Apocalypse Baby

Chapter 85 Damn Monkey: Reckoning

Something weird had just happened, and the Monkey King could feel it.

But he couldn't understand what it was. Nor put it into words.

"What just happened?" the Monkey King demanded.

"What do you mean?" Alex replied, feigning cluelessness.

Most like the monkey had sense the gods lingering presence.

His tone was calm, and playful as if he was enjoying the moment.

"You know exactly what I mean!" the Monkey King roared, its fur bristling as arcs of lightning crackled along its body. The air around it buzzed with raw energy, and the ground beneath its feet sizzled.

The sight made Alex pause for a split second.

The Monkey King looked like a literal thunder god.

Wait… is there an actual Thunder God here too? Alex wondered, his thoughts taking an absurd turn.

His name better be Thor.

He quickly shook off the thought, focusing back on the electrified primate glaring him down.

"Well..." Alex began, a mischievous grin spreading across his face. "I nuked your base. Killed your precious shaman in the process. Tell me—how does that make you feel?"

The Monkey King's brow furrowed, its glare sharp enough to cut steel.

"Human, if you think you can provoke me, then you're sorely mista—"

WHOOSH!

Before the Monkey King could finish, Alex vanished.

The suddenness of it was eerie.

There was no dramatic sound or energy surge—just silence as he disappeared from where he stood.

An instant later, Alex reappeared directly in front of the Monkey King.

It was so fast it seemed like Alex had teleported.

His hand shot out, dangerous and deliberate, aiming directly for the Monkey King's face.

Grabbing his opponent's face had practically become Alex's signature move at this point.

He was ready to use [Exploding Touch] and end this fight once and for all.

But the Monkey King wasn't just any opponent.

In the split second before Alex's hand could connect, the Monkey King's instincts screamed at him. With a sharp twist of its head, it narrowly avoided the attack.

Alex's hand sliced through the air, missing by mere inches.

The Monkey King didn't waste the opportunity.

It leaped backward, landing far from Alex with a startled yet controlled movement.

For a moment, silence hung in the air.

The Monkey King's chest heaved as it caught its breath.

A cold chill ran down its spine, and its fur stood on end.

That was too close. Way too close.

The Monkey King's eyes remained locked on Alex, its sharp gaze betraying the shock it tried to mask.

It was only pure instinct, honed through countless battles, that had allowed the Monkey King to dodge in time.

Seriously… what is this human?

Its mind raced as it tried to process the scene before it.

Alex stood tall amidst the ruins of the battlefield, his silhouette framed by the scorched and steaming earth—a direct result of the devastating attack he had unleashed earlier.

It was unnerving. Terrifying, even.

For the first time, the Monkey King felt something it hadn't experienced in a while: fear.

The very presence of Alex was suffocating.

Every step he took, every motion of his hand, seemed to exude an aura of death.

It wasn't just the destruction he caused—it was the way he carried himself, the way he stood there like he owned the world, like nothing could touch him.

The Monkey King's hands trembled ever so slightly, and it hated itself for it.

Sure, his base had been destroyed.

Sure, he was furious.

His second in command had been obliterated, and he wanted nothing more than to rip Alex apart for it.

But as much as he burned with rage, his instincts screamed louder.

This wasn't a fight he could win.

How had it come to this?

The Monkey King replayed the moment he first laid eyes on Alex. Back then, Alex had seemed like nothing more than an ambitious weakling—someone bold but ultimately powerless.

How wrong he had been.

This wasn't just a human. This was a demon in disguise.

The Monkey King was only slightly stronger than the shaman—and he had seen what Alex had done to his subjectl

The shaman hadn't just lost; he had been erased, destroyed in a way that sent a cold chill down the Monkey King's spine.

And now, standing face to face with Alex, that same fate felt far too close.

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But no matter how much he tried to summon his courage, the image of Alex broke his resolve.

The Monkey King's fur bristled, and the electricity around him flared, almost as if trying to drown out his fear.

The more the Monkey King thought about it, the angrier he became.

How could this happen? How could a mere D-rank make me tremble?

It defied logic.

It defied everything he knew about strength, about power, about the hierarchy of the world.

This was unacceptable.

If he couldn't defeat the so-called "demon" standing before him, the one who had turned his entire domain into smoldering ruins, then he didn't deserve to be called a king.

The Monkey King's grip on his spear tightened.

Sparks of crackling lightning danced along its length, their intensity growing with his resolve.

His fierce gaze locked onto Alex, his golden eyes filled with fury and determination.

No more hesitation.

He would go all out from the start and end this swiftly.

Alex watched the display with a calm, amused expression.

His lips curled into a smirk as he saw the Monkey King readying his weapon.

"Oh, so you intend to fight after all?"

Alex grinned excitedy and activated [Foresight], his eyes glowing faintly as the ability kicked in. Time seemed to slow as countless possibilities unfolded in his mind, each movement of the Monkey King laid bare before it could even happen.

Crouching low, Alex placed one hand on the cracked, steaming ground using the power of his newly upgraded ability.

He tilted his head slightly, his voice calm yet cold as he continued, "What a pity. If you'd shown up earlier, this might've been more fun. But unfortunately, I've thrown all the hand I want to throw today."

"But now?" Alex then rose to his full height, raising his hands lazily, his middle finger sliding over his index.

"Now, all I want to do is destroy."