Chapter 88: Ancient Beats Modern
"This is dangerous!" I gasped, but I couldn’t stop accelerating—because it was so fun!
The world ahead was a blur. I could barely see the trees before dodging them—barely escaping death for the fifteenth time!
The feeling of the wind brushing against my face while everything within the corners of my vision blurred was exciting in ways I couldn’t explain.
And do you know what made this worse?
Driving this monstrous Aether bike was extremely simple. Even a kid could hop on it and do the unthinkable!
To accelerate, I just needed to mash down on the pedal, and the brakes still worked with the brake levers. There were no gear shifts, no clutch levers—just two thumb-sized buttons on the handlebars.
The button on the right generated an Aether dome around the bike, protecting it from everything, including deadly accidents. The button on the left unleashed Aether beams from the six pipes sticking forward—which I had initially assumed were exhaust pipes—until I saw Deacon mowing down trees in his path with beams shooting out of them.
Clearly, these bikes weren’t meant for civilian use, nor were they made to be driven on civilian roads. They were designed for swift movement and devastating destructive capability, which is why they lacked clutch levers and gear shifts—but that also made them hard to control.
That was why they were limited to Limitless and Ascendants with superhuman reflexes.
However, this wasn’t half as shocking as the Ascendants on the Combat Walkers.
As soon as we shot out of the forest, the Combat Walkers leapt over us, landing with a loud bang that made the road sink—before speeding forward, leaving behind a blue trail.