Chapter 401 - 401: High Father
The power that shackled him loosened. The pocket dimension was weakened.
His power leaked out from the wrist and broke off the shackles. He rubbed his wrists for a bit, feeling the power slowly coming back in full force.
"Thank you, John. It is because of you that I managed to break free."
Thomas reached the metal bars and clenched his fist. Red and black energy circled around him.
With one single punch, he blasted the cell open.
Thomas Isles was surprisingly powerful. His power was none. But at the moment the dimension weakened, it slowly rose up.
He was Rank-1 when he removed the shackles.
He was Rank-2 when he punched open the jail cell.
An Abomination found him. It was one of the guards of the prison. The Abomination was also a Rank-2.
It noticed Thomas and rushed at him. "Get back to your cell!"
But he was already Rank-3. Thonas straightened his finger. He didn't need a Blade Core to summon his Psycho Blade, it materialized with his will.
Thomas swiped over the Abomination and killed it instantly without any resistance.
Then he walked out of the prison.
In the sky of the pocket dimension, he saw a black cat flying. It had a third eye in the middle of its forehead. A glowing purple eye that shot out a beam that destroyed anything in its path.
"That is... A Cyclops Eye. That cat... is a Warlock."
Thomas knew of Warlock. One must wonder what he had gone through the recent years.
He looked around and couldn't find any Abominations guarding the prison. They were all fighting with the invaders.
"Those soldiers... They're using Psycho Force. Psychics? When did Psychics became so strong?"
Thomas felt a sudden pull. He looked over to his left. Crow appeared.
He appeared in his human form with human skin and no dark smoke around him.
"Are you some sort of High Abomination?" Thomas said.
"Why would you think that?" Crow asked.
"Your appearance is human. But I can feel the Nether inside you. I know. Because I am the same."
As Thomas finished his sentence, his power rose up. Nether wrapped around him and transformed him into a half man half abomination. He looked very similar to Crow in his Abomination Form.
"My power needs time to recover. But it should be no problem in dealing with you." Thomas raised his right hand.
Nether Energy formed into a sphere in his palm.
"A new way to use Nether?" Crow said.
Thomas threw countless Nether Sphere at Crow. The fedora man didn't move. Instead, Nether Weapons appeared around him and shot forward, colliding with the Nether Spheres.
They exploded into large bright puple smoke.
"What is this power? I haven't seen anyone fighting like you." Thomas said.
"I haven't seen anyone fighting like you either, Thomas." Crow said.
Thomas raised an eyebrow. He stepped back and put his palms together. Nether Energy formed and charged into one unstable large sphere.
"Dark Blast." Thomas mumbled and he pushed his hands forward.
The sphere shot out a thick beam similar to Nether Beam. However, it was not destruction the beam after, but the ending of life.
The grass died when it touched the beam and the air distorted. Another way to make use of the Nether Energy.
Crow split into countless clones. Each Crow dashed away in a strip of air.
Thomas traced the space that had the most clones and disintegrated a lot of Crow. But he knew he didn't get the right one.
Crow jumped up and landed on a tree branch.
Thomas kept getting stronger and stronger the more time passed. He had reached Peak Diaster Level already.
"Your power rises quickly." Crow said.
Thomas didn't answer. He straightened his hand and swiped at Crow. A fang of Nether shot at the fedora man.
Crow summoned a large Nether Blade and blocked the fang. He redirected it toward the sky.
"Interesting. You have human combat skills. Abominations would never learn something like this. You're a human?" Thomas said.
"Once. Then I died. I am an Abomination now." Crow said.
"Ah. That explains it. Since you decide to fight me honorably, I shall return the favor."
Thomas had secretly observed the way Crow materialized the weapons. He remembered it, understood it, and now, he would copy it.
Thomas opened his palm. A Nether Spear appeared. It was unstable compared to Crow's Nether Weapon but the fact that Thomas was able to conjure it was a testament to his talent.
This time, Crow was shocked.
"I heard people complimenting about Iris all the times. As a human, she is talented. But you... You should have been the one that got the spotlight. It makes me wonder why no one mentioned you." Crow said.
"It is because t's true." Thomas shrugged. "Iris is talented. She can learn quickly. She can instantly be good at something. But that is also her downfall. She can become really good realy fast.
But if you want to be the best of the best, it is not talent that you need."
"What do we need then?"
"Keep moving forward."
Thomas shot at Crow. Crow conjured his own Nether Spear and the two collided.
Thomas was, also, surpsingly skilled in close combat.
Crow dodged his spear and counter-attacked Thomas's open rear.
Thomas grabbed Crow's spear, gaining control over his weapon and countered Crow's counter attack.
Crow let go of the spear, ducked down to dodge Thomas's Spear and kicked him.
Thomas stepped back, avoiding the kick, but that allowed Crow to disarm him.
Thomas got Crow's Spear and Crow got Thomas's Spear.
"Woah! You really are something, Thomas Isles." Crow looked at the spear in his hands.
He had countless years of experience in fighting during the war in the Wilds. And he also learned combat from Aaron Cage's previous life. That many years and he could only go toe to toe with Thomas.
Thomas slammed the spear on the ground. "I can see that you have a lot of experience. But you don't study and you don't learn. I learn every day. That is how I get good. Keep moving forward. Never stop."
"Sigh. The Father of the Queen really is something."
Thomas frowned deeply. "What do you mean?"
The Illuminati soldiers had surrounded Thomas. The man was ready to fight. He was not scared. But they weren't here to fight him.
The soldiers knelt down.
"Greetings, High Father!"