The man's eyebrow twitched "Or what?!" he repeated, his face turning red.

  Baniku's smirk widened, as he replied with excitement "You heard me!"

  Aurelis sighed, a puff of mist forming out of his mouth, as he leaned towards Vex, whispering

  "Vex, I think we should stay this one out."

  The mist sent a shiver down Vex's neck, making him snap his head towards Aurelis, confounded, covering his ear immediately "Dude- yea we will stay that one out.. just don't do that again!"

  Aurelis raised an eyebrow "Do what..? You know what, forget it. Lets just.. watch. Don't jump in, please."

  Vex turned his head back to Baniku, who was still teasing the group, his body instinctively tensed up "Yea, I also have a bad feeling about him..."

  The group's talker shouted at Baniku "You know what?! Enough reasoning with bastards like you!"

  He pulled his hand back, and smirked "I'm a Habel user too, you know. I go by Explo!"

  The man swung at Baniku, sparks flying wildly around his hand.

  Baniku stepped back as the location the man struck at rustled.

  A moment of silence passes.

  The area Explo struck at exploded, painting the area in ash.

  Baniku got flung back, quickly catching himself on his feet.

  He tilted his head, now covered in ash and the smell of burnt grass.

  His smirk froze, his voice lowered "What, Explo like explosions? How lame."

  His eyes locked on Explo as he wiped his hand on his face, one of the star tattoos on his face started to disappear, his yellow eyes glittered even brighter, reflecting the sun.

  Explo took a step back, sweating.

  He raised an eyebrow as he breathed out "What? Wasn't expecting that were you?"

  Baniku cracked his neck and jumped forward, his eyes widened as he stopped his movement, right before hitting Explo, and stepped back.

  He muttered "What the-?"

  Explo pushed himself forward, sparkles cackle from his feet.

  His legs explode, launching himself towards Baniku.

  Baniku smirked "Interesting, sacrificing body parts to get the upper hand now are we?"

  The moment Explo came close to Baniku, Baniku slammed his shoulder on Explo's head, bashing him into the ground.

  Baniku laughed "But really, is that all you've got?"

  Baniku raised an eyebrow, stepping back "What the..?"

  Explo's head exploded, smoke filled the air.

  A short guy with green eyes from the group stepped forward, his fists clenching.

  His eyebrows twitched "Ah, you dodged the explosion. How... unfortunate!"

  Baniku's eyes darted at the man, bewildered "You.. made your friend explode?"

  As the smoke cleared, the area around the explosion was but a flat patch of burnt grass.

  The short one sighed, shaking his head while looking at the floor "Hah.. you could say that. I simply overloaded his Habel! That's what I d-"

  Baniku rushed forward, his arms behind his back, interrupting the man's speech "Hah! And they say I'm the monster here!"

  His eyes widened in excitement as he ran towards the man "So, little fella, do that to me! Do it!"

  The guy stumbled backwards, sweating from the heat of the explosion, a small smirk appeared "Ah, cant do."

  From afar, Aurelis whispers to Vex "Overloading Habels? Wonder how that'd work with something like yours.."

  Vex who was focused on the fight, simply nodded, ignoring Aurelis.

  The short guy snapped his fingers, and the big guy of the group stepped forwards, shaking the ground "You dodged our plan. Now I will smash you instead!"

  The last guy who still stood behind the two kept quiet, simply observing. His yellow eyes glimmering as he watches.

  Baniku's smirk widened as he jumped forward, striking the big man directly in the chest.

  The giant got flung backwards, landing hard on his back.

  He had no struggle getting back up, seemingly taking no damage.

  Instead, his eyes got redder, angrier.

  Baniku rushed forward, his eyes darting around the big guy.

  His smirk widens.

  Baniku sidestepped, before anything had happened, and the big guy swung to where he were anyways, absolutely crushing the ground where Baniku stood.

  Vex muttered "Does the big guy have like a five second delay or something..?"

  Aurelis shrugged, barely speaking "I just know somethings off.."

  Baniku clapped, his smirk becoming a wide smile "That's more like it!"

  He swung forward, striking the big guy in the chest.

  The giant grew in size, standing as if he was never punched in the first place.

  The giant tilted his head down, not moving.

  Baniku looked up "Huh, not gonna attack?"

  The guy who watched from afar walked forward, and exclaimed flatly "Its as I thought. You knew he wouldn't attack somehow."

  Baniku's head tilted slowly towards the guy who spoke "And you are the one who stood silently at the back, was it fun being a part of the crowd?"

  The man stopped near the short person, ignoring Baniku's taunt. Tilting his head down "Lets call off the fight for now, he can't stop Brums, so he can't chase us either."

  The short guy's eyebrow twitched, his teeth clenching "No no no! We had a plan, Matsu!"

  Matsu shrugged "You do you, I'm not staying."

  Without letting the short guy speak, he turned around, vanishing in an instant.

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  The short guy stomped his foot "Curse teleportation! Hah.. no matter, I will make sure you die today, Baniku!"

  He snapped his fingers, Baniku cowered, and a moment later the giant swung above him, missing by a long shot.

  The short guy lunged forward, blind to his surroundings "No matter..! I'll just overload Brums! And.. and I win! Yes! Haha!!"

  Baniku yawned, completely ignoring the short guy as he looked up at the giant "So.. Brums, right? How's the weather up there?"

  Brums clenched his fists, so hard they left crescent marks on his arm. A few veins almost popping.

  "I kill you, put your head high on town hall. Everyone fear"

  Baniku flailed his hands, his smile returning "Well hurry then! This is getting boring hah!"

  Baniku took a few steps backwards, as the giant swung his hand downwards, slamming the ground where Baniku was.

  The short guy made his way to Brums, and the moment his hand landed on the giant, Brums let out a deafening roar as he grew relentlessly, almost twice the size he previously was.

  The short guy stepped back "Haha! Yes! That's it!"

  The giant's eyes locked on Baniku, as he stepped forward, leaving huge cracks on the ground.

  Vex sighed "So he gets stronger the longer he fights? That's pretty lame.."

  Aurelis turned to Vex "I don't think so, he only got stronger whenever he took physical harm. More like absorbing physical trauma and turning it into raw power..?"

  The giant stepped forward, reaching Baniku in almost an instant.

  Baniku looked up "Just gonna get closer to watch huh?"

  Brums grumbled and swung his hand.

  Baniku kicked the giant in the leg, making Brums miss him, falling onto the ground.

  As he got up he visibly grew in size, his eyes bloodshot.

  Baniku smirked "Oh! So you get stronger whenever I hurt you, interesting!"

  Baniku took a few steps to his left.

  The short guy lunged forward to where Baniku was, missing Baniku and instead landing on Brums, making him grow even further.

  He gritted his teeth "No no no! Too much and he'll end up like that other pawn.. what was his name? Ah forget it, forget it!"

  Baniku chuckled "You mean Explo?"

  The short guy snapped his neck towards Baniku "You.. you!"

  He took a few steps forward, stopping right in front of Baniku, flailing his arms around "How?! How are you dodging everything?!"

  Baniku darted his eyes between the short guy and Brums, before lowering himself, whispering "A magician never reveals his secrets.. But you sure do talk a lot."

  Baniku clapped "Lets fix that!"

  Baniku lunged forward, and shot his leg sideways.

  The short person jumped right, getting hit directly by Baniku's kick.

  As he fell to the ground, he spat blood and collapsed. His hands tight around his stomach "D-damn!"

  Baniku stepped forward, the short one stretched his hand forward, waving his hand, while his other held his stomach tight "S-stop! We.. we will leave you alone!"

  Baniku shrugged, his voice cheerful "Oh yea, I can do that!"

  The man spat some more blood, as he tilted his head towards Baniku "You.. you will?"

  Baniku chuckled "Sure! Hope we can meet in the future too!"

  He said as he turned around to leave.

  The short person smirked as he snapped his fingers, making Brums lunge forward.

  Baniku turned around, placing his hands directly under the giant's arm, redirecting it directly above the short person, flinging Brums on top of him.

  He desperately tried to crawl away, but it was far too late.

  Brums fell directly on the short one. He breathed heavily and shouted "I.. I will kill yo-!"

  Before he could finish the sentence, Brums landed. Squishing him like a bug, causing a big shockwave to rattle the area.

  As the person let out his final breath, his overloading fades.

  Making Brums shrink to his previous size almost immediately.

  Brums lifted his head up, looking around "Uh... I.. where?"

  He looked down at the blood on his feet, and jumped back in surprise "What did I do..?"

  Baniku stepped forward, a cheerful smile on his face.

  He gave Brums a friendly bump in the chest "Big fella, you don't remember anything do you?"

  Brums nodded "I.. Madman usually control.."

  He scratched his head "Too often this happens."

  Brums turned around and walks to his town, leaving a trail of blood under his feet.

  Baniku waved at him and chuckles "Well, you probably wont see that 'madman' anymore!"

  Baniku then turned to face Aurelis and Vex, shouting towards them "Don't worry, I'm not your enemy!"

  As he arrived near them, he pushes Vex lightly "Not yet, heh"

  Vex gazed at Baniku, his mouth half open.

  Aurelis turned to Baniku "If you'd excuse us, we were just going to be headed to the mountains."

  He lightly shouldered Vex.

  Vex stumbled backwards regaining his composure "Ah, yea.."

  Baniku shrugged "Well, I'm not going to interrupt your little adventure. But I have a feeling this wont be the last time we meet, take care!"

  He waved them off.

  Aurelis sighed "Oh well, time for the real adventure."

  Vex nodded slowly "I guess, so glad he's not our enemy.."

  The two wandered off, to the mountains.