Chapter 208 - The Savage Lands

The moment the group appeared, a massive beast stood tall above them. The Beast appeared just as startled as they were but it reacted immediately and sent its massive feet in their direction.

Dena disappeared from her location and the next moment only blood mist remained of the massive beast.

Everyone's ability control had grown since they met two years ago. Zeel placed his hand on the ground causing small balls to float from within the ground.

Codes flickered across Zeel's eyes as he read the memory of the land they found themselves in.

Zeel conducted 5thdimension Protopalpability to view whatever events happened in this area in the past couple of years.

What Zeel found made him smile bitterly and give one conclusion to the group.

"We are definitely going to die here. Savage Dimension houses the most violent, most cunning, and most dangerous creatures in our Universe and many others," Zeel said.

Everyone's faces grimaced since Zeel was not one for exaggerating, instead he would downplay the threats to boost their confidence.

"Set up camp. Ruri, scout the perimeter using blood manipulation. If anything in the areas has blood, I want it dead. Zeel place scanners at every vulnerable location. Gabriella comes with me. Ciara, just provides Zeel with the materials he needs. Dena and Tak, you guys be prepared to defend if anything goes wrong. Xak, copy Zeel's ability and help him out," Aurolana gave out rapid commands and then walked away with Gabriella tagging along.

While they were walking away, Aurolana asked "Why?"

Gabriella lifted her head and stared Aurolana directly in the eyes "When half my head was missing, he still believed in my survival. That is the kind of man I want to be with, soulmate or not,"

Aurolana just chuckled and thought about the naivety of Gabriella. Did she really think that Zeel saved her without proper considerations? With Homo-Superiors, there was always a price, and that was exactly what kept Aurolana away from Zeel.

"You should not be afraid to love who you love," Gabriella said patting Aurolana's shoulder. Aurolana stopped and considered her advice but still wanted to see how much Zeel cared about her first.

After setting up the camp, everyone sat around the fire they lit. Nobody spoke as words were unnecessary at this point.

"I was born to be the perfect child but I am not perfect, I have no emotions of my own," Zeel said his greatest secret but everyone had more or less guessed the situation.

It was simply the thought that counted at this point.

"I was not the one that was supposed to be here. My sister was but I attacked the kidnappers to get myself captured. I was less talented than my sister, and I felt useless at home. I came here fully prepared to die in my sister's place," Dena said.

Gabriella decided to go next "MACOSO Humans cannot live past the age of twenty so we rush to find love at every opportunity. My life expectancy is fifteen years old. The Warp Stone crystalline produced by my body is killing me slowly but surely. I was never going to make it home,"

"I was born with the strongest blood manipulation abilities in my family. The day I was born I drained the blood from my mother, father, and older brother. Only my older sister survived and I know she sent me here to die for my sins. I believe I deserve to die as well, but I am a coward," Ruri said.

"I was born the prince of a branch clan of The Telkien Race, but my talent made me simple-minded. I was immune to mind control, but I am still kind of dumb. I was tricked into framing my own parents. We were expelled from the clan, my mother was raped by savages and my father committed suicide. I had normal intelligence in a world that demanded genius anywhere. Dying here would bring honor to my family, especially if I save the princess," Tak admitted frankly.

His intentions with Dena were less than pure, but Dena did not care since she had already figured and hid secrets of her own.

"I am not entirely of Wan-To Descent. I was part Wan-To and adopted by the King and raised as a daughter. I volunteered to come here in search of someone," Ciara stated but everyone had a hard time believing her because of the constant playfulness.

"I am the first Apollonian Angel in existence to reject Heaven. Apollonian Angels do not have to listen to any God, we can do what we want but we genuinely enjoy serving heaven and helping others. There was no greater purpose than helping heal the souls of those who died painful deaths. One day I met a soul that cried constantly and found that she was six years old. The child had been raped and killed on her birthday by her neighbor.

Her body was buried in his basement. I went to the basement intent on removing the body of the girl and giving it a proper burial so her soul could move on. But I met the killer at the time, he was with his son. He loved his son more than anything. I killed his son as punishment – I killed an innocent soul for the sins of the father," Aurolana said coldly.

It was unheard of to find such a unique Apollonian.

"My father killed my mother for infidelity. I killed my father for killing my mother. My aunt tried to kill me for killing her brother, but she missed and killed her own child. My Aunt's husband killed my aunt for killing his child. I killed my uncle for killing my last remaining family member – my aunt," Xak said and continued "Situations like these kept happening whenever I got close to someone. I later discovered it was a curse of unhappiness, but it doesn't work near angels,"

The moment Xak finished his statement, he pushed his hand into the fire and took out a ring.

Then he walked over to Aurolana and knelt in front of her.

"I rather regret something I did do than to regret something I wish I did," Xak said and took Aurolana's hands into his own "Aurolana, will you marry me?"

Aurolana was internally excited, this was the moment she waited for.

To see Zeel's face when someone else desired her more, would he be devastated like she felt every time he slept with Ciara and Gabriella? Would he cry into the antigravity beds as well?

But the moment she looked at Zeel, Aurolana understood then and there – Zeel truly felt nothing, he could not feel anything.

And it was not his fault so she could not blame him for it. The moment she came to that realization, she realized that she wanted to hurt Zeel regardless but it could not be this way.

"I am sorry, I don't like you that way," Aurolana said to Xak.

Xak was not disappointed and kissed her hand before resuming his seat as Aurolana walked away.

Apollonians were very specific about who touched their bodies, so the fact that she did not kill Xak was enough compensation for her rejection in Aurolana's mind.

Unknown to Aurolana, at the moment she thought to hurt Zeel, his soul was briefly chipped by her strong will.

Zeel actually felt pain from their connection, and the only thing that could get a response from Zeel was a threat to his survival.

Aurolana had just become a threat to his survival.