"I swear that I will not attempt to possess your body if you hand it over to me and I will wholeheartedly try to save us from certain death, after which I will return control of your body back to you." Ruger swore solemnly.
"And?" Constantine urged... he didn't seem satisfied with the oath just yet.
Ruger cursed in his mind in exasperation, but he continued speaking.
"If I break this oath, let the remaining portion of my soul perish and be erased from existence."
Ruger said those last words extremely reluctantly, as if he was paying a heavy price just by saying it.
In the end, Ruger asked impatiently, "There, are you satisfied?"
"Hmm, very satisfied," Constantine replied, his tone cheerful.
"In that case, quickly hand over your body," Ruger demanded.
It looked like he was in a hurry, but in his mind, Ruger was sneering coldly at Constantine as he thought internally.
"Ha, stupid kid, you think you're so smart, but you don
Hundreds of miles away from the previous location, a flash of lightning appeared, followed by the roar of thunder shortly after and the lightning bolt struck the sandy dunes of the desert forcefully, sending a cloud of dust and sand in the air. A large pit was formed in the sand, which was gradually being filled up as the rest of the sand flowed into the pit.After a short while, the cloud of dust and sand finally settled and the large bit was almost completely filled up. The surrounding area was about to go back to its peaceful state when suddenly, a long arm broke out from the depths of the sand to the surface of the desert.The arm struggled and flayed around for some time as it tried to find purchase on the sand. Finally, the palm of that arm rested on the sand and gradually, a body started to dig its way out of the dune until it finally escaped from the confines of the desert sand.The body that came out of the sand was completely naked and the white skin o
After Constantine was done observing the changes in his body, he came out of his introspective state and shook his head helplessly. This time, the changes were a bit overwhelming for Constantine to be able to accept it completely. But overall, they were good.From the situation of his body, it could be said that Constantine had completely shed his mortal coil and assumed a higher form of life. He was no longer a simple teenager, but an extraordinary human youth.Inside Constantine's body, there was an inexhaustible current of lightning coursing through every corner of his body, providing him with limitless energy. It was safe to say that from this moment on, Constantine's body was a perpetual engine that could provide constant energy.In the future, Constantine didn't have to worry about running out of energy and he would never feel tired in his life again.With the lightning in his body, apart from having endless energy, his body was in a constant state
Constantine reveled in the discovery of his newfound powers for a little while more until, finally, he was able to calm down. The initial excitement passed quickly and Constantine was brought back to reality.Looking around him, Constantine remembered that he wasn't entirely safe yet in this strange land he found himself. Above everything else, he knew it was better to find a way to get out of here first. But then again, this begged a serious question that Constantine had yet to solve until now."Where the hell am I?"Till now, Constantine did don't know where on Earth he was? He had just suddenly appeared here after waking up in that place filled with gray fog. The only thing Constantine could remember was that he had been having trouble sleeping, then unknowingly he had appeared in that foggy place and was chasing a figure in the fog and when the figure suddenly vanished; he was already here in the desert.Constantine did not know how or why he had appe
How did Ruger and Constantine get to the land on the other side of the rift?This was the million-dollar question. Indeed, it was very puzzling... there was more than one spatial rift that opened up on earth and they were located all around the world. There was no known pattern for where the spatial rifts would appear and even now more spatial rifts continued opening up on earth like how a dog lays puppies.If there was one thing that was common between all these spatial rifts, it was that only dooms came out of the spatial rifts. That means that each rift is connected to a world inhabited by dooms. This is why the dooms are known as mankind's greatest threat. Compared to the other mutated organisms on earth, the dooms were highly developed already and did not need to go through a long process of growth before they could pose a substantial threat. Compared to the other threats mankind was facing, the dooms just needed to pass through a rift and appear on earth and they
Constantine was scared shitless when he saw how expensive it was to use the interdimensional courier service. He didn't dare to harbor the thought of it anymore and simply shut out that piece of memory in his brain like it was a plague. After that, Constantine frowned and spoke to Ruger again, "Alright I get it.... we can't use that method to get back home, so think of a way to do so already." "What about that thing you did when you let us escape from that doom that almost killed us?" "What thing?" Ruger asked nonchalantly. "You know, that thing... the thing with the lightning and the thunder that swallowed all the lights in the surroundings until it was a dark an abyss and you tore a hole through the very fabric of space. That thing. Can't you use it to get us home like I don't know? You could create another rift that leads to earth using that ability?" "I know you can do it. I've seen it thousands of times in your memories." Constantine said
"What are you talking about?" Constantine asked in confusion."What didn't I feel?"Constantine was puzzled by Ruger's words. It was confusing enough when Ruger mentioned that coming here was an opportunity and that he shouldn't be in a hurry to go back to earth. But now he was saying something about Constantine not feeling something. It all sounded so cryptic and Constantine did not like it when things are said in a cryptic manner... it pissed him off a lot.Besides that, going back to the first point, how was appearing on a foreign planet that was completely hostile to Constantine not a bad thing and it could even be described as an opportunity that couldn't be missed?The way Constantine saw it, there was no opportunity in this desert. Only the threat of death from the harsh environment and hostile creatures that were out to get him at the first sight. Constantine could not even picture any opportunities existing in the vast and seemingly endless deser
Hearing Constantine admit that he had never fought against a doom personally before, Ruger sneered and continued asking."In that case, since you've never fought with a doom before, what gave you the idea that you could defeat them just because your strength increased?"Boom!It was like an explosion went off inside Constantine's brain, waking him up at this moment.That's right... just because his strength increased and he awakened powers, what made him think that he would definitely be a match for the dooms and be able to kill them?Constantine asked himself this question. He admitted that he had indeed overlooked something.These dooms were not ordinary creatures... they were not the tigers and lions on earth that were stronger than humans. The dooms were creatures from another world and they were even stronger than tigers and lions on earth. Even the weakest one-meter tall doom could one-shot a tiger. This goes to show how much stronger
"Alright then, I agree with a ceasefire. From now on, I will do my best not to scheme against you and I hope you can respect this fact and also not scheme against me in the future."Constantine looked at Ruger as he said this, waiting for him to also say something.as expected, Ruger also mirrored Constantine's words as he said, "I too will try my best not to scheme against you to take over your body or generally harm you in any way."Finally, the two of them had come to a temporary ceasefire and promised not to scheme against each other.Neither of them said anything about absolutely not scheming against each other, as they knew it was impossible to believe such a promise. At best, they only promised to try not to scheme against each other. Ruger even went further to promise not to do anything to harm Constantine in order to make himself appear more believable because he knew that Constantine was the most vulnerable one between the two of them.Af
With his forehead covered in a nervous sweat, the leader watched as the rift turned into a black dot in space before finally closing completely. As soon as the rift closed, the leader’s shoulders dropped heavily as he breathed a deep sigh of relief. He suddenly felt weak at this moment as the pressure he was feeling in his heart was liberated, making him feel like he would suddenly collapse on the floor. But his training prevented him from doing so. Without the heavy weight of the rift hanging over his head, the leader could finally relax and breathe easily. Taking a moment to regain his composure, the leader turned to captain Keith and reported. “Sir, the rift had finally been closed.”“Good,” captain Keith responded. He continued, “Station a few men to keep watch here and report anything that happens. We don’t want the rift being opened again from the other side. In a while, this place will be turned into a quarantined zone as we wait for the tech guys to arrive and give this p
The leader hurried to close the rift, which consisted of detonating a set of small special grenades in the small room.On opposite sides of the rift, there were two tall pillar-like objects emitting pulsing light that shine on the dark rift. These two objects were spatial anchors... a kind of stabilizer that was used to maintain an open rift to prevent it from closed prematurely. Like I said before, natural rifts were more stable and could remain open for a very long time without closing. Instead of worrying about keeping a natural rift open, one would worry instead about getting it too close. On the other hand, an artificial rift was difficult to maintain, so stabilizers were needed to keep it open. Human research on space was very slow, and they hadn’t reached the point where they could open and close rifts in other worlds easily. The spatial anchors were a product of genius that had accidentally blossomed to fruition. It was with this anchor technology that the humans were confid
With one last look at Constantine, the leader finally stepped through the rift. In as much as he was reluctant to leave, the leader knew that staying would not help at all. Instead, it would bring more trouble to Constantine.Who told him to be weak and that he couldn’t lend his strength to Constantine?For that matter, whose fault was it that Earth was too weak to fight against the doom? There was nobody to blame, and they could only blame themselves. In any case, it wasn’t like the leader’s troubles were over. Waiting on the other side of the rift was a whole other set of problems that the leader would have to deal with...As soon as the leader came face to face with his superior. This was a man with the body of a giant. Standing at more than two meters tall, with large burly arms like the barrel of a tank, shoulders as broad as vinyl, and a hulking frame that towered over everybody else, dwarfing them in his shadow. This person was the superior officer in charge of the rescue miss
The leader’s face paled terribly when he saw the twenty-meter-tall doom still standing after taking that powerful lightning ball and coming out unfazed.He thought, ‘This is the end!’When the leader thought that he would be flattened, not meat paste in the next moment, his eyes opened wide in fear as he supported Constantine with his body.The leader's eyes were looking forward in a daze as he awaited his inevitable end. But after waiting for a few seconds, nothing happened. Shocked, the leader looked at the twenty-meter-tall doom in the distance, only to see that it was standing still without moving at all. Puzzled, the leader paid attention to it. That was when he noticed something he hadn’t done before. As the twenty-meter-tall doom stood silently in place, its dune-like body seemed to be loosening as sand flowed down to the desert continuously. Seeing this state, a single thought entered the leader’s mind...“It’s injured!”Once this thought entered his mind, the leader was ecs
The twenty-meter-tall doom finally revealed itself from underneath the sand. This was the first time the leader was seeing it and it was as shocking as he expected it to be. Figure-wise, the twenty-meter-tall doom was no different from the rest of the dooms. It still had the same dull red skin color that was like rust or dried blood and it possessed the same bloated body. All of these were common features of the creatures known as dooms. Still, compared to the other dooms, there were a few differences between them, the most obvious of which was the twenty-meter height that this menace stood. Another different feature was that, unlike the other dooms that possessed a perfect physical structure, the twenty-meter-tall doom seemed more like a mass of sand packed together in a single cluster. Its body was made up entirely of grains of sand that flowed constantly. The twenty-meter-tall doom was like a giant walking dune, with no fixed physical form except for the overall structure that
Bzzt! Bzzt!A powerful ball of lightning floated inches above Constantine’s head, giving off buzzing sounds of electricity as it hung suspended in the air. A layer of sweat covered Constantine’s face as exhaustion threatened to send him to his knees. Constantine’s arms were like lead, heavy, and it took all of his willpower to keep them upright to support the lightning ball. Hu!Resisting the urge to wipe the sweat from his eyes, Constantine stared dead ahead at the threat coming his way. The lightning ball above him had a diameter of five meters and it had taken almost all his power to condense it. Its power was naturally great, and it carried a shocking mite that was enough to scare a ten-meter-tall doom into retreating. But despite this, Constantine was clear that his lightning ball was not enough to stop the menace that was targeting him. A twenty-meter-tall doom!This should be the strongest doom that any human had ever encountered. Nothing was known about this doom. Probably
Run? The soldiers didn’t need Constantine to tell them before they did so. The sheer commotion from what was coming was greater than anything they had ever seen before. Rich experience from exploring the doom world for a year had thought these hardened soldiers that when faced with the unknown... the best decision was always to run. Just as Constantine’s voice fell, the leader ordered his men, “All soldiers fall back to the rift immediately. Abandon everything else and fall back!”Following the leader’s orders, the soldiers quickly turned their backs on the dooms they were confronting and ran back to the rift as fast as possible. Immediately, it was chaos all over the desert. Not only were the soldiers trying to escape, but the dooms were also in a mess as their formation completely collapsed and they ran all over the place in a panic. The soldiers were surprised to see that the dooms seemed to be more panicked than they were. Normally in situations where people abandoned all resis
After breaking through the blockade of the ten-meter-tall dooms, Constantine continued speeding his way towards the rift. Along the way, he also encountered more fierce resistance. But it wasn't anything he couldn't handle.Dooms below four meters in height could not stop Constantine at all and while it was tough to deal with four-meter and five-meter-tall dooms, it wasn't as hard as passing through a blockade of ten-meter-tall dooms so it was a piece of cake for Constantine.There were a few ten-meter-tall dooms that tried to stop him. But they did not form a blockade like the previous dooms. then the blockade was formed by not less than five ten-meter-tall dooms gathered together in a line. Due to their large size and the fact that Constantine didn't want to waste time by going around them, those dooms were able to block Constantine's way forward.Thankfully, apart from them, the other ten-meter tall dooms Constantine encountered was only in teams of two or three... nothing Constant
Ooouuu!Following a loud bellow, the ten-meter-tall dooms attacked. One of them shot its large hand forward like a boulder and slapped at Constantine, intending to crush him to bits.Bang!The blow came fast and suddenly and landed on the ground, causing a large explosion to erupt, blowing large clumps of sand everywhere like pellets of stray bullets.Although the dooms with their large and cumbersome bodies were not agile, they were able to instantaneously erupt with overwhelmingly crushing force in the blink of an eye. If one was not prepared, then they would be crushed to meat patty before they even knew it.Fortunately, Constantine was prepared. Before the doom could even land a hit on him, Constantine had already jumped out of harm's way, letting the doom's huge fist to land harmlessly on the ground.Constantine watched as the desert sand was split by the punch and a huge crater formed where he had previously been standing just a moment ago.Constantine's body chilled as he thoug