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nThe bridge was crossed in three long strides, and at the end I turned and left. I pointed myself in the direction of the smoke in the distance.

nThen I ran into the forest, but this time not following the path; I was hoping to meet someone on the way. It would be a real shame not to use all this barely contained power from Lidy.

nI really hoped that this wasn't going to be an ongoing thing with her. I could understand why she was angry, but this was taking things way too far.

nThe forest was blurring by me as I ran, but nothing seemed to want to fight with me this time, even though I was glowing within red lines of power. I was probably over twenty feet tall, but I still knew that this wouldn't scare the creature away.

nI could feel the monsters around me, and there were some of the hyena creatures that had attacked me, but they stayed far from me now. I searched as I ran, and then I felt the pulse of power enter my range of sense.

nThe Ogre. It had to be him, and I angled myself to the south. I pointed myself towards the power and pounded the ground harder as I picked up speed.

nWhatever was there had stopped moving, and it looked like it was waiting for me, so I started to pay more attention to my surroundings. I was coming up to a clearing, so whatever was waiting for me was going to be there.

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"Come to play? Not going to run away again, Snack?

" The Ogre's menacing voice called to me.

nI pulled in a deep winding breath and forced the oxygen into my muscles as I ran out into the clearing where the Ogre was waiting. I needed to keep my cool and not get overconfident; even with all this strength and power, I could still sense that he was stronger than me.

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"Yeah, I am ready to tangle; let's get this going,

" I said as I walked forward, getting my arms up.

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"Hmm, I hope you don't think that this little boost of power is going to do you any good! I am going to tear you to pieces!

" The Ogre told me as he started to circle me, but I moved with him, not letting him get out of my sight.

nThen he came for me with arms out, but I side-stepped him, swinging for his head, but he ducked. I missed, and he turned into me, staying low, and then caught me on the bottom of the chin with an uppercut, and then to fast stiff jabs to the stomach, knocking me back.

nThe Ogre came for me, giving me no pause, but I recovered my senses and locked arms with the creature. This was no good because he bit down on my shoulder, making me yell out in pain.

nMy reaction was to drive my knee forward with great force between the Ogre's legs, making him let go of me with his teeth and hands. I grabbed the Ogre with both hands by the back of the neck as he bent forward and drove my other knee into his face.

nThe Ogre's head smashed up and back, but I spun quickly and wrapped my arm around his neck, locking him in a headlock. I threw my leg forward and let my body drop, slamming the creature to the ground.

nHe tried to get up, but I spun around and ripped one of his arms out from under him as he tried to stand. I put him into an armbar and broke the arm without a second thought and then rolled away.

nThe Ogre roared as he tried to get up, but I was already bad on my feet, and I rocketed forward. I pulled my leg back and drove my foot forward to drive a kick into the Orge's head, sending him spinning, but the creature caught himself in the air and landed.

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"Pretty funny, huh? Think this little thing will bother someone like me?

" The Ogre said and dashed forward at me again with one arm hanging loosely at his side.

nI could feel a difference in him now, and I was struggling to keep up. He came at me with a hook, but as I blocked it, he spun impossibly in the air with a front flip, smashing me to the ground with a kick to the shoulder.

nThe force was so great that I bounced off the ground, feeling multiple ribs crack and fracture. Before I could react, I was kicked into the air backward, and then I could see him leaping for me as I flew back.

nThe Fire Force Pact was released, and I activated my Earth Force Pact just before hitting the ground. The Orge landed on me and started to hammer me with his single fist, but only about three hits before the first started to bleed.

nThe second he stopped, I sat up and punched as hard as I could into the side of the Orge's left kneecap, bowing his leg out. I then grabbed his broken arm as he tried to punch me, but I couldn't feel it, and I ripped the arm down, and then I rolled forward.

nThe Ogre came crashing down face-first into the ground, cutting out the roar that was starting. I jumped up from the roll and turned back to jump on the Ogre's back.

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"Get off me, you little,

" the Ogre started to say, but I grabbed his greasy hair and started to smash his face into the ground until there was no more movement under me.

nThe ground was covered in blood, but I was finally about to let my Earth Tsunalily Totem go. I shrunk down, but I was still filled with power.

nI decided to sit for a moment on the back of the massive Ogre that I had just killed. I actually killed it; the Hero Eater was dead.

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