Night stepped into the darkness, and just like before torches along the way lit around.
The corpses he'd left had already begun to rot, but he just passed through it.
Still he could faintly see a couple of spiders sinking their teeth into the decaying mess .
He couldn't help but remember what he spoke with min jae about.
"Everyone who was present in the ruined city, somehow got pulled here.
In different bodies and with different identities.
It was hard to accept before but soon they all welcomed themselves easily to this new world.
Some accepted to live here without worries blending in , while others disregarded the fact they could live without worrying, treating this world as nothing more than an illusion...."
The spawns already noticed me, lunging forward.
They talked about other things, but, it wasn't really important. What truly wrecked him was the question, he asked last.
I summoned the shroud and the vampire Cleaver.
"What about you, how do you feel about this place. Illusion or another reality "
Night slashed through the spiders close to him, before letting a bead let loose.
It shifted before piercing through the bodies of the rest of the spawns. Looking at the corpses, he felt his head ache terribly, before hearing a loud ringing in his head.
[You have slain veiled beast, obsidian crawler]
[You have slain..]
[You have slain..]
[You have slain..]
.
.
[Absorbing Residual energy]
Walking past the mess, I didn't really have a need for veiled cores. Plus, the hex never said either my flame or shadow grew stronger so it would be a waste of time.
For more than thirty minutes, I didn't feel a single spawn around, and soon, the long endless pathway came to an end.
What he found wasn't a normal dead end, but, a strange like veil with a dark gloomy feeling to it.
He had not real thought as he stepped in....
Passing through felt thoroughly weird, it felt like the strange substance had seeped into the fibre of my soul.
In the blink of an eye, I was no longer in the dark and cold pathway, but in front of a beautiful yet dreadful world.
An ocean spreading wide beneath a beautiful silver moon. And at the shore, stood a strange spawn.
My fingers trembled.
A strange pressure stretched down on me instantly, as a strange pristine presence stared at me.
A tiger, it's fur was strangely pristine, it felt like nothing could sully it. It's claws and eyes were filled with a strange reminiscent stream of moon light.
It didn't feel like a spawn, but, a faint offspring of divinity. But as someone who came from a world scarred by the hex, there was one thing I knew.
"There were no real true gods."
It took a step forward, night gripped the cleaver harder.
The next step, made his breath haggard. And the next drive him off the boundary of sanity. He summoned a small vial, and emptied it's contents inside his mouth.
The hex echoed;
[You have consumed a blood fruit]
[Your physique is being enhanced]
[Abilities are being enhanced]
[Your aen becomes purer]
[Your mind becomes sharper]
[You have gained Temporary Trait: Frenzy]
[Emotions are heightened]
[Effects last for: One Hour]
I felt stronger than ever, but it couldn't stop what was slowly seeping into my body.
Fear
It moved forward, night did not know when he closed his eyes, then, it just vanished.
Night felt a wave of relief wash over him. The pressure weighing him down vanished along with it.
I lost my balance and landed in the ground.
Sweat slowly formed on my skin. But, I felt a bit relieved. If I fought, it would've ended with my life.
Then out of nowhere, a shadow popped up in my range, it belonged to a human. Before I could begin to think, I felt a thin sharp blade rest on my neck.
"Who are you"
I reacted quickly, switching forms before moving away.
Her blade was swift, nearly decapitating me. But, it just passed through.
I jumped back, before assuming my tangible form.
The person in front of me, felt too familiar to forget. Her hair was light purple and eyes deep violet.
Her amor was a bit weird, nothing more than, a chainmail.
There was a strange feeling around her, it felt disturbing.
I remembered who she was, the moment I stared into her eyes.... someone I met only once in the academy....
Her lips moved, but I could barely hear it,
The next moment, her blade appeared before me, I blocked it, but, it still lunged me back.
A rapier
It looked ordinary, but, something about it made me shiver.
She took a stance, before, attacking me again.
Crossing blades with her, she asked another question.
"How did you enter this gate"
I didn't answer, but tried to turn the fight around, but it resulted with me being lunged far into the ocean.
Was she even a seeker at this point.
All the pain vanished, the effects of the elixir was nothing short on amazing. .
Then,
[Frenzy]
With a surge of aen, night lunged, turning the cleaver around, he switched to another stance.
He tried to strike, but, she easily parried him, he lunged a barrage of attacks like a made man.
She blocked it all, and nearly killed him with a counter attack.
She wasn't scratched or weared out, even with all he had done.
He was about to continue until she asked
"Are you this weak or is the restraint on you that strong. "
Night stopped as she continued
"If this is all you have, then, Die"
It was like she fazed out of reality, and in the next moment, pain shot into his shoulder.
Blood flowed from a wound. She looked at him with cold eyes. But beneath it, was something I never should have saw.
A broken heart.
She kicked him away,
Night realised it. He was weaker than before. He was still regretful.
He dismissed the cleaver, then, pulled out a small bead. It was made from the shell of the Ravager combined with the last few scales of the guardian.
Shadowy mist seeped into it, before it took the form of a strange long sword. He remembered exactly whose it was.
The moment he grabbed the hilt, he felt his stomach turned.
Memories flashed before his eyes.
A bloodied body, but a grateful heart. She would've been alive if not for his selfish scheme.
I'm sorry.
The next moment he grabbed the blade and lunged. All warmth in his eyes vanished.
And the girl simply smiled .
Everything changed again