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...
Waylan sighed in
felt a little bit down about
wasn't sure what his death meant for
we do now, Ren? Now that Ultruk is dead, do we have to switch our
"Him?"
the corner of his eyes, Ren
served his uses.
"...What?"
of Waylan's ears as
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
Waylan knew who the
head and glaring in her direction, Waylan coldly spoke, his voice forming a deep contrast
you
and calmly explained, "The demonic energy
Waylan replied, his brows jumped up
a closer look at Ren, it was only then that he noticed fine threads of demonic energy lingering around
Waylan said with a troubled look, his anger previous
'What do I do?'
right condition, the next and last part of the plan would be even
no need to worry too
hand away from
baffled. He couldn't understand
to mitigate the effects
of demonic energy lingering outside of Ren's body slowly moved towards her direction, connecting to
exactly sure about what skill he's using, but, at least for now, he
"I see."
some of Waylan's worries. His brows relaxed, the frown
get affected by the demonic energy? It has only been a week since you and he had
continued to extend towards her fingertips, Angelica's brows furrowed as she fell into deep
Angelica opened her mouth to answer Waylan's
the negative thoughts a person has inside of their mind. The darker someone's thoughts, the faster the
muttered in
knew exactly what Angelica meant by her
"Is Ren perhaps..."
of demonic energy revolving around Ren's body had
collected all of the
not clean, but it's not to the point where the demonic energy
the small threads
energy to corrupt someone quickly. It is when their mind is unstable. Prior to coming here, Ren suffered a traumatic experience, scarring his mind
Angelica turned her head.
Ren's head is not in
replied Waylan with a
them were talking about, taking out a small communication device from his pocket, Ren powered it on and quickly got in
Vrrr—! Vrrr—!
and a
guys done
send you the
perfect. We'll
communication device sounded relieved as it learned of the mission's
way, is everything alright? No one died,
Di—! Di—!
finish his sentence, Ren switched
uncalled
currently in the right state of
to let them know that
detrimental." Ren spoke while staring into Waylan's eyes, not a hint of remorse or
Ren turned around and headed out of
Clank—!
the door behind him, Ren
is going to be harder
Angelica's previous words, Waylan would've been unable to stay
Ren was making it very hard for him to remain
***
Di—! Di—!
device in his hand with an awkward
not expected Ren to shut him off before he could finish speaking. Especially not when
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