Chapter 47 - Indescribable Torment (1/2)
As the claws returned with greater force, a painful groan that could only be described as inhumane escaped her lips. Cold, bitter black tentacles stretched into her fiery soul, tearing and consuming every corner, before dragging her towards an irresistible well of darkness.
In the endless dark void, directionless and aimless, she floated with her arms wrapped around her knees in fetal position.
Then, a sinister chuckle echoed from the dark, the gloating sound slithering over her skin like a slippery snake.
She raised her head in blind fear, seeking the source of the sickly laughter as her frantic gaze met with only darkness.
She unsuccessfully tried to block out the jarring sound, covering her ears with her palms, but the laughter relentlessly pursued her, mocking, triumphant.
”Kekekeke…...We meet again.” Her heart seized with terror as the sinister voice echoed in her head.
”You damned darkness, who and what the Nar are you? Show yourself, you coward!” She angrily demanded.
The next instant, the darkness surrounding her shifted, and in its center, a shadowy figure, tall and robed, appeared.
Numerous threads of black smoke swirled around the figure as glittering red blood eyes glared at her from its eye sockets. And beneath the hood, she could make out gleans of pitch, black flesh shinning with a sinister light.
Above bloodless lips, black flashes of light sparked from the darkness of the hood.
At this moment, the grey soulless and mindless despair she was under instantly shattered.
”It's you?” She shrieked in astonishment.
”Kekekeke…...It's good to see you too!” The voice replied delightfully.
”You beast, I will kill you!” Mad with unrestrained killing intent and hatred, Versailles lunged at the shadow.
”Kekekeke…...Not so quickly.” With a dark flash, the shadow vanished.
Darkness whirled past as she ran in the cold, bleak, dark ocean, desperately searching for the shadowy figure.
”I will make him pay!” She viciously hissed, her eyes flashing with unconcealable resentment.
If she had not recovered her memories from her first life, then she wouldn't have felt anything on seeing that malevolent shadow among shadows.
But since she had, a chilling shred of icy hatred and rage had been festering in the bottom of her heart.
Thinking of her final moment, she bristled with rage and immeasurable hatred.
However, her fury had no outlet to vent. She ran and ran in the endless darkness but could not find even a trace of the shadow's figure.
Frustrated, she lashed out with her fiery flames without any reservation. This went on until she was completely spent, and her flames exhausted. Sinking to her knees, she cried in anguish.
It was at this moment that the ancient bell voice of the 'glowing soul' resounded in her mind.
'You should have remained calm. You have completely used up your spirit fire and are utterly defenseless now. I will not be able to help in this place, because the place your physical body is kept in prevents the interference of any outside force'
'I hope you will be able to overcome this trial.'
With that, the bell voice went completely silent.
”Does that mean the 'glowing soul' will not be able to help me escape?” Versailles warily looked around at the cage of darkness with furrowed brows.
In her moment of rage, she forgot about her current situation.
”Kekekeke…. Seeing you stop, does this mean you are done venting? Now, any hope of escape is futile,” The voice returned and whispered maliciously.
”No one will come to your rescue. You cannot save yourself. Your parents, your friend, your clan. They all abandoned you, because you failed them. You are all alone.” It mirthfully declared.
”No! Not everyone has betrayed me.” she icily retorted.
”Ramose will come for me.”
”Kekekeke…...Will he? He left you all alone in the middle of the Eternal Mountains, running off by himself to save his own life. Will he really come to save you now?”
For a breath, her conviction shook.