CHAPTER 126~3RD PERSON’S POV~“You can't do this to me and get away with it,” Elizabeth said as she levitated off the ground. The blackish-green aura that burned around her caused the entire facility to shake.“What the hell? She's not human?” Derren asked, shocked."Clearly, she's not. Most probably a witch like Mary, but I can't help but feel like something is wrong somewhere,” Anaya said, staring at Elizabeth.“What do you mean?” Derren asked.“Elizabeth is like a child to me. I've given her everything she's ever needed and even helped in her campaign to become the queen. The Elizabeth I know, would respect my wishes without thinking about them; she would lay down her life for me. Elizabeth basically worships me. That's why It came as a shock when Michael said she was working to destroy the werewolves. All this lying and betrayal... it just doesn't seem right. Something doesn't add up,” Anaya said.“We can figure that out after we've left here alive,” Derren said. He and his warr
CHAPTER 127~3RD PERSON’S POV~Gabriella’s eyes slowly opened up as she groaned. As her blurry vision cleared up, she found her friends sitting beside her bed. She sat up and looked around at everyone staring at her.“What wrong?” Gabriella asked.“You tell us, you suddenly went completely stiff earlier. I thought something bad happened to you,” Marian said.“Hmmm. Where's my mother? Is she alright?” Gabriella asked as a look of worry suddenly grew on her face.“She came back a few hours after you went stiff. She was in really bad shape. We wanted to take her to a hospital, but she asked us not to,” Lily replied.“Where is she now?” Gabriella asked.“In her room,” Lily replied.Gabriella quickly got off her bed and rushed through the passages to Anaya's room. She knocked on the door multiple times, but there was no answer. She grabbed the door’s handle and pushed it open forcefully, yelling, “Mother! Are you in there?"As the door swung open, she found Anaya sitting quietly on her bed
CHAPTER 128~3RD PERSON’S POV~“This message is being broadcasted all around the globe, so this isn't some prank or joke, and it is not to be taken lightly.Supernaturals have lived among you humans for thousands of years, and most of you never knew about it because their existence never affected you. Well, your safety, happiness, and peaceful living are fleeting as these supernaturals plan to destroy every human in the world.Some of you may think this is some conspiracy theory some high school student has come up with, but no. I have proof that will change your perspective forever.” The UNKNOWN spoke.Gabriella, Mary, and Maria stared silently with shock on their faces as the screen went black and a video came on.The video showed Derren and his warrior wolves transform and go into battle with humans. It also showed Anaya killing Elizabeth but didn't show Elizabeth using her powers; that part had been cut out.“What?! That's…” Gabriella said with shock on her face.After the video
CHAPTER 129~3RD PERSON'S POV~Clarabelle sat on a throne at the center of the dark forest. She had an emotionless expression on her face and had some strands of her hair hanging in front of her face. A large nightwalker laid beside her throne, and she used her left palm to gently pet its head. Her fingers brushed through its fur, and it released what looked like black dust into the air.She let out a sigh and closed her eyes. As she did, a large portal appeared before her. The portal glowed purple and swirled around in an anticlockwise direction. “Hmmm, you're back,” she said softly.All four of her minions walked through the portal, THE UNKNOWN being the first to come out.He bowed to Clarabelle, then said, “My queen, we have returned from our mission. The first and second phases of the plan were successful. We successfully killed all the council members and replaced them, and we were able to fool Lady Anaya into revealing the existence of werewolves.”“That sounds… splendid,” Cla
CHAPTER 130~3RD PERSON'S POV~“So tell me, Lady Anaya. Where are the rest of the werewolves? I want names, facial descriptions, and locations. Are there children involved in this? Were they forced to join your werewolf cult? Are you a werewolf yourself? Tell me everything.” The policeman who was interrogating Anaya said.“I refuse to answer any silly questions until my lawyer gets here,” Anaya said. She was wearing an orange jumpsuit.“Listen, Mrs. Dragnon, you may have power over the outside world, but not in here. Inside these four walls, I'm in charge, and I get to do whatever I please with you if you refuse to comply." The policeman said, his brows furrowing as he leaned forward.Anaya stared at him for a moment, then said, “You really have no idea who I am, do you? I could get the military of the country to drop a bomb in the area and kill every single one of you here, but I have refused to do that because innocent civilians will die. I could also take down this entire station
CHAPTER 131~3RD PERSON’S POV~“If you wish to leave this place alive, kneel before me.”“Heh, you sure have one hell of a mouth. Let me make myself clear. You're about to die, and no one's going to save you, Anaya,” the large woman spoke again.Anaya let out a sigh and closed her eyes. She got up from where she sat and put her hair in a bun, then opened her eyes. Her irises glowed golden yellow, and she spoke again.“I said kneel."The energy from her immense aura suddenly filled the room, and all four women who came in fell on their knees. The pressure on their bodies increased again, and they fell face-flat on the ground.The ground inside the cell broke to pieces, and the rubble was instantly flattened by the pressure.“What’s happening?” One of the women struggled to ask as blood spilled out of her mouth.“If I raise the energy in this room any further, your bones will be crushed, and you will be flattened instantly. Lower life forms such as yourself cannot stand before me, and t
CHAPTER 132~3RD PERSON’S POV~A white piece of chalk suddenly materialized in Mary’s right hand. She crouched down and used the chalk to draw a magic circle on the ground, then drew a straight line from its center to its circumference.“How did she do that?” Lily whispered, leaning toward Marian, who stood beside her.“Do what?” Marian asked. “She drew a perfect circle and a straight line with only her hand. How much of a perfectionist does she have to be to be able to do that?"“There’s a technique I use. It’s not too complicated, but I don’t think it’ll ever be of use to you since you’re not a witch like me,” Mary replied, staring at the circle. She raised her head and smiled at Lily, then continued, “If you wish to learn it, I can teach you.”“That won’t be necessary,” Lily replied, stroking the back of her head and giggling nervously. The chalk Mary held transformed into a needle, and Mary turned to Gabriella. “This circle represents the map of the abyss realm, and the line tha
CHAPTER 133~3RD PERSON’S POV~Maria’s house was quiet; the only sound that could be heard was that of an afternoon breeze blowing through her gardens. Maria walked around the large barn Derren built, feeding the livestock. She had already cleaned up the entire house and watered all the plants, and all that was left now was having breakfast.She opened the front door and walked in. Her eyes had dark sacks underneath them, and her hair was a mess. She looked exhausted and weak, and she found it hard to walk around the house without bumping into random objects.She staggered to the kitchen and served herself some spaghetti on a flat ceramic plate. She moved to the dining room and sat on one end of her table. As she placed her meal on the table, she stared at it for a moment, then picked up her fork. She stabbed the fork into the spaghetti strands, twirled it around, and as she raised it to her mouth, she stopped.Tears rolled out of her eyes, and the fork dropped from her hand back onto
CHAPTER 310~GABRIELLA'S POV~Just as Clarabelle warned, the entire world forgot that there was such a thing as the alpha-J drug, and every trace of it vanished from the face of the earth after she reversed the fate of everyone who consumed it and became an artificial. Things went back to normal so quickly that it almost seemed like nothing happened at all—like all the struggles my friends were put through by Episteme, Evelyn, and Agnes were just a dream. People forgot that a company like Higher Wellness Pharmaceuticals existed and that Governor Gerald was a criminal.Newspapers and written reports about the matter disappeared without a trace. Because of this, Steven’s company was unaffected by Evelyn’s actions, and the criminals involved were convicted secretly by the council. Questions were asked about Governor Gerald’s and Queen Elizabeth's disappearances, but people soon got distracted by other things and lost interest in the matter. Steven offered to hand over the position of h
CHAPTER 309~3RD PERSON’S POV~Maria and Clarabelle stood in front of the gates of the Dragnon mansion with umbrellas above their heads and worry on their faces. They had been waiting for Marie and the others to return for hours, but there was no sign of them returning at all.Clarabelle did well to protect everyone from the intense heat, and now that the sun had moved away from the earth, she was sure that Marie and her friends had won the battle. In fact, as the Immortal of Fate, she already knew they would win, and she already knew who would bring that victory, but she wasn't allowed to say a word to anyone. What she wasn't sure of was if they had survived or not, because she refused to look that far into the future.“Do you think they'll return safely?” Maria asked with worry in her voice. She has lost her husband before and was very afraid of losing him again.Clarabelle turned to her and saw the worry in her eyes, then turned away. “Let’s just be hopeful,” she said softly. A f
CHAPTER 308~3RD PERSON'S POV~~Earlier~“Huh?” Gabriella blinked repeatedly in confusion as she stared into Lunaris's eyes. They both sat in a pool of water in the black, empty void that was Gabriella's mind. “What’s going on? I thought I died already,” Gabriella asked softly.“You did—well, not exactly. I put you to sleep for over four months to get some things done in your world. Now that my plot is complete, I'd like you to return and continue living the life you've always wanted,” Lunaris said with a smile.“Oh, you mean I didn't have to die for you to take my body?” Gabriella asked.“Yes, Gabriella. If everyone knew that you were still alive, they would not have grown as much as they have now... especially Marie. I had to make everyone believe that your death was necessary for me to come to this world, so that the plot I couldn't finish years ago would finally be completed,” Lunaris responded.“Oh, I can't believe it's been four months already. How's Marie and the others doing?
CHAPTER 307~3RD PERSON’S POV~Marie and her sisters, Cortana and Yuna, sat inside a large metal dome created by Angela. Angla had created multiple domes like this to accommodate the entire army of Vedantya, and this was because the temperature of the atmosphere has risen to an unbearable level. Daniella used her manipulation of heat to cool down the domes so the occupants wouldn't die of heat stroke.The air around the domes looked like it had been stained with gasoline fumes, and rocks around them had begun melting.Valerie tried again and again to open a portal but failed every single time. The spell that blocked her ability to use spatial magic wasn't very powerful but was somehow too complex for her to undo. It was like the spell reformed itself at light speed every time she broke it, and there was no way of stopping it.“This is bad. If we stay here longer than this, the whole world is going to melt down,” Angela said with worry on her face.“No, we can't give up yet; I'm sure I
CHAPTER 306~3RD PERSON’S POV~“What have you done to me?!!” Agnes yelled with a gory voice.“I poisoned you, Agnes. Ordinarily, poison wouldn't be enough to kill a witch like you, but depending on how powerful the poison is, it would be enough to weaken you. The souls of the fallen Immortals despise you, Agnes. But as much as they want to escape, as souls, they're not nearly strong enough to go against the spell you put on them. It's just like Sabbath and Mary; without Mary's body, Sabbath can't use his power. So, without Agnes's body, the immortals are weak to her spells. But spells require serious mental concentration and physical reinforcement to hold together, and once those two things weaken, the spell comes apart and the souls of the Immortals have their chance to escape.” Agnes gripped her stomach tightly as she felt an agonizing pain coming up. She bled from her nose and mouth as the souls of all the Immortals began seeping out of her body and flying off. “After the Immor
CHAPTER 305~3RD PERSON'S POV~~years ago~“You idiot, don’t go playing with sharp objects if you’re going to lose your mind like that; you know how dangerous that power of yours is,” Agnes queried.“I’m so sorry, I was only trying to get over my fear of blood; it’s really hard,” Mary replied nervously, stroking the back of her head slowly.“Don’t do that anymore. You’ll end up hurting everyone around you,” Agnes said. “But I’ll have you to slap me back to my senses before that happens, right?” Mary said.Agnes smiled. “Yeah, but next time I’ll make sure to slap you even harder so you get knocked out before coming back to your senses.” Both she and Mary laughed together, and the four teachers just stared at them with confused expressions on their faces.~•••~“I lied to you the other day, Mary. I’m not friends with you because you’re a good person or make life interesting for me. I mean, you do, but that’s not the reason.”“Then what is?” Mary asked.“It’s because I feel very ashamed
CHAPTER 304~3RD PERSON’S POV~Mary was accompanied into the building by a group of four people. Two of them were maids, and the other two were Agnes’s soldiers. All four of them still had that eerie smile on their faces, and their eyes still glowed bright red, making them look like their minds were being controlled. They walked into the glass building and led Mary to a magical elevator that didn’t require electricity to work. Mary had her guard up, prepared to launch an attack at anyone who tried to annoy her. At this moment, she was already very pissed off, and anyone who tried to attack her now would be walking into their grave.The elevator door closed and started to rise up the building. Everyone was unusually quiet, and none of Mary’s escorts wanted to make eye contact with her. Mary watched them through the glass wall in front of her—they looked like dolls, stiff and lifeless, like they had been programmed to only move when they were given orders.The elevator rose for over tw
CHAPTER 303~3RD PERSON’S POV~The team of eight continued to fight against the Asuras, cutting through and destroying their forces with as much speed, strength, and precision as they could. They all fought with rage in their hearts, determined to end the battle as quickly as possible, but the Asuras were just too many. It didn't matter what the team did or what amount of power they used; the Asuras just kept coming like an endless sea of stars.The Asuras armor-like skin had become so strong that Edith's blade and Anima Morning Star both broke on impact. The two Immortals had to summon their weapons again and again during the fight just to avoid getting killed. They had to look for a new way to kill these Immortals, and that way was to attack them at points where their armour didn't cover—the gaps in the skin that revealed their glowing orange flesh. Targeting these parts was especially difficult for the werewolves because they didn't have long-range weapons, and getting too close t
CHAPTER 302~3RD PERSON'S POV~Nicole and Melody moved swiftly through the forest, toward the area where the forcefield was located. Nicole hovered using a glowing, orange, magical disc, and Melody just flew around, dodging the trees and large rocks in the way. They both had already seen the helicopter fly off, so they knew Mary was already going against her parents. Their only problem was getting to the forcefield, as the distance it was from where they opened their portal was too much. “Hey, couldn't you just use spacial magic to take us there? It's starting to look like this forest is playing tricks on us,” Melody asked, turning to Nicole.Nicole looked around, her eyes scanning past each tree, shrub, and rock. “I can't use spacial magic or any other kind of magic. Something is blocking me from doing it. This is bad; it means we can't teleport home unless we can find a place where I will be able to use spatial magic,” she responded. “But you're right,” she continued, then stopped