บท 13: Chapter 13: Shrouded In Mystery.
Anzel watched the news with everyone in the bunker, and they were amazed by the footage of Mykel and his team killing the Gatekeeper. He admired Mykel and his ability to kill one of the strongest demons that existed on Earth. He wanted to meet him in person and hunt the demons with him, but knowing where he was, he could only wait patiently.
"Anzel, do you know anything about that? That weird-looking symbol on the ground?" Anderson asked.
The reason why Anderson asked that question was that Anzel realized the demons they fought were similar in the novel. Anzel knew the imps' and ghouls' weaknesses that helped them survive and live another day. He used his knowledge from the novel to deal with the demons, and how to handle the situation they were in.
"No, that thing is new to me. That Minotaurus isn't in the novel as well," Anzel answered as he shook his head. "Anyway, I'm going to my room and get some rest..." Anzel said that he was mentally exhausted after dealing with an endless army of demons and how terrifying the battlefield was.
"Don't push yourself too hard, and whatever happened up there, it was nobody's fault," Anderson said as he looked at Anzel leaving the hall.
Anzel locked the door and went to his wardrobe, but he saw a notification on his laptop. He was curious because he left a comment on the forum and was hoping anyone who knew the novel would reply to his comment. Seeing there was a notification made him nervous because he had been waiting for a week, but not a single user replied to his comment.
[Anon7182: I know this novel. If you want to know the ending, it's not recommended, so I suggest you read another novel. The novel should have been deleted a long time ago, but it looks like the author has decided to delete it now.]
"What? Did he not know what's happening right now? Or perhaps he's an overseas user and that's why he doesn't know about Mykel and his characters that are in our world?" Anzel talked to himself as he typed and replied to the comment.
[Anon4229: I'm not asking about the ending, but there's something I would love to discuss with you. Can I have your email or anything so we can chat more privately?]
It didn't take long until his comment got another reply.
[Anon7182: Here is fine, this place is dead anyway so there won't be any spam or anything like that. You can imagine like at least 80% of these users are already dead, and I hope they have found peace up there]
"Yeah, I guess you're right," Anzel said.
[Anon4229: Then, I want you to check this news link and I want you to see if I'm crazy or not...]
Anzel waited for a reply after he sent the news link about Mykel's team and the names of people on his team. He wanted to know if he wasn't the only one who thought it was just a coincidence because it drove him crazy.
He waited five minutes, ten minutes, half an hour, an hour until he fell asleep in his chair waiting for a reply. He got awoken by the sound of breaking news on the TV, and he immediately checked if the person had replied to his comment.
[Anon7182: I'm sorry for the late reply. I have Awakened! Also, those guys are the characters from the novel, right?! The one from The Towers of Demon!]
Anzel was more surprised about the person who had Awakened, but he got his priority straight. He then asked about the person he was chatting with and got a name, Gea Lupin. Turned out it was a woman, and she was French.
[Anon7182: I'll DM you and give you my number. Let's talk more privately]
Anzel got Gea's number and added her to his contact list so they could talk or chat whenever they wanted. They both started to talk about the novel, Mykel, and the current situation they were in that somehow resembled the story in the novel.
Anzel spent the whole night talking with Gea, and finally, he collected his courage to ask about the skill she got.
[You want to know my skill? Well, I guess it's fine if it's you. It's called Sixth Virtue: Purity, and it gives me Purification Shield that prevents me from dying. It also gives me high resistance against all kinds of ailments. In the last part, it says that the higher the level of the skill, it will give me more benefits]
"What? Does she have a similar skill to mine? What's this Virtue series skills?" Anzel asked as he looked at the message on his phone. "Now that I think about it, she experienced something similar to mine. She suddenly awakened after she found out the truth. What's going on here?" Anzel rubbed his head as he stared blankly at the wall.
Anzel said his skill and asked Gea about it, but then a notification screen appeared in front of him.
[A being shrouded in mystery is curious about it as well]
[A being shrouded in mystery wants you to solve the mystery. The being will reward you plentifully if you solve it]
Anzel looked at the notification and got a chill down his spine because he never thought having someone or something listening to everything he said would be that creepy. He tried to calm down and cleared his throat as he thought to himself to get used to it.
"What kind of reward?" Anzel asked.
[A being shrouded in mystery has connections with all the Gods. The being can get you anything you want]
"Who are you? Are you, not Gods? Are you not part of the Sponsor?" Anzel asked with a confused look.
[A being shrouded in mystery is smiling and doesn't want to answer]
"If you're one or not, you warned me back then that I shouldn't reveal anything about Mykel and the character of his novel. Why is that? If you warned me then that means you know something. Can you tell me what's going on right now? Is there a connection between the demons and Mykel?" Anzel asked and looked around.
[A being shrouded in mystery is giving you a sign]
Anzel heard screeching and crackling sounds on the wall that were unpleasant to his ears. He looked around to find out where the sounds were coming from, and then he saw a carving on the wall with numbers and symbols.
"What's that?" Anzel asked and walked toward it.
While Anzel was staring at the numbers and symbols on the wall, he heard someone knock on his door. He opened it up and Anderson was standing at the door with a cup of coffee in his hand.
"Perfect timing, can you check what this thing is, Sarge?" Anzel asked as he waved at Anderson.
Anderson walked inside and saw the numbers and the symbols. He hummed immediately as soon as he saw everything. "Can I borrow your laptop?" Anderson asked.
"Yeah, sure," Anzel answered as he nodded his head.
Anderson typed the numbers and the symbols in between the numbers. Anzel had just realized those numbers and symbols were a coordinate. When Anderson entered the coordinate, it pointed at Kokelv, Norway.
"That's like at the other side of the earth..." Anzel said.
"Yeah, so what this is all about?" Anderson asked.
[The being shrouded in mystery shushes you to keep it a secret between the being and you]
[The being shrouded in mystery awaits your arrival]
"It's nothing," Anzel smiled as he shook his head.
Anderson raised his eyebrows and brushed it off as he gave the coffee to Anzel. He then looked at the news and bumped his shoulder at Anzel to get his attention.
"Look Anzel," Anderson said.
(Beijing, China)
Thousands of Awakeners were gathered in the middle of the city with dozens of helicopters and tanks deployed at the center of the city. They were all staring at something anxiously, and it was the symbols that appeared from the Gatekeeper's dead body.
"General, Mister President is on the phone," A man said to the General with a satellite phone in his hand.
"Mister President," The general said.
"What's the situation over there?" The president asked.
"We can't confirm what's actually happened, but when we arrived, the Minotaurus is already dead and nobody knows who did it. We speculate that the Minotaurus killed himself," The general answered.
"I see, so it's the same..." The president said.
"It's the same, Sir?" The general asked with his eyebrows furrowed.
"All the Minotaurus all over the world also died mysteriously. We have agreed to secure the area where the Minotaurus' dead body is, so keep an eye on it and tell me if something happens," The president said.
"Yes, Mister President," The general hung up the phone and looked at the Minotaurus's body which was slowly melting and decaying.
บท 14: Chapter 14: Noble Cause.
"How was the trip here? Looks like you guys had some trouble back there?" Sven asked and looked at how some of the cars were heavily damaged. There were also some Awakeners who lost a limb or two and were being treated as soon as they got out of the car.
"Are you making fun of us even though you can see it clearly with your own eyes?" Travis asked as he stood right in front of Sven and Sven looked so tiny in front of him.
The demons started to swarm the city and the areas in Montana because the Gatekeeper died. It was expected and that was why they were in a really bad condition.
"What's your problem? We are not the ones who asked you to come here. We have to wait for hours here just for you even though we can go right to Washington and take back the state for you. You're not only wasting our time, but you guys are also bringing heavy luggage with you," Sven answered.
Travis clenched his fists, and when he wanted to raise his right hand, Morris grabbed it and pulled it back down. Morris tried to calm Travis down, but he wasn't the only one who got pissed, the Awakeners that heard it were furious at Sven.
"He's telling the truth, and it's a fact. Yet you guys can't accept it and show your hatred toward him? You guys are really something," Lillith said and scoffed as she looked down on them.
"Shut the fuck up," A woman with black hair that covered her left eye with her bang.
"See that? That's what a loser would say once they lost in an argument," Lillith chuckled and pointed at the woman. "If you want me to shut up, make me," Lillith smirked as she pulled her daggers from the back of her waist and walked toward the woman.
Victor glanced at the woman and didn't say anything. The woman then pulled out her sword from her back, but Lillith suddenly dashed toward her at full speed. The woman couldn't react to Lillith's speed at all, and she was pushed down to the ground.
Lillith was sitting on top of the woman and her daggers were right on the woman's throat. She didn't hesitate to scratch the woman's neck and made it bleed. Victor who saw that immediately drew his sword and put it on Lillith's neck.
"Get off of her, or I'll cut your throat," Victor said coldly.
"Make me," Lillith smirked and her eyes were dead serious. She then suddenly pushed her neck down and blood started dripping on the blade.
Victor hesitated because he had never killed a human before, but looking at how dangerous the situation had become, he didn't know what to do. He was in a tight spot on whether he should keep it going or not because he was being judged and stared at by James and the others.
"Lilly, that's enough..." Mykel said as he sighed.
Lillith pulled her daggers away from the woman's neck as she chuckled mischievously. She stood up and looked at Victor who was frozen still because he was in shock when Lillith pushed her neck down and let him scratch her neck with his sharp blade.
"Pussy," Lillith said as she wiped the blood from her neck with her thumb, and then licked it clean as she walked back.
James paid attention to Lillith and he saw and heard her giggle after what had happened to her. He shook his head in disbelief to think someone would be crazy enough to think it was a joke even though she was trying to kill that woman. He started to think if each one of the members of Mykel's team were as crazy as Lillith because none of them were worried about her nor showing any sympathy to those heavily injured people.
"She's sick in the head," The woman said as she tried to stop the bleeding.
"They survived on their own for a year, I don't know what they have been through, so I guess you're right," Travis said. "Are you okay though, Triss?" Travis looked at the woman.
The woman was Triss Ethen, the vice leader of the Oath Guild, Victor's right-hand woman.
"We waited for a whole day here, and seeing the condition on your side, do you want to take care of them first before we go?" Mykel asked.
"If you don't mind," Morris said nervously.
"Of course, we don't mind," Mykel smiled, but his smile felt ominous.
Mykel and the others watched as the healers healed all the wounds very slowly. Healers were said to be the most favored Awakeners since they could heal any wounds as long as they had faith in the God they served. None of Mykel's team had the ability to heal, and the only reason why was because none of them served any God.
After they were done healing the wounded, they started to hunt the demons in Montana. It was a big state, so they had to deal with the mountains, hills, and forests. But thanks to the Gatekeeper's death, the demons started to swarm the cities again, so they didn't have to travel to every corner to hunt them.
"Do you want to join me?" Victor asked Elena.
"No, I would rather go alone. Thanks for the offer," Elena smiled and then left on her own.
"Why are you so interested in her?" Triss asked with her arms crossed. "I have never seen you so desperate like this," she continued.
"Mind your own business, and let's go hunting," Victor said.
Mykel didn't join the hunt and decided to go around looking for a bar because he needed to drink. Lyneth realized something was off about Mykel, so she decided to join him and wanted to be there for him.
"So, I looked at the map. Washington DC is the capital city of the United States which is on the other side of the continent. It's quite far from here, and what's the reason for you to do such a noble thing?" Lyneth asked after she looked at the giant map on the wall.
"Because I want to go to New York. You can see how close it is from Washington DC to New York," Mykel pointed at the map. "It's also because I want to be seen as their savior," Mykel continued.
"What's in New York?" Lyneth asked.
"Nothing, I just want to make my guild over there. It's the biggest city in this country, and if I managed to get that for myself, things would go smoothly for us," Mykel explained as he drank his whiskey.
They spent a whole week in Montana and on the first day they arrived, they all disliked Mykel's team, but after witnessing it with their own two eyes, they were terrified of them. They felt insecure about themselves if they had to compare it to Jeanne and the others, and they didn't even dare to join them.
Mykel hadn't killed a single demon ever since, and only watched the others from the hotel he slept in. They all decided to go back because they believed they had taken care of the major problem, and let the armies deal with the rest.
They safely went back to Nebraska, and the people were cheering for them when they came back to the city. Lyneth used that opportunity to make a connection with important people with Edith since they both knew what to do.
Once they were back in the penthouse, Jeanne approached Mykel who was chilling on the balcony, smoking his cigarette.
"You have been spacing out ever since we killed the Gatekeeper, is something bothering you?" Jeanne asked as she leaned on the railing and looked Mykel in the eye.
"It's nothing," Mykel smiled as he looked down and saw people were still crowding the streets. "It's just I feel like something good is going to happen," Mykel continued.
"Oh yeah? What's that?" Jeanne asked with a smile.
Mykel didn't say anything and stared blankly at something.
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N#m$: Mykel Alester
L#v&l: ??
C+n%!ti0n: Healthy (???)
Bl+0d T*#e: O
A$#: 28
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St%&!gth: ??
A+&!#$y: ??
St@m!n0: ??
D&#t#r!ty: ??
V@#$%!0y: ??
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Sk#!%: [A&#$@ (Lv.?)], [D+%@#* M%&@* (Lv.?)], [R&$*@! (Lv.?)], [P@0$ R$&@%! (Lv.?)], [B0@( St-@^!hen (Lv.?)], [M!~# S&%^@y (Lv.?)], [St&$! F!&# (Lv.?)]
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[System is overriding....]
[Estimated time until the system is reestablished: 2423 Hours 42 Minutes 12 seconds]
"It's nothing, really," Mykel looked at Jeanne with a gentle smile. "I heard there will be a festival tonight. I think we should enjoy it since they have prepared it for us," Mykel said and flicked his cigarette.
"I was about to say that," Jeanne turned around and looked down at the street. "I heard that you want to make a guild in New York. When are we going to move?" Jeanne asked.
"Tomorrow," Mykel answered. "We are going to start our trip to New York tomorrow," Mykel continued.
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