His Everything, Her Surprise

"Dylan?!" Dale and Rose were both shocked when they saw the door being blasted open and heard that familiar voice! The two of them had different reactions to this sudden development!

Dale's thoughts were in shambles, 'How could this be?! I have employed two batches of masked beasts to deal with him! From what I know, purple masked beasts should have been capable of even killing elite military soldiers as if they were babies! How could he possibly have defeated them!!'

Rose was elated when she heard that voice but when she refocused her gaze at the direction of the door. She saw a man who was in an outfit akin to the king of hell. In doubt, she asked, "Is that you, Dylan?"

Dylan pressed the spot in between his brows and the skull mask split in half and slided to the sides of his face, showing his dashing face. He smiled dearly at his beloved, "It's me, Rose."

"Hubby..." Rose started tearing up when she saw his smile. His smile made her calm down her anxieties and worries and his presence gave her a sense of security that he would surely save her.

A thought flashed across his mind, 'Daedalus said that he was picking up three life signatures in the room when I came but why is it only Dale and Rose...'

However, he pushed that thought aside for now as he became more vigilant and looked at Dale with cold killing intent. "Dale, I'm going to make you pay for this! But first things first, get off my wife or I'm going to make sure that you experience hell!"

Dale quickly collected himself and questioned, "How did you manage to escape Purple Dragon and the others? Or... did you buy them?"

"I told you to get away from Rose if you don't want to die!" Dylan growled with a ferocious expression. He was going to rush at Dale when he saw Rose's pale expression.

"Hoho, it seems like you still have the habit of underestimating me. But it seems you don't know who is the one making calls in this situation. Hahaha." Dale smiled victoriously as he slowly stood up.

Dylan's expression paled when he saw that Dale was pointing a pistol at Rose's head. Dale was delighted when he saw that face, " Hahaha, what a great expression that you have there, brother!"

"You piece of shit!!" The skull mask instantly covered Dylan's face as he was getting ready to dash over.

*Bang*

But Dale stopped his approach by shooting a bullet near Rose's face. Dylan was frozen and his face under the mask turned conflicted on what he should do.

 Dale smiled again, "I told you. You are not the one who is calling the shots here. I am!"

"..." Dylan remained silent when he saw how disadvantageous the situation was to him.

He was only fifteen meters away from them but he was not confident that he could cross that distance fast enough so that he could stop Dale from firing the gun at Rose.

'I used up most of his reserve energy already and have only enough energy to reach Dale by using three steps. But Dale would have already fired his trigger at that point.' Dylan thought.

'His hatred for me has reached the point where he would even go through any lengths to kill me like how he planned this entire thing behind my back. Fuck, what should I do?!' Dylan racked his mind for an answer.

"Hahaha, why are you being silent? Didn't you tell me you're going to make me experience hell?! Bwahahaha!" Dale laughed like a villain who had succeeded in his masterplan.

"Dylan, run! He has a gun! He will kill you! Dale.. He won't hurt me! Go!" Despite facing death's door, Rose knew that Dale was determined to kill Dylan and she also knew what Dale would do to her. But she still asked Dylan to abandon her.

Dylan also knows this. That's why he felt useless right now being unable to save her woman. 

But still, he insisted on staying, "No, Rose! Abandoning you would be the same as killing myself! I'm staying! I'll definitely save you!"

"Dummy... I told you to go..." Seeing how determined her lover was, she could not bring herself to utter those words again. His words touched her heart and made her cry.

Any girl would dream of them meeting their 'knight in shining armor' at their moment of need. Although the situation was unfavorable, Rose's heart was fluttering because Dylan proved that his love for her was true.

But, this fulfilled fantasy was cut short by Dale. His jealousy got over him and he acted in a way that he never thought was possible. 

He bashed Rose with the gun in his hand and even said, "You fucking bitch!"

The impact caused Rose to lose consciousness and her head to slightly bleed.

Dale looked at Rose in shock. But instead of admitting his fault, he pinned it all on Dylan, 'Did I do that...? No, it was Dylan who made me do it! I... I would never hurt Rose!'

'He has really gone crazy! I... I will kill you!!' Dylan had the urge to rush up to Rose and check her condition but Dale was watching him like a hawk.

Dylan replied angrily, "Dale, I thought that you loved Rose! You told me that you would not do anything that would harm her! Then, why are you doing this now?!"

Dale's face contorted as he shouted, "Don't act like this has nothing to do with you! You're the reason why all of this is happening and why I could even break my promise!"

"Then, you should have done it solely to me! There was no need to get Rose involved in all of this!" Dylan answered back.

"Shut up! I was just inviting Rose here for a chat so I could prove that I love her more than you ever could! But you just had to barge in! You forced me to make a move too! It's your fault!!" Dale's mind was in shambles.

He could not even think straight but his hatred for Dylan kept growing as they talked. His mental state was being eaten away by the fury, jealousy and hatred from his heart, He was starting to remember every bad event that happened due to Dylan.

He continued to speak in a crazed manner, " You're the cause why I had to suffer those six months of torture! You're the reason why the world shunned me to fawn you! You're the thief who stole my love from me!! I... I WILL KILL YOU!!"

Dale retrieved another gun from his coat. With bloodlust, he aimed at Dylan and screamed the word "die" everytime he fired at Dylan, "Die. Die. Die! DIE!!"

*Bang* * Bang* *Bang* *Bang*

Dylan seemed to have easily dodged the bullets in naked eyes. In reality, using his enhanced senses, he was reading the bullets' trajectory and allowed them to graze the Cloak of Death which made them alter their trajectories and pass through him in order to gain their kinetic energy.

This would normally be impossible to do. But Dylan was already a practitioner at the Martial Renaissance Realm which had long allowed him to manipulate his body to his will and he shares Daedalus' terrifying calculation.

"You... How could this be?!" Dale's eyes were wide open so he saw how skillfully Dylan evaded those bullets! 'He is as fast as those purple rankers!'

"You can't kill me with bullets. They can't touch me, Dale." Dylan said seriously.

"Is that so? That's fine. You can't touch me either because I have her!" Dale smiled sinisterly as he caressed Rose's beautiful face. He never forgot to point the gun at her head. 

To anger Dylan, he was even trying to kiss her in front of him!

"DALE!!!" Dylan became unusually angered. 

His calm aura was no longer there! 

He was breathing heavily and his eyes behind the skull mask were staring daggers into Dale's head. He raised his arm as he tried to use the energy he just gained to attack.

But he eventually stopped because Dale and Rose were just far too close.

 If he attacked, he might kill her too. That was something he would not risk to do. 

That was because the moment they confessed to each other, Rose became his everything!

He looked at Rose and thought, 'Rose, do you still remember our vow together on the night of our marriage? We would gladly give up our life for another because we have already become one. That's why..."

Feeling defeated, he said. "I'll do anything. Please... just don't do anything to Rose."

"Really? I don't buy it. Hehe, if you're really sincere, then kneel in front of me and beg!" Dale might have said such words but his words and face did not match at all as his face was trying his best to hold that smile.

Dylan quickly complied and knelt as he said, "Please, don't do anything to Rose."

"Bahahaha! To think that there would be such a day where you would even kneel and beg in front of someone!! Hahaha!" Dale stopped laughing abruptly and confidently said while making sure to point at Rose's head

 "But before anything else, I'm actually curious how you got away from them?"

"I killed them. That's it." Dylan quickly answered.

"What? Hahaha, you must be messing with me. That can't be. They are fighters capable of taking down an entire military squadron by themselves! That's impossible! How could you-" Dale was denying what Dylan had just said when he suddenly saw the monitor.

The driveway of the parking lot was in shambles and filled with blood that had formed a small river and spread out across the driveway due to the pool of blood connecting and forming streams. 

There were even robots he did not recognize who were kneeling.

He saw twenty one men all of which were brutally murdered. Some of them had their bodies dismembered to a horrifying degree while some were mutilated to the extent they were headless.

Such a sight was something that felt like it came out from a fantasy story!

"Dylan did this- blergh!!" Dale may have killed some people before due to conflicts in business but that sight was so gruesome that he actually threw up!

When Dale threw up, he retracted his arms which in turn removed his aim on Rose! Dylan saw this as an opportunity to move in and rush towards Dale.

In a second, Dylan had crossed the fifteen meter gap between him and Dale.

'Why, you!' Dale saw this and he immediately tried to aim at Rose once more.

Dylan's arm was just half a meter away from Dale and Rose but it still fell short to reach for them while Dale, who readjusted his aim, was just several centimeters away from Rose's and Dylan's head.

'I win!' Dale thought at that moment. He was going to pull the trigger when his left hand was thrown of course by colliding with something! Dale saw that it was a hand!

It was Rose's hand! Rose had actually regained consciousness before this and interfered with the key moment! She used her right hand to slap Dale's left hand upwards!

Dylan did not put this opportunity to waste! Since his hand could not reach Dale, he adjusted his body and performed a full powered kick at Dale's stomach!

Dale also shot a bullet at Dylan but it was useless as Dylan's defenses while wearing Cloak of Death would render all bullets useless.

Although the attack did not fully hit Dale and only nudged him, the attack was still accompanied by Dylan's full strength, momentum and the power he gained from the E-Trans System!

Dale was still sent flying across to the other side of the room!

*Bang!*

"Gargh!" Dale coughed up mouthfuls of blood from the attack as he was in the middle of the rubble from his desk and shelves.

Dylan immediately turned his attention towards Rose. His mask split open with his face was once again shown.

 He asked concernedly while he held her head which was still bleeding, "Does your head still hurt?"

"I'll be fine as long as I'm within your arms." Rose snuggled her head into Dylan's firm arms and showed an expression of longing and comfort.

Dylan's heart turned sour, "I... I'm such a failure. Even though I promised that you'll never be in danger again, it still happened."

"It's fine~ Although I know you will do it… It's not everyday that I see you risk your life for me. Hehe." Rose jokingly said. She wanted 

"This is not really the time to be joking. Something bad might have really happened this time." Dylan said in all seriousness.

"I know. I know. I'm just lightening the mood." Rose smiled sweetly.

 Now that everything seemed to have calmed, she noticed the strangeness that Dylan was wearing, "Dear, what are you wearing? Did you join a halloween party or something? Hahaha."

"Ah, no. I'll explain this later. It's a long story. Let me get you off this chair first." Dylan prioritized Rose's safety above all else and said.

*Creak*

When Dylan heard this sound, he quickly turned to face the direction where it came from. There, he saw that Dale was actually trying to get up.

Dale stood up with some struggle. There were mirror shards on his back and arms. 

But, he still seemed alright overall. "I see. The cloak is the reason you were able to kill them. Immunity against bullets, huh? Good thing, I wear a bulletproof shirt all the time but to think it would be destroyed after a graze of your kick! That cloak must be some kind of weapon!"

"It seems like you haven't had enough!" Dylan looked at Dale ferociously.

Dale surprisingly laughed in this situation, "Whoa, there. Hahaha, thanks to that kick. My mind feels much clearer now hahaha. So, I have to thank you. I have to apologize for my inappropriate behavior earlier."

"What tricks are you still trying to pull? I can end you in a second! Don't move!" Dylan was overflowing with killing intent while he spoke.

"Nothing. Haha. In fact, I wanted to warn you about something important that slipped my mind earlier." Dale smiled and even raised his hands up like a criminal trying to surrender.

"If it's so important, why would it slip your mind earlier?" Rose coldly said. Her innocent and sweet appearance had disappeared. It was as if she had transformed into another person like a noble and aloof queen!

"That icy look is still giving me butterflies just like when I first met you. Haaayst. Anyways, it slipped out of my mind because I was so riled up earlier."

"Now, the loss of blood has cooled down my drain. I remembered. It's simple actually, if you move the restraints, the bomb inside the chair will set off and kill her." Dale nonchalantly explained.

"You're bluffing! You might hate me but I know you wouldn't implicate Rose in this!" Dylan said.

"How about taking a look at the restrainers then?" Dale chuckled and said.

After Dale pointed that out, Dylan and Rose saw that there was a timer in each of the restrainers. It was as if they were counting down to their destruction.

Even Daedalus confirmed it, [Hey, there's a time bomb in the chair. It is strong enough to injure you even with the armor. I advise you to get away from here immediately.]

Before Dylan could say anything, Dale already started speaking, "I had no plans of making either two of you survive. I have hatred for both of you that can only be settled by your deaths."

"I was initially planning to let Rose despair over your death and I would be the one to comfort her for her loss. Making the Movie Goddess fall for me and kill her after as payback for rejecting me. That would be the best scenario."

"Or if she was adamant about you even after you die, I would force myself upon her and kill her by making her explode with the chair as she watches the death of her dear Hubby over and over again."

"But reality still proved to be a son of a bitch. But my genius still helped me in the end. I am the only one who knows how to unlock the restrainers without making the bomb explode before time."

"Though this still puts me at an advantage, I have already been injured all over my body. But, I'm still a kind guy. Dylan, I'll allow you to choose your fate."

"Kill me, let Rose die and survive by escaping or give me the cloak and I'll give you the code so that she could escape while you die. I'll promise to let Rose go without causing her any harm if you choose the latter."

"So, what will it be, brother?!" Dale gave Dylan an ultimatum.

"Dylan, you should go-" Rose tried to persuade Dylan but Dylan stopped her.

Others would think twice but Dylan did not hesitate to answer. He took off his coat and chose, "Give me the code."

"What?!" Dale did not expect that Dylan would not crack and run away with his life. Because humans have an innate instinct for self-preservation and innate fear of death, yet Dylan seemed to not have any of those characteristics!

"Why?!" Rose was crying when she heard Dylan's choice. He did not hesitate to give his life for her.

Dylan looked at her and smiled. He whispered in the gentlest way possible after he kissed her, "Love, I hope you could live for our child together, okay? I love you both so so so much."

"How did you.... Hubby, you're too cruel..." Rose was staring at Dylan in shock as tears flowed down her pearly white skin. She sobbed silently on his clothes.

Dylan looked at Dale as he was about to make the choice that would change not only his fate and the entire world, but the fate of the entire universe!