The whole city is cracking up like some god is bending reality to his will. I can say the same thing about her. She is literally bending the reality itself. The crack appeared on the city in the air and then everywhere. Slowly, each crack space distorted.
"City is getting fucked up?!" I yell.
I can't believe it.
What is happening?! How did she reach this level in such a short time?!
"Is this some sort of awakening?" Sophie asks Kalki.
"I don't know. I never saw any sort of awakening among the Adaptaes. In an awakening, they only get some stats boost but somehow this one is just pure skyrocket boost that is beyond" Kalki explained.
A boast that no one in Adaptaes had reached yet? I want this power. Maybe this boast is the key to me reaching the top of the world.
"That's cool power boast you got girl" Orion smirks.
A ghost appeared.
No, there are hundreds or maybe even ten of thousands of ghosts coming out of the distorted city.
"So, a final strike?"
Orion seems to understand that this strike would be the last strike. Either he would die or her.
She launched at full speed.
She is rushing towards Orion at full speed.
Each step of her cracking the city more and more. How strong is she?! Can Orion survive?!
Orion took out his bow and shot several arrows at her. His arrows are so fast that she can't react to him but each arrow strikes ghosts that are acting like a shield.
She had closed the distance.
"Your name is Gū Chén, right?" Orion said in respect.
He took out his club.
She raised her spear.
An ultimate clash happened between two weapons of legendary time period.
The energy released from this clash is very high. A shockwave enough to cover the whole city in destruction.
Sound barrier is gone from here.
I can't see or hear. I am not feeling pain but the intensity of the attack is so high that I was going to die or become deaf if we were not inside the bubble of Orion.
Light has come back to our eyes and the breath we had lost is regained.
When we look around. We see ruins. Clash had made the whole city gone.
"This is insane!!" I yell.
"Is Orion dead?!" Sophie asked.
I mean, I can't blame her. In any old time anime cartoons, after power up, most of the characters die.
"If he was dead then this bubble would have popped up" Kalki argued.
There was no smoke.
Just pure silence and two figures still standing.
When my vision fully expands. A scene that is shocking.
"What?!" I yell.
I yell because the one who is in worse condition was not Orion but his opponent.
She got her whole right arm where she had held her spear to be obliterated. Her left arm is still attached but barely as her arm can fall on ground and it happened, her left arm also fell down.
My eyes widened. You are telling me that all that hype power up and every shit, Orion is unscratched and is looking down on her!!
I feel like Orion is looking down on everyone.
His strength is something. I got it! Orion got harmed first because he was allowing himself to be harmed. He was toying with her.
This bastard!
"It looks like you win, giant," she said.
Her body is out of condition. Her legs were already destroyed from inside and borne. Now, her arms.
"You know what? My first kill…was my own master" she said in a weak voice.
She is dying. She is on the verge of death.
"I don't give a fuck" Orion mock her.
He slammed his club into her face.
Her head is crushed and cut off from her neck.
A brutal death that no one deserves.
"What a hunt it was!" Orion jumps in excitement.
This is insane.
Without giving a shit, he killed her effortlessly.
Orion starts to come towards us. The bubble that covered it had gone.
"How was that performance?" Orion asked us.
We were silent. I mean, this whole battle that happened was literally to show us that Orion the Light of Heaven is best.
"That was cool" Kalki first broke the silence.
"Thanks," he smiled.
"Hold up! What was that sudden power up boast she got in the middle of battle?!" I asked him.
This question is most important, man. I mean, I want to know what type of sudden flow of energy she got and how Orion was able to survive.
I want that power!!
"I don't know myself. But from what I can say that it was just temporary power up"
"How can you be sure?"
"Because we Adaptaes also have the power to sense how much energy other opponents have and by this calculation, higher ones make a high level aura which attracts everyone towards them and lower ones exert little energy which can be ignored easily. Weak dudes are hard to detect unlike strong ones always exert high level of energy unless they hide their smell, they can be find easily" Orion give me an explanation of how cool being Adaptae mean.
"Now, I am going," Orion told us.
"Wait! I have another question! You didn't tell me yet how can I become a ranker like you guys?!"
I want to be at the top. I don't have anything to lose. So, let's try to be the best. If life wants me to ruin my life then I will ruin it with being best of all.
"There is no test for becoming a ranker or anything. I was testing your will, that's all. If you want to become a ranker then do it. You are now an E rank dude. As long as you don't fail and don't get caught on the government list of illegal immigrants then you are safe" he told me.
What the hell?! He just threw me into chaos and everything just to show off?!
Orion jumped high into the sky and disappeared before I even asked him any more questions.
"This was something else, right?" Kalki said.
"Yeah. But the thing is that thanks to Grey's stupid dream, we able to witness a new sort of phenomenon that we never knew existed in Adaptae" Sophie analysis.
I know that state of power which was temporary according to Orion, but still one of the coolest things I saw. That power is what I want if I want to reach the top but…
"It's fucking useless!" I turn to face her.
"What do you mean?!"
"I said it was useless. I know that she got cool effect like fucking ghost witch but in the Orion is superior to her. She was only able to harm him before things got serious because Orion let her. He was testing her just like he was testing me"
I give her my best possible explanation.
Orion is superior to her no matter what anyone says. I need to defeat Orion, not her. But currently, Orion is out of my reach. He is beyond my limits. So, the pawn I want in my game is Gū Chén. She is dead but her explosive awakening is not. I will devour her.
"As expected from you, El Ben"
A voice came behind us.
We looked behind us.
"My real name?! How do you know?!"
It is impossible that someone knows my real name. I never told anyone about this.
The one who had spoken up my name was…none other than…Ololkor.
"You are alive?!" Kalki asked.
Is he not happy to see him alive?
Something is wrong. He is holding that spear whose original owner was Gū Chén.
Something is wrong.
"Ololkor, how did you get that weapon?" Sophie asks him.
Silence only meets us.
I realize.
"He is an Adaptae" I told them.
A smirk appeared on his face.
"As expected from a rat experiment. Join me" he took out his hand from his pocket.
An offer.
"What do you mean?"
"What are you saying at all?" Sophie asked
His smiling face is not leaving.
"Do you know why this research lab even exists? Wait! First tell me what is the name of this research facility" he asked me.
I want to say but I stopped myself because I unconsciously shut down myself. When I come back to my mind.
He is right! I don't know why this research lab even exists for a reason! I don't even know the name of this facility.
"Oh! I was right. It was all the plot of someone else. Someone who opposes my AIlaah(God/Lord)! Do you even know this research center is not something that you think!"
"Shut up!!!" Sophie yelled.
"This place is created to make the best Adaptae!"
What?!
"What?!"
"Yeah. This research lab is not only funded by one government but by the governments of all countries. Their only plan is that if Adaptaes got out of control then what will happen? So, they created the best option and that is to experiment on newly found Adaptaes and make machines to serve them" he told me.
A cruel truth.
Beautiful lie which was Sophie and painful truth is that…truth behind everything.
"This is all wrong!" Sophie yells.
I looked at her.
"You are just another member of us! He is saying all wrong—"
Before she could speak more.
Spear had pierced through her chest.
He took out the spear from her body.
Her body fell in front of me.
"Director!!!" Kalki was the one who shouted first.
I fall silent. I don't know what to say. She is dead.
"Do you know what this spear is made up of? I don't even know myself. Hibo Allah. But I can say for sure that this spear becomes stronger the more it kills. So, it targets the spirit" he laughed.
I am still silent. How did this happen? My brain is not processing.
"You didn't awaken?" he comes closer to me. "It looks like you are not what you are. You are different. You are interesting. You will be my experiment"
My eyes burn with anger. I will not become anyone's experiment especially this leopard print nigga.
I punched him.
"Too slow" he mocked me.
He suddenly disappeared.
Suddenly, a burn of foul smell comes. Like a burning flesh. I look behind. I saw that Ololkor is behind me and his hands are releasing fire and the burning flesh was mine.
"AARRRHHHH!!" I yell in pain.
Before I can do anything.
A flash happened.
I lost the colors of the world and I am no longer conscious.
No one POV
Schloss Charlottenburg, Charlottenburg
Berlin, Germany
European
"Everything is going according to plan" a man said.
He kneels down in front of a blonde hair girl.
"Bonjour, Allemagne"
As the whole picture comes into view. She is sitting on the throne and the whole throne room was strained by the blood. Massacre happened.
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A/N: Thank you for reading this book. I am author of this book. Thanks for reading. I can only hope that you enjoy my story. So, first volume is end. I will write second volume. I already teased that next saga will take place in Germany.
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