263: Greg

Greg

If Seeker proceeded with that attack, he would have surely lost. And there was even a high chance of getting killed. That attack was just too crazy. At Seeker's level of skill in controlling three different Paths, it was laughable to believe that Seeker could defeat it.

Even if he used these skills to fight back against Lennox, Richie, or Meng, Seeker would have lost because of his lack of control. When Seeker caused the three powers to explode out, he only had to control where they would go.

The previous clash, which resulted in a stalemate, had very little to do with Seeker's ability. It was the power of the three items he had.

And the reason Seeker attacked in this manner was because Seeker was using another Path that he had been practicing and wanted to attain. Cliff proved that it was possible, and seeing that allowed Seeker to believe.

Seeker exploded the three weapons and caused the power to rampage and contained the power to make it look like he was harnessing the three energies for a powerful explosive attack. But this was impossible since Seeker was trying to divide his attention to maintain all three weapon-generated Paths.

This was all part of Seeker's façade.

This façade was geared to make Lioncourt believe that this was Seeker's most powerful attack.

The Overcomer Seeker knew that his potential was now different. But each Overcomer had their way of fighting and their own way of Overcoming. Seeker was searching for his own. And the accumulation and careful usage of each Path was the key.

"I have successfully deceived him. I'll have to thank Lowengren for this." Seeker smiled.

The sudden attacks that came from different locations forced Lioncourt to execute emergency counters. Most of his psychic force was already spent on controlling the vortex, and all he could do was create several powerful telekinetic shields that appeared in front of him to block the incoming attack.

BOOM! BOOM!

Rockets were flying in and exploding, but the Realm King was quick to set up a shield while concentrating on moving the large vortex.

Seeker began to analyze the range of where his master can immediately create a psychic movement.

"Let's see who can endure longer!" Seeker taunted once more.

Another wave of attacks erupted. And this time, it was far more numerous than the previous attacks.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The attacks were now aimed on the areas where no shields were created.

Seeker took advantage of this and dashed towards another side to bypass the vortex rather than face it.

Lioncourt moved the vortex with incredible speed to block Seeker's approach.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Another round was fired, and it was there that Lioncourt sensed the culprits.

"How?!"

"This factory was not selected by accident!" Seeker sneered as he zipped and zoomed from one end of the building to the other in his attempt to escape the swirling vortex.

"So this was all part of your ploy!" Lioncourt cursed.

The previous attacks that Seeker had sent, the rockets, Git Godlike, and the other armies had already decimated many of the potential warehouses and buildings for their fight.

The deception that Seeker managed to pull off was something that magicians called forcing. The truth was, this was the ONLY place that they could battle without worries. They would largely be unnoticed because of how untouched this structure was and its timely positioning from the occurring battles.

Seeker made Lioncourt think he had the illusion of choice when he suggested to battle elsewhere.

Lioncourt led Seeker to this location out of respect for Seeker's intention to not fight at the army's headquarters.

And because of that, Seeker had already positioned a peculiar car nearby.

It was a car. A sports car. The very same vehicle that Arthur drove when he attacked Australia. But this one had special tools in it. Seeker created a large scale attack to hide its approach. Seeker had been controlling it through a neural link worn on his head. It did not release any signals at first, as if it was just a piece of metal that couldn't do anything. Thus, Realm King was unable to detect it.

But now, Seeker used the lightning of Lennox to light it, the device planted in Seeker's head charged up, and Seeker was able to send commands through it. Lennox's lightning was the key. The car received the electric signal and activated the prepared protocols.

Various drones that had already been sent out and discussed themselves as abandoned factory tools came to life. It was instantaneous. The drones launched several silent energy attacks.

The Realm King glared warily at Seeker.

"He's trying to break my concentration and finish me off with that strange sword imbued weapon. I can't fly away or drill myself down either. My, this is a tough predicament." Lioncourt weighed his options.

Seeker, on the other hand, was also quickly looking for a way to break the stalemate. In truth, he was losing.

"That damned Radiation Pill!" Seeker cursed. He was running out of energy in this battle.

The powers he carried was a ploy. It wasn't strong, and Seeker only concentrated on containing the energy. He could only hold his current form that was at pseudo-Ranked Hero stage only for a short time.

"I must Overcome! My power of Deception must increase in this fight!" Seeker gritted his teeth and waited patiently. His instincts were telling him that he would lose if he acted rashly.

"Trust in your instincts, Seeker. That's Alean's Path, after all." A voice spoke.

"Hrm? Wait… Greg?!" Seeker was able to discover someone in his thoughts.

"Yeah Yeah. I'm here to help."

"So that's what my old self did! He created a split personality! I'm legitimately crazy, aren't I? Was it since then?"

"Yep. You'd probably be diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder if you saw a doctor. Of course, Adult Seeker intentionally made us in order to help you in these situations. Anyway, each of us has different limits. I'm like, half of the mind the adult you have. But still, with half a mind helping you, it would be easier for you to act. I'll take care of the guns and your car." Greg answered.

Seeker wanted to curse out, but he needed all the help he could do. There was also the mystery of how the future of him crafted these characters. Yet Seeker set all aside and allowed Greg to help him. Maintaining and controlling the additional thought process was taxing. It was like trying to control another person. But this way, the mental burden of thinking would be split.

"So this is what Lennox did too…" Seeker realized how Lennox could manage the many, many thought processes he has on his head.

Lioncourt's expression was pale. He had to create a powerful psychic vortex because he fell for Seeker's trap. He was hesitant in dispersing the vortex because he was wary of Seeker's triune energy.

"Drats. Bad move in using the vortex. But if I disperse it now, I'll have to eat another Radiation Pill to fight this kid. Ah, whatever. First deal with those pesky annoyances!"

Lioncourt extended his senses and tried to use his telekinesis to destroy the drones. But as he scanned the area, the drones were moving too fast and shooting too accurately. As he was still focusing on using maintaining the vortex, he couldn't concentrate and make an accurate attack.

The few attempts of Lioncourt creating a psychic hold to capture the attacking drones kept missing.

The drones were moving so fast and were still able to make an organized attack. The drone attacks were slowly penetrating the psychic shields that were set up. A mixture of various techs occurred. Some of the attacks contained bullets that had magnetic capabilities and would suddenly switch direction. Some attacks employed hellfire tech, and others used molecular bullets that constantly reigned down.

Finally, Greg used a more powerful weapon.

"Hey, Seeker. Lower your head." Greg told Seeker.

Seeker did so, and a powerful white lightning bolt blasted from behind him. It came from outside and pierced through the stone and marble walls of the building. This was one of New Great Britains Lightning artillery that had the fastest traveling speed.

Greg had managed to position the car sneakily and made a sudden attack. He didn't even tell Seeker about this attack to ensure that the Realm King would be so surprised.

Seeker was in tears.

"You suck, Greg!"

"Good evade." Greg praised.

This attack finally caused Lioncourt to lose concentration.

The diversity of attacks were too much that Lioncourt divided the vortex and allowed the numerous rings to fly out in defense.

"Looks like I have you on the ropes!" Seeker taunted and finally used his sword to attack one of the rings that broke through.

At that point, Lioncourt had used his psychic ability to do an almost impossible thing. Not even Seeker knew of this ability.1

It was a power that distorted the order of the world.

Time moved slowly. Unlike the Unlocked's ability to increase their perception of the speed of time, this power was actually slowing time as it passed around the area.

Even the bullets and energy attacks stopped in mid-air.

The radiation energy in the capsule were all used up.

"The only choice is to stop using this vortex and fight him..." Lioncourt took a deep breath.

This momentary pause allowed him time to analyze everything around him. This was a power that directly interfered with time itself.

"I'll have to kill this kid quickly!" The Realm King decided. He could not afford any wasted moments now.

But what he didn't know was that this frozen period of time also allowed Seeker to think.

Normally, it wouldn't have been possible. But Seeker acquired a certain Skill from one specific mercenary.

"Woah. It looks like the Skill of that dude you sent to China is finally working! But it's sorta useless. Time has to stop for it to appear. I guess it's useful in this way. But bruh... Even the adult you didn't even know that the Realm King could stop time!" Greg shrugged.

"He must have used this several times in my adult me's timeline. But no one just noticed. What an amazing power! Anyway, the Realm King will immediately evade all incoming attacks. He might plan to do 'that.' So here's what we do!" Seeker made his counter plans.

And then, the moment arrived. Time continued once more.

The Realm King took a few casual steps forward and undid all the powers he has been using.

The vortex and the shields he created disappeared. The Realm King gathered his energy to use another attack once more. He was wary of Seeker's strange triune sword and had used defensive measures. But now, he wanted to switch to the offensive.

But with practically a defenseless form, the Realm King was still confident. He had one of the most diverse Path. His ability to affect both the three dimensions and the dimensions beyond it allowed him to do incredible things.

Telekinesis wasn't his only power. The Realm King could also do telepathy.

Lioncourt peered into the eyes of Seeker. But his vision was looking into the thoughts of Seeker.

A person's thoughts, imaginations, and even dreams are something that occurs in another dimension. It is not explained or seen in the three dimensions where the physical forms of humans existed. Lioncourt was confident that if he knew Seeker's thoughts and could see the areas where he would attack, he could easily deal with Seeker and perhaps even understand the powers that Seeker wielded.

His eyes locked on Seeker. And immediately, he activated it.

"Here it comes. Mind Reader! He'll see all my thoughts and understand them at an instant! Greg! I'm trusting you!" Seeker exclaimed.

The Realm King peered into Seeker's thoughts, and the sight that he saw shocked him.

It was a forest of some sort.

The camera's view panned upwards and revealed a vast open field full of thick grass.

Then a teenager wearing a green headband and a green backpack appeared on the open field as he rode a bike. Suddenly, several odd but familiar also appeared on the vision.

The vision of then flashed white. When the flash ended, a silhouette of a colossal creature appeared. It was a strange ape-like creature that was apparently inside some sort of volcano.

Then the vision changed again, and another colossal silhouette could be seen. This time, the creature was deep at sea. The vision immediately turned to the skies and revealed the silhouette of what appeared to be a flying dragon. It shot a blast towards Lioncourt, and the vision turned all white.

Soon, words appeared on the vision.

Pokemon.

Emerald Version.

The screen faded, and the options Continue, New Game, and Option appeared. There were some strange words written under Continue that confused the Realm King. The entire vision took over a minute, but not even half a second passed in the real world.

When peering into the dream world, time was much more different. But what surprised him was that Seeker's thoughts were not only static. It actually moved as if time continued normally for Seeker.

"What is this?" The Realm King cursed.

"I guess I have no choice." The Realm King stopped his mind-reading ability and channeled the remaining energy in the radiation capsule that was in his mouth.

Seeker began to play Pokemon Emerald. While he was doing that, Greg had already controlled the car and the drones to retreat as he controlled Seeker's body to move closer to the Realm King.

Half a second passed, and Greg could see Lioncourt's disappointed reaction. Greg immediately returned control of the main body to Seeker when he saw the Realm King moving.

The Realm King spat out the small radiation capsule in his mouth. The strange capsule was floating on the air. At that moment Seeker reached out for several Balls of Thunder.

The Realm King acted as if he was pushing two invisible objects towards each other, and a strange power could be felt crushing the floating radiation.

Seeker crushed several Balls of Thunder right in time to defend against that attack.

Two psychic forces began to approach each other in an attempt to crush the floating capsule. The atoms of the many radioactive elements in that capsule were being held up and were unmovable. And as the psychic forces approached, it began to split the atoms of this radioactive material.

Nuclear Fission was achieved.

BOOM!

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