Despair.

Rage.

Shock.

Guilt.

And even grief.

A maelstrom of emotions swirled within Rui. Emotions he did not understand. He had only known her for a meagre twenty-four hours. They were just barely friends as they had grown a little closer over the duration of their mission. There was a good chance Rui would never even see her again even if the mission succeeded.

So why?

Why did he feel like his soul was being torn apart was he gazed at her corpse?

Because she was his responsibility? Because he had ended up becoming emotionally invested in her well-being and success?

Probably both.

An eternity passed before Rui broke out of his reverie. He pulled out the communication device handed to him by the Martial Union, hitting one of the numerous buttons, the one he was supposed to hit when the mission ended. He hit in a few additional details, indicating the presence of a corpse. The device would convey his location to the Martial Union, and they would send post-mission personnel to take over.

Martial Union would cooperate with law-enforcement and begin the judicial

hint of determination glinted in his eyes. The Lowminers and that man Wern. Rui was not going to conceal any of the

had the strong desire to serve it himself. At this very moment he could easily sprint back and kill Wern in an

He exhaled,

STEP

the arrival of a group of people in

of the team inquired, noting Rui's Apprentice uniform. "I'm inspector Gale." He said, showing Rui a badge. "I'm here to take proceed with the post-mission protocols. I encourage you

listlessly, taking one last look at Bella's corpse even

sighed shakily before turning his back on

totality. Giving

much responsibility did he bear? And most

hardest. Rui wasn't even sure he

objective, allowing him to analyze them more

they had fallen into their enemy's trap. They were screwed the moment Wern informed the Lowminers of their location. This was the reason

realized the Lowminers must have mobilized pretty much all available manpower at hand even before the masked

Martial Apprentice was meant to drag Rui away from Bella and keep him there while

in despair as the men

blood to his head, until he closed his eyes and crushed the feeling, trying

Rui had been able to avoid the Martial Apprentice, they would have survived. Rui would

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