Kaiser of the New World

The fourth mural (97)

If Kai had to describe the taste of the Miracle Bead, he would say it faintly tasted of honey, sweet and had a strong kick to it. Actually, there was a little more. Maybe honey mixed with a large amount of caffeine and steroids.

Failure's form shimmered before Kai's eyes as his hand connected with the glowing man's for only a split second before it disappeared. Not even a second later, Failure flashed Kai a small grin as he completetly vanished.

Then...

There was no then, nothing happened. Everything was quiet for some reason, there wasn't any sounds of fighting behind him, almost as if all the abominations were dead. All that remained was an eerie silence and a strange amount of sniffling and sobbing coming from various areas behind him.

What-

Just as Kai was about to turn around to see what the hell had happened, a golden shockwave erupted from his chest, shooting throughout the forest and hitting against anything physical. The trees surrounding him had their bark cracked upon impact as countless beasts and humans let out muffled cries in response to the shockwave as they were flung like ragdolls.

Feeling something in his chest burn from whatever was happening, Kai couldn't help but groan. He was wrong, something was definitely happening, something extraordinary.

Kai's body started to slowly rise off the ground and into the air beside the Mother Tree as his body started changing.

Starting from his chest, Kai's body started to glow a light brown. The glow slowly started to turn solid as a set of armour that resembled the bark of the trees surrounding him started manifesting on his body.

Arms, legs, toros, every part of his body except for his head and hands became protected by the set of wooden armour. With the same small, intricate lines adorning it's body as Sofia's bow and Failure's countless puppets, Kai couldn't help but already feel familair with the suit of armour. The wooden armour was extremely durable and extremely plain, yet hid unimaginable power inside its hardwood body.

Kai's hair started growing in length at the same time. What was once a shaggy red mess from not cutting it since being in the white room was now some beautiful luscious locks that reached down past his shoulders and fluttered in the soft breeze. Honestly, girls would be envious of how incredible Kai's hair now looked. His hair was a dark ruby colour and each strand of his beautiful red haircut was as pristine as thread of spider silk.

On top of Kai's new head of hair was a crown of thorns, a mix of green and brown. In comparison to the crown Failure's puppet wore earlier that protected the army of beasts and humans, this crown looked much cheaper and had less of a presence, but it still had a certain aura to it.

And the final part of the transformation was a basic wooden sword, but Kai couldn't help but swallow when he looked at. Life Eater was sharp, there was no doubt about that. The blade had been a faithful companion with its plus seven strength, which wasn't actually that much, but the small boost it gave to Mana efficiency made up for that. But this blade, this wooden sword was much, much sharper than Kai's ugly blade.

The edge of the blade looked like it could cut through nearly anything without any trouble. Kai was even scared to touch it incase he accidentaly cut off a finger. Even with the unassuming wood it looked to be made of, Kai knew that if he were to fight someone who wielded this weapon that he would never even be able to put a single scratch on it.

The soft brown glow that was covering Kai's body slowly dimmed as the transformation finished. A tough wooden suit of armour, a new haircut, a crown of thorns and a powerful wooden blade.

Kai couldn't help but be in awe. Slowly, he lifted a hand up and softly poked one of the thorns with his index finger. Even when he only lightly touched the spike he could feel it dig into his finger, that's how it was . It was incredible...