After Double-checking the mini-map, it seems the Devils have holed themselves up in a massive room Northeast of my position. Before I go to the central area, where the rest of the researchers were, I decided to ransack the room labelled 'Armory' on my map. It is directly North of my position and on the way to the lobby.
Summoning my blade again, I make quick work of the reinforced blast doors barring my way to the Armory, and in what felt like no time at all yet took forever, I find myself facing an unassuming grey metal door, much larger than any I have encountered so far.
I take a stance and inhale like my Ancestors did countless times in my memories. I exhale with the swing of my blade. To my utter astonishment, my blade meets resistance and stops in its tracks about three feet into the door. Making two more chops reveals a layer deeper into the massive door that my blade cannot scratch, no matter how I try.
The beginnings of a plan formulated in my head, and with little hesitation, I activated Arcane Singularity.
I feel it before I see it. For a moment, a wrongness manifested in the centre of the hole I had made. A tear appeared in the spacetime continuum, where the flimsy laws of physics lose their meaning, a Singularity. I instinctively knew that the hole I created was barely the size of an atom yet had the mass of a big mountain. The laws of physics and magic prevailed, and the Singularity vanished. Nothing seemed to happen for a few microseconds, and then a massive boom rattled the entire facility. The air was sucked into that point, and I had to stab the floor to stay upright. The door collapsed into nothingness, with it, most of what was in the Armory. I knew the gravitational pull would not affect me, but my aerodynamics worked just fine.
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I could describe it in a million different ways, but I can never do it justice. The sheer thrill and awe of violating the laws of nature and doing something so magical would be a feeling that I would never forget. I was already doing magic by summoning my blade, but nothing will top tearing a hole in reality anytime soon. There is a subtle shake in my body from giddiness or excitement; I do not know.
Cursing Stephen Hawking, I make my way towards the remains of what once was a pristine and organised armoury, with weapons, supplies and the bane of all sentient beings - paperwork - scattered across the room.
I waste no time donning one of the spare changes of clothes, uncaring of the gore on my body and grab a few more and shove them into my Inventory. All I must do is think about storing the item, and it disappears into the space. I also grab as many supplies as possible, as I do not know where we are and how far I must travel before reaching civilisation. I quickly check my Status as I exit the room.
[Status]
* [Character Status]
* Name: Callen Byleth-Ipos
* Class: Noble
* Title: None
* Level: 5
* XP: 300/3200
* HP: 170/170 (5/minute)
* Mana: 170/250 (10/minute)
I have enough mana for one more use of Arcane Singularity, which should be enough for what I have in mind. I quickly duck out of the room, heading South towards the 'Control Room'. Another few blast doors meet my blade, and I thank the Satans. This room is not as heavily fortified as the Armory, which makes the loss of what was inside sting even more.
The room has a spartan interior, as all in the facility do, with one wall occupied by dozens of screens showing the feeds from their corresponding security cameras. I can see the main lobby where the rest of the researchers are huddling behind what can generously be described as a makeshift fortification, no doubt spooked by the earlier explosion. They seem to be arguing with each other.
I take a few seconds to study the many buttons on the table before pressing the big button labelled 'Power'. The effect is immediate: the lights are cut, and emergency lighting kicks in. The alarms that have been incessantly blaring also stop. I summon my blade and make sushi from the board, and it catches fire.
Paying no heed to the mess I just made, I quickly approach the lobby.