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
down about his death. If not for
sure what his
and looking at Ren, Waylan asked in a somber tone, "What do we do now, Ren? Now that Ultruk is dead,
"Him?"
glancing at Waylan from the corner of his eyes, Ren shook
already served his uses. His death was
"...What?"
ears as he
what he said that Waylan stood up
"What do you—"
"Stop."
could vent his anger, a delicate white hand touched him on
around, Waylan knew who the hand belonged
direction, Waylan coldly spoke, his voice forming a deep contrast
do you
and calmly explained, "The demonic energy in his
replied, his brows
was only then that he noticed
Waylan said with a troubled look, his anger
'What do I do?'
the right condition, the next and last part of the plan would be even harder
no need to
her hand away from Waylan's
you mean?" Waylan asked, sounding baffled. He couldn't
using a skill to mitigate the effects of the demonic energy, but it's only partially
of Ren's body slowly
not exactly sure about what skill he's using, but, at least
"I see."
words eased some of Waylan's worries. His brows relaxed, the
idea why his brain suddenly started to get affected by the demonic energy? It has only been a week
of demonic energy continued to extend towards her fingertips, Angelica's brows furrowed as she fell
opened her mouth to answer Waylan's
person has inside of their mind. The darker someone's
mean...?" Waylan muttered in a stunned
exactly what Angelica meant by
"Is Ren perhaps..."
hand, the threads of demonic energy revolving around
collected all
clean, but it's not to the point where the demonic energy would corrode
as the small threads of demonic
way for demonic energy to corrupt someone quickly. It is when their mind is unstable. Prior to coming here,
Angelica turned her head.
is not in the right
replied Waylan with a
uninterested in the things the two of them were talking about, taking out a small communication device from his pocket,
Vrrr—! Vrrr—!
device stopped vibrating and a familiar
you guys
send
perfect. We'll
relieved as it
the way, is everything
Di—! Di—!
his sentence, Ren
uncalled
that Ren was currently in the right state of mind,
had to let them know that
while staring into Waylan's eyes, not a hint of remorse or
reply, Ren
Clank—!
the door behind him, Ren
going to be harder than
for Angelica's previous words, Waylan would've been
Ren was making it very hard for him
***
Di—! Di—!
communication device in his hand with an
could finish speaking. Especially not when he was with the representatives from the
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