Chapter 06:Who are "You"?

"Looking back…the emotions I was feeling at that time…would come to haunt me later…"

Previously. The man named Azazel kidnaps V to run some of his tests on him but fails in the process by getting raided by The man(Kevin) and his Squad. After an Utter defeat for The man(Kevin), V wakes up from his slumber to finally fight face-to-face with Azazel…

*Azazel-"As I thought..that strength of his isn't from his Gift…Its completely independent of his own…"*

*V-"I thought I hit him pretty solid back there…seems like I can't only rely on my strength…if I want to protect them...then I have no choice.."*

V shouts back to Eve.

V-"EVE!! TAKE KEVIN AND GO AS FAR AS YOU CAN…AND WHATEVER YOU DO…"

V leaps forward to face Azazel, Azazel in response, heals himself with a chant and moves forward...

"DON'T LOOK BACK.."

-said V.

As such both come forward, meeting face to face...

Azazel-"Say~...My offers still up…V~"

Just as Azazel said that. V hits him with a right hook, Azazel counters it with a barrier but still, the impact of V's punch propels him backward.

Without even a hint of hesitation, V hits Azazel's barrier with his right uppercut and this time the barrier breaks. Leaving Azazel stunned and unable to move

V-"About time you came out…"

V grabs Azazel by his shoulder and slams him down on the ground. The sheer impact made Azazel cough out blood and made his ear ring so loud he felt as if his consciousness was slipping away.

V gets ready to give out the finishing blow, but abruptly, Azazel hits V in the gut with a fire projectile. Even after getting hit in point-blank range on the gut, V manages to withstand his attack.

Azazel-"H-h....Haah..ha..you're quite...something alright…I've never had...this sort of humiliation in ... ..my life…"

V-"....Don't you worry…I've got a lot to say then that…"

Azazel heals himself, and V clenches his fist, signifying his resolve.

V leaps forward in an instant, Azazel is within V's range he goes for a left hook, as his fist gets closer and closer to Azazel's face,

He grins.

Immeasurable pain falls on V.

Azazel-"All that destructive power…and yet you're nothing but a one-trick pony-"

In an instant, All V could see..was his entire left arm..severed and floating in front of him.

Azazel had torn off his left arm clean.

Sudden realization hits V, he falls back as blood is pouring out from his shoulder. V, unable to stand, is kneeling, V grabs onto his shoulder as much as he can to minimize the bleeding.

Azazel-"Tsk tsk…c'mon V~...that's not it right?...you promised so much more right?..and yet..here you are..bleeding out in front of me.., I know..why not use your GIft ….we're in all this mess just because of you, y'know~"

V-"...huh?..Because of me?....the fuck are you talking about…you…I'M HERE BECAUSE OF THAT STUPID CURIOSITY OF YOURS…THE PEOPLE WHO SUFFERED BECAUSE OF YOU...THE SOULS OF HAPPY FAMILIES…YOU ROBBED THEM..YOU MADE THEM SUFFER IN A PLACE LIKE THAT…AND FOR THAT I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!"

Azazel-"....haa…you're more naive than I thought…the happiness huh?...just what happiness might you be talking about?"

"Ever since the day of humanity's downfall, nothing has been the same, the lives that live right now are as same as livestock…nobody truly feels the same compassion they felt before. There's no such thing left as faith. They've already forgotten their lord …even the prophets...Everything had gone to shit…this isn't how things were supposed to be. I robbed them of their happiness?...man that's funny..let me guess..you have no idea what the world looks like right now do you?..you and your goody two-shoes resolve to avenge the dead because I robbed them of their happiness and lives…Let me ask you…Just how many of those will truly help one another?..their lives..don't make me laugh…this world..is nothing but a nightmare abandoned by the one who created it…even not for me…these scums won't even think twice to backstab each other for their desires…because that's the kind of shitty reality they live in…to them I looked more like a saint by putting them out of their misery don't you think?"

V-"....they were crying..if they truly were the scum you talk about then they wouldn't have mourned for each other…Those souls were misguided…so even if what you said were to be the case…I still won't forgive you for the blood you've spilled…they deserved better than this.."

Azazel-"....man…you're such an eyesore…you and your good willed resolve…I don't care anymore…I'll get rid of you nonetheless…I'll sacrifice everything there is for my dream…this is goodbye V"

Azazel, from the palm of his hands, gathers a ball of energy, emitting a bright crimson color.

Azazel-"I hope you head towards heaven…if it still exists that is...."

Just as Azazel could finish his chant, V's eyes widened as he muttered,

in an instant, V had evolved.

"NULLI!"

V's remaining arm, covered in some sort of dark coating, emitting bloodlust and glutinous aura, uppercuts Azazel.

Azazel quickly engages a protective barrier and the strongest one at that, but that would not help.

His arm was covered in pitch black where not even light could penetrate, And with a single punch, nullifying Azazel's strongest barrier.

The punch had landed directly on Azazel's heart. The sheer impact pushed and slammed Azazel right into the wall, breaking everything. The walls, ground, and everything around him, the impact had shaken everything near them, Eve and their group heard the massive demolition behind them as they were fleeing from the vicinity.

But such an attack would not leave V or Azazel unscathed.

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Azazel falls to the ground and gasps for air but is unable to, as he sees a big hole in his chest, Coughing blood, bloodshot eyes, with a broken ribcage…

Azazel-"....i…i…was nearly,,,if i hadn't…moved my heart…"

Yes..at the exact moment when V had made contact with Azazel's chest,

Azazel;-"Dismantle"

He forced a chant that allowed him to move his heart to the right at the exact moment. But he had no idea V's attack would do this much damage to him.

Azazel-"....this is the first time..it was a ...50/50 bet…. but what is with this…..kid" 

V was in a state of Euphoria, not worrying about a thing surrounding him…as if the world had stopped for him and only for him. As he looked up at the bright sky, the bright sunlight shined upon him. 

Let's rewind to what had happened back then between V and Vergo,

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V-"...*Gasps*...ha..ha…what..happened..just now"

Vergo-"Yo!..hanging on i see~"

*V puts up a defensive pose*

Vergo-"...Calm down kid. I'm not going to do anything~"

V-"Doesn't sound convincing from the guy who was trying to kill me just now.."

Vergo-"Bzzt! Wrong! I did kill you"

V-"NOT THE POINT ALSO THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY BETTER-"

Vergo-"C'mon~ you're no fun at all~"

V-"....Why did you resurrect me…"

Vergo-"Hmm…well…"

V-"....."

Vergo-".... I forgot~!"

An awkward silence fell. Vergo's answer left V dumbfounded.

V-"AHH THIS ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE!! LET ME OUT OF HERE I GOTTA GET OUT"

Vergo-"Woah hold right there…what can you do even if you got out right now…as of right now..if you were to fight that guy…."

You'll die.

The atmosphere changed. V had understood what Vergo just said just now was no joke.

This frustrated V but..he understood the situation he was in.

V-"I couldn't even hold a candle to you…WHAT SHOULD I DO THEN?..what can I do.."

Vergo-"Oi oi oi, don't lump me with a 2nd rate like that, That guy's strong but if he were to fight me…he wouldn't survive even ¼ of a second.."

V-"..Then..why don't you take over my body and stop him!"

Vergo-"Hmm..i could do that but~...thats hella boring.."

V-"Wha-"

Vergo-"Why should a lion give attention to a measly mouse?"

V-"...Then..THEN WHAT SHOULD I D-"

Vergo-"Simple…You will be the one to end him"

V-"But…you said I couldn't.."

Vergo-"Yes…in the level where you are currently, you're no match for him…you might hit some good jabs but that's all you're good for, and other the jabs you have your last bet…My Gift "

V-"Gift…you mean that power…"

Vergo-"Right now your brain and body can't fully comprehend The essence of the Gift I gave you and thus only by using it once, you temporarily shut down completely. So we're going to take a different approach."

V-"ha…"

Vergo-"Try to put 100% of your focus into your arm, imagine filling up a balloon with water" 

V-"A 100% of my focus…huh… nothing happening…"

Vergo-"Well makes sense since you don't know how to use the essence of your gift, Gifts can be summarized as having access to divine power which was given by the angels."

V-"Then are you an angel or something?"

Vergo-"Heh nope I'm something completely different than those bozos"

V-"... I see"

Vergo-"Since you have my Gift, you have access to the divine power that I gave you"

V-"Does that mean I can use those powers that you used in our fight?"

Vergo-"well yes and no"

V-"What…so I can't?"

Vergo-"Well you're more than welcome to try that is, anyways for starters, your first task is to defeat that man and for that, we're going to develop a new technique "

V-"Fine by me, What should I do?"

Vergo-"First step…Be a balloon"

V-"...Yes?...huh.."

Vergo-"No…like seriously…."

V-"Ha…right…umm..how do i…"

V and Vergo look at each other in awkward silence….

Vergo-"...."

V-"...."

Vergo-"...enough joking around-"

V-"HUH YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SAID SOMETHING SO CONFUSING ALSO YOU SUCK AT TEACHING!!"

Vergo-"Well I'm not entirely joking around. Try imagining yourself filling up a balloon"

V-"Ha….hmmm"

Vergo-"Now imagine your arm being the balloon, filling it up with more and more water, until you can't fill anymore"

V-"Not sure how effective this is but…for now just imagine…water..flowing into my arm..filling my entire arm.. "

Vergo-"Now replace the water with Energy"

V-"Umm..I'm not sure what you mean by energy"

Vergo-"The essence that Gift users use to amplify the power of their respective Gifts is Energy, thus different types of Gifts give off different colors of energy, I want you to imagine filling the 'balloon' with energy instead of water"

V-"Filling it with energy…instead of water…"

V puts all of his focus on his arm...

Vergo-"Hey now…look at that"

V opens his eyes to see his arm, Shocked, V looks at his arm covered in pitch-black energy emitting a very dangerous aura. But despite that V looks at it as if it were a beautiful art piece...

V-"This is…"

Vergo-"Congrats kid…you just leveled up to a 2nd rate Gift user.."

V-"Vergo…what is...I feel light…or does this arm feel lighter.."

Vergo-" Yeah who knows, for now, why don't you try to punch this thing"

V looks back to Vergo,

Vergo points his finger upwards and in an instant, a giant boulder, equivalent to the size of a mountain, gets chucked over to V.

Right on impulse, V took an attack position, and with a single punch destroyed the boulder turning it into pebbles and dust.

Vergo-"seems like he's found a breakthrough…

V-"Null…. I'll call it that!"

Vergo-"... Didn't know you sucked at naming things-"

V-"I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT FROM THE PERSON WHO HASN'T GOT A DECENT JOKE UP HIS SLEEVE!!"

Vergo-"But as things are going right now…this is going to be more and more interesting from this point."

Thus returning to the present where V had put a gaping hold directly onto Azazel's chest.

Sudden realization hits.

As V regains himself, he sees his arm torn into shreds, barely hanging on to the shoulder joint. from the attack. Immense pain came over him. His scream could be heard far from the distance as he sneered in an excruciating amount of pain.

V-"I have to calm down…remember what you….have to do…remember what Vergo said"

V gets a short flashback.

Karma-"Seems like you guys have been getting along"

V-"Oh..Karma…Man listen, this guy tried to kill me a minute ago…"

Karma-"...Huh?...."

Vergo-"Well I was bored so I wanted to test the kid"

Karma-"Well….you're still alive so no hard feelings"

V-"COULD YOU TAKE THIS A LITTLE MORE SERIOUSLY I ALMOST DIED Y'KNOW!?!"

Karma-"Might be true but shouldn't you worry about your arm right now?"

V-"Huh…my arm"

When V looked back at his arm, his eyes widened in shock. His arm was covered in wounds, and bruises, almost on the brink of being torn apart and very much deteriorated. And yet there was no pain. Even though his arm was damaged greatly he felt no pain.

V-"AHHHHH A OUCH OUCH…ouch?... I don't feel anything…though I can't exactly look at my arm and not puke"

Vergo-"Obviously you won't feel anything…this is a subliminal space that I created... For now, I've put a pain limiter so that you could test that out..though if it were the real world you'd be in a lot of pain right now"

V-"Ahuh…but why did this.."

Karma-"As of now you're using the Gift to essentially boost your physical attributes, But as of now instead of mental restraint your physical aspect will deteriorate, That's why your arm turned out like that"

V-"Then…what's the point of getting excited over this…if I used this in the real world then this will do more damage than what he'll do to me.."

Karma-"Hmm…oh I haven't given you a Gift have I?"

V-"Huh...well I guess not"

Karma-"Hmm…I wanted to give it when you were a bit more ready for it but…I guess this will do…"

In a split moment, Karma had appeared right in front of V, but

Something didn't feel right to V, He envisioned himself getting sliced up into chunks, His face, limbs, eyes…every part of his, getting sliced apart in minute detail..right down to his core.

"Don't overdo yourself…or you'll soon come to regret it…"

V reverts to normal. With a dreadful expression, he gasped for air. It was as if a guillotine was placed right upon his head.

Karma-"Now you have received my Gift..but for now I only want you to use one of its functions.If you're reckless with the Gift it will surely haunt you back"

V-"What function do you want me to use?"

Karma looks at V with a shallow smile with deep piercing eyes.

"I want you to abuse its regenerative function"

V-"Regenerative….function...But if I think about it wasn't I able to regenerate before?"

Vergo-"Technically yes but the method used for that is highly inefficient, It uses my Gift which consumes the life force of other creatures. By consuming, it can regenerate damaged tissues or heavy body wounds, But recreating limbs or worse recreating the whole body would cost so much lifeforce that you will blindly kill and consume anything in front of you just so you can regenerate. Friend or foe it won't matter until you're thirst for life force is quenched, In other words…."

V-"That means…I risk putting Eve and the others in danger…."

Vergo-"Well this also means one thing ... .Since due to my Gift You will regenerate by all means but it also means…"

"You are nearly Immortal"

V-"Immortal?...what does it-"

Vergo-"Well that part for the time being doesn't matter, Karma's Gift doesn't have that kind of drawbacks so this is more efficient and safe, think of that aspect of my Gift as a back up system if all else fails."

V-"Fine…I just have to what…Abuse the system?.."

Karma-"Though as much as I want to say yes, you can't exactly pull that off…maybe after some time you might be able to perform infinite amounts of regenerative energy….with each greater damage, the greater the mental exhaustion will be…so after a certain point you will lose your consciousness…Let's see for now…you only have 3 tries to use that punch and regenerate the lost limbs, If you do more then you'll lose yourself..so refrain from doing that….."

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Back to the present moment,

V is setback due to the pain in his arm, but he knows what has to be done next,

V-"I have to calm down…The regenerate function would work if the whole arm was torn apart but the arm is still attached to my body…This is gonna hurt like hell but.."

V hesitates but steels his resolve and grabs his damaged arm, ripping it right off from his shoulder. The bone had already been crushed thus it wasn't hard to rip apart, But the pain did not ease.

V-"This is not...as easy as I thought …..it would be"

"Focus…put all of that focus on that point…harness the Gifts energy…imagine it…imagine.."

Just as V had his eyes closed to focus on his damage, Azazel is still unable to heal himself But is barely able to make out what is happening around him.

Azazel looks in front as he sees V ripping his worn-out arm apart and throwing it away.

Thus V stands up and slowly walks toward Azazel,

As he walks towards him, a new arm regenerates, starting from the formation of its bones to its muscle fibers and finishing with recreating its skin.

V's arm had fully regenerated, and the image of that left the heavily wounded Azazel astonished.

Azazel hastily heals himself.

Azazel-"Just….as I thought…you…you can't die either huh…."

V slowly and steadily walks over to Azazel to give out the finishing blow.

V-"Couldn't care less of anything you say now…."

Azazel-"I see…so much power for such a young age..and yet.."

"A pity"

At that moment, Azazel stood up and in a flash, tore half of V's face, starting from his eye socket to the side of his skull, Azazel blasted him back against the wall. It was like an invisible wall pressuring V's body, slowly squishing him into bits. Trapped, V had no way of escaping other than to break the wall himself, and so he did.

V is startled but can read the situation. V heals his face. Azazel is in a daze…not a single glim of hope nor light in his eyes.

Dark, Dark as it can get, He only looks at the palm of his hands, looking down with his hair in front of his face. He then looks up into the sky as if to look for something in it.

Azazel-"...Do you want the books…V?"

V-"...Do ...you know where they are.."

Azazel-"....I do..I know everything there is to see and not to see…But I won't let you have them that easily"

V-"Figured as much…then..I'll just have to force my way in and get them.."

Azazel-"I see…I see…a pity indeed.."

Cracks start to form around Azazel's face. Slowly every part of his body starts to crack. Cracks are so loud it can be heard throughout. A big crack breaks Azazel's face, it is as if he is wearing a face plate.

Hiding.

But soon, White hair flowed out of the cracks on his face, It was as if Azazel had been reborn, White hair as if it was made of silk. The newly rebirthed Azazel slowly looks back at V.

V-"I let my guard down…I've got only 1 more chance to heal …any further than this and I'm out…dammit.."

Azazel-"Say….Who is my God?"

V-"Huh?..."

Azazel-"....Who is… our God… our creator?"

V-"..Someone who's merciful?... someone who can change all of this shit?.., someone…very important?..."

Azazel-"You're not answering the question child…Who is our God?"

V-"....The hell should I know…"

Azazel-"I see…You're no part of the fakes nor do you seem to be a Runner despite wanting the Books…may you only be a disbeliever?...no..that's not right…Let me ask…Who are you?"

V-"....I'm me…The guy's who's gonna beat your ass"

Azazel-"....The books…"

Azazel teleports right in front of V and strikes. V can dodge just by the nick of time.

V-"...that was close..too close...if delayed my head would've been severed clean"

Azazel-"...You're inexperienced child….you're here a little too early"

V-"Early?…what the fuck are you-"

As Azazel keeps on attacking, V is forced to retreat, dodging every strike at him.

Azazel-"...Dismantle"

As Azazel chants, everything in front of him whether insects or pebbles, everything starts to be dismantled into smaller and smaller parts, dismantling one another. V tries his hardest to get out of the range of Azazel's attack. There were no blind spots, each blind spot was covered with Azazel's chants. It was as if his eyes were overseeing the whole battle. As a last effort.

V latches onto the wall, jumping to get higher ground. V jumps towards Azazel, clenching his fist for the last time, ready to give it his all. 

"NULL"

Azazel casts the strongest barrier there is, and V's black fist and Azazel's barrier clash together, As V struggles and struggles to break through with all his might, this is his last chance, his last effort to bring Azazel to Justice for his sins, for the thousands of people he killed and enslaved, he manages to break through the barrier but it is already too late.

As the barrier breaks, Azazel's hand, right through V's chest, holds onto V's beating heart. V's eyes shaking, hands cold to the touch, and blood dripping down Azazel's hand.

Azazel-"As I said…Tis too early for you child.."

V-"..Aza…zel…"

As Azazel rips V's heart out, V falls to the ground. Unable to move..he watches as Azazel looks into his heart.

Azazel-"...Your battle with mine has not yet come…and your meeting with me is too early…As of now…what do you need...I shall provide…Go west..far west..to the ancient land in this realm…now as it is called... the city of the fools...Meselnova…To find the books…only then..will you be ready…until then I will hold onto your heart.. "

V-"...*gasping for air*…A…za…zel…"

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V loses.

The last image and words are burned into V's mind as he sees Azazel leave without any consequences…and with his ripped-out heart, beating.

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2 months have passed since the incident.

As Eve was tending To V, He woke up from his slumber in a daze.

V-"WAIT!!!"

Eve-"WOAH!...you scared the absolute shit out of me, dude…"

V-"Eve…where….am I?..The Inn...."

Eve-"Yeah. When we returned for you, you were just laying on the floor…. It makes sense since we found you dead on the ground…..we y'know.."

At that moment…Eve shed tears of relief…it had been apparent that Eve had been worried for V.

V-"...Eve…i..i let..him go…".

Eve-"YOU WERE ASLEEP FOR 2 WHOLE MONTHS THAT DOESN'T MATTER RIGHT NOW…right now…I'm glad to see you..talking again…Don't do stuff like that…Whatever that was…it wasn't you…it wasn't the V we know"

V-"...I'm sorry-"

The man(Kevin)-"OHHHH! V!! ARE YOU OK KID? YOU BREATHING FINE? WANNA EAT SOMETHING??SHOULD I LIKE CALL A HOT NURSE-"

Eve-"OI! OLD GEEZER! GIVE HIM SOME SPACE HE'S BEEN THROUGH MORE THAN ENOUGH"

The man(Kevin)-"BUT I JUST WANTED TO CHECK IF HE'S DOING OK OR NOT C'MON QUIT BEING SUCH A MOM AND LET ME SEE EM'"

V-"...*These 2 still is as energetic as ever*…as you can see I'm doing just fine.."

Eve and The man(Kevin) look at V with worried faces.

Eve-"...V…you should take a look under your shirt.."

V-"Hm? My shirt?"

As V takes off his shirt. Only to see a big hole on the left side of his chest. A hole right through the chest cavity. The image reminded V of what happened that day. V looks closer at the hole but weirdly enough sees 2 different colored hearts merged.

V-"What is this…it's like 2 hearts have merged…"

Vergo-"You are right about that part."

V finds himself in the same subliminal space again.

V-"Ah...I'm back again…"

Vergo-"Yo! Kid…seems like it worked."

V-"...This…heart…you guys replaced it didn't you?"

Vergo-"Well yeah we had to find a replacement so this was the only logical thing to do"

V-"....i..I wasn't able to defeat Azazel…he changed all of a sudden…that sort of strength is not from this world…"

Vergo-"You're right it isn't from this world…more or so from our world…But that is a topic for another day..how are you feeling? Any abnormalities?"

V-"I feel fine…but how'd you get the replacement heart…I thought I died..again"

Karma-"You did...seem like dying is one of your specialties"

V-"Aha…does feel like that…"

Karma-"You died twice now, The first time betting your soul and now this time losing your own heart"

V-"Ha…but why would he take it"

Karma-"That... I am unsure of…but from the looks of it he knows how immortal beings work."

V-"What does that mean?"

Karma-"While it is true you're technically immortal but not a true one, meaning you have a major weakness which in short will make you killable…And it was your heart"

V-"My heart!? That seems like a big deal?"

Karma-"If he were to crush your heart right there and then…you'd be dead."

V-"...He holds my heart…it's as if he's gotten control of my life…my very existence is in the palms of the man whom I tried to kill…"

Karma-"The heart you possess right now is made out of 3 parts,2 parts are made with mine and Vergo's heart but the 3rd part is something completely unknown to us."

V-"Wait…you mean.."

Karma-"Yes….Right of as now…we're a part of your existence, The day we die will be the last time you'll breathe….due to the replacement heart even if it got damaged it'll regenerate instantly since it is only a part of ours"

V-"Ha ... .this is too much information ... .I've lost the man whom I was supposed to defeat.. I've lost my heart in the process and now…the 3 of us are now 1 being…"

Vergo-"Well for now get used to that heart…Even if this one were to get ripped you won't die…think of it as an upgrade…you can freely enter the subliminal space whenever you want, whether to test things out or to talk to us…"

V-"Things seem to have changed once again….haha…ha"

Vergo-"Oh but you can't yank here so keep in mind"

V-"READ THE ROOM DUDE AND WHY"D YOU EVEN SAY THAT!"

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Eve-"V?...V!"

V-"Huh…oh..sorry I spaced out for a second…"

Eve-"It's pretty apparent you're tired…get some rest bud"

V-"No I'm fine…I need to talk to Kevin"

V-"A lot is going on right now…seems like they can't see the heart beating…All they see is just a gaping hole…It would be best if I could cover the hole up…At least replace the lost flesh.."

V regenerates the lost flesh in the chest cavity, while there is no heart, there is a beat.

V goes to meet The man(Kevin).

The man(Kevin)-"I'm glad to see you're doing ok kid"

V-"I see your burns are healing"

The man(Kevin)-"Well..had to use a butt load of bandages though…somethings on your mind…what's up?"

V-"...West…Far west from here...The city of fools…Meselnova…how long will it take from here?"

The man(Kevin)-"M-Meselnova…..W-why do you want to go there?"

V-"I need to go…I need to find The Book of Beginnings and The Book of End…."

The man(Kevin)-"What makes you sure the books are there…the Runners have been trying their hardest to find the books for the past 6 years.."

V-"The Books are there…I don't have proof of it but…the books are there…and I need to get the books….at all cost"

The man(Kevin)-"....The road ahead isn't going to be easy…you'll be risking your life…Despite all that, do you still want to go?"

V-"....Yes…This is something I have to do at all cost…"

"To get back my stolen heart...To find Azazel…and to settle my score with him…I've got to go far…far away…to a place I've never been to…"

The man(Kevin) stands up and brings out an old map.

The man(Kevin)-"Going to Meselnova isn't easy…First, we gotta cross paths with Ethdam, The Ethereal city then we gotta go way past the valley of Drakes…and the last place we have to cross will be Bloford, The Blood City…"

V-"I see…hm?...eh…ah what do you mean by 'We'?"

The man(Kevin)-"Huh?....we're coming with you obviously"

V-"HUH!? B-but the journey's not going to easy…and…You don't have any reason to go to a dangerous place like this… "

The man(Kevin)-"Even if we let you go alone you'll only get yourself killed…and besides if you truly do have a lead on the books then…it's worth taking that shot…So we'll be going with you…Right Eve?"

V was surprised to see Eve hiding behind the walls.

Eve-"Please V…let us come with you.."

V-"Eve…Kevin…Thank you…"

"Thank you…for not letting me be alone…"

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A few days later, With a new location in mind and with a new objective they would soon embark on their long journey ahead.On to their new location…

The man(Kevin)-"...Aight…Is everyone ready?"

Eve-"Everything checked…Alrighty we're ready when you are"

The man(Kevin)-"Oi kid…you ready?"

V-"....Yeah..Let's go.

"to Ethdam!."

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"The path ahead of me isn't an easy one...But I've got to keep moving…at all cost…."

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