-More than twenty years ago.

"Sannet... huh, i never heard that name before. At least my father didn't have anyone like that near him." Minka said while assembling a special bullet before the big fight against the abyss queen.

Sannet sat at a table and watched as Minka was preparing for the battle ahead: "What are you really? An alternative dimension being? You look a lot like Monika..." Sannet is curious: "Are you even human? How can humans withstand interdimensional travel with flesh and bones?"

Minka looked up at Sannet, then she just sighed and put down the bullet in front of Sannet: "You know? I can snap a finger and ignite the entire atmosphere if I want to and eventually bring the destruction of this world. I have that kind of power."

"But you won't do that...? And how is that related to my question earlier?" Sannet doesn't look too unfazed, because she has seen some things like what she described before.

"Because I want to keep my friends, family and the people I love." Minka then began assembling another special bullet: "So, to answer your question, the ability to be able to travel to this world is the least of your concern. But hey, at least we are making conversation while the big fight is about to take place." Minka chuckled: "Better than what dad expected right?"

"Is... Trazyn really your father...?" Sannet seems surprised at this question.

"Not this Trazyn. My father is somewhere I do not even know where to look. But I really want to find him." Minka said with a smile on her face: "If i can know where he is."

"You seem happy."

"Yeah... so I can strangle my hand on his neck and finish him once and for all."

"Finish him...?" Sannet raised an eyebrow: "What is your relationship with that guy?"

"Let's just say that the list is too long to mention. But... I can say that he has done many wrongs that can't be forgiven by even me, his family." Minka's tone turns cold, and there is a hint of resentment in her voice: "My father, in this world or not. Will die by my hands. And if the chance appears in this world, I won't hesitate to destroy this world... if it is necessary." Minka has finished her special bullets. She then packed the bullets into her back: "All done." She smiled again and turned back to Sannet.

"Is this all? Sire told me to help you out, but I only chatted with you."

"Don't worry about it. Just think of this as a nice time before something bad is going to happen." Minka chuckled: "So... What do you think... Can we be friends? Well, just temporary I mean." Minka reaches out and shakes her hand.

"Why?" Sannet just stares at Minka, with no intention of shaking hands.

"You seem like you really need to relax for a bit."

"No... why would you want to be my friend? What's your intention?" Sannet asked with an uncertain expression on her face: "I am your tool, so use me as one."

"Is that how you really feel about yourself...?" Minka frowns and puts her hand down: "Look, I've seen my fair share of the 'machine' type of person, none of them actually ended well, and most of them are really unhappy people." Minka let out a sigh and rubbed her own neck: "I don't know if there is something more than just a tool, and I can't understand your motivation. But i can say this, if you always treat yourself as a tool, one day, you are going to be one. If you want to be happy and have fun. Start doing what makes you happy."

"Doing what makes me... happy?" Sannet raised an eyebrow in disbelief.

"Yes, what's more, don't look at others and compare yourself. Just be yourself."

"Why... would I do that...?" Sannet asks while looking at Minka in a confused expression.

"You want to understand this world better. Right? The people here don't like to follow orders blindly and will never submit to authority unless that person has a certain standard of integrity that is held to a high value, that is the most basic social standard in the society, think of this as a... task I gave you. As your sire's daughter~" Minka chuckled: "If you want to know this world, you must become a person with integrity first."

"What kind of bullshit are you spitting? Are you mocking me?" Sannet asked, but her tone wasn't angry at all. She was rather intrigued.

"Well... there's a reason that dad chose mom instead of... you, right?" Minka looks at Sannet: "Do you still... love Trazyn...?" Minka suddenly asks Sannet a rather strange question.

Sannet pounds her fist on her chest: "I will serve my lord with all my soul! I am his eternal servant!"

"So that means yes?" Minka grins: "My my... My dad is so popular." She laughed, and Sannet stared at Minka for a moment. She wanted to say something but couldn't formulate words, she just nodded instead.

"What's so funny?" Sannet asked, her eyes narrowed, and she was getting a bit annoyed by Minka.

Minka sighed and shook her head: "Nothing... but... I really want to see you become a human and be friends with you. Sannet."

"What is your intention? What are you really..."

Minka chuckled: "Oh well... you can consider that a parting gift, if you really want to know my intention, it's nothing more than the most basic human need." Minka laughs again: "Now then, I think it's time to go, I got a queen to slay. Wish me luck."

"Wait."

Minka pretended not to hear that and went away.

Back to the present days, Sannet suddenly snapped out of memory and sat up, the room is really dark right now.

She grabbed a switch and the whole room lit up. Sannet looks at the time, it's the middle of the night. She puts one hand on her forehead, she feels really confused. Why would she think about that again? She shook her head and got up from bed. She decided to go to the kitchen to have something to drink. While having a sip of water, she kept thinking about what Minka told her in the past: "A friend..." Sannet mumbles and she puts the cup on the table. The sound of the cup hitting the table made her snap out of thoughts again.

"What am I doing... why am i thinking about such... meaningless things..." Sannet shakes her head, but then she sees a picture on the fridge. It is a picture of Sannet, Leanna and Minka. Sannet looks really happy in the photo. It was taken shortly after they finished the trail: "This... is meaningless... it doesn't matter at all..." Sannet mumbled out and turned back. But for a moment, Sannet wanted to take that picture away, she suddenly had the urge to rip it off. She can feel a rage growing in her heart, but she stopped herself. Sannet shakes her head and leaves the kitchen and returns to her room. Sannet sees her sword hanging on the wall and walks towards it. She stared at the blade for a moment before she grabbed it, Sannet can feel the power of the sword, but it doesn't seem to comfort her in any way.

"I should sleep." Sannet puts back the sword on the wall and lays down on bed again, but she is restless, Sannet tries to force herself to sleep but it is futile. She kept thinking about her times with the three girls. Minka, Leanna and Viola, she thinks about the happy times, but the more she thinks, the more frustrated and angry she is getting: "Stop... stop..." Sannet puts her hands on her forehead and tries to block out those thoughts. Regrets? Anger? Sadness? Those feelings are things that are beyond her control, she can't stop it, she doesn't understand it. Sannet then got out of the bed, and ran to the balcony.

Sannet leaned on the handrails and stared up into the night sky. The sky is really dark, the stars are shining brightly. Sannet's eyes wandered over to a particular star, which seemed to be shining the brightest, for some reason she felt calm and comforted. She stared at it for a long time. Suddenly, Sannet felt tears rolling down from her face. Sannet doesn't know why she is crying, she is so confused. Sannet tries to wipe them off with her hands but the more she wipes the faster the tears fall. Sannet soon kneeled on the ground and began to cry uncontrollably. This is the first time she is feeling this. This is the first time she is feeling so many things at the same time, it is so painful for her to bear with. She felt like her chest was on fire. Her breathing is becoming harder. Sannet hits the railing really hard: "Stop it..." She hit it again, harder: "Why...?" Sannet looked up again to the brightest star, but she felt nothing again. The only feeling that Sannet felt at this moment is a huge sadness, it was unbearable, she is feeling like she is drowning.

A flash of green suddenly appeared beside her. Sannet immediately knew who that was: "Sire...?"

The necron overlord didn't speak, he just kneeled beside her and took out a handkerchief, and then wiped away Sannet's tears gently. He didn't say anything. But his expression is calm and gentle, which is very uncharacteristic of the usual Trazyn, it is really hard to believe that this is the same Trazyn.

"I... i... sire..." Sannet can't formulate any words to say, she is crying uncontrollably again and is really embarrassed to be seen crying like this.

"It's alright..." He sits beside her and wipes her tears: "I will stay beside you until you calm down."

Sannet wanted to say something back but her mouth wouldn't open. She was just silently crying besides Trazyn. The two sat on the balcony until the first sunlight came out of the sky. Trazyn is sitting next to Sannet and didn't say anything, but the gentle presence is really calming for Sannet. Sannet feels her chest getting lighter. Her crying soon became light sniffling.

"How did you know...?" Sannet asked, her voice was a little bit hoarse from crying so much.

"Your heartbeat, I built this body remember? So I always know when there's an irregularity in your heart beat. That's how I know, even when I am far away." Trazyn answered with a calm voice and wiped away the rest of her tears with the handkerchief, Sannet nodded: "It's really refreshing to see that you are adjusting into this whole human ordeal better than I expected." Trazyn chuckles.

Sannet couldn't say anything for a moment, she was feeling embarrassed about herself. She wiped away the rest of the tears from her face with her sleeve: "Thank you...now get out..." Sannet glanced at Trazyn with a look of disdain on her face.

"Yes... yes. I shall leave." Trazyn stands up from the floor and nods: "Take your time to adjust your emotion. That's all." Trazyn smiles, and disappears in a flash of green light.

After he's gone, a slight grin appeared on her face. But she immediately regained her composure. Sannet went to her bathroom and washed away all the tear stains from her face and took a look at herself in the mirror.

Sannet put on her usual clothes and began heading out of her house. She has a few names on her list that need to be dealt with. She is still not used to these emotions and it makes her angry. So the only way to release all of this is by hunting people, she has already chosen the next target, a nobleman called Julius.

The target is living in a secluded villa near the northern sea of the capital. Julius is known to be a wealthy merchant, but his wealth came from shady businesses. His house is well-defended, the number of guards is quite high for a private estate.

Sannet waited on top of a nearby rooftop and watched the guards, she didn't need anything like a biometric scanner to get the layout of the place. It only takes her a minute to calculate the perfect route into the villa. She didn't have her sword with her right now, that will attract unwanted attention and this mission needs stealth more than a straightforward brute force approach.

Julius is on the second floor, his bedroom to be more specific, he is sitting at his desk and is reading a book. A man in a black suit is standing next to the desk with his eyes fixated on Julius: "The latest report from our contacts in the capital, my lord." The man hands over the papers to Julius.

"Hmmm..." Julius read it thoroughly then nodded and said: "So? Anything interesting happened?"

The man looks a bit hesitant to talk, then he finally opens his mouth: "They have found out about... you."

"Oh?" Julius smiled, and leaned back into his chair, his fingers tapping on the table: "how much?"

"5 000 000 imperial credit, my lord." The man answered: "We will sort things out afterwards. I already took the liberty to arrange some mercenaries in the capital as the plan dictates. They are already waiting in position for the sign." The man adds.

"So, all you have to do is just wait for my sign and make sure none of the guards live after this whole thing is over right? I really like this part of you, your ability to arrange things so perfectly." Julius is amused and then he turns to the window, the curtains are open, and he is staring outside for a moment: "Any more news?"

"Yes, it's regarding some rumors around. Apparently the Terra family is expanding their territories. I fear this might cause trouble in the future." The man says in a rather concerned voice, and Julius can tell that there are some kind of emotions within the man's voice: "The Terra family... It is known that their territory has a special kind of resource in that land, a certain mineral that is extremely rare in the market. Many companies are looking into their land as they want to establish trade relations."

"Is that the abyss crystal business? Yes I have heard of that, that land was discovered to have some kind of strange minerals that can be turned into an energy source directly. Very intriguing..." Julius says while stroking his chin, he is thinking for a moment: "So you mean the Terra family is going to take that business to the next level right?"

The man nods and replies: "I fear that it will put a halt to our activities."

Julius lets out a long sigh, then he laughs out loud: "Let them expand all they want, if they think they can make money out of it. I don't mind letting them play in that little game of theirs." He chuckled.

"Are you sure? My lord?"

Julius smiles and says: "The more they have, the better it will be for me, I already have many strings under my hands. Once the time is right... they are all mine..."

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The man nodded and bowed before he left: "Understood."

Sannet heard the entire conversation across the buildings, she didn't expect the guy to be such an ambitious man. However, her eyes didn't show any kind of surprise, her expression was blank.

She jumps over the gap and lands on a roof without making any noise, Sannet didn't care about the information she just got. Sannet moved in closer to the second floor's window, which is Julius' study. Sannet quickly grabbed onto the edge of the window with her hands. Then she took out a knife with her other hand and inserted it into the small gap between the window frame. She began to work her way along the gap.

Suddenly, the guards saw something moving towards Julius' room from the rooftop. Sannet throws a dagger right at the guards that noticed her, it flew so fast that the guard was unable to even dodge, and the dagger struck the man right through the throat, causing blood to sputter out. The guard fell without making any noise then Sannet managed to sneak in.

Julius is still in his study room, reading something that looks important to him. Julius suddenly felt something cold and sharp pressed against his throat: "One word, one movement... I will slice your throat." Sannet's cold voice echoed in the room, her eyes still empty and emotionless, she pressed the knife deeper into his skin and some blood can be seen running down his throat.

"What? Who are you?" Julius looked a bit shocked.

"None of your concerns..." Sannet grabbed him by the arm and forced him to kneel before her: "This is for the people you had murdered..." She didn't show any remorse and didn't give any warning before she pierced the dagger deep into his chest.

"I... am..." Julius is unable to talk properly before he takes his last breath. Sannet is unmoved by his death. She gave him false hope but she didn’t feel anything about this. She let go of Julius' arm and then went straight to the drawer and took out all the information the man brought for Julius, including a black book with strange markings on the front cover. She stuffs them all into a small bag. Then Sannet turned around to the corpse in front of her and kicked it off the table: "One less." Sannet walks away and leaves the study.

Sannet works fast and quietly, no one notices that there is an intruder in the mansion until it is already too late, by the time the alarm is rang, she was already nowhere to be found. Sannet erased her trails and returned back to her own room.

The news of Julius' murder spreads quickly in the capital. The inquisition, imperial army and the adventures guild are all investigating the murder of the wealthy merchant, it seems like he is not exactly an ordinary businessman, because they are investigating him for some crimes in the underworld. The details are kept away from the public eyes. The people are too afraid to investigate Julius, as the rumors of the Terra family being involved in some criminal activity spread throughout the capital like fire, and people are now starting to be wary of the Terra family.

"Just as planned...." Sannet lets out a sigh as she sits in the dark and takes a sip from a cup of coffee she brewed earlier. She looked out to the skyline and watched as the stars began to light up and illuminate the night sky. The entire plan isn't about to take control or anything but to reduce the influence of the Terra family in the public eye, it's quite an elaborate plan. Sannet can understand the reasoning behind the Ravager's plan, but she doesn't care at all. She didn't even hesitate to murder that man and didn't even care for what kind of business the man has or his life. The only thing Sannet thought at the moment was about her next target. In a way, she's dealing with her emotion by not dealing with it at all.

Suddenly she sees Leanna waving at her from below the building, Sannet let out a long sigh. She put down her cup of coffee on the table and walked towards the edge of the balcony: "What?" She looks down at Leanna with her usual blank expression on her face.

"Please let me come up, I want to talk with you about something important."

"I can hear you fine."

"But I am so tired right now, it took me a long time to come here, at least let me get up!" Leanna seems really annoyed.

Sannet let out another long sigh: "I am coming down."

"Oh... great!" Leanna said.

Sannet gets down the house and stands before Leanna, she stares at her with a cold and unreadable expression on her face.

"I... wanted to say sorry about what happened the other day." Leanna seems really sorry: "I am so sorry about what happened, it was just... a spur of the moment. Viola is not a bad person, I hope you know that..."

"I do not care about her... so you can spare me with the explanation." Sannet says and crosses her arms before her chest: "If that's all you wanted to talk about. Please leave."

“Sannet… please I will do anything for you if you promise me that you will not hurt Viola…I can make things right I promise! I beg you. She's not a bad person I swear, you know it." Leanna’s eyes began to tear up as she spoke, she clenched her hands tightly as she spoke. "She is my friend, please don’t do this to me. You know how important this is to me." Leanna's voice cracked, and tears began streaming down her face.

Sannet didn't know why but her heart ached when she saw the girl cry in front of her. Sannet just stared at her silently, without a hint of emotion or sympathy on her face: "Stop crying, you sound like a child."

"You really hate me, right?" Leanna cried harder and wiped away her tears, "You hate me so much that you want to hurt me." Leanna's tears were still falling down her cheeks. Leanna clenched her fists and lowered her head as she stared at Sannet's shoes, she didn't look up. She couldn't stand the thought of seeing the woman's cold and expressionless face, it made her sick. She suddenly pounds Sannet’s shoulder hard: "Answer me! Why are you so cold! Why! Answer me you jerk!"

Sannet grabs Leanna's wrists and pushes her away. Leanna fell onto the ground with a thud. Leanna didn't stop crying, and her tears began to stain her face and the grass around her. Sannet stared down at her with the same unemotional expression, she looked so calm and emotionless while the other girl was crying in front of her.

“Please… bring her back, I beg of you, bring my friend back, bring her back… she doesn’t deserve this. She doesn't deserve this. I don't want this, you don’t know how much it hurts to see your best friend go down this road. You don’t know how painful this is… Please bring her back... please"

“Wait, what are you talking about?” Sannet frowns as she listens to the girl's words. Sannet looked confused at the moment, her voice was quiet, her expression was now replaced with a hint of confusion, "Leanna?" She stared down at Leanna with a blank look in her eyes.

"Don't do this to me! Stop lying to me!" Leanna clenched her fist tightly and threw it towards Sannet's face, but Sannet grabbed it without looking. Sannet didn't even budge an inch while she grabbed her wrist, she just stared at the girl without even a hint of emotion or reaction: "I am not lying, I don't know what you are talking about. Leanna?"

“Viola is missing, she just disappeared without a trace... and the only one that can do something like that is you. Please tell me the truth, please don’t lie to me, I will do anything, but please let her go, don’t kill her."

"What are you talking about?"

"You really don't know? Are you... not the one who is doing all this?" Leanna frowned as she looked at Sannet, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"No, I have no idea what you are talking about." Sannet released her grip, and Leanna lowered her hands. Sannet's voice was calm, her expression remained unchanging as she spoke to Leanna: “Wipe your face first. And tell me exactly what happened."

Leanna took out her handkerchief and wiped her eyes, "It has been four days, and I don’t know where she is... she didn't tell anyone anything before she disappeared. I went to her home but... she is nowhere to be seen."

Sannet suddenly frowned at what she said, and then her expression returned back to being expressionless again: "Tell me the exact date that she disappeared."

"It was two days after you told her that you would kill her."

"So... that's the last time you saw her?" Sannet asks again to be sure, "Who else have you gone to? Have you informed the adventures guild or the enforcers?"

"Of course I have!" Leanna shouts: "I am not an idiot. But they haven't found anything yet." Leanna sighs: "They have tried all the usual ways to locate Viola but it didn't work." Her hands clenched tightly, her knuckles whitened as she squeezed them tighter.

Sannet stayed quiet for a long time as she looked at Leanna, she could see that the girl was in pain and that her voice was shaking slightly as she spoke.

Sannet felt something she can't understand at the moment. Sannet asked one final time: "Is that all? I mean, that's not a very long period of time for a girl like her to be missing right? Shouldn’t you just wait a few more days? Why are you coming here? She's an experienced fighter, she's not some weakling who is going to disappear just like that, I don’t think she would run away from me just like that, knowing how confident she is, I don’t believe she's afraid of me at all."

"What if something happened to her...? Something terrible..." Leanna's eyes began to tear up again, and she couldn't stop crying, tears began flowing down her cheeks uncontrollably.

Sannet looks away this time, she sort of understands the struggles Leanna has been through, after all the Ravager left her life suddenly before she could even prepare for it. Leanna has a very special relationship with Viola, they are very close to each other. Viola is like an elder sister for Leanna, even though Viola has a tendency of being arrogant sometimes.

Leanna sobs softly and then wipes away the tears on her face. Her voice is quiet as she speaks. Leanna stares at Sannet with her reddened eyes, Sannet can't see the usual smile on Leanna's face: "I will do anything..." She whispered and looked down, Leanna looked sadder than usual as she spoke, her voice was hoarse and dry from all the crying she had done before.

Sannet takes a really long deep breath and exhales it out loudly: "I am going to help you. If you can accept me..." She finally said and looked straight into Leanna's eyes, her voice was soft but her face was still blank. Leanna's expression brightened up after hearing her say this.

Sannet just watched silently as Leanna suddenly hugged her tightly. Leanna began sobbing quietly in her arms. She wrapped her arms around Leanna's small shoulders. "I know you are a good person, you're a good person deep inside your heart. Thank you so much!"

Sannet sighed loudly. Leanna pulled back, she had a wide smile on her face and her cheeks were still wet from all the crying, Leanna wiped her eyes with her sleeve. She looked relieved.

Leanna takes Sannet's hand and begins leading to where the last location she saw Viola.

Somewhere in the city, there is a strange mansion located near the outskirts. Well, strange is a little too mild to describe it, it has a very mysterious atmosphere around it. It looks like a gothic style mansion but there's a weird vibe around it, the walls and the ceiling look like they're made out of pure white stone, it doesn't even look like it's a stone structure, it's almost as if it's some kind of metal alloy that can turn into any color you want it to be.

Suddenly the entire building went invisible and there's no longer anything around it: "Oi, i'm not in yet! Why did it become invisible so early? You want me to crash into the building?" Viola shouts from outside.

From nothing a door opened on its own and Viola entered inside: "Greeting, esteemed friend. How are thou this afternoon?"

"Hot, humid and sticky... is this a hot springs inn?" Viola has a look of disdain on her face: "Zed, I know you are a masochist but why does it have to be here? " She complains as she enters the building.

“Great to meet you too Viola, how was your trip? Is your family doing okay? How about you? Have you eaten properly?"

Viola was not surprised by this greeting and just continued talking with a rather casual tone: "Fine, I had a lot of fun on the way here. By the way, why is this sector infested with those glistering ooze things again?"

"Nay, dear friend. Thou should hath told me thou would come. The exterminators shall do the work by the time thy take thou leave." Zed says, "What brings thee here? A job? Aren't thou taking a short break right now? The Guildmaster did told thou to take thy rest."

"Not that kind of work, I am just wondering what Mirage has to get out of Minka Terra, the one that is called the Ravager of course. Not the little princess of the Terra family." Viola is talking casually, her voice sounds like a teenage girl that is really annoyed.

Zed thought for a moment and said: "Ah, yes... The girl of destiny... So thou are curious about the one. Why so? I am afraid it isn't a happy story, that's for sure, especially for a girl that is as young as she is."

Viola nods and says: "Yes I know. The whole thing is quite depressing if I do say so myself...I've read the files in the past." Viola looks around the room: "Anyway...You still haven't answered my question yet. Why don't we do anything about that person? Isn't she ruining the 'great work'?" She used the air quote and is quite annoyed when saying this.

"The girl of destiny..." Zed repeats the words. Zed stared at her with his empty black eye sockets in his mask for a long time: "There are many ways to save this world. But in return...many things can go wrong if you are not careful with the power you wield..."

"Why can't we just...kill that person? We have plenty of powerful people in the guild right now. Even you can do the job with a flick of a wrist..." Viola crossed her arms.

"Ah yes... That... It is an...interesting idea. I do agree with thee... The girl of destiny... has done things that have caused the world to be rather...unbalanced and yet after each event, the world seems to be in a better place than before, do thou think the same?" Zed asks in his usual mysterious tone.

"Well..." Viola hesitated for a moment: "I don't know if you can see, but they are destabilizing the imperial government."

"Is it?" Zed says calmly.

Viola frowns, she doesn't understand his point of view.

"They are causing trouble for everyone, that is true. However, the results seem to be positive. That's not something to be concerned about, don't thou think?" Zed said with a casual tone, he doesn't sound like he is worried at all: "We shouldn't do anything if it isn't necessary. As the Guildmaster told thou, thou have to wait and see. Even thou think thou are an 'assistant guildmaster', don't do anything stupid that will bring harm to this world."

"That's easy for you to say." Viola sighs loudly: "While my friends are busy fighting for what is right, all of you people are just sitting back and watching this mess happen. And you expect me to wait? " She is unable to continue: "You all are just heartless bastards... You should just..." Viola stopped for a moment and realized she said something she shouldn't have: "Sorry..." She said as she looked away.

Zed stared at Viola silently for a moment then said with a serious voice: "No... thou have the right to be angry. Yet the world doesn't revolve on what thou wants... That is what it means to be alive. As for what is right? Is thou really sure what thou believes in?"

Viola lowered her head in shame.

"The girl of destiny... is indeed the reason that this world exists right now. But is thou really want to get rid of her just because thou believe it's right?" Zed's tone suddenly changed. "No matter what thou does... It won't change the outcome, no matter what thou believe, the world will continue moving forward. The only thing thou can control is what thou can do..." Zed suddenly began talking in a completely different tone of voice, it was calm and gentle.

"So, do thou believe the girl of destiny should live?"

"Well..." Viola smiles: "No, not really. But..." Suddenly the room began dimmed in light and many gun clicking noises can be heard throughout the room, a red light appears above Zed. It is a sign of death: "It was good knowing you Zed." Viola suddenly changed her voice back to her normal one. Many shots fired at Zed who then dropped onto the floor without saying anything, many red lights appeared above his corpse as he lay there, motionless.

Viola then deactivated the sentry guns and the room lit back to normal. Viola took out a cigarette from her pocket and began smoking it. She stood in the middle of the room with a relaxed expression on her face. A man walks in and takes a look around the room and says: "What a waste... Zed could've been of use for a lot more stuff..." The man is a little over two meters tall, his entire body is covered by a black robe with a hood over his head.

Viola nodded and said: "Yeah, only if he wasn't brainwashed by that bitch, I'm sure he would've been an ally for us. I feel sorry for the guy..." Viola looks at the corpse with an emotionless expression on her face: "Rest well, old friend... You have earned it..." She said to the body while leaving the building.

The man stood there quietly for a few minutes and said with a cold voice: "We all have..." He looked down at Zed's body and left. The whole building became silent after they were gone. Viola began heading back to the city, this mission was too hasty she didn't even find time to tell Leanna her whereabouts.

It has been days since she came back from the city. The sun is slowly setting down and the sky is dyed orange, there are dark clouds scattered around. It looks like a storm is coming. The sound of the wind is so loud that even the trees can be heard moving, Viola stopped moving for a moment. She suddenly hears a familiar drop noise coming from behind her. Viola can sense a huge killing intent from that drop sound, but she just continues to walk: "Finally, took you long enough, i have been waiting for you." She turned around with a relaxed expression on her face and faced a familiar person: "So you finally came to do your stuffs?" When she turns, she is surprised to see Leanna and Sannet are standing beside each other.

"No. I just came to say that I am going to kill you, you should die in a very painful way, you don't know how many lives you have destroyed because of you." Sannet didn't look at her at all: "But this one clearly cares about you more than you ever knew, so I will let you live today." She looked at Leanna.

Leanna nodded at Sannet, She smiled softly, then she glared at Viola, "Viola...you have a lot to explain when we get back, you scared me half to death. You need to take better care of yourself. Don't be so reckless next time!" Leanna walks over to Viola and wraps her arms around the taller woman's shoulders in a warm hug. She holds onto Viola tightly for a while, "I missed you so much." Viola can smell a hint of lavender perfume coming from her, "I'm so glad to see you safe and sound."

Viola hugged her back, her face still as calm as ever, then she glanced at Sannet: "I guess I have you to thank, right?" She said with a calm tone.

"Not really... I didn't know where she went at all... Leanna found you, not me. So..." Sannet crosses her arms. She stares at Viola who is having a green halo on top of her head. But it is only visible to Sannet.

"Is that so..." Viola looked down on the girl still hugging her and gently touched the top of her head: "Alright let's go home and rest first, we all need that." Leanna nods and begins heading back with Leanna. Sannet sent them off by watching their back then she teleported away to somewhere else.