Falling Light 1.5: The Chaos that Crawls

Chapter Thirteen

We made it. Unlike the first visit, it's in complete disarray with creatures flying around left and right. It's a lot worse than I imagined it to be. Okazaki-san is forced to land the ship somewhere remote so that the creatures won't need to tear it apart. The coolest part is that it was fitted with a cloaking device.

See, this is why I want to be a scientist. I want to build space ships that have missiles, lasers, cloaking devices, and cool knick knacks in order to travel through space. It's like being in Star Wars all over again. Not that I ever was in Star Wars. Having telekinetic powers would be nice for a change.

I would use the Force in the most laziest ways possible. It'll help with moving furniture around the house without having to scrape the floors so much. Not that using light is a bad thing. No need for me to pay for the electric bill. Even though Gensokyo lacks an economic system or the concept of an electric bill in the first place.

I get the feeling that if there was such a thing as an electric bill in Gensokyo, there has to be some explanation as to how or why an electric bill is somehow present in a world that is full of fantasy, while also resembling the Edo-Sengoku period. Someone might turn Gensokyo into an urban fantasy setting like turning it into a large city full of technology. Sort of like that one series where there are magicians and scientists that are rivaled against one another in some futuristic city and some guy with the ability to negate almost anything is the prime factor of this rivalry. I think it was called A Certain Magical Index. Haven't watched in a while.

I'm not sure how I would react to being in some urban fantasy type setting. I'd probably have to be much younger and end up going to high school that only special people would go to. Trying to lighten the mood isn't helping out when you got giant flying monstrosities swirling around an ominous looking mountain that's off in the distance. Making it to the Dreamlands was easy, but making it here was just the beginning. We're going to need a plan and hope to God that it works unlike the one I had with Marisa and the others.

That plan didn't go so well since Satan turned out to be practically omniscient in his own home turf. How was I supposed to know that the devil figured out the plan, turning it all into mush? It's better than having to fight so many demons all at once, wasting our energy. Marisa and Alice ended up getting knocked out because of my plan going wrong. They could have gotten killed if Satan wasn't such an asshole.

Marisa can handle a few guards. She has physical combat skills that exceed my own. She's my main sparring partner whenever the two of us get bored of reading books all day. I asked her how she learned martial arts. She told me that she taught herself how to use martial arts because of the rule change.

The best part is that people would underestimate her, believing that she's just a magician that only uses magic. That's when someone gets punched or jabbed in the face by a broom that Marisa is a trained martial artist. She would even give Gambit from the X-men a run for his money. Teaching herself bojutsu was a good idea on her part. Enhancing it with magic is much better when faced against tough enemies.

It took me a while to figure out how she managed to enhance her broom. I used my own version of it, enhancing my weapons with light in order to strengthen them, producing stronger attacks that can keep someone on the defensive, or simply break their guard. The speed of my attacks are increased as well. Not too light speed levels. I'll need to train much more if I want to be able to slash at the speed of light.

That would be physically impossible for a human being. Striking at that speed would obliterate someone and cause a devastating impact. Humans in Gensokyo have no problem with that especially for Sakuya. Sakuya is moving at speeds faster than light itself by manipulating time itself. What scares me much more is that it isn't even the case sometimes.