CHAPTER 80~3RD PERSON'S POV~Clarabelle rushed to her room and fell on her bed, shivering as the thoughts about what happened to her in the passage replayed in her head.Christine rushed into the room and turned to her bed with a worried expression on her face.“Hey, Clarabelle,” she said as she walked toward the bed. She sat beside Clarabelle, touched her thigh, and quickly retracted her palm, feeling the intense vibration of her body.“Hey, what's wrong? Some of the other maids told me you suddenly screamed on the way here. What's going on?” Christine asked. Holding Clarabelle's hand.Clarabelle remained quiet. Her eyes focused on the wall opposite her bed. Her irises shrank as she stared at the point where the wall and the floor joined. She raised her left index finger and pointed to it.“What is it?” Christine asked, turning to the area where Clarabelle pointed.Clarabelle said nothing; her eyes were still focused on that point, and her finger was stuck pointing in that direction.
CHAPTER 81~3RD PERSON'S POV~“The way the Abyss influences the mortal world is very limited because the moon goddess herself tried her best to minimize its interaction with this world's inhabitants; this is why strange elements are seen from time to time in this world but soon vanish without a trace.” Steven read to Christine from a book he took from his library. This book was written by a distant cousin who was very interested in the supernatural world and things that were hidden from the naked eye.“From the information in this book, an agreement between the moon goddess and her evil half was to share this world. But the moon goddess had to separate her creation's perception of reality from the creations of her evil half's. This was to prevent chaos,” Steven continued.“Well, that doesn't explain why an abyss demon is after my friend, Clarabelle,” Christine said. She sat on a seat in front of Steven's desk.“True, but let's go over this whole thing from the beginning so you can see
CHAPTER 82~GABRIELLA'S POV~“Owww, my feet hurt,” I said, grunting in pain as all three of us continued to push our way through the snow.“How is it that the snow here piled up so much? It's hard to walk, and the blood in my legs have almost completely frozen up,” Marie said in a frustrated tone.“You guys should stop exaggerating; we're almost there. Just a few thousand steps more,” Valerie said, trying to keep our morales up.“By the way, sorry to ask this at this time, but if the night walkers hate you guys so much, why haven't they killed your sister yet? Are they saving her for some feast, or are they waiting till all of you are together?" I asked.“Well, I don't know. I think we should just be thankful they haven't. But the fact that they haven't killed her yet doesn't mean she isn't going through a lot of pain right now, so we have to hurry,” Valerie replied.“You wanna know what I think?” I asked.“What's that?” Valerie asked.“I think those things called night walkers are fo
CHAPTER 83~GABRIELLA'S POV~I and the other two girls walked into the forest, our eyes darting from tree to tree as unusual and creepy sounds echoed all around us. As we walked past the trees, we saw a lot of different animals and insects crawl by; they all definitely weren't creatures I had seen before.Animals that had eyes and heads in unusual places crawled on the trees and underneath the ground, and they made sounds that sent chills down my spine.“This place is really uncomfortable to be in. The animals here aren't things I would like to see in a dream or a nightmare at all,” Marie said.“Well, it's a good thing we're still ghosts. Nothing can touch us; hence, we are completely safe from the creatures that wander in these woods,” I said, trying my best to ignore everything around me. Long vines and webs hung from the trees, and I could only imagine what kind of monstrous spider spun them.“We aren't even deep into the forest yet, and we're already seeing stuff like this. I hope
CHAPTER 84~3RD PERSON'S POV~A large white shock wave suddenly spread through the entire forest like a whisk of wind, blowing over the few leaves that hung from the branches of the dead trees and dark green grasses.Gabriella looked around, hoping the wave hadn't informed any nearby predators of their position. She put out her torch flame and activated her werewolf aura so she could sense any danger coming from around her. Her eyes turned bright blue, and she turned from side to side.“Angela…” Valerie whispered, both hers and Marie's eyes closed. With their combined metal power, they scanned the entire forest carefully, waiting for a reply from their sister.“Angela….” Marie whispered.After a few seconds, both of them called the name in unison. The shock wave spread again, and everything around them went completely silent. They remained quiet for a few seconds, and then the voice came.“Valrie? Sinclair?” Angela's voice sounded softly in their heads.“Angela, is that really you?” Va
CHAPTER 85~GABRIELLA'S POV~“Whoa, you went through all that after we got separated?" Angela asked Valerie with a surprised expression on her face.“Yeah, and we really wouldn't have gotten out of that large tower if it wasn't for Gabriella here. She ended up being the only one who could move the gemstone, meaning if she hadn't come with us, we would have been trapped down in the tower forever,” Valerie replied.“Oh common, I'm sure you guys would have found another way if I wasn't there,” I said, blushing a little.“Well, Gabriella, it's nice to meet you, and it's also nice to know that Sinclair wasn't all alone when the storm took her away from us,” Angela said, stretching her hand forward for a handshake.“Oh? Okay, that's new. We thought you'd hate that I made new friends and completely forgot about my sister's,” Marie said, her eyes squinting in suspicion.“It's not like you forgot us on purpose. You probably hit your head and lost a few brain cells. Plus, I can never get mad at
CHAPTER 86~GABRIELLA'S POV~“Mountains and valleys, our howls always reach them.Pouring our hearts in this world for her gifts and...Stable and peaceful forever, she keeps it.But she is gone, and this void only deepens.Touching so gently yet wipes even stars.Gone in a blink and returns in a bod.Holy she is, and unholy she falls.But who, in the end, will be one with a god?”Why?Why do I always come across this same melody every time I close my eyes? This song keeps repeating in my head, like it's trying to pass me a message. It reaches out from before the memories I have and beyond the memories I am yet to attain.I and my mate danced to the violin that played this song, but I feel like I've danced to it even before I met him—with someone so familiar yet so strange. Her voice calls every now and then in my heart, but she feels too far away to reach.What do they mean? These words send chills down my spine every time they are repeated, and who is the poet?I took in a deep brea
CHAPTER 87~3RD PERSON'S POV~“Alright men, this is going to be our last battle; we have to make sure we win this one so that Alpha Steven will still have the upper hand against Alpha Derren,” Gregory yelled to his warrior wolves and the warrior wolves of the Grey-dweller pack, standing on a platform in the front yard of the Alpha's mansion.“Why isn't Alpha Steven here with us? His presence would make this battle so much quicker," one of the warrior wolves from the Grey-dweller pack said.“Be quiet! You do not say his name unless you are given permission to,” Gregory's assistant yelled from beside Gregory. He was one who had so much respect for Gregory and Alpha Steven and spat at even the slightest disrespect to them. He joined the troops on the night the alpha of the Grey Wolf pack betrayed Gregory.“It's okay, Simon,” Gregory said, then turned to the Grey-dweller, who spoke.“Alpha Steven sent us to help your pack and many others under him because he knew we could handle it. He ha
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