CHAPTER 244~3RD PERSON’S POV~Evelyn sat inside a horse-drawn carriage on an empty road. The carriage, colored dark red, had several golden, dragon-shaped embossments on each side. It had wooden walls with polished frames and a roof made entirely of thick black leather. The driver of the carriage and the horses that drew it were dressed in clothing that almost looked royal. Evelyn, on the other hand, was dressed in a simple T-shirt and blue jeans. The road they were on was surrounded by a thick forest, and sounds from different animals hidden in the depths of the woods were spread around by a cold morning breeze like a “good morning” from nature itself. Indifferent to the beautiful sounds that filled the air, Evelyn carried an emotionless expression on her face. The only thought that coursed through her mind was getting to her destination without any interference of any kind. Her carriage suddenly came to a halt, and the sudden break forced the black curtains on the inside of the c
CHAPTER 245~3RD PERSON’S POV~Derren and Steven arrived in front of the amusement park where Lunaris and Maria were kidnapped. It wasn’t as bustling as it was on that night, but many people from different parts of Willow-Crest gathered in the amusement park to enjoy what it had to offer during the day. The sounds of children screaming with excitement and roller coasters brushing through the breeze and scraping across the metal railings filled the air. The combination of the laughter of children and the sounds of games was the park's way of welcoming its visitors into its joyful and vibrant embrace. Steven and Derren stepped into the park and stood quietly, staring at all the people that walked by. They both wore dark shades and nosemasks to avoid being recognized by the public.Steven took a deep breath. “Let’s ask one of the game operators to guide us to the security that’s in charge of the park. Once we find the security personnel that took Siege out of the area we left him, we ca
CHAPTER 246~3RD PERSON'S POV~“So, tell me, what did you find out?” Ruth asked as she walked into her living room with two glasses of orange juice. She placed one of the cups in front of Gregory, then sat on the couch opposite him.“You’re one of the few humans who already knew that werewolves existed before the war; you must know the Montgomery family,” Gregory said. “I’m familiar with the name. They're the family of the Darkfang pack, if I remember correctly. They own a business completely separate from ours and are one of our numerous competitors,” Ruth replied, placing the glass cup between her lips.“Well, business aside, Alpha Steven took over that pack. Their alpha gave his daughter to alpha Steven as a peace offering, and she went on to serve as one of the maids in the Mortimer mansion. Just before the war, the alpha of the Dark Fang Pack and his brother, alpha Garret, planned to kill alpha Steven and alpha Derren of the Dark Moon Pack, but were both outmatched, leading to t
CHAPTER 247~3RD PERSON’S POV~Steven walked through the park, his eyes darting from one shop to another and from one person to another. He focused his sense of hearing on the sounds that surrounded him so he could hear if someone randomly spoke about the base of the security personnel that were in charge of guarding the park. As he walked further into his half of the park, he started to notice something strange. He and Derren had been walking for hours; they had met and spoken to so many different people, but they hadn’t set their eyes on a single security officer. “Maybe they’re undercover. They’ll probably jump out of hiding if I cause enough disturbance,” Steven thought to himself, stopping. He turned left, then turned right, assessing everyone’s faces in an attempt to fish out someone who was acting oddly, someone who didn’t fit in. Different sounds poured into his ears all at once; he could hear sound from objects as large as the rollercoasters to objects as small as loose bo
CHAPTER 248~3RD PERSON’S POV~Anthony and Steven walked out of the café after a long talk. The sun was starting to come down, and Steven had to head back to the ark to meet Derren. “I wish we could chat more, but there’s something I have to take care of right now. The company making this drug is doing something very bad, and I need to stop them before they carry out whatever their plan is,” Steven said, staring at the bottle Anthony gave him. He turned to Anthony and said with a smile, “Don’t feel bad that your parents had to die the way they did; the longer you continue to blame yourself for their deaths, the more broken your mind will become. You can stop those images from coming into your head every time you want to sleep; you just have to forgive yourself.” Anthony stared at him for a moment, then turned away, his brows furrowing, “What do you know about killing someone? You’re just a pretend werewolf trying to get information from a kid,” he said.“You seriously still think t
CHAPTER 249~3RD PERSON’S POV~The sounds of sirens and the murmuring of people that had gathered at the scene of the explosion filled the air. Gregory sat at the back end of one of the ambulances that had arrived at the scene of the explosion. He stared quietly at the large flames as the firefighters struggled to put them out. The fire had spread to two neighboring houses, and several people had become victims of the tragic occurrence. Gregory let out a sigh, then turned to the ground. Derren’s car finally pulled over in front of the scene, and both he and Steven rushed out of the car.“Gregory,” Steven called as he ran toward the ambulance Gregory sat in. Gregory got on his feet as he saw Steven and Derren coming toward him. Both men stopped running, and Steven asked, “What happened here?”“It was an explosion. Someone must have planted a bomb in the building the night before. I was lucky to have left the building before the bomb went off. Ruth wasn’t so lucky,” Gregory replied, tu
CHAPTER 250~3RD PERSON’S POV~Joseph and Elizabeth got up from their couches to greet Steven and Derren. The soldier who accompanied them bowed to Elizabeth and left the room. Steven and Derren walked over to them, the sound of their shoes clashing against the marble floor echoing in the large room. They all sat back down, Derren sitting beside Elizabeth and Steven sitting beside Joseph, and after a moment of silence, the meeting began. “I believe this is the first time we’ve met, Professor Joseph,” Steven said.Joseph smiled, then replied, “Yes, it is. And I must say it is quite a pleasure to be sitting in front of the head of the council and an alpha among the werewolf species. If I had known you were the guest her majesty was talking about, I would have dressed more formally for this meeting.”“This is Alpha Derren; I’m sure you guys met before the war. He donated his energy to the military to use against the abyss demons,” Steven said, turning in Derren’s direction and turning
CHAPTER 251~3RD PERSON'S POV~Steven and Derren snuck through the tall grasses toward the tall fence that surrounded the black building. The fence was made of thick, dark gray copper wires that were tangled around each other to create a large mesh.During the night, this fence was super charged with electric current to prevent unwanted guests from breaking in, but for some reason, it wasn't on tonight, probably because of the arrival of the black car that had just driven in.Derren's car was hidden somewhere in the bushes, where none of the security would be able to spot it. They both wore black face masks, dark shades, and black clothing that would blend them very well into the night. They made sure not to activate their werewolf abilities so much as to alert the artificials that they were in the area. Derren and Steven watched quietly as the car came to a stop in front of the main building. The door at the driver's seat swung open slowly, and the door at the passenger's side opene
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