Causing a Scene

"It's Game On mother fuckers! [Gravity Blade Cyclone]!"

An invisible cyclone of gravity blades formed in the center of the middle of the tunnel. Only Lucas was able to see the technique since he was the one to cast it. If he had to describe it he would simply say Blade Tornado. That's all it was. powerful force of spinning gravity filled with blades also made of gravity. 

The [Gravity Blade Cyclone] he created was as wide and tall as the tunnel they were in. Although Lucas had a feeling if he used more mana and his [Precision Casting] skill he could change the size and shape of the skill. Speaking of which he quickly checked the the notifications he had heard when he created this new skill. 

[New Technique created, even if it was created violently. Gravity Blade Cyclone]

[Gravity Blade Cyclone: A cyclone of blades and gravity. The cyclone spins and pulls those not strong enough to resist into it. Once near or inside the cyclone itself victims are shredded to pieces by the sharp gravity blades. The pieces of the victims become debris in the cyclone tuning it visible to the naked eye. A freighting sight]

[User has earned 500 VP's! Although System is still shutdown for the next 5 months and 28.5 days]

[Skill Leveled Up! Precision Casting Lv 2!]

[Precision Casting Lv 2: Able to have finer control over techniques, spells and other skills using mana]

[User has earned 400 VP's! Although System is still shutdown for the next 5 months and 28.5 days]

Lucas was surprised to have level up a skill when he created the new technique. He did note how the System stated he created this technique violently. He wasn't sure what the System meant by that, but would look into that later. 

"How many techniques do you know!" Zyra shouted at Lucas as she watched an invisible force decimate the Hooked Runners. Before her eyes she watched as the Hooked Runners were pulled slowly then violently towards whatever Lucas had conjured before it was shredded to pieces. Once inside the gore and viscera of the Hooked Runners slowly turned the technique visible. 

She saw a crimson red cyclone slowly turn visible. It was horrifying. She's been on a handful of battlefields and taken many lives of Xeomorphs, but this. This was something else. It was almost like the technique was devised to be more torturous than killing. She turned and looked at Lucas with a huge smile on his face. She thought he looked like an evil villain. Though, to Lucas he was more proud of himself not thinking anything of his new technique. 

More and more Hooked Runners began to followed them while the two fled. Although Lucas made quick work of them. A [Gravity Blade Cyclone] or 2 turned the Hooked Runners into mincemeat. Although he did have a little help from Zyra as she would continuously cast [Shadow Field] to slow the Hooked Runners down. 

The two were chased through the first room they arrived in through another tunnel. Even though they were running in a random direction Zyra was mentally keeping track of where they were going. The two were followed by thousands of Hooked Runners. They were screeching and howling. Wanting to sink their hooked limbs into their flesh and rip and tear. 

Zyra picked on of the other tunnels leading out from the room they were in. The tunnel she picked was in the opposite direction that Kaelon and Xylon were. She wanted to draw as much attention away from them as possible. Just as they were about to enter the tunnel an idea popped up in her head.

Zyra paused and turned to face the horde. Lucas had ran passed her before he to stopped running and turned around. He was just about to question what the hell she was doing till she began to summon shadows around her. He figured she was planning something and began to cover her. He positioned himself in front of her and cast his techniques. 

[Gravity Blade Cyclone]'s and [Gravity Condense]'s were spread out through out the main room. Hundreds of Hooked Runners were pulled into the air by the [Gravity Condense] and spun around slamming into each other or the walls of the main room. 

Those that were free of the [Gravity Condense] were killed by the [Gravity Blade Cyclone]'s. The invisible cyclones sliced and diced the Hooked Runners. Nothing remained but gore and blood flying in the center of the storm. 

As Lucas controlled the battlefield Zyra kept summoning shadows and even some psionic energy into her body. She began to feel colder and colder as the shadows entered her body. It was almost like liquid nitrogen. The psionic energy she was taking in was the polar opposite. It was warm and welcoming. The feeling was as though she was in a blizzard eating a hot bowl of soup. She's only tried this technique a handful of times, yet she never got used to this feeling. 

After a handful of seconds of drawing in energy she was ready. 

"Lucas! DUCK!" Zyra cried out. "And run down the tunnel behind me!" Lucas nodded and did as he was told. 

As soon as he ducked down two things happened simultaneously. The techniques Lucas had used no longer had mana fueling them and they began to fade. Letting the Hooked Runners break free from their gravitational chains. As the horde broke free from their chains Zyra threw open her arms releasing a powerful wave of shadow and psionic energy. 

The wave of energy passed through the Hooked Runners without leaving a scratch on their body. The wave moved further and further from her and passed through the walls of the room they were in. Once the wave dissipated through the walls Zyra turned on her heels and ran. Ran as fast as she could. 

Her and Lucas ran down the tunnel she had picked with the Hooked Runners hot on their heels. The tunnel was long with other winding paths leading away from it. Lucas had lost track of how many turns they made, but he did notice how cool the air was. As they ran they both began to feel a cool breeze. Were they getting closer to the exist of the tunnel they both thought. They kept running.

Zyra would cast another [Shadow Field] behind them with Lucas casting [Gravity Condense]. He wanted to cast [Gravity Wall], but if they had to run back then they would have to deal with a clogged tunnel of Hooked Runners waiting for them. He just did his best to clear some of the horde chasing them.

As they were running they followed the path of towards the breeze. The colder the tunnel became the closer to the outside they got. After a few more minutes of running they both sensed a slight upward incline to the tunnel. They knew they were on the right direction.

As they got closer they finally began to see some sun light. It was dim at the end of the tunnel, but the two felt immense relief knowing they could leave the unground hive. The closer they got the colder the breeze got, that was till they reached the sunlight. It was warm and inviting. The two briefly closed their eyes and enjoyed the warmth for just a fleeting moment. Though they didn't have much time. The horde was right on their tail. 

The two continued out of the tunnel climbing nearly straight up to the outside world. They had to squint their eyes from the light as they made their way up. Lucas had finally cast [Gravity Wall] just behind them as he could feel the tremor of earth by his feet. The Hooked Runners were only inches away from hooking his foot their their hooked limbs. Thankfully his [Gravity Wall] had stopped them from following them up the tunnel.

Once the two were outside they were both amazed by the sight in front of them. They found themselves in standing in the middle of barren land. There were no signs of vegetation for as far as the eye can see. The sky was shades of crimson red and bright orange. Neither of them could tell if the sky was that color or it was a sunset as they spotted a second sun in the sky. It would have been beautiful if they didn't have murderous Xeomorphs right behind them. 

They took a couple steps away from the edge and Zyra finally utilized the technique she cast before. She spread her arms out before clapping them together in front of her.

As soon as she did another wave of energy radiated out of her. This new wave traveled from her to the main room in an instant. As soon as it touched the other energy that was hidden under the earth in that room it exploded! The earth shook violently to the point Lucas and Zyra had to change stances as not to fall over!

In that main room when the two energies collided it it first imploded before exploding. The earth around the room quickly collapsed in on itself before it was violently thrown everywhere. Debris was launched through the other tunnels creating an immense cave in through out the hive. 

Nearly all the Hooked Runners screeched even more violently. Like a mental connection was being cut or pulled. As soon as they found they were stuck in the tunnel and unable to return to who ever sent them. Their ire was directed to those who they were originally chasing. They began to push and shove each other against the [Gravity Wall]. They were pushing so hard that those closed to the wall were squished to death. Their flesh and blood soaked the gravity wall rendering it visible. 

"Should we finished them off while we can?" Lucas asked ready to fight as he looked over the ledge to see the grotesque state of the Hooked Runners. 

"We can leave them" Zyra said in a mono tone. She stepped forward and used another technique. Creating a large shadow hand with some psionic energy around it giving it a vibrant purple hue around it. The large hand mimicked her won hand as she made a claw scraping motion. The large hand did the same clawing at the earth and covering the tunnel. Completely burying the last of the Hooked Runners to their fate. 

"Shall we get going?" Zyra asked while turning her gaze towards the horizon.