CHAPTER 271~3RD PERSON'S POV~Anima pulled her massive morning star across the marble floor, dragging a line through it as she ran toward Velarie. Stone and sand flew off the ground along the path the weapon created, and Anima carried a terrifying look on her face, her teeth clenched tightly and her brows tightly furrowed in rage. She pulled her right hand upward, dragging the heavy metal ball up toward Valerie’s face. Valerie was quick enough to step backwards and avoid the sharp spikes of the ball by only an inch. The ball rose higher into the air, extending the chain that connected it to its handle a far distance above the ground. When it was high enough, Anima turned around and pulled it toward the ground again, this time toward Marie, who was running toward her. Marie quickly hopped out of the way, and the ball crashed into the ground, digging through it and following her as she ran toward the right. Valerie swung her broad sword toward Anima's head, and Anima quickly used t
CHAPTER 272~3RD PERSON’S POV~“Marie?” Valerie called softly, with worry in her voice.“Im... sorry, sisters,” Marie replied, turning to the two girls. She turned back to the former Heralds and began walking toward them.“Marie! What do you think you're doing?” Valerie yelled as she watched Marie walk away.“Valerie, this has to be done if I'm to reach my true potential. I thought I could keep my emotions and also gain all of my abilities, but now I'm presented with a choice between the two, and I have to choose what's right—I have to choose what’s good for us—power,” Marie replied, stopping before the former Heralds. “Marie, if you give up your emotions, then ours will be gone as well. Since when did you become so power-hungry that you forgot about everything you've been through to get here? You're willing to turn your back on everything to be some divine being who doesn't give a shit about the lives of people?” Valerie yelled.Marie remained silent, a light whisk of wind blowing t
CHAPTER 273~3RD PERSON'S POV~Marie stood on the building’s balcony late at night, staring down at the front yard. She carried a blank expression on her face and tightly gripped the protective railing that went around the tiled ground on which she stood. The wind blew through her hair and through her short-sleeved dress, her skirt dancing randomly to its soft fluttering sounds. Memories of their encounter with the former Heralds went back and forth in her head as she felt the cold breeze on her skin. Different emotions ran through her heart, and different thoughts went through her head. She was conflicted, not knowing whether to feel regret or happiness for the outcome of the encounter. She closed her eyes and let out a sigh, then loosened her grip on the railing.“Why did you suddenly have a change of heart?” Valerie’s voice sounded from behind her. “Huh?” Marie quickly turned around.Valerie walked over to where Marie stood, hopped from the ground, and landed feet first on the
CHAPTER 274~3RD PERSON'S POV~“What’s going on?” Mary asked Cortana with a whisper as they watched Yuna march around them, inspecting their bodies with only her eyes.“I’m not sure,” Cortana replied with a puzzled expression on her face.“It’s been so long since I saw another Teragon. You're so big, strong, and beautiful,” Yuna said, grabbing Cortana’s cheeks and pulling them gently.“Thank… you?” Cortana said.“Wait, you're a werewolf, right? I think my husband and kids were part werewolf. I'm sure the entire bloodline is now nothing but werewolves. Oh my, I've been away for so long that I don't even remember my husband's or children's names. I'm sure they grew up to be really successful and strong people. I'm hoping my husband didn't miss me too much.” Yuna continued, turning away from Cortana and placing her palms on her head.“Wait, you do know your husband and children are all dead, right?” Mary asked.“Well, yeah, I've been away for a very long time—longer than they can live.
CHAPTER 275~3RD PERSON'S POV~“Yuna Teragon has refused to join us in our fight against Agnes, and Cortana has chosen to stay with her there in the spirit realm to fight off the Asuras,” Mary said with a beaten expression on her face. Everyone had returned from their search for Yuna Teragon and was now sitting at a round table in a meeting room in the hotel.“Wow, so this was a total waste of time. What's our next move now?” Herculia asked.“Who is the next Immortal on our list?” Nicole asked.“Let's see, we’re supposed to find Avia Ignius, the Immortal of Phoenix Magic; Episteme Psyches, the Immortal of knowledge; and Edith Anima, the Immortal of life and light. The moon goddess said these Immortals are easy to find, and we don't really need to do anything. We could just give Daniela a phone call and wait for the other two to cross paths with us,” Mary replied.“But we can't just sit and wait; we have to begin planning on how to infiltrate Firgatten. From what you told us, Agnes alr
CHAPTER 276~3RD PERSON’S POV~~Earlier~“Edith, what's wrong with you?” Mary asked, holding Edith’s hand. They were in a taxi, taking them to the mansion Marie and her sisters now lived in. “I… don't… know,” Edith replied between slow, soft breaths. Her face had become pale and was covered in sweat; her eyes were half closed, and her body shivered. Her temperature was slowly rising by the second. “Driver, take us to the nearest hospital quickly; my friend isn't feeling very well,” Mary yelled worriedly, turning to the small mirror hanging above the windscreen. The driver nodded and was about to make a turn at a junction.“No!! Do not change the direction of the vehicle. Take us to the address we originally gave you,” Edith yelled with a sudden burst of anger.“But Edith, you're only getting worse. If we don't take you to a hospital, something bad might happen to you,” Mary said softly. Her eyes were beaming with concern, and traces of it lingered in her voice.Edith placed her righ
CHAPTER 277~3RD PERSON’S POV~Edith Mortem's eyes swung open, and she drew in a long, heavy breath, like she had just risen out of a pool of water. She sat up, breathing slowly and softly as she looked around the room she was in. To her surprise, her body no longer felt hot, and her fever was completely gone—in fact, now she felt even stronger than before.She raised her palms and flexed her fingers for a few seconds, then dropped them again and raised her head. She pulled the blanket off her body, then got off the bed. She was still wearing the dress she arrived in Mystic Meadow with—a black and white-themed maid dress with a knee-length skirt and short sleeves. She put on her leather shoes and walked over to the door. Edith walked out of the room and through a passage, her eyes darting around in an attempt to figure out where she was in the building. This house almost looked like Anaya's, but a lot of things were different. As she walked through the passage, she met a maid on the
CHAPTER 278~3RD PERSON’S POV~~FIRGATTEN~A cloaked male marched into a large hall, the sound of his shoes echoing with every step. His cloak was dark gray and had silver metal-like fittings at both its horizontal and vertical edges. His boots were made mostly of leather and rubber, but their soles were made of hard plastic, which made clicking sounds every time they hit the marble floor. The hall he was in was a dark hall painted crimson red that had only flame torches as its source of light.The male walked past a few large pillars in the dark hall and up a few stairs. He finally stopped in front of a large, red, translucent curtain and went down on one knee. "Oh, Great Monarch of Firgatten! I have brought news from one of your loyal servants,” he said with a soft but bold voice. “Speak, Ezikiel,” A female voice came from the curtains. “The drugs have been distributed all around the world, and humans have begun foolishly consuming them. Very soon the mass reaction will start, a
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