Harem In The Intergalactic Apocalypse

Something was wrong.

Shalgoth stopped fighting back, but my attacks had no effect on him. I tried to stab him with my roots, but his body would just move out of the way. I was really starting to get tired of these creatures with expert-level avoidance skills.

Finally, I just tried to put him in a solid sphere. I didn't think this thing needed air, so I left no venting.

Once it was captured, I thought that was it, but that was stupid for me to think it was going to be that easy. The sphere was sliced in half, and the black night formed again.

"You are quite the rude creature, but I expect nothing less from something such as yourself. Are you done playing around, or is this really the best that you have?" Shalgoth asked as my mind raced.

I wasn't powerless; I just wasn't sure what would work on something like this. This thing was like nothing I had encountered, and the way its body seemed to burn with darkness was almost supernatural.

"If you are so strong, then why wait here for me?" I asked, trying to get something, but the black knight shook his sword at me.

"No, No. Talking was fun, but now I want what I have been waiting for!" Shalgoth hissed and then blew apart.

Shadows started to rise around me, or they looked like shadows. From a quick scan, they were solid and made out of the same stuff that was veining the walls and floor.

Then they started to rush me, and vines burst from me to attack them, but none of them could pierce the black humanoid creatures. I threw them into each other, but there started to be more of them, with each one knocked down.

This was getting stupid, so I ignited with fire, and the shadows screamed and backed up from me. I pumped out more fire, and the creatures were pushed back momentarily. Then they started to throw themself at me, into the fire.

Roots whipped around, but soon they were all rushing me again, not caring about getting burnt or whatever was happening to them. I flung myself back towards the exit, but it was now completely covered over by the blackness.

"Son of a bitch," I growled to myself as I tried to think, letting my roots fight off the creatures.

What was different about down here? There had to be a reason why it was down here and not coming to find me, but what was it?!

Maybe Cecil would have the answer, the person that was still alive down here. The problem was going to be getting through these shadow people, but I had an idea.

I turned my body into the Ironman suit and then fired a particle beam cannon blast from my chest. The ray cut through the creatures, and they screamed and flailed in pain. I raised my hand and started to blast them with short-range particle beams, keeping them back.

"You will tire soon, Star Creature! It is only a matter of time!" Shalgoth's voice taunted me from an unseen location as I worked my way back into the main area.

The creatures were thick as flies here, but my laser beams were holding them back. I had to give it to the creature; this would have killed a normal person pretty easily, but good thing I wasn't one of those!

Still, I felt like this creature was fucking with me or something. All this power, and it still can't even come close to taking me down? What was stopping it, or what was limiting its power?

I headed to the left, burning everything that came near me, working my way down another long hall. This floor was much bigger than the ones above, and there were some sections that were massive pit-like areas, but I couldn't get a read on them.

None of my scans were working on anything, and I started to wonder if that was linked to what might be limiting Shalgoth. The scan was the basis for my power, and without the ability to scan, I couldn't grow stronger.

The scans were still working enough to tell me that there were other things still alive. The farther I got from the central area, the less the black veins were. It seemed the creature was stationed in that area, but its reach was limited.

The shadow creatures had also stopped appearing, and things got real quiet as I continued forward. I could sense things around me, but the place was like a grid. The halls were twelve feet wide, big enough to drive a large truck through, and from the massive ventilation system, they did.

I continued forward, but nothing in the area came out to bother me. I am not sure why, but I suspected that they assumed that if I could survive an attack like that, I might not be the best to mess with. Either they were diabolically plotting my defeat or just couldn't tell their eyeballs from their assholes and didn't care.

Whatever the reason was, I really didn't care. I just wanted to get to wherever Cecil was and get some answers if she had any. I was struggling for ideas, and I seemed to be cut off from outside and even Eddie up above.

Unfortunately, there was something in the room before the final room that held the person I was looking for, but the door was closed, which was strange. I prepared myself to press my hand on the door, but I was suddenly blown backward by the metal door.

"Did you kill it?!" Growled a demonic voice as I threw the door off me with my roots, stood back up to freeze, and then got on guard, Roots flaring out.

Alpha was standing right in front of me, of someone that looked like an imitator… a clone. This creature was just like Beta, but what was it doing here?

"No, the Shalgoth is still alive. Who are you?" I asked, and the massive seven-foot-tall yellowish gray demon shrugged.