Welcome To The Nightmare (Book 2)

Chapter 56: Death, I Welcome Thee

JiU chugged down her water like she hasn't drank for the longest period of time. Her sweats dropped like rain on the floor, her shirts and pants drenched.

"Not good enough..." She said to herself.

Whenever she had free time, she would spend them at the training area. She needed to prepare herself, to get better in controlling and manipulating her power. She realized her full ability when she was against Miru and Gekikara before, yet according to the rest of them both weren't at their full potential.

Ever since, she has been pushing her limit without others knowing. If what her mother said about Claudius was true, at the state of theirs now they would be annihilated in a blink of an eye. She needed to be able to bring out her true form at her leisure, she needed to increase her power to a new height.

For the sake of her sisters.

"Alright. One more..." JiU huffed and recentered herself again. Her aim?

15 electric clones of herself; just like what her father did in Russia.

With a roar, she unleashed her full might, sending burst after burst of electric towards her surrounding. She raised her hand and clenched her fist. Instead of four, she created 24 of the clones successfully. She was shocked by what she had achieved.

"Whoa.... 24..." She counted them. Out of a sudden, she got light-headed and lost her balance. Her clones disappeared with a spark.

"Whoop! Got you there, princess!" Calintz grabbed onto JiU.

"Thanks... Got a little bit light-headed there." JiU hold onto him to fix her footing.

"24. Not bad. You're drained, that's why you started to black out. Here, eat this." Calintz sat her down, giving her a pack of chocolate chip cookies. JiU accepted it and started to munch through the pack. True enough, she was running empty and the cookies are not going to cut it out.

"This is just to increase your blood sugar level a bit. I'll fix you some grubs later. But, great job. It took me couple of years to get to that number." Calintz commended her.

"To get to that number? Wait, you mean you can make more than 16?" JiU was astonished.

"Normal output's maxed out at 16. But if I get to full, last time I made a company sized. Though to keep it running caused me depleted to the core." Calintz chuckled.

"No way... You're just exaggerating!" JiU called his bluff. Calintz thought seeing is believing, so he stood up and faced JiU.

"Watch." He smirked. In a blink of an eye, he transformed.

His body cladded in black and red steel armour, his arms and legs in gauntlets and greaves; apparently the same of what had been tattooed on his limbs. Three pairs of wings sprouted from his back, his long silver hair turned scarlet red and his eyes instead of light blue turned into bright purple with the whites replaced by black.

Unleashing a burst of electric from his back, true enough a company sized clones of his were formed. All resembling the state he was in. JiU coughed in disbelief. A slight jealousy rose in her heart upon seeing the truth.

"Show off...." JiU scoffed, turning away her head.

"Hehe~~ Looks like my little princess is jealous. Well, you'll get there. Besides, you already managed to pull out the true form of your power." Calintz snickered, his voice reverbed in the air. He closed his eyes and everything reverted to normal, including his appearance. He then took his seat beside her.

"True form?" JiU asked him.

"Well, like in comic books, someone with superpowers have their final or true forms, right? Same applies to us. For you and me, the one with wings. Naachan is the horned demon that you saw back in Russia. Even CL has one." Calintz explained.