Michael was trapped in that eternal loop of freefall, cutting through the air up and down hysterically, screaming in a raspy voice as he pleaded with Elliot with all his remaining strength:
"We didn’t agree on this, Elliot! STOP IT!"
The hybrid Elliot’s facial expression remained tense and panicked; he took a few steps back, completely shocked by the spectacle unfolding before his eyes. He raised his delicate palms only to see a sparkling blue energy enveloping his body like a luminescent aura or an extra glowing layer directly over his skin!
"STOP THIS CRAP RIGHT NOWWW!"
Michael bellowed again, feeling his heart on the absolute verge of stopping from sheer panic and exhaustion. He clutched his throat, battling violent waves of nausea that brought him to the brink of vomiting from the relentless vertigo and continuous falling. A terrifying sensation washed over him that he might suffer a stroke while watching Elliot stare at his own hands in utter disbelief—all while Michael was enduring the agonies of death right here!
Elliot whispered in a faint voice, unable to believe himself: "This... this is truly impossible!"
Elliot was stunned to the very core; he never expected to awaken such an extraordinary, godlike power at the peak of his fear.. as if he were a shonen anime protagonist!
He raised his shining eyes to look at Michael, who had devolved into a truly pathetic state. Michael was struggling to utter words of mercy through his lips, but the severe vertigo crushing his head made coherent thought nearly impossible. Michael marshaled every ounce of physical effort to hurl himself away from the trajectory of the drop to break the horrifying loop, but it was as if an invisible wall of energy barricaded him, trapping him within this infinite loop!
Elliot felt utterly flustered and anxious seeing these desperate attempts, asking himself helplessly: What do I do now?! He had released this power automatically and instinctively to protect himself from an assault, but he didn’t have the slightest clue how to control it!
He tried to pull himself together and think calmly, then closed his eyes and issued a direct mental command to that strange power to cease, just as he used to command the [GENDER SWAP] skill:
(STOP RIGHT NOW!)
CRASH!!
Elliot heard the sharp, heavy thud of a solid body hitting the floor! When he opened his eyes, he found Michael’s sprawling across the ground in a posture that was nothing short of pitiful, his entire body trembling from the violent impact against the tiles!
Had it not been for his demonic physique and this luxurious carpet—soft enough to resemble clouds—dampening the force of the drop, his bones would have shattered and his body ruined entirely!
Michael tried to brace himself on his hands to push up and stand on his feet, but his strength betrayed him completely, causing him to collapse face-first once more.. A violent wave of nausea followed, forcing him to vomit his stomach contents onto the pristine carpet, utterly trapped in that miserable state!
Elliot approached with hesitant steps, stammering out: "Damn it.. damn it, man! You’re okay, right?! Believe me.. I never intended to hurt you at all!"
Elliot didn’t say this out of mockery; despite his internal fear that Michael might regain his strength and attempt to violate him again, he wanted nothing more than to push the danger away! He was equally terrified; he couldn’t comprehend where this power had surged from moments ago.. These extraordinary abilities weren’t standard magic spells or conventional System skills; in the lore of their story, these supreme powers granted exclusively to the Children of Destiny were known as "GODS’ BLESSINGS!"
And at that exact second, a sparkling notification window popped up before his eyes:
[CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HOST! Host (Elliot) has awakened the Blessing of «DIMENSIONAL PORTALS» from the God of Dimensional Void, tailored specifically for his unique Androgynous form... How unfortunate!]
Elliot was thoroughly astonished as he read the notification; this was the exact, precise description of the "Supreme Blessings" granted by the gods to the Children of Destiny in his novel!
In the lore of this world, hybrid Androgynous forms were considered the complete and ideal human archetype, combining the ultimate traits and abilities of both genders!
Elliot knew that theoretical fact, but frankly, he had never expected to awaken one of the Gods’ Blessings himself like the protagonists of his novel! This specific spatial ability originally belonged to one of the strongest male "Children of Destiny" in the primary plotline, but he had died extremely early in the story—so early that, as lazy writers, they hadn’t even fleshed out the development of his powers, settling for broad strokes without detailing its technical mechanics!
"Damn.. we were way too lazy during writing!" Elliot muttered to himself with a dose of self-mockery. Void and spatial abilities required meticulous explanations and strict rules to avoid plot holes... and a legendary power like this, if developed further, could have completely turned the tides of the final battle in favor of the Children of Destiny against the "Eternals"!
Elliot shook his head, sensing that he shouldn’t drown in plot nonsense and author commentary right now; he needed to go immediately to help Michael, who was still groaning from stomach pain and severe dizziness.
Elliot stepped toward Michael lying on the ground in his delicate, strange hybrid form, attempting to grab him and pull him up, but he failed completely; Michael couldn’t even support the weight of his own legs due to the shock!
Elliot said as he tried to drag him: "Come on, man.. you’re so close to the bed, try to stand on your feet!"
Yet Michael remained powerless, plunged in a state of disorientation and blurred vision..
Elliot felt frustrated and wished deep down that Michael could just be teleported directly to the comfortable bed resting in the suite..
And in a mind-bogglingly miraculous instant!
A fresh blue void portal opened directly underneath Michael’s body! Only this time, the portal wasn’t suspended from the ceiling or linked to an infinite falling loop.. Instead, space parted smoothly, and Michael felt his trembling body—braced for another falling nightmare—gently and seamlessly deposit onto the soft linens of the bed!
The dimensional portals dropped him right onto the bed without a single impact!
Elliot’s eyes widened in sheer astonishment: "My God... this is unreal!"
Elliot couldn’t believe his own eyes; he hadn’t even exerted conscious effort to control the ability—a simple, specific mental thought and desire was enough for the Divine Blessing to respond and execute his command instantly!
This was a god-tier achievement! Didn’t this mean he could use this blessing to instantly teleport anywhere he wished, exploiting it to escape this cursed headquarters alongside Michael?!
A blazing spark of hope flared in his heterochromatic eyes, as if life had been breathed back into him after prolonged despair.. And suddenly, a concept deeper and grander than merely escaping the suite flashed in his mind: What about crossing between realms entirely and returning to his original world and room?!
Elliot called out with overwhelming excitement, raising both palms to the sky and closing his eyes with intense passion: "Go on, my supreme power! Take me back to my real world... to my actual room and bed!"
He stood in the middle of the room with his eyes closed, waiting impatiently to feel that dimensional tug that would pull him through the portal and straight into his bedroom back home, rendering him the true savior and hero of this tragedy!
He waited a second... two...
Three full seconds..
At first, he reasoned that since the distance between worlds was vastly immense, the process naturally required a few extra moments to process spatial coordinates and execute the shift.. He tried to cling to hope, waiting patiently with a racing heart..
However.. after standing in that ridiculous posture like an absolute fool for several more seconds, he slowly opened his eyes, only to find himself still standing right in the middle of the very same luxurious suite, with absolutely nothing around him changed!
And at that exact moment, the System screen opened right before his eyes, writing with a tone overflowing with mockery and cackling laughter:
[HAHAHAHAHA... Are you trying to summon your magical girl suit and roleplay as a superhero right now?!!]
At the very same time, Michael lay sprawled on the bed, battling fatigue and vertigo while propping his body up on his arm with great difficulty. He stared at Elliot in his hybrid form standing there imagining himself flying between worlds, casting a look at him dripping with absolute bewilderment and pity!