Chapter 112 - Upcoming opportunity

In the strange cave, Arius came to Clarice, who was beginning to walk a little on her feet, entered, and said: I see you are starting to improve. She told him: Yes, because of the traits of my species, we heal quickly from injuries. Arius said: I am happy for that, but it seems you are still exhausted, so what do you think about me washing your foot with this liquid I made myself? You will heal quickly because of it. Clarice said enthusiastically: Yes, please. I do not want to exhaust you, but if it is your wish, that is fine, and it might also be an opportunity to get closer to me physically. Arius laughed strangely, saying: Wow, you are very bold and frank in a way that truly worries me. Please do not say such things; I have no intention of getting close to you until after the agreement, remember, you silly girl. She said: Right, I forgot, sorry, I am just excited, haha. Well, tell me, my dear, where have you been all this time? Arius said: In places. Then he changed the subject and said: Nowhere, I was nearby watching events, haha. Clarice said: Haha, yes, but why did you not tell me you were alive long ago? You made me worry about you very much. Arius said: It was not good for me to appear and tell anyone that I was still alive because I am targeted, you silly girl. Black Eye and many others targeted me, which is why I did not appear to anyone, and my appearance to save you then was not part of my plans. I swear by Hemera I did not intend to appear. Clarice said: And who is this Hemera? Arius said: Nothing at all, I just made a mistake, nothing more. Clarice said: Fine, tell me, what will we do after our marriage? I plan for us to live alone in an isolated place, just for us, and to stay in a closed house forever, you, me, and our children that we will bring, what do you think? Arius said: Haha, you come up with truly strange ideas, girl. Are you alright? I think I know what is happening with her, Arius said inside his head. He went and grabbed a book from his desk, began flipping through it, and said: This is the obsessed Yandere condition. Arius said: This condition makes a girl reach a point of madness over a specific young man just because he did a spontaneous action or situation with her somewhere, even if only once, but I do not remember doing anything good for her. It does not matter, the important thing is to keep her under my control currently because she is foolish as I expected. Well, my dear, let me wash your foot now. Clarice got excited, raised her feet, and imagined herself as a princess, despite already being one, with Arius as her prince who came to put the glass slipper on her and take her on a horse into the unknown, while Arius was hearing her murmurings and saying to himself: Very disgusting. In World Zero, Arlin was sitting with her sister, exchanging conversation. Arlin said: I saw you only once, and that was when Karma held the Worlds Tournament. Back then, you came with two of your soldiers and asked one of my team members to join you. That was the only time I saw you back then. Celes said: I remember that. Back then, I thought Karma was recruiting tough fighters to invade our world, so I decided to go myself to see what was happening, and I saw the fighters and how they fought, but I did not notice you much, forgive me, my sister. As for that fighter, I heard he was one of Black Eye's victims, I am sorry for that. Arlin laughed internally, saying: If only you knew that it is him in the flesh, but before that, Dazai told her to keep Arius's identity secret, which is why she did not tell Celes about it. Celes said: Are you not angry about your follower because of that Black Eye? Arlin said: I do not deny that I was angry at first, but life is like that, win some, lose some, and that fighter's fate was to die at the hands of Black Eye. Celes said: Did you not know the reason? Arlin said: Before Black Eye joined Dazai, he was commissioned by someone who had a grudge with my former follower, hiring him to kill him, and he succeeded in that, but we managed to capture him. Celes said: Strange, this Black Eye was a bounty hunter and a criminal at the same time. Arlin said: Natural, as there are always criminals chasing rewards, but from what I saw, Black Eye does not kill anyone unless there is a reason, and he does not kill for just any reason, but for conclusive reasons. Celes said: Still, it is impossible for me to ever trust that person, ever. On one of the planets, Isola sat waiting for Arius, who went to bring something and return. She said: Strange, he is late. She went to the tent and did not find him, so she asked the energy soldier with her about his location, but he does not speak at all, so there was no point. Then she said: Does bringing an item really take all this time? Meanwhile, we see Arius sitting on a hill, listening to everything happening in Dazai's office and in the entire castle, saying: So that is how it is, damn it, so that Celes knows that Black Eye killed Arius, so there is no point in going and executing the plan to dive into Ezoria, gain Celes's trust, and incite her against Dazai. Damn it, then nothing remains except the comprehensive infiltration plan, and for that plan, I will need to precede them and need Isola to execute it for me, and I will make this plan a pull-and-push plan later, but I will execute the infiltration plan at the present time even if I lose Dazai's trust, because my goal is more important than anyone's trust. Arius's eyes turned a glowing lavender color as he laughed maliciously, then went silent, descended, and found Isola looking for him. He landed in front of her, scaring her, so he said to her: Did I scare you? She got angry at him, saying: Yes, and also where were you all this time? Arius said: I was looking for firewood. Isola said: We brought an electric oven with us, Arius. Arius said: Well, I was playing around here and there and exploring the planet. She said to him: Fine, I will believe this lie of yours, but do not try to scare me again. He said: Fine, but what do you think about us talking about something alone tomorrow after we spend time together? She said blushingly: Fine, but this time I am the one who will prepare dinner, and also when we spend the night, I would like... Arius said: I understood what you want, but you also have to help me with something, I will tell you about it later. She said to him: As you wish, my dear, just let us do it for a longer period. He said: Do not worry. Arius said inside his mind: It seems she really loved it, I know she is thirsty for that because she was suppressing herself from asking me in the past, but I excuse her, but now is the right time to make her lose her mind, I just hope to know which side she will stand on while fully conscious, me or her brother, to see her actions toward me or toward her brother, even though I know she will choose her brother, but no harm in some experiments before I leave and abandon her, for after she helps me with my goal and if she succeeds before I rely on her, I will abandon her in both cases, whether she succeeds or if she successfully helps me cross the pass, I really pity this girl because I am deceiving her like this, if she had not entered that cave that day and seen me in that state, I would still be searching for ways to enter now, I found that fate sent her to be my key to enter the land of that rat, and I truly feel a sense of achievement, and soon I will end everything, and after that... well, I will think about that later, come on, my dear, come with me. In the fortified castle, Zarda and Acropolis were sitting in a closed room, thinking about what to do. Zarda said: Why do we not destroy the place, return to our mistress, and say that Black Eye does not exist and that Dazai exposed us and tricked us? Acropolis said: We cannot, did you not feel the energy of that Dazai, and those around him have massive power, and on top of that, I now feel a close, large energy as well, equal to or slightly larger than Dazai's energy itself. Zarda said: I wish I had learned to feel his energy like you, I regret that. Acropolis said: You know, as we were coming here in space, we passed by a ship in a fraction of a second, do you know that I felt someone's energy inside it? I do not know, it was suppressed energy, heavily packed, but what was visible of it, I swear to you, was a terrifying amount I cannot imagine, to the point that the energy of Dazai, whom we stood before, seemed like a beginner's energy compared to it, even though I did not see Dazai's full power, only what was visible, but from what I saw, that thing we passed by was suppressing itself in a frightening and massive way, and what showed from it made me shiver, even though I felt millions of huge energies in the universes. Zarda said: Strange, I did not feel anything, and I did not see anyone pass by us at all. He said: Never mind, we just have to wait for this Black Eye, and let us leave as soon as he arrives, nothing more. She said: As you wish, my brother. After that, three days and nights passed, and after that, Clarice fully healed from her injuries. Arius said: This is good, you are ready to go, I will transfer you to that world in the blink of an eye, remember, kill Black Eye only, nothing else, we do not want to hurt anyone, he is pure evil, a wicked person, everyone around him is said to be criminals, but no, he is the only villain, there is no evil in this world as much as that person is evil and scum, I swear to you he committed things that the word evil is too little for. Clarice said: Dear, do you hate him that much? He said: Yes, very much, I hate him, I hate his nature, I hate what he used to do, I hate what he did to me and what he will do to everyone here. Clarice said: What did he do to you? Did he do something bad? Arius said: Yes, but it does not matter, the important thing is that you have enough power to defeat him, unlike me, I am very weak unfortunately, my powers are very limited against the big figures, but you, my dear, your power is enough to defeat him, overthrow him, and end his evil from existence, believe me, if you knew the extent of evil, disasters, and crimes he committed against us, you would wish for his death a thousand times, my sole goal was only to kill him and defeat him, in the beginning we were admirers of him, but he turned out to be just an arrogant person who sees power and those who possess it above everyone and everything just because he is the strongest, but now the situation changed, he is weak and we are the strong ones, and we will rid the layers of him and everywhere. Clarice said: Arius, you are really excited to defeat him, it seems he is truly a bad person, but tell me, where will we find him in that world? Arius said: Not now, we will make him get drained, he might be killed before we kill him because he will engage in a fierce confrontation and might die in it, but we will go just as a precaution. Clarice said: Fine, my dear. Arius said: Let us go. He held her hand, intertwined his hand with hers, and they transferred together from the place to World Zero. There, Clarice woke up after spending three days of happiness with Arius on an isolated planet, only to find him entering her tent, and she said to him: You always wake up before me. He smiled and said: Yes, and you always know that I always love you. He sat and kissed her. She said to him: You are very romantic today, dear. He said to her: Yes, now I would like your help with something, but I am shy. She said to him: Ask whatever you want. He said: Fine, today Dazai called me and told me that you have a key that opens the northern pass of World Zero, and he said he wants it because he will head there with Celes, the leader of Ezoria, to close the pass, but an emergency happened and he told me to hand over the key in your possession in case something happens to him, and he asked me to take you on this trip far away so you do not get hurt. Isola said: Dear, what are you talking about? My key, I already handed it to my brother two days before our trip, because he asked me to do so so I do not let you be reckless and go there and use the key to enter, and he told me it is for all our interests. Arius felt shocked by what he heard, left Isola, opened his eyes wide, and said inside his mind: That bastard tricked me, he knew that Isola would break before me, which is why he took the key from her, Dazai, I will kill you, Black, no problem, I will break through that pass myself. Arius shouted and flew from the planet at insane speed into vast space. Arius said to Dark inside him: How far is that pass from us, Eye? Dark said: Master, the pass is trillions of light-years away from us because it is at the edge of the south and on the fringes of the convergence center between the four directions, north, south, west, and east, and because of this, at our current speed, we will need about 10 minutes to arrive. Arius said: There is no time, they are at the entrance currently, I will destroy them all if it is closed before I arrive, increasing his speed slightly and breaching space at extreme speed to reduce arrival time to 1 minute in front of the pass. Celes said: So this is the pass, come on, let us close it immediately, damn it, how I hate the annoying smoke coming out of this rift, Eye. The pass was a golden cube connecting the four directions, shaped like a cracked cubic gateway. Dazai said: Damn it, there is energy coming toward us, what is happening? Close the rift immediately. Indeed, the rift began to shrink gradually, becoming smaller and smaller. Zaya said: What is this? The ground started shaking, what is happening? On the way, the system window appeared to Arius, telling him to wear the mask. Arius was surprised by the matter. The system said: You are being watched, wear the mask. Indeed, he did that and arrived at the place. Dazai, his men, Celes's men, and she were about to close the pass until Black Eye arrived and stopped them. Dazai said: Black Eye, what is the meaning of this? Arius said: Dazai, this was not our agreement, you tricked me, you tried to keep me away a lot, but for your tricks to reach deceiving your sister as well, this is the worst. Dazai said, gesturing from behind to everyone to close the pass: I did not deceive you, my close friend, I only wanted your interest and the interest of everyone in this world. Arius said: No, rather you tricked me, and also everyone's interest is for me to enter now, go, kill that rat, and relieve the world of him. Yellow Eye said: You fool, who do you think you are? Do you think if you faced Baryon you would become a hero of justice or something similar? Arius said: I do not care about heroism, nor about anyone here, my goal is clear, eliminating the one who robbed my happiness only, the rest can go to hell. On the other side, Clarice stood with Arius behind a hill, listening to everything happening. Arius said: Wow, all these figures are here, it seems a huge brawl is happening. Clarice said: That is Black Eye, and there are other masked ones like him, wow, it seems they are arguing among themselves. Arius said: Let us hear what they say before the attack. Dazai said: You Black, think with me, there is no hope for all of us in fighting Baryon, even after a million years, we just need to calm down and stay away from him, we do not want more problems for our world, Baryon waking up means the destruction of our world, just leave him alone. Black Eye said: I did not expect you to be such a coward, Dazai, even though you previously had the intention to take revenge on him. Dazai closed his eyes slightly and then said: I was like that, but now I find no justification at all for revenge, revenge is a game for bastards, Black Eye, and I am not a bastard, nor are you. Then suddenly, the entire pass closed, and Dazai said: We did it, and he ordered everyone to destroy the keys so they did that, then Dazai said: Now, my friend, we can live in peace, see, the problem is solved, I did this for the sake of the whole world. Black Eye looked at them in silence, then Celes said: This follower of yours is strange, Dazai. Suddenly, Arius passed between them without either of them sensing him until he reached the front of the pass, shocking both of them, and Zaya said: Impossible, he bypassed my father as if it were nothing before him, like a ghost, what is this person? The system window appeared in front of Arius to inform him that this pass literally weighs infinity, meaning it cannot be carried at all, and its durability is almost without exaggeration as durable as infinite universes multiplied by infinity, and this is the closest description for Arius's mortal mind to comprehend. Arius looked at his fists, grabbed the edges of the closed rift, and began pulling them. Everyone looked at him thinking he would not succeed, but he actually began opening the crack easily, and on top of that, he punched the entire pass with a single punch, leading to its complete destruction amid everyone's shock. Arius said to Dazai: You have a chance next time, then he entered the pass, and it closed on him because another pass magically appeared instead of it, remembering Dazai once when he tricked Arius in a game and caught him off guard to say that word to him, you have a chance next time. Dazai gritted his teeth and said: You worst one. Celes said: What now? Shall we let him go like this? Dazai said angrily: Let him bear his mistakes, that bastard will die, I warned him, let us return now and hope he dies before reaching Baryon from one of the monsters there, damn it. Dazai left the place and flew away, with everyone following him. Clarice and Arius came out from behind the rock, and Clarice said: Wow, it seems that Black Eye betrayed those people, but where did he go? Arius said: As far as I know, he went to meet an enemy behind this barrier, so we will enter as well and wait, if he dies by that person we will be lucky, if he wins, though I doubt it, we will kill him ourselves because he will be very exhausted and helpless. Clarice said: Fine, my dear, let us do it, first let us shatter this thing as he did. Arius said: I apologize, currently I cannot do something like this, my dear, but you can easily. Clarice said: Do not worry, this is easy, I will teach you later, proceeding to punch the barrier, shattering it. Arius said: Wow, I cannot believe she has this strength, it seems I am in front of a extraordinary monster and not a simple beautiful girl, alright, let us go, let us enter. Arius said: Remember, we will not enter directly, and lower my energy to zero so no one senses us at all, for behind this pass lie countless universes, said to contain half of the universes present in the previous side, numbering around 500 trillion universes stacked, but their dimensions are higher. Clarice was surprised and said: Dimensions? What is this? Arius said: For every world or place, there are dimensions, and each universe contains dimensions counted from 1D to 5D, 6D, and 7D, and these are lower dimensions as we call them. Clarice said: As you call them? Arius said: Yes, 5D in a specific universe in any world here might just be a drawing on a wall in a higher world or a higher dimension, did you understand? It is a theory I studied in the past. Clarice said: Dear, you are knowledgeable in complex matters, I do not know any of them, but they sound fun. Arius said: Yes, they are fun if you understand them and use them in explanation or understanding, but do not worry, forget about it and let us focus on our tasks here. Clarice said: Yes, let us go, although the place here feels hot and the air is very suffocating, what is this heavy place? Even gravity feels larger here, I feel fat here and I am not like that .