Chapter 32 A fitting name and title (1/2)

”….” Even if he was actually curious on how Asteria was here, he decided to shut his mouth as he realized where he is right now.

If he continued talking to Asteria as he is right now, people watching him from outside the virtual reality will see what he was doing.

That will not be good for Alex, as he is the only one that can see Asteria.

”Tsk.”

Alex just shook his head, thinking that Asteria being here could be one of the results of those absurd boons that a Guide can have.

”Are you ready to fight now?” Alex heard a voice behind him, and when he looked back, he saw a body materializing from motes of light.

Alex watched with great interest as he saw Lord Gallius' body, no, 'Virtual Body' forming in front of him.

It was quite an unnerving but also exciting scene to watch.

”Maybe after I ask you some more questions...” Alex said as he looked around him curiously.

”So, we just fight here in any way that we want? No injuries here will affect our real bodies?”

”We can do anything that we want here.” Lord Gallius confirmed as she swung his virtual arms around him. ”As long as our current Mental Power permits it.”

”So, both of us have around Mental Power of Tier 100 then?” Alex mused as he observed the inherent Mental Power inside his virtual body.

”Just like what you know earlier, both of us will have the same Mental Power, so yes, both of us have Mental Power of Tier 100.” Lord Gallius replied, with his face contorting in irritation. ”Can you stop asking questions now? Its quite pissing me off already.”

”Ok, chill Vibrator.” Alex replied as he raised his hands. ”Just asking questions here.”

The roar of rage that came out form Lord Gallius was overlapped with Asteria's raucous laughter.

”You dare call me that!!!” Lord Gallius shouted in anger as his face flushed. ”You better know the consequence of saying things like that!”

The way that Lord Gallius trembled and the way his face looked showed how offended he was by the name that Alex just dropped.

”Hahaha! That is the best one that I have heard from you, Alex!” Asteria said as she wiped away a tear form her eye. ”Out of all the names you can call him, you really chose Vibrator?”

”Well, that is literally his power.” Alex thought to himself as he prepared himself. ”Its only his misfortune that vibrators are used on an entirely… different way.”

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Alex knew that with his current Mental Power, the things that he and Lord Gallius can do were pretty limited.

But that did not make him feel confident, as he knew that Lord Gallius was originally a Star Esper.

The things that he can do, even in his current state, is not something that Alex cannot just ignore.

And that thinking of Alex was confirmed when he saw Lord Gallius muttering something.

[Authority Invocation: Summon Longsword]

Few motes of light appeared Lord Gallius, which all proceeded to converge at this right hand.

Alex only had to watch for a few more seconds to see a longsword hanging on Lord Gallius' right hand.

Alex then remembered what Lord Gallius said seconds earlier, and he immediately realized what happened.

”You are one hell of a cheater.” Alex said as he glared at the longsword held by Lord Gallius. ”How come you can summon things like that?”

”Well, its because of my [Authority], duh.” Lord Gallius replied offhandedly. ”I am a high-ranking official in here, so I can have some access on some of the workings here in the virtual reality.”

”Oh.” Hearing what Lord Gallius said, Alex realized what he was talking about.

If Alex can understand it right, [Authority] is something that only high-ranking officials can use.

And it seems like this [Authority] allows Lord Gallius to tweak some of the things in the virtual reality.

Seeing that Alex was in contemplative mood, Lord Gallius smiled, despite his apparent anger.

”Of course I cannot just use my [Authority] here to make drastic changes.At most, I can only summon a small weapon with me at every virtual match… And right now, the best thing that I can do is to summon this longsword, which I will definitely use to chop you to pieces!”

”He's not lying.” Asteria muttered after hearing what Lord Gallius said. ”He can only summon at best a longsword right now, and oh, just a heads up,he will definitely chop you to pieces.”

”I do not know if I should be relieved by that or not.” Alex muttered as he heard humming sound coming out from the longsword. ”Oh great, here we go…”

Judging from the humming sounds that he could hear from the longsword, Alex was 100% sure that Lord Gallius is vibrating his longsword at an extremely high frequency.

With his knowledge of physics, Alex knew that a longsword vibrating at an extremely high frequency will definitely cut through Alex easily.

Of course Alex would not allow himself to be skewered that easily.

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The first thing that Alex needed to do right now was to render himself undetectable, which he decisively did.

By using all the training that he had with reflection and refraction of light, Alex was now able to emulate a perfect optical invisibility.

Alex's whole body seemed to have disappeared on the spot, as if he was not there at all.

”Impressive, I know that your Esper Ability is manipulation of EM Waves.” Lord Gallius said as his eyes narrowed. ”But I did not expect that you can render yourself perfectly invisible right now. Well, that isyour best resort if you want to avoid my attacks…”

Alex grinned, knowing that his trick has worked.

Now that Lord Gallius could not see him, Alex decided to move away from his spot to find a perfect position for him to attack.

”Well, I need to move carefully, or else I might make a sound that could alert him.” Alex thought as he carefully walked towards his left side.