Mariola Persephone walk through the city of Libertatis looking around intrigued, as if they have never seen this way of build houses in their lives
"I thought they had a flying city... With a ro-" mariola stopped her own sentence as she got immens pain in her head
"Aahh what the fuck!! It fucking hurts!" She screams in pain falling on her knees as the area of time that got replaces flicker in between
The timelines interact with each other trying to take the position of the world
"What... Did... I just.... See" she faints slowly after as Persephone and Adonis rush to her aid
Adonis throws healing flames on her while Persephone holds her close to make sure she doesn't hurt herself in the process
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Achlys and it's group walk as Libertatis is falling out of view slowly
As they turn one last time they see the time shifting and changing like what mariola saw
"What the... " Achlys spoke out
He gets a memory flash for a second and falls to the ground instantaneous
"ACHLYS!!" Cryo shoots up from Achlys head and started to hold him "what the fuck happened!!"
"Dop longet sisi!!!" Lisare shouts back at him and Cryo not understanding any word responds with an angry stare
"A mere dual timeline happened... An alternative time line was formed... And we just left it... Not that I know off how" Bellona out of nowhere answered
She looks at achlys in the kind world
He lays down not moving an inch
Not even his chest is moving when he breaths
"But he is stuck between them... Seeing both beggings and ends..."
As she was about to speak the world stopped moving
Everything around them stopped
The people the air the planets and galaxies
Even themselfs stopped
Only thing they can register is Achlys standing up and looking around
He grabs his sword and stabs himself in the stomach
Cryo eyes widen and tried to move but can't
Lecia eyes aren't moving but tears form under them
Lisare doesn't know what to do so in the end she tries to break free
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Achlys floats in a white void looking around not knowing anything what's happening
He hears a faint voice
"A voice?... Why does it sound... So tired... And done..." He lands on a huge wooden floor
He looks over the floor and sees not even a few hundred meters before him
He notice a sudden shadow covering a large portion of the wooden floor
He sees something big coming and he starts to run "huff huff... Please... Huff huff..."
An large book falls open on the floor almost squishing him
He barely escapes the falling faint object that now he knows is a book
"What's... A book... Doing here..."
"WHY DOES... ACHLYS ALWAYS ruin the story line!!"
A voice shakes the whole floor and everything that could be seen or felt
"He should have died in the first chapter!"
The unpatient voice echoes throught the white voice with the wooden floor
"The order... Of swords was never ment to be in a story... And yet somehow it did!"
Achlys starts to connect the dot and eyes widen
"What is that! A ant?" The Voice suddenly comes in view in some sort of hand and slams on Achlys in mere seconds of appearing
Achlys tries to wiggle free from the hand but it gets pressed harder and slowly dies of crushing
"I guess that Achlys... Can stay in the story..."
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Achlys sees pages fly by before him
He sees the whole story he has been throught in seconds
A moment later he wakes up on the ground
He opens his eyes and sees the flying city of Libertatis once again
The timeline he saw was fake he realized nothing could be done
"We... Are nothing... But characters...." He spoke out as Cryo walks over him and Lecia looks at him confused "what are you talking about master"
"Yeah what are you talking about?" Lecia asked after Cryo hugging Cryo
"Cryo..? Lecia..? Are you..." Achlys stopped himself and stood up as he dusts himself off "nevermind..."
Achlys looks up and sighs out loud "another... Story hmm... Maybe I still have it..." He touches his cheek where his marking is and breathes out
"Bellona... Are you there?" Achlys asked
"Bellona? Who or what are you talking about Achlys?" Lecia asked still hugging Cryo and holding his hand now
"... It was to be expected... She can-"
"A- you t- Achlys!" An static connection of a voice comes out of the marking shocking Cryo and Lecia
"ACHLYS WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED!" the about of Bellona echoes thought the empty fields of Libertatis
"An being that controls our story.." Achlys said out loud stopping Bellona from talking
She dragged Achlys into the mindscape
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"Achlys tell me what did you see..."
Achlys looks at Bellona with widened eyes holding his head
"I... Everything... Saw it... We are someone's written story..."
He looks down, closing his eyes and sits down
"We... Are entertainment..."
He slightly looks up and sees blood on the floor
He starts to scream
Bellona turns around fast and sees it also but runs to Achlys to calm him down
"Calm down! We are in the mindscape!"
She looks at the blood and sees a black/red haired man laying on the ground dead
His eyes same colour as Bellona
"He... He... He is you Bellona..."
Bellona looks closer and seems to realize
"Different timeline means... Differents people... how did you keep your form..."
He still panicking "I-I don't know anymore... I..."
He gets kicked out of the mind and he looks up again onto the flying city
His gaze lowers to the lower city
A huge and massive scar in the ground covers the city as blood and bodies are scattered around with the destroyed buildings
"What... Happened here..."
"Don't you remember Master... You destroyed the city... As they were aligned with Liopetras hence you destroyed it"
Cryo explained and Lecia nodding
"Why... Did I do that... When did I do that..." Achlys asked with doubt
"Out of revenge Master... You always hated it there... You killed Saria and Mariola there... Cuz they voted on your banishing"
Achlys nods as tears fall down "I am evil... D-did I kill Tiabishi?"
He looks at Cryo and Cryo looks down
"She... Left you to find a way to end your ways..."
Achlys hears a crash behind him and sees the upper city falling appart
"What the... Who did that!" Achlys shouts and takes out his sword
"You did master... "
Achlys felt a sudden shock of hatred aimed at him
Without a second to waste he turned around and with a block motion with his sword
His sword broke apart as a swallow hit his sword
Hes launched back and he takes the mist stones out the sword
"Prepare yourselves… We're about to confront the strongest of them all."