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The situation in the garden was very strange right now.

Everyone was taken by surprise by the recent events.

William was surrounded by several people who wanted to heal him, but unfortunately nothing worked for him. The others surrounded Anka at a safe distance ready to attack at any moment.

Although they did not know what was happening, their instincts warned them that the girl was now very dangerous.

Then something happened out of the blue.

A red symbol appeared in front of Anka.

This was the notice given by the system for violating the contract, and in a few seconds she would receive the punishment. Those around seemed surprised by this fact and then remembered that Tera's team had mentioned the existence of a contract.

Now they were waiting to see what would happen next.

From Anka's perspective, the world was just a collection of strange colors, full of noises and screams.

Her mind was constantly bombarded with information, and her energy was quickly waning. She knew that slowly her mind was getting used to it so she had no choice but to resist and wait .

Then suddenly she feel physical pain.

This was unlike the one caused by her ability to punish her, nor anything she had experienced before.

She opened her eyes only to see the red system mark in front of her.

With the fragmented mind she had , realized cause and effect.

' I really want to laugh at the absurdity ...'

' This power is really a curse...'

' There is no transmigrated in the world as unlucky as me ...'

'Is it worth living like this?'

'It hurts so bad...'

'I can't even think properly...'

Then a great pain was felt. That was the effective punishment of the system. The punishment was like an electric shock in the soul. Describing pain was not something that Anka felt like doing anymore.

Then the mist around her stirred, but became even thicker and more aggressive. Then what was causing pain in her body seemed to suddenly disappear.

Anka closed her eyes. She wanted to control this black cloud so as not to do more harm. Her ears that heard many screams caught a whimper. Then the girl suddenly opened her eyes and looked down. The little tiger clinging to her was surrounded by mist...

' No ... Wait ..'

Then the little tiger was eaten by that fog...

The girl's mind was shaken to the core when she saw this…

Her eyes squeezed a drop of water but it was mixed with the blood that was still gushing from her...

The black mist surrounded everything within five meters, and the people around couldn't see Anka at all.

Time passed slowly.

After a few minutes the fog dissipated.

Anka was standing with her eyes closed. The blood on her dried up and her face was very pale. The mist on William's hand also retreated, and a deformed hand was in the sunlight. It was good that now magic could heal him.

Anka opened her eyes.

Nothing had changed.

It was the same face, the same eyes, the same look. As if what happened a few minutes ago didn't exist.

But somehow she had changed.

- I would prefer not to be touched.

Anka spoke with a happy smile. Then she looked at her bloodstained clothes. With a thought she had changed into the clothes she had on the cruise ship.

Although they were not very appropriate for the occasion, she had no others.

'It's really good to have a talent for clothes...'

Then she headed towards the temple.

'I have to wash my face and then I'm going to the library...'

Matela spoke from behind her.

- Girl Anka. I would prefer you to stay for a discussion with us. Her tone was polite but cold.

Anka looked at her for a moment. Then she sat down directly on the floor. At the moment the court was divided into three teams and Anka was standing right in the center.

- Sure .

Then the other teams had also sat down ready to continue the discussion that happened before the girl came. Matela turned to Ella.

- Do you want to continue with the previous discussion?

Ella looked at Anka and then said:

- No . I want to ask Anka something.

Matella nodded.

- Anka, why did you say last night what you saw at the gate with your own eyes?

Then those in the garden realized that it was a good question.

The girl looked at Ella, but her gaze seemed to pass through her body and gave the feeling that she was seeing someone else.

- Hmm, for fun. I wanted to see all of your reactions.

Her answer seemed to upset some people but she didn't care. Ella looked at her then nodded at Matela.

- I have no more questions.

Then she sat down with the attitude of seeing the conclusion from the sidelines.

Madeva stands up now. She was from Rojo and was a very tall and imposing woman.

- Good . Since the discussion has already become very long, it would be preferable to end it soon. Is there anyone who still does not want to follow our plan?

There were a few hands that went up. The woman nodded, then said.

- Let's give the final answer at today's dinner, which will be in a few hours.

Then the teams split up.

Anka stayed put as well as Matela and Nulla.

When they were alone in the garden, the woman named Matela spoke.

- Could you help our camp if we ask you?

Her attitude was humble but full of strength.

- I will not be on anyone's side.

Anka answered this back.

- What price must be paid?

Anka then stopped. An idea struck her mind.

She looked up and looked with her black eyes at the three meter tall woman. Her soul was black but not like pitch. They seem solid and cold, a rather rare feeling received from souls. However, he had a chain attached to his leg in a strange way…

That chain was pointed at the girl next to her, Nula. The chain was white and quite beautiful. The material it was made of resembled paper. 

'Their relationship must be very interesting.'

The girl named Nula had a pure soul. She was probably the only pure soul that Anka had seen so far. It even glowed a little.

Anka weighed a little in her mind then said.

- I want to integrate a stone, an old necklace and a rare material to make a weapon, but I don't know the required soul inscriptions. Do you have any idea ?

Matela looked surprised for a moment, then pulled a notebook out of thin air.

- Here are drawn the inscriptions for the weapon cases. They have carefully written features, flaws and history.

Anka took the notebook and browsed a little.

His sixth sense had activated and somehow he could see the future weapon being ready with the help of this notebook.

- Good. I will do my best when the opportunity comes.

She stood up and held out his hand. They shook hands and a half black half red magic circle was placed in the air above their hands. This was a magical contract made between two souls. Then the woman bowed politely and left with Nula.

Anka was left alone.

She now looks at the empty, but still full courtyard. Souls of different shapes and colors were everywhere. They were all former participants of the contest.

Anka stood up.

'I have to wash my face...'

The girl still had blood on her and she didn't like the feeling of dirt.

She went to the temple. Her steps were not heard at all. The weather seemed so desolate before, but now it was full of life. There were spirits and noises everywhere.

'I don't really feel like going to the library anymore...'

Anka returned to the team room. This was empty.

 Since each room was connected to a bathroom, she planned to take a shower here. Since morning she had strange sensations all over her body and now she really couldn't resist.

She stripped off her clothes, which were now a sailor's uniform, and stepped into the shower. These somewhat modern facilities were to be appreciated. They were using magic stones to summon water and not pipes and such which was something new to her.

Under the water, Anka looked at her white hands.

Her eyes lost focus momentarily. But she quickly bites her lip, and the pain wakes her up.

She quickly rubbed her face. Brushed away the trail of blood, then ran her fingers through her hair wichi It was full of dust, leaves and other things from the forest.

After taking a long shower, use a hanging towel to dry yourself.

A mirror was on the wall and looked at her body. It was still white. And on the white skin you could see small black chains that surrounded her heart. They looked like snakes, but also like ribbons. They started from the heart and went to the back and still reached the heart.

'Does that mean I can't get rid of them?'

She then looked at the black cracks that seemed to appear in various places on her body. These were not deep or painful. But somehow it gave her a sense of foreboding.

'The body can't support my soul?'

Then the girl gets dressed. And left the bathroom.

The room was still empty.

Anka went to the bed and leaned back.

Her mind could finally relax.

' Since I came into this world it seems I have had a lot of pain...'

'This bed is not very comfortable...'

'I haven't eaten today...'

'I don't feel the need to eat yet...'

'The little tiger wouldn't like it here anyway...'

'I need to put more clothes in my closet...'

'My mind became even clearer...'

'And my 'control' increased...'

'Something is wrong with my memory...'

'What should I do now?'

'I don't know why but I don't feel as sad as I think I should be...'

'I've been feeling weird since morning...'

'I wonder what happened...'

' In the book the scene was ...'

'Much different...'

'For them, this scenario was more like a horror scenario...'

' If I remember correctly the survivors were ...'

'How should I proceed now?'

Anka stayed like that for a long time. She had so much in her head that she didn't know where to start.

She was tired. Her body ached. She had no desire to continue. She didn't want anything. She didn't know what she wanted.

"To begin with, to find another place of state."

Anka got up and went out.

Her hair had already dried. Passing under different arches of the temple, the girl marveled again at the somewhat old but also modern architecture of the place.

'I've loved this place since I first saw it...'

Noises could be heard from the direction of the dining room.

'And they argue again...'

' If they weren't too noisy , I'd like to watch the fun...'

Thinking that she was now seeing and hearing so much almost destroyed her mood again.

After traveling for some time, the girl arrived at the room with paintings.

' Here they said they caught the energy of death ...'

Anka tried to feel the surroundings out of curiosity. But don't feel anything special . She looked around the room for a while then her eyes fell on a door leading to the balcony.

Now she sat and looked at the sky of the planet that had 8 times as many stars in the sky compared to Tera.

' Is very beautiful ...'

Leaning on her elbows on the railing of the stone balcony, Anka decided to recap everything she had experienced so far in more detail.