145 Episode 25: Bonding Time (2/2)
”You don't have to force yourself if-”
”I will go!”
”OH?”
”Yes, I will be going. My powers has been getting stale and if I continue to stay idle, I might trouble myself when the time comes that I needed to fight.”
”Then that settles it. Let's go on that place around dusk. That place opens up at dusk time.”
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Dusk came and the sun is setting in the horizon. As the sun begins to set and paint the sky in orange tinge, we arrived on the field.
”Is this the place?” Anya asked as she looked around.
”Not yet.”
In a few seconds, the whole surroundings once again got covered in malice and dark energy. The big portal also opened up. Anya insinctively cling to my side as soon as she see the G.A.T.E.S' portal.
”What is going on?” Anya is confused.
”That portal is the place we will be entering. Be ready once we go in.”
The portal fluctuates a little bit but it didn't last that much and it begins to settle down, which means it is now safe to enter the place an begin a battle.
'Let's get inside,” I said and led Anya inside.
When we arrived, it looks like the whole school that is present in this place has grown a bit bigger than usual. The place is also darker than the last time I was here with Godou. Did this one gained a lot more negative energy to become like this? I don't think I know how the G.A.T.E.S are formed but if that is really the case, that is the only explanation why this place has become more sinister than usual.
”Where are we?” Anya asked as she wander her eyes around the dark surroundings.
”This is what we call the G.A.T.E.S. It was spelled with a dot in every letter so I guess there might be some meaning behind it or it was just like that to classify the meaning of this place rather than mistaking the word for a real gate used in houses. Anyway, this place is where all the malices and darkness of the real world gather. According to what I know, all of the negative things that has been happening in the world will gather up in a place to make a place that will give birth to the drearest place, made from the negative emotion of people.”
”I can sense other beings here, are they the natural inhabitants here?”
”You can say that way. But from my perspective, they were created here rather than living here. After all, they don't exist like real creatures but rather, grotesque beings that seemed to came from nightmares.”
”So can I unleash everything here?”
”Of course. But make sure to unleash it when those guys appear and try to attack us, got it?”
Anya smiled and her skin started to grow some scales though not all part of her is covered in scales. More like some parts were covered. Her black horns also started to grow as she slowly transforms into a dragon.