Reaper's Resurgence - Book 2 - Chapter 57 - A Visit (Patreon)

Inside of the Quantum Realm

The Quantum Ruler taps a single finger against his throne as the corners of his lips twitch ever so slightly at the sight of his granddaughter firing off the large orb of quantum energy at the Cataclysm Class dragon. And unlike the two dragon’s breathes that hit the Cataclysm Class beast, her orb of power quickly shatters the scales around the head of the dragon, leaving glitching burn marks all across its head.

She’s growing.

He continues tapping his finger on his throne as the filthy fallen creature lets out a roar of anger and pain, blowing away the smoke from the impact to reveal its head now barren of most of its scales. But despite the power in the attack, its flesh beneath is still mostly in one piece with only some burns across it.

The Quantum Ruler frowns as he sees the disappointment on his granddaughter’s face.

A greedy little one, that girl. But…

He keeps watching as she continues to push forwards, attacking it with Quantum Bolts and Paradox Blasts despite her obvious exhaustion from using that first skill.

…I don’t dislike her. She has mental fortitude at least, and a straightforward drive.

Time passes in silence with the man continuing to watch the battle with the two dragons having continued their own attacks after his granddaughter’s. And all three of the Class S species are clearly seen targeting the exposed flesh on the fallen creature’s head.

The Quantum Ruler’s attention is briefly taken away from the screen when he receives a request for an audience. And after a brief pause, he accepts, making a woman appear in the center of his throne room, kneeling down with her head pointed towards the ground.

“So, last devourer, what are you here for?” The Quantum Ruler states, resting his chin on his fist, his elbow on the throne’s armrest.

Crystal Nightshade finally raises her head, her pitch black hair falling back in the process as she asks, “I would like to know of the whereabouts of your son, Your Eminence.”

The Quantum Ruler keeps the screen open as he stares at the woman before eventually raising his free hand and swiping a single finger through the air, making the screen turn around to show Alexia and the two dragons fighting the fallen creature.

Then he says with a frown, “Not going to ask about her?”

Despite how hard the devourer no doubt tries to hold herself back, the Quantum Ruler notices a miniscule shift in her muscles that displays her true feelings enough for him. So he doesn’t bother waiting for her to answer as he says, “My son has his own plans, whether dead or alive. And they aren’t for you to know about.” His eyes narrow. “Even if you are the biological mother of my granddaughter.”

He sees the woman visibly tense up at those words. However, whether she tensed up at the mention of Alexia, the mention of her being his granddaughter, or his refusal to answer her, he isn’t sure.

“Very well, Your Eminence,” she declares before vanishing in a flare of black and gold energy.

To believe she would escape from the Quantum Judge’s judgement simply by a Reset of my son’s game…

The Quantum Ruler almost breaks into a smile at that thought but instead moves the screen back around so that he can continue watching and judging his granddaughter and her worthiness.

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Alexia

I pant in exhaustion as I teleport back to avoid a bolt of crimson lightning before frowning at the island that the lightning ends up hitting. An island that is very much feeling the results of our battle, considering the crumbling underbelly beneath it.

Then I turn my attention back towards the large dragon as the other two dragons both send another breath attack at it. But this time their attacks are lacking a lot of the power they had before, both of them feeling exhausted as well.

And right when I’m about to teleport forwards again to rejoin the fight, I feel a familiar energy source approaching, making a grin stretch across my face.

Just seconds later, a large, meter-tall bat moves like a blur through the sky and latches onto the Cataclysm Class monster, making blood pour out from the wound she opens up. She then just holds on tight somehow, not letting the dragon throw her off despite how much it writhes around like a grounded fish.

I immediately teleport upwards and let myself fall for a little while drawing my polearm back and then teleport right up to the dragon before shifting into my Particle form, using the momentum built up from my fall to give my attack extra strength. The form that grants me extra physical strength and resistance at the cost of using magic.

My polearm strikes true, going in several meters deep through the Cataclysm Monster’s flesh and anchoring myself to the dragon itself.

I then begin punching the creature, relying on Quantum Infusion to be my only method of using magic thanks to its passive effect. But my fists only manage to do so much damage as the dragon roars its agony out to the world.

Then crimson lightning begins to spark across the surface of its scales, moving towards us at a quick pace. So I wait a few more seconds and then jump off right when it’s about to reach me, shifting out of my Particle form at the same time so that I can teleport again. And I barely make it away in time to avoid the lightning before I turn back around again to find the Dragon of Cataclysm looking exhausted and panting out its own breaths.

After several breaths of exhaustion lined with smoke and some lightning, the Dragon of Cataclysm lets out a weakened roar with blood still flowing out of the new wound I gave it.

Both Ethan and Vargas move over towards me and the three of us float in place with me repeatedly teleporting to stay here as we watch the dragon glare at us.

“Let’s finish-” Ethan is interrupted when Luna rushes in and takes another bite out of the dragon, making Vargas chuckle. Which sounds rather loud and throaty in his dragon form.

I smirk and teleport forwards as well, joining my companion.

In the words of an interrupted dragon, “Let’s finish this.”

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