Voooom—
"Haaa...haaa..."
Stumbling out of the portal, before I could even catch my breath, I forcibly raised my hand and pointed at the portal disc underneath the ground.
"...Quickly change the coordinates of the portal before they get here."
If we could enter the portal, so could they.
"On it."
Being the last one that stepped out of the portal, Waylan immediately bent down and twisted the bottom-half of the portal, changing its coordinates.
Click! Click! Click!
After twisting the bottom half of the portal three times, the mana in the air finally stopped gathering towards the portal. Only then did we relax.
"Shit..."
Waylan cursed as he slumped down on the ground. His already pale face paled even more, and his body trembled.
"You okay?"
I asked, leaning by the side of the wall.
"khhh..."
A groan suddenly escaped my mouth as a head-splitting pain coursed through my brain.
'W-What the-?!'
The pain was so strong that my mind blanked for a brief moment.
"Hey, Ren, are you okay?"
Waylan worriedly asked as he moved towards me, reaching his hand out in support.
"Don't touch me."
"Wha-?!"
Smacking Waylan's hand away, I weakly stood up.
'...It...hurts!'
"Khhh..."
A throbbing, constant, and unrelenting pain coursed through every area of my head as I had difficulty breathing.
The pain was so unbearable that for a split second I had thoughts of ending myself. Flashbacks of what happened back at the Monolith replayed inside of my head repeatedly, threatening to eat away at my sanity.
But before things got to that point, using the last shred of sanity within my body, I activated Monarch's Indifference.
Instantly, the moment I activated Monarch's Indifference, my emotions dulled. Although the pain remained, most of the negative thoughts disappeared from my mind.
***
"Ren...?"
Waylan carefully called out as he looked at Ren who was standing opposite of him.
Ever since reappearing from the portal, he had been acting weird. He looked to be in extreme pain, but that did not last for long, as he soon calmed down.
"Ren, are you okay?" Waylan carefully asked once more, his concern only increasing.
"I'm fine." Ren emotionlessly replied as he turned to face his direction.
"I see, I'm glad."
'He must be tired.'
Waylan didn't think too much of Ren's sudden switch in behavior.
They had just been through a lot. They had almost died, and Ultruk had lost his life...
Ultruk, Waylan sighed in
for long, but he still felt a little bit down about his death. If not for him, they would've all been dead
he wasn't sure what his death meant for the
we do now, Ren?
"Him?"
corner of his eyes, Ren shook his
uses. His
"...What?"
voice repeatedly rang inside of Waylan's ears as he tried his best to process what Ren had
only after he realized what he said that
"What do you—"
"Stop."
before he could vent his anger, a delicate white hand touched him on the
turning around, Waylan knew who
in her direction, Waylan coldly spoke, his voice forming a deep contrast
you
explained, "The demonic energy in his body has
brows jumped
to take a closer look at Ren, it was only
Waylan said with a troubled look, his anger previous subsiding
'What do I do?'
not in the right condition, the next and last part of the plan would be even harder to achieve, especially
to worry too
hand away
baffled.
effects
energy lingering outside of Ren's body slowly moved towards her direction, connecting to
not exactly sure about what skill he's using, but, at least for now,
"I see."
Waylan's worries. His brows relaxed, the frown disappearing from his
have any idea why his brain suddenly started to get affected by the demonic energy? It has only been a week
threads of demonic energy continued to extend towards her fingertips, Angelica's brows furrowed
her mouth
has inside of their mind. The
Waylan muttered in a stunned
Waylan knew exactly what
"Is Ren perhaps..."
hand, the threads of demonic energy revolving around
all
to the point where the demonic
the small threads of demonic
someone quickly. It is when their mind is unstable. Prior to coming here,
Angelica turned her head.
is not in
see," replied Waylan
about, taking out a small
Vrrr—! Vrrr—!
vibrating and a familiar
guys
send you
We'll
relieved as it learned of the mission's
is everything alright? No
Di—! Di—!
even finish his sentence, Ren switched off the
was uncalled
right state of
to let them know that
spoke while staring into Waylan's eyes, not a hint of remorse or
to reply, Ren turned around and headed out
Clank—!
him, Ren
to be
not for Angelica's previous words, Waylan would've been unable
very hard for him to remain
***
Di—! Di—!
in his
shut him off before he could finish speaking. Especially not when he was with
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