Charmy’s power was incredible, but all Colonel Vehe could see as he watched the subatomic organisms eat away at the decadent horror’s body was how terrifying it was. Nobody explained to the colonel what kind of creatures subatomic nanamite parasites were but he could envision something like this existing on Earth and eating away at every biological or nonbiological organism like an enormous tide washing through the planet in one massive sweep. Thinking of this, a certain term came to mind… Planetary level threat! For years, nuclear weapons have been seen as the pinnacle of mankind’s destructive capabilities and even with the advent of transcendence sweeping through the planet, no superpower could yet compete with nuclear bombs in destructive might. But even with all that power, nuclear bombs were not considered planetary-level threats. This level was reserved for only those things that were capable of threatening the destruction of an entire planet and the life forms inhabitin
The battle was won… the decadent horror was defeated, trapped within the roots of a tree to serve as nutrient and fertilizer to ensure the healthy growth of the tree. This was something worth celebrating. It was a feat that should have brought relief and joy to those who had struggled desperately for so long. Yet, no one could bring themselves to feel good about it. It was all just so anticlimactic! When Eris and Charmy had appeared to reinforce Joyner and the others, they hadn’t expected the battle to be resolved so swiftly and effortlessly by the two of them. What the others had expected was that with the two of them joining in, the battle situation would improve with back and forths being exchanged between the decadent horror and their group until finally with a wave of resolve the horror would be defeated. Indeed, the battle situation did improve… the horror was eventually defeated — sealed away to a miserable fate — yet there was no back-and-forth exchange of moves nor an
“That’s very impressive,” Sable praised. . “If we had you around sooner we wouldn’t have had to suffer so miserably to defeat this horror.” “Yeah,” Pamela agreed. “You seem fully capable of defeating the enemy on your own without needing any help from Her Highness Charmy.” Hearing this, Eris smiled lightly but shook her head at the same time. She said, “That’s what you think but it isn’t as easy as you put it.” “Whatever the source of this decadent horror’s power is, it is incredibly resilient and tough — like it has a will of its own — making it impossible for me to absorb it directly.” “Believe me, I tried. As soon as I made the first move after our arrival, I had already tried absorbing its energy yet I failed. That is why I needed Charmy’s help. It is because only when the horror’s body is broken and in need of regeneration will the energy inside its body be easier to move thus enabling me to absorb some of it to create the seal.” Learning about the underlying intri
Eris and Charmy couldn’t wait to go to Arran. Ignoring the giant tree that floated impressively in space, the two of them rushed towards Arran’s position followed by the others lagging a little behind them. . Fortunately, due to Arran’s influence, a milky haze covered the entire Earth reinforcing the barrier around the planet and preventing those inside from being able to observe the starry sky. But it couldn’t completely block out everything from being revealed. From Earth, anybody looking up would only be able to see a white screen like thick clouds blocking their view of space. But in a certain part of the sky, a dark shadow loomed above the milky brightness. The shadow possessed many arms and countless heads with long and distorted legs that extended like tentacles reaching into the void. The shadow was nightmarish and monstrous giving people the illusion of an eldritch being coming to consume the Earth causing panic to spread like a raging fire amongst the survivors who we
“The reinforcements are made up of an entire space fleet comprising of a single battalion. There are over one thousand troops made up of officers, soldiers, and non-military personnel. An entire middle-class carrier dreadnaught is required to transport the entire fleet. Even at faster than light speed, the distance from here to our home planet is several dimensions and realms apart. It would take a long time for the reinforcements to arrive at our current location.” “The main objective of this fleet apart from assisting you guys is also to take over and settle planet Earth since it possesses a spark of the universe. This is not something that should be allowed to fall into the hands of others. Charmy and I were sent as vanguards to assess the situation and provide any help if necessary because sending the two of us alone would be much faster using the warp-light engine.” At this point of the explanation, Eris stopped because she could see Arran’s expression becoming increasingly t
Using the decadent horror’s body as a sacrifice as well as all the accumulated energy absorbed by the Brushwood Dicot used to seal it, a stable wormhole was formed in this space which connected it to another space somewhere in the universe. There were no doubts as to where the wormhole led. Without needing to think about it, arran knew that the wormhole led to Kasack’s domain, and through it, he would be able to freely send his minions over here to kill him... Only now did arran realize what Kasack’s master plan was. And indeed this was Kasack’s intention all along. When Kasack had sent the first decadent horror after Arran, the original intention was naturally to kill him. But after Arran and the others defeated the horror, sealing it, and forcing Kasack to descend with a trace of his consciousness, that intention quickly changed. Kasack still intended to kill Arran, no mistake about that. But after discovering the secret Earth held, his plans included taking over the planet
On Arran’s side, everybody watched as the colossal tree that was used to seal the decadent horror quickly broke down and was devoured into the wormhole that formed from within it. Their shock suffice to say was immense. Without any time to think at all, the group could only watch in silence as the wormhole expanded rapidly. “It’s over,” Arran exclaimed, his voice pulling the others out of their daze. Turning to arran, Beatrice quickly asked, “What do you mean by that? Do you know what’s happening?” Ignoring Beatrice’s question, arran mumbled almost incoherently. “That bastard truly got us good this time. We played right into his hands and now we’ve lost.” The words arran spoke made everybody frown. They couldn’t understand what he meant but looking at the way he reacted, it was clear that arran knew something they didn’t. Charmy without a modicum of gentleness grabbed arran and shook him while yelling into his ear. “Hey, snap out of it and explain what is happening. Th
Eris went off to contact the main fleet of the reinforcements while the others stayed together with arran. They didn’t make any moves at all, not even to consider measures to stop the wormhole from forming. None of them were fools… not to talk of stopping the wormhole from forming, they wouldn’t even be able to slow down the process at all. Wormholes like blackholes share some similarities. Both of them were bodies of mass existing in the universe. But while blackholes possessed physical mass, wormholes possessed illusory mass that mainly acted on the invisible boundaries of space-time which allowed two positions in space and time to be connected at a single instance. Like black holes, wormholes were very dangerous. These illusory bodies of mass could puncture a hole through the very fabric of space and time itself thus the boundaries surrounding a wormhole — especially unstable ones — were extremely prone to the existence of space-time storms which could rip matter to shreds and d