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 279~3RD PERSON'S POV~Mary marched angrily through the passage leading away from the dining hall. She continued walking in different directions until she made it to her room. Clarabelle got off her seat at the meeting table and walked toward the exit.“Where are you headed?” Nicole asked as she noticed Clarabelle.“Oh, I... need to make sure Mary is doing alright. She didn't eat her breakfast, so I’m going to bring some food to her,” Clarabelle responded.“I’ll come with you,” Melody suggested, getting up from his seat.“Oh, no, there's no need for that, really. I’ll handle this myself. Thanks anyway,” Clarabelle said, turning around and walking out of the hall. She followed the same path Mary followed and arrived at her door in only a few minutes. She let out a soft breath, then knocked.“Who’s there?” Mary asked.“It's me, Clarabelle. Can I come in?” Clarabelle asked softly, with traces of concern in her voice.“Sure,” Mary replied.Clarabelle turned the handle of the door
CHAPTER 280~3RD PERSON'S POV~“What in the world is that?” Mary asked with shock and fear in her eyes. Clarabelle held Mary's hand tightly and pulled her to her back.“What are you doing?” Mary asked.“What does it look like I'm doing? I'm protecting you,” Clarabelle replied as she watched the monster slowly walk toward them, growing loudly. “But I should be the one protecting you; I have the power of an Immortal. You haven't figured out how to access your abilities yet,” Mary argued.The ceiling above the monster suddenly broke open, and Anima fell through. She swung one of her morning stars at the monster's head, crushing it against the ground with one strike. The ground cracked, and Anima landed on top of the monster.“The house is under attack; let's go quickly,” Anima said as the monster turned into black smoke. “What is that thing?” Mary asked. The three of them began running through the passage, taking different turns and routes in the mansion.“The mansion is under attack
CHAPTER 281~3RD PERSON'S POV~“Hey! Let go! Where are you taking me?” Herculia yelled as Mary dragged her by a long chain through a passage. The chain was connected to handcuffs that completely covered both of Herculia's hands. Edith and Clarabelle followed behind the two of them quickly, with worry on their faces.Mary ignored Herculia's yells. She carried an angry expression on her face, with deep crevices forming between her brows and her jaws tightly clenched. Herculia saw that Mary wasn't going to give her any attention, so she decided to use her fire magic to escape. Her orange hair and eyes started to glow, and her body started to remove steam. She tried to melt the cuffs, but all her efforts were to no avail as the enchantments on them were too strong. Mary pulled her further and threw her into a room along the passage. Herculia was about to run back out when Mary slammed the door in her face and locked it. “Why are you doing this? I told you I wasn't the one who revealed
CHAPTER 282~3RD PERSON'S POV~Anima gently hammered one last wooden board into a wall in Mary’s room, covering the large hole that was left in it by the lightning bolt. The part of the ground where the bolt struck had already been cleaned and fixed by her, and the entire room was now back to its original state. Anima let out a sigh of satisfaction, smiling as she admired her work. “That should do it. Your room is back in tip-top shape,” she said, turning back to Mary, who sat on the bed behind her.“When you hammer like that, aren't you afraid that you'll accidentally burst the wall again with your superhuman strength?” Mary asked.“Oh, no. I'm very used to doing housework carefully. I make sure to apply just enough strength to every strike of the hammer so I don't end up making the damage even worse. The same goes for other household chores like removing the cobwebs and dusting shelves,” Anima replied, hopping off Mary’s bed.“Oh, I have one more question. How come you and Edith Mo