Chapter 58: Pause Level 3: Chronos Field [Part 2] (1/2)
”FIRE!!!!” The man yelled out, his veins popping out of his forehead.
*DUDUDUDUDUDUDUDUDU*
As military vehicles lined up all around the city which was in ruins, the sound of gunshots reverberated throughout it. The soldiers were unleashing all of their ammunitions on the hordes of zombies and the humanoid beings with horns on their heads.
Fires erupted everywhere, filling the air with dark smoke. Despite the portal remaining in the sky, the fleets remained stationary in the air, but more and more of the horned ones were falling,
In the beginning, fighter jets invaded, attacking all the fleets, but they had little effect as most of them had put up defenses.
Although the bullets worked on the zombies, the horned ones had special abilities which rendered the bullets ineffective. They were intelligent, those with abilities more useful in other areas would simply leave the military troops to them to those who specialised in defending agaisnt them.
*BOOM!*
The vehicle ahead of them was struck by lightning, exploding upon collision, causing the disruption in formation. Screams of blood curdling horror echoed through the ranks as the horned creatures counterattacked.
Using explosives and everything they had to offer, they fired and fired and fired, but it wasn't enough.
”T-THOSE DAMN DEVILS!!! AREN'T THEY AFRAID OF THE UNDEAD!?” One of the Sargent's yelled out as he threw a grenade. ”CALL IN FOR BACK UP!! REQUEST HELP FROM THE ABILITY USERS FROM THE TRAINING FACILITIES!! CALL OUT THE ONES TRAINING INSIDE THE LABYRINTHS AS WELL!”
”BUT SIR! THEY'RE NOT READY YET!! WE CAN'T CALL FOR THEM WITHOUT ORDERS FROM ABOVE!!!”
”THEY SURE AS HELL ARE READIER THAN US!! THE SITUATION HAS GONE OUT OF CONTROL! IF WE DON'T ACT NOW ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HIDING IN THE CITY WILL DIE!! WE MUST PROTECT THEM!!!!! ” He shouted, extending his arm towards the horned devil walking towards him with a trail of lightning behind him.
All bullets which were being fired in his direction were cut off, the movement was too fast to be seen by their regular eyes. A beam of light began to manifest in front of the Sargent's hand. Taking the form of a spike, it was pointed at the horned blue haired lightning man.
Right before he could activate the ability however-
*Slash!*
Suddenly, everything went black.
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Dark clouds were gathering around the city as thunder began to strike all around. During that time, Gray's figure could be seen collapsed on an apartment's hallway floor.
His muscles twitched as he tried to lift himself off the ground. Unfortunately the most movement he could muster up was barely lifting them as they remained on his back.
'Is this what happens when I break past all my stamina or an after effect of the ability?'
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[New Ability: Chronos Field]
The clawed feet of the flying horned man could be seen heading straight at Gray at high speeds. Using his ability at Gray, the magnet manipulator propelled himself from the wall. The last of the five that remained hidden was seen on top of the magnet guy.
All of them were headed for Gray, intending to finish it off in the final assault.
The smile on Gray's face became visible in that instant.
”Chronos Field.” Gray murmured.
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Suddenly, unable to move a muscle, they found themselves suspended in the air, inside of a field that had appeared around Gray.
Gray's field covered a radius of five meters and was spherical. All three of them were frozen, the magnet guy, the flying horned guy, and even the purple-haired blindfold. The cloaked man that was hiding had left in time, but he had been the only one.
'What…? What's happening?'
'Why can't I move…?'
'This… What sort of ability is this!? My illusions I can't use them...?'
Unable to speak, the surprise could be seen on their faces as they struggled to comprehend what was happening.
During that moment, Gray walked on top of the air, menacingly towards them. The black sword on his hand swayed left and right as he practised swings a dark and cold look in his eyes.
No words were exchanged between them as he stopped ahead of them. Following that, he thrust the blade into the nearest ones heart as they all watched.
*Pierce*
Gray slowly thrust the sword further into his heart as he leaned in. His hands were trembling as he did so. Now that he wasn't in the evolution state, his emotions had returned to normal.