On a cold, dark, stormy night at exactly 11pm the normal world is asleep so the city is eerily quiet, say for the sound of whistling wind and scattering rain on the rooftops.
The clouds up above are dark, very dark, all consuming like the darkness of an abyss.
We find our seemingly ordinary protagonist, known only as 'Ken', sat on the edge of a rooftop 23 floors up whilst swinging his legs excitedly and staring up into the abyss of the storm clouds.
He contemplates his existence and why the world must be so fucked up... he grins like a toddler that gets candy at bedtime, his face for a moment appears unhinged and dark and as the rain drips down his face and his long curly hair bounces softly in the growing breeze, he looks to the ground in defeat.
A few moments pass as the storm seemingly worsens. "Whatever the so called 'Lord' has planned for humanity... It's pretty fucked up tbh." He says to himself in a serious and sad tone.
The lightning flashes behind him, lighting up the sky as he finishes his sentence. This reminds him of his reality and brings him back to his current task.
He suddenly perks up and stands up on the ledge, below him a 30 foot drop onto the concrete streets below. He is unfazed by the somewhat daring act, unafraid of death and harbouring a great power within him. He takes off his white shirt and raises his arms to the sky seemingly in protest to the very gods themselves. "Witness me! Hahaha"
He shouts and laughs like a maniac.
Ken often gets distracted in the world around him and his own thoughts so much, that he failed to notice a female agent in all black gear walking through the rooftop access door just a few feet away.
The female agent sees Ken stood there laughing maniacally, on the edge of the buliding where she is supposed to be stationed. She loads her sniper rifle. "Hello? What are you doing on the roof at this hour in the pouring rain?" She looks visibly confused. "All civilians should be indoors where it's safe."
Ken looks at her and laughs. "What do you mean, I wanted front row seats to the massacre when the Giant Ogre comes through the realm gate."
"Excuse me sir. How would you know about that? Are you with the agency?" She asks flippantly.
Her radio suddenly pipes up *Pzzzt crackle crackle*
"SHIT! Clara it's headed your way."
*crackle crackle* her radio dies.
"Oh crap, quick guy you gotta get out of here now." She says sternly as she's begins scrambling to set her sniper rifle up and load the barrel with her magical energy.
Ken is visibly unfazed and begins to stretch his joints as though getting ready for a morning run. "That's a cool gun, but a monster of this size may need a heavier payload to take it down. Dont ya think" He says with a cool demeanor.
The monster finally appears, it comes lumbering into the centre of the courtyard below, between the apartment buildings, it's a 20 foot tall SS rank Ogre King with a massive double handed flame axe in its left hand and it's missing its fingers on its right hand. The Ogre is being chased from behind by a group of Rankers (Superpowered humans who were lucky enough to be gifted with special powers to fight back the mysterious monsters.)
"Two S rankers, three A rankers and five B rankers. Woooooah that's awesome. Hahaha" Ken says excitedly as he begins to laugh maniacally again watching the chaos unfold.
Clara the sniper begins taking shots at the Ogres ankles trying to down it so the rankers can get to the life core in its head.
The Ogre may be a large a seemingly clumsy foe however but he's still a SS rank monster and begins to show off his true power as he begins to wield his axe in a dance like motion as he slowly gains momentum and his agilty stat suddenly skyrockets.
The Orge laughs maniacally "Puny humans! You think I'd be defeated so easily! You'll never be as fast as me." The main S Ranker coordinates a group effort to get the Ogres weapon off of him but they fail to keep up with his speed as they get knocked flying across the courtyard one by one and they smash into a shop front, a car and a lamppost respectively, oblitering the area and tearing their gear up.
"Oh no! Reina!" Clara screams out to one of the A rankers who is clearly a friend of hers.
Clara starts to hastily fire magic rounds at the Ogre in a fit of anger for her friends and comrades. Unbeknownst to her, the true power of an SS rank monster.
The Ogre is annoyed at her shooting, "Much like a frustrating house fly. I must smack you out of existence." He says flippantly as he suddenly scarpers towards the building Ken and Clara are positioned on and in a single leap he pounces up from the street, his grotesquely large hand outstretched.
The team of rankers panic and rush towards Clara to help her, they sense they aren't fast enough. "Nooooo!" They all shout.
Time seems to slow down as the Ogres fingers begin to wrap around Clara, complete and utter dread fills the air as she panics and screams "Help! He's too strong."
The Ogre grins at Clara in the most sadistic way. She glances over at Ken for a moment, hoping for some kind of peace, knowing she is about to die. But she can't see Ken. *Where is he?* She ponders to herself.
Suddenly... Ken pops up from below view, cramped in-between the Ogres hand with Clara, he seemingly appeared out of nowhere, time still seems to be moving slowly.
Ken rests his arms on the Ogres massive finger and thumb and laughs maniacally at Clara with a bloodlust in his eyes. For some reason Ken is now wearing nothing but his boxer shorts. Clara notices that Ken has a very muscular physique but she's too startled to care.
In this very short moment that seems to stretch for eternity in Clara's eyes, the Ogre still suspended mid leap with his arm outstretched towards Clara, she sees Ken pull the Ogres hand shut around himself and leap backwards off the building while he maintains eye contact with Clara the whole time.
Time seems to go back to normal as Ken falls to the street below at an increasing pace, the Ogre screaming and unable to let go of Ken. "Arrrrrg" He says as Ken spins around and lands knees first on the Ogres ribs causing it to whince and throw up. Ken walks down the Ogres leg and greets the Rankers as they all look upon him in disbelief.
Violet, an A ranker who uses reinforcement magic says to the group "This random ass civilian has just double knee dropped a double S ranked Ogre King in the guts from 30 feet up, in the pouring rain and in his underpants. The worst part is... he's done it all with a straight face." She begins to laugh at the sheer audacity of Ken.
"No time to mess about, let's kill this guy already."says the S ranker known as Starbeam.
The group gets ready, the now very angry Ogre shouts and screams as he shambles to his feet, picking up his axe while trying not vomit. "I'll kill you!! Uuuoaaah" He runs chaotically towards Ken and the group, swinging his axe around like a maniac.
Ken doesn't even bother to turn towards the Ogre as he is still taking in the group of rankers and their awesome gear.
"Look out!" Clara screams as she fires off magic rounds at the back of the Ogres heels. Causing him to fumble slightly.
The other S ranker in the group leaps onto the Ogres head and begins firing his double energy cannons into his skull, although after 10 consecutive rounds their seems to be no penertration, instead he has just angered the Ogre further.
The group attack with haste and try to individually focus on seperate body parts of the Ogre as the Ogre flails violently in a circle trying to take everyone down, losing his earlier agilty and composure due to Kens display of power over him.
Meanwhile, Ken stands there watching the choas unfold, flexing his his muscles in the rain and grinning like a crazy person. "You guys are so good at this." He says while maintaining a mischievous look.
*Maybe I should help a little.*
Ken notices a park bench a few yards away, he grabs it with no effort at all, pulling the legs from the concrete and instantly throws it at the Ogres body, as though he'd just thrown a tennis ball with all his might across the courtyard.
The bench contacts with the Ogre stomach, making him drop his axe and reel over comically and vomit everywhere. "Son of a bit.." before finishing his sentence, he vomits blood all over himself.
The rankers stand back and watch the situation unfold with a bewildering gaze.
Suddenly the scene is very quiet again, say for the Ogre Vomiting, the pouring rain and the occasional thunderous raw of the stormy night sky. The rankers each look at each other silently for a moment, and then they all collectively glance at Ken, who is still grinning at the wretching Ogre.
Suddenly a loud roar can be heard in the distance, a menacing presence can be felt by everyone and those who aren't S rank or above are brought to their knees instantly.
*Boom* *Boom* *Boom*...