"ATHENA!!" Dane's scream was so loud that it woke up everyone in the building. Makio Chen was awake and right outside the room, she burst inside with vigor just to see the sweating man on top of the mattress. Athena was gone outside, but her mind link with him was powerful enough to sense his perturbed soul. The lady rushed back to her room.'It was a dream...huh?''It was a divine message for you, Brat. I've seen it too. You now know whom to keep safe from an upcoming war.' The force replied.'How do you know that it's a war that's coming?' Dane questioned back.'The universe is giving you signs more than enough to convey the same. You should stop being ignorant anymore. Life is way more than just Athena and saving humanity for you now.' When the force speaks and goes back to sleep in his heart, his wide eyes meet Makio's and Athena's. "Athena, your life—" Suddenly, Dane stopped himself. When she tried reading his mind, he blocked her resonance out with all he had in him. "What ab

"What do you think of Dane leading this mission? It could be a versatile guess, even a wrong one, but I get the feeling that we will fail this one too." Makio, Charlize and Athena all sat in the room while the other one - initially assigned for Charlize and Makio was being cleaned up. Who knows what kind of treasure of trash of the chimera might greet them at that point?"Charlize, stop bothering him. He's already in a state where he can't take a joke anymore. You know how he's blaming himself for the failures lately, right?" At Athena's words, Charlize rolls her eyes. She leans back softly,"It's his problem that he takes everything to his soft heart.""And you're right." Charlize jolted up from her position. The male's voice was booming out of nowhere as it made her hold her chest. "I do take everything to my soft heart." Dane came out of the steaming sauna like bathroom while being dressed. His hair was wet as his footsteps echoed through the room. "I'm just kidding. Well, I'll g

"Ha...ha...haaaa!" Dane was panting worse than a dog which went on a world marathon. Sloppily, he leaned against the pole and slid down to the floor whilst cursing the exhaustion within him."Why do I feel like I've lost a hundred pounds?" He says out of the blue."It's an illusion, Dane. Get up. You're not this weak. Your mind is making you weak." "Says the one who looks like a newborn lamb standing." Joule bursts out laughing at Dane's description of Athena. A newborn lamb! "Lord," slumping down with both men as well, Athena let go of her hard demeanor at last. The barrier made of shadows was slowly depleting from above, allowing light to pass through. The sky's freshness and blue hue calms him down. Dane threw himself on his shoulder and slithered himself on the grass to lay on his back."I'm never underestimating darkness ever again. Who would've imagined I - out of all - would start missing how the sky looks! Our mind is one ridiculous thing." Dane's exclamation was agreeable.

"What is this...energy?""I smell flowers and shit."Two very different responses from Charlize and Dane were heard. The message in the sky disappears, pretty sure whole of Mediterranean population have seen that huge message like a display against the atmosphere."This energy is...pleasant." Dane whipped his head towards Athena who said that. Suddenly, he didn't want to meet this pleasant energy fellow who was a member of the Contraguild. "I hope you're ready with the gadget, Dane.""I am. Thanks for bringing it last night.""No worries. Don't give it away in any manner when you speak to them. I'll infuse it in your back now." "I- Infuse? Okay." He wasn't told the details of how it would attach to his body. The device she's modeled and invented. "Okay." Tapping his back softly, they moved away from each other. Makio, Charlize and Athena were the women on the shore. The four men had a similar expression on their face upon seeing the guy named Dylan Dian. "Is he gay?""Don't say t

Athena stared in front of herself, wide eyed. Did she even see what she was supposed to see?His punch...it was miraculous. He's never used that potential until now. There was never a monster that let him use such an incredible energy packed punch, ever.'Dane...you...''Ah...I know that. That's why I kept my physical power limited even here. Not risking myself floating in the middle of nowhere.'Dane took his fist back after speaking to Athena. Whoever had witnessed his brutal strength had been in awe and in great shock. How was he able to summon such power which they've never seen before?And the metal which burst through was at least five inches thick. "You promised a fight, but never knew the power I had been hiding. Well, I'll grow much stronger than I already am." Dylan Dian's wide eyed gaze followed wherever his hand went. He gulped loudly, fearing dear life. Suddenly, Dane turned around to see the man kneeling down on one feet and one fist on the ground. It was traditional,