8 Chapter 7: BOOM!

(1 year later)(6 year old MC)

It's been a year since our last talk, nothing interesting happened during this year really

It was even too quiet

It was the calm before the storm

Visions of the end of the world began to come to Simon almost every day.

and the war escalated

many shelters were built for fear of possible nuclear war and people stopped coming out of their houses

Every town we traveled through seemed abandoned

The term that he estimated before the explosion would be this year, the end of the world would come in a few months or less, but it would come

I spent these 5 and a half years preparing for this and yet I'm still scared by the possibility of my death.

Even if I stay away from the cities there is still the possibility that a random nuke would drop on my head.

So we built a ship out of ice

Simon also knows that the end is near so he helped me with everything I asked for.

The bombs will not target the water, that would be a waste, so we will be safe from destruction.

Regarding the radiation

our magically mutated bodies protect us from that, so we don't have to worry

And about Marceline, we just have to follow Simon's intuition, he is so connected to the crown that he can follow the directions it tells him without having visions.

today is new year

Simon and I went out to sea a few days ago

Right now we are on our ship, not too close but not too far from the main cities either.

News recently spread that HUGOCo was working with the government on a secret project months ago, no one knows what it is except maybe me.

I know that Hugo will build a powered bomb with the remains of a strange material found in an ancient huge crater, the remains of the Lich comet.

Hugo doesn't know what exactly this material is, but he knows that it will power up his bomb enormously so I don't think he cares too much.

I know that the center of the explosion will be in a big city, just above a subway station

It's been a few weeks while we wait for the explosion on our boat

nothing has happened apart from that

Just some improvements in my magical and physical abilities

Here's a little summary:

_Freeze (range 20 meters)

(My freeze is deadly within the first 5 meters)

_Creation of ice weapons and structures

(Now I can use them in combat)

_Turn into snow partially or completely for 10 seconds

(I gain immunity to physical damage and superhuman agility for those seconds)

_A fast learning speed due to my state of 'full concentration'

_I feel the presence of all the creatures or people around me (range of 20 meters)

I feel the emotions around me

(Master this during this year)

_I have general spells of very low power but very useful to escape and hide (short duration invisibility, create fire, etc)

_Medium level spells: (fireball, fog creation, lightning creation, etc)

It is the maximum level that I can reach for now

(it seems that the magic on the planet is still very weak)

Train my body to make use of:

_Basic weapons training, mainly daggers, swords, bows and crossbows

firearms training

(rifles, pistols, etc.)

Knowledge about:

_hunting and survival

_sewing and elaboration

_mechanics and repair

_medical knowledge

(just enough to heal whatever hurt me or my teammates in the apocalypse)

_Alchemy (potions to heal, poison, enhance, etc)

_information about various entities and how to defeat them

(gods, monsters, etc)

_Multiple languages(English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and several others)

Among the languages ​​I know are several dead languages ​​(necessary for magical matters)

And I was left without instruments to master

I love doing these summaries of my skills, they help me see how far I've progressed

Coming out of my thoughts back to the present

Right now I'm sitting in a chair on the boat, looking at a big city in the distance as the sun goes down and a sunset forms.

I can hear Simon coming out of the control room and sitting next to me looking at the scenery in silence.....

"Do you feel bad for not helping them Blanche?"

I hesitated for a few seconds to answer the abrupt question, but answered

"There is nothing I could have done, I can't control all the countries in the world and I can't stop that nuclear bomb, the best thing is to ensure our survival"

"(Sigh), you're right, I could stop some of them from exploding, but it wouldn't do much good and we still have to find Betty, I can't leave you or her"

"I know"

We stayed in comfortable silence for a few seconds until Simon spoke again.

"Hey son, why don't you sing me that song you were working on?"

"I don't know, it's not complete yet, you know?"

"Ahh nonsense, it sure is amazing, let me get your guitar"

Simon handed me the guitar and sat looking at me expectantly.

Sighing at his childishness, I let a smile show on my face and softly started playing the guitar.

(Shawn James: Through the Valley) recommended to listen to it to know how the guitar and the lyrics sound

I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

And I fear no evil because I'm blind to it all

And my mind and my gun they comfort me

Because I know I'll kill my enemies when they come

Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life

And I will dwell on this earth forever more

Said, I walk beside the still waters and they restore my soul

But I can't walk on the path of the right

Because I'm wrong

Well, I came upon a man

At the top of a hill

He called himself the savior of the human race

Said he come to save the world from destruction and pain

But I said, "How can you save the world...from itself?"

I was going to keep playing

but a sound that we used to hear on our travels caught our attention

It was a group of warplanes

It takes a few seconds to process

But my eyes widened knowing what would happen next

I could see the Lich_Bomb being thrown into the center of the city

and the next thing i saw

It was a huge green flash destroying much of the city, followed by a large cloud shaped like many mushroom skulls rising into the sky.

I also thought I saw a ball of ice sink near the shore, but paid no attention to it due to my initial surprise.

The shock wave took a few seconds to reach us

I couldn't cover my ears due to shock

the next moment I'm on the ground, an irritating sound in my ears, looking at the remains of a great city.

The war ended at that moment

That day

multiple nuclear bombs fell on the most populated places on the planet and humanity along with the vegetation almost extinct

A/N: thanks for reading

The meeting with Marceline and the adventures in an apocalyptic world are coming

I must announce that there will be no more POVs of Simon, I really don't know what the thoughts of a person who slowly falls into madness are like

You know, if you have any suggestions about the story, don't hesitate to comment on it.

And what did you think of the song choice? I think it was a good time to sing it

I really recommend listening to the original song