Beast Hack: Customizing Beasts and Capturing Beauties - Chapter 432

Chapter 432: We Stayed for the Trauma
Fifi stood with her small fists clenched, sparks crackling around her soft paws.

Her breathing was fast. Her ears twitched, but her feet didn’t move.

Fiona coughed behind her, still leaning against broken rubble.

“Fifi…” Fiona whispered. “You don’t have to—”

“I want to,” Fifi said.

Her voice was soft—but clear.

“I don’t want to run anymore.”

—

[Luxoria Castle App – LIVE CHAT]

@Ashfall: NO WAY

@MoonByte: SHE’S GONNA FIGHT HIM?

@FionyxOnFire: BUNNY GIRL TOO BRAVE

@TamerTrash: I’M NOT READY FOR THIS

@WraithFox: SHE’S SO SMALL BUT SHE’S FACING A MONSTER

—

Vernyx tilted his head, coiling slowly.

“Is this your plan?”

He smiled, voice sharp and cold.

“You want to play hero now? After being thrown away?”

He flicked his tail once, cracking the ground.

“You’re not a storm. You’re not a fighter.”

“You’re a mistake.”

Fifi flinched, but didn’t back down.

She turned to Fiona for a second.

“Please… rest. I’ll try to pull him away.”

Then she dashed forward.

Not to attack—but to run.

“Hey!” she yelled, trying to sound brave. “Snake-face!”

“I’m the one you want!”

She jumped over a small wall, sparks flying from her feet.

Vernyx narrowed his eyes.

“Very well.”

He followed.

—

Fiona grunted, sitting up slowly.

“…Fifi…”

She placed her hand over her chest.

“Buy me a few seconds, okay…”

—

In the distance, Fifi skidded to a stop near a broken plaza.

Her ears drooped slightly, but she turned to face Vernyx again.

He arrived moments later, slithering upright.

He looked down at her.

“This is the field you chose to die in?”

Fifi shook her head. “No.”

“I just wanted… her to heal.”

Vernyx didn’t wait.

He charged.

“Coiled Fang Engine.”

He became a spinning blur of blades.

Fifi jumped away just in time—barely missing his strike.

She landed awkwardly, one paw sparking.

“Skitterflash Step!”

She teleported left, then right.

But she reappeared mid-air, and her body flipped out of control.

She hit the ground hard.

Vernyx didn’t stop.

“Slithershard Morphing.”

His arms turned into whips, slicing across the field.

One caught her leg.

“Ahhh—!”

She rolled over, trembling.

—

[Luxoria Castle App – LIVE CHAT]

@Ashfall: STOPPP

@MoonByte: SHE’S TRYING SO HARD

@FionyxOnFire: PROTECT HER PLEASE

@TamerTrash: THIS IS TOO PAINFUL

@WraithFox: WHERE’S FIONA

—

Fifi tried to stand.

“I… I’m not…”

A blast hit her chest—mutagen sparks crackled across her body.

She screamed, then fell again.

Vernyx hovered above her now.

“This is what you are.”

He raised both bladed arms.

“Small. Weak. Broken.”

Fifi lifted her head slightly.

Her voice shook.

“Even so… I wanted to try.”

“I wanted… to be brave.”

—

Back in the distance, Fiona stood now.

Her body still hurt, but her core glowed again.

She raised her head.

She saw Fifi, lying on the ground.

Her fists clenched.

“That’s enough,” she growled.

“Get away from her.”

—

[Luxoria Castle App – LIVE CHAT]

@Ashfall: YES

@MoonByte: FIONA IS BACK

@FionyxOnFire: LET’S GO

@TamerTrash: TIME TO END IT

@WraithFox: YOU DON’T HURT OUR BUNNY

—

Fiona’s boosters flared to life.

Her body burned with radiant heat.

Her voice cut through the air.

“You’re not a mistake, Fifi.”

She dashed forward, landed beside the small bunny girl, and gently picked her up.

Fifi winced, eyes fluttering open.

“F-Fiona…?”

Fiona smiled softly.

“You did good.”

She placed Fifi down behind a broken stone wall.

“Now rest.”

Fiona turned back toward the battlefield.

Vernyx stood waiting, coils tightened, blades pulsing, his glowing red eye locked on her.

Fiona’s expression turned cold.

“I’ll make you pay for touching her.”

—

[Luxoria Castle App – LIVE CHAT]

@CrimsonSnaps: LET’S GO FIONA

@EchoSpark: PROTECT THE BUNNY

@DataMelted: Time for a grand finale

@VoidSlice: VERNYX IS STILL TOO STRONG THO

@SunRider7: FIONA NEVER BACKS DOWN

—

Fiona raised her arms high.

“Fionyx—Divine Performance Authority—Full Power!”

Her armor glowed brighter than ever.

Her gauntlets morphed into twin blazing swords.

Orange wings of light erupted behind her.

The drones formed a circle of light panels around the field.

Music blared. Her stage returned.

Her Divine Performance Authority surged to its peak.

She shot forward at full speed.

“Encore Drive!”

She slashed left, right, up—her moves clean and fast.

The battlefield pulsed with explosions timed to her swings.

Vernyx dodged—barely.

One slash hit—slicing his side, purple blood leaking from the gash.

He hissed and spun his tail at her.

She ducked.

Then uppercut him with a burst of silver.

“Let’s see you crawl now.”

—

[Luxoria Castle App – LIVE CHAT]

@StarNoodle: SHE’S ACTUALLY WINNING

@MechWaltz: VERNYX TOOK DAMAGE?!

@QuietByte: DON’T LET UP

@TsunTsunBun: KICK HIM INTO A WALL

—

But then—

Vernyx’s eye flashed.

“Command Priority Override.”

His body uncoiled violently, snapping open wide.

“Genome Collapse Vortex.”

Fiona tried to dodge.

But the black wave hit her full force.

She screamed—pain raced down her limbs.

Her Mana started to crackle.

“Ugh—!”

She fell mid-air, hitting the ground hard.

She coughed—blood at her lip.

But she stood again.

“I’m not done—!”

Vernyx struck again.

“Coiled Fang Engine.”

He spun like a blade-drill, slamming into her chest.

Boom!

Fiona was flung into a wall, breaking through.

Her drones shattered.

Music cut out.

Her armor dimmed.

Still—she got back up.

Her body shook.

Her visor cracked.

“…not… yet…”

—

[Luxoria Castle App – LIVE CHAT]

@Ashfall: FIONA?!

@ByteCrush: GET UP

@FrostyBagel: SHE’S HURT

@LuxStream99: THIS IS BAD

@NovaJammer: SHE’S STILL MOVING?! HOW?!

—

Fiona raised one shaky hand.

“Fionyx…”

“Last… round…”

Leon’s energy surged again. She launched into the sky.

“Star Stage Finale—Flashburn Cannon!”

She fired a giant beam of burning light.

It hit Vernyx straight in the chest.

Explosion. Dust. Silence.

Everyone held their breath.

—

Then—

From the dust…

Vernyx rose.

Damaged.

Cracked.

But alive.

He looked up.

Then disappeared.

“Slithershard Morphing.”

He reappeared behind her.

And whispered.

“Silence.”

He drove both blade-arms into her back.

Fiona screamed.

Her armor shattered. Her wings broke.

She hit the ground—hard.

She didn’t move.

—

[Luxoria Castle App – LIVE CHAT]

@Ashfall: NO

@EchoSpark: FIONA

@DaggerBite: THIS ISN’T HOW IT ENDS

@ByteBun: PLEASE GET UP

@MoonByte: FIONA!!!!

—

Fifi, still hidden behind rubble, cried softly.

She stared at Fiona’s still body.

“No…”

“She tried to protect me…”

Her hands sparked again.

“I don’t want her to die…”

And something inside her began to crackle.

Something big. Something bright.

Fifi stood up—trembling with thunder.

And Vernyx turned to face her again.