''Bitch! You became his slut in just a day?!" Xavier turned the sword towards her.
"Your mom is a slut, your whole family is a slut," Valery was ready to attack him.
She had enough of his conduct and didn't mind killing him to settle scores, even if it resulted in a punishment later on.
"Stop it," Ludic stepped in between them, "And clear your minds otherwise we three would die at his hands."
"What?!" Valery and Xavier looked at Ludic in shock.
"Don't you get it? He was hiding his powers, he was playing with us!" He reminded them of the details they missed due to their shock and anger.
"No way," Valery glanced at Alex and noticed a faint smile on his face. She suddenly felt a bad premonition bubbling in her heart.
"You are immune to poison, right?" Ludic asked him.
''Not bad, plus one to you,'' Alex responded before snapping his fingers.
SNAP!
Under everyone's dumfounded eyes, the scenery changed, breaking like glass and the next thing they knew, they were sitting around a bonfire where they previously ate.
''Welcome back!'' Alex said with a beautiful smile, a harmless smile but the trio wasn't in the mood to enjoy this because at the moment terror filled their hearts.
Alex calmly waited for them to come back to their senses and a few minutes later they regained their senses with Valery asking.
''Y-you knew?!" Her eyes were filled with disbelief, not believing what is happening.
Ludic hasn't stated the details about the drugged wine or her role, but yet Alex mentioned them. She was now sure her earlier conjecture on the functioning of the drugs was completely wrong.
Her heart thumped and she didn't fully react for a short period of time as an eerie feeling developed inside her.
"Yes, I knew," Alex nodded in agreement, "I knew from the start."
"As I already mentioned, I knew from the very start, so I didn't really bother listening to details of your plan."
"Start?!" Ludic's pupils dilated to the size of a needle.
The start would mean the time before they actually met!
"The time before he saved me from the wolves!" Valery's forehead was drenched in a cold sweat.
All the nerves in her body instantly tensed as soon as she came to this conclusion.
''What is going on? Why are we back here?'' Ludic couldn't help but ask this question as his heart keep pounding against his chest, afraid of Alex's response because this would tell him their fate and how scary the enemy is.
Alex chuckled before saying.
''Don't you already have the answer?''
Ludic's body shuddered because Alex's casual answer just confirmed his worst fear, they have been put inside an illusion and nothing that happened after they ate was real.
''!!!''
Valery's body shuddered and she felt from her seat and started trembling. She seemed to have understood like Ludic and looked at her hands while shaking, as expected there was nothing there, no ring, everything was an illusion.
''You bastard what..'' Xavier was about to shout at Alex due to rage because the latter was glaring at him with expression eyes.
His eyes seemed to have changed turning into their original silver and ice blue color and immediately after Xavier's body shuddered and he experienced many things.
Firstly he appeared inside what appeared to be a ghost town.
The once smooth network of roads that led to Tillydrone was barely discernible through the weeds and grasses that had reclaimed it. Dry grass, dying bushes, and withering flowers are all that's left of the once well-kept gardens.
Most doors were either completely gone or mere remnants of rotten wood and rusty metal. The open doorways looked eerie as only darkness showed within. Window panes hung perilously from their hinges and here and there drapes had been flung out by the wind.
Tillydrone, once rich with life, hopes, dreams, and aspirations were now a forgotten remnant of a time long passed. Bird songs, animals rustling in the bushes and trees, and the various animal sounds from stray pets and other wild animals had taken the place of the sounds of a bustling community.
Destroyed packages, remnants of forgotten letters, and unpaid bills littered the floor of the post office. The smell of animal droppings clung to the air as much as the droppings did to the floor, the animals loved the post office.
You couldn't help but feel lost in this town now, even if you knew exactly where you were. It was a lonely place with only distant memories of what once was. But despite all the decay and destruction at least there was happiness among the animals. Most had found a relatively safe haven to live in.
Suddenly, the scenery changed and Xavier was dragged somewhere else.
A howl in the smoke, a whisper of wind, and suddenly he was met with a minuscule creation of blood and sickness. Five fierce eyes stare at him with a sickening contortion, and another howl resonates from its shrunken mouth with unimaginable force.
Spiky tendrils adorn its gnarled head, which itself is adorned with fiery symbols. An intense heat escapes the creature's expansive nostrils set within an arched nose.
Its gnarled head sits atop a broad, robust body. A constant shadowy veil dangles around its torso, but he didn't exactly want to take a closer look to inspect this further.
The creature bolts toward him, its six legs awkwardly carrying its diabolical body with a composed energy. A long tail squirms behind it, its movements are playful, yet determined.
Two incorporeal wings extend themselves fully. Fiery bones, and feathers of a bone stretch upward, perhaps it'll fly away soon. Still, the creature looks upon Xavier, and a horrible grimace appears on its face.
Xavier's body couldn't move as he had never encountered something like this and terror took hold of his being, until the demon attacked.
''!!!!''
His body was sent flying like a kite with its string broken, drawing a beautiful arc in the sky.
Bursts of tearing pain pulsed through his head. Xavier's head felt heavy and he could feel dizziness starting to kick in. For a moment he thought about just giving in to the pain, letting it consume him completely as there seemed to be no way out. Ten seconds passed, then twenty, then thirty, and the pain never subsided. At least it wasn't getting worse, yet.
He took a deep breath, then another, and then another. A state of calm returned to Xavier's mind for a moment. But after a few more moments of pure focus, he managed to block out the pain enough to make it nothing more than a minor annoyance. It'll last a while, but he'll manage, he believed.
Back to reality, Xavier was shocked to see Valery and Ludic both have a dazed look in their eyes and he immediately understood that they have fallen under Alex's powerful illusion and must be experiencing hell as he did.
Xavier's body was drenched with sweat and blood, he didn't dare to look at Alex in the eyes and gathered his power in order to escape but just as he was about to gather them, his power dispersed under Alex's command.
''Stay still.'' He simply said and Xavier found out that he was unable to control his body, it was as if he was standing before a terrific beast, his body keep shuddering nonstop.
''De... Demigod.'' Xavier managed to squeeze out those words.
''The end.'' Alex simply muttered and summoned the black gun and fired a bullet.
BANG!
Time seemed to have stopped and before the bullet could even come closer, the sheer terror this black bullet brought made Xavier bleed from his seven orifices and he saw death opening its arms, beckoning him to come closer.
''This is it. This is the end, isn't it? Blood keeps dripping to the floor beneath me, hundreds of drops like a crimson rain of death. Yes, this is it, this is the end.
I'm down on my knees, soon I will probably be down on my back. I want to stand up, but I can't. My legs, won't move. My body, won't move.
No, I cannot give up. Giving up means I lose, I will never give up. There must be a way out of this, there must be a way I can live. Surely there must be somebody around here, somebody who can help me. Save me.
I'm so dizzy, everything is spinning around me. I feel like.. I think I might pass out. No, no I can't pass out. I'll lie down on the floor to save my energy. This'll do, for now. But everything is still spinning. No matter, somebody will find me soon and then everything will be alright.
Oh god, I can see it now. This is my end. My body is broken beyond repair, I grow weaker by the minute and nobody is going to find me. It would be too late even if they did. I'm going to die. That's okay, I give up.
It's getting cold, really cold. My body shivers, I can't help it. There's no way to warm up either, it's not like I can exercise. I don't think I've ever felt this cold.
I'm sorry.''
The poor man was almost dead before the black bullet penetrated his head, extinguishing his soul forever, unable to reincarnate. It is why Nyx is called the Goddess of Death because once her ability killed you, you could never be able to reincarnate ever again.
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