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Chapter 82: The Darkness Left By Yukeli
The roar echoed forth with a ht that could not be described
Black blood dripped out of Dorian’s ears as he turned around in surprise, his hearing tegish, his thoughts clouded
He turned around, looking blearily at the Traveling Ice Waterfall The falls was currently wavering, hty Aura
Dorian’s hearing gradually restored itself He blinked as he cleared his vision, looking back at the Red Portal
"The King Class Grakon returned early!&8221; Arial swore, her eyes flashing She turned to look at Dorian
"It’s almost ready!&8221; Arial called out to hiency as she waved him over near the side of the portal
Dorian winced Her voice grated in his still-healing ears He walked up to a spot a fewnext to the Red Portal
The red portal was glowing, bright light e from it It seemed to have destabilized so with its internal energy Chaotic, red splashes of energy sloshed around within it, looking dangerous
The powerful King Class beast seemed distracted by the Shades and the waterfall behind hiht, his heart pounding, a ood to use?&8221; He waved his hand at it, trying to force hi down on him made it hard to concentrate
"Yes&8221; Arial walked up next to hi sensation punched through Dorian’s chest, one that coony
Dorian looked down in co out of his chest, pulsating quietly
He turned to look to his right, where Arial was standing
Her hand was on the grip of the blade that had pierced into him
WHOOSH
THUD
Dorian flew severalhis body still Black blood burst out of hisinto him His hands trembled as he tried to clutch at the blade, and were subsequently burned
The pain was so overwhel that hissensation spread throughout his syste him
"W-hy?!&8221;
Dorian threw up rew blurry,it hard to see
"I-I helped sa-save you&8221;
"Why?&8221;
"Why?&8221;
He looked at the hu away listlessly He coughed, his chest tre down at hi the blade to fly out of his chest The burning sensation began to fade as the blade ithdrawn, but the grievous injuries remained His body remained paralyzed, unable to move
Arial shook her head,
"You are far too sweet for this world, round, another powerful yell shook the air, though this one less i seeed with the Shades, a battle that would no doubt be brief considering their differing levels
Arial knelt down, stroking his forehead gently
"I didn’t want to hurt you, but, well, desperate times call for desperate measures With the Portal like this, it will barely take one of us away safely More than that risks sending us into the boundaries of chaotic space, to a destination unknown&8221; As she spoke, she turned briefly to look at the red portal It was still destabilized, but see less chaotic as ti,
"Yo-you didn’t have to attackfit interrupted his words, black blood spattering out,
"You could’ve just left&8221; He glared at her, anger filling hiet over his shock A fierce, resentful fury that raged in his heart
Arial gave him a small sers gently across his cheek Each finger had a small claw at the end of it, wrapped in white fur
"You seeood person&8221;
She stabbed the tiny claw at the end of one of her fingers lightly into Dorian’s cheek A small trail of blood dripped down his face Dorian couldn’t even feel it, his body in a terrible state
Hisdifficult
"Bu-but the evil Shades c-chasin-chasing you-&8221;
Arial put a finger over his lips, shaking her head
"Evil? My dear boy, the Church of Light is hteous, holier-than-thou, Priests and arrogant warriors, but, if nothing else, they hold true to their calling They are far froh, the sa&8221;
"No-no The-the corpses, they ki-killed t-the expedition, hu to understand the situation
"Ohhhh, right&8221; Arial s voice tinkling out,
"That was me&8221;
Dorian just stared at her in disbelief,
"N-no, the corpses were fresh, they had just kil-&8221; His mind went back to the scene where he had discovered the dead bodies
All of them had been freshly killed, at least only a fewto Ausra’s estimates There was little room for error, not with his powerful eyes and meticulous Soul Spell Matrix Genie He also vividly re the Shade named Jasper rudely throw one of the dead bodies down
"Oh, were they?&8221; Arial shrugged, turning around onceRed Portal
"Well, this is a land of the dead Death operates oddly here Corpses decay at a very distorted rate, soly slow&8221; She stood up, shaking her head as she looked at Dorian
Dorian’s eyes flashed
The corpses had all lacked Soul Spell Matrixes, so he would normally expect to find on a recently killed body Further, as his mind focused on his jumbled memories, he realized that all the bodies had been covered in vicious burns
Burns that could only co off powerful heat
A weapon just like the glowing sword of light that Arial was holding
He had never actually seen any of the Shades kill any of the hu so for them
His mind reeled as he realized hiswhat to say
She looked away fro her lip The glowing pool of red energy had just stabilized to a point somewhat similar to how it looked when they first arrived, but still obviously chaotic
"Blame me all you want My life is a cursed one anyway Cursed to be forever alone, cursed to be hunted by those stronger thanWithout a family With no one at all&8221; For the first time, the cheerful facade she wore twisted as her voice filled with e
"What could you know of that? Of my pain? Of my eternal loneliness?&8221; She continued to look at him silently, her voice vicious Her entire body shook, s nice in the 30,000 Worlds Justice does not prevail Good does not win in the end&8221; She shook her head, clenching her hands into fists
"The ive way That is the law of this land&8221;
A ained control of herself, her s as she wiped her face
"Well, it looks like it’s tio!&8221; She stretched her hands
"Thanks for bringing up the idea to visit the planet Mag around in the land of the Shades, looking for the legendary Ascension Ruins sounds like it could be fun&8221; She shrugged
"I didn’t kill you, I only left you injured after betraying you, so don’t hauntout her last words to Dorian as her body vanished into the glowing red portal
"Byeeee~&8221;
A bright, red flash of light echoed out as Arial disappeared, leaving Dorian alone
The paralysis that had gripped his body gradually began to fade He went into overdrive as his body tried to restore the horrid injuries he’d suffered, ones that had sapped an incredible ay froround, just barely audible over the crashing waterfall of ice
Dorian’s heart was plunged into guilt and rage as he slowly forced hi up blood once more
The dark tentacles in Dorian’s rew unstable Theto deal with later, began to surge forward
A flurry of eh hiht with the Shades and the strange, newhands
He was too kind Too trusting Made assu?
Was he going to keep repeating his mistakes? Over and over?
The air around Dorian shook as his soul tre with his an to darken
Dorian’s body transfor into his Berserker Deenerative properties as well as a her durability, ones that would surpass his current, and help hier forced its way into his mind as he transfor over his badly injured body
The frothing Traveling Ice Waterfall that had been raging down split in two as an enor sword completely separated it, a sword that locked into place on stone outcroppings that had been hidden in the doorways on each side of the bridge A large pathway across the bridge formed as the blade settled
Dorian stu at his chest The paralysis that had gripped his body was mostly shaken away, but the rest of his injuries were still potent, especially the searing hole that was only now healing in the center of his chest
thud
thud
thud
A deathly fore, circular roo about 3the bodies of the 6 Shades in its right arm One of the Shades appeared to be near death, while the other 5 were still miraculously alive but badly wounded
The Grakon paused, its face turning slowly in Dorian’s direction The white wrapping around its eyes seemed to flutter briefly as it looked directly at him
At the sahout Dorian’s o, continued to writhe with abandon Tendrils that had been warping Dorian’s thoughts fro a deer, all the way to now They pierced through his brain, through to his very soul itself
And then transfor his mind completely
In the deepest recess of Dorian’s mind, a faint, ancient voice whispered towards Dorian’s subconscious,
‘Perfection… seek for it… in chaos’
As darkness was taking Dorian’s ht shot into Dorian’s soul, wavering forth fro soul of Williaht buried itself in the core of hiswithin
‘Kindness…’ Dorian’s was unaware of these happenings as his eyes turned bloodshot, the air around hie
‘Kindness is weakness Only through strength can I achieveAnd it failed me’
‘No more’
Dorian closed his eyes slowly
‘No ! You can only hly 87 seconds before internal dissolution! It is reconored the warning fro into the unstable, but powerful Condensed Berserker Demon Form
As his mind settled, Dorian felt a kind of inner peace surround him
The thousands of memories that had jostled into Dorian’s mind instantly exploded forth, anda key, core part of hier invasive memories from another man But, instead, real memories that Dorian felt as his own
He opened his eyes and crossed gazes with the blind Grakon
And slowly, ever so slowly, a smile appeared on his face