《Post-Living》Chapter 15: Chill
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The S.M.A.R.T building was the one supplying the electricity throughout the whole city. It has the "Evil tower" trope, and there was the light that the electricity tower above the building produced. For a magical world, this is an advancement that is thousands and thousands ahead of their own time, Nyx thought.
Nyx: (Wait, I thought this was supposed to be a parallel world..? Why is there a transmission tower here?)
Skree: (That's how they distribute the electricity here. What you should be asking is how did they power up this big city..)
Nyx: (Yeah, that's weird, isn't it? They need to have created turbines and transformers but, from the looks of it, there isn't anything like that.)
Skree: (What do you mean?)
Nyx: (For starters, Coal power plants produce smoke, but there isn't even a trace of smoke outside. It couldn't be renewable as well, because there are no big water sources around here. The forests surrounding this city also seemed like they haven't even been touched.)
Skree: (Are these the methods that you use to get power in your original world?)
Nyx: (Yeah. This city is as environmental as it gets. There aren't any huge wind turbines nearby as well.)
Skree: (Did you forget that this is a world paralleling yours? Maybe they power it up using magic.)
Nyx: (Yeah, how?)
Xiel: Hey, Nyx!
Nyx: What?
Xiel: Stop staring at the building, we need to go in, now.
Nyx: Wait, why?
Soldiers began to appear, and surrounded the whole building. There were a battalion of soldiers, each with their own magic guns. Nyx has no choice but to go inside the building. He could've defeated them all, but he has no choice but to act fast and save his brother.
The soldiers didn't go in the building. They just surrounded it. It's like they were commanded to not interfere with what's going to happen inside the building, Reus thought.
The building's interior was colored white. There were 2 sets of stairs going up. They were connected, but in the middle of those sets was a huge metal door. Nyx thought that this was the door leading to the levels below, and that this is where they kept Vor.
Nyx violently slammed the metal door, but it won't open. He pulled out his scythe from his palm, and readied to break the door down. He lifted up his scythe, and prepared to slash it until the mysterious man from earlier appeared from the rails on the stairs.
???: Hey~ Sorry I took so long.
He was wearing a hat, and he was covered by a big blanket of fur. Because of that, they couldn't see what his face looks like.
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???: Hahahahahaha.
His voice was a little off. They concluded that this guy wasn't the one that taunted them to go to this building in the first place.
The guy jumped down and raised his hand. They didn't know why he did that, but the guy then charged at them. He flipped forward and readied to drop kick Reus. Reus saw this and blocked with his sword, only to realize that the one he's blocking is just an ice clone and after hitting the sword, it shattered easily.
???: I'm over here.
He was behind Reus, and he created a sword out of ice from his arm and tried to impale him, only to fail because Reus immediately transformed into his "hard" form.
The guy vanished again, and teleported back to where he once came.
???: Well, I did expect this. You all seemed capable enough, but sorry, I guess. They put me on the first level. Those retards doesn't even understand my power, how dare they put me here..
Nyx: Lemme guess, you're the weakest out of them that's why they put you here.
???: Weakest? No, no, I think you meant the most creative.
Nyx: Hm?
???: You've already seen my power, right? It's the element of ice. I only enhanced enough to make this element stronger than what it currently is. You can only do limited things with this element if you don't have creativity.
Xiel: Ok, so what?
???: If I have, let's say, fire. I could be stronger than all of those 4 combined. But, I guess I can't really change the things I've been born with.
He did the same thing again, he jumped towards them, but this time instead of a kick, he rolled in mid air and slashed his ice sword towards Nyx's head, slicing it.
???: I don't think you're regeneration can heal you from this.
Ironically, it did.
???: Wait, what the fuck?
Reus then quickly move and swinged his axe towards them, cutting Nyx's and the guy's head at the same time.
???: HAhahaHAHAHA!
It turned out to be an ice clone, like earlier. He then popped up somewhere inside the building, and charged his ice sword towards Nyx's chest. He then held up his arm again, and ice cubes popped out in the air, surrounding Nyx.
???: I haven't made a name for these attacks though..
Saying that, he then appeared in every direction. Nyx tried to attack the one that's infront of him, but it just vanished.
Nyx: Th- is- ge- tti- ng- irrITATING!
Nyx tried to catch him, but he keeps failing. The guy kept slicing and slicing him without trouble.
Xiel: Oh, so that's how.
Reus: What?!
Xiel: Look at the ice blocks.
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The ice blocks surrounding Nyx were in.. the air.
Reus was flustered, and had to squint if there were actual blocks on the air.
Reus: Wh.. how?!
Nyx: GUYS YOU PIECES OF SHIT HELP ME!
Xiel: The ice are produced by that guy, right?
Reus: Yeah, so what about it?
Xiel: He's just moving really fast, and he can teleport from block to block. Using that, he then summons ice blocks again and again, making the ice blocks look like they were staying in air, and making it look like no one's attacking Nyx.
Nyx: HEY! AGh! CAN ANYONE OF YOU CATCH HIM!
Reus: Wait, you can see it?
Xiel: Of course I can see it. It's quite slow, really.
She then moved to Nyx's position, and he stood infront of him.
Nyx: WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? HELP ME!
Xiel: Yeah, I know.
???: Why the hell doesn't THIS GUY DIE! JUST DIE!
The guy was too busy trying to kill Nyx so Xiel took the opportunity and cloned herself. Then, she moved so fast that she couldn't even be seen by Nyx.
Nyx: XIEL! HELP ME!
In a split second, the knives that Xiel brought were stuck on the ice blocks. Then, without the guy knowing, he teleported into one of the ice blocks.
Xiel: Yeah, I'm on it.
After the guy teleported, the knife on the ice block flew on air, and because of that, Xiel knew where he is and grabbed the knife and attacked him. The guy dodged it, and is now aware that someone is helping Nyx. He then summoned more and more ice blocks.
Nyx: Should I do the spinning thing I did earlier?
Xiel: No, that would destroy the whole building.
Nyx: Alright.
Xiel: Good, I have enough knives.
She moved around Nyx quickly and slash the ice blocks around Nyx, reducing it. Then, she stuck knives on the remaining ice blocks. After that, she cloned herself to match the number of knives, finally cornering the guy.
After that, the guy teleported to an ice block, and Xiel's clone saw it, and kicked the knife that was now floating when he teleported, piercing his head.
???: AAAAAAHHHHHHHHGGG!!!! YOU PIECE OF SHIT!
He teleported to another ice block to attack Xiel, but, there was another clone there and kicked the knife again, piercing another part of his body. He didn't even notice Nyx, and just summoned ice blocks away from him to escape.
But unfortunately, Reus was there to destroy those ice blocks.
He couldn't escape, and he can only teleport to the last ice block on air. He teleported to it, but Xiel was there with a devilish smile. She then thrusted the last knife in his head, ending his life.
Xiel: Aww, I thought he can go faster than that.
Nyx: Wait, so you can easily end it?!
Xiel: Yeah, but it was hard to clone myself and move quick at the same time, so those ice blocks were really annoying. I had to stick knives on it, then if he teleports in that ice block, a clone will be there to kick the knife and damage him.
Nyx: But.. but he didn't even open the door.
Reus: I'll do it.
Reus changed into his form, and slashed his axe vertically, cutting the door and some part of the wall inside.
Nyx: Well, I guess that's one down.
Reus: Let's go. We can't waste anymore time.
Xiel: Yeah.
Meanwhile..
Vor: Ahhh, I feel sleepy.. What do you think, should we take a break?
(We didn't even go to the next floor! Let me out already!)
Vor: Nah, I just got this body back, you see.
(Just.. Just don't do anything to them.. alright?!)
Vor: No promises.
(Please, Give me back my body!)
Vor: Technically, it's our body. Anyway, I think I'm just going to take a nap here...
Vor sat down and leaned back at the wall.
(Hey! HEY!!)
Vor: Seriously, every time I fucking get my chance in controlling your body, you annoy me every second. How many years has it been, huh?!
(I did that to restrain you!)
Vor: There's nothing to restrain, I won't do anything.. in the meantime. I'm going to sleep.
Nyx: How does their brain work, exactly?
Reus: Why.. what do you mean?
Nyx: Look at the pathway.. It's made out of wood! Then they reinforce it, but not the metallic door that you cut earlier!
Xiel: They probably undid the reinforce magic. After all, they're the one who made us go here.
Nyx: Yeah.. but why?
Xiel: I don't really know.. it's probably to stop you from rampaging again..
Nyx: Nah, they know that I'm weak.. remember?
Reus: Also, the soldiers stopped coming inside as well. I don't know what they're planning..
Xiel: Maybe they're just being cocky?
Reus: I doubt it, this is their main power station, remember? If we were to cause damage here, it could affect the whole city..
Nyx: We're already here anyway.. Let's just clear this building. We can't go out anyway, there's a battalion of soldiers waiting outside.
They finally reached the end of the pathway. They took so long because the pathway was a spiral, and the stairs was at the end of the path.
Nyx: ....
"Seriously, who designed this place?"
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