Chapter 56: Explosive Suicide

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Chapter 56: Explosive Suicide

Luminous arcs of azure light flickered through the burning corridor, distorting the very air itself as they melted concrete into molten sludge.

Tia flew through the corridor with multiple radiant bolts zipping toward her like shooting stars, yet she remained calm. She shifted her balance as she ducked down, sliding down the destroyed floor.

The scorching projectiles soared just above her head, their heat eliciting beads of sweat on her brow and causing her hair to dance.

She pushed with her entire mind, the air propelled by her mind thrusting upward like an invisible force-field umbrella or a shield against the scorching heat, subtly altering the bolts' trajectories.

At that exact moment, the massive orb of plasma she fired crashed into the four soldiers and exploded in an enormous ball of super-heated plasma, empowered by the gun's enchantments. Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience

The corridor responded as if shaken by an earthbound storm. The walls quivered, bolts detonated, and dust cascaded from the disintegrating ceiling, only for a shockwave to disperse the flames.

Rising to her feet, Tia patted down her disheveled clothes, her heart pounding to the rhythm of an invisible drumline as adrenaline and the intoxicating thrill of battle surged through her veins.

All four soldiers were lying on the ground, their armor partially melted and a portion of the protective plates missing. A couple of them twitched involuntarily, like wounded insects making their last bid for life.

'They were goodto think mundane humans without any power could make me sweat...' She couldn't help but feel respect and even awe for the dead soldiers.

Something clanged on the ground.

'Shit!' Her eyes widened in horrified recognition as she saw dark metallic spheres, their halo of luminous indicators ominous in the dim light, roll out from the weakening grasp of one of the fallen soldiers.

The balls jangled across the fractured floor with audible clatters.

"GRENADE!" Acting on pure reflex, Tia propelled herself in the opposite direction with one thread of her mind. Time seemed to slow, the corridor's red warning lights blending into a smeared canvas of urgent color. With the second thread, she mustered her energy and telekinetically thrust the grenades away.

At the same time, the third thread of her mind moved on its own and released a shockwave, cascading down the hallway toward the explosive device.

The grenades blinked one last time, unleashing an explosion of blue plasma that reverberated through the structure, a deluge of pure energy obliterating all in its path.

Tia's kinetic shockwave collided with the explosion, her will working overtime to dissolve the heat and deflect its kinetic force. The blast decelerated but maintained a velocity greater than Tia's capacity to evade.

New quest: The Hunt

Obtain some rare materials usable for crafting!

Location limit: This building

Rewards: 2 x WP; 2 X +1 to a random stat

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New mission:

Basic Objective --> Reach the Rooftop

Bonus Objective 1 --> Kill a Lieutenant Colonel -> 2 X Esper Point

Bonus Objective 2 --> Kill a Maior -> 1 X Esper Point

Special multiplier: For every minute below 5 minutes you take to reach the rooftop, the rewards will multiply by 1.25

Basic Reward --> 2 x esper point

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'Systems, come on! One of you is saying I should explore, while the other is rushing me to move fast! At least there shouldn't be that much resistance left. Their response team is dead, and Number Nine turned this place into her firing range.'

Tia glanced one last time at the carnage and took a step forward. Even with the dissipating pain surging through her body, she knew she needed to be on the move as the time was quickly running down, leaving only a few minutes to reach her evacuation spot on the roof.