A couple of girls were gathered in one of the rooms in the villa. Amongst the girls were Rachel, Aine, and Lila. They were four in total. They were all staring at the scroll, which was hung up against the nearest. The scroll had been pressed to the wall with some removable cellotape. The girls would not even exchange gazes, let alone break their sight from the scroll on the wall. It would seem as though they were using the scroll as an aid into another realm. Perhaps it was a portal through which they could see something else. The silence continued for another few seconds until, "Turn it around." Aine suddenly said to no one. When she made that comment, some of the girls nodded to what she had said. It seemed like it was something that the majority would agree on. Lila got up on her feet and rolled over the bed to where the scroll was being hung. She removed the cellotape and then turned the scroll to the other side. "Don't hang it this time. Just hold it up. That should be ab
She freaked out at the sound of the voice and almost rolled over her face to the front. She couldn't have imagined that there was someone else with her in the room. She was sitting by the nearest wall. The two windows of the room were up ahead of her. She could see them far away from where she was seated. The door itself was several steps away from where she was seated. Naturally, she could have thought that someone might have jumped in through the windows, but those were the windows in front of her. In fact, the swan chair was the nearest to the extreme area of that corner of the room. But right now, not only could Lila hear a sudden voice behind her. But there was also a very imposing and ominous presence towering over her from behind. She didn't even know when she fell on her face and tried to roll over. She clutched the scroll to her face as she slowly paved the way in order to give room to her eyes to make the mental judgment. When she eventually looked, she saw a man dres
When Lila saw Cory, she didn't know how she hit the speed, but before she could even think of stopping herself, she was already standing behind Cory. She was hiding behind now. She had run to Cory to seek security. Cory and the monk were quite intrigued by the sudden reaction of Lila. It was something that came out of nowhere. Cory took a glance at her to be certain that she knew what she was doing. She stared at him for a while, then looked past him to the monk who was now smiling. She panicked. Her panic turned Cory's attention to the monk. "Finally, we meet again." The monk started, taking another two steps forward. When the man made the move to the front, Lila tried to hide even safer behind Cory. If she could have her way, she would probably dissolve into his back and disappear. She should be worried that Cory suddenly appeared out of nowhere, but she wasn't. A lot had happened ever since the monk entered into the room. She hadn't been able to keep track of other events. P
She couldn't even begin to process what she had just seen. She didn't know what to make of it and how to make any sense of it. It seemed like it was a form or sort of magic. It didn't sit well with her mind. She could swear with everything she held dear that she saw Cory charge at the monk. In fact! It wasn't a charge! It was more like what the wind could do. He had skipped like the wind and had gotten to the monk before the monk could even lift a hand. If that was right. If what she had seen was true, then what the hell was this in the air?Her eyes still lingered on the pieces of olden skin-like paper flying in the air and landing on several parts of the room. She knew what this meant. It means that the monk had just torn the scroll. But how? How the hell did that even happen?Lila was very confused and lost. She had done a lot of crash projects and even important assignments in college, but she had never accosted something so mind-boggling and ridiculously out of tune like somet
"He can't make us leave. We don't want to leave." One the girls argued fervently. "What did he say precisely to you?""Why was it that you were the only one he said something to? Are you really sure that he said something to you, or are you just making it up?" Linda decided to twist the narrative. Lila had no choice but to glare at Linda. She didn't have the strength to keep foul emotions like this after what she had recently gone through. At first, she had thought that when she came back to the girls, she would be able to tell them everything that she saw and heard. Right now, she was having a second thought. How could she follow through with what she had in mind when one of the girls was already taking her for a fool?She wanted to slap Linda across the face. At least a couple of times, but she couldn't really come to the conclusion as soon as possible. "Why did he want us to leave, though? Does he even know why we are here? I'm sure if he does, he wouldn't think of sending us
When Cory called at them, they all listened at once. They all forgot what they were going through or what they were trying to do. None of it mattered anymore as soon as his voice knocked them out of the thoughts. There was a small bottle in his hand. He handed the bottle over to Lila. When he did this, of course, the majority of the girls were not happy with it. This really goes to prove what they had been thinking about. Doesn't it mean that he really liked her? If not, why would he give her something? Possibly a gift when the rest of the girls were they? Why couldn't he give any of the girls other than her?Those questions were running tracks around the minds of the girls, but none of them was willing to make it audible. It was hard to tell why they were quiet. It must be out of respect for Cory or the fear of what Lila might be capable of doing again. "You know what this is. Give it to your father. When you give it to him, say it's from the Immortal Doa. He would know what to do
The cruise ship was as silent as a grave yard. There was no note of whispers, let alone a clamor of debate. It would seem as though there was no living soul in the ship. The girls would only exchange glances at each other without necessarily making words out of their prolonged gazes. This continued for a long time until the girls finally arrived at the dock. It was the most popular dock in the whole of Emerald City. The cruise ship came to a stop at the dock, and the prime minister walked unto the room where the girls were gathered. "We are now home. Let everyone return to their respective homes. Those who have been given a specific assignment by my master should follow the instructions to the very last letter." The prime minister explained so clearly and in the most plain manner. The girls didn't say a word yet. Just like they would always do, they looked from one person to the other. It seemed like each of them could not make a decision for themselves, or else the other person
Cab 1."Who the hell does she think she is? Why would she take the cure with her? Does she want to die or what?""She has always been like that. She always pretends to be the best one. As though she's the only one who has the answer to everything. That fucking bitch from a broken family." The girl sneered. Cab 2."I can never understand why that guy gave the cure to her. Is she really better than us? Now that I think about it, even the professor handed the project file to her before we set out on the journey to the island.""I'm really sick and tired of all of these BS. I want to get to her and snatch that mother-fucking thing from her. She must be insane to think that she would really get away with the cure. I don't care what that handsome guy thinks! We must have our way, and that's the only fucking answer."The cab driver looked through the mirror at the girls at the back. His face held a certain note of curiosity. It was obvious in his eyes that he was about to say something. "W
Anna could not understand what was happening. She had stepped to the front, away from Cory, to look closely at the man walking towards her. How could this be her father? She was about to lose her mind. At this point, she had no idea how she was still able to hold up her peace and not go nuts. This was just enough to make her question her sanity. "What's happening? How could this be ---" Anna turned to the back to ask Cory. She suddenly choked on the words. Turning around, Cory was nowhere to be found. It would seem as though he had vanished into thin air. She quickly rushed back into the hut to look for him but she couldn't find him. She ran outside again. She didn't know what to make of all these that were happening to her. She really did wish that she would have an explanation for it. "Did you see him walk out just now?" Anna asked her father, who had stopped walking right in front of the door of the hut. Lord Theo shook his head softly, taking a deep breath. The man slowly p
Anna choked so hard on her breath that she almost passed out. She had no idea what was happening or what had just happened. She couldn't wrap her head around it, let alone make a meaning of it. But it was real. She could see it right in front of her. There was someone who had just been sliced into several pieces. "Father..." She was having trouble rolling those words over. She couldn't even move closer to the corpse. The head was still hanging in the air. Thud! The head and neck dropped on the floor. She flinched, almost sprouting some unknown wings. She should move forward and touch the corpse. She should fall on the pieces of her father and weep her eyes out, but she couldn't. This was just way too much for her to process. She was trying to understand how this was possible in the whole wide world. How could it ever be possible?She could recall openly that she had left her father back at the mansion. The old man couldn't even move an inch, let alone get to her. She could see
Anna was lost in the moment and couldn't place her own emotions, not even after she had climbed into the car. It was a cab, and Cory had just hailed at the cab. What had just happened in the building was still very much fresh in her mind. There was no way she was going to throw that away or be distracted from it. She took a glance at the corner of Cory's face. Then, the glance intensified, graduating into a keen gaze. Cory, on the other hand, was staring at the front. It would seem as though she was not even there. "Are you not going to explain it to me?" She asked him eventually. Cory still would not look at her. She didn't want to act as though this meant nothing to her. She hated the fact that Cory was ignoring her. She knew that she could not force the words out of his mouth. He had to be willing, else her worries and questions would forever remain unattended to. The manner at which Cory was staring, Anna could deduce that there was something else on his mind. Although they
Anna was lost in the moment. She was just wailing over her own troubles and worries when a sudden voice had come out of nowhere. The back figure of the person walking away from her looked rather too familiar for her to ignore. In fact, she didn't have the luxury of ignoring anything at this point. How could she? Her door had been locked perfectly, and there were even men standing watch outside of the door. She didn't even hear the door open, let alone feel a presence until the words hit her. The recurring facts that ran all over the incident made her push her body up in the bed, as now she was kneeling in bed. "Cory?" She was skeptical as she called his name. She wanted to be sure that she was able to place her confusion and get squared up with the main matter;The real situation was the fact that someone familiar was in the room with her and had asked her to leave with him. Cory hesitated at the door and then turned to look at her again. When their gazes met, he saw a whole la
Standing in front of the heap of dead warlords, Cory shut his eyes and took in all the air of victory around him. He had to be sincere with himself. There might still be a lot of spiritual figures out there in the open waiting to cause another havoc or rain another wave of terror. He had never had any reason to be scared of them. Although one of the reasons why he had come to the island was just to be wary of them. Right now, after killing all these warlords, he couldn't help but come to a conclusion that even if he was running from trouble, trouble would still find him. Henceforth, the determination to carry on with this new level of task overwhelmed him. He had unintentionally unlocked another realm and phase of challenges that he could never let anyone else figure out except himself. All his life, he had learned how to keep such big secrets. How could he be referred to as the Immortal Dao if he didn't know how to be exclusive with some of the things that have been haunting him
Lord Theo, who was already exhausted from the errands and worries affiliated with the plot they were carrying out, raised his head slowly to look at his daughter, who was fired up by what she was saying. "What are you talking about, Anna? Please go back to bed. You need it." The man dismissed causally as though he had expected her to be up by now. At this point, Anna really didn't know what to feel. She wished that she would be able to choose her feelings, but she couldn't. There was a great measure of disappointment in what she was feeling at that moment. And there was something else, too. Something which she couldn't really reach. She wanted to sigh, but because she was huffing and puffing, she was even having a hard time catching her breath. "Answer my question, father." Her voice became even louder this time. She was trying to make it obvious to him that she wasn't here to joke around. She was here to talk about and review what was bothering her the most. It would be a great
Anna's eyes slowly opened. When her eyes opened, she felt fatigue, a pool of fatigue washing all over her body. She shut her eyes again to be certain what the problem could be. She slowly opened her eyes again, confiding in the act of precision and timing. Yet the feeling lingered. The fatigued remained. If there was anything, it even became heavier. She tried to roll in bed to the other side, but she felt extremely weak. She had no idea what was happening to her. Rolling on her stomach, she tried to heave her body to a comfortable position, but nothing seemed to work for her. She fell back on her face in bed and started to grunt. "What the hell is happening to me?" She muttered, seeking to understand what the problem might be. The moment when she rolled from one end of the bed to the other, things were beginning to ease gradually. The fatigue and weariness were beginning to wear off. This time, her mind was clearing out gradually. There was a room in her mind to house as many w
"We must go right away." One of the senators stood up and was headed towards the door. "I'm sorry we can't." The doctor suddenly stepped into the way of the senator. The senator looked so offended and pissed out of his mind. He was staring at the doctor as though the doctor was a piece of garbage who ought not to stand in his presence, let alone lift his gaze to look at him. He scoffed and turned to look at the rest of the senators behind him. "What the hell is wrong with these minions? Is it really our fault that we have indulged them and made them feel so comfortable in our midst?" The senator sounded very judgemental as he rolled those words out. He really didn't care that the doctor could hear him. The senators didn't care about anything at all. They don't care about other people other than themselves. As long as things are going their way, they wouldn't care less to do whatever they thought to be okay. "Now, move out of my way before I rip you into shreds!" The senator thre
Linda and her father were as still as a hill. They couldn't even make a sound. They couldn't see each other. Talking about seeing, Linda's eyes were drooping over her breasts at this point. It seemed as though the poison continued to lower the thread of the eyes down and down until perhaps it would get to the soles of her legs. This really didn't matter to her yet because the room was too dark for either of them to see each other. Before they were looked inside this room by the two hefty henchmen, they had seen clearly that it was super bright outside. It was noon. How come when they were locked in here, it was extremely dark? They had not been taken to an underground location. In fact, the underground location they had just come from was well lit and brighter than this. Although she couldn't use her eyes well, Linda could still tell this much that this was a very dark room. "Why is it so dark in here?" She asked her father, looking in the only direction she could afford. Down.