“Huh?” Ryuk’s face turned blank upon hearing her words, which could have been spoken more politely, but he didn’t expect much to begin with. He turned towards Regina, commanding, “Land the ship at a nearby empty ground.”
“Yes, My Liege—” Regina nodded, but was interrupted.
“You are going alone from here, Ryuk. Didn’t you tell us to become physically stronger? We will separate from here,” Drishti folded her hands, looking at the young man, who somewhat understood her meaning but…
“Then, will the ships keep flying until I return?” He inquired.
“No, I need rest after this long journey. We will wait for you in the capital of this place. You have 8 months to reach there,” Drishti informed, while observing the reactions of everyone, who seemed slightly confused due to her sudden declaration.
“I understand.” Ignoring all of them, Ryuk nodded and accepted her words. Since he didn’t have any option other than trusting her, and with a confirming nod from Regina, he got some assurance.
“By the way, what will you do until then, Lady Drishti?” Knowing her personality, her staying in the same place without doing something for more than a month’s time wasn’t digestible.
“Heh, I am immune to the flow of time, kid,” Drishti softly smiled, looking at the boy who doubted her patience, before continuing, “Though, I will definitely not get bored here. Won’t you show me something good?”
‘She is definitely up to something,’ Ryuk averted his gaze from her, turning towards the land beneath the ship. It was 42,000 feet above, tearing through the clouds.
“So, where are the parachutes?” Turning towards Regina, he inquired.
After all, it couldn’t be that he needed to jump from this height.
…
SWWWIIISHHH
‘Damn it’
Falling freely from the height of 42,000 feet with a velocity of 2,648.86 m/s, accelerating with the value of 274 m/s² while already breaking the sound barrier at just a velocity of 343 m/s, now it was reaching the point where the friction with air started to heat up the exterior skin.
CRACKLE!
Shrouded in dense amethyst Ether, Ryuk’s body fell in a standing position with his folded hands, not fearing the height since he had already calculated the force of impact to be approximately 19,728 Newtons or around 2,012.15 tons—so, it wasn’t the problem.
The problem was, he was an asteroid right now.
It had already been 3 seconds since he jumped from the ship.
In another 6.35 seconds, he would hit the ground with a body harder than Tungsten and now enforced with Ether, making his body as hard as Diamond, with a force of 80,000 metric tons needing to pierce the aura surrounding him.
Calculated with his momentum, body density, gravitational force, and air friction, if he collided with the ground, Titanora would split apart, thanks to its land density making it hard enough to not shatter.
And with this, Ryuk Devereaux would become the Catastrophe who destroyed a whole race by falling onto them.
“Phew~,” exhaling his breath just a second before reaching the ground, he left a small command, ‘System, Heal my Body.’
BOOOOOOOM!
RUMBLEEE!
CRAAACKKKK!
Within a blink, a huge crater around a mile was formed on the land, instantly sending a shockwave destroying the ground like small pieces up to the mile, huge cracks centered from the source of impact evident on the whole place.
thud
drip
“Khucckk….. Cough!…Haa…Haa.” Falling on his knees, a stream of blood came out of Ryuk’s mouth. Supporting himself with one hand on the ground, he slowly lifted himself.
[Initiating Healing..!]
‘I really took heavy damage,’ Ryuk observed the wringing sensation all over his body, feeling a deep pain as if muscles were torn and bones fractured.
[Host, it was a very dangerous move of yours to absorb the impact instead of sending it to the ground.]
‘Don’t speak until I say otherwise,’ Ryuk slowly stood, not caring much about the System’s words, since he just followed one of his ethics: if you can’t help, then don’t do harm either.
He avoided harming anything from his side, but looking at the now broken ground and trees scattered in a range of a mile, he seemed to feel slightly failing here.
[Destruction is better than annihilation, Host.]
‘Shut up, Dumbass,’ Ryuk ignored the System, observing the signs of life nearby to learn about them.
Naturally, he didn’t have many plans, so he would just move towards the Capital, of course without using his power, which would shorten the journey to mere hours.
.
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SWISH
A young man wearing a black masquerade mask moved through the forest filled with broken stone pillars, signifying the ruins formed due to architecture falling on the ground.
The place seemed nothing short of barren land, with some trees growing over the broken stone pillars and walls, making the whole scenery appear even more empty, without a trace of life.
‘There are four of them.’ While moving, Ryuk had already noticed four individuals moving towards him at a rapid pace.
He had already sensed their levels were in the middle of Phase I, likely ADEPT or ELITES at most, and they seemed to have a lack of mana—a natural property of a Dariant.
SWOOSH!
Halting in his way due to a sharp sound, Ryuk turned towards the upcoming illumination which increased enough to bathe his whole figure, covering him in white light.
BOOM!
With a sound produced by the energy bomb, the place was filled with dust produced from beneath where it exploded, hitting directly to the young man who seemed unguarded—at least from the perspective of the assailant.
“Is that bastard dead?” A man with a scar on his face looked towards the dust, inquiring through the man standing next to him.
“He seems weak like humans, but how did he create that huge crater?” Another one felt confused since the masked man didn’t have any energy trace but still fell from those black ships.
tap tap
“Let me check it.” Siding his comrade by pushing him by the shoulder, one of the men made his way towards the dust, the only one in the whole group without firearm support.
‘Is he dea—’ The man tried to confirm, but it was already late. “Kuch?!”
“AAAGGHHHHHHhhhhhh…..” Only a fading scream remained while the man’s body disappeared in that dust, making the others swiftly turn their backs to shoot their firearms.
“Fire now!” With his back turned towards the dust, the man ordered the shooter tied on his back.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Sounds of energy blasts filled the space, with the dust slowly clearing, revealing a figure firmly standing while lifting one of their comrades by the neck, gripping him tightly in his hands.
Clad in a black suit, amber eyes gazing from the mask seemed to make him look more dominating. With force increasing each moment, a sound resonated in the forest.
CRUNCH!
THUD!
The body was thrown on the ground before Ryuk turned his gaze towards the remaining three men. ‘These bastards.’
What captured Ryuk’s attention was the reflection of 7 or 8 year-old children sitting tied on the backs of those men holding energy blasters and small spherical bombs in their waists, looking at him with anger before one of the children shouted, “Please die!”
BANG!
‘Those eyes,’ Ryuk could see tears in their eyes while clicking the triggers with their small hands, making his mind snap instantly.
It was clear that they were forced to do it for some reason.
At this moment, he could do only one thing. Slowly lifting his left hand, with cold gaze, he spoke,
“I surrender.”
I never support Child Abuse and such crimes, this is just a plot which isn’t abusive at the least, Plot will become more interesting in Next Chapter, thanks you
