Constantine was frozen on the spot, and he hadn't moved for a long time. It took a while for the words Ruger had spoken to finally register in his brain and once it did, his first reaction was, "You're messing with me, aren't you?"
"How it is possible that of all the places Baron could be in, it just had to be in the one place that humans could not possibly survive in for a long period of time and that we just so happened to coincidentally arrive here with him?"
"Even if you want to sell that to me, and not that I am buying it in the first place, but suppose what you say is true and Baron is in fact in this world how can you be so sure that he is still himself and his body had not yet been possessed by your psycho friend Vader?"
"Hmm... how do you explain that?"
Constantine questioned Ruger in doubt. It was not his fault that he was unwilling to accept Ruger's words as the truth, and it was only natural that he would have some doubt and reservations a
"Listen here, old man, no matter what the reason is, forcing people to stay together for the rest of your life is the ultimate recipe for disaster. Believe me, on earth, there are so many examples of people who tried to force others to be with them and it did not go well for either party. Sure, there may be some people who are willing to endure such kind of treatment. But there are also others who would not tolerate such things and would go crazy and take matters into their own hands and do whatever they can to break free.""If it is sympathy you're looking for from me then you're not getting any because you don't deserve it neither am I really interested in the story between you and Vader. what I just want to know is how any of these concerns me and what it has to do with Baron being here?"Humph!Ruger snorted in displeasure at Constantine's complete disregard for him. He didn't want to bother with him, but when he thought about what he was about to say to him
"So you're trying to tell me that Vader masterminded the whole thing just so he could kill you and break from the life bound contract at the same time? And in order to stop him from succeeding, you also decided to follow along with his plan, despite not knowing if something might go wrong?" "In the end, me and my friend Baron became collateral damage to the two of you, but neither of you succeeded after all this. Instead, you both got your souls devoured by the very people you wanted to possess, and the cause of all this is probably because of the contract you both wanted to get rid of in the first place." "Hahaha!" Constantine suddenly burst out into wild laughter as he imagined how everything had happened from the moment Ruger and Vader fought a decisive battle to the death to the moment when they attempted to possess Constantine and Baron only for it to fail because of the very reason that caused them to fight in the first place. The irony of every
Constantine was surprised at the sudden change in the cloud world, but he didn't have time to focus on it. Instead, he quickly ignored these changes and tried to sense that feeling that Ruger was talking about.It took a while for Constantine to be able to get a sense of that feeling. But after concentrating for a long time, Constantine vaguely felt a sensation that was completely foreign to him.This sensation was similar to how one would feel when they had a rope tied to their waist while climbing down a cliff. The rope was what tied them to the top of the cliff. With it there, they would always be able to return to the top of the cliff.That was the kind of feeling Constantine had right now as he tried to sense the depths of his soul and consciousness. He felt like there was a rope tethering him to something far into the distance.Constantine tried to follow the tether to know what was on the other side of the connection. sensing carefully, Constantine
"Why am I finding it harder to understand what you are saying?" Constantine asked Ruger in annoyance. He was genuinely finding it difficult to understand the point Ruger was trying to make sense he wasn't speaking straightforwardly.Exasperated, Ruger said, "It's because you're stupid and ignorant. That is why...""Do I have to tell you everything before you will understand? Can't you think for a moment... I thought you were supposed to be smart?"Helpless, Ruger could only explain directly, "Listen to brat, me, you, Vader, and your friend. The four of us are connected together, both directly and indirectly, by the life-bound contract of my clan. Unfortunately, this connection is not as strong as it used to be due to come circumstances. But it is still there, which means we can still receive some feedback through the connection from either side.""For example, you should remember dreaming of a place that was surrounded by a lot of fog where you were pursu
Back on earth, Constantine's disappearance had already been discovered, and a search was currently going on for him throughout the city. It had already been more than six hours since Constantine disappeared, but he was yet to be found till now. This caused his parents to be incredibly anxious and worried.The more time passed and Constantine's whereabouts were not yet found, the more worried his parents became and started to fear that the worst had happened to him. The thing that troubled Constantine's parents the most was that they didn't know how he had disappeared in the first place.There was no trace anywhere that suggested Constantine was kidnapped, or that he had left on his own. Nobody had been seen coming and going from his room and none of the experts that had been hired by Constantine's parents had noticed anything abnormal.With the advent of the dooms invasion where supernatural forces continued to spring up constantly on earth and things were no lo
Constantine's family and Erza listened attentively to what the bespectacled man was about to say."After sensing the spatial fluctuation, we were able to stabilize it and prevent it from completely disappearing so that it would be easy to study. Upon studying it, we were able to actually notice a remnant trace of a crack in space that is caused as a result of space being torn open and a rift forming. This phenomenon is very similar to how the spatial rifts leading to the doom world are formed."After saying all that, the bespectacled man paused and looked at Constantine's family only to see a look of shock and surprise, just as he had expected.The bespectacled man was not surprised to see them like that because anybody that heard what he just said would also have the same expression as them right now. When he too and the rest of his team made their discovery, they had also developed such an expression on their faces. This was understandable, since the implicati
Very quickly, Constantine's mother was put under control...Fan hurried back from the study in the apartment with the medicine that was used to calm her down and put her to sleep. As for Erza, she was rushing back from the kitchen with a bottle of water gotten from the fridge and a bowl filled with water from the sink. In her hurry, Erza had spilled a lot of water on her clothes, causing her to appear disheveled. But she didn't seem to care as she hurried to deliver theater to Constantine's father.When the medicine and water were delivered to him, Constantine's father hurriedly picked them up before turning to the bespectacled man that was standing in a corner and watching the show.Speaking curtly, Constantine's father immediately orders authoritatively."Don't just stand there and look... come and help me!"Hearing Kaiden's command, the bespectacled man reacted unconsciously and went to help them in keeping Beatrice under control."Hold h
Kaiden did not waste time, as he quickly settled his wife down in a guest bedroom before heading back to the living room.As soon as Kaiden returned, he looked at the Fan and Erza who were standing in one corner silently. seeing as they were doing alright, he shifted his gaze to the bespectacled man who was still resting.Not caring at all that the bespectacled man was tired, Constantine's father quickly approached him and said, "now you continue what you were saying before.""Were where we... ah, right, you suspected that the spatial rift that appeared in my son's room was artificially created. This means that there was foul play afoot in the disappearance of my son, right? Why do you think so?"The bespectacled man felt resentful when Kaiden started questioning him, without giving him any time to rest. Being unable to complain, he could only brace himself to answer Kaiden's questions."That's right, sir...""It is indeed, as you heard. The
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