Chapter 24: Against Technology

As he stood there, simply waiting for the elevator to reach its destination at the bottom floor he instructed it to go, casual ‘elevator music’ began playing with a relaxing chime. 

“Huh,” he remarked, surprised to hear music. 

Distracted by the existence of music, the elevator suddenly stopped, opening up to a random floor that definitely wasn’t the lowest layer he requested. 

‘It stopped–?’ He realized. 

Bringing his gaze forward, he watched the thick, metal doors of the low-profile facility open to reveal multiple turrets pointing towards him from the room ahead. 

“Really?” He narrowed his eyes. 

Before he could get another word out, the set of turrets unleashed a storm of lead towards him, blaring out as steaming bullet cases bounced and rang off the floor, filling the elevator with smoke from the barrage of gunfire. 

After a solid minute of rapidfire bullets, the turrets finally winded down as steam exuded from their barrels. 

Revealed past the veil of smoke, the black-haired sophomore was standing there with a displeased expression, holding a chromatic barrier in front of him that had caught the projectiles. 

[“Absolute Barrier”] 

Just as the ceiling-mounted turrets began winding up again, he quickly dismissed his mystical shield and acted swiftly as he dashed over while summoning a weapon into his hand. 

[“Weapon Construction: Vanta Black”]

Bringing the all-black sword into his grip, he leapt up, swinging it with a line of darkness etching itself in a curve that decapitated the turrets as sparks sprinkled down from the destroyed technology. 

“...Now, where the hell am I?” He questioned to himself. 

Looking around, the room he found himself in seemed to be an unused lab of some sort, housing experiments that were held from public light. He leisurely looked around for a minute, finding tubes on shelves that held morphed fetuses of creatures that barely resemble humans. 

‘Secret experiments? Can’t say it doesn’t fit the bill of an Antarctic facility,’ he thought. 

There was technology that seemed at least a decade ahead of what was normal for the rest of the world; handprint-scanning keypads for heavy-duty doors, laser-protected shelving, and robotic limbs that occupied workstations, fiddling with constructing new tech. 

Though none such security mattered for him as he simply blasted through the next door with a propulsion of drilling air pressure, walking into a vast, metallic dome that was eerily empty. 

“--” He looked around. 

Suddenly, the entire dome began to rumble before it locked down around him; the doorway at the end of the chamber and the place he came from were heavily barricaded by layers of unknown metal and white-hot lasers. 

A voice came in through a speaker system, addressing him directly: 

“You’re earlier than expected, but expected nonetheless, Noah Grays.” 

It was a masculine voice interlaced with a light, Russian accent that spoke elegantly with silvery words. 

“Asiimov,” Noah said. 

Even his quietly spoken word was picked up by the chamber as the voice on the intercom responded in kind. 

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“Ah, so you know my name? It’s as I suspected; Yukio has defected, then,” Asiimov dribbled on the speaker, “...I warned the Boss as much. I knew that man was a snake. It wasn’t just me, either. Nonetheless, it changes nothing. You’ve only expedited your execution by coming here, Noah Grays.” 

“Is that so?” Noah responded. 

“Very much so,” Asiimov replied. 

The speaker went silent before a hum of vibrating metal resounded, emitting small tremors beneath Noah’s shoes as he witnessed panels in the floor open up, allowing an entity into the locked-down chamber with him. 

A massive lion infused with technological components growled, having half its body be of a pitch-black metal with a completely mechanical tail that housed a laser on one end. 

“Tacky,” he muttered, not intimidated. 

In a room that resembled a deep, dark arena, it felt like the perfect place for such a fight. Still, he played along as he stood his ground, keeping one hand tucked into his pocket as he pointed a single finger towards the cybernetically-enhanced beast. 

[“Blaze Bolt”]

A crimson bolt of lightning shot out from the tip of his index finger, directly hitting the salivating lion as a small explosion of flames released from the casual spell. 

As he lowered his hand, expecting the simple, offensive spell to have been enough, he was caught off-guard to find his hyper senses picking up on rapidly approaching movement. 

“What–?” 

Through the billowing of flames, the cybernetic lion rushed out, hardly affected by the [“Blaze Bolt”] as heavy steps from its enormous weight echoed against the steel floor. 

Through the intercom, the voice of the Russian Sentinel came through in a confident tone: 

“Surprised, are you? The material used on my ‘Chimera MK II’ is nothing like what you’d find natural to our world. That’s the beauty of my ‘Reath’--beyond the boundaries of our scientific limitations, I’ve reached new heights,” Asiimov proudly claimed, “You’re an obstacle in the evolution of mankind. Through your arrogance and conceited hedonism, you will hinder the beauty of mankind’s development. That’s why you will die.” 

It was through the pride of the scientist himself that Noah picked up on information that he wasn’t privy to prior, readjusting his approach as he evaded rapid, powerful swipes from the cybernetic lion. 

‘It may be more durable than a normal beast, but it’s nothing special besides that,’ he thought. 

Though such a thought was mitigated as his ears picked up on a hum of rising temperature through metal, looking up to see the artificial tail of the beast pointing its white-ended laser towards him. 

[“Weapon Construction: Vanta Black”]

[“Absolute Enhancement: Godskin Sharpness”] 

Summoning his black blade back into his grip, forged of shadows, he swiftly enhanced it with conceptual sharpness to its edge, swiping it forward as it easily cut through the beast’s tail like butter. 

In response, the cybernetic lion roared out in pain, its call distorted by its mechanical components that worked in tandem with its organic flesh. 

Before the beast could retaliate, infusing its metallic claws with the white-hot essence of its laser-fueled energy, Noah casually dashed close into its range, passing by it after swiping his blade. The slash cleaved the beast of otherworldly material in half, leaving a mixture of inorganic and organic innards falling onto the floor. 

“What?!” Asiimov’s voice came in through the intercom before cutting off, seemingly speaking out by accident. 

Noah looked up towards the pitch-black camera that watched him, speaking directly to the Russian Sentinel, “It’s stronger than any other metal on Earth, sure, but I’m stronger than anything else on Earth, too. I guess I was just the superior one.” 

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