章節 105: Apocalypse

Feeling the chains tighten around its neck, the giant swung wildly. It gripped the chains with its massive hands and used its energy to send a shockwave through them.

The shockwave weakened the internal structure of the chains, shattering the chains from within, and freeing its movements once more.

Liam didn't waste any time. He summoned dozens more chains, sending them from all directions towards the stone giant. These new restraints wrapped around its arms, legs, torso, and neck—binding nearly every part of its massive body.

'Interesting,' Liam thought, taking a step back. 'I never thought my domain could be used like this. Still, this giant's strength, combined with the harpies, makes this a really strong high-tier opponent.'

'It's likely one of the creatures that serve the strongest being from its dimension directly, I should be careful.'

He then channeled more of his energy into the chains, forming razor-sharp drills along their interiors. The drills began to spin, drilling deep into the giant's body.

The giant roared in pain. Energy surged everywhere through its body, sending a powerful shockwave through the chains. One by one, the bindings shattered, including the drills embedded within them. After the chains broke, the shockwave continued, launching a strong shockwave straight at Liam.

Bracing himself, Liam planted his feet and raised his arms in front of him, at the same time, he started creating several walls within his domain to absorb the shockwave.

However, even with his domain's protection, the shockwave with a large portion of the giant's energy was too much. The impact of the shockwave sent him flying through the air, slamming him into a wall a hundred feet away, which he had quickly created to avoid leaving his domain. He landed on the ground, groaning as debris rained down around him.

Liam stood up slowly, still slightly disorientated from the shock, and looked at the giant. The giant's entire body now had holes in it, with a large gap in its abdomen, while the harpies in the air attempted to help with their sound attacks, but they couldn't do anything.

Liam created new chains, aiming to bind the giant again. But this time, it sent a shockwave through its feet, launching itself forward with a sudden acceleration. It dodged the incoming chains and flew towards Liam.

Liam quickly tried to create structures within his domain in front of the giant, but it managed to place one of its massive hands on his arm. It focused almost all of its remaining energy into a single blow, sending a shockwave directly into Incursio.

The armor around Liam's arm cracked and disintegrated, unable to withstand a shockwave that destabilized its internal structure.

Immediately after, Liam's arm twisted and mangled unnaturally before his body was forcefully flung away by the rest of the shockwave. He slammed into a rock wall some distance away, bleeding profusely from the place his arm had once been. Meanwhile, his arm was crushed completely by the giant's hand.

"Fuck," Liam thought, gritting his teeth against the pain as he slowly got back to his feet, disoriented.

He wasn't overly concerned about losing the arm; he was confident the red energy inside his body could most likely repair the damage. And even if it couldn't, this was the Marvel universe—there were plenty of ways to heal.

Directing all the red cells towards his arm, the blood loss stopped, beginning the regeneration process. His eyes locked onto the giant, which had started retreating using its last strength, as a grin spread across its face.

The giant roared to the sky, summoning the remaining harpies to gather around it.

It knew it couldn't strike Liam with another shockwave, even if it sacrificed its life, with its remaining energy reserves it would never reach him. The harpies, though, would provide enough energy to recover partially. It would focus on something more valuable to humans of this dimension.

The harpies swarmed around it, and the giant grabbed them with its massive hands, shoving them into its mouth. With its energy partially replenished, it watched as Liam approached with terrifying speed.

The stone giant smirked and plunged both arms into the earth. Its body began to crumble as it channeled every last ounce of its energy into one final shockwave.

For days, it had been preparing, directing subtle vibrations into the magma chamber far below the mountain. Now, with its remaining strength, it unleashed an immense pulse, aiming ten miles beneath the surface.

Liam paused, glancing around at the decaying stone giant as the shockwave traveled down. He only had seconds to take in his surroundings before what followed, which could only be described as: Horror.

The shockwave weakened the mountain's internal structure, violently agitating the magma chamber below. Magma surged up at an incredible speed, seeking a way out of the immense pressure in the inner core of the Earth.

At the same time, the earth around Liam began to shake violently. The ground beneath his feet cracked open as rocks flew up into the sky with each tremor. Massive fissures spread across the mountain, tearing it apart as it quaked.

'Earthquake.' Liam thought. 'What did it do?'

He ran multiple scenarios through his mind, desperately searching for a way to prevent the catastrophe. But he had no ideas. Even if he had access to the Mirror Dimension, the only person capable of containing such a powerful shockwave without shattering it would have been the Ancient One.

Liam didn't hesitate any longer. He sprinted toward the dimensional tear and hastily began casting the dimensional heal to close it.

'There's barely any pushback from our dimension,' Liam thought, panic going through him.

'Then I need to do this on my own.' He thought, filled with determination.

Pouring massive amounts of energy into the spell, he watched as the tear slowly closed, though it resisted sealing heavily. In the final moment before it sealed, he glimpsed an actual mountain-sized figure moving on the other side. Its enormous eyes fixed on him with interest.

'That's its leader,' Liam thought, relieved as the tear vanished.

Even with the tear closed, the cracks in the ground continued to spread, the terrain crumbling as magma sprayed through. The violent tremors, combined with the magma's pressure, triggered an explosive eruption. Rocks, earth, and debris were launched hundreds of feet into the air as the mountain's structure shattered.

Most of the mountain collapsed in the eruption, creating a chain reaction. Liam was thrown high into the air by the force of the explosion, though he remained unharmed. While in the air, he saw the chaos down below.

'A massive landslide,' Liam realized. A wave of mud, lava, and rocks flowed down the mountain, tearing through everything in its path. 'No… with this earthquake alone, hundreds would already be dead. But this landslide? Half the mountain is coming down.'

"It'll bury everyone in the surrounding cities, Hundreds of thousands will die," Liam muttered. He turned to create a portal and stepped through, but not before hearing another sound behind him.

A maniacal laugh echoed from the crumbling giant. Liam glanced back one last time as the stone giant's body shook violently, its laughter growing louder. Moments later, its head crumbled into dust.

'With this, the island would be forever changed,' Liam thought, understanding the giant's plan as he stepped through the portal. The giant's sacrifice had changed the natural balance, perhaps even increasing the chance of its king manifesting in this dimension.

When Liam reappeared in the city, the scene he saw was one of total devastation. Countless buildings had collapsed, trapping hundreds beneath the rubble. People dug frantically through the debris, searching for loved ones. Some wept openly, while others stood paralyzed with grief.

But everything changed when the ground rumbled again—louder and deeper this time. The sound was deafening, and all movement stopped. Everyone turned their gaze toward the mountain, frozen in fear.

What they saw robbed them of all hope: a thousand-foot-tall wave of earth, rock, mud, and lava coming toward the city. The landslide, visible from miles away, moved forward, obliterating everything in its path.

In the face of certain death, the city's residents reacted in many different ways. An elderly couple held each other, whispering words of love as they prepared to meet death together. Even in their final moments, they smiled, closing their eyes and accepting their fate.

Others prayed, their hands clasped together as they begged their gods for salvation. Some attempted to flee toward the ocean, knowing deep down that it was futile. A few grabbed their weapons, choosing a faster end over the terror of waiting.

Liam watched it all.

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Donnuuu

This is a longer chapter, I don't know if I have time to upload tomorrow.

It's finally time to get into the manga version of Incursio in depth.

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章節 106: Power

Subconsciously, Liam's eyes had started filling with pure white energy, gradually changing his perception. He could see the streets around him, his vision showing him many different people. He could see all of them, despite being so far away and there being heavy rain.

Liam watched them all, feeling the full weight of their pain and suffering. He saw the elderly couple embracing each other as they awaited their fate. Further up, he saw a desperate father who, despite the incoming landslide, was trying to dig up his children and wife from under a collapsed house. A loyal dog tugged at the lifeless hand of its fallen owner, trying to pull her from beneath the rubble.

Children cried at their father's upper body, the lower half of his body crushed by a massive stone support beam from a church building.

Scenes of agony and heartbreak flooded his mind—children weeping beside their father, whose lower body lay crushed under a massive stone beam from a collapsed church. Hundreds of such moments flashed before him like shards of glass, slowly creating a mirror within him. And when the reflection became complete, he finally saw himself.

The Heartmirror around his neck started glowing with a purple light. He closed his eyes and imagined what the scene would be like after the landslide hit.

When he did, he felt a deep sadness inside him. They were just ordinary people, caught up in something unlucky—something completely outside their influence.

Looking into the mirror created in his mind, he realized that all the people outside were exactly the same as him. What was happening now had once been his greatest fear. And in this very moment, it was their reality.

'And now,' he thought bitterly, 'they're all about to die. The elderly, middle-aged, teenagers, children, and even animals.'

Liam felt helpless. He knew he couldn't stop the landslide. He didn't have enough energy. Even if he did, his domain wasn't tall enough, wide enough, and just not strong enough.

He couldn't stop it from reaching this city, let alone the other cities around the mountain. Despite knowing this, he wanted to at least try to save these people.

'I have to do something,' Liam thought, walking toward the incoming landslide. He didn't fear it; he knew Incursio would protect him from something like that.

He walked through the streets toward the oncoming landslide. He kept observing the people around him, acknowledging their fear, suffering, and despair.

'My own suffering is nothing compared to all these people combined,' he thought. 'The pain I endure doesn't matter. As long as I can stay alive, why wouldn't I try?'

He continued walking outside the city, his mind silent. All he could hear was the rumbling of the landslide growing closer. At a certain distance from the city, he stopped and looked at the massive landslide approaching.

He stabbed the Incursio sword into the ground in front of him, taking one last glance at the city's people, with water from the heavy rain streaming down his helmet, before he turned back around.

Liam screamed out Incursio's name as loud as possible, hoping to get its attention.

A giant phantom appeared behind his back, its arms crossed and its cape fluttering in the wind.

'Hey, Incursio,' Liam thought, closing his eyes while focusing on the sword. 'I got the feeling you're still alive in there.'

The countless times he had felt someone else's instincts, feelings, and the changes in his body… He wasn't certain about everything, but he wasn't foolish enough to believe everything happening to him was normal.

'I don't care how much I suffer,' Liam thought, feeling a sharp pain all over his body. 'Or how much it hurts.'

Steam started to rise from Liam's body as he started to feel the urge to scream from the pain he was feeling.

The phantom's eyes, which had always been looking in front of it, suddenly moved down. It looked at Liam with great interest and surprise.

'Let me use your powers…' Liam continued, every nerve in his body burning up. 'To their limits.'

'These people have already suffered enough from the earthquakes. Thousands died from the aftermath of MY fight,' he thought, gritting his teeth as the pain got worse.¹

'I'm not about to let this entire island die because of that as well' His eyes started leaking blood from the sides.

'That's why,' he thought, veins of blood bursting all over his body, spilling out through tiny slashes as he grabbed Incursio even tighter. 'I need incredible amounts of power…'

'To protect these people.'

The phantom figure behind him revealed a large grin as the ground cracked and sets of chains spiraled into the air around Liam. The phantom leaned down, opening its mouth as it roared loudly, tightly wrapping its arms around Liam.

White energy spread around him, blowing away all the terrain within 100 feet, creating a massive crater where he stood. The white energy formed a cocoon around Liam and started shining brightly until nothing of Liam's figure was left visible.

Inside the white light, Liam regained feeling in the arm he had lost as something grew out of his body in its place. Liam screamed; the pain of regrowing a limb in seconds was far worse than losing it.

That wasn't the only painful thing. On his head, he felt a tearing pain as horns grew out. The horns were curved backward and looked exactly like those on his armor.

As his body transformed, so did Incursio. He felt a new connection on his back. A large set of wings was being created, slowly spreading out behind his back, and a second pair of eyes appeared on his helmet. Meanwhile, the armor's color had changed to a pure white color.

The pain remained agonizing, but the inside of Incursio's armor felt more comfortable. It felt as if the armor was no longer a foreign object, instead, it felt like it had become an extension of his own body.

Most importantly, he felt something else he could use. His attention turned to the large set of pure white wings on his back. He flapped them a few times before turning his attention back to the incoming landslide.

Liam saw how close it already was, the shadow of the landslide almost reaching him. With that, he spread out both wings and flapped them downwards. Liam shot up into the sky toward the landslide, the energy from his evolution still lingering around him.

At a height of 500 feet, Liam stopped.

Raising both his hands, he summoned a gigantic white rift behind him. The massive storm in the area parted as a mix of pure gold and white light shone through the clouds, landing on Liam and his surroundings as his domain took place.

The white rift closed as the ground far beneath Liam started to change, turning from mud to solid, cracked rocks. All trees in the area withered, and the grass disappeared.

Suddenly, the ground started shaking wildly. A thick golden light appeared on the ground. From the light, massive walls began to rise, starting right in front of Liam and spreading outwards to both sides. The walls grew so tall that the landslide behind them could no longer be seen.

'It's not done yet,' Liam thought as he flew straight for Mount Ida, now a volcano.

Behind him, he heard a deafening crash as the landslide collided with the wall.

The people from the nearby city all looked at the massive wall in front of their city in pure shock. Some started kneeling, screaming God's name, thanking him for the miracle. Others cried in relief, hugging their loved ones or continuing their search for them under the rubble.

Liam quickly reached the top of the volcano and floated in the air. He concentrated, closing his eyes as he imagined what he wanted to happen. Instead of spreading his domain in a sphere, he created a ring-like shape around the mountain in his mind.

He sent his energy to the wall he had already created, letting sections rise beside it one by one. These were the highest, thickest, and strongest walls he had ever created. The energy consumption was massive, and Liam began doubting if he had enough.

He pushed himself to his absolute limit, sending as much energy as possible to the walls. But everyone has a limit. As he created three-quarters of the walls, he began to slow down.

He felt himself weakening. His eyes started leaking blood again. He lowered his head, gritted his teeth, and kept pushing energy into the walls. Slowly, he approached his breaking point.

Only a few more miles remained, but Liam felt utterly drained. He looked at the surroundings with blurry eyes as his arm weakened.

At that moment, he felt presences behind him. The pressure lessened as he felt more energy entering his body. Liam slowly turned around, and what he saw made him smile weakly.

Behind him stood multiple white figures—some old, some young—all of whom he recognized. These were the same figures from the statues inside the Incursio dimension.

Bulat stood with his arms crossed, nodding in approval. Tatsumi had his fist raised, a wide grin on his face. Many others stood alongside them in their spirit forms, each of them with different expressions and habits. Despite their differences, one thing became very clear: they were all more than satisfied with Liam's character.

Liam turned his head back and refocused on finishing the massive wall.

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Donnuuu

[1600 words again today, hope you all liked it.]

Liam is finally moving to answers instead of more questions!!

Making these kind of chapters is definitely what I like most haha.

I have some crazy stuff planned for future chapters. As for this evolution being so close to the last one and the white figures? It will all make sense.

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