Chapter: 23, Next Steps_5
Aura looked at the boy walking towards her with a smile and hid her disgust. Soon they both were away from the crowd and inside an empty house they stood facing each other.
Caster was excited about what was about to come. He looked at her and said "So, why did you bring me here Miss Aura?"
Aura stayed silent, her smile still hiding the disgust. She looked at him and said slowly, making Caster happy for a second.
"I need you…"
"What?" he asked, pretending not to know. But what she said next made him pale.
"…to Die."
As her voice rang, Caster suddenly fell to the ground, kneeling. Confused as to what happened, he looked behind. There, his legs were still standing normally. But the upper part of the legs weren't there. A clean cut severed his body from the legs as blood stormed out the severed parts.
Caster instinctively wanted to scream, his mouth opened but no sound came out of it. As tears fell from his eyes, his face contorted with pain.
Aura looked at him and finally let out a genuine smile. After enjoying his useless struggles, she cut off his arms and tongue and used soul flame to heal them so that he doesn't bleed to death; she needs him alive after all.
Making him immobile, Aura lifted his crippled body in the air and flew towards the Crimson Spire.
**
Jin got Aura's mental signal and looked at the sky, where a distant figure flew ahead. He then looked at the crowd of sleepers.
He walked towards a high place nearby and said normally, but his voice reached everyone's ears.
"Everyone, Be prepared."
All the sleepers looked at him attentively.
Jin continued "We are heading towards the Crimson spire. It is the last time you will see this dark city. So, if you missed something, just cry about it, because we're not waiting for extra weaklings."
Everyone heard his words with embarrassed expressions. To be honest, they were much stronger than average sleepers, and Jin knew that. Noir had read the story and knew just how strong the fire keepers were.
Jin didn't stop and said one last time "So, let's head out." With his voice, several black and red figures appeared out of the shadows; Tusk and the high orcs appeared and started to walk ahead.
Jin also started to walk. Seeing the orc's and Jin walking, the sleepers also started to follow. Caster's two friends were confused but didn't think much.
He's with the Sister of a person as strong as Jin. Why would they worry?
Sunny smiled, desperately wanting to run at full speed but was stopped by Jin. Reluctantly, she had to walk at the same speed as others.
**
On the roof of the ruined Cathedral, Two people, a man and a woman looked at the fading army of sleepers and sighed.
"So we need to stay behind?" The woman said.
"Yeah, we need to rebuild the city." The man replied
They were none other than the aspect holders of Nether and Weaver. The woman had Weaver's aspect and the man had Nether's aspect. The woman's name is 'Mia' and the man's name is 'Ray'.
Ray turned around and looked at the city and said to Mia "Then let's start with the unpaid labor work."
Mia chuckled and said softly "You shouldn't say that y'know?"
Ray looked at her and said teasingly "You should help me hide this as my partner, right?"
Mia's smile widened as she lowered her head to kiss him on the lips and said "I guess I should help you as your Onee-chan."
"Don't you think incest is much worse than unpaid labor?" Ray added.
Mia pinched his cheeks and said "So? Should Onee-chan get punished? Will you punish One-Chan?"
Ray slapped her buttocks and said "Why not?"
Mia muttered in her breath 'Damn, The Daemons are gonna kill us for this Parody.'
**
In Bastion, Anahita looked at the familiar crimson eyes and ebony haired girl in front of her. She was trying to sneak into the Main gate of Bastion, but unexpectedly got caught by the Princess of this Castle.
Morgan took a sip and asked her with a scrutinizing look "So, you are from a Mysterious clan, where you serve a Sacred being?"
Anahita shook her head "Not an actual Sacred being. But that person's capabilities are on par with the sacred rank demigod."
Morgan turned silent as if to think about something. Eventually she asked "Can he help me?"
Anahita's face turned serious, which looked adorable in her cute face and said "If you are talking about the problem I know of, then yes."
Morgan smiled "You should know that you have to deal with a Supreme Ranked human."
Anahita scoffed "Oh yeah, just a mere Supreme Rank individual who doesn't even have a Sacred rank Aspect, a mere ant."
Morgan smiled again "Calling a Supreme a mere Ant? Just how strong is your Clan leader?"
Anahita looked proud and said with a smug grin "Strong enough to clear and rule the Entire Dream Realm at this very moment."
Morgan was stunned at the audacious words she just heard. She asked mockingly "If he's so strong, why isn't he doing it?"
Anahita replied seriously "Because we need to move the entire humanity to the Dream Realm in just mere three to four years. We are out of time.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" she asked again.
"Four category five gates will open within that time period, each one in every continent."
"So… What do you need in order to help me?"
"We'll help you become a Supreme or even Sacred. But you have to join our Clan."
"How do you expect me to join your Clan?" Morgan asked. Not expecting joining a clan claimed to be so strong being easy. She didn't truly believe it, but the amount of supreme memory this young girl has, either means she's the spoiled only child of her parents or her claims are true.
Anahita looked at her with a smile and said "Just marry one of my older brothers and you will be my sister-in-law, a family."
To be Continued…