Chapter 68 Fusion Impossible: Mysterious Intruder (2/2)

But no matter what he did, they could not even be coaxed to be in contact with each other.

They were like two similar poles of magnets that are being forced together, even though their polarity forces them to repel each other. There is just no way that Alex could force them to be together.

Because of that failed experiment, Alex thought that maybe abilities from different power systems were just incompatible with each other.

But seeing what happened with Alina invalidated that theory of his.

”So, how were you able to combine them anyway?” Alex inquired as he watched Alina's beautiful face glowing with excitement. ”Maybe I can try them out later.”

”Sorry, but I have no idea on how to explain it to you.” Alina replied as she ducked her head down.”But do not be sad, as Asteria told me that you still have the chance to fuse abilities as long as you have the right tools and skillset to do it.”

”Oh great, another delayed power-up.” Alex bemoaned sarcastically as he decided to drop the power fusion issue for now. ”Well, let's forget about that fusion now and let's focus on our contingencies.”

”Contingency 1: If it is a Human, then we will do our best to run away if the opponent is strong.” Alina replied quickly as she placed her hands on her hips. ”Contingency 2: But if the Human was just weak, then we can beat this Human down and invite that Human in our group.”

”…” Alex tried to not point out that the second part of Alina's answer sounded a little wrong.

”Contingency 3: if the intruder was a Monster, then we will be more polite on it and try to talk to it more.” Alina continued, with her not noticing Alex's thoughts earlier. ”But if that Monster stays hostile to us, thena fight will be inevitable.”

”That's exactly the gist of what we were about to do.” Alex murmured to himself as he and Alina squared their bodies up.

By this time it was only Alex and Alina that was present in the clearing, as the little monsters were all busy hidingnearby.

Alina had instructed them to run once the first sign of trouble appears, with them unauthorized to look back as they ran.

”I hope those little runts will actually run when I tell them to.” Alina muttered as she gave them a worried look. ”Really, those 5 are a naughty lot!”

”Hehehe, you seem to have fun taking care of them!” Alex said in a slightly teasing tone. ”Hey, can I call you Big Sister too? You seem to like being called that way!”

”Ugh, it will just sound creepy if you say it.” Both Alina and Asteria said at the same time, which just showed Alex that they could be right.

”Sigh, why am I not even talented in comedy?” Alex lamented to himself as he and Alina saw the intruder descending in front of them.

:....:

One of the reasons that Alex and Alina did not run away for now was because their visitor seems to not hold any hostile intentions against them.

This intruder could be here specifically for some business matters with Alex and Alina.

But no matter what the reason was, both Alex and Alina were confident to talk it out.

Both Alex and Alina tilted their heads as they greeted their visitor.

”Erm.. hello?” Alex tentatively said as his tentacles waved around agitatedly. ”Are you here to talk to us?”

”Well yes, it's you two that I am looking for.” The intruder replied as the loose coat and hood that the intruder was wearing began to disappear.

”!!!!!!”

The intruder ignored Alex and Alina's reaction to its real appearance as it slowly said,

”You two and I have some talking about to do.”