Chapter 549 - Savior (III) (1/2)

CHAPTER 549

SAVIOR (III)

The red light that had eclipsed the sun settled shortly after, leaving behind a tender ruin of death and destruction. Amidst the fiery winds and the fading weeps of terror, a single, lonesome figure floated, his expression shaded in a darkened hue, his lips parting into a faint sigh. The sigh seemed to bear the cries and the curses of the millions he had just slain, as though he was letting go of their ghosts, banishing the demons from his heart.

Rammraght and Antvvara, alongside the others behind them, stared with the slacked jaws and wide eyes. There, truly, was something beyond harrowing about the scene they had just witnessed. Something that had utterly overturned what they believed to be the truth of the world.

The human figure in the sky merely glanced over the scattered survivors, completely ignoring them afterward and turning around, descending amidst the last sanctum of Ivulits. The survivors had no mind to stop him, quickly banding and hurrying away, terrified out of their wits. Since the human didn't stop them, Rammraght wasn't about to either; they were hardly a threat at this point, after all.

Knowing that the rest probably had no courage to step anywhere near the human, Rammraght swallowed a mouthful of saliva and took a brave step forward; countless eyes glanced at him with gratitude and relief, though he hardly had time to pay attention to them. All his wits were drawn to the abyss-like black eyes that were looking at him smilingly, lacking any previous terror he had displayed to the world.

A joint sound of footsteps echoed in Rammraght's ears as he glanced sideways; Antvvara, though shaking and barely holding it together, had joined him. From the side, he could clearly see her lithe eyebrows flutter, her full lips quivering as though doused in a frigid bath.

”… boy, you two must suck at the sports,” the human chuckled all of a sudden, calling Rammraght's attention back onto him. ”It's barely fifty meters, yet you sure are taking your sweet time.”

”Ah! I'm sorry—”

”Ugh, I'm kidding,” the human groaned with a rather strange and queer expression, suddenly striking a weird pose of sorts, jaw angled toward the sky, a single finger lifting the chin. ”Why is it always like this? I… only want to make friends… you know?”

”…”

”…” Ah. He's the weird type. It seemed as though everyone currently paying attention to the scene collectively understood it, their guards dropping alongside the sense of fear and horror. Rammraght barely held in a bout of laughter, while Antvvara had to shift her head sideways and cover her lips, though her shoulders were mysteriously bouncing up and down.

”If you want friends,” Rammraght approached, extending his hand. ”I'd be glad to become yours.”

”… hoh? Really?” Lino smirked faintly, grabbing his hand and shaking it. ”Welcome to the party, then. So, what will you do now?”

”…” Rammraght truly didn't know; though he wished to ask the human to help them, he could neither speak for the rest of the survivors nor request more from their savior.

”If you'd like, you can join me and I'll bring you back to my home,” Lino said. ”On the other hand, if you'd like to retain your autonomy, I can help you escape someplace, though I can't guarantee you won't be found in the future.”

”We'll join you.”

”A-Antvvara?” Rammraght belched out, staggering.

”What?” she scoffed. ”Of course we're joining him, idiot. He just decimated the force that got us down on our knees despite all our efforts. And he did so within seconds. Where else in the entire universe is it safer than by his side?”

”… oh, stop it. You're making me blush.”

”…” Ah. He's the really weird type.

”That's fine, but… I…” Rammraght muttered, glancing at their last sanctum with a heavy gaze.

”… Hu—Great Human,” Antvvara suddenly bowed down in front of Lino, surprising both him and Rammraght. ”I know it's a selfish request, but I'd like to ask you to let us bring along our last sanctum. I know it will take a while to prepare everything… but…”

”Oh? That?” Lino muttered dismissively, suddenly extending his right arm and ripping open a vortex in space. ”Don't worry about it. Just have some of your people go around and mark the edges.”

”Huh?” Rammraght asked with a questioning gaze.

”Boys, you're up!” the strange human shouted into the void; a mere few seconds later, all manner of creatures began streaming out like a flood – from animal-like to massive giants towering at nearly thirty meters.

”Oh? Who did you save this time around, boss?”