Chapter 2: The light at the end of the tunnel

Being weirded out by what just happened, I asked, “What do you mean, Anton?” He then said to me that while strange creatures are spawning everywhere, something has changed in the world that isn’t so horrible. He explained to me that the humans, have a defense mechanism wherein we can turn what we thought of as fiction into a reality. Hearing his explanation gave me goosebumps. I have always been a guy in love with fictional stories from the fantasy stories of Anime, light and web novels, to the space opera of TV shows and games. Maybe I could be a Spellsword like in my fantasy games. Perhaps my inner self would rattle on about rebelling. Whatever the case may be, I can see that there is still hope somewhere out there in this lawless world.

Now, there is something that Anton could not tell me. How to activate this defense mechanism or this power he speaks of. He played a bit with his new power a bit, casting cantrips like a real Tabletop RPG Sorcerer. He enchanted my shirt with magic armor, my pants with shield, my shoes with misty steps, and my backpack... Well, he turned it into a bag of useful things, which can summon mundane items and supplies that would help me survive. I followed him around the town. He said that he would help me get back home. We walked invisibly with a force field around us to not be seen and our scents be hidden. It seemed cool while we were inside the condominium compound since there were only a few monsters around. Everything became scary once we stepped outside and then we saw a couple of people give up on life and let themselves get eaten by these small pink transparent blobs. We saw their faces melt off and dissolve and disappear in a matter of seconds. I talked to Anton and I convinced him to go to Medical City since my girlfriend and his girlfriend work near that area. Mine is in the business district while Anton’s girlfriend works as the director of the hospital. But before we could get there, we saw a couple of goblins trying to jump on a group of teenage girls. I saw that the goblins are starting to rip off their clothes. Before I could go on and tell Anton about what I saw, lightning already flew away from his hands, vaporizing most of the goblins. One of the girls got covered in an aura of flames and burnt the last of the goblins along with her companions. Upon seeing this, Anton and I looked at each other. It seemed like we were both thinking of the same thing; friendly fire is indeed possible with these new powers that people are getting. The girl cried loudly and jumped off the side of the road and into the Pasig River. I think she tried to kill herself by drowning but the fire vaporized that part of the river and covered her in a red fiery bubble. Seeing it because we were still invisible, I told Anton that saving the girl would be a hassle because we have somewhere else to be.

While we were walking towards Medical City around halfway through Jenny’s Avenue, I’m thinking to myself I’m lucky that I am with someone who you could call awakened into what could be a new world. Suddenly after a bit of walking, something came rumbling from the sky and it got dark.