章節 73: Final Night 2
After walking down the corridor, they passed by Dr. Reyes, who was passed out in her room. All of them looked through the windows and laughed at the slumped doctor. While the others continued walking, Liam paused, staying behind.
Illyana turned around. "What are you doing, Liam?" she asked.
"I need to go back real quick for something I forgot. Keep going; I'll join you all later," he said.
"Okay," she shouted back from the end of the corridor before turning the corner.
Once they were gone, Liam forcefully broke the lock on Dr. Reyes' room. He slipped inside, looking around for what he had come to find.
Right beside Dr. Reyes' head was his sling ring. Next to it were multiple different purity tests and other devices, likely used to analyze what material the ring was made of.
"So that's what she was doing, huh," Liam thought as he looked at the tests. He picked up some of the completed results, each of which came back without results.
"Figured as much. I don't know exactly what it's made of either, but I know it isn't any common material found on Earth," he mused. "It might be a mix of materials that came from Earth, but even that I can't be sure about. All I know is that it has magic circuits that allows it to create portals."
Liam put the tests down, grabbed his sling ring, and walked out. He followed the path the others had taken and heard laughter echoing from a room ahead.
He entered and immediately saw Illyana walk up to him on his way in.
"You. Follow me," she whispered in his ear after walking up to him.
Despite the others staring at them, Liam turned and followed her. 'Great, time to talk about Limbo,' he thought as he followed after her.
Illyana led him along a familiar path to the old attic. Once there, she jumped into a chair, and Liam followed, sitting down in a chair close to her.
"So, what's up?" Liam asked.
"Are you from a different dimension?" Illyana asked. "And how did you end up in my Limbo?"
'That's a little straight forward.... I guess that's just how she is.' Liam thought. 'One of the few women that actually doesn't lie or make shit overcomplicated.'
"Like you guessed, I'm from a different dimension. As for how I got into your Limbo… that's a little complicated," Liam answered.
"Go on. Dr. Reyes will be sleeping for a while," Illyana said.
Since it didn't matter much if she knew, and to build trust before asking her about Limbo energy, Liam explained how his dimension was invaded by different dimensional and how one such event led to him diving through one. Although he didn't go into much detail.
Illyana nodded while pacing, eventually walking close to Liam. As she circled behind him, she dragged her fingers lightly across his back.
"Hmm, so now you're stranded here?" she asked, smirking as she leaned slightly down, her face close to his, locking eyes with him.
They stared at each other for a few moments before Illyana pulled away, continuing her pacing around Liam. "That didn't make you shy, did it?" she teased.
"No, it didn't," Liam replied, appearing unfazed. "And I'm not stranded here. I can open a portal back anytime I want."
"Then why haven't you?" she asked.
"I still need to talk to someone here about something," Liam replied.
"And who would that be?" Illyana asked.
"You," Liam said simply causing her to stop walking. "To clarify, I want to test something with your Limbo dim-."
Before they could continue, a loud scream echoed from downstairs. The voice was easily recognizable.
"That's Berto," Liam said.
Both of them went downstairs and arrived at the pool area, which was filled with steam.
"Damn, what happened here?" Illyana asked, seeing Dr. Reyes holding a metal rod.
Roberto, standing in the pool, stared at Illyana with anger.
He climbed out, grabbed a shirt, and walked up to Dr. Reyes, snatching her phone before rushing to one of the exits.
Dr. Reyes chased after him, followed by the others, while Illyana looked at Liam with a questioning gaze. "Why was he staring at me like that?" she asked.
"Maybe he just thinks you're pretty," Liam said, while walking after the others.
Still confused, Illyana followed.
As they arrived, the shouting between Dr. Reyes and Berto grew clearer.
"You're not in charge of anything!" Berto yelled. "Did you not see what happened? Illyana tried to kill me!"
"That wasn't me," Illyana said, stepping around the corner to stand right beside Liam.
"There was nobody in the pool but you," Dr. Reyes retorted.
"Quite the show, isn't it?" Liam whispered to Illyana. 'I really wonder if that Dani girl can summon my deepest secrets or darkest fears,' he mused internally.
"Do you know what's going on?" Illyana whispered back.
"No clue," he replied.
"You didn't see what I saw! We're trapped in here with psychos, and you want us to stay?" Berto shouted at Dr. Reyes. "I'm calling the cops and getting out of here."
"You're not going anywhere," Dr. Reyes said. Then she turned to Liam and Illyana.
Liam, who had been enjoying the drama despite usually not wanting to bother with drama, was surprised when Dr. Reyes suddenly addressed them.
"I know what both of you did," she said. "You'll return to your rooms, now."
"Why would we do that?" Illyana asked, stepping toward Dr. Reyes. Liam grabbed her shoulder, pulling her back.
"Come, follow me. There's no point," he said. 'In a few minutes, she'll be after Dani anyway. One of my purposes here will be done then.'
Illyana struggled against his grip but stopped when they were out of sight. "Why did you do that?" she demanded.
"Trust me, you'll see," he said, watching Dr. Reyes take Dani to her office.
"What do you mean?" Illyana pressed.
"Stay close to me," Liam advised. "I have a feeling something's about to happen."
'Something is happening, I can feel it outside, something familiar but not quite.' He thought.
"I can protect myself," she replied sharply.
Minutes later, a strange sound came from a nearby room.
Illyana summoned her Soulsword, and armor formed over her right arm. Liam waited patiently. 'I really am curious now,' he thought. 'I don't really have a worst fear, as for my deepest secret? Yeah, I know I have one but what is it going to do? Reincarnate me again?'
Illyana opened the door, showing a chaotic vision: her younger self struggling in the Limbo, fighting off demonic beasts. When the beasts saw the open door, they turned and came charged through.
Enraged at what she saw behind the door, Illyana began cutting down the ones coming for her, slicing through them like butter one by one, hacking away at them even while they were already dead on the ground.
Liam pushed her aside as more creatures appeared from another room in the corridor, pouncing towards her which she didn't notice. Using the Bolts of Balthakk, he burned through all three of them at once.
"The caster fuels these things with their energy, while they also use energy from nature to regenerate slowly. They won't die permanently unless the caster is killed," Liam explained. "Stop raging, focus on the fight and start saving your energy."
Illyana nodded, slicing through the beasts. Together, they backed into the cafeteria corridor.
'I'll avoid summoning Incursio incase my feeling about the thing outside are right,' Liam thought while firing more Bolts of Balthakk to kill three beasts at a time.
At the end of the corridor, they found Roberto banging on a wall. Sam appeared from another corridor, crashing into a wall after failing to fully control his cannonball power.
"Hey, Berto," Sam said, pulling himself free and noticing the approaching beasts with Liam and Illyana.
Roberto stopped pounding and turned. "The bitch put forcefields on all exits!" he shouted.
"Is she trying to kill us?" Sam asked.
"No idea. Did she make those weird creatures?" Berto asked.
"Nope, they're Illyana's," Liam shouted. He was still blocking the last few beast capable of fighting while tens of beasts were spread over the floor, slowly regenerating.
"Of course they are," Roberto replied.
"Where are the others?" Sam asked.
"No clue," they all responded after each other.
"Then, are these things immortal?" Sam asked again.
"For now, yes," Liam replied.
"Alright, upstairs," Sam said, seeing the creatures begin to regenerate again.
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Donnuuu 1400 words today,
I wonder, what will the feeling outside be? :D
P.S. How did we like the actions from Illyana?
章節 74: The Tyrant 1
Seeing the stairs swarming with creatures, Illyana summoned a blue rift in front of her and jumped through it, reappearing at the top of the stairs. She kicked off the ground, raising her soul sword and sliced straight through the five creatures blocking the steps.
The edges of her blade were super sharp and had an incredibly high temperature. It cut through the creatures and even the surrounding walls without encountering the slightest resistance.
The group hurried up the stairs, while hearing more noise coming from a room up ahead. Liam turned back and blasted the roof above the staircase. The rubble crashed down, blocking the creatures from following them.
"Nice," Sam said, nodding approvingly. Liam gave him a quick nod in return.
They ran through the corridor without encountering more creatures and approached the source of the noise. Turning a corner, they entered a room Liam immediately recognized. Inside were a dazed Dani and Rahne, the latter looking after the former with concern.
"What the hell is going on?" Roberto asked.
"Dr. Reyes tried to kill Dani," Rahne sniffled. "That test wasn't a test for her powers. She... she tried to kill her."
While Rahne spoke, Liam subtly gestured to Illyana, pointing towards a book tucked in the corner of Dr. Reyes' room. It contained all their files and he knew it.
"These creatures and nightmares all seem connected to us," Sam muttered, remembering the creatures that were after Illyana, Roberto and the nightmares he had.
Illyana opened the book and began flipping through its pages, distracting the others. "Test subject 03," she read aloud. "Her hatred for humans makes her a candidate for the program. Inclusion: a killer."
The others crowded around the book, reading in shock, while Liam stood back, silently observing. 'I doubt she has the power to summon whatever that silhouette was,' he thought. 'But if I can get Illyana to create a gate to Limbo, I'll have what I need.'
the feeling is getting stronger outside but i still dont have waht i need (limbo)
"She's prepping us to be killers," Sam said as he read through his own file. "And we can't leave because her barriers block us."
"Then let's kill her," Dani suggested. The others nodded in agreement.
'Teenagers... so dramatic,' Liam thought, rolling his eyes.
The group made their way downstairs via a different set of steps, relying on Rahne's sense of smell to track Dr. Reyes. With Dani regaining some control over her consciousness, the creatures on the bottom floor had vanished.
They entered the medical room, where Liam had spent the last two months recovering. Inside, they found a bloodied Dr. Reyes sitting on the floor, clutching her wounds and applying pressure to a large cut.
"I did all this to save you," she screamed, breathing heavy. "My superiors would have saved you."
"You kept us like slaves," Illyana snapped.
"No! I did this for you!" Dr. Reyes insisted, summoning small, glowing barriers around each of them. "I can let you all go—back to how it was. Except Dani. Her powers are too dangerous. I'm sure you've figured out what they are by now."
The others struggled against the barriers, trying to break free. Liam, however, remained calm, studying the energy enclosing him. 'Interesting,' he mused. 'This almost looks like a magic spell.'
"Her powers bring out your worst fear or your deepest secret," Dr. Reyes continued, her voice filled with a twisted conviction. "Even your most painful trauma's—until it kills you." She thinned the barrier around Dani, who fell unconscious as her powers began to spiral out of control.
Deciding he had seen enough, Liam summoned Incursio. As the armor enveloped him, a strange, familiar feeling came over him but he couldn't quite say where it was coming from. He summoned Neontote and slashed through the barrier, shattering it in one go. Without hesitation, he broke the others' barriers as well.
The group stared at him in shock. Liam was suddenly completely covered in a grey armor and held a red spear afterall. Unbeknownst to Liam, small amounts of white energy from Incursio were slowly flowing to the outside of the building.
"сексуальный," Illyana muttered under her breath, momentarily distracted by the sight.
"Damn," Roberto added, still gaping.
Dr. Reyes looked shocked and was about to say something, but before she could, a large demonic bear with glowing red eyes burst through the wall, roaring in anger. It lunged at her, biting down and tearing off her upper torso and head in one swift motion. Blood sprayed across the room as her legs fell down to the floor.
'That bear wasn't the familiar feeling,' Liam thought, puzzled.
"Another demon?" Illyana asked, her voice low as she stared at the bear and the leftover bodyparts from Dr Reyes.
The bear let out another loud roar, forcing everyone to cover their ears. Illyana quickly summoned her armor and Soul Sword, preparing to fight.
But before the bear could attack, it suddenly froze. It turned its head and roared again as two enormous claws grabbed it by the neck. Slowly, it was dragged back through the hole in the wall before being lifted into the air.
The group stared in stunned silence. The large hole in the wall revealed a massive blue creature with glowing red eyes. Its body was covered in fur, and bone-like structures came from its neck.
'Well... I did not expect that,' Liam thought as he stared at the Tyrant. 'Ermm... what do I do now?'
The Tyrant stood on its hind legs, towering over them all, revealing how tall it really was. 'Goddamn, that thing is easily as tall as a 20-story building.' Liam thought. He walked closer to the hole in the wall while observing the Tyrant.
A massive scar ran over the middle of its body, revealing red skin stitched back together. 'He's not supposed to have that. And from what I can remember, it's supposed to be even bigger than this.' Liam thought, remembering the dream he was in.
The Tyrant dangled the bear over its mouth, ignoring its struggles and roaring, the Tyrant opened its mouth and let go off it. It chewed a few times before locking its eyes onto Liam. The familiar feeling between the two of them attracted its full attention.
Illyana broke the silence. "What is that?" she asked, her voice barely audible.
"This one's mine," Liam said. "You take the others and leave."
Seeing Illyana hesitate, Liam repeated. ''The others are too weak to fight this, you are the only one who can take them away.''
Illyana nodded. Seeing the others paralyzed with fear, she opened a portal and got the others to go through it.
'This is likely my only chance to ever see and study a Tyrant, I have to take this opportunity.' He thought. 'I also need to buy time somehow, Illyana can't open portals too far away. There's also a town nearby which I can't let it go to.'
"Now we're all alone," Liam shouted, stepping forward.
The Tyrant roared again, shaking the ground. The building behind Liam crumbled into rubble by the soundwaves as he leaped down to the grassy field below. A massive greatsword stuck out of the ground near him.
'My reincarnation with Incursio is my greatest secret,' Liam thought. 'That checks out, in a way. But why is there a sword here?'
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