"This can't be…"
I took deep breaths, trying to calm my mind. But it was all for naught as I struggled to breathe properly.
I was suffocating.
"Haaa…haaa…"
I took a couple more breaths in hopes of trying to calm myself down. Fortunately, this time it worked as my nerves quickly calmed.
'Get it together.'
Closing my eyes and taking another deep breath, I muttered inside of my mind.
'Status.'
Nothing.
My heart rate quickened.
'Status.'
I muttered once again.
Nothing.
Biting my lips I tried channeling my mana.
'Perhaps this might work.'
Again, nothing.
"Huuuu."
Anxiety suddenly struck me as my tows curled inwardly. My teeth started to chatter, and my eyes darted all over the room.
I was inside of a single bedroom appartment. It was a familiar place. One that I remember seeing in my memories and living in for over thirty-two years of my life.
A place that I thought I would never get to see again. My stomach churne .
'It…can't be…'
My head was numb.
Lowering my head and staring at my hands, the truth finally dawned on me.
I was back in my own world.
'No, no, no.'
I repeatedly muttered inside of my mind.
Denial.
I was in complete denial.
It couldn't be.
How could I have possibly come back here? Was everything I went through a lie?...Was everything really just a sick dream?
"Impossible!"
I shouted at the top of my lungs.
There was simply no way! Everything felt so clear. No one way did I want to believe that everything I had been through was a dream!
'Wait, what if this is all an illusion?'
Now that I thought about it, all of this happened as soon as I touched the red book. What if this scenario was merely an illusion I was trapped in?
Yes, it had to be that. I deluded myself.
'There must be something more about this situation than I'm making out.'
Staring at my desk in the distance, hope rekindled in my eyes.
"Ughh!"
I tried to sit up straight, but...
"Haaa...haaaa..."
Breathing heavily, I stared at the white ceiling of the room.
'Fuck, I forgot just how fat I was..."
my hands, struggling with all my might, I was
"Haaa..haa...haaa.."
my energy was gone. A nauseating feeling coursed through my head as I had to lean onto the side of
me a while to regain my
I felt comfortable enough to once
Thump. Thump. Thump.
ground. Trying my best to ignore it, I soon arrived before my desk.
Creak—
reverberated throughout the room as soon as I sat on the chair. Ignoring it, I slowly opened my laptop and
hand which was holding onto the mouse paused. Shocked dyed my
"...Two days?"
have passed since I died?
of my life. You're telling me that everything I went through, I experienced in
Click. Click.
mouse, I moved the cursor around the
===
[The luminescent swordman]
===
Click.
===
399 : Preparations before
The final
===
same as I
two chapters I uploaded
Click. Click.
cursor, I pressed onto the chapter and checked
===
trying to consume earth? You said it was because it would help him break through the
wait for this to finish
story. It's as though there should be something else. Some of the
my money. I've
: Thanks for
Alekzi : I
Crocs :
chapter? It's been two
===
"Haa..."
my head with my hands, I
"...What is happening?"
Nothing changed. It truly did look as though
"But...but..."
me suddenly once against erupted out me as my stomach churned.
no, this can't be happening. I
"You'll be fine."
suddenly rang from the corner of
"Who?"
right side. Towards where the voice
"Wha..t?"
opened wide and my
of the room, with an innocent smile on his face, a figure slowly appeared in my vision. Jet black
knew all too well by now. Of course, how couldn't I know
"...Ren?"
than the person
The real Ren Dover.
***
of mist and debris, the smell of blood lingered in the air as a powerful pressure bore down on the
Boooom—!
loud explosion, one of the buildings suddenly
"Emma!"
figure rushed down. But before he could arrive at the
"Leave her be."
and devoid
"Shut up."
This obviously did not sit well with the voice inside of his
she's more important than
the voice in his ears, the black figure promptly ignored the voice as it
"Fucking useless!"
voice once coldly
felt in his
her. She's baggage. What's more
to ignore
"...Kevin—"
voice inside of his ears sounded again. Kevin tapped onto
"Emma...Emma...Emma..."
rubble. His face was pale and his eyes darting all over
"Ukhh..."
Kevin heard a faint groan coming from his right side. It was faint, but with his superhuman hearing, he was able
"Emma!"
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