249 Connected (1/2)

She was, of course, referring to the empty space covered with nothing but white no matter where she looked known as the white void, a location that gave birth to many of Evlin's most painful memories.

”Man, I sure missed this place... It's not like I've been stuck in here for God knows how long and almost lost my bloody mind the longer I stayed here not too long ago... Good times... Good times...” she whispered while being on the verge of smacking her own head against the floor, but decided not to as she remembered that one cannot get hurt in the white void.

She began to turn her head around wondering if she could spot any signs of the door to the dark void or her living powers coming after her one more time, but it seemed like she was completely alone this time.

”Thank God...” she whispered as she dropped on her knees and took a deep breath once she realized she was not in danger.

She still found it odd though. The only times where she would be sent to the white void were when Xadi tried to trap her or when her soul would try to connect with someone else, which means there must be someone trying to connect with her right now.

”Hello...? Is anyone there...?” she shouted.

Suddenly, she began to hear footsteps coming from afar. There was someone there after all. She began preparations to face whoever it was that was trying to reach her, but once she turned around, she was literally hit by a surprise.

”What the- WAAGH!!” she gasped as she was grabbed in the stomach by a young girl with long black hair, blue eyes, and with a missing hand.

”Aunt Evie!!!” Ellie shouted as she headbutted Evlin's torso and grabbed her in a bear hug.

”Ellie!!??” Evlin gasped again, ”the hell are you doing in the white void???”

”The wha...?”

”This place! This is the white void! It's a place where souls connect with each other...”

”Oh... I see...”

”... You do...?”

”No, not really... I have no idea where we are...” Ellie admitted while locking Evlin in another hug, ”I'm just happy I get to see you again!!”

”Ah... I see...” Evlin replied while hugging her niece back, ”I'm glad to see you too, my little hero... I'm glad you're ok!”

”... Why would I not be ok...?”

Evlin's expression became cold, ”Hana disappeared... West told us that she was banished back to the divine realm because her temple was destroyed...”

”What!!?? No!! I was in the temple just a while ago!! Me and Detra were fighting some weird fire guy!!”

”Weird fire guy...? Someone did attack the temple??”

”Yeah, but Detra and I defeated him... I mean... I think we defeated him... The last thing I remember was running out of strength and dropping on the ground...”

”Oh... I'm sorry...”

”Hey, it's ok! I don't mind it at all! I'm always gonna be happy to see your adorable face!!” Evlin admitted while grabbing Ellie's cheeks.

”Thanks... But... What do we do now...?”

”Well... We are here because of you... I think we should be able to leave once you wake up...”

”Oh... That might take a while... I remember being reeeeeally tired...”

”Yeah... I've been there before... Magic exhaustion can be really annoying...”

”Did you get magic exhaustion a lot when you lived here...?”

”At first, yes... But I learned to use my head more often and stopped releasing spells that would drain me so easily... I mostly would use my strongest spells to finish off my opponents or to take care of something easy faster...” Evlin talked, but suddenly stopped when she glanced at her niece staring at her with wide eyes, ”what...?”

”Nothing, it's just... This is the first time we talk about magic after I became a full mage... It just feels like we got a little closer... And also nostalgic to when you used to tell me stories...”

”Yeah...” Evlin whispered while staring up, once again seeing nothing but white, ”I miss those simpler times... A lot of things happened ever since you became a mage huh?”

”You have no idea...”

Evlin wanted to stay there and chat with her niece a little longer about throwaway topics, but they still had a couple of problems that needed to be addressed.

”Listen, Ellie... The fact that you're here must mean that your body is ok... But something did happen to the east temple, so you probably are still in danger... I need you to contact me as soon as you can and let me know your location so I can come and find you!”

”O- Ok... But what about you? Are you still on the west temple? Should we go to meet you there?”

”No!! The west temple got attacked too!”

”By Knucker...?”

”No... It was by two of the six demon leaders... I think Knucker is their ally or master now... They all seem to have gained dragon powers from him...”

”Ah! The guy that attacked us could breathe fire!”