Her eyes drifted up connecting with my gaze in an instant, could she really react that quick?
"And here I was thinking you two would be fun to play with..."
Dian's face distorted into a terrifying grin. And before I knew it...
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The world around me reset as I opened my eyes... I was back in the same spot from before with sorrow standing next to me ready to fight. There's no questioning it anymore, I can return to my save points by dying...
The last moments before I died still haunted me, what I was feeling right now wasn't fear, it was understanding. She was far stronger than Sorrow than me. Hope began to drain from me as I looked up toward the woman who killed me mere moments ago, I had no idea how to beat her...-
The familiar pain from my ability activating replaced my misery in an instant forcing me to use all my willpower to even stay standing. It was a small price to pay for what my ability can do but I still thought the pain was a very unpleasant experience regardless.
With the same expected timing as before the red aura-like tendrils came off of my body dispersing in the air. Dian noticed this and like last time she reached out her hand and a thick vine burst from the ground in front of me, this time I wasn't going to hold back.
I quickly ducked under the vine coming my way and took off right away toward her sprinting as hard as I could. I could see Sorrow in my peripheral vision reacting to the vines starting to come his way, it seemed her focus was mostly on me this time since not as many vines were advancing towards Sorrow. That left me with a bigger issue though.
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Dian was circling us which meant that we couldn't really escape and that she could get away from our attempts at fighting her close-up, all the running I did was quickly negated as she slid to the left creating a gap I would have to run to get to her. It seems no matter what I try she'll always have a counter measure to stop me, in that case, It doesn't have to be me!
I already made it so Sorrow had less vines swarming him which means he would be a lot more open to hit her with his ability at this moment.
"Sorrow, go for her directly, now!"
As Dian heard what I was saying to Sorrow she Immediately tried taking action, but it was too late...
Sorrow reached a hand out toward Dian and the emotion drained from her face replaced by a look of fear. A flash of white light erupted out of his hand, Dian screamed, trying to save herself, but the sudden force was too fast, the vines holding her in the air were torn apart in an instant, her skin began to open up and tear making blood seep into her pristine clothing, and then...
Her body lay bloody and on the ground, I couldn't tell if she was dead or not but her vines stopped moving and fell around us. I turned around to try and thank Sorrow for stopping her when my heart stopped in place as I looked in front of me. I knew something wasn't right... A feeling of pain washed over me as I saw a vine buried deep in his chest, penetrating his heart and letting blood leak out onto the floor in a slow sickening drip.
No... Why did I let this happen... I should have been the one to die...
I should have been the one to die...
It should have been me.
My perception started to feel different, everything started to feel clouded, I could see the tendrils coming off me again, or... no, I could see my aura begin to take shape around me, everything started to feel a little better... I didn't feel the suffering anymore... As long as I just gave in to the voices... I didn't let him die... He saved me didn't he... Maybe it would be better if I felt like this for a little while longer, I'll just come back it in a bit, it's fine if a go for a little while, straining myself is too hard anyway...
'Save points reset.'