110: Determination

The pain in Maria's side was nothing compared to what she felt as she watched as friends fell down the crack. She had tried so hard to catch the falling hair before tragedy struck them but her single motion of broken concentration had done her in.

"You! What have you done?" Maria's voice was layered in horror as she watched the pair crash into the mold of flesh that the node was.

The more time she spent down here, the more Maroa understood what the bode was and the realization sent shivers down her spine. It was such a big secret and it needed to be kept quiet from the wrong hands.

"Done? Why, nothing. Whatever happened was because of you" Rucci smiled her 'wrong' smile and Maria felt fury build up inside her. How dare the girl show her this face after trying to sink the whole continent with her foolishness.