Chapter 113: Clash of the Overcomers

The Tyrant Empress glared angrily, as the once crouched and burdened expression of Seeker turned to extreme hate. The once lustful eyes were now a murderous stare.

"I am... insulted by your words. I am here and you can actually feel… disgusted? I guess I need to tease you a bit more to get what I want…" She smiled devilishly.

The realm around her change. Seeker was caught in the area of powers where the Tyrant Empress Realm Somatotopy had reached.

Seeker was barely hanging on to the last bits of his sanity. The empowering allure kept tempting him to attack the two Overcomers. Richie and Lennox had started to move strangely as one part of them wanted to attack each other and the other couldn't. Vibrations and lightning bolts started to appear in the chaos of their bodily control.

"ENOUGH!" Seeker managed to shout and suddenly stumbled to his knees.

"That's actually impressive!" The Empress smiled but a hateful look was deep within her eyes.

Seeker kept gasping for breath.

"You really are an uptight kid. Or maybe it's because you're into guys? Oh well. Regardless, just keep kneeling and accept your new Queen." The Empress laughed.

"Won't you boys at the back help me?" She called out.

A strange illusion appeared before them. The seductive voice of the Empress pushed their lust to the limits causing them to fantasize about her delicate body being exposed before them.

"She's stronger than we thought!" Richie shouted loudly. Instead of sending an explosive sound, Richie's shout echoed throughout the distance and made the far-away Arthur frown and rethink his plans.

But suddenly, Richie's actions were shocking. He was actually moving towards Seeker.

The alarm that Lennox and Seeker felt grew as they noticed Richie's actions.

Richie tried his best to resist and this made his walk extremely slow. He was ready to shout at Seeker to throw him out of the way while Lennox kept sending out lightning bolts on different areas to throw Richie off course to prevent Richie from attacking Seeker.

"I said. ENOUGH!" Seeker screamed once more.

Suddenly, an indescribable emotion rose from the depths of Lennox and Richie's heart. The lusts of their hearts now conflicted with an unexplainable combination of anger, sadness, and disgust. The lust was stronger, but the added emotions caused a conflict that allowed them to take better control of their bodies.

"I figured it out. So that's the secret. It's Realm Somatotopy!" Seeker finally smiled.

"What did you do?" The Empress felt the barrage of emotions and it was making it hard for her to concentrate.

"There were theories of how you do it, Empress. Your Path..." Seeker then gazed at his hands and noted that the electrocuted skin was slowly healing itself thanks to its now new cancerous properties.

"This beauty and the uncontrollable lust that you cause, it was almost impossible to figure out what could cause it. All we knew was that people who saw you personally would be seduced. Because of that, we thought that it was reliant on having seen you." Seeker shook his head in deep frustration. If they had known of this, then it would have been easier to deal with this maverick.

"It wasn't sight. It wasn't hearing from you. It wasn't the intense curiosity looming in everyone's mind… It was just being around you. Your nearby presence affects the area around you making it a place of lust. It's not even your pheromones but a power of twisted faith in your beauty that causes all around you to fall into lust…" Seeker finally understood how some of the Overcomers in his future fell for the Tyrant Empress despite having neither seen her or heard her.

"Your Path is an annoying one. If it wasn't for you, the armies would've been more united. Perhaps now that I know of this, Eagle won't have a hard time counseling Champions and we might just be able to save more Heroes. Because of you, teams were broken, some Heroes killed and even the combo teams were divided because many want to be next to you. Only Meng and my Master could resist your full powers."

Richie and Lennox had a strange expression on their faces. It looks like this woman had caused them greater troubles in the future.

Arthur who was listening in on the conversation as Seeker had switched on his comm device finally realized something about his future death.

"So father was..." Arthur couldn't help but chuckle at the thought of an infatuated Lennox.

"Meng and my Master were the only ones who could resist you because their Paths could naturally counter yours! But now I get it! Woman, in your defeat, remember, it was Richie who made it possible." Seeker smiled.

The Empress's expression had slowly turned to anger as she was affected by it. It caused her to become extremely frustrated at the fact that her beauty and voice couldn't affect the three in front of her and the cheeky way Seeker called him.

"Richie's efforts made you reveal your face and allowed me to wound it. You were wrong. I wasn't aiming to make you ugly. I know how dangerous you can become if you show any forms of vulnerability."

The Empress laughed.

"So what if you can resist it? Try attacking me, brat! We'll see if my beauty can't overcome your emotions!"

"Oh, I think I can. At least, now I can! How do we defeat you if we can't hit you and it would be more dangerous if we do hurt you? I gambled in understanding your Path. If I know what your Path is, I'll know how to overcome it."

Seeker held his sword high and revealed that at the edge of the sword, was drops of her blood which Seeker managed to acquire from the last attack.

"This sword has my cells and can do amazing tricks like hold on to drops of blood. Since I'm pressed with time, I immediately swallowed your blood. That was dangerous. Even a drop that is not interlinked with you had a very potent amount of your power! I almost lost myself in that euphoria." Seeker laughed.

"But it was all worth the risk. This knowledge can practically evolve most Ranked Heroes and Champions if they manage to grasp it! It's vanity, isn't it? That's the Root of your Path! You are so much attracted to yourself that somehow you start affecting others with Realm Somatotopy! I've been with Richie, fought Meng, and was jolted by the transforming cells of Lennox. With their help, my new Realm can now counter yours!"

An empowering sense of disgust, rage, and heart-breaking sadness enveloped Seeker allowing him to think better.

Lennox and Richie could feel traces of this emotion and the two gave in to the hatred, sadness, and disgust.

Lennox started emitting electric bolts once more and Richie calmed himself and prepared for a powerful shout.

"My beauty has always allowed me to overcome whatever enemies face me!" The Empress declared in anger.

"I am Beautiful and that's why I will win! Let's see just how far, you three can push me! I'm brimming with curiosity! Now get off my head and witness my beauty!" The Empress shouted. Although nothing had changed in the way she looks, her appearance became more enticing, seductive and delicious. The angry expression had now disappeared.

"Bloom of Babylon, eh?" Seeker's expression changed a bit.

Even Seeker couldn't help but drool at the 'change' in the Empress's appearance. Seeker bit his tongue and brought to memory the throngs of painful experiences that he faced. Jealousy wasn't enough anymore. Several scenes that Seeker had locked out resurfaced.

He recalled how he held Lynd's upper body as he continued to shout in pain. How he could only find Meryl's head and how he even failed to say goodbye. The pains of death, the heart-crushing revelation of Zeraphine's betrayal, even the rejection of his first love came to perspective.

"Attack before her pheromones reach you!" Seeker shouted.

Immediately, Richie gave a powerful scream.

An invisible force surrounded them creating a vibrating invisible dome. Lennox immediately released several bolts of lightning which were aimed at the dome.

"So what if I can't hit you? I'll leave it all to chance!" Lennox gave an angry snort.

"True Random!" The bolts of electricity that Lennox sent bounced off as it struck the dome. It kept bouncing on and off inside the dome. A strange grinding sound could be heard as several parts of Lennox's suit started to glow.

"There it is again. That strange battery that can generate more energy from kinetic power. You think that I haven't grown since our last unending battle?" The Empress still didn't move from her place. Instead, her armor started to open up, revealing her seductive body.

The Rule had again changed its formed once more. Layers of metal appeared in front of her like It levitated and started to move at incredible speeds.

The skin-tight suit clearly displayed the curves of her body, and even when no nudity could be seen the effect was so powerful. In fact, it was exactly because no nudity was revealed that it made the imaginations of the three ran amok with lust.

"You really want to hurt this?" She teased as she slowly traced her finger on her chest area.

Richie dashed off the exit the dome fearing what he could do. As he has seen the Empress before, he would most likely be the most affected.

The Rule rose and charged forward but then the lightning bolts that were moving randomly were now striking the Rule. The Rule's metal petals blocked the barrage as it somehow expanded and protected the Empress.

BOOM!

The lightning bolts that hammered on to the Rule didn't disappear but started to spin as if it was drilling through.

"This again? You're getting better, Lennox! Please be more gentle. These little things are hitting me." She smiled sweetly and immediately the Rule spun around sending the hardened bolts to be thrown off.

Suddenly the lightning bolts changed its trajectory and were no longer hitting the Empress. Lennox cursed loudly as he hated how he could uncontrollably react.

The Empress no longer advanced and glanced at Seeker at the back.

"My my… You're looking more and more delicious. I'll tell you a secret. I've never kissed a young boy before. Want to be my first?" The Empress seduced.

Seeker unconsciously moved for a split second but then stopped and closed his eyes.

"O,h come now. Don't be shy. It's getting cold and lonely here."

"If it's cold, then allow me." A hoarse voice could be heard from above.

A large metallic armor was falling like a meteorite. It pierced through the vibrating wall. Meng's armor merged with the lightning bolts in the dome as it was attracted by China's rail magnetic technology.

The Tyrant Empress started to retreat but the massive metal altered its course to strike the Empress.

"Foolish!" The Empress laughed as her armor glowed a purple hue.

BOOM!

A purple lightning bolt emerged from the Empress's armor and struck the falling metal. A powerful shockwave enveloped the inside of the dome.

The metal mass fell several meters in front of the Tyrant Empress.

As the dust settled, a man was seen standing. He wore an extremely thick plate of armor. Some parts of the armor had gaps in front of him and blood clearly be seen dripping from the gaps.

"Interesting. Now that I got a clear look at her, it really is hard to attack her. So this is the Tyrant Empress." Meng shrugged.

"How were you able to resist-"

BANG!

Seeker took the opportunity to shoot at the Empress with a small gun he revealed.

The Empress blocked the attack using the Rule's petal but glared at Seeker.

"What? How?" The Empress glared angrily. That attack was clearly meant to kill her.

"Finally!" Seeker smiled.

Lennox retrieved all the lightning bolts he sent which were bouncing randomly.

Seeker finally sighed in relief.

"What is going on? Why are you no longer affected?" The Empress gave an angry glare at the large man who fell wearing an extremely thick and heavy armor. Gaps could be seen from his armor and it was as if a faint green light was moving out of it.

"Took you long enough." Seeker complained.

"Long enough? You stabbed my heart with a blade and then punched me using that other freaks strange vibrations. I had to take my time absorbing my cultured cells to recover." Meng simply frowned.

"That's only because I know you can heal faster than that."

"Enough talk. This woman before me seems more dangerous than the three of you combined." Meng then gazed at the woman before him.

"That look…" The Empress noticed Meng's eyes and her heart turned angry.

"Who's the bitch that you deem more beautiful than I?" The Empress erupted in anger.

"Oh?" Meng turned to the air around him.

"You sensed it? It's her pheromones. Aside from her Realm, she uses her beautiful body, the alluring voice she has, and those pheromones to get us to lust after her. Meng, keep releasing that desolation. Lennox and I can withstand her beauty if you keep destroying her pheromones."

"Seeker. I still can't hit her." Lennox interrupted.

"Of course. You are only receiving a small bit of the emotions I am releasing. Only Meng and I can hit her now. Meng, fight with your eyes closed if you want to hit her."

Meng's eyes closed and he nodded his head at Seeker's orders.

"You think that the four of you can defeat me? That's cute. I'll show you how this Empress will become your Tyrant! Then I'll look for that bitch who has your eyes and kill her!" The Empress roared angrily.

"Even with the four of us, I feel like we're still the losing side." Richie chuckled.

"Correct. With the given data, we have over an eighty percent chance of defeat. Let's hope your arrangements prove worthwhile, Seeker." Lennox frowned as his body started glowing blue and sparks of electricity started running around him. Slowly, he was turning to lightning.

"Don't worry. They can do it." Seeker simply smiled.

"After you, Milady." Seeker gestured.

"My pleasure!" The Tyrant Empress unleashed the full power of the technologies she had.

An extremely chaotic battle quickly ensued.