous spirit is needed to unlock this door; one that is not only pure of heart but also incredibly powerful."
Kasim snarled at that piece of information, "And where in the seven levels of hell are we going to find someone like that?"
"The only entities capable of producing a large amount of energy as well as possessing a virtuous spirit are the Supreme Kais," Daryu informed, folding his arms while looking back at the alpha of their group. "Should we travel to Otherworld and abduct one of the Kais? We could force them to unlatch this seal for us."
"No," Shiera replied immediately while holding a hand up, stopping the four in their tracks, "No. Attempting to abduct a Supreme Kai might draw the attention of Whis and the other deities. The last thing I want to do is incur the wrath of one of the primary overseers of this universe… especially Ra." She then glanced across at Kasim. "In order to do this, we're going to need to search the mortal plains; a being from this quadrant." She then turned her attention to Tana and smiled at her fellow warrior. "We need your all-seeing-eye for this task. Find one."
Smirking, the Ibizan hybrid crouched down, scooped up a handful of sand and, holding it out in front of her, allowed the mass of particles to levitate into the air and form into a sphere. It soon started to emit a strange, multicoloured aura, which formed into a transparent sphere of ki in the centre, and transformed the ball of sand into a viewing globe. In a matter of moments, all four warriors were given the exact location of where they could find a being that would enable them to unlock their master's tomb.
The globe zoomed in on a dome-shaped house in the mountains thousands of kilometers away where, after isolating the location, honed in on the figure in question. They soon saw a young, handsome, spiky haired man wearing orange and blue gi training on the grassy fields inside the globe; a smile on his face and a golden glow surrounding his body.
This was the pure-hearted, righteous spirit that they required.
Raising an eyebrow at the sight of the figure, Tana then looked across at Shiera, "A boy… here… on this planet?"
"A human?" the imposing Daryu exclaimed in disbelief.
Shiera shook her head, "No. His physical traits are different. His aura resembles that of a member of the Great Ape race from the planet Saiya," Shiera interrupted, narrowing her eyes on their target before turning to the others. "We'll hunt him down and bring him back with us… use his latent energy to unseal the gateway." She then turned to her second in charge, only to notice that Daryu was staring off into the distance; the same direction their target had been located. Finding his actions suspicious, the leader nodded to him curiously, "What is it?"
The enormous dog warrior pointed towards the cloud covered horizon. "I sense a large energy signature in that direction. It's on the move… and it doesn't belong to a human."
"It seems as though there is more than one race living on this planet," Kasim said, looking just as miffed by his comrade's announcement. "How fun."
After staring towards the sky and mountains for about a minute or so, the second female member of the group cracked a smile and glanced in the alpha's direction. "Should we fly over and say hello?"
Shiera, thinking on it for a moment, cracked a smile and rolled her shoulders excitedly, "Sure. Why not?" After being out of it for over twenty thousand years, they could definitely use with a warm up.
Noticing how eager the others were to get into a fight, the leader of the group then gestured all of them to follow her and took off. When the four members of the group levitated off of the ground, they then powered up and took off at full speed, leaving the terrace outside the pyramid and rocketing towards the distant horizon.
The entity that they'd detected was on the way towards their intended target. However, while it was certainly convenient according to their schedule, the group was still interested in chasing this person down regardless.
After all, they sensed a threat. The last thing they needed was someone getting in the way of their plans.
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(Elsewhere)
Having ascended to a high enough altitude that she was soaring well above cloud cover, the still moving Zangya hummed to herself as her body flew across the ocean that was the planet's atmosphere. It was a cheerful tune, one she'd heard many times before on the radio and one she felt was appropriate for the moment. After all, with a clear blue heaven above her and nothing but a stretch of white cloud ahead, it was almost like she was literally 'Walking on Sunshine'.
Continuing to soar at cruising speed, enjoying the sight of heaven all around her, the Hera then started reaching into her pocket to see if she still had all of her cash and papers on her. She needed this material if she was going to gain access to the main office. But seeing as how she was a world famous model with one of the most recognizable faces in the industry, she highly doubted that they wouldn't let her in.
However, just as she was in the process of patting down her pockets, the woman then spotted something odd in her peripheral vision and looked over to her right.
Staring across that particular flat of white cloud, the orange haired Z-fighter blinked in surprise when she suddenly saw a figure pop out of the fluffy surface of gas and perspiration. Arms folded and flying at the same speed as her while in an upright standing position, the Hera watched as the humanoid dog, a collie to be exact, smirked in her direction before sinking back into the clouds like a periscope in water.
Her form disappearing completely from sight like a phantom immediately put Zangya on edge.
"Okay… that was… weird…" Narrowing her eyes, the Hera's gaze then shot across to her left, where she suddenly saw another figure pop out of the clouds. This one flying backwards with their arms folded as well, the large black Pharaoh Hound hybrid glared across at the alien, matching her cruising speed while moving several yards ahead of her. The sight had Zangya frown even deeper and begin gathering energy. "What is this? A lynching?"
What the hell was going on?
And why the heck couldn't she sense their energy?
Before the Hera could start answering these questions, a second shadow drew her gaze forward when, all of a sudden, the ocean of cloud in front of her exploded upwards and the same anthropomorphic collie in Egyptian garb appeared in her flight path.
Her emergence causing Zangya to skid to a stop in midair, the blue-skinned fighter gritted her teeth at the humanoid dog hovering in her way. "Okay, what the fuck do you want?" A couple seconds after she asked that question, she saw the scar-faced dog woman slowly bring a hand forward and, with a leisurely air about her figure, pointed downwards.
Puzzled by the collie's gesture, the Hera followed her directional gesture…
The instant she did so, the clouds directly beneath her violently parted and two more dog figures shot up at her at super speed. Before Zangya could even react, the two figures crashed into her with terrific force, slamming two jumping kicks into her stomach and sending her spiraling into the sky. Spitting out blood, the blue-skinned warrior quickly recovered from the sneak attack and flipped into a normal hovering position, ceasing her ascent. The instant she turned to face her assailants, she was suddenly struck down by an attack from all sides when three of the four canine warriors charged in and assaulted her with a merciless string of hit-and-run attacks.
Their concussive blows landing with the sound of cannon shots, tearing her suit to shreds and leaving her with a series of cuts, bruises, and blood dribbling out of her nose and mouth, the winded Hera was then kicked through the clouds and sent plummeting down to earth. While descending at high speed and seeing nothing but stars and inverted colors, the discombobulated Z-fighter gritted her teeth and glared up at her attackers.
"Oh, you fuckers better make sure you kill me! Because if you don't…" Just before she could even finish her outburst, Zangya suddenly saw all four of them appear in the air above her and take aim with their hands. The sight of energy spheres appearing in front of their palms had her eyes widen in surprise, "Shit."
In a flash of light, the four humanoid dogs fired upon the stricken Zangya, who let out a cry of terror before the blasts impacted her and engulfed her in a fiery explosion. The force matching that of a concentrated nuclear blast, the assassins watched the shockwave ripple across the sky in all directions, before scattering the remains of the Z-fighter across the countryside.
Upon seeing the air clear and finding no trace of their quarry, who'd been effectively blown to pieces, the Minions of Set smiled before then turning and taking flight towards Mount Paozu.
They were on a role so far. After thousands of years of imprisonment, the instant they were let out, they slaughtered an entire camp of humans, summoned their master's tomb, and killed a surprisingly powerful Hera-seijin cruising across the planet earth. If that last fight was so easy, then this hunt for their true target was going to be a piece of cake…
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