Vol 3 Chapter 19 (1/2)

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at 21st of October 2019 11:08:50 AM

Chapter 19

The early morning light gleamed, lighting up the world around Micheal . A few clouds drifted overhead, making for a rather picturesque view .

'Wow, those guys were up pretty early . It's probably barely past 8 . ' He silently observed . Some people chose to hunt in the early hours of dawn, when most of the major groups would still be resting or getting ready .

He glanced to the left and the right, scanning his surroundings . He could only really make out the four neighboring skysc.r.a.pers, but didn't see anyone on them .

'No wait…' His eyes narrowed .

He could make out the shambling figures of two Morenkai moving slowly together across a st.u.r.dy wooden bridge, off to his left on the other skysc.r.a.per . Apart from that, not a soul .

'In the central region, most people stick to the insides of skysc.r.a.pers when they aren't actively looking to hunt . ' He nodded . It was more common to see random people in the outer regions as people came up for sunlight or to break the monotony of existence here .

If you weren't obsessed with getting stronger like Micheal was, life could be pretty dull at times .

'Then again, the constant danger of risking your life to hunt, or the horror of seeing people you know die, did spice things up a bit . ' He shook the memories aside . He felt like an old man, complaining about how life had been harder back in his day .

Micheal turned to the left, stalking forward . He moved as quietly as possible, concentrating on moving his aching body in smooth motions . The most important part of any battle was often how you entered it . A single strike could decide everything .

In movies or books, Micheal had read about epic duels that lasted for hours .

In the first of the 7 Layers, most direct melee battles finished in an instant . Only fights between long-range experts lasted longer than a few exchanges, and that was mainly because snipers or the like could hide behind the nearly indestructible walls . Other battles, where one was trying to lure a Morenkai to fall, could last longer than an instant, but typically ended shortly after .

Micheal reached the edge of his skysc.r.a.per . He tapped on his Spatial Ring, instantly withdrawing his Steelborn Sword . The blade gleamed with the light of the sun, something he immediately s.h.i.+fted as he pointed it down .

'I forgot about how d.a.m.n bright it is here . ' He grumbled, hiding the blade in his shadow .

The two Morenkai, in the meanwhile, had managed to cross the st.u.r.dy wooden bridge and were ambling around on the neighboring skysc.r.a.per . This particular building was a faded green one, with two sheds that opened up into stairways .

Advertis.e.m.e.ntAfter walking around the top of the building for a few moments, the Morenkai began to walk towards a bridge that led to a different skysc.r.a.per .

Micheal frowned slightly .

'Life Orbs!'

Immediately, three glowing orbs appeared, floating around his head . He mentally directed two of them to the ground and stepped on them, finding his balance .

He then began to fly alongside his own bridge, hovering just next to it . He moved quickly, as fast as the orbs could fly . Their top speed seemed to be around 30ish miles per hour (50ish kilometers per hour) . They accelerated very quickly, making them quite useful .

The maximum speed seemed to increase, slowly, if he moved in a straight line for a long period, but he wasn't sure . He hadn't had the chance to test them extensively yet .

WHOOSH

In just a few seconds, he flew over to the neighboring skysc.r.a.per . He didn't fly above the bridge, but instead flew just to the side of it . Flying up high would make him a target to other humans, something he didn't particularly want to deal with .

'Morenkai I can handle, but there are too many weird Abilities or strong Artifacts that exist, even with the Points Wall . ' The Points Wall was around 100,000 Points in the First Layer . No matter what you did, you could never exceed that number .

You could spend Points on anything below it, and hit the wall again and again . But it was impossible to go over it .

Micheal had hit the Points Wall before . There was an actual feeling a.s.sociated with it . A warm feeling would cover your soul, one that was extremely comfortable . When you tried to take in more Points, however, the feeling would tremble and the Points would be rejected . It was like trying to eat something when you were already full .

'Of course, I never managed to hit the Points Wall while here on the First Layer . ' He thought, ruefully . He had barely managed to make it to the Second Layer in his first go around .

By this point, Micheal had reached the other skysc.r.a.per . He hovered about a quarter of a meter above the ground of it, just barely floating .

'If I walk, I'll inevitably make noise . But if I use the Life Orbs to fly there…' His eyes flashed as he came to a conclusion .

He shot across the roof of the skysc.r.a.per like a wraith, not making any footsteps . In fact, the only noise was the sound of air flowing around him as he shot forward and the shambles of the Morenkai as they moved across the bridge .

In this case, the bridge the Morenkai were on was a wide, metal platform, about 4 meters across, with no handrail .

thud

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The clomping of the Morenkai was rather loud as they moved forward, their long arms waving back and forth . They were hunched slightly as they moved, their heads twitching to the right and left .

WHOOOSH