Chapter 287 - Contact (2/2)

”The hell?” Laz said out loud.

:Of course I can hear your thoughts along with your actual words. Considering the strength of your soul, I have to hold back so as not to destroy you where you stand.: Laz paled when hearing this as he felt like it was true. As it was, the voice was already overbearing, especially because he could only hear it in his head.

:I'm sorry for any stray thoughts you might hear then. To be honest, this is all very new to me,: Laz said, taking on a rather humble tone. For a while now, Laz had been rather satisfied with his strength. No matter the circ.u.mstances, he had gotten through it. Although he was still weary of a creatures while A'ruya, he never thought the distance was too much to make up for. Then again, part of that was simply because it had been a while since he had seen her. Other than her, he didn't have any experience with anything that could be considered a much stronger being. Perhaps the goddess in the glass coffin, but once again she didn't seem real since she couldn't even move.

It was easy to ignore the things that were out of sight and therefore out of mind.

But before him right now, this being... was far beyond his understanding.

:Yes. Let me see little one... let me see your world....relax your mind. I'm simply looking for a picture.:

Laz wasn't sure what this thing wanted, but he knew that he couldn't resist. At the same time, it didn't seem to want to harm him either which was the best thing he could hope for. So Laz could only do what was asked of him. He relaxed his mind and felt the creatures gentle touch enter his head. It wasn't comfortable, but it wasn't painful either.

Before Laz even knew what was happening, the touch was gone while the creature was silent.

:Such a dead world... yet still living. So many gates. And those tree creatures.... They remind me of someone... or something... it's been too long... Still... it worked. If it worked here... perhaps there are other places... yes. It could be. It must be.: The creature seemed lost in it's thoughts while it mumbled to itself, still inside Laz's head. Maybe it didn't even know it was doing it. Or maybe it didn't care.

:And you. You've got the blood and some energy in you. Does that mean you... is this how you look?: It seemed to remember Laz and asked him questions. Had it been rougher with it's search, it could have pried out all of Laz's secrets without him being able to respond. But it didn't. This was the only clear sign that it harbored no ill will towards Laz, or so he figured.

Without needing to be asked, Laz circulated his energy while getting his blood to pump at max. The strong sound of his heat beat echoed within the walls of the metal room and for the first time, the creature seemed to focus keenly on Laz.

Just as per usual, Laz's hair turned white while his eyes turned red. The black, tribal like markings made themselves visible on his body, while his skin took on a greyish tint. In this form, Laz was using the most energy but he was also at his strongest.

:He he... so young. Your patterns haven't even come in fully yet. Yet, here you are before me. The product of such an inferior creature and of us.:

:Who is us?: Laz wondered, forgetting the creature could hear him.

:We are the Asura. A proud race of warriors, the strongest in the known universe. We hunt dragons for sport. We tame phoenix's for pets, ride spatial storms when bored and have even been known to dive head first into a black hole or two, just to see if it leads somewhere,: the creature, the Asura, laugh as it thought about the past while describing it's people.

:Like real dragons and phoenix's?: A picture popped into Laz's head which in turned caused the Asura to laugh.

:Those lizards and birds are what you think a dragon and a phoenix is? Truly how remote you are. An a.d.u.l.t size dragon could swallow your home world for a snack while an a.d.u.l.t size phoenix would consider using your star to next in for a few millennia. Those are the real kind.:

:That's....: Laz had always perceived big and small in terms of his planet. To find out such large creatures existed... Laz didn't even know how to react. Perhaps he could claim it was the ravings of a mad man, but with everything the Asura said, it provided a picture reference into Laz's mind from it's own memories.

:Eye-opening, is it not?:

:I can't even begin to imagine...:

Just as Laz wanted to ask more questions, a rumbling began that quickly filled the lab, shaking everything to the point that Laz could barely stay on his feet.

”Earthquake? Wait... this isn't Earth... Is this even a plant?” Laz quickly understood that he really knew nothing about this place, so how was he suppose to figure out what was happening.

:Foolish creature. Even if it gets free, then what? All of the enemies are dead and there is no telling where we even are now. Just the lack of energy will cause it to die within hours of it's release...:

:Sir? What was that?: Laz asked, seeing as how the Asura had some answers.

:A creature of death and carnage who had been imprisoned here just as long as I have. The moment it escapes, this entire realm will become a land of death and emptiness, all to feed it's long surprised hunger.

:And how long will that be?: Laz didn't want to be around to see that thing escape.

:Well, if I had to make a guess.... around 72 of your planet's hours?: It answered back, not quite sure.

”F.u.c.k,” Laz knew they would be cutting this adventure short.