The Rise Of Calamity

In the end, only a single question resounded in my mind, a question that made my basic emotions duller while making my fury burn brighter than ever.

'Did I really mean nothing to you?' I thought, flaming anger, as well as an intense feeling of betrayal, bursting out within me, yet other than my ice-cold eyes that could have turned the Sahara into a snowy landscape, I did not show any of my emotions outwardly.

Instead, I simply stood up and dusted myself off before looking away and walking toward the walls of the city while stating "I'm going to wait outside. I'll join you guys when you leave the city with the person you are waiting for"

After saying those words nonchalantly, I moved towards the walls and passed through the gates before launching towards the forest at extreme speeds that caused the gatekeepers who had wished me luck on my adventure as well as the guards on top of the wall flinch in shock, unable to believe the speed I was currently moving at.

"Someone must have surely angered her," The old man said with a chuckle, causing the rest of the guards to look at him as if he was stupid even though he was considered their elder of sorts, therefore they held him by high standards.

"Sir... Did you not see what the Red Devil did? She smashed her into a pillar and Lilith couldn't do anything. Of course, she will be angry, I would be surprised if she wasn't." One of the guards stated, causing the old man to laugh out loud before waving him off and returning to the tower as if what he had heard was the funniest thing ever.

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[Are you okay?]

'Yeah. I'm fine' I replied with a shrug

[Then why are your emotions flickering so much? You seem angry, disappointed, and even betrayed]

"Well, I've felt betrayed so many times in my lives that now it feels like the norm" I sighed under my breath before flickering and appearing once again, however, this time when I had appeared I was already hundreds of meters off the ground, standing on top of a large branch.

[I'm sorry]

Hearing what Hela had said, my eyes widened and a warm smile stretched across my face I chuckled and asked "Why are you sorry? You did nothing wrong"

[Well, I know you more than you know yourself. As long as I am still here with you, I will always feel and know the pain, loneliness, and hatred you feel. While it may not be as intense since it isn't my own emotions, I still feel them as if they are my own so I know exactly how you are feeling.]

For some reason, I felt like Hela's words were comforting, to the point where it felt like someone had covered me with a warm blanket before hugging me tightly.

This sensation caused me to smile. something I didn't have to hide from the one person that knew me the best in this world, yet still being the one person I could never meet or touch.

"Maybe I should have stayed with Olivia" I sighed, yet Hela's next words made me raise a brow.

[Trust me, you wouldn't want to miss going through the dimensional crack.]

'Hmm? Why?'

[You'll find out later ;)]

With a sigh, I simply tried to drop the subject and looked into the distance. After a few more minutes, I spotted that three people were coming out of the gates, two of them being Rose and Laila and the last one being the guy I had already forgotten the name of, not that I really cared for what his name actually was.

Instead, it would have been more beneficial to call everyone by the first letter of their name since it was a lot easier and in reality, a lot more efficient than saying their entire name.

It also gave us the advantage of keeping our identities a secret, while it gave me the personal advantage of not having to care about remembering someone's name for so long.

When I finally saw that they were leaving the city, I immediately dashed toward them, making me into a golden beam of light that had begun to close the distance between the two of us at an extraordinary speed that everyone other than Rose recognized.

A few instances later, I was already in front of the 3 of them without a single pant escaping my mouth as if everything I had just done was the same as walking to me.

"You decide to leave the city and you come back 30 seconds after we were all ready? What is wrong with you? Do you even care about the mission?" Rose asked, causing me to frown yet I made sure not to show it.

"Sorry Guildmaster... It won't happen again" My voice and tone were both cold and distant, while my eyes pierced through the person in front of me with an uncaring glint, as if I could watch the person in front of me die and I wouldn't even flinch.

Seeing this, Rose simply raised a brow, yet I could perceive that her soul flame was flickering wildly like she saw something that she really didn't want to see.

However, at this point, I could have not cared less so instead of dropping my formal distant mannerism, I chose to keep it.

I didn't know what Rose was doing, but if she really cared she wouldn't have acted like this, right?

If she truly thought the same way of me as I thought of her, she would have not done something so stupid and outlandish... She wouldn't have hurt me like this...

'I think I finally understand what the voice said when I had awakened'

[You shouldn't take her voice too much into h-]

'She said, well, her few words implied that the more people I held close and dear to me, the more I would be hurt... First with my mother, then with Zarch, and now with Rose...'

"Why are you giving me that stare?" Rose asked with a raised brow.

"I'd like to get on the go to do our mission. We are just waiting for you to dismiss us" I replied, causing Rose to sigh in what seemed like disgust before finally turning around the two and saying something I couldn't care less about.

'To think in the end, the only people I would have left would be Olivia and White Paw Tribe' I inwardly chuckled at my dismay, before finally turning around and getting ready to leave.

[It's a good thing you didn't take your armor off...]

'Yeah...' I replied simply, eager to get out of there as fast as possible.

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