Chapter 249 (1/2)

Chapter 249

Chapter 249: Gone

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Explosions of black and gold from Sylvie and the scythe’s battle resounded in the distance but I was focused on the rasp

“I-It can’t—no, it’s impossible There’s no way—”

“That I’ers apart just enough so he could speak “If you’ve reincarnated into this world, Grey, why is it impossible for anyone else to as well?”

The hand currently wrapped around Nic—no, Elijah, trembled uncontrollably I squeezed harder I didn’t want hi I couldn’t bear whatever it was that he was about to say

“Art! Watch out!”

Tess’ screae the back spike that Elijah had launched frorip around the black-haired traitor’s neck loosened and Elijah took advantage of thatme square in the jaith a hellfire-clad fist

I swayed, nearly losing consciousness as the runes coursing down my face protected me frorabbed led to counteract the otherworldly toxins that had entered rabbed lared down at me while the venom-coated black spike hovered over his shoulder, tip pointed at my face

“Art!” Tess shouted Out of the corner ofas she prepared to attack

“Focus on the gate!” I roared

Elijah looked back as well, but just as he was about to go to Tess, I grabbed his arroaned “Did he make you say all of this?”

Elijah spun his head back, anger dripping frorona would kno you and I used to steal and sell whatever we scrounged to the pawn shop? And that we’d use the earnings to keep our orphanage funded without Wilbeck knowing?”

“That… doesn’t rona knows that deep down, you had feelings for Cecilia?”

I stiffened and the world that had been spinning because of the toxin in Elijah’s spell suddenly came back into focus

Elijah smirked but his eyes reave up because you kept your distance es for her”

“Stop,” I whispered, anger flaring up the hout th

“And even when I told you everything I uncovered about Lady Vera, you turned your back on your best friend for that bitch,” he seethed, black flah, you killed her! You killed Cecilia in front of me!”

My runes and his fla

“ Stop, Nico!” I cried, tears burning as they rolled down my cheeks

Another explosion resounded froust of wind that blew all the way here

At that round below

Even though Nico was unaware, the black spike reen crescent that Tess had undoubtedly fired, but that gave ht at Nico’s face

From the shoulder up, Nico was frozen for a second until a black flaed to kickat round, athe area he had landed

Are you okay? I askedup on her after that last explosion

‘I’back,’ she responded ‘How are things going over there?’

Not so…good, I adet Tess and theht, I turned e fluctuation ofa spell—a powerful one—but it wasn’t aih the air, landing on the ground right between Nico and the teleportation gate

A concentrated beam of hellfire barely thicker than the width of a wrist pierced through the cloud of dust and debris, targeting just the teleportation gate

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Squeezingthe aether around to aidbarrier of aetheric wind While ice would’ve been a better choice to effectively negate Nico’s attack, the toll of sustaining Real more and ed to h enerative abilities were hurtinginjured

Sustaining the barrier, I looked back overto destroy the gate! Hurry up and activate it and escape!”

“It’s almost done! But what about you and Sylvie?” Tess shouted as she continued to hold the ancientthat was aled

“No!” Nico shouted He withdrew his concentrated spell and burst forward to try and get past me However, despite the poor state of my body, my reflexes were a lot faster than he assu Nico

“Let go!” he roared as he flailed, trying to escape hout Elijah’s body but I held strong with the help of aether

“Hurry up!” I warned, feeling the black flah the layer of aether andto break free His shoulders tre, “You oweCecilia!”

“So that’s what it is? Cecilia died so you have to have Tess to make it even?” I spat out “I didn’t mean to kill Cecilia, but even if I had, she wouldn’t have wanted this, Nico! Taking Tess isn’t going to bring Cecilia back!”

“What if it is?!” Nico shot back

Caught by surprise, I didn’t answer However, I saw the mana fluctuation in Nico’s hand as he willed another black spike fro Elijah as a shi+eld against his own spell He was able to stop the spike frouttural cry of frustration ripped out of his throat as he tried desperately to break free frorasp

Just then, another explosion resounded froainst the scythe

What’s going on? Are you okay? I asked,ontoyour way,’ she replied, even her mental voice pained

It took less than a second forAnd it took another second for ht where the teleportation gate was

I hurriedly initiated Static Void, but this ti with the inverted colors of the frozen world, I felt a cold grip clutchingme that death was inevitable if I continued to exploit this powerful aether art

Ignoring , I released the frozen Nico and made my way toward Tess, Nyphia, and Madarew heavy and nauseous with each step I took but I couldn’t afford to release Static Void and risk the scythe’s spell go off

My body was drenched in sweat and I was gasping for air by the tirabbed Tess’ waist with one ar aether art

A cold chill ran down er was just behind rasp“What th—”

I picked her up by the waist, cutting her off, while I shouted at Madam Astera

“Grab Nyphia!”

Iht professor and soldier bolted to her student and tossed her over her shoulder just in tirab Madam Astera’s free hand

I tried to bend space once e wouldn’t forritted ain some distance when a horrible explosion of fire resounded behind us

Unable to even look back, I could only iration was by the sound of the roaring fire and its heat scalding reen aura suddenly surrounded all of us as Tess activated her beast will to protect us while I focused on getting us out of range, but the heat only grew stronger

To make matters worse, the scythe ithin eyeshot just up ahead Even if ere able to so the scythe as well as Nico

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Suddenly, Madam Astera let out a scream of pain, but I couldn’t afford to slon as I could see the tendrils of black fla molded itself into the elements Gales of wind coalesced beneath round smoothed out in front of us to h The sky darkened as the black fla burn nor the searing pain came

I peeked back just overhis own black flames to block hellfire that the scythe had unleashed

“Get theled to keep the powerful explosion at bay

“Hold onto ht!” Tess exclaimed as she withdrew her beast will and conjured a condensed orb of wind in her palhtly as she unleashed a gale of wind behind us, propelling us forward I stumbled and nearly fell forward by the sudden force but Madato run until I couldn’t feel the heat any longer, I toppled forward frohtly onto keeping Realmheart Physique active I knew that once I released it, the backlash would hitpain that was growing stronger by theaddict on the cusp of his crash

I couldn’t even cycle and purify it through my mana core, which made the mana poison tothe poisonousthis battle

But what’s a littlebody? I just needed to hold on and get the rest of them out of here safely

“Stay with

With the a the functions of my body, I wiped a stray drop of blood that fell down from my nostril and turned around

My eyes widened and into calculate the odds of their survival…and it just got a whole lot worse

It was Mada fro what she could to soothe her wounds using water es made from ripped strips of her own inner robe

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