Alexia

The now-weaponless monster looks at where its glaive was at just moments ago before looking up at me. Then it raises both of its arms and begins firing one of those lightning bolts after another, making me dodge like crazy.

But I will admit, these are easier to avoid than the glaive. Because they don’t come back around at me after missing.

So I continue dodging those while focusing on the spear. Eventually letting it pierce through me as well before I try to grab it.

Just for it to teleport away without giving me the chance. Leaving me with nothing but the wound in return.

A wound I immediately revert.

Annoying.

Guess these quantum-tin buckets really do learn from their mistakes.

Well, screw it then.

I teleport high into the sky before glaring down at the two creatures and immediately letting loose.

There’s no limit on energy here. So why should I hold back?

I transform into my wave form to increase the power of my magic before using my skills in a rapid-fire attack. Spewing forth Quantum Breath from every inch of my body outwards with all the energy I can muster while also spamming Quantum Singularity Implosion where I sense the two monsters.

And things immediately turn hellish due to my rapid-fire attacks. To the point that I can’t even see what’s going on without the use of my energy senses.

Once in a while I feel a spear pierce through me, but I ignore them as I instantly revert my body back again.

And just continue spamming attacks.

For the span of five entire minutes, after all of the energy in the surroundings is completely exhausted.

What I find waiting for me is a little surprising, though. Because the two monsters are still alive.

Mostly.

I blink at the creatures before teleporting down in front of them. Just looking at their battered forms as they struggle to raise a finger towards me.

Their armor is fractured all over, with holes riddling it everywhere, and glitched apart areas of their armor with a hint of burns all over them. Quantum burns that glitch out. Meanwhile underneath their armor is nothing but a glitchy purple abyss.

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With no living beings inside by the looks of it.

I squat down next to them, hugging my knees to my chest with one hand as I poke them with my other. And the moment my finger touches its armor, the armor begins to fall apart, and the monster gives up its struggle.

Then I hear a ringing sound in my head. Like I just got a System Message. Except that I don’t see anything.

Probably because I’m in the quantum realm right now.

Wonder what it’s about?

I tap my chin for a second before glancing at the other monster and tapping its armor as well. Making it fall apart just like the first one.

Then I stand up and stretch a little.

Well, that was a nice workout.

I like the quantum realm.

Maybe I should come here to power-level after I get rid of my level cap.

Assuming I even get EXP from killing the monsters in here. Which I may very well not.

“You don’t,” the Ruler’s voice echoes in my head, reminding me of his existence. “It’s not polite to forget family, Granddaughter.”

I act like he doesn’t exist as I begin heading towards the tower. And the moment I enter it, I feel myself completely cut off from everything outside.

Even the Quantum Ruler, who I heard begin saying something, is cut off.

Which is surprising, considering that this is his realm.

Maybe it’s because this is some sort of tower belonging to the universe itself to test me and me alone?

Possibly. Possibly not.

Either way, I’m glad that the stalker is gone. So it’s fine with me.

Actually, I wonder if I could make a home out of this place? What with the stalker not being able to read my mind here…

All that aside, the tower around me is not a tower. It looks like a bunch of floating purple platforms in a dark abyss, with me standing on one of said platforms.

I frown before instinctively flapping my wings and going up into the sky, reminding myself in the process that I actually have wings. Something I’d completely forgotten about due to not having them outside of my true form.

Not that I really need them, but I guess it would be nice to be able to fly without having to spam Quantum Displacement. What with the cost on my soul it has.

At least, outside of this place.

There is no cost here because of the whole infinite energy thing.

Although, at the same time, I won’t really be able to use my true form outside of here without good reason. So that kinda defeats the point.

Anyways, I don’t see any monsters, so I just kinda fly upwards from one platform to the next. Just heading for the bright purple light I see at the top of the abyss.

And when I reach the light? I find myself appearing somewhere completely unexpected.

It looks like a massive graveyard. One filled with those same armored monsters from outside. Each standing at a mausoleum.

There are ten different mausoleums in total, with a symbol above each entrance, and each mausoleum being enormous in size. Far too big to just fit a single grave.

I frown at what I see, but the monsters aren’t actually attacking me for some reason.

Strange…

I turn around to look behind me, but all I find is some extra graveyard with a large gate blocking entry to it. Like I’m already at the most important place of this graveyard. The place with all the mausoleums.

So I turn back around and face the mausoleums, only to notice a large slate emerging from the ground in front of a fountain at the center of the mausoleums. With a path heading from the fountain to each mausoleum.

I walk up to the slate before reading it.

Here lies the beings of old.

Prove your mettle and you shall be given your due.

The… beings of old?

I glance at the symbols before looking at the slate again.

Wait, are these mausoleums for the quantum beings with roles?!

But wait, they aren’t dead…

Then who’s in those mausoleums?