550 Separation, Events that Transpired After (2/2)

Inside its walls, both humans and non-humans inhabited the place.

At this moment, several beams of light fell unto the fortress.

The people in the fortress were surprised and made way for the beams in a calm manner.

As the beams of light landed unto the main square of the fortress, each beam turned into several people and a Thunderbird.

”It's Aurex and Mellice!”

The people around exclaimed.

Without a doubt, this fortress was one of the outposts of Auraboros. Since humans were present in this place, it was the indication that it was a fortress for outer members of the organization.

Aurex, the white-haired man, and Mellice, the red-haired Witch, looked around as they appeared. Seeing that they safely landed inside the fortress, the two slumped on the ground. They were still conscious and could stand up and walk. However, they expended the last of their magical powers, leaving them weakened severely.

”Puff!”

Both Aurex and Mellice vomited blood. It was the backlash of the magic they used to escape.

”Sir Aurex, what happened?!”

A young man hurriedly approached to help Aurex up.

”Don't bother about me. Help our brothers and sisters first.”

Aurex shrugged the help of the young man and pointed at the unconscious men and witches that were left of their group.

Since he was commanded to do so, the young man told the others to help their unconscious members.

”My, my, what happened to you two?”

A jeering voice sounded. It came from a blond-haired witch that came out after hearing the commotion.

”Also, where are the other members of your group? Your group was just supposed to scout the unusual activities in Reading City.”

”Pew!” Mellice spat out the remaining blood on her mouth. ”Agatha, don't annoy us. We almost died after encountering a monster. If you're in our place, I don't think that you will even make it back.”

The Witch called Agatha frowned.

”What really happened?”

At that question, both Aurex and Mellice stood up.

”We'll tell you later,” Aurex replied. ”We need to meet the Chief first and report what happened.”

With those words, despite staggering in their steps, Aurex and Mellice entered deeper in the fortress.

As the two left, a Witch about fifteen years old approached Agatha. The young Witch was not walking but was floating while sitting on a basketball-sized crystal ball.

”Eina, can you find out what happened to them?”

Agatha said to the young Witch.

Eina did not reply but only jumped off her crystal ball and wiped her index finger to the blood vomited by Mellice and Aurex. Then, she wiped the blood on the floating crystal ball.

The gallery saw what the two were doing and approached to see what would happen.

And there, horror had struck everyone as they saw everything that happened to the group led by Aurex and Mellice.

However, when Agatha saw Chimetrice's face, she was shocked.

”Jude?”

She murmured as she remembered what happened several years ago. It was when Jude seduced her in Atlantic City. She could still remember how he told her sweet nothings and how he abandoned another woman for her.

Only to be sold to an underground group.

That all happened to her when she was still a regular human.

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An unknown dimension. It was a place where mortals could not step into.

As for the beings that knew about this place, it was called the Observatory.

It was a place where the Observers dwelled as they observed the world through the Eyes.

At this moment, a robed person whose gender or face could not be confirmed was pacing back and forth in irritation.

Without a doubt, this person was the current Observer of Earth.

The Observer saw everything that happened in front of Ninth.

”It's amazing that Earth is able to produce two God candidates now.”

The Observer was quite elated to find Mark and Mei. At these times where the world was facing its end, what the world needed was strong beings that could face this end and try to prevent it.

Thus, new rules were implemented even if it defied the previous rules they had.

After all, all these rules were useless if there was no world to implement it.

What irritated the Observer, however, was that the next wave that would come.

”If that idiot from Melvastea did not mess up with the world he is managing, this would not have happened.”

The Observer seethed in anger.

”And now, this universe is on the verge of collapse because of him.”

Right now, a lot of habitable planets, not only in this galaxy, but this universe that Earth belonged to was facing a huge calamity. It was a calamity that continued to spread, destroying all lives, and erasing planets from existence.

And now, it was Earth's turn.

The worst thing, however, the Observers that cherished the planets they were managing could not directly interfere. The best that they could do was bend the rules they already had and wish for the best to happen.

Thus, Ninth finding Mark and Mei, was a good thing for the Observer.

The Observer did not care anymore if Mark and Mei would tilt the balance of the world. As long as it was saved, the Observer could compromise.

Still, the Observer could only lament.

After all, both Mark and Mei were still young.

The path to Godhood was not easy to traverse, especially for humans, no matter what kind of blood flowed in their veins.