《(OLD VER.) TRX's Adventures》Arc of Salvation - Day 1: Light
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TRX and the others fell into the water from very high, happily they didn't harm themselves... They didn't know where they were, though. The landscape was... It was practically non-existent, there was only something similar to fog and water, a lot of water... Way too much water. The sky was a dark purple color and there were lots of lightning flashes.
Everyone was floating in the water except Pointy, who was flying.
They were very confused, what exactly had happened? They had gone through the portal and now they were there. While the group was thinking about these things, in the middle of the darkness a giant eye appeared and a voice like thunder was suddenly heard.
- Come, little ones... We have many things to talk about.
Everyone was frightened by its presence.
- You are those disgusting creatures that were sent to look for the Hero, or am I wrong?
No one responded to what that eye said, and then it began to approach the group. It was a most bizarre creature: it was like an amorphous ball that had several pointed legs that hovered over the face of the waters. It also had several small mouths and a large one that had another mouth at the beginning of its throat and also an eye at the entrance of its throat. At the top, it had a huge heart that was crystallized.
- I know you can answer me, little creatures created by a God who is about to fall....
Everyone was frightened, and also confused, by what he had said.... They had understood what he had said, which also surprised the group. After that, the creature's eye started to have a horrifying glow and... It fired a beam from its eye. The group managed to dodge it without any problems.
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- Eh? - said that surprised creature, in a high-pitched tone of voice, and then added, in his thunderous voice. - So that's why they were sent to unseal this world to find the Hero... Wonderful. This is simply wonderful... I haven't encountered beings like you for millennia, so please don't disappoint me.
Having said that, the creature charged its light beam again. Blocky, at that instant, acted on instinct and created a big iceberg out of thin air, everyone climbed on top of it. By the time they arrived, the creature fired and melted the lower part of the iceberg. Because of this, they realized that it could not shoot up or down, only to the front.
After that, Blocky created an ice sword and handed it to TRX, who looked at it in surprise... But she already knew exactly what to do with that sword.
TRX jumped towards the creature and, with all her strength, performed a gigaslash on it, with everything and lightning included... But what she expected didn't happen. The attack had no effect and the sword broke into many pieces.
- But what? This is impossible! How on earth did that attack have no effect?
Out of nowhere a high-pitched female voice was heard. It wasn't from the creature, it was Blocky. Everyone, including the creature, looked at Blocky, who said:
- What? What do you see me?
- It's talking... It's talking! This is unbelievable. - said the creature in its high-pitched voice, and then said to the rest. - You guys too, right?
- ...Yes? - said Roundy.
- This is very strange. - said Pointy, who was also looking at the crystallized heart.
The creature charged its attack again without warning, but Pointy had already discovered his weakness: if he hit the crystallized heart and it exploded, he could break the crystal and thus allow TRX and the others to attack him there, since it seemed that part was soft.
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And so it did, just before the creature fired, Pointy went and exploded, shattering the crystal. Blocky seeing that, created another ice sword for TRX, who was still floating in the water.
TRX, after receiving the sword, jumped and, being propelled by Roundy's telekinesis, charged her gigaslash and attacked the creature's heart, which exploded.
Everyone witnessed the massacre. The creature only managed to roar loudly in the void and then began to slowly disappear... And out of nowhere a blinding light flooded the place.
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