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Lightning struck in the distance in the middle of the rain and brought me out of the trance I was in. I got up as best I could. I had been kneeling for so long looking at his body that my legs had gone numb. I was still somewhat in shock. I began to notice that my left eye hurt a lot, I still have no idea how another left eye was born if I had lost it a while ago because of the Chimera, it certainly no longer makes sense to try to find logic in the things related to all this magic. I must at least maintain my interest in the things that happen to me.

Out of nowhere I heard horrible howls in the distance in the middle of the dark night and its heavy rain, I knew they had to be beasts of some kind, although it seems strange to me that animals appear with this heavy rain.

It doesn't matter, I have to get out of here... But I didn't want to leave her body like this... I wanted to bury her properly.

The howls began to be heard closer and closer, the pain in my eye began to increase and increase.

I noticed that nearby there was another body with its back turned with a sword stuck in it... I think it's the girl who hit me and sent me flying at the beginning.

The sword that was stuck in her had to be Mizuki's, I approached her and pulled out the sword.

I began to hear howling approaching, I was forced to hide somewhere as best I could.

Staggering and with the pain in my eye increasing, I managed to reach one of the destroyed temples that was somewhat far from the main one. I had more or less an idea of how to get out of here.

But in my current state I couldn't fight and run, I hid in the temple and looked out the small window.

Some animals that walked on two legs and had claws on their hands arrived and began to eat the bodies they found in the middle of the rain.

There were about 20 at first glance.

Three of them... They started eating Mizuki's body... No... Because... Because... Because things have to happen this way!

The pain in my eye kept increasing, I didn't really know what to do to reduce it, I couldn't think very well.

One of the beasts tore off her arm... The other forcibly removed one of her eyes and began to disfigure her, the last had opened her abdomen and began to eat her insides.

I couldn't stop looking at her, the tears started to fall on their own, I was getting too stressed out of my helplessness for not being able to do anything, there was a moment when my eye started to hurt so much that I felt like it was going to explode.

When I felt like I was going to die I fainted from the pain...

When I opened my eyes it was daylight, the sun's rays came through the different holes and cracks of the small temple, I felt as if everything had been a bad dream, I looked out the small window and saw nothing, only many traces of bodies, puddles of water and blood everywhere.

I left the small temple and there was a great sun on this new day, it almost seemed to tell me that the previous night was simply a bad dream... Let everything go to shit, I'm already tired of this...

I was tired of this new world... Several times over the years I experienced it firsthand, but I still refused to think about it this way... The simplest solution in this new world is to kill all the people who get in my path, whether they do so consciously or unconsciously

I had always lived by avoiding and hiding, I thought it was a correct way to live, but that is no longer an option now.

When I was about to leave I heard a very faint moan, I even thought for a moment that it was my imagination, I decided to look where I thought I heard the moan, it was coming from inside where I had spent the night. Could it be that someone is still alive? Certainly half of the temple was collapsed, it was difficult for me to believe that there was anyone under so much rubble.

My body didn't hurt as much anymore, at least now I could walk and do some strength.

I started to lift the rubble, it would take me a while to lift so many things, I don't know how long I haven't eaten, but I don't feel hungry or fatigued, how strange.

I started shouting a little loudly if anyone was there.

I wanted to know if maybe the person underneath could hear me and make another noise to know exactly where they are.

After about 2 minutes searching I heard it again, this time I managed to locate the exact place of the moan.

I looked a little anxious, I had the need to see another living person.

When I lifted a large part of the broken roof I saw it... It can't be... I had completely forgotten it... It was the boy.

This one was sleeping... I guess he was lucky not to be crushed to death, little by little he opened his eyes and when he saw me he smiled and made a happy noise, I used all my strength and threw the split roof to the side, I very carefully took the child out of there, I was really happy to see it, although that doesn't mean that I'm a shitty person for forgetting it.

I checked his body, he was somewhat injured but nothing was broken, although he was very thin... It's as if he hadn't eaten for days... Impossible, it's only been one day since I woke up... Unless I really have been asleep for many days... That would make sense.

I found some pieces of cloth from the temple and began to clean the boy a little. He wasn't quite sure whether or not to leave this destroyed temple. There was a possibility that there were still people alive. I managed to see bodies that were still complete and others that were dismembered. Apparently they couldn't take them to eat those beasts, that means they will return tonight, I think so.

We have to leave this place in ruins, get out of this forest, but Danny, Bella and Alicia... No, if it were them they should have left even if they didn't want to, if they had stayed in this place they should have died the night before by the beasts.

Although if I survived it means that they could be alive... No... If they were alive they should no longer be here because of the beasts last night, anyone would leave this place after seeing those beasts that would make sense unless they were injured ...It must be at this precise moment that they would abandon this ruined camp.

I made the decision to search the surroundings a little but if I didn't find anything after a while I would leave this forest.

I don't want to risk being in a place where there are bodies that emanate a smell of death that can attract any beast even during the day.

I picked up the child and started walking around, I covered his face so he wouldn't see this horrible scene where there were still mutilated and dismembered bodies, not counting the bodies that were still complete. Out of the corner of my eye I could notice that there was still something where Mizuki's body was, however while I was carrying the boy I never looked at that place... I didn't want to change my last memory I had of her for something more atrocious.

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At this precise moment I had so many things on my mind that I didn't know if I was doing the right thing, I just know that the priority is to survive and then look for answers.

I was searching for a while but I didn't see any signs of anything or anyone alive. Time passed and I decided to leave this camp.

Before leaving with the boy I took some of my things that I had left in our old room, we changed clothes, took our backpacks and some other things and then we left... Why was the boy in another temple when we left him in our room?

I looked at him for a moment and he just made happy noises when he saw our ruined surroundings.

After walking for a long time we reached an entrance to this forest, I looked one last time into the forest. In life I have had several occasions where I returned to places I would never think I would return to, I have the feeling that at some point I will return here for some reason, it is as if that were part of the nature of life.

I looked at my somewhat damaged map, I had an idea of what I wanted to do, first I will make a small shelter and search the surroundings of all this wasteland that surrounds the forest, I need to find the girls. If I don't find them I'll go to where I was originally going.

I put away my map and we set off towards a small wild forest.

We walked for half a day and decided to stop to hunt something. If I continue like this I will faint from the hunger that I had now begun to feel. I gave the little food I had found in the ruins of the temple to the boy. I took my knife. I saw that There was a small river that headed towards the wild forest. Apparently, our dinner today would be fish.

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I left the child aside and got ready to hunt, I spent an hour trying to catch fish... God... it's been a while since I hunted fish... I was having a hard time, I had only managed to catch one, I took a moment and I sat down to rest, putting my knife aside.

The boy took my knife and headed to the river... Mmm, let's see what he can do, I'm convinced that even though he learns quickly, it shouldn't be so easy for him to hunt.

The boy looked at one of the fish, his eyes began to glow yellow and he threw the knife towards the water.

I got up to look and the boy had managed to pierce a fish by throwing the knife.

Mmm... How annoying to admit that the boy hunts better than me, I decided to put my pride aside and tried to communicate to him with signs and scribbles that he should catch more fish, I don't know if he understood me but he was already hunting more fish.

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At the end of the day we had 6 fish. Not bad, the boy was more tired than I thought.

We headed to the wild forest before night fell, as soon as we entered the wild forest I started looking for a suitable place for our shelter, I found a good place, there was a large stone wall and two trees on the sides, I decided that we would rest here, I put the child aside and began to look for branches and stones to make a campfire.

After a lot of effort and sweat we managed to make a campfire and prepare our dinner.

I noticed that as night fell my left eye started to hurt again, the more the night went by the more the pain increased, I didn't really know how to reduce my pain, unfortunately I lost the patch that Samantha gave me in the middle of all those fights.

I decided to make a new one to try, when I finished it I put it on, my pain was still a little but the pain was no longer increasing. I guess this is better than nothing.

The fish were cooked and ready, so I gave one to the boy, I still had my thermos to drink water from the few things I brought with me, so we both drank it.

After that, the boy went and relieved himself and fell asleep. I won't deny that it was a challenge to help him relieve himself when we don't have toilet paper in a forest. I had to improvise.

I was standing guard during the night, sadly I had nothing like a wall or a door to sleep without exposing ourselves to danger.

When the night moon was at its highest point my head began to hurt but I heard a voice like a whisper.

Unknown: (Whisper) Robert...

What?

Robert: Who's talking?

Unknown: (Whisper) It's me... Artemis...

Is Artemis still alive?

Robert: Where are you? I can't see you?

Artemis: (Whisper) I'm dead... Now I live in you...

I was trying to process the shocking little information I was receiving in the middle of the night, I don't know why it lives in me now but that would make sense of why my eye hurts... I mean that means... That she created a left eye for me and lives in it? I don't know, I guess I can ask him.

Robert: Tell me what happened that night?

Artemis: (Whisper) I don't have much time since my power is still assimilating your body, but what I can tell you for now is that the pain in your eye will decrease over time.

After that Artemisa didn't speak to me again all night.

Will it decrease over time? But if before it is hurting even more... Well, it doesn't matter.

I calmed down a little, I was beginning to have some answers to my doubts, although now I had other doubts, what does it mean for her to live in me? Could it be that I have strange powers now? It would be interesting to ask her that.

The night passed and a new morning arrived, the child woke up, my eyes were heavy from the sleep I had, I explored the forest a little, I didn't see anything dangerous apart from the peaceful fauna of my world, I decided to take the risk of sleeping. I told the boy that if he saw something strange to scream, although I don't know if he understood me.

I lay down on the floor to sleep, after a while I woke up at noon, the sun was in all its splendor, the lighting in this forest was fascinating, the boy was next to me playing, I got up and headed to the river with him child, I washed my face and drank water, I managed to see my reflection in the water, my new eye was now blue, it felt strange to have two eyes of different colors... After that I decided it was time to eat something.

After eating fish with the child again I decided to do useful things, I taught the boy how to make a bow with the different resources of the forest, as if it were the most normal thing in the world, he quickly grasped the information and made a bow in perfect condition.

We got ready and went to explore the other areas that I saw on the map near the forest where we came from.

We managed to travel quite a bit but I didn't see any signs of the girls or any survivors.

Night was falling again so we decided to return to our small shelter, my eye started to hurt again, I had to use the patch again to reduce the color.

When the night was at its strongest again I heard it again... Artemis.

Artemis: (Whisper) I see that you already handle the pain a little better.

Robert: Don't believe, it hurts too much even though I cover it, anyway, I have questions, so I want you to give me answers before you stay silent.

Artemis: (Whisper) How rude of you to talk to me like that...

Robert: Hmm... Why can you only talk at this time of night?

Artemis: (Whisper) Because your body has not yet assimilated my power, I cannot manifest myself since it could kill you. In time, we will be able to speak at any time.

Robert: Because I have a new eye? And how come you're dead?

Artemis: (Whisper) The person who attacked us had a peculiar ability, he could age someone until they died if he touched any part of their body, when he touched me at that moment my life time was numbered, when we fell into the river of moonlight I decided to give you my eye before its ability affected my entire body. however it was very risky since you are a person without magic or mana, so I had to seal almost all my power so as not to kill you before dying, despite doing all that, you were in a coma for 5 days in the the river of moonlight, I had to keep you alive in the water with the little power I left unsealed, otherwise you would have died by drowning, that's why your body was so heavy when you woke up because you barely I barely managed to make your body endure a small part of my power without killing you while I tried to keep you alive with it, my consciousness lives in you because of my power, although the reality is that I died.

Hmm... I understand.

Robert: Are the girls alive?

Artemis: (Whisper) I don't know, the only thing I can tell you is the last location of where Alicia's sister is, you were lucky that I managed to see her last location before they attacked my clan.

That was unexpected, I didn't remember that... If we find Samantha we can see if Alicia is still alive... I certainly wouldn't know how to explain that to her if I ever found her.

Robert: Can you locate Alicia if I find her sister?

Artemis: (Whisper) I could but your body must control all my power to be able to do that, it will take a while before you can do that.

Robert: What will happen the more time my body spends with your power?

Artemis: (Whisper) Because your body originally cannot use magic I have to keep it sealed, so that little by little it adapts and thus my power will forcibly create the circuits of mana and energy, however this is just a guess on my part, we'll see what happens over time, after all the human body is capable of adapting to many things over the years, we could say that magic is like nature, it alone has its own way of being and living, It can grow in the least unexpected places, chances are you'll be able to use my power over time if everything goes well.

Artemis knows too much about magic, wasn't she just a priestess of a clan? She was beginning to have some doubts, but I will leave them for later.

Robert: Can you give me the location of Alicia's sister?

Artemisa: (Whisper) Mmm... I could, but don't blame me for what's going to happen...

When he finished saying that I began to feel the greatest pain I have ever felt in my life... I felt like my heart was going to explode, in the midst of infernal pain I managed to visualize a kind of hidden camp. Apparently that's where the location of Alice's blood takes us... Samantha's location... After that I fainted.