His thoughts cleared up to show him the image of light beams firing off into the distance. He was hitched to a beam of light as he flew past other beams of light.He could perceive his surrounding, but he had no control over everything. It was like his body did not exist.He continued to drift along with the beam of light until he suddenly felt it, a strain like he was being pulled apart.Ahead of him, he saw the beam of light ahead, separating into two identical pieces. He understood at that moment, that this was the same thing that was about to him.Trying to keep himself from getting torn apart became a struggle in an instant. You could imagine it as having someone trying to rip his mind in two.Keeping himself untorn also brought the struggle of trying to keep the beam he was tethered to, untorn.This brought heart-wrenching pain that made him scream. His screams stayed in his mind as his current form had no concept of an actual body.The pain made him close his perception of the
"Thanks for the compliment", the figure said as it stood up straight.Despite the armored look the figure wore, you could easily imagine the smile underneath the armor.Unsurprisingly, this was not the only surprising thing he did… The next moment, the figure stepped up to the original armor, Aiden's body piloted by Zarek, and merged with it.It was the same sequence as what The Boss did with the ten assailants and Raven's sister.Seeing the same sequence happen to Aiden, while The Boss stood not too far away with a hole in his chest was a change that happened in a split second.It made The Boss start a soliloquy and his words became the prelude to an even fight for the first time since the torment derailed their journey."I don't know what you did, but you underestimate me if you believe that it is enough to beat me… The stele was a waste on you, and I have not brought out enough of its potential""Indeed, you don't know what I've done… Step away, Princess Diane… This fight might tur
With a loud crashing sound, the meteor crashed into the stele that The Boss used to shield himself from the attack.This did not mark the end of that, because there was a sound that came right after the crash of the meteor. This sound was accompanied by the visual cue that was spiderweb cracks.All eyes turned to the stele, and they saw without mistake that the stele in front of the boss had cracks running through it."Impossible!!!"This was The Boss' first reaction to the cracks. He took another look at the stele, and then the realization dawned on him.He turned to look at Aiden's armored figure with an identical stele floating behind him. His expression changed immediately…"You… You stole it from me. You have no idea what you hold in your hand… You are unworthy of its magnificence"For the first time since The Boss transformed himself into a fire angel, his voice lost its calm nature. He was agitated… So much so that he raised the stele and smashed it into the ground.As the final
"Let's get this over…"The two attacks seemed to vanish the moment they were released.The moment both attacks reappeared was only a moment later but it did so with a piercing sound that seemed to cut deep into the ear.This brought Diane, Andrew, and his friends down to their knees as they tried to block the sound by covering their ears.The collision between both attacks led to a push and pull from both attacks…Aiden's spear tried to find a way to pierce through The Boss but the attack The Boss sent was not having any of that. It stood as a barrier that tried to keep the spear away while pushing its way to Aiden.The grating sound continued for a few seconds with none of them finding a way to complete their destructive missions.The Boss let out a smile and snapped his fingers while Aiden clenched his fist at the same moment.This took both attacks from deathly to terrifying in the blink of an eye… There was a bright white light that washed over everything when both attacks took a
Aiden had a lot happening in his mind at that moment… Zarek stood beside him watching his expression many times.His figure laying on the platform suddenly had a change in expression.From the pained and disturbed expressions, he had been showing, to nothing; his expression went blank, an indifferent look plastered to his face.Zarek continued to watch, waiting to see whatever changes would ensue. However, from the moment that Aiden's expression settled into an indifferent one, it no longer changed.Meanwhile, in the room opposite Diane's, three people sat in different spots around the room. They were having a conversation and Andrew who sat on one of the beds wore a poker face as he listened to his friends."Do we really need to stay in this crappy hotel? Your father already arranged something better before he sent us here…", one of them said."Zakari is right… They saved us but what, if we want to leave, we should be able to", the other affirmed.Andrew stopped talking and drew in a
Diane led the way into the second room they rented, and before she even asked her question, Raven gave answers to them."Getting his memories back will be troublesome. I have no idea what cheat he used on him", she began. "Getting his memories back is something only he can do. Trying to jolt his memories back is the fastest way to get it done but the trigger can be anything...I wouldn't get my hopes up, at least not between now and the start of the selection"Diane turned around for a moment, her expression did not show indifference as it usually did. Raven chose this moment to annoy Diane for some bizarre reason."Oh… You care about him a lot, huh? Must be hard having your boy-toy lose memories you find…"Before Raven could finish that statement, she yelled out in pain. There was a long cut on her back…"Annoy me again and I will make you regret it!!"This was all Diane said before walking out of the room.Raven stood there dumbfounded for a moment as a thin line of blood ran down h
One step after the other, they helped him walk. His legs still felt like jelly, but helping him like that gave him the support that ensured he could try without fear of collapsing.They went over it, to and from the nearest wall for about twenty minutes before they put him down.Sitting on one side of the bed with his legs on the ground, he put in more effort.Little victories indeed because his legs were now like hardened jelly, instead of the soft jelly it was when he first stood up.Princess Diane laid down on the bed beside Aiden for a nap. She closed her eyes and finally got some sleep.Aiden continued to push his legs while Raven sat in the corner of the room. Andrew, Gadiel and Zakari left the room not too long after, returning to their room.The night returned to its ambient state of quiet until the early moments of dawn when the city slowly came to life.When Diane woke up, she opened her eyes to find that Aiden was not in his bed... She snapped to an upright position before
Walking through the gate, they found themselves in another crowd of people. The stair test had eliminated a lot of people but apparently, it had not done enough.They found their place among the crowd and proceeded to wait. The sun was coming up by now and light had started to flood the place.They could now make out the features of the people standing next to them. The same as everyone else did, they looked around to see those they would be competing with.They waited for about an hour when they saw people turn to look at the gate. Just three people were walking in, but you could see that they were important from their poise. They were like Princess Diane but they carried themselves a tad bit better than she would."Have you seen any of those who came from Sur?", Princess Diane asked Aiden."I have not", Aiden responded.The three girls walked to the front of the crowd without pause, and everywhere they passed, the crowd broke up and parted to let them through."Those three girls loo