In a grassy field with white pedals falling from the sky that looked white and bright was a thirteen years old Alex, sitting down beside him was a girl who also had long white hair like him and was in the same age group as he was. The girl wore a red short sleeve jacket, the back of the jacket was short, and she wore a white skirt that matched the white inner shirt she wore. The girl explained to him "You know, mastering the blade of death was hard. I had to constantly keep practicing my energy control. And as if that wasn't enough, the ability to make sure I didn't injure myself while practicing the technique was another thing.", Alex kept quiet before responding "Must have been hard.". The girl's soft smile widened a little more "Hm. Well, you seemed to have gotten the technique easier than I did.", Alex replied bluntly "Mhm.". The girl said again "It took you a week of constant practicing while it took me three whole months to just get the technique, and another three years to fully master it.", Alex responded, not breaking from his almost doll like response "Hm. It took me a week to get it, and two years to fully master it actually.". The girl laughed, almost encouraging "You see? You're not bad.". She stood up, but this time she looked like she was a teenager of sixteen "Alex, you're amazing. You know that?.", her tone seemed soft and happy "You train hard. You put yourself at risk. You have a mix of aggression and excitement, and you always show constant development.". Alex at that moment also looked like he used too back three years ago, he blinked "You think so? Well I always knew I was cool. But hearing it from you is actually new, thanks.". The girl's head slightly faced downwards, her voice became softer "Alex, I'm sorry. We weren't there to train you. We couldn't pass any thing valuable tp you. When no one was around, you had to figure it all by yourself. I'm sorry Kazuma and I couldn't give you a life we wished to have given you.", Alex didn't seem to feel saddened or offended, he just kept the demeanour he had from the start of the conversation "It's fine. It's not your fault things ended up like this. My mind would never change, I'm very happy I was born to be your son, mom.". The girl seemed older now, like she was In her early twenties, she looked back at Alex with a side eye and a smile "You sure? Well I'm glad you feel that way. Your father and I have been through a lot back I'm our days of life ", she started to walk forward "We're just glad that despite the fact that you've also been through a lot of casualties, you still have the spirit to keep it pushing.". Mio turned back to Alex, this time she was wearing an all white dress, her white hair blew with the wind as she smiled softly at Alex, the son she wished she could always spend time with "Take care of yourself, okay, Alex? You're making me and your father proud.", she smiled brightly before herself and the space she and Alex were In completely faded into white. Alex in the real world was still laying in the crater he had caused due to crashing, it had been two whole hours since he got the upper hand on Dremalock. Alex's body still had heavy blood stains, but at least his body had fully regenerated. And since he had two hours of rest, he had gotten up fully refreshed "Ahh.", he sighed, stood up and walked forward. As he walked forward in the battlefield now quiet, he began to talk to himself "I've never really felt lonely before, but there are times when i wanted someone to talk too during my quiet times.", he walked and climbed up on a huge slope "Either way, it's fine.". A blade of death manifested on his hand "As long as I can always get stronger, I'll always be satisfied.", he looked down, the pupil of one of his eyes was glowing red while the rest of the eye was black. His other eye's pupil was also glowing red, but it was so dim to the point that the pitch black space that used to be white was even more noticeable than the glowing pupil. Alex said coldly "Hey, do you like cold nights at all? I don't, gives off a bad omen.", he looked to his left side and watched as all the statues that were once Dremalock's soldiers now nothing but rubble "Looks like you don't like it either, considering this night feels exactly like it.". Alex looked down at the slop once again "So, Dremalock. I want to hear it from you directly. Do you like cold nights?", what Alex was standing on was indeed not a slop, what he was standing on was Dremalock's unhinged jaw as he pointed his blade of death down at him. Dremalock was tired and shocked, the rest of his body had already resemble burnt rocks and were slowly crumbling away due to the previous giant blade of death he threw. Dremalock was in pure terror and shock "Ahh. Ahh. AAAAAH! AAAAAAH! HELP ME. PLEEEAASE!", he slowly wailed with his unhinged jaw. Alex said coldly, his blade of death still pointed at Dremalock's face "You haven't answered my question. I'm pouring whatever emotions I have left in me at the moment, wouldn't you like to respond? You are the talker type. Hey, I'm talking to you. Dremalooock. OOIII.". Dremalock was In pure disbelief and fear as Alex stood on his face "This... this can't be. How does a power so wicked exist?". To Dremalock, what he saw wasn't Alex standing on his face, the [THING] he saw was nothing but a demon that had taken shape with the red flames of hell standing above him as it admired its power. To Dremalock, that was what Alex was, that was his true self. He was so filled with fear that he had almost started shedding a tear "You. You're not ordinary.", his voice was shaky "What are you...? All this malice... This insanity....! It's just like Xalvagon's. No, it's almost more terrifying and raw.". Dremalock said with a tear shedding from his eyes "You're a monster. You and him.". Alex at that moment was nothing short of irritated "You didn't answer my question.", his blade of death started to gather much more reckless power, about a thousand more had started manifesting behind him "I asked a question. Do you like cold nights?". Dremalock slowly started wailing and crying "I don't.", he said. At that moment of answer, a huge explosion occurred, Alex's Blades of death fell on Dremalock and obliterated him completely "Ahh. Ahh. Aaaaaaah!", Dremalock's last words were wails of sadness and misery.
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