Asthon shot a glance at the alien's left arm, eyes widening in shock and horror at what he saw.
Energy was gathering at the palm of the alien's left hand, probably to launch an energy-based attack.
There was only one thought in his mind…
"I need to dodge.."
It was easier said than done, Asthon had wasted precious time striking at the morphed arm, only stopping after Krylian's warning. By now, the alien's attack was fully charged.
If he didn't move immediately, the point-blank energy blast would certainly kill him. There was only one way to survive…
"I need to move like I did to save Krylian earlier"
Back then, he moved like a flash of light appearing in front of the alien before anyone could react.
To survive, he needed to achieve that same speed again….
However, he didn't know how to regain that speed. That is when he remembered the difference between his body then and now.
"My legs were flooded with energy….."
In that time, his legs were flooded with an excessive amount of energy, which was probably the reason he could move so fast.
So maybe, achieving that state would allow him to move at incredible speed?
In desperation he channeled energy to his feet, hoping it would work. That is when he felt his body becoming light, giving him relief.
"It's working…"
Then…
He lunged forward, disappearing like a flash of light appearing behind the alien in a heartbeat.
At the same time, a burst of energy left the alien's palm, engulfing buildings ahead, pulverizing them to liquid leaving only a smell of molten rocks.
"That was close… too close…"
Asthon turned around, facing the alien's back and carefully scanned it, finding it unguarded; it was possible to destroy the energy source from behind.
Not wanting to miss this opportunity, Asthon channeled as much energy as he could into his swords, engulfing them in lightning, and dashed forward, locking on his power source.
That is when a Krylian's voice echoed from behind "Young master, move eight o'clock to the right! Now!!"
Asthon nodded, moving eight o'clock to the right, following Krylian's instructions as it had saved his life earlier.
Just seconds after moving, a piece of metal on the alien's back moved revealing a rocket launcher.
It launched a projectile, hurling towards where he had been earlier, and a large explosion was produced, equivalent to that of a ballistic missile.
"How…did you predict it again, Krylian?"
"Just focus on killing him, if you fail we die!"
Hearing this, Asthon focused all his attention on landing the final strike. A strike that he can't afford to miss….
He appeared in front of the alien like a flash of light a second later, just a few inches away from his target.
Then…
He thrusted the sharp pointy end towards the target, colliding with armor in a heartbeat. As it collided with the armor, lightning crackled around the blade before the armor failed..
The rod pierced the armor, reaching the other end and successfully stabbing the energy source.
Lightning leaked out from the rod, frying various components and harming the alien's body causing him to scream.
"Ahahaha!!!" The alien screamed in pain as blood started to seep from the gaps surrounding the pointy end of the rod.
Although it was a nice bonus, Ashton knew they weren't truly safe until his combat armor shut down.
The armor could have a medical solution to heal his fatal wound or the alien could even be strong enough to fight despite his injuries.
That is when he saw it with his special eyes, the temperature rising rapidly at the energy source and various components.
The high temperature burnt various components causing smoke to rise. The energy source's temperature also got dangerously high enough to explode.
"I need to get to safety"
The energy source could explode at any time, he obviously didn't want to get caught in the explosion
So he pulled out his rod, then blood gushed out from the terrifying wound filling the air with the scent of blood, and then he turned around, running to safety.
As he ran to safety, the sound of an explosion echoed in his ears. He stopped and turned around, seeing flames engulfing the alien as it cried out in pain.
"Ahahahahah!!"
Asthon, remaining unfazed by his screams said coldly "You deserve it for killing countless humans"
As the flames burned, the alien screamed in agony until the other components exploded, then screams stopped as only silence, smell of burnt flesh, and the iron of blood remained…
Staring at his hand stained with purple blood, he stated "I have killed an alien…."
He had killed an alien with Krylian's help proving aliens weren't invincible.
Then he felt a hand tapping on his shoulder and words echoing in his ears, "You did it, young master," Krylian said as he fell to his knees, exhausted.
Asthon rushed towards him, supporting him with his body. "Krylian what's wrong with you!"
"Nothing, I am just too exhausted…"
"Wha…." Before Asthon could, he started to feel certain changes in his body
He felt power leaking through his body making him feel extremely weak. So weak that he eventually fell to the ground like Krylian gasping for air.
As Asthon gasped, he looked at his hand, which was overflowing with power now trembling, and said, "What's happening to us?"
Then a single line of words flashed in his retina giving him clues.
(You are out of mana)
"What… is th…" Asthon paused, then added, "No wait… What the hell are these words!"
More lines were now flashing in his retina; he was so confused by the strange lines of words appearing in his retina that he didn't even read them.
"Maybe reading them might answer some of my questions?"
He was about to read them before he fell unconscious.
But just then…
He heard a sound, like something cutting through air itself above him, so he looked above him, and his face lost all its color at what he saw.
An object around half the size of a small football field is hovering in the sky, heading towards them at an incredible speed.
The colossal object was painted white, metallic, shaped like a colossal triangle, and looked futuristic.
Then he realized what it was, eyes widening in fear, he said, "That is…" Before he could speak, a voice cut through like a knife as entities came out from the object surrounding it.
"Humans, surrender"
That was the spaceship of the alien, with aliens swarming out pointing weapons at them.
"This is bad…." Asthon whispered as he tried to remain conscious. "Very bad…."