Second chapter of Nether realm King. Lots more action in this one. Hope you enjoy.
The second day had arrived. It was five in the morning, and I woke to the sound of my redstone alarm. I quickly donned my armor. I had found in my studies of it that it was made from a molten rock alloy and gave me extra speed and strength. I also equipped my knives in their holsters, and my special sword, which I had nicknamed Blazing Light, in its sheath. I strapped my bow to my back and prepared my potions. I stepped outside the house, checking to make sure no one was there. I then focused my strength, and turned into volatile smoke. This was one of my many useful powers. I drifted through a ventilation tunnel, feeling the rush of air as I cruised through the vents, going up. I exited out of the ventilation vent and burst out into my regular, heavily armored self. The rooftops were probably my fastest route uptown. I jumped from rooftop to rooftop, skillfully maneuvering through the city. When I arrived at the address they had given me, I saw a small team of fighters, wielding worn diamond armor and bows, along with iron and diamond swords bearing the shiny mark of enchantment. I quickly dashed as smoke and dropped down, knowing that my armor could take the fall. Their leader, the man with the scar, nodded at me, and pointed at the building. Two guards were standing at the front door., guarding whatever was inside. I quickly drew my bow and signaled at the scarred man to do the same. I aimed at the one on the right, and let my string loose. The arrow struck the man in the neck, downing him. Half a second later and the other one was dead, shot to the head by the scarred man's arrow. We crept up to the door. The fighters led, silently lock picking the door. We entered, and climbed some stairs up to a small room. I peeked over the open door. A group of enemy guards were planting an explosive. There was also a chair in the middle of the room. The fighters drew their bows. We aimed and prepared to fire. Suddenly however, one of the guards turned and saw us. He shouted for help. I calculated that his friends would react in about half a second. I rushed up and fired an arrow, striking the man. The guards turned and drew their swords. I took out my knife and threw it at one guard's knee. The knife set fire to its target. The guard screamed and backed up, falling on another guard, who was then set on fire. I looked around. My allies were firing arrows at the guards, who were desperately trying to take cover. I channeled my energy into my blade, and released an explosive charge from it. The ball of fire made contact with the guards' cover, a weak wooden plank, blowing it to bits in a controlled explosion and downing one guard. However the last one lunged out of the way. He quickly raised his bow and fired at me. I tried to avoid it, but as I was twisting away the arrow struck my shoulder, penetrating my armor. I winced in pain, but set my fire resistant hand ablaze with my powers and closed my fingers around the arrow, digging it out and turning it to ash. The guard poked out of another wooden plank and fired another arrow at me. This time I was fast enough however. I drew my second knife,set it ablaze and slashed the arrow out of midair. Then I quickly threw my knife at the guard. It struck his face, penetrating through the skull. He screamed as his face was set ablaze and started to melt. A few seconds later he fell to the ground, dead. We had killed all our enemies, but where was Zenith?
