Chapter 219: Blood Bath [4]
Chapter 219: Blood Bath [4]
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Amon panted hard, slumping down on the ground, exhausted.
'Huff...Huff...Fuck...Huff.....I'm...rapidly running out of mana.' He thought as put his arm over
his eyes to shield himself from the sunlight.
From the side, he saw Michael slump down on the ground as well.
Amon saw him quickly retrieve some potions and down them, healing his injuries.
Both of them were hurt pretty badly, though Amon was more spent in terms of mana.
Taking out a couple of mana potions as well, Amon ran them down his throat, recovering a large portion of his mana.
But as soon as he did, it started to drain again because of the clones.
He downed a health potion as well, sealing up the few amount of cracks he had on his body. For a minute, both of them were silent, sitting on the ground with back to back touching. After catching their breath, Michael was the first one to speak up.
"I assume that they aren't just normal students?" He asked, urgency ringing in his voice.
For a moment, Amon was surprised.
Usually, Michael would always ask what was happening and how it happened but this time he was straight to the point.
He didn't even ask Amon what he was doing in those robes or how he was, trusting in his strength and character.
It made Amon realize how much his friend had changed.
The dangers they had gone through the year developed them into what they were now.
Even Amon used to be like a carefree child when he arrived in the world.
Getting back to the present, Amon nodded.
"You got any idea of what's going on?" Michael asked once more after pondering for a second.
To Michael's surprise, Amon nodded.
"Yeah I do."
"Right, you just killed some members before coming here. Might have gotten some information out of them." Michael said.
He had already concluded how Amon got the clothes.
It was definitely not just hallucinatation or stealing them, he knew Amon had outright killed them.
At least that was what Amon thought.
Regardless, Amon nodded while speaking.
"Yeah, I do."
Michael remained silent, letting Amon speak.
And the latter did.
He explained everything that he knew about the group to Amon.
How many they were and what was happening to them right now.
Of course, Amon left out some crucial details that he knew because of the plot.
Also the half-ghoul fact as well.
It was both because Amon still hadn't thoroughly investigated to what they were yet and... Because Michael loathed the ghouls.
But it wasn't due to just some family killing or some cliche reason as in most novels that Amon had read.
No, he had a personal beef with them that went far worse.
There was a whole story behind it.
Unfortunately, Amon currently had no time to recite it in his mind.
In any case, he told Michael about how he had sent some clones and he was getting reports of them encountering some members.
He assured him that Charlotte was safe as well.
Now, it was their duty to find Alya, Elizabeth, Liliana and Ren.
There were also Klein and Adam, but that was Amon's problem.
As he was talking, he suddenly got a new information barrage in his head.
It took him a few seconds to process it but once he was done, he looked over to Michael.
"My clones just told me some information. They were able to defeat some members along with some other students in the Sea and Forest Region. Charlotte was also with the clone in the Sea region.
Unfortunately, there were also some deaths of student who broke away from the group." As Michael heard the information, a flicker of relief and pain passed through his eyes.
It was obvious that the death of students was quick a shocking pain to him but Michael was mature now.
He knew that people were destined to die in such incidents.
The only thing you could do was pray that you wouldn't be one of them.
But he was also relieved.
Amon knew that it was because he was also happy at the same time that the students were
safe.
'Truly the hero of everyone huh?' Amon said.
Maybe he idolized this type of personality once. Once upon a time.
But now? No.
He couldn't find himself being in a hero.
'Too late for that. Unfortunately, I'm too selfish for such ideals now.'
Michael's voice quickly pulled him back to the current situation.
"Hmm..did they find anyone from our group?" He questioned.
Amon shook his head with a grim look.
"No. They didn't."
He looked over at the blonde-haired boy's face.
It was a look that was asking if there was any chance that one of their group members were
here.
But Michael shook his head.
"No, Sithraxi confirmed to me that no one from our group is present in the desert. She's reallyNôv(el)B\\jnn
good at scouting the desert.
I also walked through most of the area in the desert region and I found no one." He said.
Amon looked over to Sithraxi, who was comfortably resting on the ground behind Michael.
Then he turned back to Michael.
"I see. Then-"
Another piece of information came to Amon's mind making his eyes widen.
However, unlike last time, it was just a simple message.
And it told him that his clone in the Tundra region was killed.
'Fuck. So all of them are there...'
Michael gazed into Amon's eyes for explanation, knowing the widening of his eyes wasn't
common.
Amon nodded with a grim look.
"So, my clone in the Tundra Region just got killed. There's a chance that most of our group
members are there.
But. Since it got killed, there's also a lot of members there." Amon said.
Michael's eyes widened in urgency and his body almost moved out of impulsed but stopped.
It was probably because of the link between danger and his sister, Alya being there.
He couldn't tolerate that.
He clenched his hands, biting his lip to hide the expression from showing on his face.
"Any casualties?"
Amon remained silent for a second.
Since his clone had died before sending him any information, he wasn't sure.
But...
"Since 'my' clone died, there probably were." He said, putting emphasis on 'my'.
It meant to say that if they could kill a clone of almost his strength then they could probably
kill others as well.
And Michael knew that.
Silence settled between them as Michael grit his teeth, also using a silence to honor their
deaths.
It was the first time in the whole year that this many casualties had occured.
And though Amon was used to them now, he knew Michael wasn't.
And that was why he also kept silent for his friend.
Eventually, he heard Michael clutch his sword.
"I'll rush over to the Tundra Region. You coming?" He asked simply.
It was evident. Michael had a raging storm inside him right now.
The Decimated Heavens. They were definitely in his list of enemies now.
And though it was a short list, it was a list on which if your name was written, you couldn't see
your future in peace anymore.
This was written in hard words in the novel that Amon had read.
Amon was about to nod along with Michael before he stopped.
Silence reigned once more for a few seconds as Amon bit his lip before shaking his head,
looking down.
"No, I'm sorry, I can't. I have somewhere to go."
Silence.
He knew Michael would be disappointed by his decision but Amon needed to be-
Amon felt a hand on his shoulder, making his eyes widen as he looked up.
Michael looked at him with an understanding smile.
"It's good. I understand, don't worry about it."
Surprise shot through Amon's body but a smile spread on his features as well as he stood up.
"Thanks man."
He shook Michael's hand, and the latter nodded.
"I'll rush over to the Tundra Region and you can go where you want as well."
Amon nodded, waiting for Michael to go.
But to his surprise, he saw Michael retrieve a pair of bean shaped devices from his storage
ring.
Amon knew it was the Inventory but he was disguising it as a storage ring.
He handed the earbuds-like looking artifact to him. "This will let us communicate as long as we are in the same spatial dimension. Keep it on and
let's keep each other updated." He put one to his ear, watching Amon do the same.
The latter nodded.
"Alright, I will. Now let's get going."
Michael nodded, waving his hand.
"Yeah, keep safe." Were the last words he said before rushing off.
As Amon stared at his departing figure, he looked over to the wolf on his shoulder that
appeared once again now.
'Hey Zephyra.'
[Hmm?] She looked over to him.
Amon smiled, staring at the space in front of him.
"I think I'm ready to place the next skill in my [Void Skills] now." Amon stretched his
fingers."
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(2 Hours Earlier)
Arthur stared at the screen with a grin as he saw Amon defeat every last one of them.
But as he did, suddenly all the screens in the stadium turned black.
Arthur's grin slowly turned into a contemplative look.
'Hmm..'
From behind, he started to hear whispering but he didn't pay them any mind.
Soon enough, he heard a voice in his mind.
It was Athena.
[There seems to be a small problem in the FULLDIVE and cameras. They were trying to fix it
but someone is interfering with our connection.] She told him.
'Hmm, I see.' Arthur said but then, his eyebrows suddenly raised.
His shadows...
He suddenly lost connection to a large portion of them.
And the location?
The Eldergrove Hospital.
A slight smile spread across Arthur's face as he stood up.
He gave Amelia one last pat and whispered some words in her ear before straightening
himself.
He stretched his arms as Amelia led all of the teachers outside the lounge.
Once done, Arthur grabbed his cane before taking his monocle and putting it on his eye.
Adjusting it, he smiled.
'This might be the first fun I'll have in a while.'
And then, his form blurred, before completely disappearing from the room, leaving a small
crater in his spot.