Chapter 187: The Power Of Friendship (2/2)
”How dare you hurt my friends! Stay the fuck away from them!” Alex roared, blinded by his pure, unbridled rage, the urge to protect his friends taking charge of all of his senses as he held his spear out in front of him, ready to thrust it straight at her heart for a decisive blow.
Everything, every fibre in his being was stored into that 1 strike…
He wanted to make her pay 1 million times over for what she had just done...
He channelled all of his anger, his feelings towards his friends, his hopes and dreams, his sense of justice, and the promise he made a long time ago all into 1 decisive blow.
HikariYami who was being sped towards by Alex had only just noticed his presence. And yet, despite that fact, she seemed to have no big change in her expression other than a small vein popping out from the top of her forehead. She did not move at all, like she had already given up and chose to accept her fate, making Alex feel like his victory was imminent. He was certain that if half her face was not covered, he would be able to fully witness the look of despair on her face.
However... He soon found out that he was more than sorely mistaken...
”Insect! I don't have fucking time for this!” Yami yelled back, clear annoyance and urgency in her voice.
*Slap*
With but a single slap, she managed to completely break and halt Alex's advances, both physically and mentally.
Before he even knew it, his body had already gone numb, floating and flipping in the air, the skin on his cheek where he had just been slapped getting completely removed like it was never there, revealing his teeth and pink flesh tissue underneath.
'W-what just happened... How is she that strong...' He thought, unable to accept reality as it all happened so unexpectedly and abruptly, his anger turning into pure despair…
He had failed… He had broken his promise… He was useless…
He was… too weak…
He had put his heart and soul along with the urge to protect his friends all into that attack. He had used every morsel of his being, boosted his power far beyond what his body was capable of, but he was taken out so casually with but a single slap, making the truth hit him like a speeding train.
His assumption that she herself was extremely weak and was only strong due to her puppets got immediately flipped on its heads and spat on for how wrong they were.
In fact, the truth was that he never even stood a chance against her in the first place, she had just been toying around with him and Abby like puppets the entire time, trying to enjoy some sort of show of entertainment.
The glow in his eyes faded away into something that seemed more lifeless, his lightning cloak dissolving as his skin was ravaged by the pain of pushing his body too far beyond its breaking point and from the slap that felt more like a meteorite than an actual slap.
Yet, despite all that immense pain, his almost lifeless expression did not at all change... He could not care less about his physical anguish... The pain of his failure grew further and overshadowed everything else that was going on around him.
His mind fell into chaos, he did not know what or even how to properly think anymore... Everything around him was now but an ugly blur, his entire world turning into a mushy meld of black colours, the sound of static hissing filling his ears.
Along with various teeth, his limp body fell on the ground with an immense crash. He was not yet unconscious but he was still unable to move a single inch of his body. No matter what he did, it would just not respond which even further added to his helplessness and sorry state.
When he looked up at his opponent with his dark, mushy, hazy eyes, he managed to just somewhat make out her figure.
She scoffed once more, taking a look at him before shifting her focus onto Jayden who was unconscious right beside him.
And in what seemed like a quick hurry, Abby's body still tightly gripped in her hand, she jumped back to the direction that Alex had just come from.
Then as soon as she left, Alex snapped back into reality and realized what had just happened... colour came back to his previously dead eyes and the first tears that he had cried in years fell down his face as he tried to move his body only to be reminded that his efforts were completely futile.
”DAMN IT! It's all my fault! She fucking kidnapped her! WHY! WHY! WHYYY!” His voice echoed all throughout the forest, causing several crows from kilometres away to flee, trying to force his broken body to stand up only to be reminded for a third time that all his efforts were still futile no matter how hard he tried or how strong his urge to protect his friends was...