Chapter 305 - Separation (1/2)

Just as Laz screamed to himself, the ring of light vanished as though it had never been there. The thing was only about four feet in diameter and although Laz felt like it looked kind of cool, there would be way to much explaining to do if he had to walk around with it.

Looking down at his ċhėst, Laz noticed that the hole in his ċhėst through his heart was gone. He knew that his babysitter had once again saved him since even with his great vitality, something like that would be enough to kill him. In consideration to her though, he had made the damage as little as possible. The simply fact was that although he was a lot stronger, there were some things that would still be considered weak points. At the same time, if it was someone else trying to kill him, they would never be able to do so as simply primarily because he had done this to himself using his own power.

If he had seen A'ruya's face after having done this, he would had noticed that although she took a brief look at him to make sure he was ok, she was far more involved in the happenings of her people and finding out that his master had just died. In fact, there was a rather large debate going on about continuing to let Laz be under her command considering his bloodline and their history. There was also a lot of jealousy floating around.

But that wasn't something Laz would know about till later.

Seeing that the ring was gone, he was healed and Death herself looked peaceful, he wondered just what her test was suppose to be. It seemed far more like an interview with parents than a test. But then again, perhaps that was the point. These cursed beasts had latched on to four unfortunate girls and were now depending on them for survival. Not only to feed their current needs, but to one day transform them back into the majestic creatures they once were. As they saw it, the girls were their only chance, but somehow Laz had played into that cause. He still had no idea why.

As Laz looked around, found his pouch and got dressed, he debated tucking Death into her bed before he saw her eyes open. For a brief minute, there was a strange light in them as Laz felt like he heard a loud cry from some massive creature. She then blinked and the light was gone, along with the sound as the halo of death settled back into place.

”You... did it.”

”Did you see?” Laz asked, meaning the things that he figured out while inside his own mind.

”I did, but not like I was right there. More like I was watching a movie from afar...” Death said, standing up. She briefly looked for something to wear before feeling dizzy and sitting back down. Before Laz could even asked if she was alright, the door opened and in entered three nȧkėd yet energetic women, who surrounded their big sister and started crying. She took a minute to calm them down before the three of them jumped on the Laz, dragged him back onto the bed next to their big sister and started to hug him and cry again, their tears soaking his shirt. Even though she could control herself better than them, even Death couldn't resist hugging Laz within the pile of bodies on top of him.

”How can we ever thank you...”

”You've saved us. Twice now...”

”And all we did was curse you in return...”

”You truly were meant to be our master,” said Death, who then peeled her sisters off of Laz.

”Sisters. We aren't healed yet and have a long way to go. But at least now, we don't have to worry about dying from a cruse before we can finish our mission,” she spoke with confidence.

”YES!” They all responded excitedly.

”What?” Laz asked, confused. Although the girls were no longer on top of him and clinging to him, they were still petting him and cuddling him affectionately. Therefore, there was no where for him to go except be a part of this conversation.

”The curse. We told you that our powers were a curse, except it was deeper than that. It was a curse of our blood. The four beings we somehow freed from their confinement decided that they would try to clear the dark energy out of their bodies by pushing it all into us. It didn't work. Instead, it drew them into us as well, making us a part of them. Even then, they didn't want us to do anything that might put us in danger our expose our secrets. And that was because they didn't want to trust us. Still after encountering you, it seems like they decided to take a chance. I don't know why,” Death answered, explaining everything.

”You all saw it too?” Laz asked the other three who shook they're heads yes. He figured that since the way they spoke seemed to indicate that they knew their lives would be better from now on, but he wanted to confirm it was because they knew everything and not just because he had conquered them.

”So I guess... this is it?” Laz asked, looking at the girls who once again shook their heads yes.

”What happens next?”

”Next?” Famine responded, looking at Death.

”Next? We are going south. It's time sisters,” she said, nodding her head while the other's faces seemed to brighten up at the same time. Of course, right after that, Laz could feel a dense killing intent permeate the room as all four sisters seemed to start bursting out with bloodlust.

”You're leaving... for revenge right?” Laz questioned. His voice was enough to cause the four to calm down, but only slightly.

”We must master. We made this pact amongst ourselves, one that we can never betray,” War answered.

”We will be back though, once we are done. When that time comes, we shall serve you without fail our question,” Pestilence followed up.

”Is that acceptable?” Famine questioned.

”Of course. After all, I never needed you to serve me.... Don't look at me like that. I'm just saying that I wasn't expecting this so I didn't plan on having you four around or being tied to you like this. I have to keep moving anyway. Now that the ȧsshole Tommy knows I'm here, I won't be getting a moments peace. He seems to have a thing for me. And I still have to find my parents and hopefully rescue my grandfather.” Laz hadn't forgotten those goals, it's just that things always seemed to be popping up.

”And we must do this alone master,” Death said, just as the building started to rumble and the power went out.

”What now?” Laz said, spreading out his spiritual sense while Pestilence, War and Famine left in a hurry and Death started getting dressed.

”Holy fuċk...” Laz said, watching a row of tanks roll by. Although almost 24 hours had passed, it seemed that there was still a lot going on with those ċȯċkroach like creatures Laz had allowed to cross over.

He didn't think it would be this big of a deal.