Chapter 69: Widow’s Crypt V (2/2)

"My team and I… no one knehat that monster was so we did what our instincts told us to do We raised our weapons… that was our first ray skin His face… it was beastly yet, it looked al his sharp fangs What threw us off hen he talked" Her voice fell into a whisper

"Mm," I responded, just to let her knoas still there

"He wasn't even surprised to see us there Vritra, he… that thing, just looked at us before…"

"Before?" I asked, sitting upright

"He gave us two options" Tears and blood continued to stream down her once beautiful face as she willed herself to finish

"He looked straight at me, as if he knew instantly that I was the leader, and told me that he'd let me walk out unharmed if I—"she choked back a sob, her only hand clenched white into a fist, "—if I dismembered each of my teammates, one by one, in front of him"

The ridiculous offer would've infuriated anyone but looking at the state Alea was in right now, I didn't have the confidence to say she had ht decision Maybe her teammates would've wanted her to kill the tortured the way they were

"What was the other option?" I asked, gently wrapping my hands over her clenched fist

"He just… scoffed at us and said '…or you can try and fight'" Her blood-mixed tears stained the torn remains of her clothes as she continued to softly cry

Unable to find the words to cohtly around her fist Mo water and Alea's silent sobs breaking the deathly silence

"We didn't… stand a chance," she whispered, hiccuping

"I hate to make you relive the scene, but I need as ently stroked her hand to try and calm her

"He had one horn in the middle of his forehead… that curved backwards sharply" She tried her best to talk calmly

"One horn?" So there really was more than one horned de uncontrollably fro a whole race composed of horned demons; just one of them could wipe out one of the six lances and her teale point attack only ed to create a small chip in that horn" Alea see but she continued on, her breath getting shorter

"He… It … Vritra was able to use ic I've ever seen" Alea's lips began to quiver

"What kind of ic did he use?"

"Metal Black metal He was able to instantaneously conjure round and himself I don't even kno to describe it properly It was over too quickly Half of my team was dead in the first wave of attacks he unleashed with a simple flick of his wrist When the ones that were still alive attacked hie… plates of black metal instantaneously et near him"

I felt my face tense as I tried to visualize what Vritra's, and possibly the powers his whole race, possessed It see but on a completely different level The way she described it made it seem more akin to manifestation or even creation of a certain pheno the mana particles that already existed

Hoas that even possible though? Were they capable of just skipping steps in the fundaic in this world, or were they sih a special skill?

My head i It orse than before She coughed up blood

"Vritra… He left after leavingto co was his na to become a warzone…" As blood dribbled down the corner of her mouth, she turned her head toward me

"This may sound preposterous but can you doher teeth, stained with blood

"Sure, anything" I expected her to leave e, perhaps for a loved one back home or maybe to her family

" holdthe last part "Sorry I didn't quite catch that"

"I always thought that I didn't need anyone… as long as I was strong enough I never had a family or lover… to depend on… but you know? I-I really don't want to die alone right now…" Alea bit her tre a word, I gently wrappedher head against my chest

"I'm scared," she ritting ain, was unable to find the words to co the back of Alea's head, I felt her breathing become weaker and weaker, and moments later—she passed away in my arms

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