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"A letter!"

"Aye, aye, captain!"

Exaggerating a salute, Ben jumped on the bed, practically melting on the sheets as soon Cloud saw his answer.

Ah, the comfort!

He gave a nod, confirming it. Simple enough to understand, right?

Ben chose to stay like that instead of changing back to human for the simple reason of precaution.

Despite they tried to retaliate, the goons quickly fell at Roman's hands.

If he expected a sign for where the go, the flying thief that crossed the air to land loudly in glass at the other side of the bank maybe was one.

And the screams of terror wondering what was the thing attacking them.

// This was awful LMFAO

I let out a damn even irl

Huffing at the comment, the alien growled a few times, shaking his head.

Popping a small claw, Ben wrote his name backwards on the ground, slowly showing the word 'Wildmutt' to Zack.

After thinking about it for a few seconds, Ben nodded.

"Sure, sounds simple enough."

As long he doesn't have to deliver a Dwarf Star... He's good to go.

Sounds of gunshots and screams were heard from inside. While Roman approached, Ghostfreak was already putting in some work, taking down the enemies with his powers.

Due that, the guards outside got distracted. If someone were going to attack right now, it was the perfect opportunity!

"Looks cool!"

A smile escaped Ben's lips at the set up, finding it quite similar to the gardens of the Forever Knight's Academy.

And after a few seconds, he processed Cloud's words, staring at him with surprise.

"Wait— Really? I can't just use it like that, man... Can't I pay you in some way?"

Seeing no hostile movemente -no pun intended- Wildmutt growled in response, nodding slighty as a way to return the salute.

With his own method of sight, Ben noticed how the enviroment was quite damaged, taking note of the sword the other carried.

The loud rumbles made the alien alert, changing his direction towards the noise.

As he jumped, he entered into Zack's full view. Growling confused, Wildmutt would rise a brow... If he had one.

"Yeah, just ran, grabbed my stuff, left a few coins and that's it."

All of his valuables unharmed. Which they weren't much.

Curiously, he walked towards the guest room to see what the other was doing.

"Please do. I don't want any civilian to get hurt."

In few moments, a terrific ghost-like alien appeared after a flash of green flames, getting through the vehicle's roof by going intangible, doing the same on the bank.

Inside, Ben took a look at the thiefs. Some stayed outside...

The size of it coveres the whole place, making the Divine General look like an ant in comparition to the alien's size.

The sky darkened. Strong winds started to kick up, as a colosal figured rised above the Divine General.

The sight of the hybrid To'Kustar shaked the world. Wasting no time, Way Big put his arms on an X... Shooting a gigant beam of cosmic energy capable to desintregate anything on his path.

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The impact pushed the Sonorosian to the ground, getting up with a groan. Okay, screw the plan. The watch had enough energy left... Let's do this!

With a scream on the ground, Ben lifted up a dust cloud to hide. After a few seconds, there was a change behind's Mahoraga's back.

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stopping underneath the beast... And letting out a sonic scream powerful enough to push the other up in the air. Or at least, he hoped so. Not to damage it, but to win enough tine and position to change forms one last time and end this fight.

Too many changes for now. The next transformation should end this fight for good.

But for that, he needed to act, and things to go smoothly. The copies ran towards it, throwing themselves on Mahoraga to cover his sight and restrain it.

Meanwhile, one clone dashed on the floor,

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"𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕."

Well, step one of the plan failed. If he wanted to execute his idea, he needed Mahoraga on the sky to avoid any colateral damage.

Thinking, Ben took a few steps back, changing forms again to Echo-Echo after pressing the dial, surrounding the Divine General with a few copies.

Now was the time to execute his plan!

With a frown, the hybrid Pyronite nailed his hands under the ground, focusing. Where Mahoraga was standing, it began to heat up and becoming red.

Heating up the paviment, Ben hoped the General to jump up the sky to avoid the lava eruption he was creating.

Heatblast did the same. The fact that the opponent evaded his attacks meant more chances to adapt, which he couldn't allow.

Igniting his hands again, Ben released a fire wave not to Mahoraga, but the ground. Slowly, the heat began to melt the paviment, solidifacting it enough to hopefully stop it.

What kind of speed what that?

Heatblast's eyes widened opened, seeing the beast on the air near him. Fire wings popped from his back, the alien's hand exploded in flames, shooting a barrage of fire proyectiles at the other.

Changing forms inmediatly won't do any favours. He had to be smart...

He didn't want to use his heavy weapons...

With a long jump that shattered the ground, Ben changed mid air. Now, Heatblast's hands up in the air, a giant fireball formed.

"𝑯𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒕!"

Then, he throwed it down towards Mahoraga. The power behind would surely incinerate it completely...

Catching the adaptation with his eye, the alien finally realized what was happening.

"𝗢𝗵, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲..."

This what not good at all. Judging by how his opponent's growth, he was on a timer, both in how much energy he had before detransform and in how the General adapted.

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"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞-?"

The Vaxasaurian stood there for a moment, taken back by the fact that his attack did 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. Humungosaur's force was no joke, and this guy took it, unphased.

And there it was, the wheel again. Having a bad feeling, Ben changed to Chromastone, shooting a giant energy beam towards it.

Before attacking, the alien took a mental note of the wheel above the beast's head.

But for now, he put it aside, charging foward with a roar. Raising a fist, he prepared to deliver a powerful punch to the Divine General.

At the shaken ground, the teenager almost lost balance.

"Okay, you're not friendly then!"

Hero time, then. Ben reached for the Arcanematrix, locking into a form and transforming.

A Vaxasaurian. A hybrid, stronger, more durable version of a normal one ready for the upcoming battle.

"𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐫!"

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Since Cloud had stuff to do, Ben decided to not bother the man more than enough after allowing him to stay on his home. Instead, he focused on taking more missions.

Reason why he was Wildmutt, running and jumping around the forest and trees.

"No need to tell me twice."

Once again, Arcanematrix activated. However, this time he stopped by his own.

"Wait. Do you have something to communicate with me? If something goes wrong, you can get in the middle of it."