Pact with the Devil [3]
Eve was about to stab Hollow through his head but he immediately stopped after her heard Hollow's persuasive words.
"Don't you want to know about the whole truth? About the other Adam?" Hollow was there, smiling eerily, knowing that after what he said; Eve couldn't kill him.
Eve trembled as he heard those words.
The memories of Adam's body was seen by Eve, all, from birth to the upside down of his life. And the moment he met the Other Adam when he was at the early stage of life, down to the pavements and in the building gaps, he now knew how Other Adam looked.
And how the moment Adam met the Other Adam, made his life from up to down, to the lowest of the low.
Eve let go of the sword, and after the moment he put it down, Hollow punched him hard and threw him away, to the city ruins.
"Now…" Hollow immediately stood up and regain his pride.
"It's time for the final act." Hollow raised both of his arms, aligning his shoulders. For a few moments, a strong aura surrounded him like flies.
Stars began to shower down to earth, to this area, to this place, to where Hollow was standing, controlling the meteors.
Bit by bit, it hit the crust, one, two , three, no one could count how much meteor fell down from the sky and destroyed this city. The cries of children were heard, painful shouts that no other people can hear.
Hollow plopped down his arms and glanced at the unconscious Eve.
"It was the final act of the first phase. Prepare for the Second Phase." Hollow walked out of the scene peacefully.
Once again, he had escaped from the verge of death he dearly deserved.
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"Agh..gugh…" I woke up with immense pain coming from all over my body, especially my face. I could barely stand.
I glanced everywhere, it was complete and utter destruction, smoke was surrounding the destroyed grounds.
The children whose shouts were all looking for their mother, cries I couldn't help but feel bad on.
"AGhk…" I looked far behind, it was Frisk, aiding Scarlet who has fatal injuries, and perhaps Hollow added a few more brutal blows on her.
Scarlet was lying there, unconscious. I slowly walked up towards them, despite the pain and broken legs I got. Frisk noticed me approaching him.
"What do you want?" Frisk wrapped bandages on Scarlet's arms.
"I—"
"If you want to apologize to what had happened then don't do it. Just know that you were held responsible for this." Frisk angrily carried Scarlet on his back.
"…Listen…I had no choice…"
"You even let him get away from the sins he committed." Frisk turned away from me and slowly walked down the ground.
"I can go and help you—"
"No need, with your state right now, you would be nothing but useless, so leave it be."
"I can go with you—"
"I said stop! Please know that it is your fault this happened."
"…"
"I know why Hollow did this in the first place, and I knew why Shishio needed to recruit you. It was something that they had agreed upon, with you, they can do something people might think impossible to do."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't apologize."
Frisk went down to the forest until I can no longer see him.
I looked at the city, wrecked and destroyed. 'It was your fault to begin with'
I held my head, and grabbed my hair.
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"AGHHHKKK!" I gritted my teeth, guilt wrapped me around like a thick blanket. It was my fault, my fault, it was mine…
"GHK!!" I angrily ran. Despite my broken legs and other injuries, I could run fine. I ran away from all of my responsibilities and all the things I never did because of self-disgust.
Farther, farther, and farther. I ran farther from the thing that broke me, the people I refused to help because of my pride and wrath.
I ran and ran. I did not know where I was running to, but I ran. The cold breeze opposing me as I ran against it. To the ports, to the roads, to the cities I never recognized.
For a second while running, I thought to myself; I've ran enough. And I tripped and I could not stand up now, then I began to black out.
I ran away from The City of Fieurch, Central Berfiucht, to a place I didn't know.
I ran in a span of 4 days.
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I couldn't really remember the things that happened that day...
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"What's this guy doing here?" A fisherman obviously saw the worn out boy on the seashore.
"Poor guy…is he still alive?" Another fisherman agreed.
"He still have a pulse, and he is still breathing."
The two of them looked at each other and decided to take the boy with them, they travelled by a ship to the country called Marabella.
On one stormy night, the boy still hasn't woken up yet, the mighty waves of the ocean deeply wrecked the ship
Swallowed by the sea, one could ultimately come down to the point that none of them could've survived the storm.
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Approximately 6 days later…
"Ugh…" I quickly stood up, without knowing I still have the injuries I got from the fight.
"Agh--!" Immense pain!
"You're awake?" I was shocked to hear a man's voice.
Come to think of it, why am I in a house? And I, have bandages on my injuries…
"You must've felt a lot of pain when you woke up." The door opened, a man came in.
The man looked like he was about 26 years old, he was six foot tall with a freshly cut black hair, and he was wearing normal clothes.
"Sorry to shock you like this" The man placed down the plate full of food on the table.
I glanced at the plate, sure, I was hungry but, I don't know whether I should trust this guy yet, he could have put poison on the food.
The man laughed lightly, "It's okay! You can eat it, it's safe" he smiled gently
I furrowed my eyebrows but eventually ate all the food.
"So…why am I here?" I asked the man
"I found you by the shore, floating like you were a dead body, I investigated and I was rather surprised when you were still breathing. That was really unbelievable." The man laughed for a bit and continued.
"Looking at your face and body, you were really worn out, beaten up badly and you had really really fatal injuries."
"…" I remained silent.
"But don't worry, you can recover here and I can feed you, just take a rest, and don't worry." The man smiled at me.
"Where…am I?" I looked around.
"Right now you are in my house, and in the City of Arminuan, Country of Marabella." The man replied.
I widened my eyes, country of Marabella?! That far off from Berfiucht?!!
"That shocked you a lot I see…" The man cleared his throat.
"How many days since I was here?"
"Hmm apparently, I found you 6 days ago, and you were asleep for like that long."
"…"
What the fuck. That much time has passed?!
"I have to get going now!" I stood up and attempted to walk away. But I immediately fell down to the floor, it hurts, my body hurts, damnit, how much damage did I take from Hollow?
"Woah there!" The man helped me up to the bed.
"I told you to rest, you still haven't recovered that much yet!" The man raised his voice slightly
"You don't understand…" I looked down and remained silent.
"You…must've been a soldier or a warrior, right?"
I flinched, I looked at him and he glared at my injuries.
"These injuries might've come from a battle. And maybe…,maybe you have lost that battle…"
I furrowed my eyebrows, he's right, I lost the fight.
"Yeah, it's obvious…" I laid back and tried to sleep so he would leave me alone.
There was silence for a moment.
"I am an excellent warrior, a retired General from an army you know…"
I still pretended to fall asleep, but I was listening to him.
"I know how it feels to lose from a fight and how your pride was broken…"
I remained silent, and he stood up.
"You need some rest."
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A week has passed, and I've recovered, I can now walk, run, fight, and swim.
The man told me that his name was "Gilbert Johann" a retired general from an army. And unfortunately, most of my strength decreased because of my injuries and not enough training.
"Good for you." I could still recall Gilbert's smiling face when he said that, he may have been training me and maybe torturing me.
I've finally to my resolve…that is, to hunt down Hollow, and eventually investigate Other Adam after that.
I need to be strong, stronger than I was before, so I could defeat Hollow. So I could face the consequences my choices will have.
I need to. And am willingly, gladly put more time and effort into my training for that goal to happen.
Six years eventually passed...
TO BE CONTINUED…
{P.S.
End of Volume 1: INCEPTION
A few days rest before the beginning of volume 2 :))
Next up!:
Volume 2 [ ]: Chapter 27: [Cowardice]
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