Orpheus suddenly appeared in an unknown part of the city. It was bustling with so much activity that no one realized an additional person had appeared among them out of the blues. There were so much crowds of people who continued walking, brushing past the young Viscount as they went about their day. "The Rodolfo family has been wiped out," Orpheus dropped to his kneels. This attracted the attention of the passerbys as they turned to look at the weirdo who suddenly dropped to his kneels on the concrete sidewalk. "Is he crazy or something?" "That's a thief! Get away from him!" "He looks rich, why is he out here?" "This boy looks like Orpheus Luther Rodolfo! It should be him!" Several people began talking as they slowed down their paces to observe the kid. Of course Orpheus couldn't bear the puny humans staring at him with all kinds of talks so he quickly stood up and made his way out of the crowd of people, taking a bend to another part of the street with lesser numbers of p
Pa!The Viscount struck at Orpheus' face, his punch moving too fast for the human eye to capture.Orpheus quickly lowered his center of gravity, making the punch to fly above his head. His red hair fluttered to the wind that came with the punch which moved at the speed of sound. Adjusting his center of gravity in a blink of eye so that his body moved slightly forward, he delivered an uppercut punch to the Viscount's face. But he was a little too late because his fist already met with an afterimage which vanished afterwards.How come it seems he's faster than me? Orpheus was shocked as he turned around quickly only to be greeted with a powerful punch to the torso.Pa!His body was lifted off the ground by the force of the punch and slammed into the wall with a loud thud. He crashed through it and landed outside the bar.Everyone who saw this immediately scampered off for safety. They had been hearing a commotion inside the bar but it had never crossed their minds that it would be somet
Marcus stood with his hands crossed to his chest, his eyes sizing up the hundreds of children who were pinned to some alchemical device. For an unknown reason just staring at the thousands of needles which had been used on the children made him glad. He even curled up his lips into a smile—a smile befitting of a crazed genius he was.Due to his success on his socalled experiment his former lab had become very small for him so a new lab had been made for him. It was very large and could hold up to a thousand people. Just like the previous it had a gory appearance. The floor had bits of flesh and bones sprawled over them while the walls had blood seeping out of them. Strands of hairs hung from the ceiling, dangling with dry blood on them. A putrid smell filled the whole lab, making whoever that entered pass out immediately (the only exemption being Marcus himself)."I know I've tried this for one thousand times," Marcus said with a warm smile, "let me make it one thousand and one."He t
Daniel, Selene and Shawn were still at Mac's camp. Daniel was seated on a rock beside Selene comforting her while Shawn was testing his powers with the other Lycanthropes. He seemed to be having a great time doing his speed blitzing with the Lycanthropes who paled in comparison to his speed. But of course when the test of strength came, he complained that raw strength wasn't always needed in a fight. The Lycanthropes wouldn't have it so they began arguing greatly. The other Wolfmen of the pack stood aside as if they disregarded the Path one Cursed, talking in hushed tones as they pointed at Daniel and Selene. Of course Daniel heard what they were saying but he chose to ignore them."Those fellas," Selene said. "They seem not to be very fond of you.""Yeah, it's normal," Daniel said. "No one would be fond of a Wolfman who just appeared at their camp one day, claiming that he belonged to their pack."Selene stared back at Daniel and asked, "So what are we going to do about the apocalyps
The whole place was filled with a terrifying aura which seeped into their very souls, making them shiver greatly. Well, except for Orpheus who didn't have any soul as a Crimsone and Daniel who was immune to fear as a Lycanthrope, everyone was affected greatly."We must now head to the assembly hall," Daniel said. "That's where the main ritual is taking place.""The assembly hall?" Orpheus raised his eyebrows. "And why's there a main ritual?"Daniel replied, "Yes, the assembly hall. I dunno about the main ritual but there are other bodies buried across the whole Canada.""What‽" Orpheus was very surprised. Daniel wanted to open his mouth to tell him the reason but he already added, "The other rituals are done to buy more time. They serve as an alternative to bringing Abyss to the world if the main ritual is disrupted."I guess you don't need any help with explanation, Daniel thought within himself. This is the problem with intelligent people.They were still walking when Orpheus sudden
The Witches slowly advanced towards them without saying anything, their heads hung low as if they would touch their chests. Their movements had no sound and their steps uniform.These Witches had several Path one, Hex Mistresses, a few Path two, Traitors and one Path three, Scarlet Eye. As they were moving the Hex Mistresses were already creating hexes to surround the whole place in order to prevent Orpheus or Caroline from escaping alive. They also put a curse on Daniel to prevent him from waking up till the ritual was complete.Well, a Hex Mistress couldn't directly curse targets but would rely on objects like blood, dolls and hairs to bestow calamities on their targets. That was why right now all of them carried dolls with them through which they cursed Daniel, Orpheus and Caroline.Although Daniel and Orpheus were Path two Cursed, they were affected to some degree by the hexes created since the number of Hex Mistresses was greater. Daniel who was unconscious fell into a deeper sta
Other Cursed in the city immediately began fighting the Monsters, legal or illegal. They did everything in their power to stop the Monsters from destroying the whole city in their rampage but their collective efforts were in vain. The Monsters proved to be growing in power every minute.At a part of Crimson Springs Marcus stood with a wide smile as he admired the destruction the rampaging Monsters had caused. Many buildings had been destroyed, reduced to rubbles and several vehicles squashed like pancakes. Puffs of smoke snaked through the whole place, enveloping the city in greyness which reeked of destruction."I would have loved my Monsters to destroy this city but the main ritual is holding here," Marcus said. "I need to control all of them to move to other cities to even the destruction."Immediately he summoned the monsters, causing some of them to spread out from Crimson Springs to Moon City, continuing their rampage. His smile widened because he knew how powerful his Monsters
Mr. Stark opened his eyes slowly as he gasped for air. At first everything was blurry and he couldn't make out what he was seeing. Thus he closed his eyes and opened them again.The whole place looked like an abandoned city devoid of living people. The houses were very old looking and dilapidated, the vehicles covered in rust. Scraggly grasses ran across the tarred road which was broken with weathering. The most horrifying thing about this city was that everything was covered in redness. Even the sky wasn't left out as a fog of redness stretched across it like draperies.Where am I? Mr. Stark asked himself as he stood up slowly. Ouch, my head hurts! he grabbed his head and staggered a few times before regaining his balance.He tried remembering what had happened earlier but his memory felt disoriented. He couldn't remember a thing that had happened."How did I get here?" Mr. Stark asked himself. Something kept telling him that he wasn't of this world but then he didn't know why. All h
After meal Mrs. Stark cleared the table and immediately rejoined her husband and child in the dining room. They had finished eaten but couldn't stand due to their stomachs being overly full so they sat on their chairs and waited for time to pass so that they would be able to get up again.Mr. Stark stared at his loving wife and son for some moments, wondering whether he should tell them what he had in his mind now or later. They should be able to understand me, won't they?"What's on your mind, Darling?" Mrs. Stark asked. She had noticed her husband's worried look. They had been out of all their troubles so what was there to fuss about?"Actually, I wanted to tell you this earlier," Mr. Stark said to them, "but I didn't know how to go about it."Don't tell me, Daniel thought inwardly as he glanced at his mother. Don't tell me he's gonna go on another adventure. This was exactly the same words he used last year when he went on the adventure to the Abyssal Zone. Now he's using those sam
Daniel woke up feeling very energized and positive. Why shouldn't he? He had been through several frenziedly situations, tiring himself out both mentally and physically. Now that he could finally find rest why shouldn't he be happy about that? Only a bunch of masochist would yearn for more harmful situations like that.Man, it's been such a hectic year, Daniel thought to himself as he yawned loudly as stretched his arms and legs. The shirt he was wearing rose up slightly above his tummy, revealing well chiseled abdominal muscles which could only belong to a pro gymnast."Finally, everything has returned normal," he muttered to himself and turned around only to lie face-to-face with Bloody Mary who was staring at him with her red eyes."..."Daniel became blank. Whatever had happened last night was gone and this was a new day. He couldn't count himself a lucky person today and try seeing the Specter as some lover. It was practically impractical and disregarding of a high born Specter!
That night Daniel realized the meaning of being late. Before he was even in the Curious Mythologists group chat all the other six or so members were already there, chatting away. There were so many messages that he reckoned to be at least a hundred of them. He took his time to read the previous messages to catch up with the others.Of course the others could see that the legendary 16-year old Wolfman who had saved the world using Furs' powers was here. Crying God was the first to type as usual:"Hey, weakling. Never knew you were such a casual latecomer and snubber.""What's your business with him being late?" Crimson Moon typed straight away. He felt it was his duty to thrash talk Daniel and as a good citizen, he wouldn't let others do his job. He wasn't even afraid that Crying God was a Path four, Combat Magician."You wanna know my business with him? How about you kowtow to me and call me daddy!" Crying God enjoyed dissing. He didn't even care about his reputation as one of the pow
That night was a very peaceful and quiet night. After the near death experience everyone had, it was a miracle to see that the whole world had survived the apocalypse that would have killed everyone.Standing in front of a mirror in her room was Mary Silver. The frames of the mirror were made of real solid silver, an exquisite and expensive design running across them. Everything in the room had this taste of silver on them. Silver. Yes, it was a symbol of the Silver family.Staring at her reflection Mary couldn't help but narrow her green eyes as she turned around, walking towards her bed with elegance. She was dressed in a silver colour night dress, her red hair tied into a pony tail with a silvery ribbon.Reaching her hand to the large tablet on her bed, she immediately logged in facebook and clicked on the Curious Mythologists tab on the message section."Finally we're gonna have one of the most important discussions in this group chat," she said, "a discussion to really transform
There was silence as Orpheus and his uncle, Lazarus went through the portal. They could even hear blood pulsing through their veins. Orpheus even began feeling nauseous about the whole thing. It reminded him of the time with the mysterious Cassio—the time when they were being dragged into some whiteness.Soon the blue in his eyes cleared and now they were standing in some cyberpunk city. It was filled with so much skyscrapers which reached into the sky, several spiraling roads hovering in the air around the skyscrapers. Drones, flying cars and robots could be seen across everywhere as the zoomed at supersonic speeds."What the..." Orpheus was beyond fascinated as he stared at the wonder before him."This is one of the planets your companies are located in," Lazarus explained. "It's inhabited by robots and cyborgs. We're the only complete organic people around. Even animals here are robots or cyborgs. None of them are complete."Orpheus watched as a drone suddenly landed close to him,
Daniel felt a blinding light engulf him and Orpheus, sucking them from the Center of the Omniverse. He closed his eyes, feeling the mysterious energy which ran through him. Obviously it came from the Center of the Omniverse, the origin of all stories within the Omniverse. He didn't know how long he was engulfed in the light but he knew a long time had past, a really long time had passed.I wonder how Orpheus is doing, Daniel thought within himself. This Crimsone who had harboured some hatred towards him had turned out to be the most reliable friend he had. Both of them had even fought side-by-side, escaping death several time. If what Cassio had told him was true—about the entire Omniverse being his dream and his entire life being a story in the Omniverse—did it mean he and Orpheus were the two main protagonists of their story?He was still thinking when he felt the light fading around him, his eyelids quivering as they opened gradually.~Five hours had passed but no one had left. Th
Selene and Mrs. Stark looked around for some time before asking at the same time, "Where's Daniel?"Both of them had the same expression that it made the other Curious Mythologists to wonder what kind of relationship Selene shared with Daniel. As for Mrs. Stark they had seen that she was Daniel's mother after seeing the little family reunion. But for Selene what was she to Daniel to show such genuine concern that only mothers would show? Except of course Selene was Daniel's sister. But then there was resemblance or whatsoever. Daniel had a brown hair and brown eyes while Selene had a red hair and pair of red charming eyes. They didn't even resemble the slightest bit.Evil Buddha who knew many things about Daniel and Selene wanted to clarify things but then he chose to keep quiet."We saw him, his dad, a Crimsone and some Doppelganger kid go off while fighting Abyss," Crying God was the one who replied. "They seemed to be possessed by higher existences.""They went off?" Mrs. Stark was
Crack!A crack sound emanated throughout the whole space as the wall which Daniel had erected around the entire creation had cracked and nothingness was seeping through."We have to do something now!" he yelled as the reality dawned on him. If they were touched by the nothingness they would be gone instantly. The true form of Abyss was way more powerful than them.Orpheus raised his hands, infinite streams of blood shooting out all over the place. It formed a thick river of blood which engulfed the both of them, surrounding the entirety of creation.Daniel pressed his enormous hands together, countless furs appearing all over the river of blood. When these two met they formed a blinding glow and then the river of blood began transforming into smaller balls of blood covered with furs, swirling in the air around Daniel and Orpheus."So this is the process Crimson and Furs went through to create the Realm of Degradation?" Orpheus asked, the power taking a toll on him. He couldn't last an
"You can't stop the apocalypse!" Abyss yelled as he caused the nothingness to spread out around him once more. This time it wasn't slow but going at the speed of instant teleportation.The others were too slow to realize what was happening. Only Crimson who was also the embodiment of speed could observe the speed at which the nothingness was expanding.The others couldn't help but watch as their bodies were enveloped by nothingness. They could all feel it that Abyss had gotten stronger and if care wasn't taken the bodies of their vessels would disintegrate, becoming nothing. If that happened then this fight would become meaningless, Abyss winning again. They all tried using their powers to temporarily nullify the nothingness around them but it wasn't enough.Furs kept on punching around him, creating absolute strikes which tore away the nothingness around him. Crimson who was the embodiment of speed would always vibrate his body at immeasurable speed, existing on different vibrational