Chapter 35 - The Purpose

When they fell into the endless abyss, they found their sense of touch was lost. They couldn't feel a thing, nor tell if they were still falling or not. Their eyes were closed.

"Where am I...?" Luan opened his eyes slowly and as he found himself seated on a black chair. In front of him was another chair, greyish. But no one was occupying it.

He looked around. He was in a house, a place so quite you could even hear someone breathing. There wasn't anything worth mentioning when looking at it, except the fact that the it was painted white. But, contradictory to the inside, the outside of the place there was absolute chaos. People were screaming, crying and begging to the unknown thing that was killing them, blood was almost everywhere. But luan couldn't hear them.

Luan just looked at the people getting killed with emotionless eyes.

"You feel nothing." He heard someone saying it in front of him. There was a figure with white silhouette. But he was more of a 2d figure than anything else. As the figure said those words, it took Luan's shape and changed itself to the boy.

However, for some reason, luan didn't find it interesting, as if he knew it. No, the figure IS him.

"Who are you?" Luan asked, with half closed eyes.

"No it doesn't matter who I am. Who are you?" The

'second luan' asked.

"How am I supposed to know that?" Original luan spoke emotionless.

The second luan just stood up and looked to the window.

"I'm not talking about the outer you. But the inner you." He said, "The outer you is pure chaotic. Full of unpleasantness and undesirable."

The house disappeared slowly and luan could see the scene ahead of him clearly.

His face only changed to a little uncomfortable, but that was it.

The second luan just observed him from ahead, "Do you know who these people are?" He asked, "They are the worst criminal in human history. Every single one of them has done something that even cultivators vomit in disgust."

"Cannibalism, murder of thousands of innocent, Rape and other unthinkable crimes." He waited for luan's reaction.

Original luan, after hearing that didn't react at all.

Now, he looked at the darkness in the sky that was killing the people for a momentary pause.

At the same time the people running away from the shadow saw luan he seemed like a ray of hope to them.

"H-Help us!!!"

"I NEED YOUR HELP!!!"

"Kill that thing!!!"

"I promise I'll do anything once I'm out!!! So please...!"

"I'll leave everything!! I won't kill anyone ever again!!"

...

"..." Light hit her eyes. What was before her was completely different from what what luan saw.

It was a calming place probably going infinitely to every direction. She was standing on sand that was just covering her foot, but there was no where of water to be seen moreover, her emotions were fully attached to her.

"Who... are you?" She asked the two figures in front of her. They slowly changed their form and turned to the two intelligent races she has know yet. Elf and Demi-human, but humans were missing. They looked exactly like her, but with different race.

Angela looked at them with surprise but didn't say anything. Instead one of them--Elf, shoot arrows at Angela.

Swish!

An intense fight between them started, it was a clear struggle for Angela and her swordsmanship couldn't seem to counter the elfs. To make things worse, the demi-human--A cat, sprinted towards Angela using all of her "foots".

Slank!

Wsoosh!

The speed of the cat was unlike anything she had seen before. It would scratch her and run away for a counter measure and the elf would attack Angela with her arrows.

{It seems like she would be done in 5 mins.} A figure said to himself while watching from the sky, in the clouds. It was just like the shadows but it didn't transform to anyone.

Huff, pant, pant

Just within 5 mins, she was utterly defeated. She collapsed on the ground from the exhaustion opened to all attacks. But the two didn't kill her, they just got back into their stance.

"Get... Up." They ordered.

Huff, Huff

Ignoring her over exhausted self, she stands up and charges with her sword at them.

"Haaaa!"

Click!

But to no avail. They countered her attack rather easily this time.

'Haa. I need to get to him quickly.' She thought anxiously and charged again and again and again at the two. But every time she tried, they would just show her

As time went by, their attacks because ferocious and deadly. Many deep wounds had appeared on Angela's whole body. Eventually, her healing was not working anymore.

Was it because of the over exhaustion or the continuous streams of attacks? Who knows. But one thing was sure. If she didn't find a counter measure for this soon, she will die.

{Stupid way of fighting. One should not charge recklessly at the enemy like this.} The person said.

She started feeling anger towards the two. Feeling of pain was forming in her heart. But more importantly than that, there was also something she hasn't experienced before. Was it the fear of dying? Or was it to end this and meet Luan?

She managed to injury them as well. But it was nothing to the amount of damage she's sustained. Angela was dripped in blood from head to toe, it was mostly hers. Her pupil were about to go behind her eyes.

{It seems, she's on her limit.} The figure said, {What would it be? Dying or using that last ounce of strength you have left to win? However that seems unlikely as this isn't the right way to win this battle.}

When on the verge of collapsing again, she couldn't help but wanting to give up.

"Why am I... Doing this?" She thought, however she couldn't think of an answer.

"What is my purpose...In life?"

She thought about this while the two kept hitting her. Every arrow that pieced her, she would simply take it out, although it was painful.

{That other kid is almost down.} The figure said.

{Was it the pink haired one...?}

...

In an unknown location, Alden was on the ground. It seemed as if he was in a town. In front of him were numerous houses on fire...

"N... No, please. someone stop it." He trembled, "Why am I seeing this...? W-Why?"

People were dead on the ground, he alone was the survivor or one could say most sane.

Rustle, rustle

He heard someone coming behind him. A girl to be precise. Short black haired girl. Presumably at the age of 8. She looked at the scene in horror and cried instantly.

"Wh...at is happening?" Alden looked at her in disbelief.

"Ling...?" He asked.