“ Damn that fucking rain. It is so annoying! I want to go back” a weird voice is heard, followed by a snorting.

A huge creature is sitting on a rock inside the cave, our heroes were watching earlier. It has a height of over 3 meters. The body structure of a human, but with the head of a big black boar. Its body was covered in black fur. It's huge tusks pointing up. It was wearing a dark orange chest plate along with some dark green pants and bare was footed, showing its boar like feet. All in very big sizes, because of its nature. Aside from the big size, it was big in diameter as well. With double chins and fat folds. Pieces of flesh coming out of its armor.

In the same room, besides this atrocious creature, were many fire-goblins. All sitting around waiting for the rain to stop, so they can return back to their base. Some of them were guarding the cave entrance, but besides that, they were all pretty much grouped up.

“ Well, we would have gone back, if you haven't spend your time, feasting on this disgusting humans. I honestly don't know what you find so interesting about them.” a woman's voice is heard, coming from behind the thing.

It turns around to great its comrade, it is a tall thin woman, wearing a long red dress. Her skin is pale, and where her mouth was, she had one more gap. Her mouth was composed of three jaws, each opening like a flower every time she spoke, showing her razor-sharp teeth.

“ Their taste of course. Have you ever tasted a human? They are like cows, but better. Their meat is so rich and soft. And their cries when they beg for mercy are even better.”

“ I still don't get you. Why would you enjoy something like that? They taste disgusting. It is the same as eating bugs.”

“ Now now, you clearly don't have a taste. If you did you wouldn't be like a stick standing up.”

" Whatever... I am not going to continue arguing with you. Let's just get this over with."

“ Look what you did now. You just whetted my appetite. I think I need a snack.” he says with a snort.

“ Ohh my. Why did I have to team up with you? Couldn't I end up with Greyo, like that lucky slutty succubus?!” she complains.

“ Hey! What's the deal with all you girls and that new guy Greyo. What more does he have?”

“ You kidding right? Greyo is just so charming, he has got everything a woman wants in a man. He is smart, strong, handsome.”

“ He failed the first task we assigned him.”

“ It was just an unlucky moment!”

“ Ok ok. Don't get frustrated over it. It isn't like he will ever turn an eye on you.”

“ I know... how can I compete against that succubus.”

“ Exactly. So why don't you just come with me and eat some snacks? It will increase those wooden planks on your chest?”

“ You are disgusting! Even more than those humans.” she says, giving him the cold shoulder and turning away to leave.

The boarman just shrugs and leaves. He goes towards the back of the cave. There he meets some of the fire-goblins that are standing guard, guarding something. He pushes them aside, opening a path.

He looks down at the young children. Their terrified faces filling him with ecstasy. Their mouths and knees trembling from fear. They try to back off but hit a wall.

He comes closer. The children now crying for mercy, pushing each other, each trying to go as far behind as it could.

He reaches and picks one up. It is a young girl, no older than 10. He pulls her into the air and brings her into his mouth. She screams and yells. Begging for mercy. Calling for her parents to come help her. But it is all in vain.

He first bites her legs. She shrieks. She tries to break free by hitting him in the head. But with no results. Her small and weak punches are nothing to him. He opens his jaw, giving the young girl a sense of relief, that the pain had stopped. However, he quickly closes it down again, crashing her feet, separating them from her torso.

The girl screams in agony, but only seconds later she stops. Her gaze darkens, as she is almost unconscious. The creature lets go of her after he had swallowed her bottom half. He picks her up one more time. Blood spattering from her open wound and falling to the floor. The rest of the children screech, knowing that their turn will soon arrive.

He brings her one more time into his mouth, this time touching her head with his teeth.

As he is about to finish her off, he hears a loud sound coming from the cave's entrance. He lets her fall to the ground, with a loud splash. Some of the children go to pick her up. Quickly dragging her back to their group.

“ What the hell was that?!” He shouts.

The fire-goblin in front of him makes some weird sound, he was probably just trying to communicate with him, but in the end, he couldn't understand him.

The boarman angry about the whole situation, smashes the fire-goblin on the ground, squishing him into a mass of burning flesh.

“ Muc! We are being attacked! Get your fat ass over here immediately!” The woman from earlier shouts.

“ What?! We are being attacked? By whom? Aaahhh! I am coming!” He shouts along with a snort.

He passes by where he was sitting earlier, grabs a huge iron mace which was laying there and goes towards the entrance.

There he finds the goblins, all gathered up, the sound of metal clashing echoing throughout the cave. A group of goblins is blown away, revealing the attacking group. It is a small group of five people. Three men and two women.

“ What? Humans? How did they find us?” He questions. He however then notices the emblem in Anna's armor.

“ The Red Empire? This shall be interesting.” He says with a snort.

Alex looks at him with a furious expression. His rage and anger towards that beast are too much for him to handle. It is only then that he notices the blood marks around his mouth. His eyes darken.

" Hahaha. So you came to offer yourselves as my food? Good, good. These children, although tasty, are too little for me." he says laughing and snorting.

Everyone narrows their eyes from anger. But Alex stays quiet. He steps forward and looks at the beast. His eyes completely cold.

" What's wrong with this guy? Why does he look at me like that? Are you not scared, you trash? Then you must be either an idiot or stupidly brave. Because I am going to devour you before I continue with" but he doesn't manage to finish his sentence.

A white blare is all he sees before he is sent flying through the cave, crashing into a wall. He grabs his jaw and he stands up, stumbling.

“ What the hell was that?” he asks with a snort. He looks at where he was standing only moments earlier and sees the young man with the brown hair looking back at him, with a vicious look. He was now radiating a strange white aura.

" Alex?" Everyone, but Anna, are surprised by his speed and power. To send an opponent of this size flying is an amazing achievement.

“ You scum.” He says from behind his teeth. “ How dare you do all these things to the people back in the village? How dare you kidnap and eat those innocent children? Now, I am going to turn you into the bacon you were always meant to be.” He says manifesting his sword.

“ What?! Turn me into bacon?! How dare you insult me like that! Don't get so full of yourself, just because you got a lucky strike. It isn't going to be so easy!” He says smashing his mace on the ground, creating a small crater.

“ He is strong Alex. Be careful.” Anna advises him.

" Don't worry. I am going to crash him." he declares, tightening his grip on the sword's hilt.

The boarman charges in, saliva dripping from his mouth. With a menacing scream, he raises his mace above his head and brings it down to Alex.

The weapon hits, the place is filled with dust, due to the impact. When it clears, nothing stood there any longer. Alex had disappeared.

The boarman looks around in anger, trying to see where he run to. He catches a glimpse of a white shadow moving behind him. He turns around to see nothing.

“ What is the matter? Can't follow up big guy?” Alex provokes him.

He screams while swinging his mace around, trying to hit Alex. But again, nothing happens.

“ Where the hell are you?!”

" He is right behind you, you fool" A female voice is heard, along with the sound of metal colliding. He turns around and finds the woman from before, exchanging blows with Alex.

" There you are, you little shithead!" He insults him as he goes in for the strike.

Alex prepares himself for the attack. He has no time to block, he was so busy with the woman that he left his guard open.

But, Anna comes in at the last second. She flies past the two monsters, grabbing Alex in the process, and lays him a few meters away.

“ Thanks.” He says with a deep breath.

“ Don't get too cocky. You might be stronger than them, but two are still a threat.”

“ You are right. So, you take the woman, I will deal with this bacon.” He says as he gets up, raising his sword and going back into position.

They both charge at their enemies.

Anna goes for a swing at the woman, which she avoids in ease. She then opens her mouth, her razor-sharp teeth shining in the bright light the fire-goblins were radiating. She manages to bite Anna's shoulder, which makes her stumble and fall back, the weird monster still on top of her.

The woman then begins chewing on her warm flesh, blood spattering all over the place. Anna quickly picks up her sword, that she had dropped mid-fall, and tries to swing it at her. The woman though, once again just calmly dodges her attack. She falls back and stands in a weird bending position. Slightly bending her head. Her three jaws open, blood dripping from her teeth.

“ You might be strong, but you are far too slow. If you can't hit, your power has no meaning.” she says with a frown.

Anna just looks at her coldly.

" You were just unlucky that I was your opponent. If you had gone up against that guy over there, you would have probably won. And I would have lost to that man's speed. But you let your anger get the better out of you, and chose your opponents carelessly. You even left the rest of your team behind." she says as she looks back towards the cave's entrance, where the rest of Anna's team were fighting against the hordes of fire-goblins. Every time a part of their "wall" fell, others would come to take its place. They were stuck there, leaving these two that went ahead, completely alone.

" See? You are alone. You have no backup, no place to run. I knew humans were just a bunch of idiots but to think that it was to this extent it really just"

" Don't you ever shut up?! I tried to let you speak since these will be the final words of your pitiable little life, but for goddess's sake, how long do you plan on talking. I have gotten tired of all of this. I am ending it right now!" she says, standing up.

“ Ohh, really? And how are you going to do that? You are too slow, and there is nothing you can do about it!” She yells, while at the same time opening her mouth and charging in, going for the kill.

Anna just calmly stands there. She lets her opponent come towards her, and when she is only inches away, she vanishes.

The woman looks in shock. But she has no time to look around to find her. When her feet touch the ground, her body shaking, a small black line appears at the front side of her body and face. Her eyes widen as the line opens up, splitting the woman clear in half, her two parts falling down at the same time with a splash.

Anna is standing right behind her, her blade radiating a red aura.

“ Red Drive.” She says, as she puts the sword back into its sheath, the aura vaporizing.

She looks at the dead now monster-woman. She makes a sigh and then goes to see how Alex is doing with his battle.

In the meantime, Alex is making circles around the beast, who just swings his mace left and right, trying to hit him. He looks exhausted, his body covered in small slashes. He breathes heavily, like his about to pass out.

But the same thing can be said about Alex. He might not have gotten hurt, but using White Drive through the whole battle, had really drained his stamina, and it was now affecting his health. The sweat dripping from his forehead was clearly visible. His breathing getting heavier and heavier.

But what was the hardest for him, was that he couldn't kill that bastard. Even though he wanted to so badly. Mira had told them that they had to capture him alive. And for that purpose he had to weaken him. To put him into a state of fear. And he was almost there.

“ Is this all you got? So you really were all barking and no biting.” he mocks him.

“ You coward! Fight me like a man!” he yells at Alex with a snort.

" How is being too fast for you, not a manly fight, I don't know. All I know is that you are complaining because you are too weak to face me."

The boarman screams as he is desperately trying to land even one hit on Alex. But with no luck. When his movements slow down, Alex finally makes his move. He charges in, at the tired beast, slashing his hand, making him drop the weapon on the floor.

He stumbles backward and eventually falls on the floor. Alex slowly coming over him. He looks down at him, his eyes burning with rage. But he calms himself.

The boarman pushes himself back up, only to be forced down again, by a punch straight to the face. Alex sighs, as he walks away from the unconscious beast. He doesn't trust himself that he won't kill him.

The sound of battling had stopped. His comrades must have finally broken through the enemy's lines, he thinks. Time to go meet up with them, and settle things with this disgusting thing over here.

“ I am really surprised you followed Mira's orders. Good job.”

“ Let me guess. You were watching in case I mess up?”

“ No. I was watching because I wanted to see how you put your training into action. That's all.”

But Alex doesn't say anything more to Anna. He just walks back to the entrance of the cave.