The Echo Of Lightning [2]

What is the difference between the original and a Gemini crystal bug clone? Those who have encountered them would say their natures are opposite. If one is brave, the other becomes a coward.

Take Tito, for example. He wished to live a life in solitude where no one could bother him, while his clone desired fame and praise. Tito liked to take money from people using the best of his tricks; honestly, he was a thief. His clone also liked money, as he made people pay for his services.

At first, he would only beat a victim half dead, which is also a form of bullying the weak, just like Tito. In later days, he ended up killing them, and that is how he ended up killing Tito's parents when they used family ties in exchange for his help.

Their natures might be different, but their attitudes were the same. Both were cruel and evil.

The same went for Raiden and his clone. He was a coward, and the clone was brave. Nonetheless, despite their differences in nature, their attitudes were all the same: acting without thinking, preferring short fights without any trouble, tormenting the weak, being scared of the strong, and panicking when things started to go out of hand.

Just like now....

"Damn it! This little Tohil is troublesome!" Raiden's clone roared in his mind, with his feet circling around the two inmates like a carousel.

Now he had turned himself into green lightning, looking for a chance to land a blow to kill Encender, just like what he did to Rajah, charred on the ground. Nevertheless, that was proving to be extremely difficult, as the inmate could guess where he could attack her from.

Behind, in front, above, and on the sides—all was the same, as Encender blocked or cut him to pieces. It was as if she had eyes everywhere, like a goddess.

This made Raiden think about an old legend that was fairly popular in Ablauf. Some even believed it explained how the world came to be.

The story goes: once there was a woman named Matka Alles who stood above all because she was the only humanoid being at that time. Despite this, she never once felt lonely.

She had three friends with her.

One was a translucent butterfly that liked to sit in her long white hair, which reached her ankles.

The other was a brown earthworm that liked to play around in her long fingers, sometimes curling itself around like a ring.

The last one was a crab that had a green shell and an ocean-like belly that acted like waves when it moved on its back. The crab liked to stay on her shoulders, as it seemed more comfortable than any other place.

Matka Alles couldn't use her mouth to talk to her friends, as all of them were bugs that had their own means of communication.

That being said, she could sense their feelings and emotions. Through this, she found a way to communicate with them and also a way for them to communicate with each other.

From this, they say that the sensory opia was born. This type of opia heightens a person's senses.

One could hear things normal people need technology to hear, see things far beyond human capacity, smell things even dogs couldn't, touch things far away from their reach like telekinesis, and corrode anything that contacts the tongue.

A person could only unlock one type of sensory opia, and that would happen after a traumatic event.

However, there is an even rarer sensory opia that takes place after experiencing a weird dream that includes pain and torture.

This is the monarch of sensory opias, as it grants a person something akin to a sixth sense. Even without their eyes, they can still see; without their ears, they can hear; smell without a nose; taste without a tongue; and touch without skin.

'Could Encender have unlocked it like her father and elder sister?!' Raiden's thoughts clashed against each other as he kept running.

Hein, with just his enhanced eyesight was troublesome enough—what about a person with the sovereign of all sensory opias?

The red-skinned man laughed in his mind as he continued to encircle the two. "This is really bad, but I still have the upper hand. As long as my body is intangible, I will be alright."

Crack—!

Yellow lightning cracked next to him soon after his thoughts faded, and the twin-clone found a punch flying toward his cheek with extreme force.

The surprise attack worked like a charm, and with a small boom, an explosion occurred on Raiden's body as he was sent flipping through the air like a broken kite.

Swish—!

Encender tried to take advantage of the situation, but she missed her target as her sword cut through thin air. The clone had turned into lightning and landed near the edge of the hallway.

Raiden looked at the newcomer with dimly lit eyes filled with disbelief; he didn't expect to see the alien he had killed a few minutes before.

'What the hell is this? Is her side effect making her immortal or something? No! The Zeus lightning bug should turn the ability user into clouds when the ability they grant reaches a certain threshold.'

Raiden's thoughts clashed like opposing waves in the ocean. He was someone who escaped from the previous Sovereign of the world, Bright Kazuma.

Despite this fact, he was unable to understand why Meron would have the power of immortality. "I stabbed both of her hearts; should I have cut her neck instead?"

It was too late for regret now, as it was the moment to take action. He attempted to strangle Meron to death with his lightning thrust. However, his body exploded again the moment he was an inch away from touching Meron.

"Tsk, she is turning her current into negative, opposing me!" The red-skinned alien complained in his mind as he kept himself in lightning form to avoid Encender trying to split him in half.