Chapter 169 - Battle for Planet Earth (Part 4)

Earth -- unknown universe:

It was the middle of the day but it was very dark.

Nazar was looking up to the sky.

In the pitch black sky, there were five other Earths close by. They could be seen from where Nazar was.

He was about to fly towards it but he noticed something.

And then he found out something else that was very disturbing.

“Solace?”

“Yes, Nazar?”

“Get me Norse God and every other superhuman you can. You guys take care of the planes and I will take care of trains, cars and boats. Also, send in the non-flyers to help me.”

“B--”

“The whole world has gone into panic mode. Can you not see it? They have no idea what is going on. Someone is manipulating them. Got it?”

She nodded and vanished into thin air.

(Accessing Nazar 7.0.)

His whole body turned into energy.

He placed both of his hands on the ground.

He landed on the ground and touched it.

In less than a minute, the energy from his body scattered across the whole world.

He could not do everything he wanted to.

He could not stop all the cars, trains and boats at once.

He was losing his energies. He needed more.

He is not as powerful as he used to be.

But that does not mean he is weak.

“Recharge!”

All of a sudden, he felt a rush of energies.

But it was still not enough.

So, he repeated the cycle a few times.

He made sure he uses all of his energies then he would recharge it.

“Solace?”

“I have Norse God, Jake and flyers with me. The speedsters are helping you down below.”

“I see...”

He used those energies and stopped all the cars that were about to crash into one another. He also stopped the trains before they went off track.

The reason for this was simple.

All of a sudden, the whole world started feeling panicked and scared and could not move at all.

All of these strong negative emotions could have led to disasters.

Nazar and the other managed to stop the vehicles on Earth in less than a minute. It was not that hard.

They did it fairly easily.

Nazar used those energies and combined it with his telekinesis. Those energies helped his telekinesis to be stronger than usual. And he stopped it all by placing shields around it.

Then he used his technopathy, combined with the energy and telekinesis to stop all the vehicles.

And within the first ten minutes, the flyers had already taken care of all the planes. All the planes were landed in different airports.

Within 15 minutes, everything was perfectly fine.

But the people were still panicking.

Nazar tried to use his empathy to try and calm them down but it was useless. He could not do anything.

He went back home and tried to free Emma and Aria but it was useless.

For some reasons, the superhumans were unaffected.

Nazar asks himself why but did not have time to think about it.

He tried it on other people but it was useless.

He tried telepathy as well but it did not work.

He tried increasing Jake’s powers to do it but it did not work.

An hour later and nothing was different.

“What is happening?” Eddie muttered.

Nazar, Eddie, Jake, Solace and a few were standing in the middle of the city.

They had exhausted everything they could but nothing worked.

So, they were just standing there and doing nothing.

“I am feeling the same presence as I did a few days ago… during the meteor shower thing,” Jake said.

Nazar looked at him in surprise.

“Hmm?“

“There was this woman (?) controlling them. And I was going to investigate it… but did not find anything.”

“Why did you not tell me anythi--”

“Are you kidding me?”

“??”

“When were you on Earth? You came to our house and then left after a few minutes.”

“Oh...”

“Anyway, someone was manipulating their emotions I think. I feel a similar presence but this time and much, much more powerful. Can you not feel it, Nazar?”

“I can too. And yeah, you are right. But it's not similar at all. This is different. The other day, it felt more like ‘cosmic’ energies but this one feels a lot like mystical energies. But it does not feel like angelic or demonic magic.”

Nazar paused for a second.

“It does not feel like any type of magic I know.”

“So, what does it feel like?”

“Not sure...”

He analysed it once more but could not understand it.

Nazar sighed.

“I am going to go to those other Earths.”

“Huh? Why?”

“Because one of them might not have a superhuman? And what if they die?”

“Oh...”

Nazar flew up.

He was about to leave… but something happened.

Someone appeared right in front of him.

He stopped flying.

“Who are you?”

“I am Aiht, the Negative God.”

“......!!”

Nazar was confused at first but now he looked alarmed.

No, he did not get alarmed because the man called himself a god but because Nazar saw his power levels. It was very high, but not the highest he has ever seen.

Also, he checked his energies but could not understand it.

So, he knew he was the person behind everything that was happening.

“I need to know...”

“...”

“Is he really dead?”

“Who?”

“The Nameless One, I mean.”

“Yes. He is dead.”

“And who killed him?”

“Me.”

Aiht looked surprised for a few seconds.

“Interesting...”

He did not really believe Nazar. He had no reason to.

“And what did you to Earth?”

Aiht smiled.

“I will be blunt with you.”

“Oh?”

“I hate the Nameless One. And I hate his creation. So, I am going to have you and other versions of you across the multiverse fight each other. You will fight for your Earth. Only one Earth will survive.”

Nazar’s eyes widened.

“You all will fight on the 31st of October 2019 of Universe-1. I call it Long Halloween.”

“...!!”

Even in this dire situation, Nazar wanted to make a joke about how Batman: The Long Halloween is one of his favourite stories.

“I am sorry, this is what it is. I would blame your creator if I were you.”

“But Earth--”

“Yes, it will be unfortunate… but I need to get rid of the plague that is you and your kind.”

Nazar was not sure how to reply. What was he going to reply with?

“I know it's a sad thing to know that your world will die and you can’t do anyth...ing… Why are you smiling?”

Nazar started to smile while he was talking.

“I am not going to let you.”

“Ah?”

“I won’t let you kill other… Nazars or their Earth’s. I will save them all and defeat you.”

“Haha. Seriously? You will do that? You cannot even--”

“Oh no, I can.”

“...”

“I have killed the Nameless One and Michael. And I freed you. Let that sink in.”

Aiht went silent.

He did not say anything for a while.

He just looked at Nazar.

After a few seconds.

“I am……….. The battle will take place on the 31st of October. Get ready for it.”

“I will be.”

“And you will be seeing more chaos like this often. So, get ready for it.”

Aiht then vanished into thin air.

Nazar let out a long sigh.

“Shit!”

(I made it through with a bluff.)

He took a deep breath and flew towards one of the Earths.

After a minute, he appeared on Earth-5.

As soon as he did, Nazar-5 was waiting for him.

“I felt your energy coming this way. What do you want?”

“Did the--”

“Yes, he did. He just left a minute ago.”

“...?”

Nazar was confused.

He was sure that guy was with him about a minute ago.

But then he thought it might have been clones.

“So, what are you doing here?”

“Just wanted to check…. Oh shit.”

“Huh?”

“Let’s go. One of the Earths does not have a ‘Nazar’. I wonder--”

“Okay, I am with you.”

Both of them went to Earth-4.

Once they got there, they found it to be perfectly fine.

He looked around and there was nothing wrong besides confused people.

Nazar searched for the younger Nazar’s energy signature and teleported him next to himself.

“Wh--How---O-oh?”

He looked very scared and confused.

“Is everything okay?” Nazar asked him.

“Y-yes.”

“The plan--”

“I-I don’t know what happened…. It happened all of a sudden-- P-people were panicking and th-the other Earths appeared and then planes--”

“Stop! Take a deep breath and then talk.”

After a minute, Nazar-4 had calmed down.

“Out of nowhere, it was night all over the world. As it happened… well, people went into panic mode. Or started cowering in fear. If that was not enough, the cars and trains and planes… People were going to die. So, I tried to save as many as I could but it was too much for me. But something else happened.”

Nazar was not sure what he meant.

“No one died. Not a single person died. Everyone survived. The planes falling down? Survived. Cars about to get into accidents? Never happened.”

“Huh?”

“People were panicking or fearing and they lost control themselves and then their vehicles. But even then, they all survived.”

Nazar exchanged glanced with Nazar-5.

“We were able to stop it before it even got close to that.”

“Oh.”

Nazar looked back at Nazar-4

“Go home. And keep calm.”

Nazar-4 nodded.

Nazar sent him back where he was earlier.

Then both of them went to other Earths.

All of them had survived.

And all of them talked of a similar phenomenon.

Nazar-5 and Nazar were floating in this dark place now.

“So, what do you think? You are older and have more experience. What type of energies do you see?”

“A long time ago I met these people called Omega People.”

“I have met them.”

“Okay, this makes it easier.” Nazar-5 paused for a few seconds before continuing. “This person has a similar energy. Just a little of that divine energy. It also seemed mix with demonic and angelic energies.”

Nazar was not surprised that he knew angels and demons.

“It also has a mix of some cosmic energies and some others that I cannot put my finger on.”

“Yes, same. I cannot put my finger on it.”

Nazar sighed.

“Oh well...”

“I need to go and take care of my people. And for the battle, I think we need to carry it out. We need to fight. And from here on… We are enemies.”

“Got it.”

Nazar-5 left and went to his Earth.

Nazar went to his Earth.

Everything was perfectly fine now.

And then it happened again the next day. This time it was for two hours and most of the superhumans were affected too.

Then on Sunday, everyone except Nazar was affected.

Monday 27th of October 2019:

It was 1 AM in London and someone was still awake.

Inside Laura’s accommodations, there is a boy named Mark Sims. He was always the weird one among this group.

Right now, he is sitting at his desk and studying for a test that is coming up.

However, he couldn't focus.

His eyes are very red and he has a rash all over his body.

He does not want to scratch it.

“Gasp.”

All of a sudden, he is hit with old memories he wanted to forget.

The dead bodies of his parents in front of him.

And a man flying above the clouds.

“Arghgh!!”

He slammed his hand on the desk.

His pen dropped to the ground.

He leaned down and picked it up.

He started writing on the paper again.

“My, my. To keep studying despite the anger in you.”

He heard a woman’s voice.

He frantically turned around and saw a woman in bikini armour.

“Why is that? Why do you reject your pain and anger and suffering?”

“...”

Mark was not sure how she got here.

(Is she an alien? She is an alien. Who is she? What does she want? Why me? Why here? It’s an alien. It is an alien? It is an alien!)

Those thoughts raced inside his mind.

She stood up.

Walked closer to him.

She raced her index finger on his chin.

As she did, he gulped.

He felt a chill down on his body.

“Do you want revenge? I can give you a chance to get it.”

“...”

“Do you want to hurt him?”

She laughed.

“Of course, you physically cannot. He is a god among men. But you can hurt him in another way.”

He stood up immediately.

“Tell me!”

“Not so fast.”

He clenched his fist.

“I can give you power. Become my lord’s herald. Bring chaos to this world and Nazar.”

“You...”

“I know why you came here. To this university, I mean. Your parents were killed by him. They worked for Ishaya Bradley. And then you worked for them too. For a long time. As a killer.”

The man’s heart skipped a beat.

“And then he had a job for you. Investigate why he went to Italy for a few times. And then you discovered he was in a relationship with a woman named Laura Marino.”

His throat went dry.

His knees became weaker and weaker.

(H-how does she know this?)

“As a result, you ask Ishaya personal favour. To send you here and to make you look young.”

Something happened.

The man returned to his original state.

He was a tall and muscular man now. His face was the same but his physique changed.

“You have been trying to get close to Laura for a while now and kill her but it has been useless, hasn’t it? Without any success too.”

The man could not do anything but stay quiet.

“So, do you want it? Do you want revenge?”

“Y-yes...”

“I cannot hear you. Say it louder.”

“YES!”

She smiled.

“I will give you power. You will look young again. And do your job. Get revenge.”

He nodded.

“And then you will do our bidding.”

“....Huh?”

“You will do what my lord will ask of you, okay?”

He thought about it.

He thought harder.

And then he came to a decision.

He nodded.

“Okay. I will do as you say.”

She smiled once again.

She then held out her hand.

“Come with me, Herald.”

He was hesitant to take her hand… but he did it anyway.

As he took her hand, they vanished into thin air.