178 Everything in white (2/2)

She managed to completely bypass the tornado but now she was free-falling with no means to save herself.

[I don't think we planned this very well!!] Ellie yelled.

”No... This is exactly how I planned!!” Lilith corrected her.

The mage spotted Lilith dropping from the sky and started to charge at her with all the speed he had. He assumed that in the middle of the sky, he had the advantage.

”Marcus... Ellie... I trust you two...” Lilith whispered.

[...!!] x 2

”Do you two trust me??” Lilith asked while turning on her future sight one last time and feeling like her eyes were about to burn.

[Of course!! Always!!] Marcus replied instantly.

[...] Ellie,  however, took a bit of time to think about her answer. She thought about all the times Lilith tried to protect her, the times she jumped into fire to save her, how she traveled to another world to fight by her aunt's side, how she heard about Lilith doing everything she could to save Evlin's school, and how she followed Ellie all the way into this dangerous forest just to be by her side when she needed her.

She then gave her reply, [How could I not trust you!!??]

Lilith's body began to glow with an immense light that blinded the entire sky for a moment, and once it was gone, her two weapons had disappeared and Lilith's hair was completely white.

The mage realized that Lilith's weapons were gone and dashed at her with his scythe ready to impale her.

Lilith saw the man coming at full speed and using her shinning golden eyes that could stare into the future, she saw exactly what she needed to do.

She waited for the right moment, mere seconds, mere inches away from the mage reaching her and stabbed her heart with one move.

Once the time was finally right, she formed a single sword out of thin air and, while feeling like she had both Marcus and Ellie by her side holding the blade alongside her, she moved her weapon in a perfect arc that managed to cut both the mage and his staff at the same time.

The memory warrior began to vanish after being cut by the blade and disappeared into nothingness.

Lilith then formed another crossbow and shot the ground to create a huge diamond ramp to make her slide safely into the terrain.

”Ugh!!!”

As she rolled on the ground after finally reaching the soil and being unable to stop herself from moving at such great speed, the two kids that were beside her finally undid their transformations .

They all fell on the ground from complete exhaustion and barely unable to move after combining their energies like that.

”That was crazy...” Marcus mentioned while trying to stand up by supporting himself on a rock.

”That was awesome!!!” Ellie corrected while having her arms and legs open on top of the grass like a starfish.

”That was something alright...” Lillith added while also trying to stand on her own. Her eyes were burning a little after using so much of her super future sight so she tried to keep them closed for a while.

And then, maybe it was because the adrenaline was affecting their heads and they were finally getting some room to breath again, but the three just started to laugh out of nowhere from not being able to believe that they actually managed to win that fight despite there being so many injuries on their bodies. It felt like the first actual victory that they've had in ages.

Lilith still had her eyes closed, but she was glad to finally be able to hear Ellie laugh. She can't remember the last time she heard the sound, or if she ever heard it at all.

She then felt Ellie pouncing on top of her like a panther and giving her a deep hug that almost made her heart pop out.

”E- Ellie!!! Too... Tight!!!” Lilith declared while giving small taps on the girl's shoulder so that she would let her go.

”Sorry, sorry... It's just...” Ellie tried to say while releasing Lilith, ”You rushed off saying all these things... I thought you were going to die or something!! And... And... After all the things I said... I just thought... I just... I-”

”I thought I would...” Lilith admitted.

”What!!??”

”Yeah...” Lilith continued ”I tried to use my ability to see further into the future... But for some reason... Every time I would try to see things that happened after today... All I saw was pure black...”

”Pure black...?” Ellie repeated while looking worried.

”At first I thought it was some kind of consequence of there being so many gods and champions around... But it just felt different somehow... Like I couldn't see the future anymore... As if... As if there was no future to see...”

Marcus came closer, looking rather worried as well, ”wait... does this mean... something will happen to you today??”

”Maybe...? I don't know... But maybe the future changed!”

”Yeah!! Maybe if you try to look one more time, it will work this time!” Ellie insisted.

”Maybe... Let me give it a try!” Lilith replied.

”Wait... Are you sure that's a good idea? You used your power quite a lot today...” Marcus asked.

”Just a small peek won't-” Lilith finally opened her eyes to try and see into the future one more time, but something was wrong. She started waving her hand in front of her that made her two companions approach with concern.

Marcus then started to lose the color on his face and Ellie began to get teared-eyed. They both looked at Lilith and noticed that her pupils were completely colorless.

Lilith had her eyes wide open, but the reason she couldn't see into the future wasn't because she was going to die today, but because she couldn't see anything period.

Lilith was completely blind.