Free Web NovelChapter 158: Chapter 157 - In The Heart of Eden(Part 4)
Point-of-View: Luna Castillo/Astra
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Hm? What’s going on out there? There’s a whole lot of noise echoing out from outside my room. Wonder what’s happening out there...it’s usually pretty much nothing but dead silence out there.
"Well, whatever, it probably doesn’t concern me," I muttered myself, as I formed some dancing flames in my palm, stifling a yawn.
Ugh, I’m so bored. Still two days before I get to fight one of the other Outliers, it’s the only entertainment I’ve got in this stupid place. I mean, seriously, they could at least give me some magazines or something.
Suddenly, the door swung open, surprising and startling me as I sat up in alarm, to see the guy who placed the Condition on me, his expression as blank and unreadable as ever. What’s his name again? Ash, I think. Yeah, that sounds right.
"Come with me," He remarked with a blank stare.
Tch, damn this stupid Condition thing, whenever someone from Eden tells me to do something, I feel compelled to do as they say. What a pain.
"What’s going on, where are you going to take me?" I inquired warily, as I stood up and walked towards him.
"Just follow me, no time to waste," He responded, giving me nothing.
Asshole. I let out a slight, irritated growl as I reluctantly followed him out of the room.
Hm? Why aren’t the guards here? Weird.
And now that I’m outside, the sounds I was hearing were a lot clearer, crashes of rubble and screams of pain...is this place being attacked or something?
I glanced back to see that Osian’s door was also open, with no one inside...I then spotted him, just in time to see him going around a corner in the opposite direction I was being led it, looking like he was following someone too.
Okay, seriously, what the actual fuck is going on? Would it kill him to explain the situation, at least briefly?
But it wasn’t long before my irritation was replaced with surprise, as we came across several dead bodies, blood splattered all over the place...and then it wasn’t long after that that my surprise was replaced with excitement and arousal.
There’s so much blood and entrails all over the place, how delightful...too bad I don’t have my blade on me, I’d love to get in on this action, whatever it is.
"Over there, she’s one of the Outliers!" Came a voice to our left, as two people shot towards us, a man and a woman, wearing red bands around their necks.
They’re both Meta-Humans, sure enough. As one of them closed in on Ash with a Negative Blast forming in his hand, Ash swiftly leapt up in a rapid blur, grabbed the man’s head and gave it a violent twist, snapping his neck with a loud crunch.
And then, in a rapid, fluid motion, placed his palms on the man’s shoulders before his body could collapse, and swung himself across, slamming his heel onto the woman’s skull with a deafening crack, blood bursting out of her nose as he smashed her head in.
Woah, holy shit...that was barely even two seconds. Actually, maybe even one second. It was over before the guy’s body was even halfway down to hitting the floor.
"Let’s keep going," Yawned Ash, having not even batted an eye.
Scary...I should definitely never pick a fight with this guy. I’m not even sure he glanced at the two he just killed when they appeared from around the corner, he simply just sprung into action before I could even fully react to them.
As we continued making our way to who knows where, we ran past several more corpses, encountered a few more Meta-Humans with those red neckbands, all of whom Ash barreled through effortlessly, barely even slowing down.
Just how strong is this guy, anyway? He hasn’t even used any powers so far, he’s killed everyone we’ve encountered with nothing but his hand to hand abilities...well, I guess he could be using the Physical Skill, I suppose.
Actually, now that I think about it, he probably is, considering his absolutely ridiculous reaction time and crushing physical strength.
Suddenly, a barrage of earth spikes came bursting out towards us, before abruptly halting as Ash swiftly put a foot forward...did he just stop someone else’s Terra Skill technique using his own Terra Skill?
He then tapped his foot, and the spikes completely crumbled into dust, giving us a clear view of the one who launched the attack at us.
There were two men, a bit on the older side, one white and one who looked southeast Asian, maybe Indian or Pakistani.
"Careful, this one is powerful," Frowned the white guy...he sounds Russian, I love that accent, it’s so condescending-sounding.
The Indian guy was also missing his right arm, with a block of ice around the stump, presumably to stop the bleeding. Wonder how he lost it...I’d have liked to see that, I bet there was a whole lot of blood pouring out of it!
"Stand back. This might take a minute," Remarked Ash, as he stepped forward.
Oh, I guess that means that these two are pretty strong. Too bad, I was hoping that I could get it on some of the action myself. But I only enjoy inflicting pain, I don’t like getting hurt myself.
Ash then shot forward, shooting out an intense fireball as the Russian guy sent a lightning blast zipping towards him, canceling it out.
The Indian guy then stepped forward and fired out rock bullets at him, but Ash did the same to counter them, before unleashing a dense black mist as he closed in on them.
A vicious electric spark then crackled out loudly, followed by a yelp of pain, before the black mist cleared and Ash’s feet sunk down as the ground turned to mud, restraining him.
The Russian guy then shot forward at a rapid speed, forming a powerful mass of black lightning and driving it towards Ash, as the Indian guy sprang up to his left with a water blade formed along his open palm.
Suddenly, as they both drove their attacks towards Ash, who didn’t even move a muscle, they both let out cries of pain as their attacks struck each other.
The black lightning hit the Indian guy’s left forearm, as the water blade sliced off three of the Russian guys fingers...their attacked phased right through Ash, what the hell?
Suddenly, Ash’s top half got distorted and faded, before becoming visible again, arched backwards...did he create an illusion using his Dark Skill and then duck backwards at the last second?
But I thought Dark Skill illusions aren’t very effective against other Meta-Humans...unless they’re extremely complex. Well, he is able to use Condition, so I guess that tracks.
He then freed himself from the mud trap and backflipped rapidly, his feet striking both the men on their chins and dazing them, causing them to stumble back.
The instant he landed and his feet touched the ground, he shot forward in a blur, and as the Indian guy reacted just in time and sprang back in alarm, he closed in on the Russian and formed a rapidly spinning water drill, piercing it into his chest before he could react, eliciting a sharp gasp of pain from him as he coughed out blood with an agonized wheeze.
As several slicing water blades then converged in on Ash, he quickly and violently yanked the water drill out and sprang back, easily dodging the incoming projectiles, which harmless struck each other and splashed out, as the Russian guy collapsed onto the ground, blood pooling around his dying body rapidly. He’s done for, no way is he recovering from that.
"You damn bastard!" Snapped the Indian guy, as he formed a rapidly spinning earth blade and flung it at Ash, who burst up a pillar of earth from the ground right as it closed in on him, shattering it.
Ash then shot towards him without missing a beat, ducking as the Indian guy whipped his arm across at his head with a water blade along his palm, before coating his fist with lightning and striking him in his midsection, eliciting a sharp gasp of pain from him as he got sent flying back and crashing onto a wall painfully.
"I’ll kill you...I swear, I will kill you!" Snarled the Indian guy as he struggled to get back up on his feet, his body responding slowly due to the electric shock, plus he probably lost a lot of blood with that missing arm.
"Hm? No, you’re too weak...especially with only one arm," Responded Ash blankly, before zapping him again, and then swiftly stomping on his face and crushing it in, killing him instantly.
Oh, w-wow...that was so fucking hot!
"Damn, that was brutally sexy," I smirked, as I walked over to him.
"Hm?" He replied blankly as he glanced back, a few streaks of blood splatter running down his face as he said, "That took longer than I thought. Let’s keep going."
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