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
not known him for long, but he still felt a little bit down about his death. If not for him,
his death meant for
in a somber tone, "What do we do now, Ren? Now that Ultruk is dead, do we have
"Him?"
glancing at Waylan from the corner of his eyes,
served his uses. His death was
"...What?"
cold voice repeatedly rang inside of Waylan's ears as he
after he realized what he said that Waylan stood up in
"What do you—"
"Stop."
his anger, a delicate white hand touched him on the
turning around, Waylan knew who the
in her direction, Waylan coldly spoke, his voice forming a
you mean,
demonic energy in his
replied, his brows jumped up in
was only then that he noticed fine
is a problem," Waylan said with a troubled look,
'What do I do?'
next and last part of the
no need to worry
hand away from Waylan's
you mean?" Waylan asked, sounding baffled. He couldn't understand why Angelica
the effects of the demonic energy, but
forward, the threads of demonic energy lingering outside of Ren's body slowly moved towards her direction, connecting to
exactly sure about what skill he's using,
"I see."
of Waylan's worries. His brows
any idea why his brain suddenly started to get affected by the demonic energy? It has only been a week since you
towards her fingertips, Angelica's brows furrowed as she fell
Angelica opened her mouth to
person has inside of their mind. The darker someone's
muttered in a stunned
stupid. Waylan knew exactly what Angelica meant
"Is Ren perhaps..."
energy revolving around Ren's body had diminished
all of
it's not to the point where
as the small threads of demonic energy agglomerated
demonic energy to corrupt someone quickly. It is when their mind is unstable. Prior to
Angelica turned her head.
short, Ren's head is not in
replied Waylan
were talking about, taking out a small communication device from his pocket, Ren powered it on and quickly
Vrrr—! Vrrr—!
device stopped vibrating and a
you guys
I'll send
perfect. We'll start
voice behind the communication device sounded relieved
is everything alright? No one
Di—! Di—!
could even finish his sentence,
was uncalled for," Waylan
the right state
let them know that Ultruk
fall. Answering his question is detrimental." Ren spoke while staring into Waylan's eyes, not a hint of remorse or
chance to reply, Ren turned
Clank—!
the door behind him, Ren left
is going to be harder
Waylan would've been unable
it very hard for him
***
Di—! Di—!
looked at the communication device in his hand with
expected Ren to shut him off before he could finish speaking.
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