BXBX NOVEL Chapter 87: A Surpise Family Member
As he approached, the source of the glow became clearer—a structure hidden away in the secluded part of the sky, resembling a vast, black rectangular box. Despite its grandeur, it bore the markings of age, with weathered surfaces that spoke of centuries passed. The artifact floated silently, suspended in the heavens, its doors sealed tight.
Ty reached out, his fingers tracing the ancient runes that guarded the entrance. The characters were etched deeply into the material, each one pulsing with an old power that seemed as if it were drawing breath from the very stars. Whispering the word "Reiesencia," he felt the pure energy course through the door, the barrier giving way with a low, resonant hum.
Stepping inside, Ty\'s eyes quickly adjusted to the dim interior, only to find himself face to face with a woman holding a crystal. Her expression shifted rapidly from concentration to surprise as she turned to face the intruder in her secluded sanctuary.
Ty, noticing the crystal\'s glow intensifying upon him, responded, "Sorry, I didn\'t see anyone else was here. What are you doing here anyways... Ms?"
"I should be asking you what you\'re doing here in my space," the woman retorted, her tone a blend of curiosity and assertiveness. "This place is locked off from the humans down below, so just how did –" Her words trailed off as her expression shifted from inquiry to shock.
A strand of her bright blue hair slipped between her eyes, and her marble-blue gaze widened. Suddenly, she let out a loud scream, "You\'re a skeleton monster!!"
As fear flickered across the woman\'s face, she extended her right arm, bracelets made of crystals chiming softly around her wrist.
Within moments, a small blue portal swirled into existence, and from it emerged a large staff.
The staff was an intricate piece of craftsmanship, its shaft adorned with patterns that seemed to ebb and flow like water.
At the top, a large crystal, matching the hue of her eyes, pulsated with an inner light, radiating an aura of powerful magic.
She gripped the staff with a firm resolve, her stance poised and ready for conflict. Closing her eyes in concentration, she pointed the staff toward Ty and shouted with determination, "Almighty blast!"
A barrage of giant blue energy blasts erupted from the crystal atop the staff, casting a brilliant, flickering glow throughout the room.
The energy crackled with raw power, Ty, caught off guard by the sudden attack, swiftly encased himself in Reiesencia as the first blast hit.
The force of the blast was tremendous, shattering his energy barrier and hurling him across the room. His bones scattered and splintered across the floor, a testament to the attack\'s ferocity.
The woman, firmly aware of her staff\'s immense power, tightened her grip on the ornate weapon.
The staff was a marvel of craftsmanship, its length adorned with intricate etchings that seemed to pulse with the same energy as the crystal embedded at its top.
The crystal, a deep shade of blue that mirrored her eyes, shimmered with latent power, casting an otherworldly glow in the dimly lit chamber.
She stood poised, her eyes intently focused on the remnants of Ty\'s scattered form.
A bright golden orb floated above Ty\'s scattered skeleton, the bones beginning to shake as he formulated a plan. \'Okay, this woman is dangerous; I\'ll need to do something to slow her down,\' he thought to himself, assessing the situation with a strategic mind.
"Hey, you know it\'s rude to attack people if they haven\'t attacked you, right?!" Ty\'s soul shouted out, his voice echoing in the chamber.
In response to his command, all his bones flew around her in a flurry, creating a whirlwind of skeletal fragments.
Caught off guard by this unexpected development, the woman exclaimed in astonishment and confusion, "How are you still alive?!" Her eyes widened as she tried to comprehend the sight of Ty\'s bones reassembling themselves, challenging her understanding of life and death.
In a frightened panic, the woman continued to unleash more energy blasts from her staff. Each burst of energy either shattered large chunks of Ty\'s bone flurry or missed entirely, crashing into the endless hall and wreaking havoc among the weapons.
Amidst this chaos, she fired another blast with her eyes closed. At that moment, Ty, having reformed his chest, arms, and skull, appeared above her.
He swiftly slapped the top of her head with a leg bone, uttering a single word, "Slow."
However, the woman didn\'t seem affected by Ty\'s attempt to slow her down. In a desperate move, she swung her staff around, trying to hit Ty again.
This time, a chunk of his skull was blasted off, flying across the room to strike the central crystal, grazing it and taking a quarter inch off the top.
Realizing the unintended damage to the crystal, the woman dropped her staff in horror, her earlier aggression forgotten.
"Oh no, no, no," she exclaimed, her voice filled with alarm and regret as she stared at the damaged crystal, the consequences of her actions suddenly becoming all too clear.
Ty, still in a defensive stance, was slightly confused by the woman\'s sudden shift in attention. "Are, you, uh, okay?" he cautiously asked, noticing her distraught demeanor.
The woman, looking back at Ty with tears in her eyes, lamented, "No, I just cracked my crystal. It\'s going to take so much time to fix! I just wanted to sleep all night until the ceremony started, and now I have to figure out how to get rid of you!"
Her outburst, an unexpected mix of concern for the crystal and annoyance over her disrupted plans, revealed her somewhat scattered and airheaded nature.
Ty, with a puzzled expression on his reassembling skull, took in her words.
He also realized that his \'Slow\' ability had no effect on her, adding another layer of complexity to the situation.
Her erratic behavior and focus on seemingly trivial concerns in the midst of their confrontation were intriguing and perplexing to him.
Well, first off, you could have just asked me to leave also; why didn\'t the ability work on you? Much less who are you.
Her tears vanished as quickly as they had come, replaced by a blank expression. "Really? You aren\'t here to steal all of my stuff?" she asked, her tone shifting to one of mild curiosity.
"And I\'m immune to all abilities. I can only be hurt by someone stronger than me," she added, wiping away tears that Ty couldn\'t see, leading him to assume their presence.
Ty responded, "No-no, I just saw this place lit up while sitting atop a mountain and decided to come see what it was.
The door was hard to open at first, but it opened very easily once I applied some pure Reiesencia to it."
He paused, then added, "I sometimes forget even to use it to enhance my fighting, though. I haven\'t been a skeleton for too long."
The woman appeared genuinely shocked at the mention of Reiesencia. "Where did you hear that word from?!" she exclaimed, her voice laced with disbelief.
"No one on this planet should know about that; this planet is locked out of using pure Reiesencia anyway."
Ty, placing a bony finger over his sharply defined chin, thoughtfully replied, "That\'s right, I learned it from a woman named Elithira, but – wait, how do you know what Reiesencia is?!"
Her shock escalating even further, the woman blurted out in a mixture of surprise and curiosity, "You know my sister?!"