Urban Plundering: I Corrupted The System! - Chapter 268

Chapter 268: The Battle Maid and the Loyal Moon Shadow
The car was still cruising, the city stretching out before them, and somehow, this conversation was getting more and more interesting. Parker leaned back, letting Tessa settle against his shoulder again, but now his attention shifted forward.

“Alright, since we’re doing story time—Naomi, Elena, what about you two?”

Elena glanced at him through the rearview mirror, her hands relaxed on the wheel. “What about us boss?”

“Your powers. What do they feel like?”

Naomi smirked, shifting slightly in her seat. “What, you suddenly interested in us boss?”

Parker rolled his eyes. “Don’t make it weird.”

Naomi laughed. “Too late.”

Elena hummed, considering. “It’s… weird to describe.”

“Try me,” Parker pressed.

She exhaled, tightening her grip on the wheel. “You already know I’ve got Nephilim Might, so that means two things—I’m strong as hell, and I’m immovable when I want to be.”

Naomi snorted. “Understatement.”

Elena smirked. “Fine. For starters like Naomi here… let’s say in simple explanation if I plant my feet? Nothing moves me. No force, no impact, no magic, no bullshit tricks. It’s like the whole world could shift, and I’d still be standing in the same spot.”

Parker nodded. He’d seen a Nephilim in action before. They were like a living anchor—an immovable object that reality itself seemed to acknowledge as fixed.

But that wasn’t even the worst part. Or the best part for that matter.

“I also figured out I can adjust my weight.” Elena flexed her fingers on the steering wheel. “I can go from normal to denser than a damn mountain in seconds. In training, I tested it—if I reinforce myself, I can punch through almost anything. Concrete? Gone. Metal? Crushed. Even your strongest barriers, boss? Could crack like glass.”

Parker exhaled sharply. If someone with that ability ever pushed it to the limit, reinforced barriers wouldn’t mean a thing. Layers of energy, hardened defenses—none of it would matter. With enough force, even the strongest structures could shatter like glass.

“And the best part?” Elena continued, smirking. “I can go the other way, too. Lighter than air. If I shift right, I can control my movement so precisely it’s like I’m flying—but without actually flying. Just pure, raw movement.”

Naomi sighed. “It’s so unfair.”

Elena grinned. “I know.”

Parker nodded his head. “So, you can go from ‘literally can’t be moved’ to ‘literally can’t be touched’ whenever you feel like it?”

Elena’s smirk widened. “Yep.”

“…That’s ridiculous.” Naomi muttered. Most of these things sounded new to her, even for Tessa and Elena since they just awakened from normal human to being ridiculously powerful.

She shrugged. “Not my fault I won the genetic lottery.”

Parker leaned back, still processing it. Strength, immovability, density control, weight shifting—it was all stacked in her favor. But there was still one more thing.

“And the other part?” he pressed.

Elena glanced at him again. “That’s the real weird part…” Elena glanced at him again. “That’s the real weird part. I can’t really describe it in normal terms. It’s like… everything just phases around me. No magic can touch me, no domain can hold me, no force can bind me. I just… walk through it.”

Parker just stared. “Yeah. No. That’s straight-up hacks.”

Elena laughed. “Hey, if you got it, you got it.”

Tessa made a noise against Parker’s shoulder. “I hate how busted that is.”

Naomi rolled her eyes. “We all do.”

Parker’s brows furrowed. “That’s not even fair.” Of course he’d let her enjoy her happiness. To him most of their powers were familiar to him but these girls needed to enjoy their shine.

Elena laughed. “You’re one to talk.”

Naomi turned slightly. “Yeah, and it’s not limitless. She tested it in the training space, remember? There is a limit.”

Parker nodded, “Yeah, you’re not completely untouchable but it’s so good and can give you a very wide leverage.”

Elena smirked back. “Nope. But I’m close enough to being untouchable.”

Tessa made a noise against Parker’s shoulder. “That’s so cheating.”

Elena shrugged. “Hey, blame whatever gave me the genes.”

Parker sighed. “Alright, fine. Next victim. Naomi?”

And with that, the conversation shifted again, but Parker couldn’t shake the thought.

Elena was a problem. A good problem—for him, anyway. But for anyone who had to fight her?

Yeah. They were screwed.

Naomi stretched, rolling her shoulders. “Mine’s Lunar and Shadow Embrace. Basically, moon magic and shadow shit. My control is strongest at night, but my powers still work during the day. I can manipulate shadows, bend them, even become them if I really want to.”

Elena narrowed her eyes. “Define become them.”

She smirked. “Ever see something slip into a shadow and disappear? I am the slip.”

Tessa lifted her head slightly. “Oh, that’s creepy.”

Naomi grinned. “I know.”

Parker tapped his fingers against his knee. “What about physically?” Her powers didn’t need much explanation.

Naomi pursed her lips. “Not as strong as Elena or Tessa. Still enhanced, obviously, but I’d lose in a straight-up brawl against either of them.”

Elena shrugged. “Yeah, but I’d never catch you.”

Naomi winked. “Exactly.”

Parker hummed, processing all of it. Every single one of them had insane abilities, and yet, they still had limits. Tessa had her time, winter, and telekinetic power but was always aware of it running through her. Elena could make herself an untouchable, immovable force, but there was a threshold where it cracked. Naomi could dance through shadows and command the night, but her physical strength wasn’t at the same level.

And him?

Well. He was still figuring out what he was but right now wasn’t about him.

Tessa smirked. “Yeah. We’re kinda terrifying.”

Elena snorted. “More like unstoppable.”

Naomi flipped down the car’s sun visor to check her reflection, then grinned. “And hot. Don’t forget hot.”

Parker sighed sarcastically. “Right. Priorities.”

Tessa settled back into his shoulder, letting out a content sigh. “Keep talking, old man. This is actually interesting.”

Parker rolled his eyes but smirked. “Yeah, yeah. Where was I?”

And just like that, the conversation flowed, the night stretching on, the city moving around them. Somewhere between the teasing and the banter, things felt a little more… connected.

Parker hummed softly, letting Tessa rest against him like she wanted. His sweet life.

But he wasn’t just relaxing—his mind was working. He didn’t like being caught off guard, which was why he was asking about their powers again, even though he already knew what they were. It wasn’t just curiosity making him ask about their powers—it was preparation