Location: Deadland City - Inside the Ruined Football Stadium
The surroundings were deeply unsettling, as if taken straight from a horror movie. Everything around them was either destroyed or decayed. While one person dug into the ground, two others stared at each other in silence, both seemingly prepared for battle.
Darkness dominated the stadium. It was evening outside, and although the world beyond remained eerily quiet, the stadium itself felt far worse silent, yet suffocating.
One thought crossed Jack's mind.
Jack (Thinking): This is terrifying… It feels like we're about to die.
While Jack struggled with that ominous feeling, Bob continued digging without stopping. The only reason was simple he remembered burying something there long ago.
But this was hardly the right moment.
Because standing ahead of Jack was an overwhelming threat.
The Demon of Immortality, Hana Undead.
The aura she emitted sounded like countless human screams echoing together, as if every soul she had ever slaughtered remained imprisoned within her presence.
Hana (Thinking): If I deliver the key Lucifer seeks, the races can begin immediately… but that outfit beside him… strangely familiar.
At that very moment, Lucifer was still on the island fighting Zach, remaining there purely for entertainment after centuries without battle.
Hana, meanwhile, had only sent one of her puppets here. The power she could currently display was roughly fifteen percent of her true strength perhaps even less.
Jack casually moved his hand behind his back and snapped his fingers, secretly signaling Bob.
The moment Bob noticed, he immediately pulled a large box from his bag big enough to fit four arms comfortably and threw it toward Jack along with a glowing energy sphere.
Jack turned, caught the box, opened it-
Inside were silver armguards.
Along the forearm sections were three massive rings encircling the armor.
Before equipping them, Jack caught the energy sphere.
Still digging without turning around, Bob shouted:
Bob: Hold it over the armguards and break the energy sphere! The weapon's technique will awaken instantly!
Hana instantly recognized that voice and formed a demonic grin.
Hana: Bob Sonofbob.
Jack extended his hand toward the armguards and crushed the energy sphere.
Golden energy scattered like glowing dust, flowing into the armguards. The particles settled onto the equipment as if drawn by gravity. Once absorbed, the armguards began shining a pure white light illuminating the darkness like a beacon.
Bob shouted again.
Bob: Now you need to form a contract!
Jack grabbed the armguards and tossed the box aside.
Jack (Thinking): What do I need to do for you to lend me your power?
Suddenly, everything turned black.
Only darkness existed.
Then a mouth emerged from the void.
- - - : If you accept my power, every time you wear me, I will grant you twenty percent of my energy.
Jack immediately recognized the voice.
Jack: Liberty?
The armguards shone even brighter.
Jack understood they were practically begging to be worn.
He equipped them.
The light faded.
Hana had closed her eyes from the brightness, but once she lowered her hand, her disturbing smile widened.
Hana: Oh my… this is going to be fun.
Bob finished digging and spoke calmly.
Bob: The Calamity Bringer now possesses a complete technique… a newly born weapon.
Jack's arms were now fully armored.
The craftsmanship was so perfect that even master blacksmiths would have shed tears seeing it. The large rings on the forearms began rotating freely, suspended by a magnetic field rather than physically attached.
At that moment-
Jack obtained his first true weapon.
Jack: Bob, are you done digging?
Bob pulled something from the ground a championship wrestling belt tears of joy forming in his eyes.
Bob: I've been searching for you for so long…
Jack: Bob…
Bob immediately put on the belt and stepped beside Jack, expanding his hammer to nearly two meters in size.
Across from them, Hana waited like a predator born for battle, releasing an oppressive aura.
Before engaging, Bob and Jack warmed up their movements.
Bob: Follow my lead, kid.
Jack grinned, reassured by the presence of someone he trusted.
Jack: I don't fully understand you, but just give me the signal where to strike.
The moment their warm-up ended, they charged forward.
Jack clenched his fists, ready to attack.
Bob pulled out his strongest alcohol and began drinking mid-run intentionally pushing himself toward drunkenness.
There was a reason.
Hana smiled and rushed toward them as well.
A two against one battle began.
Bob: Stay ready!
Jack focused, waiting for Bob's signal.
Bob swung his hammer-
It expanded.
Four meters.
Five.
Ten meters.
A colossal hammer crashed directly into Hana, sending her flying.
Jack understood immediately.
Strike where she lands.
He planted his left foot, pivoted sharply to the right, and sprinted toward the predicted impact point.
Bob's hammer shrank back to normal size, his face slightly flushed. He was clearly becoming drunk yet paradoxically faster, stronger.
The more intoxicated he became…
the stronger he grew.
Hana slammed into the stadium seats with a thunderous crash.
But Jack had already arrived.
He halted suddenly and leaped toward her.
Jack: Cosmic Fighting Style, Dual Claw.
Instead of slashing, Jack struck with both fists, multiplying the damage. The sudden assault surprised Hana, yet she continued smiling.
Jack didn't stop.
Jack: Cosmic Fighting Style, Instant Impact.
His fist struck directly toward her heart.
The ground beneath Hana shattered violently.
Hana: That's not enough to make me bleed.
The moment she spoke, Jack had already retreated.
A twenty-meter hammer descended from above, smashing into Hana before she could escape. The ground ruptured, and she fell into the collapsing crater.
Jack froze for a moment.
Jack (Thinking): Since when was I this strong…? Or this fast?
Bob suddenly shouted, his slurred voice revealing his complete drunken state.
Bob: That's your weapon, kid! It boosts all your physical abilities by two and a half times! Looks like it devours energy though that's why you awakened such an insane technique!
Calamity Bringer did not enhance or alter energy itself.
Instead, it amplified the user's physical capabilities.
If the wearer could normally lift a car, with the armguards equipped they could lift a truck. Speed, durability, arm strength every physical attribute increased by approximately 2.5 times.