Death: Genesis 7: An Isekai LitRPG by Nicholas Searcy

Author:Nicholas Searcy [Searcy, Nicholas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Podium Publishing
Published: 2024-11-05T00:00:00+00:00

35

THERE’S ALWAYS A PRICE

It didn’t take Zeke long to get over the shock of having the ground collapse beneath him, but even regaining his wits did little to help his situation. Years ago, he’d evolved his race for the very first time, which had enhanced his vision to the point where he didn’t need light to see. His senses had been further upgraded with each subsequent racial upgrade, and when he’d become a cambion, his night vision had reached the threshold where he could see as well in the dead of night as he could at noon on a sunny day.

But as he fell, he could see nothing. Just an endless black void that, in a way, reminded him of that place between worlds where he’d first met Oberon. That construct had been an endless white expanse, but it gave him the same impression as his current surroundings.

“Don’t be so dramatic. It’s just darkness,” Eveline said, speaking to him at the speed of thought. Like that, the pair could cram whole conversations into the space of a second.

“I’ve been in the dark before. This is different.”

“Some darkness is stronger than others,” she stated. “Search your feelings. You know it to be true.”

“Ugh. Don’t do that.”

“What?”

“Pop-culture references for things you never really experienced. It’s weird and cringey.”

“Well, somebody got their underpants in a twist.”

“Oh, I’m sorry—did you miss the part where I’ve been falling through an endless black abyss? I have a right to be a little anxious.”

“Just use your senses. You’ll see that it’s not an abyss at all.”

Even though Zeke thought that the word abyss was coming up far too often, he took her suggestion to heart and focused on his perception of mana. It took a few moments—during which he continued his free fall—but soon enough, he caught a whiff of something strange. He pushed his senses further, and a few seconds later, he recognized what he felt.

“I feel it,” he said. “This is … It’s like … magic darkness.”

“It’s a combination of arcane and wind mana, with a bit of nature thrown in. Mostly arcane, though,” she stated. “Did you know that in some cultures, the names of the categories of mana are different? What you see as wind is air for them. Arcane is also known as conceptual. Etcetera.”

“That’s confusing.”

“People are like that,” she stated. “Your Framework is reactive, and different cultures see things very differently. Practically speaking, it doesn’t really matter, though. It all refers to the same things. I just thought it was an interesting little tidbit.”

“Is this really the time for interesting factoids?”

“I think it’s precisely the time. You needed to be distracted from your panic. I accomplished my goal. Oh—you should probably clench up.”

“What are—”

He never got the chance to finish his question because he came to a sudden stop when he finally hit the ground. The pure version of his colossal form wasn’t as large or dense as the earthen version, but it was still quite a lot bigger and heavier than his natural body.

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