The Love From Vengeance

Things were quiet in Immorra. As they had been for quite a while now.

The time for the impending war was about to come.

Everyone was sure of it, as they had been warned beforehand. The city streets of Immorra were filled with a palpable sense of unease, and individuals clad in armor were seen roaming the area.

"Are you ready? The portal should be opening anytime now."

Emma turned to Amanda, who had been keeping a low profile while standing next to her. She was standing still, staring silently over the vast area of land that was in front of her while her bow was firmly held in her hand.

How long had it been since she'd last seen him?

He had promised her he'd visit every week, which was about ten weeks in here, but…

'Liar.'

He had only come once in the past and never returned since.

She was obviously aware that he was most likely busy and that he did not have the time to visit, or perhaps there were other circumstances that prevented him from returning, but even so...

She still couldn't help but feel a little indignant over the situation.

It had been years since she had last seen him, and she missed him.

"Don't worry, we'll meet him soon enough. When we get there, you can scold him or beat him to your heart's content however you see fit."

"Mhm."

Amanda nodded her head at Emma's words.

Indeed, she was going to be seeing him soon…

She wasn't sure whether she'd beat him, or scold him like Emma was saying, but she was certainly not going to let this slide once everything was over.

"It looks like the two of you are ready."

Right then, Jin appeared in the distance.

He was wearing a black coat and had his hands in his pockets as he walked calmly toward them. A cigarette was wedged between his lips, and as he inhaled, smoke drifted out into the air.

Pinching the cigarette with his fingers, Jin let out a puff and flicked it away.

"Are the two of you ready?"

"We've prepared as much as we could've."

Emma responded while her hand softly caressed the hilts of her short swords that were resting on her hips.

"I've made quite some progress, but… well, I'm not exactly where I want to be."

"Oh."

and turned his

"What about you?"

"Same."

answered, biting

last five years has

year, and in that time, she managed to go all the way

Her progress was staggering.

when she was her age, which was an

making her progress a lot faster than before, but despite this, she was unquestionably a level above those who were the

fact, she felt close

from it, and she

where the

Her age.

She…

young, and with that, she knew that she was still not good enough to be considered

was not satisfied with what

She wanted more.

more people

one, more and more people started to fill the land. There were a lot of familiar faces. Ones that Amanda knew very

looks like everyone has improved a lot, especially

by Emma, Amanda's eyes squinted, and her gaze fell on a group of orcs

was taken aback by the pressure that was emanating from their bodies. It was completely

they've improved a

not just by a small

appears like this place truly was useful

remarked, seemingly impressed by what he

dwarves, and they roared while wearing cumbersome suits that covered

an imprint would be left behind on the ground, and while they were holding

and in place of their customary ornate attire, they wore

"It looks like every—"

never given the

'Uh? Eh?'

that Amanda's attention was drawn to the elves, the world abruptly began to spin and went completely

going on, but she didn't have much time to think about it as her entire body

"Huuaaa"

Thump!

land on something hard, and she took a deep breath. Instantly, her lungs filled

came to, she noticed that her body had begun to sink. She reached her hand behind her to pull herself up, and as she did so, she

"Uh? Where am I?"

around, she was stunned to see that she was in a desert

dominated her peripheral vision, and a blood-red sun hung in the sky above her. The sky was a dark gray

was surrounded by

"What's going on?"

she looked around her in disbelief, a plethora of questions started to run through her head. Despite all the

saw that she was

…Or so she thought.

someone

She hesitated.