Endless Journey: Infinite Realms

Chapter 140 Who Wants to Collect the Shells?

Chapter 140 Who Wants to Collect the Shells?

Alex watched in slight trepidation as Foresight’s gaze paused slightly in his general direction, but that trepidation also disappeared as Foresight continued on looking further on.

"You, come here." Foresight said as she pointed to a woman who was standing on a spot around 20 meters away from Alex.

The woman was wearing a suit made up of wooden slabs woven together. Over all, the suit made the woman look like a wooden trunk, although her slim body indicates that the woman was nothing like a trunk.

The woman gawked as Foresight’s and everyone’s gaze became focused on her.

"What are you waiting for? Come here already!" Foresight said as she seemed to have ignored the woman’s panicked look entirely.

"But..." The woman tried to say something more, but before she could do so, she stopped her mouth from opening as she shrank under the pressured gazes of everyone.

"Don’t worry, Ambrosia. Your ability is not weak at all." Foresight said as she seemed to be consoling Ambrosia. "It’s just that your power will be the best one that can be copied by Duplicator here."

Although Ambrosia looked extremely panicked, it seems like she understood what Foresight was talking about as the paleness on her face slowly disappeared.

"I... can understand what you say." Ambrosia said as she bent her head down. "If Duplicator copies and uses my ability, I am sure that it will end up helping us out..."

This reply of Ambrosia made Foresight looked extremely pleased.

As for Alex and the others, they looked at the conversation with confusion as they could not understand on what kind of power could help them out against Duplicator.

"To those who do not know Ambrosia’s power, let me explain it all to you." Foresight said as she looked at everyone around her. "Once used, her ability will be able to cast positive buffs to anyone near Ambrosia. Hero or villain, anyone near Ambrosia will have their abilities improved, their body strengthened, their stamina increased, and many more. The only limitation of this ability is that this ability cannot affect Ambrosia at all."

Foresight then gave a challenging grin as she said,

" Now, you can see why I chose Ambrosia, right?"

"That ability... is actually helpful here." Alex muttered to himself as he mulled on what Foresight just said.

If Ambrosia’s buffing ability does not care for enemy or foe, thenta that just means that once Duplicator copies this ability, the ability that Duplicator will get will be the best version of Ambrosia’s ability.

Once Duplicator uses this version of Ambrosia’s ability, everyone fighting Duplicator will have their powers surely enhanced.

"OUTSTANDING MOVE." Alex thought to himself as he felt impressed with Foresight’s choice.

"Hey Foresight, did you already see what will happen if we use Ambrosia as the copy target later?" One of the Heroes asked as Ambrosia still looked like she was considering on what to do. "Did you already see if we will succeed against Duplicator or not?"

"Well, because of the nature of Duplicator, it is hard for me to map future scenarios against him." Foresight said as she tilted her head. "However, I pretty much know that using Ambrosia will bring the best results for us all!"

"Is that result best for us, or best for you?" Mafioso asked as he coolly stared at Foresight. "I could not help but think that you have an agenda here..."

"Watch your mouth, old man." Myth suddenly said before Foresight could say something. "If you want to be recognized, then stop moaning and complaining there and just start working!

Myth’s appearance then changed, which gathered cheers and enthusiastic claps from the crowd.

Alex watched in fascination as Myth grew in size, reaching an impressive height of around 50 feet, with her length reaching around 70 feet.

Alex gulped as Myth’s suit and human appearance disappeared, as they were replaced by something different.

Right now, Myth’s whole body was covered with scales, and her limbs were now replaced by four, thick legs with talons at their tips.

A pair of wings appeared in her back, flapping merrily behind her.

Myth’s head also changed, as it suddenly changed to become more bird-like, coupled with beaks and a long, scaly neck.

"Holy crap... did Myth just?" Alex’s eyes widened as he observed Myth’s gigantic form.

Alex, with his experience on reading Mythology, immediately recognized the inspiration of Myth’s current form.

"She is emulating Tiamat out of all the mythical goddess that she can shapeshift to." Alex muttered to himself as he shook his head.

From what Alex knew, Tiamat was an ancient Babylonian Goddess. According to the ancient readings, Tiamat was supposed to be a goddess of seawater and chaos that was born from the primordial chaos itself. It was also said that Tiamat was a Creation Goddess and that she was the mother of countless gods and goddesses.

"Holy c**p, this is actually freaking me out right now." Alex muttered to himself as he looked at Myth’s towering form. "Does she really need to take this form?"

"Now then Mafioso, do you think that we are here to gain an advantage with young Ambrosia here?" Myth’s voice, which rumbled deeply from her massive neck, showed her great distaste on the mafia villain.

Mafioso, who saw the gigantic Myth looking down on him, had no choice left but lower his head in front of such an intimidating display. "I... apologize, Myth. It seems like I have been a little carried away."

While Mafioso was apologizing, the muffled laughter of Engorgio could be heard form the background, which drew snickers from the crowd.

Mafioso’s face significantly paled under these jeerings, but he did nothing to dissuade them.

"So, even in this world, power really is still a great factor for your status." Alex thought to himself as he looked Lauren.

"So cool!" Instead of being terrified, Lauren’s eyes were actually sparkling as her eyes scanned Myth’s Tiamat Form.

"Really, Signum?" Alex said to Lauren as he saw her idolizing look. "I know that what Myth did was cool, but I am not sure if you can fangirl about it right now."

"Shut up, a girl has to reach her dreams." Lauren replied quickly as let out a contented sigh.

"...." Alex decided to ignore Lauren as he observed what happens next.

The crowd seems to have been pumped up by Tiamat’s transformation, as they started to talk about placements depending on their power classifications.

[Strongmen, gather here! All of us will be the at the front. You will tank all of Duplicator’s physical and ability-based attacks later! Shifters, if your shifted form will allow you to tank attacks, go to the front too. If not, then go at the back!]

[Reachers, only use your abilities if you think it will work on Duplicator. If not, then you should help on rescuing later!]

[As for Rangers and Movers, please come with me! All Rangers will have to attack from the rear, while the Movers will be given the task to move important targets whenever they are needed!]

[Power Types, do your best to assist other Superhumans!]

[As for Summoners, Builders, and Unknowns, you may go where you think your abilities will be of help the most. If you are a Domain Type, make sure your ability will not interfere in the fight later!]

[Recon, Mind, and Control Types, focus on rescuing injured Superhumans later!"

Alex nodded in approval as he saw battle formations being constructed in place, with Tetra and Machi barking orders to create the battle formations.

Alex then looked at Ambrosia, who could be said to be an important piece in today’s operation.

Ambrosia, who still looked quite undecided about following Foresight, seemed to have decided on approaching Foresight now.

Apparently, a 50-feet tall draconic being was already enough to make Ambrosia feel safer.

"Will I... really be safe once Duplicator copies my ability?" Ambrosia nervously asked Foresight as she looked at the Pantheon Hero with a shaky look. "What if I get killed immediately? I don’t want to die...."

"Don’t worry, Ambrosia. I assure you that you will not die." Foresight replied as she hugged Ambrosia. "Tetra will bring you out of the way once the copying process was done. With his speed, I am sure nothing bad will happen to you."

"I will really not get harmed? Even in your future visions?" Ambrosia asked Foresight as she looked at her intently.

"You won’t die in my future vision." Foresight said as she patted Ambrosia’s head. "Even if my future sight is wonky around the incoming threat, I am sure that you will not die in my future sights. So, just don’t worry of what will happen later."

Slowly but surely, the panicked and uneasy looked on Ambrosia’s face disappeared, as it got replaced with a look of determination.

"There, that’s the kind of Hero that we need." Foresight said as she ruffled Ambrosia’s head. "Ok, just approach Tetra, and he will position you on your best spot. Remember, with all of us here, nothing bad will ever happen to you!"

"Foresight is not lying about everything that she told Ambrosia." Alina said to Alex as the now inspired Ambrosia approached the busy Tetra. "She really means everything that she said."

"Now ain’t that great." Alex muttered to himself as he, Alina, Queen Mother, and Lauren went at the rear.

As for the mad scientist’s team, they were at the rear part too, which seems to be fitting with their already observed power sets.

"Ok, so all I have to do is to shoot at Duplicator later, and then just land the killing attack on him to get my rewards." Alex thought as he began to envision their easy victory later. "Hehehe, timing is always the key..."

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Some minutes later.

With all the Superhumans placed on their respective places, everyone waited in tension as they wanted the fighting to start already.

Everyone was tense and nervous, as if the incoming fight will decide the fate of everyone channel.

"There!" Out of nowhere, someone suddenly shouted, pointing at the air above them.

"What???"

Alex had to rub his eyes for a few seconds as he looked at the fearsome Class SSS Threat.

"Really, we have to fight that?" That was all that Alex could say as he saw the enemy.

While looking up, Alex could see a gigantic egg around the size of a building, slowly descending on an empty portion of the ground

The egg, which was around 20 feet tall, looked certainly imposing, but the with presence of Myth, the gigantic eggs looks just like Myth’s own egg.

Ambrosia, who was now standing the nearest to the egg, was shaking in her boots as she waited for the inevitable to come.

"..." Everyone went quiet as they waited for Duplicator to make an action.

After a few seconds of waiting, their tension reached the highest level as the shell of the egg began to break.

The cracks on the egg expanded as a large beak broke through the shell.

"Chirp, chirp!" Alex’s eyes widened after hearing this sound, as he knew only one creature that can create this sound.

"Chirp, chirp." Everyone watched in utter shock as the appearance of the creature inside the egg shell was shown.

"Chirp, chirp." Instead of a 20-feet tall monstrosity, what Alex saw was a 20-feet tall bundle of cuteness.

A bird chick, whose whole body looked fluffy and cuddly, tilted its massive head as its massive body leaned towards Ambrosia’s direction.

"Chirp, chirp."

Ambrosia let out a light squeak as the gigantic chick stared at her.

"Chirp, chirp!" The giant chick flapped its wings happily, as if it found Ambrosia quite pleasing.

"Chirp, chirp!" The giant chick then suddenly glowed, indicating that it was doing something power-related.

"Everyone, attack!" Foresight shouted as Tetra swooped in, bringing Ambrosia away. "Duplicator just copied Ambrosia’s power! Now, let’s do our best to kill it!"

"Chirp, chirp?" Duplicator, who was still glowing, tilted its head as it watched Ambrosia getting away.

"Chirp, chirp!" Duplicator tried to waddle towards Ambrosia’s direction, but before it could even move, a swarm of attacks from countless Superhumans struck Duplicator head on.

With the first attack made by the Superhumans, the battle has officially started, and it will only stop until one side is dead.