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Chapter 101: Chapter 52: Final Assessment (Part 2)

Sagax: "Well, if you can locate that place on the current map, you should be able to find the library."

I nodded as I memorized everything he said about the location of the library 1000 years ago.

Sagax: "Now if that's all, I suppose I need to send you back."

Kais: "Before that,"

There's something that I had wanted to ask him for a while and so I stopped him.

Kais: "There's something I have been really curious about, and it had to do with this war."

Sagax: "Go on."

Kais: "The Alliance of the dragons, Vermillion and the Ghost Nation are up against Vampires. I don't really see how vampires can possibly even stand a chance here."

Sagax: "Hmm."

I didn't know if he knew what faction is doing what in the war but I assumed he would. From his reaction, it's hard to tell but he probably didn't know about this.

Sagax: "So you are wondering what the Vampire Kingdom may have up their sleeve."

I nodded. If they are defeated before we are able to do anything, all of this would be pointless. On the other hand, it's not like we can help the vampires and stop Ozyllus at the same time.

Sagax: "I don't know."

That took me by surprise. I thought he would know if there's some ace the Vampire Kingdom has that may help them at this point.

Sagax: "They were quite a threat because of powerful leadership back then but I don't think something like that would be enough this time. I don't know this but I highly doubt that these 1000 years didn't produce a single weapon that can remove the value of leadership skills."

Well, there are hydrogen bombs. Be it normal humans or vampires, I don't think they stand a chance in hell against that.

Sagax: "This is really something."

He was pondering with his finger on his chin.

Sagax: "I have really no idea what the vampires plan would do. Add to that the fact that there is, according to what I have heard from Sona, someone more powerful than the dragon on the ghost's sides."

She probably meant that guy who was dressed completely in black.

Sagax: "Their chances seem slim to none."

Seeing from how he was pondering about it all, I knew he really had no idea what the vampires are planning to do about this all. I mean, they wanted to bring me on their sides but no matter what they may say about me being more powerful than all psychics, I know there is just no way that I alone would have been enough to turn the tides in their favor.

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We kept thinking about it for a while but no answer came to mind. Just what exactly are the vampires going to do?

Kais: "I just can't get that question off my head."

Sona: "What question?"

She says as she steps in front of me while looking relaxed. Following her, Sneha and Ethan step in my line of sight too.

Kais: "Well, just wondering how the vampires are going to fight the three powerhouses by themselves."

I turn to Ethan as I narrow my eyes to display my suspicion.

Kais: "Do you know anything?"

He sighs.

Ethan: "You are certainly less violent than I expected you to be."

I guess after seeing me losing my temper on our second meeting, it is fair for him to think I'd be more aggressive.

Kais: "Let's say I have learned to control myself better."

Thought to be completely honest, I don't feel any need to get aggressive.

Ethan: "So you say."

He sighs with a look of disappointment on his face.

Kais: "Did you want me to pummel you? Are you a masochist?"

I say mockingly, the reply to which came with a straight-face,

Ethan: "Well, I could be one, I honestly have no idea."

Kais: "You go around picking fights with people who can kill you in an instant. Furthermore, you aggravate them with a smug look on your face. I'd say you are a masochist."

For some reason, our conversation derailed from the topic as soon as it began.

Sneha: "Whether he is a masochist or not is not really that important, is it?"

She looks at us with even more of a disappointed look.

Ethan: "Just what do you mean? I am in the middle of doing some very important self-introspection here."

Even though he says that jokingly, his nervousness doesn't go away. On seeing no one reacting to his words though, he sighs.

Ethan: "Fine, let's get back to topic."

He turns to me as he says,

Ethan: "You want to know what the vampires are planning to do about their huge disadvantage in this war."

He says as if to remind himself.

Ethan: "Well, I don't know everything but it seems like they have one hell of a strategist and are mostly dependent on him."

A strategist, huh? That isn't much different than having a great leader. What can that strategist do against the likes of a hydrogen bomb? And how exactly would he defeat that guy in black clothing?

Ethan: "I know what you are thinking and I have those doubts too but from the intelligence I have been able to gather on them, they seem to trust that guy to be able to take out all the enemies with his mind."

Kais: "Just mind?"

It would make a bit more sense if that person if also really powerful in addition to being a good strategist. However, my answer comes as a sigh from Ethan.

Ethan: "He seems to have no supernatural abilities."

Kais: "What!!!"

My reaction is shared by Sona and Sneha too. Of course it is. Who wouldn't be surprised to hear that?

Ethan: "He doesn't even seem to have a special ability like mine. He is, in every sense of way, a powerless human being."

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It seemed like Sagax had given up on coming up with a possible way for Vampire Kingdom to fight back. And so,

Sagax: "After you are back there, your mission begins."

I nodded.

Kais: "Yes, I am well aware."

Sagax: "Before you go, tell me something."

He said even though light rays had already started flooding and I was starting to get pulled by them.

Sagax: "The current holder of my eyes, my successor, is he on your side or not?"

He asked just as I was about to be completely pulled away.

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Ethan: "Before all of that though, there is something else I am curious about."

He steps forward and stands right in front of me.

Ethan: "What are you going to do now?"

My answer to this question has been given to everyone but him, so I figured he'd ask sooner or later.

Ethan: "Will you keep sitting on your butt and let Ozyllus do whatever he is doing like you have been for these past 12 years?"

He is looking straight at me as he says with a resolved face and firm voice.

Ethan: "Or are you going to try to change things?"

Kais: "Hah!"

A chuckle escapes me causing him to tense his eyebrows in annoyance.

Kais: "Sorry about that."

He is on our side alright. You can relax back there remembering that smile I gave you for an answer before being pulled out.

Kais: "Well,"

I take a deep sigh and say,

Kais: "I'm going to destroy him obviously."

I am not exactly using Aura-Reading right now, but I feel like if I were, I would see smiles on both Ethan and Sona's faces right now.

Ethan: "Well, if that's the case,"

He says as he steps away and towards the lower floors.

Ethan: "You might need to tell that to those outside then."

Kais: "Outside?"

Ethan: "I figure it has been long enough for those two from the Ghost Nation to have shown up outside the tomb."

I see. That makes sense.

Ethan: "I'd be going ahead."

He says as he starts walking out of the tomb.

Ethan: "I have to give an answer to their question myself."

He walks away with a smirk on his face. When we get out, things may get ugly. We may need to fight those two monsters when we refuse to join them. But, as I look at the back of the man whose eyes cannot be deceived, I feel like he is ready for it.

Sona: "Well?"

And if he is, then how can I sit back?

Kais: "Let's get going then."

I answer to the question she asked me with a smile, and stand up.

From here on out, I am going to need to fight many times and most people would probably be stronger than me. so, there's no better warm-up than the those two, is there?

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Chapter 102: Chapter 53: Resolve (Part 1)

Walter: "Well, I guess we all have a general idea of who everyone else on this island is, but I think we should still introduce ourselves."

Walter, a man clad in black clothing, says in a relaxed voice, as if to say he is not at all worried about us trying to go against him. So to say, even if we do try to go against him, we won't really stand a chance.

Sona: "I don't have any problems with that idea if …"

She pauses now to make sure our attentions are on her next words.

Sona: "you start first."

Hearing that, Walter smirks.

I, Sona and Sneha had come out of the tomb knowing that we'd be needed to face two monsters who may be capable of wiping us all out. However, fear isn't exactly the word I'd use to describe our emotions at present.

Dyne: "Well, if that's how you want it to be, let me start."

Dyne, a man wearing a dark-brown robe and a black cape with a golden helm, says after hearing Sona's suggestion.

Dyne: "I'm the leader of the official army of the Ghost Nation, which some people also call the Spectres Division. I'm the Spectre known as Dyne."

As he finishes, his partner follows suit.

Walter: "Then next is me I guess."

After taking in a long breath, he states,

Walter: "I'm Walter Schmidt, a psychic by birth and an ally of the Ghost Nation. I'm also hailed as the strongest man in the world."

After that, the two of them and the three of us turn to the only other people here.

Ro: "Hah!"

He sighs and says,

Ro: "I'm Ro Garland. I'm a ghost now, was a half-psychic before. I'm currently working for the Vampire Kingdom, it seems."

It seems? That sounds like he is unsure of whether he really is working for them. But in any case, we move on.

Dragon: "In case someone of you in unfamiliar with this, there are five types of dragons – Sky, Land, Sea, Volcano and Rock."

He starts with that line so people who may not know about it might come to, and then continues in a melancholic voice,

Dragon: "I'm a sky dragon who was once a loner ruling the skies of the country that existed in the place you are all present in. That was the case until Ozyllus defeated me and forced me to join him, to which I had no choice but to comply to."

"Calm down," I tell myself. That's all I can do at the moment. I can't lose control of my emotions right now. I already know of how heinous that so-called god truly was but, I can't help the rage that boils in me every time I hear about some of his 'great' deeds.

Dragon: "As I'm a dragon, I never once had or felt the need to have a name."

Now that the five of them are done, it's our turn now. So we start with Sneha.

Sneha: "I'm Sneha Stone, an Aural by birth and also a former student of Kirin Shrine."

She stops with that. And so,

Sona: "Hah! Well,"

After a sigh as to say she doesn't really have any interest in doing this, she says,

Sona: "I'm Sona Pectus, a spirit-user who has a mission to fulfill and will not let anyone interfere with it."

With a scorn on her face directed at Walter and Dyne, she says the last past of her introduction, which was obviously a threat telling them to back off. Too bad, it wouldn't be that easy.

Kais: "I'm Kais, a psychic. That's all."

That IS all.

Walter: "Just Kais, no surname?"

Kais: "Yeah, just Kais, no surname."

The surname I am supposed to have is the name of those cowards who left me and Barry when I was just a kid. Barry was someone desperate for parental love and he couldn't get it, because the ones who I am supposed to call parents were a couple of cowards. There's no reason for me to attach my name with theirs.

Dyne: "Well, that's that."

Dyne says as he looks at me, his emotions I am able to tell even through his helm because of my aura-reading. I can tell that he is … determined.

Dyne: "There's a war about to start. Which side are you on?"

Just as he says that, Ro seconds it,

Ro: "Yeah, I think we all need an answer to that. The Vampire Kingdom or The Dragon Alliance, which is it, Kais? And Sona too?"

I hear a cackle coming from behind me, probably from Sona.

Sona: "That's a foolish question."

As those around us, except Sneha and the Dragon, narrow their gazes at us, I respond with a smirk,

Kais: "We are on the third side."

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Ethan: "That's pretty hardcore."

Says Ethan Kales as he looks at the empty coffin in front of him.

Ethan: "Now I really have no clue where his body could be right now."

The man who said he'd stay back and will have a chat with his 'predecessor' is now just standing in front of an empty coffin wondering why it's empty.

Ethan: "Yeah, not the best use of time. Probably should get on with it."

He says in a plain voice as he turns around and looks at the place the three who were with him a while ago told him that there'd be some invisible floor.

Ethan: "Oh hell! Here goes nothing!"

He says as he tries to step on what seems like air but his foot stops mid-way, on the invisible magnetic floor that he had been told about.

Ethan: "Well, let's just hope it stays like this."

???: "You don't need to do all that to meet me."

Comes the voice he had never heard before, but even so, he instantly understands whose voice it is. After all, there is only one existence aside from him in the tomb.

Ethan: "So,"

He says while turning back to look at the empty coffin again, where his Eyes of Truth show a ghostly presence,

Ethan: "you are Sagax?"

Sagax: "Yes, I'm Sagax. The previous owner of the eyes you have now."

Hearing so, a smile comes on Ethan Kales' face.

Ethan: "Well then,"

Stepping forward with the smile intact, he says,

Ethan: "I have some questions for you."

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Dyne: "You do realize there is no third side?"

Dyne asks in a sarcastic tone with a little anger in his voice. But, he is wrong about something.

Kais: "There used to be no third side."

So I have to correct him.

Kais: "There is one now. And it currently has four members."

As Dyne narrows his eyes, Ro asks,

Ro: "So I guess the fourth is that bastard?"

Sona: "Yeah, the fourth is Ethan."

Sona replies immediately. And then comes the loud voice of someone's laughter. That someone is Walter Schmidt.

Walter: "F-four members, seriously? Hahaha!!"

He says while being unable to stop laughing.

Walter: "Isn't that a bit low?"

Kais: "It IS a bit low. But what does it matter if our objective is reached regardless?"

Walter: "Oh?"

As he calms down a little, while still laughing, he asks,

Walter: "And what is your objective?"

Sona: "It's simple. We're gonna destroy Ozyllus and his plans."

The woman who shares my hatred answers before I could and so I just nod.

Kais: "Yeah, that's how it'll be. We're planning on taking down Ozyllus and his plans … entirely."

I made sure to show my resolve in my voice but,

Dyne: "That's foolish. You'll never be able to accomplish that."

Kais: "And why's that?"

Dyne: "In order for you people to pull off something like that, you'll need to at least know everything that happened 1000 years ago."

Dyne says something that we all realize to be the truth.

Dyne: "And no one, except that dragon who is about to die in a day, can tell you that. And well, let's just say a day isn't enough to tell you everything."

A smirking voice comes, but not from me, not from Sona, and not even from Sneha. It's the dragon who has a smirk on his face.

Dragon: "Yeah, that's true. Even though time has returned to normal and so I would get a whole day to live instead of just two hours, I still can't tell them everything."

Even though his words make it look like he would, he doesn't actually have any sadness on his face right now.

Dragon: "I thought Ethan may know everything but by the fact that he stayed behind to talk to Sagax, I know that's not true either. However, there's still a way."

The dragon's voice only has a triumphant smile as if he has fulfilled his purpose.

Dragon: "There's still The Psychic Library."

Dyne: "Oh, come on!"

Dyne says suddenly as if disappointed by the answer.

Dyne: "No one has found that thing in ages. We are at a point where we doubt it even exists."

Dragon: "It exists, alright? It totally exists."

The dragon says with the same smile.

Dragon: "And I know that it can be found, if you really try to find it."

Dyne: "That's weirdly optimistic."

Dyne says as if the Dragon's words don't make much sense, which they admittedly don't from a logical standpoint.

Dyne: "hah!"

He sighs and turns to look at me.

Dyne: "I can't let you do as you wish for a hope that has no guarantee of even existing."

He points his lance at me.

Dyne: "If you won't join our side, then I'll have to treat you as an enemy …"

I know what is going to happen next.

Dyne: "and the battle shall begin."

I know what is going to happen next, because of the vines around Dyne's feet.

Sona: "You are misunderstanding something, Spectre Dyne. The battle …"

She tightens her grip and the vines tighten theirs.

Sona: "has already begun."

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