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
down about his death.
his death meant for the upcoming
"What do we do now,
"Him?"
at Waylan from the corner of his eyes,
already served his uses. His death was
"...What?"
voice repeatedly rang inside of Waylan's ears as he tried his best to process
was only after he realized what he said
"What do you—"
"Stop."
a delicate white hand
turning around, Waylan knew who the hand
glaring in her direction, Waylan coldly spoke, his voice forming a
you
Waylan's unfriendly look, Angelica pointed at Ren and calmly explained, "The demonic energy in his body has started corroding his brain... I
Waylan replied, his brows jumped up
take a closer look at Ren, it was only then that
a troubled look, his anger
'What do I do?'
not in the right condition, the next and last part of the
need to
took her hand away
baffled. He couldn't understand why
effects of
hand forward, the threads of demonic energy lingering outside of Ren's body slowly moved towards her direction, connecting to the tip of her
not exactly sure about what skill he's using, but, at least
"I see."
some of Waylan's worries. His brows relaxed, the
get affected by the demonic energy? It has only been a week
her fingertips, Angelica's brows furrowed as she fell
a while, Angelica opened her mouth to
inside of their mind.
Waylan muttered
knew exactly what Angelica meant by her
"Is Ren perhaps..."
energy revolving
then waved her hand and collected all of
not to the point where
the small threads
for demonic energy to corrupt someone quickly. It is when their mind is unstable. Prior to coming here, Ren suffered a traumatic experience, scarring his
Angelica turned her head.
head is not
see," replied Waylan
the two of them were talking about, taking out a small communication device from his pocket, Ren powered it on and quickly got in contact
Vrrr—! Vrrr—!
communication device stopped vibrating and a familiar voice rang
you guys done
I'll send you the
perfect. We'll
relieved
the way, is everything alright?
Di—! Di—!
Douglas could even finish his sentence,
uncalled for,"
Ren was currently in the right state of mind,
let them know that Ultruk
fall. Answering his question is detrimental." Ren spoke while staring into
reply, Ren turned around
Clank—!
door behind him, Ren left
to be
for Angelica's previous words, Waylan would've been unable to
current Ren was making it very hard for him
***
Di—! Di—!
looked at the communication device in his hand
him off before he could finish speaking. Especially not when he was with
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