Stark was perplexed, as he needed to actually save not only himself, but also the two girls with him: Sora and Lilith.
If the moon crashes, then they're gonna be all killed, and though Stark didn't care about himself since he could revive, the others couldn't.
In the crater, Aphex hovered above, his arms crossed, his laughter echoing like thunder.
But then he suddenly rembered sothing: there were still items available besides his, weren't there?
Every single item on the bodies of the other participant was disintegrated by the spear, but those on Lilith's, Sora's and Follower's should still be good to go... right?
[Stark Items: Cooldown Gem, Double Power, Blood-Sainted Amulet and Clarity Orb]
[Lilith Items: Teleportation Sphere]
[Sora Items: Armor Reinforcent Shard]
[Follower Items: ???, ???, ???, ???, ???]
At least that is what he knew.
His brain directly went to the [Teleportation Sphere] though, with it, they could definitely survive!
Instantly, Stark dashed toward Lilith, wanting to grab the sphere and teleport all of them out of the falling moon's way.
If he could manage that, then not only would he get out of the crater, but there was a bigger chance at victory since he would also kill Follower!
"..." the black demon that hovered around the unconscious man looked up, seemingly unbothered.
"CO ON," Stark shouted, reaching Lilith's body and trying to see if he could acquire the [Teleportation Sphere] sohow.
[Teleportation: Teleport you and all the people close to you in a 1-ter radius to a location you pinpoint.]
[In an unconscious state, you can steal the items of the other participants!]
"YES!"
Stark was ecstatic, it ant his plan could actually work!
But of course... with Stark, every ti sothing good happened, sothing far worse needed to balance it out.
"You really think I'm going to allow you to do that?" Aphex laughed out loud, beginning to float in the air and then pointing at Stark right as he was about to use the item, "GRAVITY FLUX!"
[Gravity Flux: Manipulates gravity to control the battlefield and slow enemies.]
He had already tried to use it two tis before, but both ti it was simply to slow down Stark.
This ti though...
FWISH!
Using his gravity powers, Aphex sent Stark flying in the opposite direction to the two girls, and though he tried to run forward and even use [Domi-Chain Restrain] to bring them to him, it was useless.
Now only 1 kiloter above ground, the giant moon kept coming down.
The crater stretched by dozens of kiloters, so the moon perfectly fit inside.
It felt like [Heaven's Spear], but in this case it would be [Heaven's Moon]...
"Insanity," Stark whispered, rage building up inside of him.
"Enjoy, kid!" Aphex, sensing that the kid didn't have any chance to save his companions, began floating out of the crater left by the spear, as he wasn't immune to his attack either.
Follower's demon did the sa thing, grabbing the body of the priest and seemingly teleporting out of existence, only reappearing out of the crater in a black flash of aura.
That thing was REALLY adamant on keeping Follower alive for so reason.
And now, Stark, Lilith and Sora were the only people left in the crater, facing the wrath of the [Lunar Cataclysm] skill.
The [Teleportation Sphere] was still in Stark's hands, but he didn't have the ti to reach the two girls, as Aphex also seed to observe him from above, ready to use [Gravity Flux] again.
Now he needed to make a decision: does he teleport out by himself, dooming the two girls for sure, or does he just stay back to take the gamble?
"..." Stark's face turned cold, but the fury inside of him kept growing more and more, the vortex in his eyes intensifying.
[Make your choice.] Explore stories at empire
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In the outside world, people were absolutely baffled, too.
The fight had been intense, sure, but this was on a whole other level.
The broadcast made sure that everyone could understand what was happening by showing it to everyone.
When the description of the [Teleportation Sphere] appeared, people felt hopeful as they thought Stark could survive.
But once [Gravity Flux] kicked in and stopped him from saving them, most people felt perplexed.
And to make it even more interesting, the words [Make a choice] didn't appear in front of Stark, not at all, but on the screens of everybody.
"This is insane!"
"What the fuck?!"
"Save them!"
On one hand, the cara turned toward the girls, with the text [Stay back and try to save them] appearing on the right, and then once Stark looked down, the cara would zoom on the [Teleportation Sphere].
And the text that appeared sent shivers down the spine of many: [Leave them to die, save yourself.]
"..." Mike Gardenis, Sora's father, went pale with nervousness.
"..." and the rest of the family as well.
In fact, most of the world was silent at that mont.
The words [Make your choice] didn't disappear as Stark darted his pupils from the two girls to the [Teleportation Sphere] repeatedly.
The risk of the choice was the following for Stark: either he saves himself and doesn't lose his only revive, or he tries to save the two girls, with a major chance of it failing, and all of them losing their lives.
Though of course, no one knew that Stark could revive.
"Co on, just use the teleportation sphere," people shouted.
"You have to try, stop wasting ti," the rest also shouted.
The world was split between the two choices, though the most logical one was obvious: to save his own life.
Even Mike and the Gardenis family knew very well that no one would risk their lives for two people, especially in such a deadly trial.
Stark's gaze kept lingering on the [Teleportation Sphere] more and more.
"..." Elise Gardenis, Sora's mother, as well as her father and two siblings all stood silent, tears streaming down from their eyes.
They were sure that they could say goodbye to their daughter now.
Everyone was sure, in fact, that Stark would choose the smartest option out of the lot.
And so, the ti ca where he needed to choose.
"Alright," Stark mumbled to himself, opening his eyes and the aura in them burning brighter than ever before, "I know what to do now."
But instead of looking at the [Teleportation Sphere] or even [Lilith and Sora] options, he looked up at the falling reflection of the moon.
A third option appeared at that mont.
One that was so impossibly foolish to do that no one could understand how Stark could even think of doing that.
This was his final choice, and even if he failed, he could proudly say he gave it his all.
"Trying to play hero? How quaint!" Aphex sneered, his outstretched hand glowing with gravitational energy.
"I'm not leaving them!" Stark growled, his crimson aura flickering in defiance.
"Well, then get ready," Aphex laughed, "It's too late now."
The reflection of the moon was right above Stark, and he needed to do what he wanted to do now, because if he didn't at least try, he knows he would regret it.
Plus, Lana would probably insult him with every na in the book.
And above all else... he didn't want them to die.
He chose the third option without hesitation.
[Third Option: Face the Lunar Cataclysm head on.]
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