Tina widened her eyes in shock at the sea of knights outside of the ball of light. "Is… Is this going to work?" Paul glanced at Wilbur. "It seems like the Light Warrior has found his fated match. Well then, let me help you out." The ball of light was swallowed by the black miasma, becoming smaller and smaller. Just as it was about to crack, Paul reached out and held the ball of light up with his hands. Following that, he radiated a powerful white light that made the ball of light begin to grow in size. However, the growth quickly came to a halt as the knights in the tornado began pouring in their attacks. Kyra looked at the howling knights, looking at Paul worriedly. "How much longer can we hold on for, Mister Paul?" "Don't worry. You'll be fine as long as I'm here, Kyra." Paul was a hardy man who took his responsibilities seriously. Just as the power of light in his body was about to run out, he turned to look at Wilbur kneeling on the ground and an idea came to him. It
"None of you are leaving since you're all here! Just you wait, Wilbur Penn. I'm going to make you pay tenfold!" As he spoke, the man in the black robes leaped off the gigantic snake. The snake seemed to be under the man's control, growing furious all of a sudden and opening its mouth before pouncing on Wilbur. Wilbur waved the thunder cleaver in his grasp, charging toward the snake. The cleaver struck the snake with a deafening blow, and the snake turned into a cloud of black miasma as a wild gust of wind kicked up. By the time the black miasma had disappeared, there was no sign of Damon or the man in the black robes at all. "F*ck, they got away!" Wilbur cursed. Paul said, "Thank you so much, Mister Penn. Had it not been for you, neither Kyra nor I would have been able to escape. You're a friend of ours starting from now." The thunder cleaver disappeared as Wilbur turned to look at Paul. "Thank you." Upon returning home, Paul instructed Kyra to take Tina to get some rest
"They both come from a middle dimension, so of course they know its laws and how to wield them. The Light Warrior passed this knowledge down to someone from this dimension, and it has reached me after many generations." Wilbur was rather excited at Paul's words. After all, if he learned the laws of the middle dimension, he would be able to borrow an endless amount of the power of light and the power of destruction. That way, his power would be improved to another level as well. Paul could see what Wilbur was thinking, and said, "You might have saved me, but I won't just pass down the laws of middle dimensions to you like that. You should know that the middle dimensions are relative to both the upper and lower dimensions. Also, there is a severe backlash that comes from borrowing power through the laws of dimension. I'm worried that might happen to you, and that might make you another enemy of ours on top of the Dark Lord." Paul's words disappointed Wilbur greatly, but upon second
Wilbur felt like he might not have won the battle last night if he had gone against Damon on his own and could have even lost to the guy. Despite the fact that the Light Gloves could convert the power of destruction to the power of light, the power of destruction in Damon's body was far too powerful. It was extremely difficult to completely control such an amount of power of destruction flowing in his body. Even if Wilbur had not lost to Damon, he would have suffered serious internal injuries. The thought made Wilbur heave a sigh of relief, but he also reflected on his boldness last night. Despite the fact that Wilbur had been borrowing the power of light, both the power of light and the power of destruction were interchangeable, and Wilbur had not fully learnt to control the two yet. Thus, he would suffer severe backlash from the power of destruction while he was using the power of light. It seemed like learning and mastering the similarities between the two powers was the only
Ralph could tell what Paul was thinking. "Paul, you should know how terrifying the virus is. The kid might be innocent, but if we don't kill him he's going to kill others and more innocent people will die." "We can't afford to go easy on the virus." Paul nodded, furrowing his brows all of a sudden. "Is it possible for us to co-exist with the virus? As long as he doesn't kill others, we won't kill him. Can we do that?" Ralph stared at Paul for a beat, before shaking his head. "The virus isn't the same as us. It might have been an artifact left behind from a different time, or it could be an alien from a different planet altogether. Either way, it's not the same as we are. Do you understand?" "But…" "Listen to me, Paul. The virus operates in a completely different culture than us. We share none of its values and thoughts. If we keep it around, it might see us the way robbers view a bank safe. That's terrible for all of the human race." "Alright. I know what to do." Paul was
Kyra found Wilbur and said, "I'm so sorry, Wilbur. I originally wanted to take you down, but I really am grateful for you saving me. From now on, I swear to you that as long as I live, Tina will never be in danger regardless of whether or not you're in Cametra." "Thank you," said Wilbur. "That's the answer I wanted." "Oh, right. Do you know about a group in Greensource Corp called Light Valley?" "Light Valley?!" Kyra looked shocked, but her expression quickly returned to normal. "I do know about them, but that's top-secret information within the Scarlet Leaf Faction, so I can't tell you." Wilbur replied, "I know the relationship between the two factions is extremely complicated, and I know the Scarlet Leaf Faction has rules of its own. How about I ask you a few yes or no questions, and you just have to nod or shake your head in response? That doesn't count as revealing any confidential information, right?" "Okay," Kyra nodded. Wilbur's conditions were still pretty acceptabl
By the next morning, both the men in suits had been stripped completely naked and dropped off on the ground in front of the lab's main entrance. Paul slammed a table furiously. "This guy's far too much! I'm going to make him pay now!" "Don't, Paul. They're lucky enough to be alive, and we don't know what the other side wants yet. We might as well hear them out." Ralph looked at the two men. "Tell us what happened." The two men knelt on the ground remorsefully, describing everything that happened. "Sir, Damon said that the two factions haven't completely burned bridges yet and the upcoming international meeting might be quite a huge blow to Cametra, so…" "So?" Ralph urged. "What did he say?" "Damon hopes that whatever happened between him and Mister Paul will just stay between the both of them and have it end like that. He said that it won't be good for either faction to completely burn the bridge." Paul was furious. "The nerve of this guy! He was the one who crossed the
Just then, Tina's mother came hobbling onto the balcony on her cane with a kindly look in her eyes. "Wilbur's a good man you can trust with the rest of your life. I won't make you lose out on your happiness just to be selfish." "Mom…" Tears welled up in Tina's eyes. She had fallen deeply in love with Wilbur during their time together, but her mother had always been at the back of her head. Tina was touched to hear her mother's words, but she shook her head all the same. "What's the matter? Do you not want that?" Tears streamed down Tina's cheeks as she sobbed. "You are my mother, and I can't just abandon you. If you really want me to live with Wilbur in Dasha, I hope you can come with me. Can we go to Dasha together, Mom?" Tina's mother gazed at the setting sun as her eyes turned glassy. A long while later, she turned to leave quietly. Aidementon was where she and her lover had spent their lives together, and the city held too many memories for her to leave. The truth was