Versatile: Alternate World

It's looking real ominous now. I don't like the look of this. But seeing its change is enough to know that it is disturbed by just that one attack is enough for me to know that perhaps doing it again may shake things up on that portal and mess up what it should have been. There is nothing to lose and if things get weird, I will have to stop or fight back.

To avoid a bigger explosion from occurring, I decided to use the electricity ability than using the fire-base ability. With the explosion earlier, I don't want to cause more ruckus than there should be and the lesser destructive consequences and lesser noise when used is the electricity. I know it makes the zaps sound but it's not as loud as the explosion of a fireball colliding with the portal.

BZZZZT BZZZT BZZZT

A little blitz of electricity started to crawl around my palms and just this little crackling sound of it is much quieter than the flames in my hands earlier. Once I had everything under control, I focus my attention on the portal and amplify the ability in my palms. It's not as strong as the flames but since the bolts of electricity are fast and can be destructive if used for a prolonged time, it takes a few seconds for the results to occur.

"Alright, let's get you sparkly with electric boogaloo, okay?!"

And I shot out the electricity from my palms to the portal. The moment the electricity touched the portal, I felt a small jolt in my hands, It is tingly and made my hands feel numb. However, the portal alone is looking like it is struggling too hard to maintain its form. If it has a voice, it must be already screaming in pain.

Perhaps...the portal is being overloaded by my ability? If it is sucking the mana in the surroundings very slowly while releasing the cold air, perhaps the abilities I have thrown into the portal is making the portal go haywire?

Despite not knowing if it was the main cause of how it looks like right now, it is clear it is doing the trick of breaking the crap out of the portal and changing its form. I increased the power of the electricity a little bit harder and just as expected, the portal is showing signs of shrinkage as time goes by. Not only that but the cold air that is around the portal is also disappearing which only means I am hitting the jackpot in closing it.

"HA!"

I amplify the power even further and this causes the portal to shrink even further. I grinned seeing how small it has gotten after I continue pushing the electricity to overload the portal. It didn't take long and it was about to disappear. But before I can even celebrate successfully closing the portal, the small portal seems to have gotten torn all of a sudden, and a large crack appeared. It doesn't look like a portal or anything, more like it was intentionally torn but that is not the cause of concern for me because that large crack suddenly has large claws appearing.

"What the f*ck? Monster manifestation?!"

Seeing the monster is trying to tear a larger crack out from the previous crack it made, made me assume that it is a big monster. With that as a possibility, I poured all of my mana to increase the power of my electricity and patch up the crack. The portal that has appeared and I suppressed earlier has already disappeared but the new one is the crack that has been torn by the monster behind that realm. Looking at how the portal is also being affected by my electricity only means that it is also functioning similarly to how the portal I just closed does.

And this is just a race on which of us is the one who will win the struggle, me, who is currently struggling just closing the portal, or the monster, that is trying the best it can to reach out to this world and manifest in his own glory.

"F*ck you! Whatever you are, you are not going out of that place!"

I transfer all the burden of manifesting the electricity to my right arm and freed my left arm from the burden. It made my hands a bit tingly and numb but it can function and work like always. And finally, my left arm finally returned to normal. I tried to close and open my hands to check whether the numb feeling I am feeling in my arm is still there which is thankfully no longer present there.

With that, I called my Versatile Weapon, manifest it in reality, and get it to exist. Just closing the portal will be not enough. I will have to overpower the enemy by myself and win.

"You think I will just sit idly and wait for you to manifest? I am not that soft! You have no place in this world!"

The manifestation of the Versatile Weapon allowed me to have an item that can help me fight against the monsters. My magic alone will not suffice, I have to add force with a bit of "oomph" to make this done for good.

The huge claws are trying to rip the little portal appearing in the air. It is struggling but it is trying its best to crawl out from whatever dimension the monster came from. And then, one of its arms started to reach out from that portal.

SWISH!

I swing real hard to the arms that appeared. I didn't just swing half-heartedly but a swing that I am trying to cut something.

GRAWWWRRRR!

The howl of the monster from the portal echoed from that same portal after the Versatile Weapon severed one of its arms that tried to reach out from the portal. The monster was surprised and retreated immediately into the world beyond that portal.

Once the monster stopped trying to tear a bigger hole, I poured all of my remaining mana and overload the portal that was created after the monster tried to rip a new hole and forcefully seal the portal before it can even manifest even further. I don't want to take chances and didn't wait for the monster to appear again and closed it.

SHAAAAAAAA~

The portal disappeared and everything had finally returned to normal. The weather also started to warm up and the ice that seemed to have formed around the neighborhood is also beginning to melt as well. Well, except for the giant monster arm that is lying on the ground. It is pretty eyecatching and seeing how it has blue blood coming from its wound, the blood looks like paint.

Because I have no choice, I checked the surroundings before touching the monster's arm and activating the teleport ability.

BLAG!

The monster's arm also got teleported to my room and it landed on the floor with a "Blag" sound. It's not that loud but I hope that no one heard that. But I am pretty sure they haven't heard that. With them stuck in the kotatsu due to the cold, I doubt most of them are even staying inside their rooms. More like they are keeping themselves warm from the cold.

I know I already closed the portal and it is starting to warm up but that doesn't mean I already fixed everything around here. I am quite sure there is somewhere else the portal is manifesting. With this happening all around the world, the portal should be existing all around the world too.

After the appearance of the monster trying to tear apart the closing portal, I am now fearing for the worst. With how monsters appeared in portals, some people might think the world is also doing a transformation similar to those novels with monster invasion via portals and people will gain abilities and stuff.

Still, I am not afraid of that happening just yet. If my theory is correct, the monster only started to try to interfere and get out of the portal when the portal is about to close. With the portal open, perhaps they will not do anything just yet. They will not do anything beyond tearing the portal to a bigger one and letting monsters appear. Unless the portal is closed, the monsters will not appear...that is my theory at the very least.

Still, how can I close them all? I am just one man and I am by no means trying to become a hero. All I wanted is to play the game and take revenge on those people who do me wrong in the past timeline. Even if I leave them alone, the whole world will be in trouble if that happens. It's not even a good thing in many ways. So, what am I even supposed to do? I am the only one who knows the situation and the only guy who knows how to close it at the moment.

This choice alone is something that will only hurt my head more. Just what the heck is even going on in this world? Is it the consequence in changing what is going to happen in the future?