Colossus By Design: Season 3 - Excerpt 133

[May 8, 2168]
[Solar System]

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With the Slayer Crucible completed, Godzilla brings it down and puts her other hand around its hilt. She marvels a bit at the edge of this demonic sword formed from the raw plasma mass of the sun, the immense flames of the Sapphire of the Emperor, and the enhanced super-heated Scarlet state energies of her own body. However, Safi'jiiva is unimpressed and begins to howl in animalistic laughter as he looks at his opponent swinging around the planet-sized energy blade around like some kind of holy knight or sentinel.


"You think a simple sword will prove more effective? You've given up your enhanced state to wield a lowly melee implement!"

"But I've retained mine. And so long as I don't foolishly waste it by diverting it into a sharpened stick, I will always be your superior!"


Super-Critical Safi'jiiva charges forward at frightening speed, taking Godzilla off-guard as he grabs her by the throat with his left hand and scrapes her across the shrunken red sun's surface. The monster planet attempts to swing her Slayer Crucible at the Overseer dragging her across the solar surface, but he quickly releases his grip and flies off to evade the slash; he then comes back down with both front claws onto Godzilla's chest, pushing her deep down into the reddish plasma layer. Before the young Godzillasaur can attempt to retaliate, Safi'jiiva pushes against her abdomen with the full force of his hind-legs, sending her closer to the red sun's core and away from him.

The red dragon then spreads his arms wide before then bringing them together quickly, resulting in the surrounding plasma to come flying in from both directions to smother the ruler of all monsters. Just before this can happen, Godzilla swings the Slayer Crucible while spinning in place, blowing away the plasma waves in an instant. She then charges her opponent at full speed with sword raised, bringing down the pure energy blade down on Safi'jiiva's head with clear intent to cut him down. Unfortunately, he manages to stop the blade by clapping his hands together on its flat sides. Although he's smirking from not struggling as much against the de-powered Godzillasaur initially, he soon notices that his palms are becoming burnt from holding the flat sides of the Slayer Crucible.

This momentary lapse is enough for Godzilla to yank her sword away from Safi'jiiva's grasp and slash at his head. The Overseer narrowly manages to avoid taking the brunt of the cutting edge, though it still grazes the horns on the left side of his head and forces him to retreat backwards. After retreating to a minimum safe distance from his opponent, the red dragon looks down at his palms and attempts to engage his healing factor to mend the burns on his hands; this proves as futile as his inability to grow back the ends of his left horns. From these areas left scarred by the Slayer Crucible, small blue electrical sparks of energy briefly arc out before dissipating. When Safi'jiiva looks up again, he notices that the sharpened edge and flat faces of Godzilla's sword that made contact with his non-healing body parts showcase the same faint blue electrical sparks as he displayed before fading away.

It takes energy depletion many times greater than what would ordinarily be a trivial cost to heal such minor wounds, and even then the healing process is slower than normal.


"What treachery is this? What kind of sorcery does that blade possess?"

"My body will not heal these minor wounds easily, and already I feel that a portion of my Super-Critical power has been depleted permanently."


Once Godzilla has taken notice of the crippled healing rate, she tightens her grip on her Slayer Crucible and displays greater determination and confidence in her eyes than before.


"If that sword can siphon power, then it will be a trivial matter of using it against you."


Super-Critical Safi'jiiva immediately fires his Piercing Sapphire Fire at Godzilla, forcing her to bring up her Slayer Crucible to block the thin energy beam. Rather than merely serve as a simple rudimentary shield against this ranged attack, however, the blade of pure energy showcases the same blue sparking as before when it cut into the Overseer's body; the red dragon ceases firing his Piercing Sapphire Fire upon noticing this. After a bit of grumbling, he lunges forward at full speed; Godzilla holds her ground as she tightens her grip on the sword and makes a swing at her opponent.

Unfortunately, he manages to evade this slash by swimming overhead. Before she can turn around to face him once more, a huge rush of the depleted red plasma suddenly swallows up the monster planet entirely, washing her away in its wake and loosening her grip on the Slayer Crucible. Just as she steadies herself, Safi'jiiva rushes her from the side and grabs the hilt of her sword with one hand; Godzilla puts her other hand on the hilt, and the Overseer responds in kind. The 2 Metarchs struggle for control of the Slayer Crucible, but with his enhanced strength compared to his opponent, Safi'jiiva manages to yank the sword free from Godzilla's hands and kicks her away; he then looks at his newly acquired sword.


"I do admit, I can feel the raw might and refined handiwork of this blade. It truly is a divinely-inspired creation, and for that I commend your forging skill."

"However, I will now show you what a true god among gods can do with such a--"


The Slayer Crucible's crimson energy blade suddenly dissipates alongside its guard prongs retracting back into an inactive position, taking the red dragon by surprise. He stares at the deactivated sword in confusion for a few moments, during which the young Godzillasaur fires an Atomic Breath at him; he simply infuses his other hand with Sapphire Palm Fire to block the particle beam without even looking at it. As he stares at the glowing red insignia on the cross-section of the grip and cross-guard, it briefly turns silver before then giving him a nasty burn on his palm from holding the hilt and flying back into Godzilla's hand.

As she grabs hold of the Slayer Crucible once more, both her and Safi'jiiva notice that the latter's palm isn't just burnt; the damaged skin becomes petrified in stone, much like Grimm King Ghidorah's body was when struck by Silver Instinct attacks. This realization prompts the Overseer to start slowly backing away with a great deal of disbelief and the slightest hint of fear in his body language.


"No.... It can't be.... Such an ungodly power can't possibly manifest physically!"

"I refuse to believe it!"


Safi'jiiva roars louder than ever before as he spreads his wings wide and channels the absolute full extent of his Super-Critical state's energy, increasing the intensity of the white glow coursing through his body immensely and causing it to shine through the gaps in his scales and hardened shell. He then charges at Godzilla at full speed with his outstretched hands while they brim with Sapphire Palm Fire; the young monster planet responds in kind. She attempts to perform a stab with her Slayer Crucible, but the Overseer outmanoeuvres her and gives her an energized palm strike straight into her midsection, sending her flying out of the plasma layer of the red sun and out into the Meta-riddled void of space.

While she gets a hold of her bearings, the red dragon comes bursts out from the solar surface screaming and yelling as he flies towards her. The older Metarch fires a full-power Piercing Sapphire Fire at Godzilla, forcing her to evade out of the way; Safi'jiiva attempts to sweep the beam, but the younger Metarch deflects it with a backhanded swing of her sword. The Overseer then energizes his hands once again and claps them together as hard as he can, causing a chain reaction in the Meta-riddled space in front of him that creates veins of exploding bluish-white flames that snake their way toward his opponent.

The ruler of all monsters starts chopping away at the incoming sapphire explosions, progressively getting faster and more accurate due to needing to keep up with the increasing explosive frequency. As she continues to block and counter these chain reactions, her irises' coloration occasionally changes to silver from their standard blue; this coincides with an identical colour shift of the Slayer Crucible's rune and a significantly more skilled sword parry.

After cutting down the last of the chain explosions, Godzilla roars defiantly and brandishes her sword in a threatening manner.


"Insolent heretic! Begone, god of thievery!"


Super-Critical Safi'jiiva's constellation-like patterns on his wings become aglow with increasingly huge amounts of energy. In response to this, Godzilla simply breathes in deeply, closes her eyes, and readies the Slayer Crucible once more. Soon enough, the red dragon unleashes a beam of energy from every single glowing dot from his wings in a Sapphire Meteor Shower to bombard his opponent with hundreds of arcing energy from every direction.

The Sapphire Meteor Shower converges on Godzilla's position from every possible direction, but somehow, she manages to evade, parry, or block every single strike with impressive swordsmanship; she doesn't receive a single hit in spite of Safi'jiiva's efforts. The Overseer becomes increasingly frustrated at his inability to land even a single solid strike on Godzilla, completely unaware of the fact that he's set his own demise into motion. As he continues to launch beams from his wings at her, Godzilla begins moving even more fluidly and gracefully despite possessing a relatively bulky and ungainly body. She soon moves from simply being on the defensive to moving on her opponent's position, steadily flying closer and closer to him while maintaining complete control of her sword parries and counters.

Unfortunately, Super-Critical Safi'jiiva has become so desperate that he doesn't pull away, leaving him open for Godzilla to give a rising slash that throws every single part of his Sapphire Meteor Shower right back at him, resulting in a huge explosion that leaves him damaged and unable to see; he's lucky to have been hit with his own attack, as it's allowed him to quickly heal from the damage he sustained. However, this also leaves him unprepared for what comes next.

He senses Godzilla coming and attempts to slash at her with his claws, but she suddenly comes in with a quick swing of her sword that blows away the smoke cloud and takes off 3 of his left hand's fingers. Despite experiencing immense pain, he has to react yet again and narrowly dodges a downward slash from his opponent's Slayer Crucible, though the attack still manages to cut across his right shoulder. While he's still in an evasive motion, the young monster planet sweeps her crimson blade upwards and to the left, once again forcing Safi'jiiva to evade the swing; he receives a minor slash mark across his stomach as he backs away. Godzilla then makes a fluid transition to a forward stabbing motion, and although the Overseer evades the blow once more, it still catches him as it passes through the membrane of his left wing.

The ruler of all monsters performs a round slash while turning to the right, completely sheering off the bottom half of her opponent's left wing. She continues this round slash and transitions it into a a rising slash that cuts across the right side of Safi'jiiva's face, leaving a deep scar that also destroys his right eye. Godzilla proceeds to reverse the momentum of her swing in an attempt to bring it down on her Metarch enemy's head, forcing him to duck away from it and bring up his injured left arm to mitigate the swing; she cleanly cuts through his forearm, taking it off entirely. The monster ruler transitions her downward slash into another stab that goes straight through Safi'jiiva's right thigh. He starts to howl in pain, but he's too slow to stop Godzilla from pulling her Slayer Crucible out of his thigh and performing a rising slash that completely cuts off his right wing.

Godzilla transitions from her upward momentum into a downward slash that leaves a large gash across Safi'jiiva's chest. She then follows this up with another rising slash into the red dragon's chin, sending his head flying back and cutting into his lower jaw slightly. The young monster ruler steps back a bit and re-positions her stance for one final forward stabbing motion. Safi'jiiva weakly puts up his remaining right left, but it's already too late.

Godzilla, the true ruler of all monsters, stabs her Slayer Crucible straight into Safi'jiiva's chest.