A new villain is in action

Zane searches everywhere to make sure everyone was still in the village, seeing most of the victims were unconscious and trapped from their dreams.

Zane then gathers everyone by carrying towards Claire while she snaps them back to reality.

Afterwards, Zane sees the clouds heavier than it was before last night as it began to pour down to the ground.

Zane hurriedly investigate, as for Claire, she tried to wake Alice first.

Claire is in a dream where Alice was in it, Claire rediscovers another tragedy.

She sees herself as the sickness to humanity, as it was before it was.

But Zane quickly put her to sleep for eternity, which is why Alice was glad on killing herself.

"Are you here to wake me up?"

"Yes. Alice, Zane is investigating the danger as we speak. We need you."

"Sorry I just need to finish this dream first before I wake up."

"Are you redoing this dream?"

"I'm for the first time seeing this in my dreams. Now it becomes clear, we once met. Zane and you want me to tag along in your travels, am I right?"

"If you want to though. We seek the hero of Foolery for his wisdom. We are still lost at our travels but this will find a way for us to correct and save humanity even your world."

"What do you mean?"

"I think there more than ways to it than just meets the eye. So are you going to wake up now?"

"Wait. This is the important one."

As the SK Queen known as Alice falls to the ground, with her heart torn to pieces, she is almost no longer to live.

Zane then carries her as hearing her last words.

"I love you... Zane."

Alice says as she perishes, Zane however rages on as the unjust cruelty of the world made him the bad guy.

Almost his loved one meets it's happy end, Zane wasn't satisfied by it and so he seeks power.

He craves for the destruction of all worlds, turning him into a raging storm which devours all life and in return the abyss was created.

Alice and Claire was shocked by its results as it was the creation of the abyss in progress.

"So he gave up in this dream."

"Zane... What is this?"

"It must be the prophesied judgement of the darkness. It came to destroy worlds."

Afterwards, they woke up.

"Where's Zane?"

"I don't know. You are more than welcome to find him, I still have to wake the other villagers."

"Alright."

An old man from before wakes up. He lets out a word to Claire.

"I saw... The children, they were taken away by someone..."

"Don't worry they'll take care of it. They will save them."

"Thank you... I feel a bit drained for some reason."

Claire appraises the old man.

"Your life has been drained."

Marsh says as Claire was shocked to hear Marsh talking inside her head.

"Marsh, do you have any abilities that can let me communicate with Zane and Alice?"

"I don't have one but I can take you where they are right now."

"Alright do that then." Marsh's core flares as Claire and Olivia were teleported towards the whereabouts of Zane.

"Zane! We have news. The children have been taken away by someone."

"Claire what are you doing here? Did you finish waking up the villagers?"

"Yes, I came to help."

"No, this is extremely dangerous. You might die."

They both stare towards a large hole of a cave that has dark root veins strapped towards everywhere.

"I can handle it. I've faced many formidable foes and I somehow lived."

"Unluckily, I don't have much time to argue but if you are going to be this persistent then better be careful. We don't know what we'll expect."

"Don't worry Zane. I'll protect Claire when danger lurks nearby."

"Alright. How about Alice, where is she?"

"She is looking for you."

"I see. Changing plans. Olivia, take the orb and I'll protect Claire."

Zane knows that Olivia won't agree but he is putting her trust on him in order to coordinate with one another.

Olivia agrees as retrieving the orb and ran as fast as she could.

"Go back here and find us."

"Be careful, Claire."

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Alice is steadily finding every inch of where Zane was since she knows all the routes where each lane leads.

Alice then stops as heard a unsettling disturbance of nature.

Birds fly away from her facing the front, as Alice knew someone is there.

Then a flying scythe swings and flies through her behind but luckily she was able to dodge at a perfect timing.

"Who are you?"

"You're beautiful. Mind if I cut you, Woman."

Alice then tries to attack, swing after swing from another as she dodges his counterattack.

Alice then knew she is strong.

Each move this stranger takes is heavier and deadly so she knew she have to be careful.

"I kinda like you. No one has ever survive a minute from me. How about I spare you, and becoming mine."

"Thanks for the offer but I have a boyfriend."

"Oh I see. Then let me kill your boyfriend after I kill you."

This stranger rushes as putting front of his scythes to cut her in half but Alice dodges.

Then this stranger grins.

For some reason, Alice was blinded by the darkness as the stranger tells his introduction.

"My name is Vyron. And I want to know your name as well. If you don't, I couldn't be able to break your boyfriend's heart."

Vyron was too fast that Alice couldn't be able to catch up to him.

Each attack hits to his arms then legs, and her face.

Small cuts that has a thousands all over her body.

Finally the finishing blow, it was obvious but Alice caught up to it.

However it was just diversion. Vyron is actually behind her and soon he stabs her in the left area of her abdomen.

Alice bleeds and soon she will lose strength and then die.

"I'll rape you first then kill you. Ain't that merciful, you get to be violated by me hahahahaha."

Vyron recklessly laughs but it was a chance.

Vyron was just pretending though as he easily dodges.

Everything is in vain and soon Alice will die.

But it was her time to shine.

Alice has a passive attack that when five minute time hits, she can counterattack any moves that the enemy gives.

For some reason Vyron was impressed.

After all that, Alice was able to surpass every ounce of her will to fight him and live.

Her look was different, like a cold blooded killer, a killing machine meant to kill every enemies she takes.

Which Vyron fears.

Vyron then charges and takes the first blow but Alice dogdes cleanly and grips his back of his neck and throws him but Vyron immediately prepared his stance.

Alice then charges with many sword hits to his body.

He couldn't be able to dodge all of them and got damaged.

"Please... Don't kill me..."

"You are a formidable foe, Vyron. Now let me force you to never kill anyone again. With your skills, you could have the responsibility of killing others. Based on your behaviors and movements, this isn't your first time right?"

"I'll be good... Is what I'll say but I'm a destroyer and I kill every enemy I face!"

But as soon as he swings, his hand flew over the air and falls to the ground.

He has no hands anymore.

"That way you won't be able to kill anyone. And second."

Alice clutches his hair and stub his teeth to the large rock and kicks his head which made his teeth broken as blood spews to his mouth.

He screams in pain as Alice drags his body and puts him towards the room of the village and locked him up.

"I need to find Alice..."

Alice faints as soon as the battle ends.

Her fatal injuries are taking a toll on her movements.

"No. I need to continue and protect... Zane."

Someone then arrives and caught Alice.

"I'll put you back to the village, Alice."

"Zane?"

Alice hallucinates Zane as impression based on his movements but it was not Zane.

"It's me Olivia, Claire's ally. Don't worry they can face the danger and live, I trust him."

"No... I want to be there and protect him."

"Hey! Don't be greedy, you are wounded."

"But."

"I'll protect them myself. I have the strength to do so, don't worry."

Alice then faints and sleeps.

Afterwards, it was time for Olivia to go back towards the cave.