Chapter 2: Tyrannical World
Nix was hit.
"What the HELL?!"
"CALL AN AMBULANCE!"
"KYAAAA!!"
The nearby witnesses panicked and screamed in chaos. The driver who struck him stood frozen—mind blank, body stiff with despair.
But before anyone could take out their phones,
Nix's body vanished.
"Haaaaa... That was quite troublesome," Nix thought.
He stood still.
The truck hadn't injured him. If anything, it snapped him out of the hollow trance he'd been drowning in. But before he could even process what just happened—
The ground beneath his feet cracked open.
A dark spiral formed.
"A portal? A tear in reality?"
"Shit… this thing's expanding fast."
He instinctively stepped back—but he was too late. His footing failed, and the gravity of the anomaly pulled him in.
"Shit... I might actually die..."
The portal sealed behind him.
Nix landed hard, the air knocked from his lungs.
"Ackk...!"
He clenched his teeth. A massive weight pressed down on him.
"What is this gravity...?"
It felt like he was being crushed under a ton of steel. But there was something else...
A presence.
"This energy… it's profound."
His body responded instinctively—soaking it in. Power trickled through his limbs like warm static.
"Just by breathing it in… I'm getting stronger."
He sat cross-legged, his thoughts racing.
"The energy in the atmosphere… it's seeping into my body the moment I stop resisting. The weight's still there—but it's a little easier now. Barely. I should get used to this pressure... but first, I need food."
He stood—or tried to. The gravity still pushed him down like a vice.
Then, from the corner of his eye, he spotted it: A hare chewing acorns. It wasn't ordinary. It had sharp claws and unnatural speed.
"That's not from Earth..."
He observed quietly.
"I can't hunt in this state… but maybe I can trap one. Good thing there's an abundance of acorns to use as bait."
He dug a pit.
Slowly. Painfully. Each movement a battle against the weight pressing him down. He sharpened thick branches and placed them at the bottom. Covered the top with sticks and leaves. Primitive—but deadly.
Satisfied, he moved to the next phase.
Following one of the hares, he discovered their den. At least a hundred of them.
Even better—there was a water source nearby.
"Perfect."
He walked up to one and slapped it. Stole its acorns right out of its paws. The hare screeched, alerting the others.
Nix bolted.
"Come at me, worms..."
Dozens of hares gave chase. He smacked a few to slow them, luring them in. He could barely move under this world's gravity but he pushed through.
He swung over the trap using a sturdy vine and just like that...
Crash!!!
Hundreds of hares plummeted into the pit.
Nix stood at the edge. Watching...