Nemisis

'Five days to go huh?' Roland thought as he woke up and did some stretches. He didn't realise or yet but his body was getting stronger and stronger.

'Still no word? I wonder what's going on!' Roland looked at the coner tunnel, he laid back on the bed which seemed to getting more comfortable over time. 

'Maybe I should have a plan b in case he doesn't show up right, it never killed anyone to have a contingency plane but how do I go about it.'

If Cyrus didn't come to get him and he got bought by some weird person who killed him, he wouldn't enjoy the afterlife if he had it that is.

Roland didn't think much of it. There was a saying that went, " Hope for the best, prepare for the worst."

Moments later, the door opened and a guard brought over a tray of 'food'. Roland quickly, devoured the meal. 

'Looks like he's very hungry.' The guard thought, he left the room and closed the door.

Roland didn't wait long, and the door opened again. The guard picked him up and took him to the crystal wall.

The weird thing was that the guard that was 'escorting' him, was behaving weirdly. He seemed preoccupied and took the wrong path a few times, plus he didn't run with Roland like he normally does.

They quickly arrived in front of the crystal wall and Roland was placed in front of the narrow tunnel he had created. Roland also felt his restraints come off.

"Go on and do your thing." The guard said with some difficulty. Roland turned to look back and saw the guard holding his shoulder, clearly feeling uncomfortable.

'It's not my business, my business is in front of me and I need to focus.' Roland readied himself and got to it.

The prompt rang and Roland accepted....

[Absorbing Pure Fabric Substance, system booting process at 80.00%]

[Absorbing Pure Fabric Substance, system booting process at 80.01%]

[Absorbing Pure Fabric Substance, system booting process at 80.02%]

....

Roland kept his head facing the wall, and didn't realise that the guard had left and come back with large quantity of food.

'This speed is getting unbearably slow, even when I close my eyes and concentrate.' Roland opened his eyes and complained, but he kept his eyes on the price.

_Two hours later_ 

Roland had worked himself to exhaustion, he was covered in sweat and his arms were trembling uncontrollably. He looked at the notification in hopelessness. 

[System booting process at 84.04%]

'It's getting slower and slower.' Roland turned around and sat down. He had gotten use to getting tired and working till failure.

*Sigh*

Roland sat down at begin to eat his food, this time he didn't devour all the food like it was about to be stolen but it was still fast. 

He body was here but his mind was elsewhere, preoccupied with thoughts.

*sigh*

He shook his head and looked around, 'These people are getting oddly trusting, leaving me alone like this. What if I start breakdancing.'

'Maybe this is my chance to explore the area! as far as I know there shouldn't be any guards anywhere nearby!' Roland knew a bit about the layout, from the time when that annoying kid was guarding him, the kid didn't seem strong enough to carry Roland like the others.

'Wait! What am I thinking? I need to prioritize getting the system booted! If I'm done I can do other stuff.' Roland got up and continued his work.

And just like the previous day, Roland 'grinded' on the wall and got his progress up, he honestly found it boring concentrating on a wall for hours on end but it made the slow absorption rate faster so he kept at it.

_Hours later- the end of the day_ 

Roland looked at the prompt as he stepped away from the wall

[System booting process at 87.90%]

His body looked weak and he reeked of sweat, but his eyes were brightly opened.

'Surprisingly I can keep on going but it's time to leave.' Roland thought as he sat down to finish the last of the remaining food.

After finishing everything Roland, put the plates together and waited for a bit.

'Where is this guy? Is he sleeping on the job.' Although Roland didn't know what time it was, he somehow knew that it was time for him to return back to his cell.

Time got lost and the last of Roland's patience was dwindling away, he needed to go and rest to recover his body.

'I don't know where this guy is but why don't I just stay up all night and work on the system, this way the end can come sooner.' Roland suddenly had an idea, which should have been easy to think off.

His body had grew stronger so he wasn't entirely exhuasted to the point of collapse like the previous times.

He walked towards the wall placed his hand on the wall, the prompt rang and he accepted....

[Absorbing Pure Fabric Substance, system booting process at 89.20%]

[Absorbing Pure Fabric Substance, system booting process at 89.21%]

[Absorbing Pure Fabric Substance, System booting process at 89.23%]

....

_Morning _

"Yes, this is the place, it's very impressive!" 

Roland suddenly woke up, the first thing he heard was an familiar annoying voice he hated.

Roland had fallen asleep while absorbing the wall. Looking at the current wall, Roland was able to absorb the wall while unconscious.

The wall had a hug chunk missing at the bottom, it looked like someone took a bite out of a piece of cake.

Roland tried to get up but he failed, his arms were lying in front of him, unresponsive. 

'It figures I guess, after working continuously for the whole night, it's normal to be tired.' Roland thought as he tried using his legs.

"Shut up I didn't ask you." Just then a woman's voice sounded nearby.

Roland looked behind him and saw two figures, one of which he knew. 

The first person was a young woman who looked to be in her early twenties. The figure was breathtakingly beautiful, Roland stood there in a daze. He didn't know where to look, her face was beautiful, her body was inviting. She was Nemisis.

If Roland's current body hadn't hit puberty yet, then it was lying.

Nemisis quickly arrived in front of Roland and frowned.

"I will gauge out your eye's." Nemisis's voice gave Roland chills, her ice-cold expression convinced him that she's actually do it.

"I'll kill him for you miss. Die you trash!" The other person, following behind Nemisis, was the annoying and spoiled guard. Roland was finally able to see him without a cloak, he looked like he sounded.

The annoying guard brandished his sword and quickly moved past Nemisis. Roland was surprised by this sudden change of events, he quickly used his legs to stand up but...

The blood from his body quickly rushed to his head, giving him vertigo and making him dizzy. 

'Shit!!' Roland's body was quickly drenched in sweat.

Still disoriented, Roland saw the guard pull back his sword and swung at him.

Roland jumped before hand but he didn't see that he actually jumped forward, towards the attack. Luckily he flew just besides the sword.

Roland's body crashed into Nemisis who had turned around to looks behind her

!!!

'Killing him just to impress me, men and their ego's.' Nemisis thought as the guard who was suppose to give her a tour brandished his sword.

The guy kept pestering and pandering to her, it was so blatant and obvious, that she wanted to kill him but she didn't for other reasons.

"He did an amazing job." Just then Nemisis heard a familiar voice coming from the entrance of the tunnel. She turned around but just then someone crushed into her and she fell down.

This caught Nemisis by complete surprise, no one had dared touch her without permission let alone pushed her down.

Most of her enemies were taken care off by her family, and anyone who was stronger then her would pay her respect because of her father. So she was well protected from a young age.

!!!

Roland was on top of Nemisis still confused.

Nemisis was the first to react, she used her knee and kicked the boy off of her, she got up and quickly fixed her disheveled dress.

'This bastard must get retribution!' Nemisis face turned ugly, veins appeared all over her body, her hair slowly changed color and her eyes turned completely black.

Time seemed to slow down significantly, everything around her began to move in slow motion. She looked at Roland who's body was moving slowly backwards in mid air.

A sword appeared in her hand as she ran towards him, she was moving extreamly fast. She quickly covered the distance and swung her sword at the boy's neck, aiming to end it all.

*Clink*

Sparks flew, Suddenly, Nemisis felt a strong resistant against her sword. She looked up and saw Edward blocking her attack with a sword.

Edward had just arrived to observe the progress of the wall because he hasn't been here in a while, when he suddenly saw the situation.

'I can't let him die, his the key to finally finishing this operation but to go against Nemisis could be a death sentence. Not if they still have a use for me, and if I get on her father's good side she won't kill me.' Edward was conflicted but he had to do what was in his interest.

"Edward! What do you think your doing?" Nemisis questioned as her eyes and hair returned to normal, she stared daggers at him.

"Ms Nemisis please let's talk this out." Edward moved Roland behind him and put away his sword.

"Edward I don't want to talk, I want his head!" Nemisis pointed her sword to Roland.

Roland regained his senses, he touched his neck and saw his blood. He got frightened, his skin instantly became eract as he got goose bumps, like a cat afraid of death.

Suddenly Roland felt his body getting sluggish, gradually it bacome harder to move and Roland fell down, 'I can't move! I'm paralysed! Is her sword poisoned? Am I gonna die?

Roland's heart started to beat fast, his head was covered in sweat.

"Ms Nemisis everything was an accident, he didn't mean to do it." Edward wore a big smile on his face.

"Edward are you going against me? Don't think I'm afraid of you just because your stronger then me." Nemisis said as her hair started dancing in the air, her voice increased a bit.

"Ms Nemisis I wouldn't even dream of going against you, it's just that, he's the only family I have left I do-" Edward pleaded.

'This guy is protecting me?' Roland watched on from the back confused. He knew what type of person Edward was. He wanted to run but his entire body remained still so he just hoped Edward wins in his endeavours.

If Edward knew that Roland was rooting for him he'd faint from anger.

"I don't care! either I have his head or I'll fight with you to the death!" Nemisis's hair started to change color.

"You have three seconds to move out of the way. 3..." Nemisis said as she slowly moved forward.

"Ms Nemisis I'll tell you the secret to the cacoon." Edward started to sweat.

"2.."

'Damn it! This bitch is pushing me in a coner, I'll try one last thing.'

"...1" The distance between Nemisis and Edward was removed, She stood in front of him, her sword inches from his neck.

"I've got some information on your mother!" Edward released a long sigh. He seemed regretful of what he did.

"What do you mean by that?" Nemisis stopped and her hair returned to normal, her expression remained angry but she didn't act on it.

"I mean, for the past one hundred years I've been coincidentally collected information about your mother. It's all here." Edward waved his hand and folder appeared in his hand.

"Give it to me." Nemisis reached out her hand, he expression showed urgency.

"Will you let him go." Edward pulled back the folder when she was about to take it.

"As long as I don't see him again. Now give it to me." Nemisis reached out her hand and took the folder.

'Damn it! there goes an ace from the deck.' Edward signalled to the guard and Roland was quickly brought away.

....

The guard carried Roland and brought him to his room, he fed him something and placed the restraints back on before swiftly leaving.

*thump....thump thump.....thump thump.*

Roland lay on the bed and thought about what happened this morning, his heart reverberated in his ears. He undoubtedly almost died today.

Roland took a while but he calmed himself down, after a few minutes, Roland started to feel his body move again.

_One hour later_

Roland moved his arms around to get the blood flowing.

Suddenly Roland remembered something, he opened the system and was surprised...

[System booting process at 99.99%]

'So close! Just a bit more then I can personally kill those bastards' Roland mood improved a bit. He clutched his fists hard but he shook his head.

'There's four days left!' Roland thought as he looked at the corner. His hopes for being rescued started to glimmer down.

Soon a guard arrived carrying a tray of food. Roland looked at the guard and on his waist, he saw some keys dangling. Roland's eyes lit up for a moment.

Roland took his food and ate. Afterwards the guard took the tray and left.

Roland was bored so he did some workouts to relieve the boredom.

"Human cub Roland! You there?" Artic's voice drifted into the room.

"Yeah..."

Just like that, the day was spent talking, Edward and his guards didn't come today and Roland didn't mind the change in pace.

_Scene Change_

"How accurate is this information?" Nemisis asked after reading the folder.

"It's as accurate as it can get. I got the information myself, and I made sure to investigate cautiously." Edward replied with a light bow.

Nemisis scoffed and walked past him. The annoying boy followed behind after her.

*Sigh*

Edward let out a sigh when he saw her walk out of the cave, he entered the narrow passage and looked at the walls. He was impressed by the work and nodded continuously.

'It will be worth it in the end.' He thought, he turned around and left.

_Scene Change_

"There's more and more people arriving, this auction isn't as simple as it seems."Cyrus stood atop a tree and looked at the mountain in the distance.

Just outside of the lush forest was the grey mountain range, that housed the prison and everything else.

On a particular mountain was a cave, where a large number of guests kept flooding in. Fancy carriage were pulled by creatures big and small.

"Do we keep sending in monsters." Hidden in a tree besides Cyrus was Leeu.

Turns out, Cyrus had left the prison to discuss some matters. When he came back, he found the security to be twice as much, almost doubled and the were new guards who were stronger and well trained.

It was a group of guards who wore an emblem Cyrus knew from his past, the Erebus family.

He couldn't properly sneak into the mountain so he devised a plan.

For the past few days he'd been gathering the strongest beast and sending them towards the mountain range, hoping that it would by him enough time to properly sneak in unnoticed but that didn't work.

The guards kept coming out in large numbers to fight the monsters but the Erebus family never engaged and just maintained their positions.

"No! Lets gather a larger number of beast and on the day of the auction. We send them in waves. I bet a large number of people will come out, hopefully I can find an opportunity to go inside and bring the boy out." Cyrus said, his mind drifted someplace else.

'Looks like he also has a past.' Leeu thought when he looked at the dazed Cyrus.

"Let's go and get the preparations done." Leery said as he dissapeared in the trees.

Cyrus also followed soon after.

_Scene Change_

Somewhere in the tunnels Roland created, Fifi was sitting crossed legged with her eyes closed. She was in critical condition of her comprehension, this had been going on for a few days.

In this trance like state, she didn't feel the passage of time.