Arran felt enlightened after Sable broke down the attributes of Bernard’s evolved powers. He only had one thing to say to that… ‘how brutal!’This was a power that sacrificed the life of one to kill a thousand. It was brutally simple but effective, like using gasoline to quench a fire.Now the question is — was it worth it?Arran couldn’t answer that. He hadn’t encountered a situation that would force him to give up his life to survive.Arran tried to imagine a scenario where he would be forced to sacrifice his own life for greater power. He tried to imagine what kind of decision he would make then, but Arran realized it was useless. No matter how he thought about it, Arran felt that he would never make such a choice but without actually experiencing it himself, any choice he made now was moot.So Arran quickly forgot about it and continued watching the battle.Who would win?Was it Bernard who was putting his life on the line for this fight, or the decadent horror whose full strength
As the battle progressed, Arran suddenly felt a few presences coming from earth. Turning, he saw Joyner and the others who were finally joining them. Sable and Pamela also noticed this and turned around to welcome them. The wellington's looked worse for wear as if they had gone through an ordeal of their own.Without exchanging any pleasantries, Joyner quickly asked after seeing Bernard fighting alone.“What’s the situation like? I see Prince Bernard has unlocked his first seal — is the enemy so tough?”As quickly as possible, Sable gave a rundown of the situation so far. When the Wellington’s heard everything, they could only sigh in pity.Joyner said, “A decadent horror eh? Never thought I would fight another one so soon. Fortunately, I’m not the same person I was before.”Confidence rang through Joyner’s words as if it would be nothing to take the enemy. Nobody said anything. Instead, Arran asked, “What took you guys so long?”As if remembering something after hearing Arran’s quest
Joyner’s ability was simple — intangibility — but how this was achieved was very special. In simple terms, it was the manipulation of atomic frequencies.Joyner’s ability to manipulate the frequency of his atomic structure at a molecular level allows him to break down his body into separate atomic particles that vibrate at a high frequency. The high frequency of their vibrations creates a blackhole-like resonance that affects gravity causing Joyner’s atoms to be able to slip through other atomic particles without being blown away and can reform once more.Consequently, the vibration of his atoms allows Joyner to consume the energy of other particles that pass through him which is absorbed into his body to replenish his own consumption. This means that if he passes through a door, he actually takes away parts of the potential energy contained within the atoms of the door depending on how long his atoms are in contact with it which can lead to its damage or destruction. If it was a huma
When the others realized what happened, they relaxed visibly knowing it had worked — all except Bernard who remained unconscious.On the other hand, the horror’s howls were still echoing loudly around them. Even now, it still survived tenaciously, a mixture of its healing factor and powerful body helping it hold on. But the effects were still minimal and the horror was quickly being ground to cosmic dust.But the Aeth were not worried about this. What they were worried about was what would happen if the black hole was left unchecked to grow.When this issue was brought up, Joyner replied reassuringly, “Everything’s going to be fine. Once the blackhole reaches a certain mass it won’t be able to hold itself together and will completely collapse into itself in one massive explosion.”“I made sure when I created it that it wouldn’t be able to affect Earth even if it explodes at this distance. Naturally, this also means that its devouring potential is low but it should be enough to deal wi
With Beatrice deploying the Anankulos’ Dial, she immediately set down a territory around them by locking down the surrounding space and isolating them from the rest of the world. In this territory, Beatrice could exert the greatest influence while preventing the battle fluctuations from affecting Earth.Already, things were getting seriously out of hand with this battle with powerful shock and impact waves spreading all over the place. They weren’t far away from Earth and everybody was already trying their best to contain their powers as much as possible. But at the current scale of the battle, it was becoming harder to hold back at all.At least with Beatrice’s powers, they wouldn’t have to worry about affecting Earth as much.Just then, Pamela suddenly drew everybody’s attention back to the battlefield.“What’s it doing now?”Turning to the battlefield, Arran and the others watched as the horror opened its wide maw in a silent howl. But instead of roaring in pain like usual, it kept
Down on earth, in the frozen frontier settlement where Arran and the others had first settled, Col. Vehe sat inside his office rapping his fingers rhythmically on the hardwood table while his aide and poltergeist watched on in silence. At this moment, both of them knew better than to make a noise cause they were well aware that the colonel was unsettled right now.Not only him, but they too felt uneasy about what was currently going on outside Earth’s atmosphere.By now, almost everybody — both humans and beasts alike — could feel the battle that was happening outside Earth between the Aeth and the decadent horror. All over the world, humans, beasts, plants, and anything with a smidgen of sentience looked up at the sky thinking about the fate of planet Earth.Nobody knew who was fighting out there. Only a few remaining leaders on earth had an inkling of what was going on but not the full details, and it was this that troubled them the most.Ever since a few minutes ago, Earth had comp
Strong tremors caused loud groans and shrieking of metal beams in the building's structure. Wooden boards creaked endlessly as large fractures appeared along the walls and ceilings of the colonel’s office sending splinters flying about. The cry of the very earth boomed thunderously across the clouds as if heralding the fall of the heavens.All about, every living being on earth — sentient or not — felt a palpitation in their hearts, a forewarning of imminent dangers looming on the horizon. When everything finally settled, people were left in a state of heart-wrenching fear and a premonition of a worse ordeal that was yet to come.In Col. Vehe’s office, the colonel, Duke, and Poltergeist stood frozen in place, their hearts beating frantically in their chests feeling like they would burst out at any moment. When everything had settled down, they remained standing long enough for their nerves to calm down. Only then did they look around themselves at the havoc that was caused in the offi
“Damn it! What the hell was that?”Back to the battlefield…Arran and the others had just recovered from the aftermath of the horrors self detonation. Having gathered together, they all overlooked the center of the explosion, deep in thought.“It looks like the horror self-detonated,” Sable said.“Well, no kidding wise guy. Way to state the obvious,” Pamela disparaged.“All in a day's work..” Sable responded without care.“That’s enough you too,” Joyner cut in before Pamela could respond preventing their banter from escalating.“Focus on the battle.”The others ignored the two clowners and pondered more serious issues like…“Why did the horror self detonate? It couldn’t have been to take us down with it right?” Beatrice asked.“I doubt it,” Arran replied.“As powerful as the self detonation was, it wouldn’t have been enough to finish us off at all. Not with us fully defending ourselves.”“It could be that it wanted to save its own skin,” Alec suggested.“At the cost of ending its own