End of Volume 2
Black Fang’s Perspective (Aoi from a different world’s perspective) _____________________ “And I’m guessing you can’t help me fight Akai, since you came from another world. And your body took a toll from it. Go, Aoi. Save your other self… Don’t mind me. I… I will do everything to protect you… You’re like a son to me, Aoi. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be where I stand here today.” Just as we conversed with each other, the footsteps from afar continued ringing inside my head. It served as a ticking time bomb before Akai could reach this place. If I wanted to save Vulcan, now was the time he should escape with me. But no matter how hard I tried persuading the old man, Vulcan never budged an inch. He remained proud of his post while brandishing the sword on his hand. That man finally decided. Vulcan will risk his life to buy time to save Aoi in this world. “Leave me alone, boy. Grant this old man his final wish… I… I really want to see my family again.” I didn’t know what kind
Black Fang (Aoi from a different world) perspective________________________…….This occurred just before transporting himself from another world……After learning about Vulcan’s death, I immediately hunted down Akai inside Omen. I kept Elena aside and focused on that bastard. Since the Crimson Guild members arrived, I let them lead the group of survivors while I headed out to find their leader. And when I killed Akai, things had gotten out of hand.War began. While that happened, I received two gate keys for defeating Omen - one for entering the dimension and one for exiting the place. These keys were designed to enter any gates beyond the portals summoned across the vast universe. It was my ticket for meeting the being behind the existence of these hellish portals.However, it came with a price. As the war ignited across every nation, Hina was caught in the crossfire and severely injured herself before I could even cross the border into the unknown. Thankfully, as my last glimmer
Revival Seed was an overpowered and rare item that can only be obtained once in every world. That’s what I believed in. I only received from out of all the portals I defeated, including the Class-S portals scattered across the place, both internationally and in Japan. This seed could revive any deceased person within an hour in exchange for a human life. That was the rule. It didn’t matter how old the sacrifice component would be or who would be revived. As long as the user activates the spell, the Revival Seed will work wonders and resurrect the dead. Everything was written on appraising ability. And that was what I had aimed for. As soon as Hina died, I equipped the Revival Seed, captured an unfortunate man, and used him as a sacrifice material to resurrect Hina’s corpse. It had only been a few minutes since my sister lost her life, so it was safe to assume that I could still see Hina alive for the second time. The world was falling apart. Most humans in Japan and in other count
“You used the Revival Seed, did you, Aoi?” Hina asked, and glared at my back. “Did you?!... Tell me you didn’t…”I remained quiet and refused to answer her question. I kept holding her hand and didn’t let Hina’s hand go. We were this close, and I didn’t want to lose Hina for the third time in front of my eyes. But despite my silence, Hina kept pestering me for a reply. After a few seconds, I finally gave her one.I nodded and answered, “Yes…Revival Seed took his life… in exchange for yours. It has to be done, Hina. I… I have no other choice,” I murmured, while gazing straight at her eyes. Even though my voice sounded soft, I was confident that my actions justified the means. The travel time and activation of the portal keys were delayed, which was also part of their abilities. Since those items wielded powerful spell activations, it needed more time to condense the arcane and turn it into a vacuum inserted from the gatekey. However, despite the attributes hidden from the dimensional
Back to Aoi’s Perspective (The White Fang or the Original/Present Aoi)___________Doctor Maruki assured that Hina’s family was in his safe hands. Nobody would harm them. And the Crimson Guild wouldn’t spare any time to search for Hina’s family given the grave of the situation.Now that I had realised it, we didn’t have to go inside the Omen for the time being. We didn’t have any reason to do it. Why would we risk our lives to defeat some portals when Hina’s family was in danger? Even though we needed some extra funds, waiting here would be our best bet. The least we could do was to make money online and defeat other portals if the crowd had settled down. Since nobody could find us here in this temporary shelter, we could probably spend the rest of our days here in hiding until we could figure something out.Those Crimson Guild adventurers wouldn’t stop looking for us. Not to mention, the news had stated that was a possible murderer of the unusual killings from the portals I conquered
Something was fishy. There was no person that would reveal anything such as this man in front of me. To top it off, this one of a kind butler claimed he was an assassin sent by someone that he couldn’t reveal. It felt more like a scam than something I had to be wary of.However, as the butler continued on, he gestured his hand and created a magical circle. The butler concealed these signs from Hina and Doctor Maruki, but not me. Thanks to my system, I noticed something odd from the atmosphere, leading to this man summoning a rift connected to a different place, akin to a portal. But it wasn’t a dimension. It was just a transportation device that mimicked those of a vacuum made separated from the portals we all knew.“I prefer meeting you alone, Aoi. But it seems that our situation may not cut it for our alone time. Well, normally, that is the case. Not until I do this,” the man uttered, and finally completed his spell.I couldn’t stop the butler in time as I tried launching myself in
After everything was said and done, the butler transported me back to the place where I belonged. It didn’t take a while before I found myself slamming my bottom against the cold hard ground. And when I opened my eyes, Doctor Maruki and Hina greeted my orbs. They came to my aid and asked if I was alright and what had happened when I was sent out away from them?I told Hina and Doctor Maruki the sum of everything that had happened. They couldn’t believe their ears as soon as they heard that the prime minister was on my side, and my name will be cleared eventually if I become successful in this endeavour. Even though there were a lot of risks involved and consequences about this mission, the end game still mattered more. And after all the training I had been throughWe still had a lot of time before entering Omen. But after a few minutes, the FBI showed up and took Hina’s parents from there. But only half a dozen showed up from the shelter, armed with heavy guns and other weapons attach
Just like what we had planned, Hina summoned her ability and made a crack on the ground. The floor trembled and caused disturbance across the room, while Oculus did its job and secured us away from the cameras and monitors from sight. As soon as the chaos happened, the people inside the base notified the higher-ups for an unforeseen earthquake. As the people sprinted around the places, Hina and I found an opportunity and entered the corners undetected.The hardest part about this job was not just the breaching part but also notifying the elite adventurers inside the room. If Akai was also here with us, he would already know that we planned breaching Omen with these roundabout ideas.Fortunately, when Hina and I reached the Omen’s gate, the elite adventurers didn’t spot us. Well, for now. But as soon as the people found out that something was not right, they came to check Omen’s ingress and ordered the one’s in charge with the base’s layout to shut all doors until further instructions