Chapter 20: Paragon
"[1000-Year-Old Tree]!" Kreel summoned large branches, allowing Drache and Bob to step on them.
"[Moon Light] [Moon Light] [Moon Light]!" Drache created several pink beams from his hand which hit the cube.
'15278/30000'
"[Chains Of Withholding], I've got it!' Bob nearly lost his balance from the shift of gravity but he clung on with his chains. Drache slipped and fell off, landing on the floor.
"My ass!" Drache screamed out.
"GET UP! WE'VE GOT TO COMBO THE CUBE!" Bob swung off his chain, grabbing onto the branch Kreel had made and swung himself onto the cubes. Even though the cube was constantly shifting and changing the gravity, Bob had adapted to the situation and could easily predict the oncoming shifts.
"When the cube moves to the right, gravity is shifted to the right. Same thing with left. If the cube moves upwards, the gravity moves downwards." Bob leapt and clung to the edge of the cube.
"CAN'T THEY JUST MAKE IT SIMPLE?" Kreel was struggling to maintain the branches.
"Kreel! Attack in between the pieces!" Drache ran up the wall towards Kreel.
"Huh?" Kreel was caught off guard by Drache and he was sent flying toward the other side of the wall.
"IF YOU PUT YOUR BRANCHES INSIDE THE CUBE, WE CAN JAM IT AND STOP IT!" Bob was sent flying upwards.
"[1000-Year-Old Tree], just go inside the cracks!" Kreel's hands started to bleed as he pushed his limits, using all of his mana to create the branches.
'Paragon Mode Activated.' A golden screen appeared in front of Kreel.
"Huh?" Suddenly, a giant tree sprouted from the ground, below the cube. The tree started to grow around the cube, engulfing it inside its trunk.
"Woah-" Drache fell off as the gravity returned to normal. The cube had seemingly stopped moving.
'12846 Damage! Critical!'
'[Cube Of Discourse]: 0/30000. Defeated. Calculating Rewards...'
Inside the room was a giant tree that broke through the ceiling.
"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?" Kreel looked at his hands. It was covered in blood and scratches.
"You..." Bob walked towards Kreel. "You used a paragon card."
"A paragon?" Kreel's hand was dripping more blood.
"When someone uses a skill at the same time their mana depletes to zero." Drache grabbed Kreel's hand. "It taps into an unknown reserve that is found inside the human body. You're a fucking mad man. YOU'RE FUCKING CRAZY!" Drache said with a smile on his face, hugging Kreel. "You crazy son of a bitch, you did it." He ruffled his hair.
"1 in a trillion." Bob clapped his hands. He had a faint smile on his face.
'Rewards: 80 Points, 4x [Cubes Of Discourse]'s Tiles, 1x Gravity Core, 1x [Gravity Shift] Card.'
Bob's phone buzzed again. He reached into his pocket and picked the call up. "We're finished."
Drache and Kreel stopped hugging and looked at Bob. Bob looks back at them and turns the call on speaker mode.
"Hello, Drache and Kreel," Vere spoke over the phone.
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"Where were we?" Vier and Sylas' heads were sticking out of 2 snowballs.
"I don't know." Ella places a snowball on the top of their heads. "I present to you, the snowmen!" Vier and Sylas were festively dressed in scarfs, top hats and a carrot inside their mouths.
"You guys look idiotic." Nuki laughed while inside a full set of armor.
"RICH COMING FROM YOU!" Sylas snapped at Nuki
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"Is that... the ice king?" Kreel heard Vere's voice over the phone.
"Yatayata, ice king this, ice king that. Sure, to you I'm the ice king." Vere sounded annoyed.
"Why are you here?" Drache approached Bob.
"Simple. I no longer need you guys." Bob dropped the phone and charged towards Drache, hitting him across the face.
"Ooo, I see Erik has already started," Vere said while chuckling.
"What the f-" Drache fell to the ground. "How can you hit me?" He was bleeding from the nose.
"What are you doing Bob? I thought we were friends... Why do you have the ice king on call?" Kreel backed up slowly from Bob.
"Don't move." Bob summoned chains which wrapped around Kreel's hand and immobilised him.
"Argh!" Drache stood up and struck Bob in the face. He reacted quickly and put his guard up. He took a step back from the impact. He summoned chains from the ground that wrapped around Drache's legs. "[Moon Light]!" Drache created a pink beam from his hand. It narrowly grazed Bob. The tip of his ear was burnt.
"WHAT!" Kreel was officially scared.
"Don't move." A ghostly figure with long black hair and a white dress approached Kreel who was standing still. She parted her hair, revealing a woman with her face half decayed. "Go to sleep." The woman bit Kreel's neck.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?" Drache looked back at Kreel. He backed up with a bloody stream running down his face.
"Exactly what it seems Drache," Vere spoke over the phone. "I need to kill both of you to lure Vier to Erik. Oh, Erik is Bob by the way. Did you really think someone would name their child Bob? It's almost laughable." Vere was cracking jokes while Erik lunged forwards toward Drache, aiming for his gut.
"HEY! HEY! HEY!" The bite mark around Kreel's neck started to freeze.
"Oh, and for the fat boy. My [Yuki Onna] can take care of him. Just focus on the big guy." Vere told Erik.
Erik's entire expression had changed. He went from a friendly cleric to a psychopathic murderer.
"You don't have to do this!" Drache held his guard up. Erik was repeatedly hitting his arms, causing them to bleed.
"I do," Erik said calmly while his arms flailed towards Drache.
"AHH-" Kreel's entire body had frozen solid.
"[Chains Of Withholding]." Erik summoned more chains which pierced through Drache's hand.
Drache adapted quickly by creating two beams from his hand, vaporising the chains. Taking advantage, Erik went in for an undercut, striking Drache's chin. His entire body shook as he was sent upwards.
Erik slammed the ground, chains appearing from the ceiling which imitated his hand movements.
"Fuck! [Gravity Shift] Activate!" In Drache's hand was the card [Gravity Shift]. Within an instant, the room started to tilt as if the gravity has changed just like before. The phone started to slide downwards.
"I'll be cutting all connections with you from now on. Good luck." Vere said as he hung the phone up.
Drache was sent flying towards the wall. He adjusted his body so he would Erik on the way down. "THIS IS FOR THE REAL BOB!" He outstretched both of his feet down towards Erik. Erik noticed and quickly put up his guard but the sheer weight and the gravity that was pushing Drache down was too much, it crushed the bones in his hands when he was smashed into the wall.
Erik coughed up blood as Drache stood on top of him on the wall. His entire hand was mangled and destroyed. Drache turned around and saw that Kreel had completely been turned to ice. He felt a chill down his spine. Beside him was the same girl from before, this time biting down on his neck. He tried to punch the girl, but his fists went through her. He backed away from Erik. His feet started to feel light. His head felt heavy. The bite mark on his neck started to numb up. His peripheral vision started to darken and soon enough, he lost consciousness and fell on the wall.
Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
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