*bash. *Crash
The cyclops bashed it spiked club on the ground repeatedly, dust rise and clouds the surroundings. With its large eye, it strains to search for the person that challenge's it.
"Where did that little mortal scurry over to, I have a job to do you know!". The cyclops yells with its thundering voice.
Hiding behind a rocky cover, Iode pants, steam ooze out with each breath.
" Damn it, Valier pitted me against this monstrosity in the worst possible time, I'm almost out of mana, I can't use sword aura in this state of mine talk less of using Dragon Man. Should I stall for time to recover some mana, but he's going to find me soon enough ". Iode said panting.
*Crash!
The cyclops destroys the rocky cover that Iode sought refuge.
"There you are, stop scurrying around, just die, you are an arrogant mortal that should be put down, an anomaly that should be corrected!" The cyclops said.
It carries it spiked club up and bash it towards Iode. It raises the club back up, but the mortal was nowhere to be found, not even his disembodied and crushed body was on sight. The cyclops became confused for a second, it looks around the surroundings to find the mortal, still, it couldn't see.
But then, it could feel tingling in his left forearm, it was as if an ant was crawling on it arm, it instinctively checks it out, only to see the tiny mortal running upwards, towards it shoulder.
In annoyance, the cyclops raise its right arm to crush Iode, however, he was nimble on his feet, he jumps and holds onto one of the fingers of cyclops. He climbs up and resumes his upward run towards cyclops' shoulder.
Annoying by his display, the cyclops release it hand from the club it holds, it brings it hand to crush Iode the second time, by forming a fist. However, at the nick of time, Iode once again clings onto one of cyclops' fingers. He was able to do this by staying in-between a small gap that is around the finger tips and the palm.
The cyclops brings it fist up but it could not find the tiny mortal. Without wasting time, Iode jumps off the finger he clings to and lands on the very place cyclops tried to squash him.
Upon seeing him, the cyclops snarled and clench it teeth.
"Why won't you just die you annoying pest". It yells. It brings it hand before Iode, but unlike the first two times, it flicks it fingers, Iode attempts to jump away from the trajectory, however, it was too late, the flick hits him hard and sends him flying.
He hits the jungle of pitcher-like plants and crashed against the red ground. However, before he could recover, the cyclops was upon him, it tightens it fist and begins punching Iode against the ground repeatedly, then it lifts up it feet and begins to trample on him once more. Soon, the cyclops stops it assault and looks at the devastation it caused.
It assault caused a huge and deep crater on the ground, casts of it fists and feet could be seen clearly on the crater.
"At long last, the mortal has perished by my hands, I have corrected the wrong, the anomaly that it pose, say hi to Hades for me when you meet him... Hmm?" The cyclops said, however, it noticed a red aura swirling out from the center of the crater. Soon, Iode digs himself out of the debris that covered him within the crater.
Red aura swirl around his body, his clothes and body were rough and battered, his eyes were devoid of eyeballs, they were nothing but white. Iode's face resembles that of a zombie, he was breathing from his mouth, steams ooze out with each breath. In his right hand is his favorite sword which he holds tightly as ever.
"Impossible, I'm a seventy meters tall immortal that weighs about 4,480 metric tons, how is he able to survive my repeated assault, he should have been nothing but a paste ". The cyclops snarls angrily.
"Argh!!!" The cyclops cries out, forms a fist in it hand, and brings it downwards to punch Iode against the ground, however, Iode would not let that happen the second time.
"First strike: phantom slash!" Iode swings his sword diagonally, he stands where he is at the center of the crater. As the cyclops brings it punch laced with hot air that steams out, it noticed that it could not feel it arm, but it was still attached, or so it thought.
Soon after it had the sensation, it arm drops off dead on the ground.
"Huh?" The cyclops first words. "What the". However, before it could regain it composure, Iode was already above him.
"Third strike: cross slash!" Two simultaneous diagonal aura slash that crossed each other races towards the cyclops' large eye. It was too late for the cyclops to react, Iode's attack hits it painfully, temporary blinding it.
Cyclops cries out of pain and yells:
"Now you've done it mortal, burn to smithereens, ash out like you never existed!"
Cyclops takes a deep breath, releases a powerful plasma of scorching flames to all directions. The plasma breath hits the pitcher-like plants, however, because of their heat resistant traits, they were not burned but were severely darkened. However, the ground is a different story, it turns into liquid, yes the ground became flowing lava.
Despite the cyclops mayhem, Iode was unaffected, he was midair.
"Fourth strike: crescent strike!" A large red aura cuts through the air, through the plasma breath and the legs of the cyclops.
The cyclops falls on it back and cease it attack. Iode lands on the torso of the monster. As he was about to move, a strange pulse ran across his body, he stops and falls on his knees. He begins to spill a mouthful of blood.
"Khh–khh!". He coughs out blood repeatedly, however, due to this, he recovered his sense, his eyeballs returns and his zombie looking face vanished.
Iode begins panting heavily, he looks at his blood covered hands and sighs.
"I wonder how many years I have left... Tsk, this is the second time I've used warrior's fury. Thanks to Valier, I have to use whatever means necessary to stay alive". Iode mumbles.
He stands and moves towards the cyclops' face, the latter who has regained it sight.
"I've defeated you as promised, now, take me to those people you mentioned earlier". Iode said with blood dripping mouth.
"Hahaha! Foolish mortal, I am but a common minion, I have no means of getting to those big shots hahaha". The cyclops said.
Iode frowns.
"However, I'll tell you this, pique their interest, that is if you can, hahaha ". The cyclops said laughing.
"Enough with your stupid laughter, die already ". Iode sword enlarges and cuts through the cyclops' neck. He falls on his knees feeling exhausted, he sighs.
Soon, his stigma shimmers, Iode sighs once more seeing the shimmering light. However, unlike his previous teleportation, Iode lands in Valier's throne room.
"Congratulations mortal, you have completed your first trial, for your — hmm?" Valier was saying, however, Iode collapses on the ground, seemingly unconscious.
"Did he just pass out?". The left lieutenant said.
"He is quite tenacious like humans". The right lieutenant said.
"His kind are descendant of humans after all". The left lieutenant replies.
"Lord Valier, what shall we do to him". The right lieutenant asks.
"Lock him up"...