The man stared at Ethan for a few seconds before gesturing for him to follow him. Ethan looked confused, but he did.
The floating people fell to the ground, and Ethan followed him to the elevator, where the man pressed the very top button, which was the button to go to the 15th floor. Ethan and the man waited as the elevator went upwards.
Ethan: "So… Why did you want me to follow you?"
the man: "…"
Ethan: "Got it, so that I '…' great idea"
After a few seconds, the elevator dinged, and the doors slid open. The man walked out of the elevator, and Ethan followed behind.
The floor was just a hallway filled with doors that went on and on. After some time, the man stopped at a door which had the number 1, and he knocked.
???: "Come in!"
A voice came from behind the door; it sounded like a woman. The man opened the door, the room was decorated with flowers and the color red, the bed was expensive and comfortable
In the middle of the room was a woman sitting on a chair drinking tea; the chair looked luxurious, following the same design as the whole room.
The man: "Here you go, ma'am, I have brought the man you were looking for."
???: "Well… it seems our overpowered hero is here."
Ethan: "Our what?"
???: "I'm Velastra, call me Vela, Ethan."
Ethan: "Ayo, what? How did you-"
velastra: "Know? Well, you can say I know the future and past, even for those I have just met… You see, you are an interesting one… In every universe, either you or your buddy takes over the world, or neither of you, and you live a normal life… so I wanna see what is so special about the ALMIGHTY electric slayer"
Ethan was confused. How the hell did she know anything about him, or his future? And by buddy does she mean ghost king? The woman's voice was filled with some kind of tone that calms nerves, that made you feel safe.
Velastra: "I am what you humans call a 5th-dimensional being. I see the future and past and every other universe."
Ethan: "Huh? OK, if you were fifth-dimensional, how could I see you?"
Velastra: "Have you ever heard of the fact I can also move in the 3rd dimension? Anyways, I am mostly here to test your strength, even if I will defeat you anyway. See you at the training floor."
Suddenly, she disappeared. Ethan looked around. Time began to slow, and so Ethan walked down the stairs until he reached the training floor. There, he saw Velastra leaning on the wall; she looked at Ethan.
Velastra: "You sure took your time. Let's get started."
Ethan: "You know that time is…"
Velastra: "Yes, I know…"
Velastra walked towards the place where two people usually duel, then she froze, meaning that she had started time again. All Ethan had to do was go back into normal time, time began moving like normal again, and he followed Velastra as she walked to the dual section of the training floor.
Ethan entered behind her. The room was a big white room with lines on the walls and floor, and ceiling as if it was a 3D chart; it was empty, voices echoed, and even footsteps.
velastra suddenly appeared in front of Ethan with her leg at Ethan's face level, so he decided to dodge but she had already anticipated that so she changed her kick direction accordingly and almost hit Ethan, but he dodged once again.
Ethan looked around and fired a lightning bolt at her. She dodged. Her movements were planned and almost perfect, so Ethan slowed down time and moved as fast as he could, but she always dodged. It was clear that she was looking at the future…
Velastra quickly slowed time and dodged Ethan's attacks, no matter how fast they were, suddenly a hit landed, it was a punch, Ethan- velastra: "No, I'm not going to let him hit me yet, so back with time" -Velastra quickly slowed time and dodged Ethan's attacks, no matter how fast they were, she kept on dodging them.
Then Ethan jumped to a corner of the room and put his hands forward, and a yellow ball of energy formed. Velastra quickly followed suit and punched Ethan, but he didn't flinch; he kept charging, then the ball flew forward and left behind it a laser.
Ethan grabbed the laser and changed its direction towards Velastra like it was a large stick, and before she could react, she was hit with the laser. She flew towards a wall on the other side, and Ethan took that opportunity and rushed after her and grabbed her by her leg, and began to spin with her.
She could feel her body stretch, but then she began to grow, getting bigger and bigger, until she was too big for Ethan to hold. She flew towards a wall, getting hurt either way.
Velastra: "OK, OK, you beat me, you're the first 3rd-dimensional person to ever hurt me. I was holding back, of course. But I'm impressed…"
Ethan: "Thanks??"
Velastra got up and began to shrink to normal size. She walked out of the room, while Ethan was following behind, she then went into the elevator, and Ethan went in with her.
velastra: "Listen, you are a threat, a you who is powerful will come… some fool will unleash him here… and he is as strong… if not stronger than you… So be careful."
Ethan: "You mean ghost king?"
Velastra: "No… I said AS strong as you, or stronger."
Velastra walked to her room, and Ethan shrugged, when it then dawned on him… he had heard the name Velastra once… even read it somewhere… but where… oh wait! she's the number one hero! Ethan realized that the number one hero had admitted that he is strong; he had read her name when checking his ranking on his phone.