16 Hearts Desire (1/2)

”Hehe.” Maven's distorted laughter echoed through the fog as Nesilia and Ye Yuyan tried to escape.

”What the hell are you...” Before Nesilia could finish talking the fog slammed into her face and filled her mouth. The pours all over her body opened up and unwittingly absorbed the fog. Her eyes went dull and she stared in from of her lifelessly.

”No point in resisting.” Maven chuckled and raised his moonlight sword, the fog gathered around the tip of the blade. He turned his sword to face Ye Yuyan who was dazed from the fog.

”Moon reflected on second spring.” He muttered as the sword shone, and reflected on it was a blood drop.

Ye Yuyan's eyes went completely lifeless and a white mist exited from his pores and gathered towards his glabella. The condensed mist formed on his glabella becoming a foggy sword.

BLOOD!

BLOOD!

BLOOD!

Like a mantra revealing his heart, the whispers of hundreds of demons went about in his mind. They unearthed the deepest memories in his heart by tapping into his deepest desire.

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BOOM!

Lightning flashed in the heavens and soon after there was rumbling the shook the earth. Animals in the mountains fled as goats and sheep ran towards the fields.

Lightning struck once again this time it was at the top of a mountain. The cold icy peaks of the mountain were stained red. The long thin streaks of blood flowed down the peak.

The source of all the blood were two bodies which laid close to one another. One was a young man in crimson robes and his hair was a deep scarlet that billowed across the snow.

Next to him was a woman dressed in tattered and blood white robes. The tips of her hair were slowly turning white but the rest remained a dark like an abyss.

The young man's body suddenly twitched as more blood dripped as he slowly got up a large hole became visible on his abdomen.

He looked at the woman's body in front of him and was unable to move. His eyes looked down with his lips trembling and he clenched his teeth. He fell to his knees and started to shake her awake.

”Hey...wake up.” He said with his voice trembling.

”Come on...please.” He said as he shook her once.

”You can't be dead.” He said disbelieving and shook her body intensely.

”You aren't supposed to die. Aren't you a legendary bearer?” He pleaded

”Aren't you invincible?!??!” Then he finally roared with despair, his eyes moisten as tears dripped down them unceasingly.

His tears landed on her body as he constantly tried wiping them. Even his nose was becoming snot filled, a horribly unseaming sight for such a dignified man.

”Please just wake up....” He pleaded one last time as he weakly shook her body and got no response.

His eyes started to go dull as the blood left his body faster and faster. Then suddenly a bolt of lightning struck right behind him. His body was vibrated awake as he got his balance and turned to look behind him.

His senses were assaulted with intense vibrations like he was being electrocuted. He waited a moment for the shaking to end and concentrated in front of him. The blurriness went away and in front of him was a beast with two terrifying blue eyes.

It had a massive head with mane-like fur but the hair was formed from bolts of lightning. Its electrifying gaze landed on the young man making him weak. He had heard of legends of such a beast, they were called Qilin!

”She'll never wake not in this lifetime.” The Qilin said with a rumbling voice that echoed like thunder.

”This lifetime?!?!” The young man asked with the hope appeared in his eyes.

”A bearer never truly dies they just never get the chance to live again. Unless of course, one were to change the laws of the world.” The Qilin bellowed in a sonorous voice.