Chapter 30 Hope

( Author note. This chapter is a bit dark. )

Pov apostle third person

A young man, at the age of 17, walked through his home village. The ones cozy village has transformed. Only being a husk of it's former self. The man walked past house after house. If one could see, they would find the houses destroyed. As the creatures of the night, has played ones more. But the man did not mind the death and destruction around him. He had but one goal in mind, kill. Surrounding him was the former survivors, of the corruption. Splattered on the ground, like leftovers, from a lovely nightwalkers meal.

The husk of a town, with no sound except from the whistle of the wind. Was once more filled with sound, as a nightwalker decided, to test their luck.

The man slowly walked through the town, as to say, bite me. The Nightwalker took the bait and attacked. Launching at the man, trying to bite him in the back. But ultimately it failed. The man knew of it, all the time. Turning around in the last second, the man stabbed the creature in the head, putting it out of it's misery.

The man bent down and picked up the corpse. Like the monsters he hunted, he took a bite of the dead creature. A being ones of his kind, eaten like that. The worst thing was, this was ones a person the man knew, yet he ate it. Is he truly better then them? That is a question one could ask themselves, only if they were in his shoes.

The man kept walking, not minding the black blood of his childhood friend, dripping down his mouth. Like the beast he hunted, he searched for his next prey. Slowly leaving the town, entering the forest, surrounding the village.

The mans search for prey would not be long, as he found a new victim. A unsuspecting nightwalker, cutely eating its own kind. A child no older then 5 was eating, what could have once been it's mother. Angered by the sight, the man did not hesitate to kill it. But this time, he did not eat, instead the man buried the monster.

For the first time, you could witness emotions other than hatred. Sadly what replaced hatred was sadness, as he buried his former sister and mother. " I'm sorry." The man said, in a pained voice. Sadly the world is cruel and the man was not allowed to morn in peace. His silent cries, were noticed by the hungry. It was time for the hunter to ones more become prey.

The sound of approaching nightwalkers alerted the man. Pulling himself together, he got into serious mode ones more. Quickly leaving, the man ran back to town. Knowing that the creatures would have the advantage in the forest.

~Pov mc~ (First person)

I was making up a plan, but it would involve a lot of killing and effort.

It has been confirmed, the dimensions isn't damaged, it's existence itself. Something cracked Existence from fifth dimension and below. But that means realms aren't cracked! Meaning I could create a safe haven for all, in my realm. I could restore Ragthor, by Recruiting all none corrupted gods, that wants to join. We can slaughter corrupted gods and use their realms to house our worshipers. But this is all my ambition, one I can't fulfill, for now.

Bennett was showing signs of waking up. I was ready to kill him at any moment, if he showed hostility.

" What happened?" Bennett asked.

" Everything went to hell and Xelena might be corrupted. Was the sleep nice?" I asked in an irritated manner.

" Wait slow down, what do you mean corrupted?" He asked, confused.

" to put it simply. Something damaged existence, in the lower dimensions, us being part of that. Chaos, or also know as true evil has corrupted almost everything, from fifth dimension and below." I told him all I knew and Bennetts expression wasn't pretty.

" What should we do?" He asked, in a worried voice.

" Nothing has changed. The plan is still the same. We are to recreate my old pantheon and the first step is to find Xelenas mother, after Xelena wakes up." I said, with a confident voice.

~Pov apostle~ (First person)

Hunger, anger, hatred. These emotions were slowly disappearing. Gluttony was devouring the corruption, slowly giving me back my mind. The only time my mind was clear under these days, was when pain and regret was stronger.

I was slowly getting stronger. The god that blessed me gave me the mission to save my kind and I was going to do that. But first I need to be able to protect myself. So everyday I searched for humans, in every village around. But first I killed all nightwalkers.

Light has not touched this world in days. A black snow was starting to fall from the sky and the temperature was getting colder and colder. I'm afraid if things don't get better soon, I won't have any hope of finding someone alive.

Time went on like this. I entered every town and village I could, killing all monster there. I did not, yet dare enter the city. But it was my next milestone. When I become C rank, I would enter the city, like a bomb. Making as much sound as I can, to attract monster and survivors. Or at least that was the plan, but it changed on the third day of the apocalypse. The world, that has been consumed with silence. Was once more filled with sound, as creatures of fantasy invaded. The only problem was, they were also corrupted and they were much stronger then the corrupted in this world. But the good news, I could feel mana enter me and beings around me. This world has finally gained mana, meaning those who aren't corrupted can become stronger.

Hope ones more embraced me, a feeling I never thought I would feel again. Motivated once more, I killed all the Nightwalkers in the area.

~Pov mc~ (First person)

Xelena was waking up, finally. This time, I had trapped her using a crack in the dimension. Incase she is corrupted, we can just leave and if shes safe, we will help her out of the crack. The plan was flawless if I do say so myself.

She woke up and started panicking and like the genius Bennett is, he asked if she was fine. Her answer was of course.

" Does it look like I'm ok? Get me out, now!" She screamed.

" I don't know man, looks like she's corrupted." I said jokingly. Her reaction to my joke was not the best.

" Let me out, now!" She screamed, having a tantrum like a kid.

" Calm down, were joking with you. I will explain the situation, once we get to the ship." I said with a happy smile. Existence itself might be on fire, but at least the crew is together, i thought to myself.

( author here: The daily chapter will be 2-3 hours later then usal , because you got this chapter, see you then. I need to sleep now. It's 07:00. So yeah see ya later. Author out :) )