Reclamation
Author: Yukides
last update Last Updated: 2023-10-13 23:52:03

"ha...ha...ha..." Dane was bent over one of his knees, he couldn't believe he just lost to a Contraguild member out of all people. He watched the vanished vortex over the sky. It hadn't even been there for a fraction of a second before permanent disintegration.

"CHARLIZE!" Dane yelled at the night sky without a purpose. There was no use tearing his throat apart, hoping to get Charlize back from the vicious organization.

"Dane..." Athena came panting. She was in a shock as well. The one who thought she could rule the world with her sword, alongside her lover couldn't accept such kind of defeat from a normal member of the contraguild.

'So that is the power difference we have now. Seems like we've got bigger problems than monsters and saving humanity now.' Athena talked to her red force which replied with a scoff,

'This seems like it's just the beginning.'

Athena falls disgracefully on the mud as she loses her summoning sword. Her force had forced her into sleep. She needed rest more t
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