Into The Portal: Monster Invasion - Chapter 331: Is This the End?

Miles had his eyes closed, sitting in giant tree bark. After his attack killed the horse-like monsters, he collected their cores and one orb. He then crawled deeper into the forest. But the lightning was still crackling on his body. He couldn’t get rid of it no matter what. The persistent damned attack wouldn’t leave him alone even after causing so much damage.

He found a thick tree that couldn’t be wrapped by ten people. He made a cut in its bark and crawled inside before closing it with the part he cut off. It had been hours, but lightning was still destroying his flesh. Piece by piece, it was battling with his energy and body.

His current look was pathetic. His clothes were already bloody and original colors couldn’t be seen, while in many places on his body, his flesh was long destroyed and his muscles could be seen. His back had the heaviest injury. His wing orb got destroyed by the attack, but it wasn’t even able to defend a little. The attack still blasted his back and hurt his spine. His flesh and muscles at the back got almost destroyed. If it weren’t for his stronger body, he would have died long ago.

Luckily, he could still repair some of the damages. Firstly because six strengthening serums increased his regenerative abilities and secondly, the blood orb he used also gave him some healing powers. Now the weird cycle of destruction and creation had taken a place inside the dark tree bark lightened up by lightning that was the source of his damnation.

Miles closed his eyes and focused on leading his energy to heal. At this point, all he could hope for was getting rid of the lightning before his energy ran out. But he was already feeling uncomfortable with the little to no amount of energy in his body.

“What is this lightning? How can it go on forever without running out of energy?” Miles opened his eyes and raised his hands to look at the lightning crackling. He long turned his eyes into energy vision and realized the lightning was sucking energy from the air to keep on running, but this was ridiculous. No one could attack forever with one skill.

“Lightning is a form of energy. In nature, energy has no form. It is pure. It only changes its nature according to certain laws. On Earth, these could be explained by science. But energy is beyond that. The transformation and manifestation of energy aren’t as simple as atomic changes.

Although the limits and rules aren’t certain to us yet, we are still able to make use of them as humans. A person with fire ability absorbs fire energy, and not the lightning one. The person doesn’t do it consciously. It happens because these are the rules of the universe. Then what changes pure energy into lightning?

What is lightning? In science, it can be explained as the attraction of positive and negative forces, formed by cold and hot air currents. But I have seen many forms of lightning manifested out of thin air to know that is not all.”

Miles closed his eyes again and tried to feel the formation of the lightning. His senses were at their peak although his eyes were closed. He followed the wisp of energy as it reached the lightning on its body. The lightning wasn’t using it as fuel, it wasn’t as easy as pouring fuel at the fire to make it stronger.

The pure energy was transformed into lightning energy. Miles had to figure out that key part to stop it. What is the trigger changing pure energy into lightning? That destructive power… Where does it come from?

Miles felt the transformation over and over again. The way energy left its pure state and took the violent nature of lightning, the change in color, the sound. He felt everything, and after a few more hours, when his energy was about to run out he realized something but it was too late. His energy wasn’t enough to stop it anymore.

“Coin, I am sorry,” Miles said, as he reached out to turn the wristwatch off. He didn’t want to give up, but he didn’t have any other choice.

“Miles no!” Coin shouted in his mind, but the next second it stopped. The golden wristwatch lost all its sheen and stood on Miles’s wrist like a dead object.

“I know you will do something crazy if I let you. I cannot let you run around the dangerous forest. You can’t even reach the stronghold, let alone save me.” Miles said, saddened.

“Sorry to fail you, buddy. I am sure someone will find you here.” Miles took the golden wristwatch out from his wrist and placed it on the side. “Sorry for dishonoring my promise.”

Miles sat on the ground without any worry on his face. He tried. He tried to figure it out, but his energy was about to drain away. He couldn’t protect himself, let alone stop the lightning. His ultimate, his orbs, his techniques, his body… He used every piece of power he could muster, but how could he stop unlimited energy?

He closed his eyes and remembered his family and friends. His father, his mother, his siblings.

“I really want to know what my superpower would be. Haha.” Miles laughed suddenly. “I at least would like to know how awesome it would be. Maybe something similar to Merlin’s or Marcela’s—”

When Miles reached here, he suddenly realized something. His relaxed posture changed into an agitated one. He looked at the energy covering his body, and the lightning.