The Walker Of Voids
chapter-54

"Huh..."

Opening his eyes, Lloyd saw nothing past the infinite abyss before him. He felt as if this place was familiar, but at that very moment, he found it hard for him to put a finger on the memory that was beginning to resurface.

However, he did not have to wait long since a voice immediately entered his ears and made him widen his eyes.

[Choose your weapon]

A monotone voice entered Lloyd's ears before 10 weapons appeared before him.

However, unlike the other three times, where he had several weapons to choose from, this time, he had three weapons before him, each one looking as powerful as the other despite one possibly having more firepower than the rest.

Three weapons floated in front of him, one being a katana with several purple lines flashing on and off. The lines flashed in a pattern that made it seem like energy was being transferred from the hilt's butt to the blade's tip.

Despite the katana looking almost identical to the one he used him his last void walk, he could somehow tell that this one was a lot more powerful than before.

On the katana's right floated a bow with a pitch-black arrow engraved with violet lines as if it had been enchanted in some way. The same lines could be seen on the bow itself, while the bow's string was a luminescent violet string that could be seen in the darkest abysses.

However, unlike the katana that Lloyd knew how to use after being trained in its arts for half of his life, he had no idea how good he would be with a bow and arrow, so he quickly looked away. But that's when it happened.

Blinding Lloyd, the one dark abyss around him turned bright white before it morphed to show an enormous mountain with a figure at the tip of it.

The man at the tip of the mountain had a bow in his hand with an arrow knocked on the string of it.

Despite not knowing how to use a bow, Lloyd could not help but be entranced by how perfect that man's stance was. He felt as if this very image was being burnt into his eyes, and before he knew it, his vision shifted, and he was the one holding the bow.

As if on instinct, Lloyd aimed up and let go of the arrow, allowing it to rip through the sky before descending onto a mountain in the distance.

His vision quickly shifted back, and before Lloyd could fully comprehend what had happened, he found himself before three weapons with his eyes locked on the bow.

'Did it just give me a vision on how to use a bow and arrow?' Lloyd asked himself before shaking his head and looking at the last weapon.

'A staff?' Lloyd asked himself before the same thing happened again, but this time it was a woman holding a pitch-black staff engraved with many purple lines.

A few minutes passed, and he finally returned to the selection room, and despite wanting to choose the other weapons, he could not help but hesitate.

This was a matter of life and death. If he died in a void walk, he would die in real life. On the other hand, he still didn't know what the void walk would be, so technically, one of those weapons could be more advantageous than the other.

After finally shaking his head, Lloyd stretched his hand towards the katana, but after grasping at the air for a moment, he realized-

"Damnit! Are they going to force me to use a new weapon? I guess a staff, then? I like to get close a personal with my enemies." Lloyd shrugged and finally chose his weapon.

[You have chosen your weapon]

[Void Walk shall commence in 5]

[4]

[3]

[2]

[1]

[Welcome back to the void, Lloyd Walker, we have been expecting you.]

'Lloyd wha-' Before he could finish his thought, Lloyd felt his consciousness slip before it returned, this time in a completely different environment.

Lightning shot down from the skies in blue streaks that occurred every few seconds, but that was far from the thing that caught Lloyd's attention.

'Holy sh*t! I think I see a palace floating on a cloud! This is actually pretty cool.'

[Lightning World]

[Objective: The lightning world has many treasures, from weapons to artifacts, however, after thor's hammer was stolen, the world became chaotic, and so did the beings within it

Your objective is to collect the 7 lightning orbs that hold this world together and shut the lightning world down once and for all.]

Listening to the voice for a moment, Lloyd nodded before opening his eyes and looking around.

'Oh, look at me... I'm standing on a mountain range, which explains why I can even see the palace... But-' Looking down with a self-deprecating smile, Lloyd asked himself-

"Why are there goats coming towards with lightning shooting from their horns?"

Looking at the weapon in his hands, his smile became a little worse as reality finally set in.

However, before he could say anything, he saw a flash of light from the corner of his eyes, and when he finally looked in its direction, he watched as a goat charged up electricity between its horns before finally releasing it in one giant lightning bolt.

The goat's skin was light blue, while its horn was a mixture of blueish-black and light blue. Its fur, on the other hand, looked completely was completely black, giving it an almost exotic hazardous color palette that would make the average monster run away or at least not fight it.

Stepping to the side, Lloyd barely dodged the lightning bolt by the skin of his teeth; however, despite knowing he had dodged the attack, for some weird reason he could not explain, he still didn't feel safe.

And then he realized why.

*BOOM*

Hitting to the ground, the lightning bolt kicked up a giant dust cloud that sent a shockwave in every direction.

As the shockwave finally hit him, he barely crossed his arms in an 'x' before feeling his skin ripple with the moment of contact. He felt as if it vibrated him to his very bones despite knowing that the feeling was likely just phantom pain from the days when he had bones.

As Lloyd felt himself being catapulted into the air, he saw several other flashes of light, and when he finally forced himself to look down, the worst situation possible seemed to have come to life.

'I'll be fried if I get hit by those lightning attacks. Hell, only one of them would kill me. Imagine what would happen to my body if all of those hit me at the same time! I'll be turned into dust!' Lloyd inwardly screamed while slowly regretting the fact that he didn't get a bow and arrow instead of a staff. However, he quickly calmed himself with a thought that came to mind.

"Wait... Since no one is watching me, I don't have to hold back anymore..." A smile stretched across his lips while his eyes began to glow purple for the first time in what felt like forever.

As the lightning bolts came closer, it felt like time had slowed to a crawl while the mana around Lloyd began to vibrate as if they were atoms in a heated object.

"Then how about I give it my all?"

*BOOM*

As the lightning bolts came closer, they finally exploded in a flash of blue light that sent out a powerful shockwave across the surface of the mountain, not only kicking up a large amount of dust in the process but also pushing back many of the goats that were closer to the explosion.

However, before the goats could conclude if the bipedal creature was dead, one of them felt their instincts scream at them to move out of the way, but by the time their instincts had taken notice of what was happening, it was already too late.

The goat barely had enough time to look back at its attacker, but when it did, all it saw was the butt of a fiery staff as it shot through its eye and destroyed its brain, killing it instantly.

Landing next to the goat, Lloyd yanked his staff out of it and looked at the other goats, who were now releasing a powerful torrent of bloodlust that would have made any other person fall to their knees in terror.

"Oh yeah?" Lloyd asked before releasing his own killing intent, with in turn triggered his passive skill [Monarch's Aura].

"Huh?" Lloyd muttered in surprise as the goats covered themselves in lightning, and before he could react, he watched each and everyone one of them become giant lightning bolts as they shot through the air and appeared right in front of him.

'Cra-' Lloyd couldn't even finish his thought as one of them crashed into his chest and pushed the air out of whatever he used in replacement for his lungs.

In an instant, he felt himself being catapulted through the air before slamming into the mountain and rolling up it.

Stabbing his staff into the ground, Lloyd barely stopped himself from rolling over the mountain, but the goats were far more than done with him.

As another reached him, Lloyd barely blocked the attack with the use of his staff, yet as the goat appeared once again, its weight, alongside the momentum of traveling at the speed of lightning, caught up to it.

Widening his eyes, Lloyd watched as his staff was thrown into the air before the goat slammed into his arm and ripped it off cleanly.

The amount of pain Lloyd felt at the moment could not be described in words, yet he could not tell what was worse, the uncanny feeling of no blood coming out of where his arms were, or the fact that what he was feeling was probably the worst pain he had ever felt.

However, before he could even start getting his mind straight, a powerful bloodlust neared him once again as a ball of electricity closed the gap between him and it in a matter of milliseconds.

Electricity shot of it and scorched the mountain, but as it got closer to Lloyd, he could feel that he was slowly being scorched from the inside out.

Time slowed once again, and before Lloyd could understand what had happened, he saw the ball of lightning mere inches away from ripping a hole through his chest and killing him instantly.

However, fate did not seem to agree.

[4-Dimensional Thought]

The world around Lloyd quickly shifted into a black-and-white one, while at the same time, his eyes became listless and cold despite glowing far brighter than ever before.

His aura became as calm as a link in the spring, while his voice...

'How... Disappointing'

Had become completely monotone, without a shred of emotion in it despite his words saying otherwise.